BETA

Activities of Bendt BENDTSEN

Plenary speeches (90)

Debate with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, Krišjānis Kariņš, on the Future of Europe (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Charges on cross-border payments in the Union and currency conversion charges (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0076(COD)
Debate with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, on the Future of Europe (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Energy efficiency - Governance of the Energy Union - Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0376(COD)
Single Digital Gateway (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/0086(COD)
Decision adopted on the State of Energy Union 2017 (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Prison systems and conditions (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2062(INI)
Prison systems and conditions (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2062(INI)
Energy efficiency labelling - Compensation for wrongly labelled energy-related products (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0149(COD)
Agreement between the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 - Increase in Norwegian duties on agricultural products/recent negotiations on the fish trade protocol DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0052(NLE)
Evaluation of external aspects of customs performance and management as a tool to facilitate trade and fight illicit trade (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2075(INI)
Information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments in the field of energy (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0031(COD)
Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0148(COD)
State of the Energy Union (debate) DA
2016/11/22
"Clean Energy for All" package (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0157(COD)
Finalisation of Basel III (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2959(RSP)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2255(INI)
Prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance (A8-0253/2016 - Tatjana Ždanoka, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2017(INI)
Towards a new energy market design - EU strategy on heating and cooling (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2322(INI)
Basel committee's revision of the standardised approach for credit risk (debate)
2016/11/22
Renewable energy progress report - Implementation report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2041(INI)
Rules against certain tax avoidance practices (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0011(CNS)
EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Impact of Nord Stream 2 on the gas market in the CEE region (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: renewal of the approval of the active substance glyphosate (B8-0439/2016) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2624(RSP)
Objection pursuant to Rule 106 on emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (B8-0040/2016) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2988(RPS)
Mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy (A8-0003/2016 - Mark Demesmaeker) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2137(INI)
Objection to delegated act on the specific compositional and information requirements for processed cereal-based food and baby food (B8-0067/2016) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2863(DEA)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2140(INI)
Towards a European Energy Union - Making Europe's electricity grid fit for 2020 (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2108(INI)
Towards a European Energy Union - Making Europe's electricity grid fit for 2020 (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2108(INI)
Access to finance for SMEs (debate) DA
2016/11/22
European single market for electronic communications (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0309(COD)
Trade in seal products (A8-0186/2015 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0028(COD)
Trade in seal products (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0028(COD)
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2228(INI)
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (A8-0158/2015 - Sergio Gaetano Cofferati) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0121(COD)
Market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme (A8-0029/2015 - Ivo Belet) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0011(COD)
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2228(INI)
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0121(COD)
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/0121(COD)
European energy security strategy (A8-0164/2015 - Algirdas Saudargas) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2153(INI)
State of EU-Russia relations (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2001(INI)
ACER - Human resources for monitoring wholesale energy markets (debate) DA
2016/11/22
2014 Progress Report on Turkey (debate) DA
2016/11/22
Green growth opportunities for SMEs (A8-0135/2015 - Philippe De Backer) DA
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2209(INI)
Way forward for Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office (continuation of debate) DA
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0105(COD)
Access of goods and services to public procurement markets (A7-0454/2013 - Daniel Caspary)
2016/11/22
Competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014 - 2020) - Entrepreneurship 2020 action plan - Reigniting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0394(COD)
Competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014 - 2020) - Entrepreneurship 2020 action plan - Reigniting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0394(COD)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0366(COD)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (A7-0276/2013 - Linda McAvan)
2016/11/22
Increase in Norwegian duties on agricultural products (debate)
2016/11/22
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0202(COD)
Improving access to finance for SMEs (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2134(INI)
Feasibility of introducing stability bonds (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2028(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0322(NLE)
Intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0238(COD)
Sulphur content of marine fuels (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0190(COD)
Energy efficiency (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0172(COD)
Commission Question Time
2016/11/22
Commission Question Time
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0267(COD)
SMEs’ access to Structural Funds - Evaluation of the SME definition
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0250(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0250(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0362(COD)
Danish Presidency Programme (continuation of debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0254(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0257(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0251(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0251(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0251(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0251(COD)
Small Business Act, crisis and SMEs (debate)
2016/11/22
Financial, economic and social crisis: measures and initiatives to be taken (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2242(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0028(COD)
Small Business Act review (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2150(INI)
Practical aspects regarding the revision of EU instruments to support SME finance in the next programming period (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2520(RSP)
Energy Efficiency Action Plan (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2107(INI)
Energy Efficiency Action Plan (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2107(INI)
A new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2108(INI)
Implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development - Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens - Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy - Contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU 2020 objectives (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2235(INI)
Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
EU policy on Arctic issues (debate)
2016/11/22

Reports (3)

REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings PDF (1 MB) DOC (195 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2016/0381(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(195 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/008 DK/Odense Steel Shipyard from Denmark) PDF (196 KB) DOC (109 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2012/2110(BUD)
Documents: PDF(196 KB) DOC(109 KB)
REPORT on Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan PDF (299 KB) DOC (194 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2107(INI)
Documents: PDF(299 KB) DOC(194 KB)

Shadow reports (3)

REPORT on the evaluation of external aspects of the customs performance and management as a tool to facilitate trade and fight illicit trade PDF (415 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2016/2075(INI)
Documents: PDF(415 KB) DOC(73 KB)
REPORT on renewable energy progress report PDF (404 KB) DOC (190 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2016/2041(INI)
Documents: PDF(404 KB) DOC(190 KB)
REPORT on achieving the 10 % electricity interconnection target – Making Europe’s electricity grid fit for 2020 PDF (184 KB) DOC (113 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2015/2108(INI)
Documents: PDF(184 KB) DOC(113 KB)

Opinions (4)

OPINION on interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on Better Law-Making
2016/11/22
Committee: INTA
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(67 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU
2016/11/22
Committee: INTA
Documents: PDF(180 KB) DOC(119 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
2016/11/22
Committee: INTA
Documents: PDF(175 KB) DOC(733 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(185 KB) DOC(683 KB)

Shadow opinions (6)

OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2012/0366(COD)
Documents: PDF(344 KB) DOC(544 KB)
OPINION on modernisation of public procurement
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/2048(INI)
Documents: PDF(114 KB) DOC(92 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/0250(COD)
Documents: PDF(236 KB) DOC(601 KB)
OPINION Report from the Commission: Report on competition policy 2009
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2137(INI)
Documents: PDF(112 KB) DOC(92 KB)
OPINION Guaranteeing independent impact assessments
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2016(INI)
Documents: PDF(105 KB) DOC(86 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (Recast)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2009/0054(COD)
Documents: PDF(207 KB) DOC(537 KB)

Institutional motions (1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the revision of the Commission’s impact assessment guidelines and the role of the SME test PDF (145 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2967(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(57 KB)

Oral questions (3)

Major interpellation - Violation of fundamental human rights of women in Pakistan PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2779(RSP)
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(17 KB)
Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(205 KB) DOC(19 KB)
GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) and compliance with Minimum Age Convention: case of Bolivia PDF (195 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(27 KB)

Written explanations (4)

Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament (A8-0429/2018 - Angelika Mlinar) DA

Ligestilling mellem kvinder og mænd er en grundlæggende værdi i Europa. Desværre hopper kæden af, når Europa-Parlamentets Udvalg om Kvinders Rettigheder og Ligestilling benytter en ellers god sag til fremlægge en række uantagelige forslag - f.eks. ved at foreslå et administrativt monster, som skal tvinge et kønspolitisk perspektiv ned over alle aspekter i Parlamentets budgetter, eller ved at misbruge ligestillingen til at bestemme over, hvordan det øverste lederskab af de politiske grupper udpeges - for at nævne nogle eksempler.
2016/11/22
Prison systems and conditions (A8-0251/2017 - Joëlle Bergeron) DA

Jeg har i dag stemt for betænkningen Bergeron om fængselssystemer og -forhold, men desværre tager betænkningen ikke tilstrækkeligt højde for det helt fundamentale problem: at europæiske lande ikke sikrer ordentlige, basale forhold i deres egne fængsler i overensstemmelse med menneskerettighedskonventionen. Det betyder i praksis, at andre europæiske lande ikke kan hjemsende kriminelle EU-borgere til afsoning i deres respektive hjemland. Det er derfor nødvendigt, at vi lægger yderligere pres på de medlemsstater, som ikke påtager sig deres ansvar. Her forventer jeg, at Europa-Kommissionen sikrer, at landene lever op til deres forpligtelser. Det kan ikke være rigtigt, at medlemslande i EU ikke tager ansvar for sine egne kriminelle. Jeg vil se handling fra de lande, som ikke lever op til kravene.
2016/11/22
Towards a pan-European covered bonds framework (A8-0235/2017 - Bernd Lucke) DA

Vi har i dag stemt om initativbetænkningen om fremtidens paneuropæiske ramme for særligt dækkede obligationer. Jeg har stemt for betænkningen, da den indeholder gode elementer, såsom at fremtidig regulering skal være fokuseret på principper og formål, så vi kan beholde de nationale modeller, der virker, som for eksempel dansk realkredit. Nå det så er sagt, noterer jeg mig, at vi beder EBA om en konsekvensanalyse af skibskredit. Skibskredit har i Danmark fungeret godt, og jeg forventer, at en konsekvensanalyse nå finde frem til, at skibe er sikre investeringer.
2016/11/22
Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (A8-0208/2017 - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy) DA

Jeg bakker fuldt og helt op om en ambitiøs europæisk klimapolitik til gavn for både vores borgere og for vores virksomheders konkurrenceevne på det globale marked. Jeg er også enig i, at non-ETS-sektorer under byrdefordelingsreglerne skal bidrage mere til at nedbringe drivhusgasudledninger end de gør i dag. Og mandatet, som vi i dag har givet miljøudvalget til de kommende forhandlinger, indeholder mange gode skridt i den rigtige retning. Men jeg håber alvorligt, at vi i forhandlingerne med Rådet kan rette op på to centrale forhold: Det drejer sig for det første om den manglende fleksibilitet til klimacertificerede landmænd, som ellers var foreslået af både EPP, ECR og S&D, men som ikke har fået tilstrækkelig opmærksomhed i Parlamentets interne forhandlinger. Den fleksibilitet er bydende nødvendig for at sikre, at udledningsreduktionen foregår kosteffektivt. For det andet noterer jeg mig endnu et hovedløst forsøg på at skade europæisk skibsfart - ved at presse på for nye regionale europæiske regler for udledningsreduktion i skibsfarten. Skibsfarten er allerede i gang med denne indsats og har lagt kompetencerne hos IMO, da reglerne bør understøtte en fair konkurrence og lige vilkår for et globalt erhverv. Derfor har jeg stemt imod ændringsforslag 28.
2016/11/22

Major interpellations (1)

Violation of fundamental human rights of women in Pakistan PDF (194 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(194 KB) DOC(17 KB)

Written questions (33)

Cross-border commuters, social security pensions, taxation and possible infringement of the free movement of workers PDF (39 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Ship Recycling Regulation - implementing act on a European list PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Traceability system for tobacco products PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(17 KB)
Shipowners facing unfair competition PDF (101 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(17 KB)
State of play of wind power in Poland PDF (192 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(192 KB) DOC(18 KB)
SME test PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Indexation practices regarding family benefits in certain Member States PDF (6 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(6 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Landed property in Latvia PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Cross-border recovery of student debt PDF (104 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Medical emergency services in Poland PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Cross-border recovery of student debt PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Insurance companies operating across borders PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(15 KB)
Competition situation on the mobile data roaming market PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(15 KB)
Mandates for development of standards PDF (101 KB) DOC (15 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(15 KB)
Late payments and access to public procurement in Italy PDF (104 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(17 KB)
The Norwegian and EEA Financial Mechanism Agreements for 2014-2021 and the Norwegian fish trade protocol for 2014-2021 PDF (197 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(197 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Mandates for development of standards PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Extending the scope of Regulation No 1069/2009 to cover starfish PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1775 on seal products PDF (99 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(99 KB) DOC(27 KB)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1775 on seal products PDF (102 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Rules on unbundling in the EU gas market - Directive 2009/73/EC PDF (191 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(25 KB)
National taxation of EU funding PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1775 on seal products PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(6 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Habitats Directive PDF (100 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(100 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Resale price maintenance in the hotel sector PDF (98 KB) DOC (23 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(98 KB) DOC(23 KB)
Possibility of using fish meal from starfish as pig feed PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Member States' reporting on final renewable energy consumption PDF (5 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(5 KB) DOC(25 KB)
Delays in public payments in Italy PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Enforcement of rules on national strategies for mobilising investment in building renovation PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Enforcement of rules on sulphur dioxide emissions from maritime shipping PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(6 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Relocation of abattoir jobs PDF (100 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(100 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Competition in the insurance broking sector in the EU PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Changes to national support schemes for renewable energy PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(24 KB)

Written declarations (2)

Written declaration on education and employment for persons with autism spectrum disorders and similar challenges

Written declaration on the administrative burden on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(97 KB) DOC(44 KB)
Authors: Malcolm HARBOUR, Bendt BENDTSEN, Dennis de JONG, Edit HERCZOG, Olle SCHMIDT

Amendments (1476)

Amendment 46 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to at least update the SME definition to take account of the rise in inflation and labour productivity since 2003; strongly supports anwelcomes an assessment of a possible adjustment beyond the index-linking of inflation and labour productivity, in order to take account of future inflation, provide certainty and obviate the need for a rapid further adjustment in the next few years;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the employee numbers is not a criterion which can be used to draw upstand alone for accurate EU-wide comparisons, as labour productivity varies from one Member State to another; welcomes, therefore, a shift towardscomprehensive approach including the criteria of turnover and balance sheet totals;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 75 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s start- up and scale-up initiative; views the promotion of entrepreneurship as important for economic growth in the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce a two-year transitional period during which enterprises which no longer qualify for SME status would retain that status;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that economic diplomacy instruments employed at EU level, such as the Mission for Growth, could be used to address economic challenges and exploit economic opportunities at global level more effectively; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts in that area, without creating duplicate structures; calls, in that connection, for an ‘Export growth in relation to enterprise size’ indicator to be developed and for additional support to be offered to small enterprises with high export volumes;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that, despite the considerable contribution they make to employment and growth by virtue of their productivity, MidCaps (enterprises that have outgrown the SME definition but still have typically medium-sized structures) are being neglected by policy-makers; calls, therefore, for a definition to be establishedn assessment of the feasibility of establishing a definition for these companies based on the criteria that they are family-run, have high equity ratio and employ up to 3000 people;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in addition to the priority EU measures for SMEs, to launch aexplore options for new MidCaps-oriented funding initiative using new fundings, which wcould cover collaborative research access, digitalisation strategies, export market development and an easing of the Basel specifications and data protection rules;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2018/2545(RSP)


Paragraph 11
11. TakWelcomes the view that SME categorisation should not be exclusively based onCommission's public consultation on the SME definition, including the criteria of employee headcount, annual turnover and balance sheet totals; calls, therefore, for the for an assessment of whether a criteria of ‘export-intensive’ (high level of exports in relation to number of employees), ‘largely independently-run’ and ‘high equity ratio’ - to be defined in due course - could to be taken into account when categorising companies and for enterprises with these characteristics to at least be exempted from the relevant specific reporting obligations and/or for it to be made easier for them to access financial support;
2018/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that globalisation and freer trade have lifted many people out of extreme poverty, although the benefits of globalisation to some extent are unequally distributed between regions and within societies; notes that this is a reasone unequal distribution of benefits might be one reason, among others, for the rising scepticism or rejection of globalisation within societies; notes that the financial and economic crises had a particularly negative effect on mid-range incomes; expresses the view that the combination of a declining middle class, citizens’ fears over losing their social and economic position, and scepticism towards globalisation, can result in nationalist and authoritarian tendencies, which then lead to the promotion of protectionism as an easy answer to common fears;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that increasing protectionism in the United States and beyond, as well as the lack of consideration for the needs and expectations of developing countries in international agreements, shows the weakness of the WTO; underlines the lack of integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world trade agenda shows the weakness of the WTO; underlines the need for a strong rule based international trade order; consider the WTO Appellate Body particular important for reconciling trade disputes and is gravely concerned with the USA blocking the appointment of members to the body, undermining the function of the WTO;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that strengthening the EU’s internal market as well as consolidating the economic union is vital, since a solid internal market is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of international strategies; points out that being internationally competitive depends strongly on shaping digitalisation successfully and in a socially responsible manner; notes that the shift towards energy efficiency and renewable energies needs to happen as soon as possible;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 109 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission to create a European trade strategy for SMEs in order to integrate SMEs into international value chains and overcome trade-specific hurdles such as non-tariff barriers; points out that access to information is one of the biggest obstacles to the market participation of SMEs, meaning that transparency and support need to increase; notes that the SDGs cannot be met without engagement from the private sector as they hold the key to development of sustainable solutions;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 146 #

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to include sustainability-related measures in every chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapter;
2018/07/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) The established and elaborate system of protection of intellectual property rights in the Union should not be impinged upon and needs to be strengthened as it is the cornerstone of innovation, competitiveness and growth in the Member States.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The absence of any exception in Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 to the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate has had the unintended consequence of preventing manufacturers of generics and biosimilars established in the Union from manufacturing, even for the exclusive purpose of exporting to third country markets in which such protection does not exist or has expired. A further unintended consequence is that the protection conferred by the certificate makes it more difficult for those manufacturers to enter the Union market immediately after expiry of the certificate, given that they are not in a position to build up production capacity until the protection provided by the certificate has lapsed, by contrast with manufacturers located in third countries where protection does not exist or has expired.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The aim of this Regulation is to ensure that manufacturers established in the Union are able to compete effectively in those third country markets where supplementary protection does not exist or has expired. It is intended to complement the efforts of the Union’s trade policy to ensure open markets for Union-based manufacturers of medicinal products. Indirectly, it is also intended to put those manufacturers in a better position to enter the Union market immediately after expiry of the relevant supplementary protection certificate. It would also help to serve the aim of fostering access to medicines in the Union by helping to ensure a swifter entry of generic and biosimilar medicines onto the market after expiry of the relevant certificate.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In those specific and limited circumstances, and in order to create a level playing field between Union-based manufacturers and third country manufacturers, it is appropriate to restrict the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate, but not any other patent or intellectual property right existing in a Member State, so as to allow making for the exclusive purpose of export to third countries and any related acts strictly necessary for making or for the actual export itself.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) SEfficient and effective safeguards should accompany the exception in order to increase transparency, to help the holder of a supplementary protection certificate to enforce its protection in the Union and to reduce the risk of illicit diversion onto the Union market during the term of the certificate.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) To this end, this Regulation should impose a once-off duty on the person making the product for the exclusive purpose of export, requiring that person to provide certain information to the authority which granted the supplementary protection certificate in the Member State where theeach making is to take place, and to the certificate holder in the relevant Member State, no later than three months before the start date of making in that Member State. The information should be provided before the making is intended to starto start at the earliest for the first time in that Member State and in advance of any related act prior to that making that would otherwise be prohibited by the protection conferred by a certificate. The making and related acts, including those performed in Member States other than the one of making in cases where the product is protected by a certificate in those other Member States too, should only fall within the scope of the exception where the maker has sent this notification to the competent industrial property authority (or other designated authority) of the Member State of making. The once-off and to the certificate holder. The duty to provide information to the authority should apply in each Member State where making is to take place, both as regards the making in that Member State, and as regards related acts, whether performed in that or another Member State, related to that making. The authority should be required to publish that information, in the interests of transparency and for the purpose of informing the holder of the certificate of the maker’s intention.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) The maker should also inform the certificate holder, in writing, of the intention to make a product pursuant to the exception. A notification form should be provided for this purpose, which will differ from the one used to notify the authority in that it will not contain confidential or commercially sensitive information. This information should be updated when appropriate.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 63 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In addition, this Regulation should impose certain due diligence requirements on thea maker as a condition for the exception to operate. TheEach maker should be required to inform persons within its supply chain, through appropriate and documented means, in particular contractual means, that the product is covered by the exception introduced by this Regulation and is intended for the exclusive purpose of export. A maker who failed to comply with these due diligence requirements would not benefit from the exception, nor would any third party performing a related act in the same or a different Member State where a certificate conferring protection for the product was in force, and the holder of the relevant certificate would therefore be entitled to enforce its rights under the certificate.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Furthermore, this Regulation should impose labelling requirements on the maker, in order to facilitate, by means of a logo, identification of the product as a product exclusively intended for the purpose of export to third countries. The making and related acts should only fall outside the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate if the product is labelled in this manner. This labelling obligation would be without prejudice to labelling requirements of third countries. Furthermore, a medicinal product bearing a Unique Identifier as per Articles 3(d) and 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/161/EU would indicate that the product is not exclusively intended for the purpose of export to third countries. Therefore, this regulation should prohibit a product exclusively intended for the purpose of export to third countries from bearing such Unique Identifier.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure that holders of supplementary protection certificates already in force are not deprived of their acquired rights, the exception provided for in this Regulation should only apply to certificates that are grantedapplied for on or after a specified date after entry into force, irrespective of when the application for the certificate was first lodged. The date specified should allow a reasonable time for applicants and other relevant market players to adjust to the changed legal context and to make appropriate investment and manufacturing location decisions in a timely way. The date should also allow sufficient time for public authorities to put in place appropriate arrangements to receive and publish notifications of the intention to make, and should take due account of pending applications for certificates.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 85 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure full respect for the right to property in Article 17 of the Charter by maintaining the core rights of the supplementary protection certificate, by confining the exception to certificates grantedapplied for on or after a specified date after entry into force of this Regulation and by imposing certain conditions on the application of the exception,
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) making for the exclusive purpose of export to third countries where no protection for the medicinal product exists or has expired; or
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 97 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the authority referred to in Article 9(1) of the Member State where that making is to take place (‘the relevant Member State’) is notified by the person doing the making (‘the maker’) of the information listed in paragraph 3 no later than 28 daythree months before the intended start date of making in that Member State and in advance of any related act prior to that making that would otherwise be prohibited by the protection conferred by a certificate;
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the certificate holder is informed, in writing, by the maker, of the information listed in points [(a), (c), (e) and (f)] of paragraph 3 no later than three months before the start date of making in that Member State and in advance of any related act prior to that making that would otherwise be prohibited by the protection conferred by a certificate;
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) the notification to the certificate holder shall not contain any confidential or commercially sensitive information.
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 105 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) the maker ensures that medicinal products intended for export to third countries do not bear a unique identifier as set out in point (d) of Article 3 and Article 4 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1611a; ____________ 1a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules for the safety features appearing on the packaging of medicinal products for human use (OJ L 32, 9.2.2016, p. 1).
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 114 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) an indicative list of the intended third country or third countries to which the product is to be exported. If the maker, after the list is provided, intends to export to further countries, it shall provide a notification within the time period specified in Art 4(2)(b).
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraph 2 shall apply in the case only of certificates grantedapplied for on or after [OP: please insert the date of the first day of the third month that follows the month in which this amending Regulation is published in the Official Journal)].;
2018/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2018/0091M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inclusion of a review clause in the chapter on sustainable development and calls on the Commission to trigger this clause as soon as possible in order to strengthen the enforceability and effectiveness of labour and environmental provisions, which should include the possibility of sanctions as a last resort;deleted
2018/10/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to enable qualified entities, which represent the collective interest of consumers in the cross-border cases, to seek remedy through representative actions against widespread cross-border infringements of provisions of Union law. The qualified entitie, which are common to at least 100 consumers in at least 2 Member States. The qualified entities that have received specific and exclusive mandates from consumers should be able to ask for stopping or prohibiting an infringement, for confirming that an infringement took place and to seek redress, such as compensation, repair or price reduction as available under national laws.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 59 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) It is important to ensure the necessary balance between access to justice and procedural safeguards against abusive litigation which could unjustifiably hinder the ability of businesses to operate in the Single Market. To prevent the misuse of representative actions, elements such as punitive damages and the absence of limitations as regards the entitlement to bring an action on behalf of the harmed consumers should be avoided and clear rules on various procedural aspects, such as the designation of qualified entities, the origin of their funds and nature of the information required to support the representative action, should be laid down. This Directive should not affect national rules concerning the allocation of procedural costs.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 73 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The Commission has adopted legislative proposals for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air30 and for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers' rights and obligations.31 It is therefore appropriate to provide that, onetwo years after the entry into force of this Directivee mentioned revised regulations, the Commission assesses whether the Union rules in the area of air and rail passengers' rights offer an adequate level of protection for consumers, comparable to that provided for in this Directive, and draws any necessary conclusions as regards the scope of this Directive. _________________ 30 COM(2013) 130 final. 31 COM(2017) 548 final.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 75 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Building on Directive 2009/22/EC, tThis Directive should cover both domestic and cross- border infringements, in particular when consumers concerned by an infringement live in one or several Member States other than the Member State where the infringing trader is established. It should also cover infringements which ceased before the representative action started or concluded, since it may still be necessary to prevent the repetition of the practice, establish that a given practice constituted an infringement and facilitate consumer redress.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 78 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) This Directive should not establish rules of private international law regarding jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of judgments or applicable law. The existing Union law instruments apply to the representative actions set out by this Directive.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 80 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) As only qualified entities can bring the representative actions, to ensure that the collective interests of consumers are adequately represented the qualified entities should comply with the criteria established by this Directive. In particular, they would need to be properly constituted according to the law of a Member State, which could include for example requirements regarding the number of members, the degree of permanence, or transparency requirements on relevant aspects of their structure such as their constitutive statutes, management structure, objectives and working methods. They should also be not for profit and have a legitimate interest in ensuring compliance with the relevant Union law. These criteria should apply to both qualified entities designated in advance and to ad hoc qualified entities that are constituted for the purpose of a specific actionFurthermore, the qualified entity must be independent of third parties and have sufficient capacity in terms of financial resources, human resources, and legal expertise to represent multiple consumers acting in their best interest. The qualified entity must also have an established procedure to prevent conflict of interests, and it must publish an annual activity report. In particular, in order to ensure sufficient transparency the annual activity report should include at a minimum information about the number of actions launched and the types of injunctions and redress measures sought, the number of redress decisions in favour of consumers and the trader, and or the actions resolved by settlement, the number of representative actions which have been discontinued and the reasons behind it. Member States may require additional information to be provided in the annual activity report.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 92 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) IOnly independent public bodies and consumer organisations in particular should play an active role in ensuring compliance with relevant provisions of Union law and are all well placcan be allowed to act as qualified entities. Since these entities have access to different sources of information regarding traders' practices towards consumers and hold different priorities for their activities, Member States should be free to decide on the types of measures that may be sought by each of these qualified entities in representative actions.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 99 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Injunction orders aim at the protection of the collective interests of consumers independently of any actual loss or damage suffered by individual consumers. Injunction ordersand may require traders to take specific action, such as providing consumers with the information previously omitted in violation of legal obligations. Decisions establishing that a practice constitutes an infringement should not depend on whether the practice was committed intentionally or by negligence.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 110 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Member States mayshould require qualified entities to provide sufficient information to support a representative action for redress, including a description of the group of consumers concerned by an infringement and the questions of fact and law to be resolved within the representative action. The qualified entity should not be required to individually identify all consumers concerned by an infringement in order to initiate the action. In representative actions for redress the court or administrative authority should verify at the earliest possible stage of the proceedings whether the case is suitable for being brought as a representative action, given the nature of the infringement and characteristics of the damages suffered by consumers concerned. In particular, the claims should be ascertainable and uniform and there should be a commonality in the measures sought, the action should represent at least 100 individual consumers from at least two Member States, a representative action should be the most suitable way to bring forward the claims in the interest of multiple consumers, in particular if seeking redress measures by the individual consumers would create a risk of inconsistent decisions, individual consumers should be able to be identified and informed of the representation action in an adequate way, any third-party funding arrangement of the qualified entity should be suitable and fair, in particular the remuneration for the funder should be clearly stated and based on the redress effectively paid to consumers and not on the amount claimed or awarded by the court or settlement. Member States should also ensure that the court or administrative authority has the authority to dismiss manifestly unfounded cases at the earliest possible stage of litigation.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 120 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Member States should be allowed to decide whether their court or national authority seized of a representative action for redress may exceptionally issue, instead of a redress order, a declaratory decision regarding the liability of the trader towards the consumers harmed by an infringement which could be directly relied upon in subsequent redress actions by individual consumers. This possibility should be reserved to duly justifiedmay in particular be applied to cases where the quantification of the individual redress to be attributed to each of the consumer concerned by the representative action is complex and it would be inefficient to carry it out within the representative action. Declaratory decisions should not be issued in situations which are not complex and in particular where consumers concerned are identifiable and where the consumers have suffered a comparable harm in relation to a period of time or a purchase. Similarly, declaratory decisions should not be issued where the amount of loss suffered by each of the individual consumers is so small that individual consumers are unlikely to claim for individual redress. The court or the national authority should duly motivate its recourse to a declaratory decision instead of a redress order in a particular case.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 122 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Where consumers concerned by the same practice are identifiable and they suffered comparable harm in relation to a period of time or a purchase, such as in the case of long-term consumer contracts, the court or administrative authority may clearly define the group of consumers concerned by the infringement in the course of the representative action. In particular, the court or administrative authority could ask the infringing trader to provide relevant information, such as the identity of the consumers concerned and the duration of the practice. For expediency and efficiency reasons, in these cases Member States in accordance with their national laws could consider to provide consumers with the possibility to directly benefit from a redress order after it was issued without being required to give their individual mandate before the redress order is issued.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 127 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) In low-value cases most consumers are unlikely to take action in order to enforce their rights because the efforts would outweigh the individual benefits. However, if the same practice concerns a number of consumers, the aggregated loss may be significant. In such cases, a court or authority may consider that it is disproportionate to distribute the funds back to the consumers concerned, for example because it is too onerous or impracticable. Therefore the funds received as redress through representative actions would better serve the purposes of the protection of collective interests of consumers and should be directed to a relevant public purpose, such as a consumer legal aid fund, awareness campaigns or consumer movements.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 142 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) This Directive concerns only cross- border cases and does not replace existing national collective redress mechanisms. Taking into account their legal traditions, it leaves it to the discretion of the Member States whether to design the representative action set out by this Directive as a part of an existing or future collective redress mechanism or as an alternative to these mechanisms, insofar as the national mechanism complies with the modalities set by this Directive.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 144 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Qualified entities should be fully transparent about the source of funding of their activity in general and regarding the funds supporting a specific representative action for redress in order to enable courts or administrative authorities to assess whether there may be a conflict of interest between the third party funder and the qualified entity and to avoid risks of abusive litigation as well as to assess whether the funding third parqualified entity has sufficient resources in order to meet its financial commitments to the qualified entityobligations should the action fail. The information provided by the qualified entity at the earliest stage of the proceeding to the court or administrative authority overseeing the representative action should enable it to assess whether theany third party may influence procedural decisions of the qualified entity in general and in the context of the representative action, including on settlements and whether it provides financing for a representative action for redress against a defendant who is a competitor of the fund provider or against a defendant on whom the fund provider is dependant. If any of these circumstances is confirmed, the court or administrative authority shouldmust be empowered to require the qualified entity to refuse the relevant funding and, if necessary, reject standing of the qualified entity in a specific case. or stay proceedings. Member States should provide that where third party funding is permitted and in order to avoid the risks of abusive litigation Member States should be able to implement a licencing system through a public authority by which third party funders are licensed and subject to strict professional obligations and registered in a public registry for funders. Where such systems exist, Member States should ensure that third party funders have a legal obligation to act in the best interest of the qualified entity and the consumers it represents (fiduciary duty). Furthermore, Member States should prohibit third party funders and law firms from establishing qualified entities, law firms from owning third party funders and vice versa, and third party funders from basing remuneration on the settled or awarded compensation.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 151 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Member States may provide that a qualified entity and a trader who have reached a settlement regarding redress for consumers affected by an allegedly illegal practice of that trader can jointly request a court or administrative authority to approve it. Such request should be admitted by the court or administrative authority only if there is no other ongoing representative action regarding the same practice. A competent court or administrative authority approving such collective settlement must take into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned, including individual consumers. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlementSettlements should be final and binding for all the concerned consumers.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 153 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) The court and administrative authority should have the power to invite the infringing trader and the qualified entity which brought the representative action to enter into negotiations aimed at reaching a settlement on redress to be provided to consumers concerned. The decision of whether to invite the parties to settle a dispute out-of-court should take into account the type of the infringement to which the action relates, the characteristics of the consumers concerned, the possible type of redress to be offered, the willingness of the parties to settle, in particular any actions with an impact on the procedural costs and on the legal fees to be borne by the parties, the impact on any funding arrangements and the compensation to be effectively paid to consumers, and the expediency of the procedure.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 158 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Any out-of-court settlement reached within the context of a representative action or based on a final declaratory decision should be approved by the relevant court or the administrative authority to ensure its legality and fairness, taking into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlementThe settlement precludes any additional individual or collective rights for redress of consumers that have specifically and exclusively mandated the collective action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 162 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) Ensuring that consumers are informed about a representative action is crucial for its success. Consumers should be informed of ongoing representative action, the fact that a trader's practice has been considered as a breach of law, their rights following the establishment of an infringement and any subsequent steps to be taken by consumers concerned, particularly for obtaining redress. The reputational risks associated with spreading information about the infringement are also important for deterring traders infringing consumer rights.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 167 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) To be effective, the information should be adequate and proportional to the circumstances of the case. The infringing trader shouldMember States should ensure that the court or the administrative authority may require the defeated party to adequately inform all consumers concerned of a final decision concerning injunction and redress orders issued within the representative action, as well and both parties in cases of a settlement approved by a court or administrative authority. Such information may be provided for instance on the trader's website, social media, online market places, or in popular newspapers, including those distributed exclusively by electronic means of communication. If possible, consumers should be informed individually through electronic or paper letters. This information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities upon request.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 170 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) To enhance legal certainty, avoid inconsistency in the application of Union law and to increase the effectiveness and procedural efficiency of representative actions and of possible follow-on actions for redress, the finding of an infringement or a non-infringement established in a final decision, including a final injunction order under this Directive, issued by an administrative authority or a court should not be relitigated in subsequent legal actions related to the same infringement or non-infringement by the same trader as regards the nature of the infringement or non-infringement and its material, personal, temporal and territorial scope as determined by that final decision. Where an action seeking measures eliminating the continuing effects of the infringement, including for redress, is brought in a Member State other than the Member State where a final decision establishing this infringement or non-infringement was issued, the decision should constitute a rebuttable presumption that the infringement has occurredmay be considered as evidence that the infringement has or has not occurred in related cases.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 173 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Actions for redress based on the establishment of an infringement by a final injunction order or by a final declaratory decision regarding the liability of the trader towards the harmed consumers under this Directive should not be hindered by national rules on limitation periods. The submission of a representative action shall have the effect of suspending or interrupting the limitation periods for any redress actions for the consumers concerned by this, who have given their specific and exclusive mandate to a qualified entity to be represented in such an action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 178 #

2018/0089(COD)

(37) Evidence is an important element for establishing whether a given practice constitutes an infringement of law, whether there is a risk of its repetition, for determining the consumers concerned by an infringement, deciding on redress and adequately informing consumers concerned by a representative action about the ongoing proceedings and its final outcomes. However, business-to- consumer relationships are characterised by information asymmetry and the necessary information may be held exclusively by either the trader, making it inaccessible to the qualified entity. Qualified enti or the qualified entity, or the consumers it represents, making it inaccessible to the other party. The parties should therefore be afforded the right to request, upon presenting a substantiated explanation to the competent court or administrative authority the disclosure by the trader of evidence relevant to their claim or needed for adequately informing consumers concerned about the representative action, without it being necessary for them to specify individual items of evidenceother party of specific and clearly defined evidence relevant to their claim. The need, scope and proportionality of such disclosure should be carefully assessed by the court or administrative authority overseeing the representative action having regard to the protection of legitimate interests of third parties and subject to the applicable Union and national rules on confidentiality. Member States should ensure that the court or administrative authority verify that the requested evidence is narrowly and precisely circumscribed based on reasonable and available facts. In particular, the court or the administrative authority should assess the relationship between the claim or defence and the requested evidence, the scope and cost of the disclosure, and whether the evidence sought contains any confidential or privilege information protected under relevant national laws.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 183 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) Having regard to the fact that representative actions pursue a public interest by protecting the collective interests of consumers, Member States should ensure that qualified entities are not prevented from bringing representative actions under this Directive because of the costs involved with the procedures. However, subject to the relevant conditions under national provisions, this should be without prejudice to the fact that the party that loses a representative action reimburses necessary legal costs borne by the winning party (‘loser pays principle’). The unsuccessful party should bear the costs of the proceedings. However, the court or administrative authority should not award costs to the successful party to the extent that they were unnecessarily incurred or are disproportionate to the claim.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 186 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) Member States should ensure that contingency fees are avoided and lawyers’ remuneration and the method by which it is calculated do no create any incentive to litigation that is unnecessary from the point of view of the interest of consumers or any of the parties concerned and could prevent consumers to fully benefit from the representative action. The Member States that allow for contingency fees should ensure that such fees do not prevent obtaining full compensation by consumers.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 190 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) In order to effectively tackle infringements with cross-border implications the mutual recognition of the legal standing of qualified entities designated in advance in one Member State to seek representative action in another Member State should be ensured, provided that qualified entities can demonstrate the relevant accreditation of their standing issued in the country of their domicile. Furthermore, qualified entities from different Member States should be able to join forces within a single representative action in front of a single forum, subject to relevant rules on competent jurisdiction. For reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, one qualified entity should be able to bring a representative action in the name of other qualified entities representing consumers from different Member States that have given a specific and exclusive mandate for bringing the specific action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 204 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive sets out rules enabling qualified entities to seek representative actions aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers, while at the same time ensuring appropriate safeguards to avoid abusive litigation.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 206 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not prevent Member States from adopting or maintaining in force provisions designed to grant qualified entities or any other persons concerned other procedural means to bring actions aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers at national level, provided that these procedural means contain at least equivalent binding safeguards and mechanisms as those set out in this Directive.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 218 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to representative actions brought against widespread infringements by traders of provisions of the Union law listed in Annex I that harm or may harm the collective interests of consumers. It shall apply to domestic and cross-border infringements, including where those infringements have ceased before the representative action has started or before the representative action has been concluded.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 222 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive is without prejudice to the Union rulePursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments oin private international law, in particular rules related to court jurisdiction and applicable lawcivil and commercial matters, for actions taken pursuant to this Directive, traders domiciled in a Member State shall, wherever the infringement took place, be sued in the courts of that Member State.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 229 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘collective interests of consumers’ means the common interests of a number of consumert least 100 consumers in at least two Member States;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 236 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) ‘widespread infringement’ means any acts or omissions contrary to Union laws that protect consumers’ interests that have done, do or are likely to do harm to the collective interests of consumers and that have common features, including the same unlawful practice, the same interest being infringed and that are occurring concurrently, and are committed by the same trader;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 238 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘representative action’ means an action for the protection of the collective interests of consumers to which the consumers concerned are not parties and to which they gave the qualified entity their specific and exclusive mandates;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 250 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that representative actions can only be brought by qualified entities designatedthat have been granted accreditation, at their request, by the Member States in advance for this purpose and placed in a publicly available list.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 303 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Admissibility Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority verify at the earliest possible stage of the proceedings that the representative action fulfils the following criteria: (a) the action is the most suitable way to resolve the claims of multiple consumers; (b) the claims are ascertainable and uniform and there is a commonality in the measures sought; (c) at least 100 consumers in 2 Member States are affected and have provided their specific and exclusive mandate; (d) the individual consumers can be identified and informed of the representative action in an adequate way; (e) the funding arrangements of the qualified entity are suitable; (f) no other action has been brought before a court or administrative authority regarding the same practice, the same trader and the same consumers. Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority have the authority to dismiss manifestly unfounded cases at the earliest possible stage of litigation.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 308 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that representative actions can be brought before national courts or administrative authorities only by qualified entities accredited in accordance with Article 4(1) and provided that there is a direct relationship between the main objectives of the entity and the rights granted under Union law that are claimed to have been violated in respect of which the action is brought.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 310 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that qualified entities are entitled to bring representative actions seeking the following measures: if necessary to avoid serious and irreparable harm:
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 313 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) an injunction order as an interim measure for stopping theillegal practice or, if the practice has not yet been carried out but is imminent, prohibiting the illegal practice;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 318 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In order to seek injunction orders, qualified entities shall not have to obtain the mandate of the individual consumers concerned or provide proof of actual loss or damage on the part of the consumers concerned or of intention orprovide proof that a widespread infringement has occurred or of the intention to infringe or of negligence on the part of the trader.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 323 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that qualified entities are entitled to bring representative actions seeking measures eliminating the continuing effectsa declaratory decision regarding the liability of the trader towards the consumers harmed by an infringement of Union law listed in Annex I of the infringement. These measures shall be sought on the basis of any final decision establishing that a practice constitutes an infringement of Union law listed in Annex I harming collective interests of consumers, includingafter the adoption of a final injunction order referred to in paragraph (2)(b).
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 335 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of Article 5(3), Member States shall ensure that qualified entities are entitled to bring representative actions seeking a redress order, which obligates the trader to provide for, inter alia, compensation, repair, replacement, price reduction, contract termination or reimbursement of the price paid, as appropriate. AIn all such cases Member State mays shall require the mandate of the individual consumers concerned before a declaratory decision is made or a redress order is issuedspecific and exclusive mandate of at least 100 individual consumers concerned in at least 2 Member States before an action seeking a redress order may be initiated, and others joining the action may do so only upon presentation of an exclusive mandate, and up to the point of the first hearing of the substantive issue at the latest.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 348 #

2018/0089(COD)

The qualified entity shall provide sufficient informationevidence and facts as required under national law to support the action, including a descriptionlist of the consumers concerned bymandating the action and the questions of fact and law to be resolved.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 362 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the cases where: (a) consumers concerned by the infringement are identifiable and suffered comparable harm caused by the same practice in relation to a period of time or a purchase. In such cases the requirement of the mandate of the individual consumers concerned shall not constitute a condition to initiate the action. The redress shall be directed to the consumers concerned; (b) amount of loss and it would be disproportionate to distribute the redress to them. In such cases, Member States shall ensure that the mandate of the individual consumers concerned is not required. The redress shall be directed to a public purpose serving the collective interests of consumers.deleted consumers have suffered a small
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 374 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The redress obtained through a final decision in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be without prejudice to2 shall exclude any additional rights to redress that the consumers concerned may have under Union or national law regarding the same trader and regarding the same infringement.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 379 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The damages should be restitution in nature. The redress awarded should not exceed the compensation that would have been awarded if the representative action had been pursued by means of individual action. In particular, Member States should prohibit any form of punitive damages that lead to the overcompensation of the consumer in relation to the damage actually suffered.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 382 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Funding, Fees for Lawyers and Intermediaries and Costs
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 385 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. TIn accordance with Article 4(1), the qualified entity seeking a redress order as referred in Article 6(1) shall declare at ansubmit to the court or administrative authority at the earlyiest stage of the action thea complete financial overview, listing all sources of the funds used for its activity in general and the funds that it uses to support the action. It shall demonstrate that it has sufficient financial resources to represent the best interests of the consumers concerned and to meet any adverse costs should the action fail.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 394 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that in cases where a representativprohibit qualified entities from receiving any part of the financing of the actions for redress is funded by a third party, it is prohibited for theeseen by Articles 5 and 6 from commercial third party: funders.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 397 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to influence decisions of the qualified entity in the context of a representative action, including on settlements;deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 399 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to provide financing for a collective action against a defendant who is a competitor of the fund provider or against a defendant on whom the fund provider is dependant;deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 406 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that courts and administrative authorities are empowered to assess the circumstances referred to in paragraph 2 and accordingly require the qualified entity to refuse the relevant fundingand obliged to assess whether the provisions in paragraph 2 and 4 are being met and review the proportionality and fairness to consumers of any compensation paid to third parties, lawyers and, if necessary, reject the standing of the qualified entity in a specific case.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 412 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Neither lawyers nor other parties assisting or representing qualified entities, or assisting consumers as intermediaries, shall charge fees based on a proportion of any award or settlement amount.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 413 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States shall ensure that where adverse costs are awarded against a party, any third parties that have supported the action shall also be responsible for those costs on a joint and several basis.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 414 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may provide that a qualified entity and a trader who have reached a settlement regarding redress for consumers who have chosen to be represented in the action and who have been affected by an allegedly illegal practice of that trader can jointly request a court or administrative authority to approve it. Such a request should be admitted by the court or administrative authority only if there is no other ongoing representative action in front of the court or administrative authority of the same Member StateOnce approved, the settlement reached shall be binding and preclude any additional individual or collective rights for redress of consumers that have specifically and exclusively mandated the collective action regarding the same trader and regarding the same practice.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 419 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority that issueds the final declaratory decision referred to in Article 6(21) is empowered to request the parties to the representative action to reach within a reasonable set time limit and before a final decision is taken a settlement regarding the redress to be provided to consumers on the basis of this final decisthat have specifically and exclusively mandated the collective action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 423 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by settlements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. The redress obtained through an approved settlement in accordance with paragraph 4 shall be without prejudice to any additional rights to redress that the consumers concerned may have under Union or national law.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 435 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where a settlement or final decision may benefit consumers who may be unaware of it, Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority shallmay require the infringing trader to inform affected consumersdefeated party or both parties in case of a settlement, to publish at its expense about the final decisions providing for measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, and the approved settlements referred to in Article 8, by means appropriate to the circumstance of the case and within specified time limits, including, where appropriate, through notifying all consumers concerned individually.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 443 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that public communications by qualified entities about claims are factual and take into account both the right for consumers to receive information and Defendants’ reputational rights and rights to business secrecy.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 446 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an infringement harming collective interests of consumers established in a final decision of an administrative authority or a court, including a final injunction order referred to in Article 5(2)(b), is deemed as irrefutably establishing the existence or non-existence of that infringement for the purposes of any other actions seeking redress before their national courts against the same trader for the same infringementfacts.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 449 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that a final decision referred to in paragraph 1, taken in another Member State is consideredshould be included in the file for relevant cases by their national courts or administrative authorities as a rebuttable presumption that an infringement has occurred. It may be considered as evidence in related cases.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 454 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the submission of a representative action as referred to in Articles 5 and 6 shall have the effect of suspending or interrupting limitation periods applicable to any redress actions for the consumers concerned, who have given a specific and exclusive mandate to a qualified entity to be represented in such an action, if the relevant rights are subject to a limitation period under Union or national law.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 459 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, at the request of a qualified entityone of the parties that has presented reasonably available facts and evidence sufficient to support the representative action, sufficient evidence and a substantive explanation to support its views, and has indicated further specific and clear defined evidence which lies in the control of the defendantother party, the court or administrative authority may order, in accordance with national procedural rules, that such evidence be presented by the defendantis party, subject to the applicable Union and national rules on confidentiality.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 463 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority verify that the evidence requested is circumscribed as precisely and as narrowly as possible on the basis of reasonable available facts and that the disclosure is limited to what can be seen as proportionate. In determining whether any disclosure requested by a party is proportionate, courts or administrative authorities shall consider the legitimate interest of all parties, including all third parties concerned. In particular, they shall consider: (a) the extent to which the claim or defence is supported by available facts and evidence justifying the request to disclose evidence; (b) the scope and the cost of disclosure, especially for any third parties concerned, including preventing non- specific searches for information, which are unlikely to be of relevance for the parties in the procedure; (c) whether the evidence sought contains confidential information, especially concerning any third parties, and what arrangements are in place for protecting such confidential information. Member States shall ensure that national courts give full effect to applicable legal professional privilege under Union or national law when ordering the disclosure of evidence. Member States shall ensure that those from whom disclosure is sought, are provided with an opportunity to be heard before a national court that orders the disclosure under this Article.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 466 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to non- compliance with the final decisions issued within thensure that the party that loses a collective repdresentative action and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasives action reimburses necessary legal costs borne by the winning party (‘loser pays principle’), subject to the conditions provided for in the relevant national law.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 467 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that penalties may take the form of fines.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 469 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. When deciding about the allocation of revenues from fines Member States shall take into account the collective interests of consumers.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 471 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify provisions referred to in paragraph 1 to the Commission by [date for transposition of the Directive] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 472 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall be encouraged – in line with Article 7(1) – to ensure that qualified entities have sufficient funds available for representative actions. They may take the necessary measures to ensure that procedural costs related to specific representative actions do not constitute financial obstacles for qualified entities to effectively exercise the right to seek the measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, such as limiting applicable court or administrative fees, granting them access to legal aid where necessary, or by providing them with public funding for this purpose. In any case, qualified entities shall bear a reasonably high share of resulting costs.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 481 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that any qualified entity designaaccredited in advance in one Member State in accordance with Article 4(1) may apply to the courts or administrative authorities of another Member State upon the presentation of the publicly available list referred to in that Article. THowever, the courts or administrative authorities shall accept this list as proof ofreview the legal standing of the qualified entity without prejudice to their right toby examineing whether the purpose of the qualified entity justifies its taking action in a specific case.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 482 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that where the infringement affects or is likely to affect consumers from different Member States the representative action may be brought to the competent court or administrative authority of a Member State by several qualified entities from different Member States, acting jointly or represented by a single qualified entity, for the protection of the collective interest of consumers from different Member States, who have given a specific and exclusive mandate to a qualified entity to be included in such an action. In such circumstances, a consolidated list of all consumers who have given such a specific and exclusive mandate and who are presented will be provided to the court or administrative authority and the defendant at the beginning of an action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 484 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of cross-border representative actions, and without prejudice to the rights granted to other entities under national legislation, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission the list of qualified entities designated in advance. Member States shall inform the Commission of the name and purpose of these qualified entities. The Commission shall make this information publicly available and keep it up to date.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 485 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. If a Member State or, the Commission or the trader raises concerns regarding the compliance by a qualified entity with the criteria laid down in Article 4(1), the Member State that designated that entity shall investigate the concerns and, where appropriate, revoke the designation if one or more of the criteria are not complied with.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 486 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Qualified entities shall be required to be accredited in the Member State of their principal place of business and activity. Furthermore, Member States shall facilitate the transfer of accreditations where appropriate, subject always to compliance with any criteria applicable in the Member State to which the qualified entity transfers.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 487 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. To avoid parallel actions or actions risking irreconcilable judgments, pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, where related actions are pending in the courts of different Member States, any court other than the court first seized may stay its proceedings.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 493 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. After two years after the entry into force of the revised rules on air and rail passenger rights, the Commission shall assess whether they offer a level of protection of the rights of consumers comparable to that provided for under this Directive. Where that is not the case, the Commission shall evaluate the necessity to make appropriate proposals, which may consist in particular in introducing the acts referred to above in the Annex I of this Directive as defined in Article 2. No later than one year after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall assess whether the rules con air and rail passenger rightscerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway offer a level of protection of the rights of consumers comparable to that provided for under this Directive. Where that is not the case, the Commission intendsshall evaluate the necessity to make appropriate proposals, which may consist in particular in removintroducing the acts referred to in points 10 and 15 of Annex I from the scope of applicationabove in the Annex I of this Directive as defined in Article 2.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 497 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – subheading 1
LIST OF PROVISIONS OF CONSUMER UNION LAW REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(1)
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 498 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1
(1) Council Directive 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (OJ L 210 , 07.08.1985, p. 29 –33)37 . _________________ 37 The said Directive was amended by Directive 1999/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 1999 amending Council Directive 85/374/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (OJ L 141, 04.06.1999, p. 20 - 21).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 499 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 7
(7) Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51–77).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 500 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 10
(10) Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ L 46, 17.2.2004, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 501 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 13
(13) Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 21): Article 1, point (c) of Article 2 and Articles 4 to 8.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 502 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 15
(15) Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 503 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 18
(18) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1–1355).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 504 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 20
(20) Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 55–93).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 505 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 21
(21) Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94–136).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 506 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 22
(22) Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32–96).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 507 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 23
(23) Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on cross- border payments in the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 (OJ L 266, 9.10.2009, p. 11–18).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 508 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 24
(24) Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC (OJ L 267, 10.10.2009, p. 7– 17).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 509 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 25
(25) Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10–35).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 510 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 26
(26) Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46–58).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 511 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 27
(27) Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1–155): Articles 183, 184, 185 and186.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 512 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 29
(29) Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13–35).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 513 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 30
(30) Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1–19).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 514 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 31
(31) Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 515 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 32
(32) Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 516 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 33
(33) Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45–65).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 517 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 34
(34) Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1– 73).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 518 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 36
(36) Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18–63).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 519 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 37
(37) Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (OJ L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 22–37).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 520 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 38
(38) Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 10–35).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 521 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 39
(39) Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1–56).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 522 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 42
(42) Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on European venture capital funds (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 1–17).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 523 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 43
(43) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 18–38).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 524 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 45
(45) Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349–496).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 525 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 48
(48) Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) (OJ L 352, 9.12.2014, p. 1–23).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 526 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 49
(49) Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 98–121).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 527 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 50
(50) Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 35– 127).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 528 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 51
(51) Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1– 18).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 529 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 52
(52) Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (recast) (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19–59).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 530 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 53
(53) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 531 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 54
(54) Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 37–85).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 532 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 56
(56) Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (OJ L 168, 30.6.2017, p. 12– 82).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 533 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 57
(57) Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on money market funds (OJ L 169, 30.6.2017, p. 8–45).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 534 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 58
(58) Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1– 23).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 535 #

2018/0089(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59
(59) Regulation (EU) 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 February 2018 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006/2004 and (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 60, 02.03.2018, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 115 #

2018/0076(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation 924/2009
Article 15
By 31 October 2022, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Central Bank a report on the application of this Regulation, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal. That report shall cover, in particular, the appropriateness of amending Article 1(2) to ensure that this Regulation according to the results of the review, by a legislative proposal amending the scope of this Regulation in Article 1(2) to covers all currencies of Member States of the Union.
2018/09/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 92 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) In a number of Member States, innovative structures for maturity profiles have been developed in order to address potential liquidity risks, including maturity mismatches. These structures include the possibility to extend the scheduled maturity of the covered bond for a certain period of time or to allow the cash flows from the assets in the cover pool to pass directly to the covered bond holders. It is important in order to harmonise extendable maturity structures across the Union that the conditions under which Member States may allow these structures be defined to ensure that they are not too complex or expose investors to increased risks. It is also important to ensure that the credit institution cannot extend the maturity at its sole discretion. Maturity should only be extended when objective and clearly defined trigger events have occurred or are expected to occur in the near future.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 105 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'match funding requirement' means rules requiring that the cash flows between liabilities and assets falling due be matched by contractually ensuring that payments from borrowers and counterparties of derivative contracts be received, fall due prior to making payments to covered bond investors and that the amounts received from the borrowers are at least equivalent in value to the payments to be made to the covered bond investore counterparties of derivative contracts, and that the amounts received contractually falling due from the borrowers and counterparties of derivative contracts are at least equivalent in value to the payments to be made to the covered bond investors and counterparties of derivative contracts, and that the amounts received from borrowers and derivative counterparties be placed in the cover pool in assets according to Article 16 (3) of this Directive until the payments are due to the covered bond investors and derivative counterparties;
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 107 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall lay down rules entitling the covered bonds investors and derivative counterparties to the following claims:
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 110 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of point (c) of paragraph 1, in the case of insolvency of a specialised mortgage credit institution, Member States may lay down rules granting the covered bond investors and derivative counterparties a claim that ranks senior to the claim of that specialised mortgage credit institution's ordinary unsecured creditors determined in accordance with the national laws governing the ranking of creditors in normal insolvency procedures, but junior to any other preferred creditors.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 112 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Eligible assetCover assets for premium covered bonds
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 113 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure investor protection by requiringe that covered bonds are at all times collateralissecured by high quality assets. Such assets shall include all assets referred to in points (a) to (g) of Article 129(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or by other high quality assets that meet at least the following requirements:in fulfilment of the requirements for the preferential treatment of covered bonds set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 129 of that Regulation.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 117 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) either the market value or mortgage lending value of the assets can be determined;deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) a mortgage, charge, lien or other guarantee on the asset is enforceable;deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 125 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) all legal requirements for establishing the mortgage, charge, lien or guarantee on the asset have been fulfilled;deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 129 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the mortgage, charge, lien or guarantee securing the asset enable the credit institution issuing covered bonds to realise the value of the asset without undue delay.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 136 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of point (a), Member States shall lay down rules on valuation of assets.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 140 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of point (b), Member States shall lay down rules ensuring the prompt filing and registration of mortgages, charges, liens or guarantee on assets in the cover pool.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 144 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of points (b) and (d), Member States shall ensure that credit institutions issuing covered bonds assess the enforceability of assets before including such assets in the cover pool.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 148 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall ensure investor protection by requiring that credit institutions issuing covered bonds have in place procedures to monitor that the assets used as collateral are adequately insured against the risk of damag´ rules on valuation of the collateral shall ensure that the collateral is valued by an independent valuer at the market value or at the mortgage lending value.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 151 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall require from credit institutions issuing covered bonds to document the assets used as collateral and their lending policies regarding their compliance with those paragraphsthat the collateral is adequately insured against the risk of loss or damage and that the claim out of the insurance is part of the cover pool.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 153 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Cover assets for ordinary covered bonds 1. Member States may allow the issuance of covered bonds secured by high quality cover assets not referred to as eligible in points (a) to (g) of Article 129(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. In this case, Member States shall require that cover assets provide the credit institution issuing covered bonds with claims for the payment of a determined amount of money as set out in paragraph 2 and secured by collateral assets as set out in paragraph 3. Member States shall also require that the choice of cover assets mitigates cover pool risk as set out in paragraph 4. Cover assets shall also include exposures caused by transmission and management of payments of the obligors of, or liquidation proceeds in respect of, the claims for payment referred to in paragraph 2, and exposures caused by the use of derivatives in accordance with Article 11. 2. Member States shall lay down rules ensuring that the claim for payment referred to in paragraph 1 meets the following legal requirements: (a) Each claim is collateralised by assets for which a public register records ownership and collateral rights or is a loan to a public undertaking as defined in Article 2(b) of Commission Directive 2006/111/EC. (b) Each claim, which is not a loan to a public undertaking as defined in Article 2 (b) of Commission Directive 2006/111/EC, is secured by a legally established mortgage, charge, lien or other guarantee and each of these is enforceable. (c) the mortgage, charge, lien or guarantee securing the claim enable the credit institution issuing covered bonds to receive the payment of the claim in due time and at reasonable cost. 3. Member States shall lay down rules ensuring that the collateral assets referred to in paragraph 1 meet either of the following requirements: (a) for physical assets either the market or the mortgage lending value can be determined or, if this is not possible, the asset is valued by rules laid down by the Member State; (b) for assets in the form of exposures to public undertakings, their safety and soundness is inferred from their tax- raising powers or from being subject to either public supervision or a rating by a nominated ECAI. For the purposes of the asset valuation rules referred to in point (a), Member States shall require that the collateral physical asset is valued by an independent valuer. Moreover, they shall lay down a valuation methodology and process designed to yield values which are equal to or less than the unknown market or mortgage lending value of an asset at the moment of inclusion in the cover pool. 4. Member States shall ensure the risk mitigation referred to in paragraph 1 by imposing the following requirements: (a) all collateral for cover pool assets shall be adequately insured against the risk of loss or damage and the claim out of the insurance shall be part of the cover pool. (b) Member States may for physical assets referred to in paragraph 3 (a) set a value limit for serving as collateral for cover pool claims at the initial time of funding the loans with ordinary covered bonds. (c) exposures to public undertakings with no tax-raising powers and without being subject to public supervision shall not be eligible as cover pool assets if a credit assessment of an ECAI falls below its own threshold for investment grade quality.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 162 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States may lay down rules regarding the use, by way of an intragroup transaction, of covered bonds issued by a credit institution belonging to a group ('internally issued covered bonds') as collateralver assets for the external issue of covered bonds by another credit institution 'belonging to the same group ('externally issued covered bonds'). Member States shall ensure investor protection by including at least the following requirements in those rules:
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 163 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the internally issued covered bonds, which are used as collateral for the externally issued covered bonds, are recorded on the balance sheet of sold to the credit institution which issuesing the externally issued covered bonds;
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 164 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the credit institution issuing the exinternally issued covered bond hass are used as claim on the credit institution issuingover assets in the cover pool for the inexternally issued covered bonds, which is secured by and recorded on the balance sheet of the credit institution issuing the inexternally issued covered bonds;
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 165 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the externally issued covered bonds are intended to be sold to covered bond investors outside the group;
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 166 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) both the internally and the externally issued covered bonds qualify for credit quality step 1 as referred to in Part Three, Title II, Chapter 2 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and are collateralised by residential or commercial property mortgages.are collateralised by eligible cover assets as referred to in Article 6;
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 171 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10
Composition of the cover pool Member States shall ensure investor protection by providing for a sufficient level of homogeneity of the assets in the cover pool so that they shall be of a similar nature in terms of structural features, lifetime of assets or risk profile.Article 10 deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 270 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may allow for the calculation of the principal for extendable maturity structures to be based on the final maturity date of the covered bond.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 271 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the maturity extension is not triggered at the sole discretion of the credit institution issuing covered bonds;
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 279 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to the right of Member States to lay down criminal penalties, Member States shall lay down rules establishing appropriate administrative penalties and remedial measures applicable at least in the following situations:
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 280 #

2018/0043(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States may decide not to lay down rules for administrative penalties for infringements which are subject to criminal penalties under their national law. In such cases, Member States shall communicate to the Commission the relevant criminal law provisions.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 37 #

2018/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 129 – paragraph 7a (new)
7 a. For the purpose of point (d)(i), (e), (f)(i) and (g) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States may decide to apply a higher limit referring to the portion of the loan contributing to the coverage of liabilities provided that the following conditions are met: (a) the limits referred to in those points are applicable at the time of the initial inclusion of the loan in the cover pool; (b) the portion of the loan exceeding the limits referred to in those points remains in the cover pool at the lifetime of the loan and is compliant with all requirements of [OP: Please insert reference to Directive (EU) on the issue of covered bonds and covered bond public supervision and amending Directive 2009/65/EU and Directive 2014/59/EU]; (c) the calculation of overcollateralisation is either based on an approach which takes into account the underlying risk of the assets or an approach where the valuation of the assets is subject to mortgage lending value as defined in Article 4(1)(74); (d) the limit referring to the portion of the loan contributing to the coverage of liabilities cannot be higher than 100%.
2018/09/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 7 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-related challenges will increase in the years ahead and effective action is reliant on continued, cross-sectoral investments in research & innovation (R&I), including investments in both the public and the private sector, so that better tools, products and approaches can be developed following a One Health approach;
2018/01/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #

2017/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for incentivisation of the industry, such as the development of various push and pull incentives, to create new medicines and medical devices; believes that incentives are meaningful when they are sustainable over the long term, stimulate investment across the entire product development and life cycle, target key public health priorities, and support appropriate medicinal use;
2018/01/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2017/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
a) The security is fully collateralised by assets defined by Article 129(1)(a)-(fg) of the CRR and satisfies the additional requirements of Article 129(2) and (7) of the CRR;
2017/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 23 #

2017/0294(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) To take account of the previous lack of specific Union rules applicable tocomplete the Energy Union and apply its rules on gas pipelines to and from third countries, in full accordance with Union legislation, Member States should be able to grant derogations from certain provisions of Directive 2009/73/EC to such pipelines which are completed at the date of entry into force of this Directive, only after having consulted the Commission, in particular as regards competition, the functioning and effectiveness of the internal energy market, security of supply and diversification of energy sources and suppliers. The relevant date for the application of unbundling models other than ownership unbundling should be adapted for gas pipelines to and from third countries.
2018/01/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2017/0294(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1) in Article 1, the following paragraph is added: “2a. The applicability of Directive 2009/73/EC for gas pipelines to and from third countries shall remain confined to the territorial limit of Union's jurisdiction. As regards offshore pipelines, it shall apply in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of the Member States.”
2018/01/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #

2017/0294(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
In respect of gas pipelines to and from third countries completed before [PO: date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States may decide to derogate from Articles 9, 10, 11 and 32 and Article 41(6), (8) and (10) for the sections of such pipelines between the border of Union jurisdiction and the first interconnection point, provided that the derogation would not be detrimental to competition on or the effective functioning of the internal market in natural gas in the Union, or the security of supply in the Union. Any such decision shall be taken only following consultations with the Commission.
2018/01/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2017/0294(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [PO: one yearthree months after the date of entry into force] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
2018/01/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, thereby contributing to EU strategic autonomy through the development of joint capabilities and strategic partnerships, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry inter alia cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 86 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In view of the specificities of the sector, in practice no collaborative project between undertakings will be launched if the Member States have not first agreed to support such projects. After having defined common defence capability priorities at Union-level and also taking into account where appropriate collaborative initiatives on a regional basis, Member States identify and consolidate militarysecurity and defence requirements and define the technical specifications of the project. They may also appoint a project manager in charge of leading the work related to the development of a collaborative project.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 123 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry by promoting the development of joint capabilities and strategic partnerships with third countries in Europe, only entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals, through control mechanisms put in place by the Member State concerned, and which are not effectively controlled to a decisive extent by a third country should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) For the purposes of the actions funded under the Programme, the beneficiaries and their subcontractors should not be subject to control by non- EU States or by non-EU entities. The control should be defined as the ability to exercise a decisive influence on an undertaking. In order to determine the control of an undertaking, it is necessary to establish where and how strategic commercial decisions are taken. This requires an analysis of the governance of the undertaking, which should be carried out on the basis of an overview of how it operates, including its commercial relations and principle markets, and the control mechanisms that the concerned Member States has in place. Other aspects which are likely to influence decision- making on strategic economic issues, such as composition of the board and executive management, shareholder rights, financial ties and commercial cooperation between the undertaking and any shareholders in third countries, should also be examined.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, and serving the Union security and defence interest, and which do not prevent any Member State from participating, may also be taken into account.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 171 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) As the Union support aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the sector and concerns only the specific development phase, the Commission should not have ownership or intellectual property rights over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions. The applicable intellectual property rights regime will be defined contractually by the beneficiaries. Furthermore, the results of actions funded under the Programme should not be subject to any restriction by a third country or a non-EU entity.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation report at the end of the Programme, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs and strategic partners in projects under the Programme as well as their participation of SMEand contributions to the global value chain.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry by supporting actionsand to enhance capabilities and the Union's strategic autonomy and its ability to act with partners, by supporting actions carried out in the Union in their development phase;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 224 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and between undertakings and strategic non-EU partners, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme shall provide support for actions by beneficiaries in the development phase covering both new and the upgrade of existing products and technologies, in relation to developed in the Union by Member States and, where appropriate, in cooperation with strategic partners. An eligible action may relate to one or more of the following items:
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three undertakings which are established in at least two different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiaries shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other. IPR generated in relation to the action shall be retained by the Union.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 293 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. An action undertaken by entities established in more than two different Member States shall benefit from an increase in the funding rate of five percentage points.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 315 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Beneficiaries shall be undertakings established in the Union, in which Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 50% of the undertaking and effectively control it and a principal supplier to a Member State. They shall be effectively controlled by a Member State within the meaning of Article 6(3), either as owner of the undertaking, whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings, or through a state licensing mechanism which regulates, inter alia, the transfer of technology. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions funded under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States during the entire duration of the action. The use of such infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources shall not be subject to any control or restriction by a third country.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the event of a change in the effective control of the undertaking within the meaning of Article 6(3), the undertaking shall inform the Commission and the Member State in which it is located. The Commission may advice Member States in their decision of the necessary protection measures which may be applied.
2017/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #

2016/2327(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that, all modes of transport have to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions in accordance with the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, and that the adoption of clear targets to reduce international maritime emissions through the IMO is a matter of great priority, and in the absence of an ambitious international agreement on an emissions reduction objective for the shipping sector and IMO measures to mitigate emissions in the international maritime sector, the Un by 2023, the Commission should consider incorporateing international shipping into the Emissions Trading System from 2023; ;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 2 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Takes note of the fact that the Arctic has long been an area of constructive international cooperation and that there is a need to keep the Arctic a low-tension area; whereas interest in the Arctic is increasing because of resource scarcity and the changing environment;
2016/11/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the Ilulissat Declaration which the five coastal states to the Arctic Ocean signed in 2008 at the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland,
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 9 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Decision 2014/137/EU of 14 March 2014 on relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other,
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 11 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that any current and new economic activity should be carried out in a sustainable way in order not to undermine the Arctic’s natural heritagefragile ecosystem, natural heritage, local traditions and with full respect for the Indigenous communities;
2016/11/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers the EU a central strategic partner in supporting sustainable economic development in the Arctic; Considers it essential that EU policy in the Arctic Region reflects the Sustainable Development Goals, that the EU has committed to achieving by 2030;
2016/11/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2016/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that following the WTO challenge by Canada and Norway to the EU ban on seal products, the measure has been strengthened to bring it into line with the WTO Appellate Body ruling of 2014, and that its legitimacy can no longer be called into question;deleted
2016/11/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas three EU Member States (Denmark, Finland and Sweden) are fullnd one Overseas Country and Territory (Greenland) are members of the eight- member AC, and seven others (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom) are observers; whereas the EU is seeking to upgrade its status in the AC;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 84 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas some four million people live in the Arctic region, of which some ten percent are members of indigenous peoples; whereas the vulnerable Arctic environment, as well as the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples, require more stringent safeguardsany development, especially when it comes to projects where intrusive extraction of natural resources takes place, to be decided by the local population;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 91 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the ecosystems in the Arctic, including its flora and fauna, is particularly vulnerable to abruptions, with a relatively long recovery period; whereas the negative environmental impacts are often accumulated and irreversible;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 124 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of UNCLOS in providing a complementary multilateral legal framework for settling intra-Arctic sovereignty issues; notes that only very few unresolved issues of jurisdiction exist in the Arctic; considers respect for international law in the Arctic essential; advocates a strong role for the EU in promoting effective multilateral arrangements and a global rules-based order through the strengthening and consistent implementation of relevant international, regional and bilateral agreements, frameworks and arrangements; underlines that the EU should have a strong role in reaching an agreement to maintain the Arctic, which is not under any country’s jurisdiction, as an area of common heritage to be used exclusively for peaceful and scientific purposes; notes that this does not concern navigation and traditional livelihoods;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 178 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States affiliated to theto support the existing work of the Arctic Council to supportand the Arctic States in the development of an Arctic Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to preserve the vulnerable ecosystems of the Arctic; notes that this special EIA should eventually be made mandatory and take account of at least the following aspects from the ICC when evaluating projects taking place in the Arctic:
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 260 #

2016/2228(INI)

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: AFETENVI
Amendment 294 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. CReaffirms the EU's support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; recalls in particular article 19 thereof affirming that States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative and administrative measures that may affect them; calls for better and earlier involvement of indigenous peoples in the making of a citizen-centred Arctic policy; stresses the need to safeguard their rights, cultures and languages;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 309 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Pays special attention to the SDG 4.5, which includes ensuring equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for indigenous peoples;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 319 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the role of local communities and indigenous peoples in keeping the Arctic region viable and sustainable; calls on the Commission to target these communities in providing access to all relevant information on EU single market requirements, best practices and funding instruments; underlines the role of fluent transport, communication and electricity networks in creating economic activity in the area;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 341 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Given that better knowledge of the Arctic is key to adequately meeting all challenges, encourages the promotion and facilitation of international scientific and research cooperation among all stakeholders active in the field of Arctic research and in establishing research infrastructures; supports cooperation between leading Arctic research institutions to develop an integrated European polar research programme under the EU-PolarNet initiative in respect of local and traditional knowledge;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 1072 #

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 136
1. three political groups may submit a written declaration of not more than 200 words relating exclusively to a matter falling within the competence of the European Union. The contents of such a declaration may not go beyond the form of a declaration. In particular, it may not call for any legislative action, contain any decision on matters for which specific procedures and competences are laid down in these Rules of Procedure or deal with the subject of ongoing proceedings in Parliament. 2. further shall be subject to a reasoned decision by the President pursuant to paragraph 1 in any given case. Written declarations shall be published in the official languages on Parliament's website and distributed electronically to all Members. They shall be entered, with the names of the signatories, in an electronic register. This register shall be public and shall be accessible through Parliament's website. Hard copies of written declarations with signatures will be also kept by the President. 3. The signature of any Member may be added to a declaration entered in the electronic register. It may be withdrawn at any time before the end of a period of three months from the entry of the declaration in the register. In the event of such a withdrawal the Member concerned shall not be permitted to add his or her signature again to the declaration. 4. three months from its being entered in the register, a declaration is signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members, the President shall notify Parliament accordingly. Without binding Parliament, the declaration shall be published inRule 136 deleted Written declarations At least 10 Members from at least The authorisation to proceed Where, at the end of a period of The procedure shall be closed by Where the minutes with the names of its signatories. 5. the forwarding to the addressees, at the end of the part-session, of the declaration, together with the names of the signatories. 6. adopted declaration has been addressed do not inform Parliament about the intended follow-up within three months from its receipt, the matter shall, at the request of one of the authors of the declaration, be placed on the agenda of a subsequent meeting of the committee responsible. 7. remained in the register for over three months and is not signed by at least one half of the component Members of Parliament shall lapse, without any possibility of that three-month period being extended.stitutions to which the A written declaration that has
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 5 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Internal Market (P8_TA(2017)0011),
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas China (the EU’s main trade partner), Hong Kong, Malaysia, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and India, continue to ship the core of the illegal products entering the Union, and whereas Malaysia only accounts for about EUR 2.5 million worth of such exports, China and Hong Kong are responsible for over EUR 300 million and EUR 100 million, respectively, and whereas Belarus in 2015 alone caused a fiscal loss to the EU of EUR 1 billion, exporting products that totally circumvented VAT rules and health regulations;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 36 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to work closely with the Member States to ensure efficient implementation of the new system set by the UCC, avoiding divergent practices among the Member States duringafter the transition period;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Invites the Commission to continue cooperation with the Member States and relevant trade stakeholders further to develop customs simplificationsto develop further customs simplifications and reducing administrative burdens for legitimate traders, developments which should be focused on the objective of simpler, safer trade, rather than procedures and rules; while ensuring appropriate and harmonised control at EU borders in order to guarantee EU security, safety and economic interests, with a particular effort regarding IPR protection and the fight against illicit trade;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to developsupport and reinforce the wider use of the Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) programme further, ensuring its robustness, reliability and compliance with third countries' customs rules in trade agreement negotiations;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 66 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission to present a communicationguidelines on better practises on custom control for the interim period, in order to bolster convergence between control bodies, highlight best practices and results, and analyse the counterfeiting trade flows at border points;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 77 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Reminds the Member States and the Commission the importance of ensuring the timely availability of sufficient resources for the necessary IT systems in order that the objectives of the EU Strategy and Action Plan for customs risk management may be met as well as the interoperability of systems to the benefit of customs authorities, legitimate traders and ultimately consumers as well as jobs and economic growth in the European Union;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 87 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the progressive implementation of the UCC brings equivalentadded value to the economic operators throughout the Union, while at the same time ensuring that the increased simplification of the customs procedures do not create additionalpossible gaps in the customs risk management and control systems that could hinder the effective fight against illicit trade;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 89 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to work further with the Member States on aligning, where appropriate, policies as regards customs and VAT, with a view to ensuring synergies, including in finding legal and practical solutions to the opportunities and challenges relating to small consignments, e- commerce and simplifications;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Call on the Commission to create a single EU control body to ensure harmonised treatments along the EU points of entrance;deleted
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Requests the Commission to enhance cooperation with trade stakeholders and trade representatives with a view to addressing, in particular, concerns of SMEs as regards the implementation of customs rule the challenges with the implementation of customs rules and different and divergent national rules, reporting methods and means, including the concerns of SMEs;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 107 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that certain fraudulent firms based in third countries are using e- commerce to offer counterfeited goods that are sent by normal post within the EU territory, and that these goods are systematicallymay be billed under the minimum price level to beavoid being checked by authorities; asks the Commission to design an action plan to introduce a common mechanism allowing all Member States to curb this practice while not creating barriers for the growth of e-commerce and legitimate trade in and to/from the European Union;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 114 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the Commission to reinforce its cooperation in customs matters with its main trading partners, with a view to collaborating in the fight against threats to society and the economyorganised crime, tax evasion, terrorism etc., and to further facilitating bilateral trade, beyond strict TFA commitments; points out that this can be achieved as part of free trade agreements or through specific customs agreements;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Invites the Commission to continue and deepen customs cooperation on IPR with trade partners such as China and Hong Kong in particular;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 119 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Invites the Commission to strengthen cooperation with the European Observatory on infringements of IPRs in order to support initiatives on IPR enforcement, such as facilitation procedures for right holders through electronic exchange of data, which would especially benefit SMEs; stresses that the current Regulation on Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights1a plays an important role in the fight against counterfeit and illegal trade; believes it vital that this, along with the directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights1b, is duly implemented throughout the Union and necessary enforcement by customs authorities is conducted in a way that does not prevent legitimate traders from operating in good faith; __________________ 1a 608/2013/EC 1b 2004/48/EC
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 126 #

2016/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Requests the Commission to coordinate in a better way the defence of (voluntary) geographical indication on agri-food products within the Commission and also with the EUIPO Agency; reminds the Commission the importance of developing a policy on voluntary non agri-food geographical indications;
2017/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the energy efficiency of buildings that have been through a complex thermomodernisation process for the sake of thermal comfort or comfort cooling also depends on the use of adequate energy systems that provide for the effective conversion and distribution of energy from primary sources;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas cooling sector is still in need to be better analysed and taken into account in the Commission strategy and Member States policies;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Underlines that strategy shall prioritise sustainable and cost efficient solutions which will enable Member states to reach EU climate and energy policy goals; Notes that Member states heating and cooling sectors are very diverse due to their energy mix, climatic conditions, the efficiency of the building stock or industry intensity therefore flexibility in choosing adequate strategy solutions shall be ensured;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the high efficiency of extracting and using energy from various sources, discharging energy (cooling) and preventing energy from flowing from areas of a higher temperature to areas of a lower temperature, using thermally insulated partitions that pose maximum resistance to that flow,performant thermal insulation and use of renewable energy sources and recovered heat are fundamental elements in the EU's heating and cooling strategy;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that building sector has high potential in reducing energy demand and CO2 emissions; underlines that further efforts are needed to increase building renovation rate; notes that attractive financial incentives, availability of highly competent experts at various levels, exchange and promotion of best practices are necessary to achieve this;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 147 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fundamental role of RES, and in particular photovoltaic cells and solar panels, in the heating of water and the provision ofrenewable energy technologies, including aero thermal, biomass, geothermal, solar thermal and cross cutting technologies and thermal storage facilities, in providing hot water and thermal comfort in buildings, in conjunction with thermal storage facilities that can be used at nighta sustainable manner and in support of EU's climate and energy ambitions;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that issues surrounding energy security in the EU largely concern the security of heat supply; considers, therefore, the diversification of sources for heating to be of utmost importance and calls on the Commission to explore ways to further support and accelerate the increased deployment of renewable heat technologies;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages Member States to develop long term heating and cooling strategies based on integrated approach, harmonized mapping and the assessment made following article 14 of EED directive; the strategy shall identify priority areas for intervention and enable optimised urban energy planning; Calls the Commission to accompany Member States in this exercise by elaborating general guidance for the national heating and cooling strategies;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the Commission intention to develop a toolbox of measure to facilitate the renovation in multi- apartment buildings; considers that a harmonised and comprehensive toolbox should be developed also for the energy planning of cities to enable the mapping of local heating and cooling potential, optimised and integrated building renovation and heating and cooling infrastructure development;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on local, regional and national authorities to facilitakte the necessary steps towards thefurther thermomodernisation of existing public or, residential buildings with low thermal comfort or comfort coolingand commercial buildings in support of the objectives of both Member States and the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 % by 2030;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that in dense urban agglomerationsover 20% of district heating and cooling is already generated from renewable energy; Considers that district heating and cooling systems are one of the most efficient way to supply thermal energy and has an important potential to integrate renewable energy sources, recovered heat and cooling as well as to offer a flexibility to the energy system ; Stresses that in dense urban agglomerations where district heating network is available it is imperative that the use of inefficient individual heating systems that depend on fossil fuels beis restricted and replaced with large-scale local cogeneration systems that produce heat and electricitythe connection of such individual houses to the district heating is encouraged;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that outdated heating plants with low energy efficiency should be replaced by small, environmentally- friendly CHP plants that use natural gas or other green fuelthe best available alternative solutions fully compatible with EU s decarbonisation objectives;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses the view that, in Europe's temperate climate zone, reverse systems for heating (winter) and cooling (summer) using heat pumps could become very important generates a need for reverse systems, such as heat pumps, to provide both heating and cooling; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to provide adequate aligned calculation methods and to share best practices for support mechanisms to support efficient, sustainable and low- carbon solutions to various thermal needs;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 372 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the need for increased Research, Development and Innovation actions in Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC) technologies to reduce costs, enhance system performance and increase deployment and integration into the energy system; Calls on the Commission to work with sector stakeholders to maintain updated technology roadmaps on RHC to coordinate, track, and identify gaps in RHC technology development;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2016/2058(INI)

23a. Stresses the need to carry out mapping of local heating and cooling potentials throughout Europe, so that cities are enabled to better identify their locally available resources and can thereby contribute to increasing the EU's energy independence, boost growth and competitiveness through the creation of local, non-outsourceable jobs, and provide clean and affordable energy to consumers;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2016/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Believes that investment in Energy Efficiency in buildings should go hand in hand with investment in Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC); considers the synergies that are found between Energy Efficiency in buildings and RHC to present a significant opportunity in the move towards a low-carbon economy; welcomes efforts at national level to increase the number of nearly zero-energy buildings;
2016/05/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU as a whole is well on track to reach the 2020 targets for renewables but further action is required in severalome Member States;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to article 194 TFEU, the European energy policy shall ensure the functioning of the energy market, ensure security of energy supply, promote energy efficiency and savings and the development of renewable energy and promote the interconnection of energy networks;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the transition towards a sustainable, forward-looking energy system must include efforts for energy efficiency, renewable energy, best use of Europe's energy resources and smart infrastructure; whereas a long-term stable regulatory framework is needed to create economic growth and jobs and ensure the EU's leading role in these areas;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the EU imports more than half of all the energy it consumes, its import dependency is particularly high for crude oil, natural gas and hard coal, and the total import bill is more than EUR 400 billion in 2013; therefore making Europe a leader in renewables is an important factor towards achieving energy independence;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the development of renewable energy should coincide with the development of a well-functioning internal electricity market that ensures a level playing field for all participants in the market;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas investment in renewables requires a long-term framework consistent with the EU’s 2050 climate commitments; and holds great potential for creation of jobs and growth in Europe;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas public participation and supervision, clear policy guidelines at regional, national and European level and the engagement of social partntakeholders are key to the successful development of renewable energy;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas renewable energy offers an opportunity for greater energy democracyinvolvement of stakeholders and consumers directly in the energy system through collective management, public investment schemes and decentralised forms of energy production;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its concern at the large number of countries (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom) which may have to revise their policisatisfaction with the progress made towards the EU target whereby renewables andre tools to ensure they meet their 2020 objectives; notes that one Member State has already failed to achieve the 2013-2014 interim targets account for 20% of gross final energy consumption by 2020;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that Member States are generally well on track to reach both the intermediate and the 2020-targets; calls for some Member States to adjust their policies and tools to ensure they meet their 2020 objectives;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 75 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to identifyin this respect the importance of identifying and sharing best practices in terms of national renewable energy policies and to promote their adoption; calls on the Commission to strengthen its role in monitoring and supporting the progress of renewable energies;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 82 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises that the determination of the energy mix of Member States remains a national competence, and therefore energy mixes remain highly diversified;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to include an evaluation of renewables' impact on cost and prices, especially households prices, in the future renewable energy progress reports;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the national regulationincreased convergence of electricity markets is a key factor in the divergingcould facilitate advancements of renewables, differentlower energy costs for families and for industry and differentlower levels of energy dependency;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of renewable support schemes in attracting long-term investment and consolidating the renewable sector; rejects the retroactive eliminatiostresses the need for stable and investor- friendly renewable support schemes in line with the European Commission Guidance on the design of renewable energy support schemes in order to avoid potential market distortion;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes that a number of renewable energy technologies are rapidly becoming cost-competitive for electricity generation with conventional forms of generation; stresses that such efforts must be continued with the aim of making renewables competitive on market terms and gradually phasing out subsidies for mature renewables technologies;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls Parliament's target of 85 % of financing for non-fossil energy under the energy chapter of Horizon 2020; calls for public national investments of this kind to be exempted from deficit ruin this respect on the European Commission to further facilitate the effective use of all existing EU funding schemes, including the European Fund for Strategic Investments, so as to attract investment for key energy infrastructure projects, research and innovation in renewables, including for effective technologies for energy storage, and the development of Europe's internal capacities to enable better uptake of renewables;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that support schemes at all levels should be focused on technologies with great potential for reducing costs of renewables and(/or) increasing market uptake of renewables;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for an integrated approach toincreased cooperation and coordination within and between Member States and regions including around support schemes to EU criteria; calls as well for enhanced coordination of public investments and credit in technical improvement, national development plans, grid adaptation, storage, energy efficiency and new forms of energy production to avoid potential bottlenecks and ensure sufficient grid capacity;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 135 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the strengthening of transparency and public participation, with particular regard to social partners, in the development of national plans for renewable energy;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of local administrations and associations, like the Covenant of Mayorinvolvement of all levels of administration, both local, regional, macro-regional and national levels, in the increased implementation of a renewables-based model of in the European energy consumption;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the preliminary findings from the REFIT evaluation that Renewable Energy Targets have been a key driver for the development of renewable energy capacity; stresses in this regard that efforts for better regulation and reduction of red tape should be intensified and suggests better use of existing tools, e.g. through digitalisation of tender procedures and speedier permit procedures;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the changes in working conditions in the energy sector; stresses that action is needed to ensure labour standards are not lowered as a result of energy transition;deleted
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates Parliament’s call for binding targets of a 30the European Council's commitment of October 2014 to reach at least 27 % share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that Member States should justify thmake use of provisions for statistical transfers and the development of cooperation mechanisms to meet their targets on the basis of feasibility constraints with regard to developing renewables, so as to ensure, in accordance with the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive art. 6, , so as to ensure that transition to renewables is done in a cost-efficient manner and that national targets are actually bindingeffectuated;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States' commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policiestransparency of energy policies with due respect for the national competences to determine energy mix;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of the EU energy network and the completion of the 10% interconnection target; recalls in this respect the importance of public consultation and participation in the planning of new energy infrastructure projects, in particular as regards new interconnections; underlines in this regard that increased regional cooperation can contribute to enhancing energy security, improve infrastructure planning, ensure cost optimisation of integrating renewables and drive down costs for consumers;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 199 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the gap between available skills and the changes in labour market demands adapted to the development of renewables; stresses the importance of social partners and, industry and employers as well as public authorities in developing skill schemes and training programmes to ensure that the adjustment to new technologies and patterns of energy production is a source of quality jobs;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need for a differential treatment between micro, small and large producers; stresses the importance of ensuring financial and administrative facilitieimportance of ensuring non-discriminatory conditions and suitable tools for 'prosumers' (households, micro and small businesses, cooperatives, public administrations and non-commercial entities that engage in energy production) to contribute to energy transition;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 222 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to strike aallow the market to balance between the development of centralised and decentralised energy production that ensures that consumers that, who cannot afford to become 'prosumers', are not discriminated against; stresses the need to provide technical and administrative facilities for the collective management of energy production;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that renewable electricity production should be better integrated with the electric distribution and transmission systems, considering the changes towards a more decentralised model for energy to take into account the market;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the Commission's strategy to increase demand-response mechanisms; stresses that this should not create an additional financial burden for citizens;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 259 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that stabilityconsumers should be empowered and have the right in cenergy prices is necessary to induce the adequate demand responsestives to participate in all relevant markets in order to induce the adequate demand responses from consumers and thereby the necessary flexibility from consumers;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that certain consumers (such as energy-poor households) have rigid consumption patterns and may be negatively affected by enhanced price- based efficiency mechanisms;deleted
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that 'prosumers' should be allowed to access the energy grid and market at a fair price and should not be penalised with additional taxes or charges; expresses itswhich shall concvern atll the initiatives taken by some Member States to create obstacles to the exercise of the rights to self-consumption and self- productioncosts affecting the network;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the indirect taxation on energy should be closely linked to green energy policies and should take into account its distributional, social and economic effects, with automatic compensatory measures for vulnerable families and sectors;deleted
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets the lack of progress and low targets set for renewable use in heating and cooling; Stresses the great potential for continued progress for renewable use in heating and cooling; recognises the benefits of increasing renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, in particular in buildings; stresses the increased flexibility of thermal infrastructure and storage in facilitating the integration of intermittent renewable sources by storing energy in the form of heat;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 289 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the Commission communication on heating and cooling from February 2016; reiterates in this relation that efforts in the heating and cooling sector hold a great potential for increased energy security (given that 61 % of gas imported into the European Union is used in buildings, mainly for heating purposes) e.g. through the development of district heating/cooling networks which are an proficient means of integrating sustainable heat into cities on a large scale since they can simultaneously deliver heat derived from a range of sources and are not inherently dependent on any one source;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls for further measures to exploit the remaining significant potential of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sectors to fully achieve the 2020 goals; calls on the European Commission to bridge regulatory gaps in those sectors in the post-2020 renewables legislative package;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to facilitate a transition towards renewable heating devices, while ensuring adequate financial support for energy-poor citizens;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 316 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Notes the failure of theat the target of 10% renewables by 2020 in the transport sector is significantly lacking behind, partly due to the challenges for a biofuel-based renewable strategy for transport;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 320 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Estimates that transport represents over 30 % of final energy consumption in Europe and that 94 % of transport relies on oil products; considers, therefore, that an effort for increased use of renewables in the transport sector must be ambitious, with a clear link to the decarbonisation of the transport sector;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 324 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Stresses that combining measures to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy, and develop innovative energy technologies, is of crucial importance to efforts to achieve an environmentally sustainable energy mix for European transport systems; considers that the use of varied renewable energy sources should be encouraged, including liquefied natural gas for heavy load vehicles and in the maritime sector;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Awaits the European Commission's strategy in June 2016 for decarbonisation of the transport sector and stresses in this respect that increased uptake of renewables must be promoted to ensure that transport contributes actively to reach the 2020-targets;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 327 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28d. Welcomes the progress made in developing new biofuels and engines by the projects completed under EU JU Clean Sky;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 328 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Draws attention to the need to limit biofuel land-use to areas where they do not compete with feedstock production and to develop next-generation biofuels using biomass or waste that do not compete with other agricultural produce;deleted
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the need for a shift from liberalisation tointermodality and modal shift in the transport sector to accommodate sustainable mobility regulation, including sustainable logistic systems and sustainable urban policies that minimise overalladdress the energy consumption in transport; to renewable sources and/or minimise overall energy consumption;
2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) As regards family benefits for family members living in a Member State other than the competent Member State, their costs and standards of living are likely to differ compared to those of family members residing in the competent Member State. Family benefits are intended to meet family expenses and therefore predominantly serve the purpose of partially meeting the actual costs for living.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In order to enable a timely update of this Regulation to the developments at the national level, 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 European Commission in respect oforder to amending the Annexes to this Regulation and to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009, and to supplement this Regulation by establishing a concrete, consistent and functional adjustment mechanism for the allocation of family benefits in relation to children residing in Member States other than the competent Member State. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.36 In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 36 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14. OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission, to adopt upgrading and downgrading factors for the adjustment of family benefits for children residing in Member States other than the competent Member State. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 35a
(35a) Family benefits in cash intended to replace income during a periods of child- raising are individual rights which are personal to the parent subject to the legislation of the competent Member State. Given the specific nature of these family benefits, such benefits should be listed in Part I of Annex XIII to this Regulation and should be exclusively reserved to the parent concerned. The Member State with secondary competence may elect that the rules of priority in the case of overlapping of rights to family benefits under the legislation of the competent Member State and under the legislation of the Member State of residence of membersor the purpose of calculating the differential supplement, this Regulation should take into account the judgement of the Court of Justice in Case C-347/12, Wiering, while providing for the necessary clarifications and simplifications. Taking into account the particular nature of the various family benefits of the Member States, two types of family benefit should not be of the fsamily should not apply to such benefits. Where a Member State chooses to disapply the priority rules it must do so consistently in respect of all entitled persons in an analogous situation and be listed in Part II of Annex XIIIe kind and should be distinguished on the basis of their main purpose, objectives and the basis on which they are granted.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 35 b (new)
(35b) The cost of living of family members especially children residing in a Member State other than the competent Member State varies depending on the Member States concerned. The purpose of family benefits is to partially meet the child´s costs of living. Member States listed in an annex to this Regulation should determine the amount of family benefits due to family members residing in Member States other than the competent Member State.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 35 c (new)
(35c) Family benefits in cash which are primarily intended to replace income that could not be earned, whether in part or in full, or income that the person cannot earn due to child-raising, can be distinguished from other family benefits intended to meet family expenses. As family benefits in cash could be considered to be individual rights which are inherent to the claimant, subject to the law of the competent Member State, it should be possible to link the entitlement to such benefits exclusively to the claimant. The Member State in which the family members of the claimant are resident should be able to decide not to apply the priority rules where there are overlapping rights to such benefits under that Member State’s law and the law of the competent Member State. Where a Member State decides not to apply the rules of priority it should do so consistently in respect of all persons entitled to such benefits in analogous situations.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 46
(46) In order to enable a timely update of this Regulation to the developments at the national level, 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 European Commission in respect of amending the Annexes to this Regulation and to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 and to supplement this Regulation by establishing a concrete, consistent and functional adjustment mechanism for the allocation of family benefits in relation to children residing in a Member State other than the competent Member State. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.43 In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 43 COM(2015) 216 final. COM(2015) 216 final.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 439 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 67 a (new)
22a. The following article is inserted: “Article 67a Derogation for family members residing in a Member State other than the competent Member State 1. By way of derogation from Article 67, family benefits due from the competent Member State for family members residing in another Member State shall be adjusted in accordance with the adjustment mechanism provided for in in Article 67b, taking into account the up- and downgrading factors referred to in Article 67c. 2. Member States that apply this derogation shall be listed in Annex XIIIb by means of the procedure provided for in Article 67b.”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 440 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 67 b (new)
22b. The following article is inserted: “Article 67b Delegated acts for the creation of an adjustment mechanism for exported family benefits The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 88a in order to supplement this Regulation by establishing a consistent and functional adjustment mechanism for exported family benefits and to amending the list of Member States and competent regional authorities set out in Annex XIIIb which apply the adjustment mechanism.”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 442 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 67 c (new)
22c. The following article is inserted: “Article 67c Implementing acts establishing up- and downgrading factors for the adjustment mechanism The Commission shall adopt implementing acts in order to establish up- and downgrading factors for the adjustment mechanism provided for in Article 67b for each Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 88b.”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 445 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 d (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
22d. In Article 68, the following paragraph is inserted: "2a. For the purposes of calculating the differential supplement for family benefits as referred to in paragraph 2, there shall be two categories of benefits of the same kind: (a) family benefits in cash primarily intended to replace part or the whole of income that claimant has not earned or cannot earn due to child-raising; and (b) all other family benefits.”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 448 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 68b – paragraph 1
1. Family benefits in cash which are intended to replace income during periods of child-raising andreferred to in point (a) of Article 68(2a) which are listed in Part 1I of Annex XIII shall be awarded solely to the person subject tounder the legislation of the competent Member State and tsolely to the person subject to that legislation. There shall be no derived right for his or her family members to such benefits. Article 68a of this Regulation shall not apply to such benefits nor shall the competent institution be required to take into account a claim submitted by the other parent, a person treated as a parent or institution acting as guardian of the child or children pursuant to Article 60(1) of the Implementing Regulation.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 493 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 88 a – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 67b and 88 shall be conferred on the European Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [the date of entry into force of the Regulation (EU) xxxx].
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 497 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 88 a – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of the power referred to in Articles 67b and 88 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation 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
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 504 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 88 a – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 67b and 88 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiring of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the European Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 506 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 88 b
27a. The following article is inserted: "Article 88b Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Administrative Commission. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply."
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 507 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 29
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Annexes XII and XIII
29. Annexes XII, XIII, XIIIa and XIIIb are inserted in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 695 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Annex XIII
Part II Member States which award family benefits referred in Article 65b(1)8b in full
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 697 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Annex XIII b (new)
7b. The following annex is added: “Annex XIIIb (Article 67c) Adjustment mechanism for the allocation of family benefits in relation to children residing in Member States other than the competent Member State Member States and competent regional authorities adapting family benefits in accordance with the adjustment mechanism referred to in Article 67b:”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Without prejudice to adaptations of support schemes to bring them in line with State aid rules, renewables support policies should be stable and avoid frequent or retroactive changes. Such changes have a direct impact on capital financing costs, the costs of project development and therefore on the overall cost of deploying renewables in the Union. Member States should prevent the revision of any support granted to renewable energy projects from having a negative impact on their economic viability. In this context, Member States should promote cost-effective support policies and ensure their financial sustainability for consumers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55 a (new)
(55a) It is important that Member States ensure a fair and non-distortionary allocation of networks costs and levies to all users of the electricity system. All network tariffs should be cost reflective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 573 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When support for Renewable Energy is granted through tendering and in order to ensure a high project realisation rate, Member States shall define and publish: – non-discriminatory and transparent pre-qualification criteria and rules on the delivery period of the project; – a long-term schedule in relation to expected tenders for support for energy from renewable sources;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 716 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall define and publish a long-term schedule in relation to expected allocation for support, covering at least the following threfive years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocated, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 761 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative, regulatory and information barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake, and ensuring that these are not subject to disproportionate charges that are not cost reflective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The Union is committed to developing a secure, competitive and decarbonised energy system by 205012. To meet this goal, Member States and investors need milestones to ensure that buildings are decarbonised and that the overall energy efficiency of buildings is increased so that they comply with the most stringent low-energy standard by 2050. In order to ensure this highly energy-efficient, decarbonised building stock by 2050, Member States should identify the intermediary steps and corresponding concrete measures needed to achievinge the mid-term (2030 and 2040) and long-term (2050) objectives. _________________ 12 Communication on an Energy roadmap 2050, (COM(2011) 885 final).
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 52 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The provisions on long-term renovation strategies provided for in Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council13 should be moved to Directive 2010/31/EU, where they fit more coherently. Financing mechanisms and financial incentives should be given a central position in the Member States’ long-term national renovation strategies and be actively promoted by the Member States. Furthermore, a strategy for promoting specialist support and advice for consumers and for training specialists should be included. _________________ 13 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 56 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Ambitious goals for the deep, gradual renovation of existing building stock will create millions of jobs in the Union, in particular in small and medium-sized enterprises. The construction industry alone directly accounts for 18 million jobs in Europe and generates nine per cent of GDP. Energy efficiency measures in the building industry have the potential to accelerate the modernisation of that sector and its associated workforce. In that context, it is necessary for Member States to provide a clear link between their national long-term renovation strategies and suitable initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors.
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 111 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) To ensure their best use in building renovation, financial measures related to energy efficiency should be linked to the depth of the renovation, which and should promote a holistic approach to building renovations with a view to securing high energy efficiency, improved indoor climates and improved well-being. Those renovations should be assessed by comparing energy performance certificates (EPCs) issued before and after the renovation or by use of similar appropriate processes.
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In their long-term renovation strategy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall set out a roadmap with clear milestones and measures to deliver on the long-term 2050 goal to decarbonise their national building stock, including technical building systems and in a highly energy-efficient manner, with specific milestones for 2030 and 2040.
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 198 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2a – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) to make available accessible and transparent advisory tools, such as single points of contact for consumers which provide information about the structuring and provision of finances for building renovations and support users in taking steps to improve energy efficiency in buildings; and
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 257 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
(a) the firstollowing paragraph consists of Article 4 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency16 , other than its last subparagraph; 1 is inserted: '1. Member States shall establish a long-term strategy for mobilising investment in the renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings, both public and private. This strategy shall encompass: (a) an overview of the national building stock based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling; (b) identification of cost-effective approaches and actions to stimulate technology neutral renovations relevant to the building type and climatic zone, considering relevant trigger points in the life-cycle of the building; (c) policies and actions to stimulate cost-effective deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations; (d) policies and actions to target the worst performing segments of the national building stock, households subject to energy poverty and households subject to split-incentives as well as multi-family dwellings facing challenges to conduct renovations; (e) policies and actions to target all public buildings, including social housing; (f) an overview of national initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors; (g) a forward-looking perspective to guide investment decisions of individuals, the construction industry, public institutions including municipalities, and financial institutions; (h) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits, including non-economic benefits such as health.’
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Technical building systems explicitly covered by a contractual arrangement on an agreed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as energy performance contracting as defined in Article 2(27) of Directive 2012/27/EU shall be exempted from the requirements laid down in paragraph 1.
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 300 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) in line with Eurostat guidance and clarifications within the framework of ESA 2010, the guidance of investments into an energy efficient public building stock and clarification on the interpretation of accounting rules, to support a holistic approach to public authorities' investments.’
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 309 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Technical building systems explicitly covered by a contractual arrangement on an agreed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as energy performance contracting as defined in Article 2(27) of Directive 2012/27/EU shall be exempted from the requirements laid down in paragraph 1.
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 312 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 19
9. in Article 19, 2017 is replaced by 20284;
2017/06/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 427 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 supplementing this Directive with a definition of ‘smartness indicator’ and with the conditions under which the ‘smartness indicator’, after consultation with relevant stakeholders, on the basis of the outlined design and methodology set out in Annex Ia and with the conditions under which the 'smartness indicator' could be introduced following a thorough assessment after a test-phase and clarification on how the indicator would be connected to the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 11 and would be provided as additional information to prospective new investors, tenants or buyers.
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 488 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1
‘1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish a regular inspection of the accessible parts of systems used for heating buildings, such as the heat generator, control system and circulation pump(s) for non-residential buildings with total primary energy use of over 250MWh and for residential buildings with a centralised technical building system of a cumulated effective rated output for space heating purposes of over 1070 kW. That inspection shall include an assessment of the boileheat generator efficiency and the boileheat generator sizing compared with the heating requirements of the building. The assessment of the boileheat generator sizing does not have to be repeated as long as no changes were made to the heating system or as regards the heating requirements of the building in the meantime.’;
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 512 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. As an alternative to paragraph 1 Member States may set requirements to ensure that residential buildings with centralised technical building systems of a cumulated effective rated output for space heating purposes of over 1070 kW are equipped:
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 531 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish a regular inspection of the accessible parts of air- conditioning and ventilation systems for non-residential buildings with total primary energy use of over 250MWh and for residential buildings with a centralised technical building system of a cumulated effective rated output for air-conditioning and ventilation of over 100 2kW. The inspection shall include an assessment of the air- conditioning and ventilation efficiency and the sizing compared to the cooling requirements of the building. The assessment of the sizing does not have to be repeated as long as no changes were made to this air-conditioning or ventilation system or as regards the cooling requirements of the building in the meantime.;
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 550 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. As an alternative to paragraph 1 Member States may set requirements to ensure that residential buildings with centralised technical building systems of a cumulated effective rated output for air-conditioning or ventilation of over 1002 kW; are equipped:
2017/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 897 #

2016/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The transmission system operators shall have the right to request relevant data not containing commercially sensitive information, and not already collected by the relevant DSO, from generators and other market participants.
2017/09/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of October 2014 set a 27 % energy efficiency target for 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 'having in mind an Union level of 30 %'. In December 2015, the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of a 40 % energy efficiency target for the same timeframe. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of a binding 30 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States should set their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union's 2030 energy consumption has toshould be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) The obligation on Member States to establish long-term strategies for mobilising investment facilitating the renovation of their national building stock and notify them to the Commission should be removed from Directive 2012/27/EU and added to Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council10 where it fits with long term plans for nearly zero energy buildings and the decarbonisation of buildings. __________________ 10 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Member States are required to achieve a cumulative end-use savings requirement for the entire obligation period, equivalent to 'new' savings of at least 1.5 % of annual energy sales. This requirement could be met by new policy measures that are adopted during the new obligation period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 or by new individual actions as a result of policy measures adopted during or before the previous period, but in respect of which the individual actions that trigger energy savings are actually introduced during the new period.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 374 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of at least 1.5 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of point (b), and without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3, Member States may count only those energy savings that stem from new policy measures introduced after 31 December 2020 or policy measures introduced during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 provided it can be demonstrated that those measures result in individual actions that are undertaken after 31 December 2020 and deliver savings.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 504 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) 'the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate' means the Union-wide binding target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union-level binding target of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level target of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and thas referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], and the Union target for improving energy efficiency, as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], and the indicative 15 % electricity interconnection target for 2030 as proposed by the European Commission or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 635 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 84
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325 a w – paragraph 2
2. The risk weight of the foreign exchange risk factors concerning currency pairs which are composed by the Euro and the currency of a Member State participating in the second stage of the economic and monetary union shall be one of the following: (a) the risk weight referred to in paragraph 1 divided by √23; (b) the maximum fluctuation within the fluctuation band formally agreed by the Member State and the European Central Bank if narrower than the fluctuation band defined under the second stage of the economic and monetary union (ERM II).
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 709 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 103
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 411 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) 'non-mandatory over- collateralisation' means any amount of assets which the institution is not obliged to attach to a covered bond issuance by virtue of legal or regulatory requirements, contractual commitments or for reasons of market discipline, including in particular where:
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 712 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 103
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 411 – point 6 – point b
(b) pursuant to the methodology of a nominated ECAI, the assets are not required for the covered bonds to maintain their current credit assessment;deleted
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 715 #

2016/0360A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 103
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 411 – point 6 – point c
(c) the assets are not required for material credit enhancement purposes;deleted
2018/02/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 64 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) As a result, it is also appropriate to revise the definition of dual-use items, and to introduce a definition of cyber- surveillance technology. It should also be clarified that assessment criteria for the control of exports of dual-use items include considerations regarding their possible misuse in connection with acts of terrorism or human rights violations.deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The scope of "catch-all controls", that apply to non-listed dual use items in specific circumstances, should be clarified and harmonised, and should address the risk of terrorism and human rights violations. Appropriate exchange of information and consultations on "catch all controls" should ensure the effective and consistent application of controls throughout the Union. Targeted catch-all controls should also apply, under certain conditions, to the export of cyber- surveillance technology.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 85 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Decisions to update the common list of dual-use items subject to export controls in Section A of Annex I should be in conformity with the obligations and commitments that Member States and the Union have accepted as members of the relevant international non-proliferation regimes and export control arrangements, or by ratification of relevant international treaties. Decisions to update the common list of dual-use items subject to export controls in Section B of Annex I, such as cyber-surveillance technology, should be made in consideration of the risks that the export of such items may pose as regards the commission of serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law or the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States. Decisions to update the common list of dual-use items subject to export controls in Section B of Annex IV should be made in consideration of the public policy and public security interests of the Member States under Article 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Decisions to update the common lists of items and destinations set out in Sections A to J of Annex II should be made in consideration of the assessment criteria set out in this Regulation.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 109 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) cyber-surveillance technology which can be used for the commission of serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law, or can pose a threat to international security or the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States.deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 124 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘broker’ shall mean any natural or legal person or partnership resident or established in a Member State of the Union , or a legal person or partnership owned or controlled by such person, or another person that carries out brokering services from the Union into the territory of a third country;
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 126 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘supplier of technical assistance’ means any natural or legal person or partnership resident or established in a Member State of the Union, or a legal person or partnership owned or controlled by such person, or another person which supplies technical assistance from the Union into the territory of a third country;
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 134 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. 'lLarge project authorisation' shall mean a global export authorisation granted to one specific exporter, in respect of a type or category of dual-use item which may be valid for exports to one or more specified end users in one or more specified third countries for the duration of a specified project the realisation of which exceeds onthree years;
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 140 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
21. 'cyber-surveillance technology' shall mean items specially designed to enable the covert intrusion into information and telecommunication systems with a view to monitoring, exfiltracting, collecting and analysing data and/or incapacitating or damaging the targeted system. This includes items related to the following technology and equipment: (a) mobile telecommunication interception equipment; (b) intrusion software; (c) monitProducts shall be specifically defined and listed in a dedicated category of Annex 1 according centers; (d) lawfulto the intercepnation systems and data retention systems (e) digital forensics;al export control regimes including Wassenaar.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – point a
(a) mobile telecommunication interception equipment;deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 143 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – point b
(b) intrusion software;deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 144 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – point c
(c) monitoring centers;deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 145 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – point d
(d) lawful interception systems and data retention systems;deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 146 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – point e
(e) digital forensics;deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 150 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
However, 'cyber surveillance technology' shall not mean items specially designed for any of the following: (a) billing; (b) data collection functions within network elements (e.g. Exchange or HLR;) (c) marketing purposes; (d) quality of service of the network (QoS); (e) user satisfaction (Quality of Experience - QoE); (f) operations at telecommunications companies; (g) network protection (e.g. firewalls);
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 162 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. An authorisation shall be required for the export of dual-use items not listed in Annex I if the exporter has been informed by the competent authority of the Member State in which he is established that the items in question are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part:
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 167 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for use by persons complicit in or responsible for directing or committing serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law in situations of armed conflict or internal repression in the country of final destination, as identified by relevant public international institutions, or European or national competent authorities, and where there is evidence of the use of this or similar items for directing or implementing such serious violations by the proposed end-user;deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 177 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for use in connection with acts of terrorism.deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 186 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. If an exporter, under his obligation to exercise due diligence, is awar has sufficient and substantiated evidence that dual-use items which he proposes to export, not listed in Annex I, are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in paragraph 1, he must notify the competent authority of the Member State in which he is established, which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make the export concerned subject to authorisation.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 187 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Authorisations for the export of non-listed items shall be granted for specific items and end-users. The authorisations shall be granted by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established or, in case when the exporter is a person resident or established outside the Union, by the competent authority of the Member State where the items are located. The authorisations shall be valid throughout the Union. The authorisations shall be valid for onthree years, and may be renewed by the competent authority. The competent authority may however issue an authorisation for a shorter period under extraordinary circumstances and for compelling reasons if it is necessary when assessing the criteria in Article 14.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 194 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
A Member State which imposes an authorisation requirement, in application of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 on the export of a dual-use item not listed in Annex I, shall, unless it would prejudice its national security interests, immediately inform the other Member States and, the Commission, and the exporter and provide them with the relevant information, in particular concerning the items and end- users concerned. The other Member States shall give all due consideration to this information and shall make known within 10 working days any objections they may have to the imposition of such an authorisation requirement. In exceptional cases, any Member State consulted may request an extension of the 10-day period. However, the extension may not exceed 320 working days.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 197 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
If no objections are received, the Member States consulted shall be considered to have no objection and shall impose authorisations requirements for all "essentially similar transactions" meaning an item with essentially identical parameters or technical characteristics to the same end use or consignee. They shall inform their customs administration and other relevant national authorities about the authorisations requirements. The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal a short description of the case, the reasoning of the decision and indicate, if applicable, the new authorisation requirement in a new Section E of Annex II.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 206 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. If a broker is awarhas sufficient and substantiated evidence that the dual- use items listed in Annex I for which he proposes brokering services are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in Article 4(1), he must notify the competent authority of the Member State in which he is established which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make such brokering services subject to authorisation.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 210 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The transit of non-Union dual-use items listed in Annex I may be prohibited at any time by the competent authority of the Member State where the items are situated if the items are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for uses referred to in Article 4(1).
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 218 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
If a supplier of technical assistance is aware that the dual-use items for which he proposes to supply technical assistance outside the territory of the Union are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in Article 4, he must notify the competent authority in the Member State in which he is established which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make such technical assistance subject to authorisation.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 222 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the technical assistance (a) is provided in a country listed in Section A of Annex II, (b) takes place via the passing on of information which is generally available or forms part of basic research within the meaning of the General Technology Note to Annex I or Section A of Annex I, (c) does not refer to technology which is cited in the numbers of category E of Annex I, or (d) represents the absolutely necessary minimum for the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of those dual-use items for which an export authorization was issued.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 223 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may prohibit or impose an authorisation requirement on the export of dual-use items not listed in Annex I for reasons of public security or, for human rights considerations or for the prevention of acts of terrorism.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 234 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Individual export authorisations and global export authorisations shall be valid for onthree years, and may be renewed by the competent authority. Global export authorisations for large projects shall be valid for a duration to be determined by the competent authority based, inter alia, on the duration of the export contract. The competent authority may however issue an authorisation for a shorter period under extraordinary circumstances and for compelling reasons if it is necessary when assessing the criteria in Article 14.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 245 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Authorisations may be subject, if appropriate and possible, to an end-use statement.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 262 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the broker or the supplier of technical assistance is not resident or established on the territory of the Union, authorisations for brokering services and technical assistance under this Regulation shall be granted, alternatively, by the competent authority of the Member State where the parent company of the broker or supplier of technical assistance is established, or from where the brokering services or technical assistance will be supplied.deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 268 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) respect for human rightsthe occurrence of the violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law in the country of final destination as well as respecthas been established by thate country of international humanitarian lawmpetent bodies of the UN, the Council of Europe and the Union;
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 300 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) The list of dual-use items set out in Section B of Annex I may be amended if this is necessary due to risks that the export of such items may pose as regards the commission of serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law or the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States.deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 329 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in Article 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.Article 23 deleted
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 366 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section B
B. LIST OF OTHER DUAL-USE ITEMS GENERAL TECHNOLOGY NOTE (GTN) 10A001 Surveillance systems, equipment and components for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) for public networks where the destination lies outside the customs territory of the European Union and outside of Part 2 of Section A of Annex II to this Regulation, as follows: a. Enforcement Monitoring Facilities) for Lawful Intercepdeleted Monitoring Centres (Law Retention Ssystems (LI, for example according to ETSI ES 201 158, ETSI ES 201 671 or equivalent specificationor devices for standards) and specially designed components therefor, b. event data (Intercept Related Information IRI, for example, according to ETSI TS 102 656 or equivalent specifications or standards) and specially designed components therefor.’ Technical note: Event data includes signalling information, origin and destination (e.g. phone numbers, IP or MAC addresses, etc.), date and time and geographical origin of Communication. Note: 10A001 does not control systems, or devices that are specially designed for any of the following purposes: a) b) network elements (e.g., Exchange or HLR) c) (Quality of Service - QoS) or d) Experience - QoE) e) companies (service providers)’. 10D001 “Software” as follows: a. modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, functions or features, specified by 10A001; b. modified to provide characteristics, functions or features of equipment, specified by 10A001. 10E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, functions or features specified by 10A001billing data collection functions within quality of service of the network User satisfaction (Quality of operation at telecommunications “Software” specially designed or “sSoftware” specified by 10D001.ally designed or
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 409 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section H – part 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) by the exporter or by any entity owned or controlled by the exporter;any company resident or established in a Member State of the Union to any sister company, subsidiary or parent company provided these entities are owned or controlled by the same parent company or by each other and provided the item is for use for company cooperation projects including commercial product development, research, servicing, production and usage and, in the case of employees and order processors, pursuant to the agreement establishing the employment relationship.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 418 #

2016/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section I – part 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) the relevant items are exported to a customs-free zone or a free warehouse which is located in a destination covered by this authorisation when the warehouse is not under the control of the EU exporter.
2017/05/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 176 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Interpersonal communications services are services that enable interpersonal and interactive exchange of information, covering services like traditional voice calls between two individuals but also all types of emails, messaging services, or group chats. Interpersonal communications services only cover communications between a finite, that is to say not potentially unlimited, number of natural persons which is determined by the sender of the communication. Communications involving legal persons should be within the scope of the definition where natural persons act on behalf of those legal persons or are involved at least on one side of the communication. Interactive communication entails that the service allows the recipient of the information to respond. Services which do not meet those requirements, such as linear broadcasting, video on demand, websites, social networks, blogs, or exchange of information between machines, should not be considered as interpersonal communications services. Under exceptional circumstances, a service should not be considered as an interpersonal communications service if the interpersonal and interactive communication facility is a purely ancillary feature to another service and for objective technical reasons cannot be used without that principal service, and its integration is not a means to circumvent the applicability of the rules governing electronic communications services. An example for such an exception could be, in principle, a communication channel in online games, depending on the features of the communication facility of the service.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 184
(184) Due to current uncertainty regarding the rate of materialisation of demand for very high capacity broadband services as well as general economies of scale and density, co-investment agreements offer significant benefits in terms of pooling of costs and risks, enabling smaller-scale operators to invest on economically rational terms and thus promoting sustainable, long-term competition, including in areas where infrastructure-based competition might not be efficient. Where an operator with significant market power makes an open call for co-investment on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms in new network elements which significantly contribute to the deployment of very high capacity networks, and such an offer is taken up by a co-investor and agreed upon, or when commercial access agreements based on the same preconditions have equivalent results, the national regulatory authority should typically refrain from imposing obligations pursuant to this Directive on the new network elements, subject to further review in subsequent market analyses. Provided due account is taken of the prospective pro- competitive effects of the co-investment at wholesale and retail level, national regulatory authorities can still consider it appropriate, in light of the existing market structure and dynamics developed under regulated wholesale access conditions, and in the absence of a commercial offer to that effect, to safeguard the rights of access seekers who do not participate in a given co-investment through the maintenance of existing access products or – where legacy network elements are dismantled in due course – through imposition of access products with comparable functionality to those previously available on the legacy infrastructure.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or any network which is capable of delivering under usual peak- time conditions similarat least equally consistent and reliable network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error- related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similarshall be assessed on the basis of technical parameters, regardless of whether the end- user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 424 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. In line with the needf necessary in order to ensure the effective and efficient use of radio spectrum and competition, or the implementation of harmonised conditions adopted under Decision No 676/2002/EC, Member States may allow withdrawal of rights, including those with a 2530 year minimum duration, based on procedures laid down in advance, in compliance with the principles of proportionality and non-discriminationafter consultations with the right holder and based on fully transparent conditions and procedures laid down prior to the granting of such rights, in compliance with the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination. Member States shall ensure that licence holders, following any withdrawal, are adequately and proportionally compensated with regards to investments made.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 435 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing electronic communications networks and services associated facilities, or associated services provide all the information, including financial information, necessary for national regulatory authorities, other competent authorities and BEREC to ensure conformity with the provisions of, or decisions made in accordance with, this Directive. In particular, national regulatory authorities shall have the power to require those undertakings to submit information concerning future network or service developments that could have an impact on the wholesale services that they make available to competitors. They may also require information on electronic communications networks and associated facilities which is disaggregated at local level and sufficiently detailed for the national regulatory authority to be able to conduct the geographical survey and to designate digital exclusion areas in accordance with Article 22. In accordance with Article 29, national regulatory authorities may sanction undertakings deliberately providing misleading, erroneous or incomplete informationSuch information shall facilitate the forecasting of future investments in network deployment and development.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 464 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b – paragraph 2
This forecast shall reflect the economic prospects of the electronic communications networks sector and investment intentions of operators at the time when the data is gathered, in order to allow the identification of available connectivity in different areas. This forecast shall include information on planned deployments by any undertaking or public authority, in particular to include very high capacity networks and significant upgrades or extensions of legacy broadband networks to at least the performance of next- generation access networks. For this purpose, national regulatory authorities shall requesgather relevant uandertakings to provide relevant reasonably available information regarding planned deployments of such networks.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 473 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. National regulatory authorities may designate a "digital exclusion area" corresponding to an area with clear territorial boundaries where, on the basis of the information gathered pursuant to paragraph 1, it is determinedforeseen that for the duration of the relevant forecast period, no undertaking or public authority has deployed or is planning to deploy a very high capacity network or has significantly upgraded or extended its network to a pverformance of at least 100 Mbps download speedsy high capacity network, or is planning to do so. National regulatory authorities shall publish the designated digital exclusion areas.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 477 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Within a designated digital exclusion area, national regulatory authorities may issue a call open to any undertaking to declare their intention to deploy very high capacity networks over the duration of the relevant forecast period. The national regulatory authority shall specify the information to be included in such submissions, in order to ensure at least a similar level of detail as that taken into consideration in the forecast envisaged in paragraph 1(b). It shall also inform any undertaking expressing its interest whether the designated digital exclusion area is covered or likely to be covered by an NGA network offering download speeds below 100 Mbpsa very high capacity network on the basis of the information gathered pursuant to paragraph 1(b).
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 483 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. When national regulatory authorities take measures pursuant to paragraph 3, they shall do so according to an efficient, objective, transparent and non- discriminatory procedure, whereby no undertaking is a priori excluded. Failure to provide information pursuant to paragraph 1(b) or to respond to the call for interest pursuant to paragraph 3 may be considered as misleading information pursuant to Articles 20 or 21.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 544 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. WIn order to facilitate coordination and efficient use of spectrum, also across the borders, where a national regulatory authority intends to take a measure which falls within the scope of paragraph 1 (a) to (g), it shall make the draft measure accessible, together with the reasoning on which the measure is based, to BEREC, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and the Commission and national regulatory authorities in other Member States, at the same time.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 548 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Within one month, or a longer period up to three months, if the national regulatory authority agrees to extend the deadline, BEREC shall issue a reasoned opinion on the draft measure, which shall analyse whether that measure would be the most appropriate in order to:
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 652 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Competent authorities shall attach conditions to individual rights and general authorisations to use radio spectrum in accordance with Article 13(1) in such a way as to ensure a sufficiently high level of network resilience and cyber security, in addition to ensuring the most effective and efficient use of radio spectrum by the beneficiaries of the general authorisation or the holders of individual rights or by any third party to which an individual right or part thereof has been traded or leased. They shall clearly define any such conditions including the level of use required and the possibility to trade and lease in relation to this obligation in order to ensure the implementation of those conditions in line with Article 30. Conditions attached to renewals of right of use for radio spectrum may not provide undue advantages to existing holders of those rights.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 657 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. When attaching conditions to individual rights of use for radio spectrum, competent authorities may authorise the sharing of passive or active infrastructure, or of radio spectrum, as well as commercial roaming access agreements, or the joint roll-out of infrastructures for the provision of services or networks which rely on the use of radio spectrum, in particular with a view to ensuring effective and efficient use of radio spectrum or promoting coverage. Conditions attached to the rights of use shall not preventfacilitate, by different means, the sharing of radio spectrum. Implementation by undertakings of conditions attached pursuant to this paragraph shall remain subject to competition law.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 671 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 49 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 2530 years, provided there are conditions to facilitate trading, leasing and sharing of rights, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 686 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
When Member States grant, amend or renew rights of use for radio spectrum, their national regulatory authorities may takeshould, if necessary in order to ensure effective competition pursuant to point 1 of this Article, consider appropriate measures such as:
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 696 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In order to ensure efficient use of spectrum and coordinate the use of harmonised radio spectrum in the Union and taking due account of the different national market situations, the Commission may, by way of an implementing measure:
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 701 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, in its efforts to establish common maximum dates by which the use of specific harmonised radio spectrum bands shall be authorised, as set out in this Article, take into utmost consideration the need to ensure a swift harmonisation of spectrum bands which have been identified by the RSPG in its opinion on spectrum related aspects for next-generation wireless systems (5G) as 'pioneer' bands for use by 2020, in particular spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz and the 24.25-27.5 GHz, as well as additional bands which the RSPG identifies as particularly important to this end.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 725 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely whe where the reach, coverage and user uptake corresponds to that of number-based services and where strictly necessary in order to ensure access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivitymmunication between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services, obligations on providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 741 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations uponto meet reasonable request to grants for access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the firsta concentration or distribution point where that point ias clocated outside the buildingse to end-users as possible, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non- discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. Under special circumstances, when access regulation is imposed beyond the first concentration or distribution point, national regulatory authorities may impose active or virtual access to such wiring and cables.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 751 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
National regulatory authorities may extend to those owners or undertakings the imposition of such access obligations, on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, beyond the first concentration or distribution point to a concentration point as close as possible to end-users, to the extent strictly necessary to address insurmountable economic or physical barriers to replication in areas with lower population density.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 762 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraphbeyond the first concentration or distribution point where:
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1019 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the deployment of the new network elements is open todone through co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non- discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co- investors after the deployment of the co- invested infrastructure;
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1036 #

2016/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) In order to promote effective competition and the deployment of new network elements, and pro-competitive regulatory conditions, Member States shall, in consultation with BEREC, establish fair and reasonable rules for shared networks and commercial access agreements between operators and virtual service providers. Such rules and regulatory conditions shall serve to increase the level of network traffic, so as to facilitate return on investment, thereby promoting effective competition and development towards trans-European networks.
2017/04/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) On 10 June 2016 the Commission presented the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreement. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the EU's commitment in the Paris agreement which aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by holding the increase in global average temperatures to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, and, among other things, to foster low greenhouse gas emissions development in a manner that does not threaten food production. The Union's commitment to economy-wide emission reductions was confirmed in the intended nationally determined contribution of the Union and its Member States that was submitted to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC on 6 March 2015.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Paris Agreement prescribes that Parties should take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 45 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The approach of annually binding national limits taken in Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council19 should be continued from 2021 to 2030, with the start of the trajectory calculation in 20201 on the average of the greenhouse gas emissions during 2016 to 2018 and the end of the trajectory being the 2030 limit for each Member State. An adjustment to the allocation in 2021 is provided for Member States with both a positive limit under Decision 406/2009/EC and increasing annual emission allocations between 2017 and 2020 determined pursuant to Decisions 2013/162/EU and 2013/634/EU, to reflect the capacity for increased emissions in those years. The European Council concluded that the availability and use of existing flexibility instruments within the non-ETS sectors should be significantly enhanced in order to ensure cost- effectiveness of the collective Union effort and convergence of emissions per capita by 2030. __________________ 19 Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] lays down accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals relating to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). While the environmental outcome under this Regulation in terms of the levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions that are made is affected by taking into account a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland as defined in Regulation [ ], flexibility for a maximum quantity of 280336 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent of these removals divided among Member States according to the figures in Annex III should be included as an additional possibility for Member States to meet their commitments when needed. Where the delegated act to update the forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans pursuant to Article 8 (6) of Regulation [LULUCF] is adopted, 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 Article 7 to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in the flexibility provided by that Article. Before adopting such a delegated act, the Commission should evaluate the robustness of accounting for managed forest land based on available data, and in particular the consistency of projected and actual harvesting rates. In addition, the possibility to voluntarily delete annual emission allocation units should be allowed under this Regulation in order to allow for such amounts to be taken into account when assessing Member States' compliance with requirements under Regulation [ ].
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) This Regulation should be reviewed as of 2024 and every 5 years thereafter in order to assess its overall functioning. The review should take into account evolving national circumstances and be informed by the results of the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement. An additional review should be conducted to account for economic consequences in the event of a Member State exiting the Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7, to the adjustment pursuant to Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions in each year between 2021 and 2029 do not exceed the level defined by a linear trajectory, starting in 20201 on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3 and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. This implementing act shall also specify, based on the percentages notified by Member States under Article 6(2), the quantities that may be taken into account for their compliance under Article 9 between 2021 and 2030. If the sum of all Member States' quantities were to exceed the collective total of 1200 million, the quantities for each Member State shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the collective total is not exceeded.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States that may have a limited cancellation of up to a maximum of 1200 million EU ETS allowances as defined in Article 3(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC collectively taken into account for their compliance under this Regulation are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Additional use of up to 280336 million net removals from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 139 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In accordance with Article 14, the European Commission will assess and report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the actual progress made as regards cost-effective reductions of non-CO2 agricultural emissions, making proposals to alter the amount of net removals that can be used from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland accordingly if appropriate.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 Februaryno later than one year following the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement in 20243 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and, its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and its ambition relative to that of the other Parties to the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the event that a Member State withdraws from the Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union after the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council no later than one year following the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, three years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, and every year thereafter, regarding the economic consequences of the withdrawal on each Member State affecting its fulfilment of its obligations under this Regulation, and make proposals if appropriate.
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
Maximum percentage of 2005 emissions determined in accordance with Article 4(3) of this Regulation Belgium 24% Denmark 24% Ireland 48% Luxembourg 48% Malta 24% Netherlands 24% Austria 24% Finland 24% Sweden 24%
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Maximum amount expressed in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Belgium 3,84,56 Bulgaria 4,192 Czech Republic 2,63,12 Denmark 14,67,52 Germany 22,36,76 Estonia 0,91,08 Ireland 26,832,16 Greece 6,78,04 Spain 29,134,92 France 58,269,84 Croatia 0,91,08 Italy 11,513,8 Cyprus 0,672 Latvia 3,172 Lithuania 6,57,8 Luxembourg 0,253 Hungary 2,152 Malta 0,036 Netherlands 13,416,08 Austria 2,53 Poland 21,726,04 Portugal 5,26,24 Romania 13,215,84 Slovenia 1,356 Slovakia 1,244 Finland 4,55,4 Sweden 4,95,88 United Kingdom 17,821,36 Maximum total: 280336
2017/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 181 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States that may have a limited cancellation of up to a maximum of 1200 million EU ETS allowances as defined in Article 3(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC collectively taken into account for their compliance under this Regulation are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
2017/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 192 #

2016/0231(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. A number of allowances equal to the difference between the maximum of 200 million EU ETS allowances allocated in Article 6 (1) as flexibility for Member States listed in Annex II, and the actual number of such allowances notified by Member States listed in Annex II in accordance with Article 6 (2) by 31 December 2019 for compliance with this Regulation, shall as of 1 January 2020 be made available for all Member States' compliance under this Regulation through the establishment of an additional flexibility mechanism for certified climate efficient farmers. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 12 in order to supplement this Directive by setting out the structure of this mechanism by 31 December 2019.
2017/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2016/0185(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 provides for the possibility for an operator to apply a ‘fair use policy’ in accordance with the relevant implementing act. An adequate fair use policy has a crucial role to play in order to guarantee a financially sustainable model of the wholesale and retail roaming markets. A generous fair use policy for consumers needs to be accompanied by wholesale caps which reflect the real costs of providing roaming services and that will enable as many operators as possible to provide ‘roam- like-at-home’ offers without incurring huge cost increases, damaging competitive domestic markets or increasing prices for domestic customers.
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #

2016/0185(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The abolition of retail roaming surcharges introduced by Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120, also named "roam-like-at- home’ (RLAH), is necessary to establish and ease the functioning of a digital single market across the Union. However, that Regulation alone is not sufficient to ensure the correct and sustainable functioning of the roaming market. This Regulation should therefore ensure that pricing models in domestic markets are not affected.
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #

2016/0185(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Therefore, the existing maximum wholesale roaming charges for voice calls, SMS and data services should be lowered to levels much closer to the actual cost of those service.
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2016/0185(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. TWith effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of a regulated roaming call originating on that visited network, inclusive, among others, of origination, transit and termination costs, shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0435 per minute as. The safeguard limit shall, ofn 15 June 2017 and shall, without prejudice to Article 19,ly 2018, decrease to EUR 0.03 per minute, on 1 July 2019, to EUR 0.02 per minute, and, without prejudice to Article 19, on 1 July 2020, to EUR 0.014 per minute. It shall remain at EUR 0.0414 per minute until 30 June 2022
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2016/0185(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0085 per me3 per gigabyte of data transmitted. The safeguard limit shall, on 1 July 2018, decrease to EUR 2 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and, on July 2019 to EUR 1 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00851 per megigabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022.
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
(15) If a Member State considers an intergovernmental agreement to be confidential, it should provide the Commission with a summary of itcontaining its main elements and relevant clauses, including restrictions, for the purposes of sharing that summary with the other Member States.
2016/07/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2015/2352(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas indigenous sources of oil and gas contribute significantly to Europe's current energy needs and are crucial at presentpresent significant value for our energy security and energy diversity;
2016/06/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #

2015/2352(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the offshore industry in general is of considerable importance not only for European energy security, but also for European economy, job creation, innovation and growth;
2016/06/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2015/2352(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underscores the fact that the European Member States already have the world's best-performing offshore safety regimes and that overadministrative burdens as well as excessive regulation in this area wcould seriously harm the competitiveness of theirEuropean industries;
2016/06/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2015/2352(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Concludes that the Offshore Safety Directive has only recently entered into force and there is no need to give consideration to further legislation until the Commission has published its report on implementation of the OSDDirective.
2016/06/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the ongoing energy transition is resulting in a move away from a centralised, inflexible, fossil fuel-based energy systemless flexible energy system based on centralized generation, to one which is more decentraliszed, and flexible andwith an increased share of renewables- based energy;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point a
a. provide citizens with stable, affordable, sustainable, fair and transparent energy, energy-efficient products and housingefficient, and sustainably produced energy;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point c
c. contribute to eradicateing the causes of energy poverty;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point d
d. protect consumers from abusive, uncompetitive and unfair practices by suppliers and enable them to fully exercise their rights;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, as a general principle, the energy transition should result in a more decentralised and democraticiverse, sustainable and inclusive energy system which benefits society as a whole, increases energy security and access to affordable energy for consumers; supports further involvement of citizens and local communities, and initiatives that empowers them to own or share in the ownership of the production, distribution and storage of energy, while at the same time protecting the most vulnerable and ensuring stability of the networks;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 77 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, as a general principle, the energy transition should result in a more decentralised and democratic energy system which benefits society as a whole, increases the involvement of citizens and local communities, and empowers them to own or share in the ownership of the production, distribution and storage of energy, while at the same time protecting the most vulnerable and ensuring the stability of the networks;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the aim of the Third Energy Package to provide a truly competitive and consumer-friendly retail energy market has not yet been realised, as evidencedindicated in some Member States by low levels of consumer switching and satisfaction across the EU, persistent high levels of market concentration, and the failure to reflect falling wholesale costs in retail prices; recognises that low level of switching can have many causes and can reflect both well-functioning and mal- functioning market structures, and therefore should not stand alone as an indicator;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to rigorously ensure full implementation of the Third Energy Package, and calls for its revia new Energy Market Desiogn to take account of the following recommendations:
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
a. Recommends improving the transparency and clarity of bills, which should include information on the final price, with an explanation of the different taxes, levies and tariffs, together with information on the different energy sources and complaint handling, clear indication of contact points, and information on switching and energy efficiency measures; insists that clear language must be used, with technical terms either avoided or clearly explained; requests the Commission to identify minimum standards and requests the Commission to identify minimum information requirements to ensure simplicity and interpretability in this respect;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
b. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy bills to include comparisons of offers in order to enable all consumers, even those without internet access or skills, to see whether they could save money by switching; believes that peer-based comparisons should also be included in bills topeer-based comparisons of energy offers should be made publicly available to enable consumers to make informed choices and help reduce energy use;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
c. Recommends developing rulcommon guidelines for price comparison tools to ensure that consumers can access independent, up-to-date and understandable comparison tools; believes Member States should develop accreditation schemes covering all price comparison tools, in line with CEER guidelines in line with the existing and ongoing work of CEER;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2015/2323(INI)

d. Recommends that there should be a limited range of standardised tariffs,Considers that information relating to different tariffs must be transparent, clear and accessible in order to facilitate price comparison between different suppliers and tariffs and avoid a confusing array of different tariffs for the same productand maintain retail competition between suppliers;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
e. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy suppliers to automatically place customumers be empowered to easily access information relating to their consumption patterns, along with recommendations from the suppliers on the most suitable and advantageous tariff, based on historic consumption patterns available to them; notes, given that switching rates are low throughout Europe, that many households, especially the most vulnerable, are not engaged in the energy market and are stuck on outdated expensivnot on the most appropriate tariffs;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
f. Recommends measures to enable retail prices to better reflect wholesale prices and thus reverse the trend of an increasing proportion of fixed elements in energy bills, in particular network charges, taxes and levies, which are often regressive elements; recommends that such elements be applied progressively or, where, possible funded from alternative sources;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 201 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers that the maximum benefit for consumers will be achieved through the optimisation of the energy system as a whole; asks therefore that careful analyses be undertaken in the market design process to ensure that delivering new benefits to specific consumer groups does not bring negative impacts to energy consumers in general;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Democratising the energy system by helping consumers take ownership ofEmpowering consumers to actively participate in the energy transition, produce their own energy and become energy-efficient
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 237 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that local authorities, communities and individuals shcould form thcontribute backbone oftively and substantially to the energy transition and should be awhen cost- effectively be supported to help them become energy producers and suppliersy energy on an equal footing with other players;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 268 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that access to capital, high upfront investment costs and long repayment periods represent barriers to the take-up of self- generation and energy efficiency measures; calls, therefore, for the development of new business models and innovativeto support, where appropriate, the use of financial instruments to incentivise self-generation, consumption and energy efficiency for all consumers; suggests that this should become a priority for the EIB, EFSI and the Structural Funds;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 288 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for stable and sufficient remuneration schemes to guarantee investor certainty and increase the take-up of small-scale renewable energyrenewable energy deployment, while at the same time ensuring the market is not distorted; believes that grid tariffs and other fees should be non-discriminatory and should fairly reflect the impact of the consumer on the grid, while guaranteeing sufficient funding for the maintenance and development of distribution grids; regrets the recent abrupt changes to support schemes in certain Member States, as well as the introduction of unfair and punitive taxes or fees which are detrimental tohinder the continued expansion of self-generation;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 312 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the need for a favourablestable and fair framework for tenants and those living in multi-dwelling buildings, to enable them to also benefit from co-ownership, self- generation and energy efficiency measures;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that consumers should have easy and timely access to their consumption data in both volume and monetary terms, to help them make informed decisions; believes that where smart meters are rolled out there should be a solid legal framework to ensure an end to unjustified back-billing and a rollout that is efficient and affordable for all consumers and is free of charge forincluding energy-poor consumers; insists that efficiency savings from smart meters should be shared on a fair basis between grid operators and users;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the development of smart technologies must not leave the most vulnerable or less engaged consumbe used in a an efficient and cost-effective way where investments must create long-tersm behind, nor see bills risenefits for consumers;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the processing and storage of citizens’ energy-related data should be managed by neutral entities and should comply with the existing EU legislation, which lays down that the ownership of all data lies with the citizendata subject will remain in control of their personal data and that data should only be provided to third parties by explicit consent; considers that, in addition, citizens should be able to exercise their rights to correct and erase informationpersonal data;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 381 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the development of a strong EU framework to fight energy poverty, including a broad, common but non- quantitative definition of energy poverty, focusing on the idea that access to affordable energy is a basic social rightcoordination at EU level to fight energy poverty through the sharing of best practices between Member States; urges the Commission to prioritise measures to alleviate energy poverty in upcoming legislative proposals and to present a dedicated action plan by mid- 2017;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 401 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the Energy Union governance framework should include objectives and reporting from Member States for energy poverty, and that key indicators for energy poverty should be developed;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that energy efficiency measures are central to any strategy to address energy poverty and are much cheaper in the long run than tackling the issue exclusively throughcomplementary to social security policies; calls for action to ensure that energy- efficient renovation of existing buildings gives priority toalso targets energy-poor citizens in the context of the review of the EPBD; suggests that an objective of reducing the number of energy- inefficient homes by 2030 should be considered, with a focus on rental properties and social housing;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 421 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the revised EED to include a provision for a significant minimum percentage of measures in energy efficiency obligation schemes targeting low-income consumers;deleted
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 431 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for EU funds for energy efficiency and support for self-generation to target energy-poor, low-income consumers and address the issue of split incentives between tenants and owners;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 438 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that well-targeted social tariffs are vital for low-income, vulnerable citizens, and should therefore be promoted;deleted
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas a medium-term increase in interconnection between the Member States to 15% could improve security of supply; stresses that, in addition to the quantitative target, open access and the availability of interconnectors is also imperative if the remaining barriers for the functioning of the European electricity market are to be overcome;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to be more pro-actively involved in the design of a European internal market in electricity and to avoid undermining the objectives of Articles 114 and 194 TFEU by means of permanent capacity markets without proper justification regarding security of supply, including with regards to the regional perspective;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that it makes sense to step up cooperation within and between regions under the leadership of ACER, though without the Member States abandoning responsibility for security of supply;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for an optimised implementation and enforcement of the legislative framework for the internal electricity market and for the Commission and ACER to further address issues in the wholesale markets when current practices are not consistent with EC Regulation 714/2009; calls on ACER to increase the regulatory oversight of restraint of existing interconnector capacity;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Is sceptical of capacity mechanismsnon-market based measures to ensure capacity adequacy, including regulation which imposes restrictions on the operation of power stations, including the refusal of periodical withdrawal of power stations from the market place on the grounds of high cost and the risk of market distortions, and stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 329 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that national capacity markets should be open to cross-border participation and should only create the capacity strictly necessary for security of supply; stresses in this respect that unprofitable power plants should not be required to remain connected; recommends developing appropriate markets for ancillary services that are not currently remunerated would lead to more efficient solutions reducing costs for consumers and producers;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas increased energy efficiency and energy saving are key factors for environmental and climate protection and supply security; as well as to job creation, growth, productivity and competitiveness; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is making good progress towards its environmentalclimate and energy targets for 2020 (reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the share of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency) and is playing a leading role at world level;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
The Energy Efficiency Directive only inadequately implemented – savings targets achieved nonetheless: an important framework for energy savings - potential for further optimization through better enforcement and implementation
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that up to now neither the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive nor the 2010 Buildings Directive have been adequately implemented by the Member States; considers, therefore, that one reason why the energy efficiency targets are being achieved lies in the fact that citizens and undertakings themselves have an interest in low energy consualls for a continued strong effort for energy efficiency in order to foster low energy consumption and cut energy costs , supporting competion and cutting coststiveness and sustainability;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that some key elements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (smart meters, cogeneration, renovation plans) need more time in order to give administrations and undertakings an opportunity to launch projects and innovationscarry great potential and should be introduced with the necessary perspectives ensuring investor confidence and regulatory stability;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the Energy Efficiency Directive became an Energy Saving Directive as a result of political decisions; calls for the focus of the directive to be turned more towards energy efficiency considerationshould focus on both energy savings and energy effectiveness;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Competing legal provisions slow down environmental progress, create red tape and increasA need for a legal framework that cuts red tape, enables environmental progress and reduces energy costs to the benergy costfit of European competitiveness
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Criticises the 2 000 or soStresses that energy reporting obligations imposed on businesses, consumers and public authorities should be low in administrative burdens; regrets that it is ultimately electricity consumers who bear the consequences of an overly complex reporting system;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that energy saving rules and rules on increased use of renewable energy sources have a direct and indirect impact on the carbon footprint and the ETS system (certificate prices); notes that low ETS certificate prices reduce the incentives for investment in energy saving;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that some national legislation (exit from coal, payment schemes for renewable energy, capacity markets) can restricts the scope for European solutions that provide the best possible results in terms of cost and supply and cancels out the price advantages obtained through energy saving; calls for increased possibilities for binding coordination by the Commission-effectiveness; calls for increased possibilities for binding coordination by the Commission to foster increased convergence between Member States within the European framework;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned at the repercussions of general saving rules on the targets for expanding the use of renewable energy sources; tTakes the view that improved cross- regional distribution and storage systems provide good opportunities for the further expansion of optimal locations for wind, hydro and solar power to supply the whole of Europe; expects that this will have a dampening effect on energy prices;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the positive impact that certification schemes or saving obligations (Article 7) are having in many Member States; considers the flexibility of the rules to be a major factor in guaranteeing their acceptance; asks that the calculation of certification schemes and energy-saving measures should not be hampered by overly restrictive interpretations and time limits;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for action to be taken to ensure plausible and unbureaucratic calculations of savings and efficiency; takes the view that the Energy Efficiency Directive could also serve as framework legislation in this connection; takes the view that specific measures and efficiency criteria might be integrated into existing directives (Buildings Directive) or a combined labelling requirement (energy efficiency labelling, eco-design, circular economy, CE marking);
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that more flexibility is needed in order to reach the EU’s climate protection and efficiency targets; calls for ‘target flexibility’ for Member States; takes the view that rebates should be available for targets relating to energy saving and increasing the share of renewable energy sources (Article 3 of the Energy Efficiency Directive) where for example the CO2 targets have been exceeded;deleted
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls in this connection for a continuation and improvement of the Energy Efficiency Directive to be adapted in linafter 2020, in accordance with the EU’s climate protection targets for 2030 and beyond;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets the Court of Auditors' criticism of less-than-effective energy efficiency projects supported by the EU Structural Funds (2007 to 2013); calls for improved guidelines and more intensive Commission monitoring with a view to making better use of the Structural Funds and EFSI in combination with private investments for energy efficiency investmenprojects;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for an strengthened implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive in addition to an improved enforcement; welcomes in this regard better coordination and exchange of ideas among Member States on the saving obligations and building and renovation plans (Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7) with the aim of applying existing instruments (tax incentives, support programmes, model contracts) more quickly; calls for Commission guidelines for future national plans;
2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that better and more future- proof regulation should help to examine and develop policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation faster and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 259 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, an holistic modernised future-proof regulatory framework fit foror the digital economy in respect of the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in digital infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 318 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and specially the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 371 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are only protected partially by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparablen adequate and future-proof level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 482 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce consumer trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 642 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with ensuring competition remaining the main driver of digital infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that littlebasic evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 720 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-topdigital services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition while increasing consumers protection and trust;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 897 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensurefuture-proof the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 933 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and specially to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 8 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32
– having regard to Directive 2002/910/31/ECU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December9 May 20102 on the energy performance of buildings (recast),
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas EU energy and climate policies must complement each another, and their objectives must reinforce rather than undermine one another; the Energy Union should therefore complement European reindustrialisation targets, boost the transition to a low- emission economy and enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, while effectively avoiding any threat of carbon leakage;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU building stock is responsible for approximately 40% of final EU energy consumption and for the consumption of approximately 60% of EU gas imports, therefore making the moderation of its energy demand an important factor towards achieving energy independence;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas the price difference with other economies hascan have a negative impact on the competitiveness of our industry, in particular our energy-intensive industries;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Y. whereas diversification of supplies, the completion of the internal energy market, moreenergy efficient energy consumptioncy as an energy source in itself by moderation of demand, the development of indigenous energy resources and R&D activities are the key drivers of the Energy Union;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates its commitment to the 2030 targets for climate and energy; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40%, to increase the share of renewables in the European energy mix to 27% and to increase energy efficiency by 30%.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 274 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to actively pursue the diversification of supply (energy sources, suppliers and routes); to this end, calls on the Commission to promote the construction of the relevant energy infrastructure priority corridors, as specified in Annex I to the trans-European energy networks (TEN-E) regulation and Part II of the Annex I to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) regulation, such as the Southern Gas Corridor and an integrated North Sea Grid;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that all EU infrastructure projects aimed at diversifying energy sources, suppliers and routes must be fully in line with EU legislation and EU energy security priorities and calls on the Commission to consider investments that moderate energy demand, e.g. in building stock, as eligible projects;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 301 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates its commitment to achieve the 10% interconnectivity market in order to complete the Internal Energy Market in EU; whilst acknowledging the importance of also achieving a quantitative target of interconnectivity by ensuring availability of existing national and cross-border infrastructure in order to ensure effective use of European energy sources and increased security of supply;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 306 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that energy suppliers coming from third countries must be subject to the EU acquis while operating on the common market, and calls on the Commission to enforce EU law by all means availablesure governance of EU law in order to allow energy to flow freely in the EU and prevent distortions in the internal market;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 521 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls that the energy markets distinguishes themselves from the financial markets by the underlying physical assets, by which the systemic risk in the energy sector is eliminated;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 522 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes that the establishment of liquid and efficient markets for electricity, heat and carbon emissions is essential for the purpose of further market integration and liberalisation, which again is an important prerequisite for reducing the energy bill to consumers and businesses, ensuring security of supply, continued decarbonisation of the energy sector, and support a competitive Europe;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 523 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers it in this regard necessary to implement financial regulation, that also covers the energy sector, in such a way that it does not distort the development of a well-functioning internal energy market;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 536 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the backbone of the future Energy Union must be a fully functioning internal energy market that delivers secure, competitive, affordable and sustainable energy to enable EU companies and consumers to access gasheat and electricity in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 589 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need for full implementation and enforcement of existing EU energy legislation and for a swift adoption of ambitious European network codes and guidelines, which must go hand in hand with strengthening the competences and resources of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G);
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 606 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based and optimal, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewableincluding initiatives and resources which will increase the stability of the electricity network and the ability to use innovative technologies and energy sources;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 691 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that in order to successfully balance the internal market, investment is needed not only in interconnectors but also in, inter alia, storage capacity, such as thermal storage solutions, LNG terminals and smart grids, in order to cope with enhanced renewable and distributed generation;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 707 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need to create a legislative framework that empowers consumers and makes them active participants in the market as investors and stakeholders; notes that consumers' involvement can be strengthened through, inter alia, energy cooperatives and micro-generation and - storage, as well as enhanced transparency and flexibility of prices and consumer choices; points out that such initiatives could contribute to reducing energy prices and help address serious social problems, such as fuel poverty;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 741 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that following the European Council conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014, post-2020 EUcalled for an EU wide target for energy- efficiency targets must be non-binding and not apply at national levelof at least 27%, whereas the European Commission called for a target of 30% energy efficiency and the European Parliament supported a target of 40%;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 817 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that a cautious revWelcomes the Commission's work on the forthcoming heating and cooling strategy and calls on the Commission of existing energy efficiency legislation, including, in the frame of the upcoming review of the Renewable Energy Directive, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive, is needed in order not to undermine national policies already in place which operate within the 2020 climate to assess the potential synergies between energy efficiency and renergy framework; calls on the Commission to review the EU energy- efficiency legislation by no sooner than 2018wable heating and cooling with a view to reducing emissions, creating jobs and fostering growth in the sector;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 839 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Acknowledges that local authorities of European cities undoubtedly make an important contribution toStresses the need for a continued commitment to ensure energy independence by increasing energy- efficiency through cogeneration, modernising district heating systems, modernisation of heating and cooling systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovating building stocks; calls in this respect on the Commission to adopt an EU strategy for heating and cooling to identify all actions and synergies needed in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors to reduce the dependency while contributing to EU's climate and energy targets;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 868 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines the crucial role of renewables in the EU, both in attaining its greenhouse gas reduction targets, energy security and in the creation of growth and jobs in the EU; underlines that, in this regard, the current market design should be improved by fully integrating renewables, e.g. for heating, cooling, transport and electricity, into the market and introducing cost-reflective balancing prices;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 908 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising our energy systems, adopting strategies for using and promoting nbot onlyh renewable energy sources but alsoand other low-emission sources of energy; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to revise its Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines in a way which will provide for an equitable treatment of energy production from different energy sources;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 923 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that decarbonisation which is not pursued through a technology-neutral approach could result in a drastic increase in energy costs in some Member States, which would lead to energy poverty, deindustrialisation of the European economy and a subsequent rise in unemployment; stresses that it therefore needs to be a sovereign decision of each Member State on how to decarbonise its economy;deleted
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 957 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous energy sources such as nuclear, clean coal technologies and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) wcould make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 991 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposals for establishing a Modernisation Fund, which should have strict criteria and guidance to ensure that funding is targeted at genuine energy modernisation projects, which would be selected based on a technology-neutral approach and on whether they are demonstrably consistent with attainment of the EU's 2030 greenhouse gas objectivesrevision of the European Trade Emission System (ETS) in order to support the EU decarbonisation efforts, and calls in this respect on the Commission to include a proposal for a Modernisation Fund;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1023 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake common efforts in order to bring downensure cost optimisation in the wholesale and retail gas and energy prices by 20 % by 2020sector;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1075 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Underlines that research efforts, particularly through the Horizon 2020 programme, should be strengthened in terms of developing the new generation of flexible renewable energy technologies such as biomass, geothermal, solar- thermal electricity and ocean energy technology, as well as to improve the flexibility of their electricity production;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1076 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Stresses that RD&I activities in renewable heating and cooling technologies are needed in order to reduce costs, enhance system performance, facilitate their integration, and to increase temperature level so as to cover high-temperature heat demand in industrial sectors.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1126 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Calls on the Commission to provide an explicit mapping of the different funding and financing instruments, such as the InvestEU programme, Connecting Europe (PCIs), R&D funds, structural funds, smart grid financing instruments (ERA-Net Plus), the Horizon 2020 programme (H2020), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR), the Connecting Europe Facility - Energy (CEF-E), NER 300 and Eurogia+, and to clarify the eligibility rules for each of these programmes, while taking into account the technology neutral approach; calls on the Commission to aim to provide more balanced support and spending throughout the EU to avoid creating a technological rift between regions;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the Commission, in order to maintain a level playing field for EU industry and the energy sector, to promote links between the EU ETS and other emission trading systems, with the aim of creating a future world emissions trading market to significantly reduce global emissions and increase industrial competitiveness; welcomes the Commission's plans for a comprehensive, structural, post-2020 reform of the EU- ETS as a means to enabling it to be a cost-effective tool to reduce GHG emissions;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the increased deployment of clean energy technologies where they have the greatest impact is dependent on building and maintaining a strong innovation capacity both in developed and emerging countries;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Highlights the huge potential to reduce emissions through increased energy efficiency and clean energy deployment; considers that maximising the efficiency of energy use worldwide is the first step towards reducing energy- related emissions while also contributing to the challenge of alleviating energy poverty;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the bioeconomy has the potential to substantially contribute to re- industrialisation and the creation of new jobs in the EU and the rest of the world;
2015/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that renewable energy and increased energy efficiency leading to energy savings are criticalimportant means for a stable, secure, and independent and democratic energy system for the EU, which generates high- quality jobs and wealth within a future- oriented sustainable economy; underlines that a higher degree of electricity interconnectivity and smart grids are necessary for developing such a system;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that electricity interconnection is a precondition for completing an integrated EU internal electricity market, which, if well designed, will help to achieve our climate objectives and improve the EU's geopolitical position through greater energy security and independence, as well as reduce energy isolation; stresses that the electricity interconnectors also need to be tackled, planned and executed through strong coordinated regional cooperation;deleted
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises that electricity interconnection is a precondition for completing an integrated EU internal electricity market, which, if well designed, will help to achieve our climate objectives and improve the competitiveness of European businesses, as well as EU's geopolitical position through greater energy security and independence, as well as reduce energy isolation; stresses that the electricity interconnectors also need to be tackled, planned and executed through strong coordinated regional cooperation with respect for the national competences to determine energy mix;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, according to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), investments in the necessary interconnection projects of pan-European significance could be as high as EUR 150 billion by 2030, and notes with interest that for each euro invested in the network, electricity prices could be mitigated by EUR 2; notes that independent studies show that with similar investment in the network infrastructure, Europe could cover a large share of its electric load with renewable energy sources1 ; __________________ 1 ‘powE[R] 2030 – A European grid for ¾ renewable electricity by 2030’, Greenpeace, 2014.
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of open access and availability of the interconnectors to overcome the remaining barriers for the functioning of the European electricity market; urges the European Commission and national regulators to ensure transparency and close monitoring of the availability of the interconnectors to prevent any unjustified bottlenecks, in addition to the quantitative target of 10 %;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the frequently congested transmission networks might be linked to cross-border lines but might also be due to weak internal gridavailability of national networks; insists that a holistic approach should be taken when assessing the need for, and the priority of, reinforcement / extension, taking into account both cross-border and national connections, in particular the real use of the existing interconnection lines and the availabilcapacity of existing national infrastructure;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the role of the European Commission as guardian of a decentralisn unbundled and accessible electricity system, as well as free competition and equal access to the market; in which Member States shall grantenable access to smaller suppliers to the grid in accordance with fair market rules;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the lackEmphasizes the importance of a transparent decision-making process leading to the establishment of the projects of common interest (PCI) list; regrets further the predominant role of ENTSO-E, transmission system operators (TSOs) and project promoters in the development of a harmonisn aligned cost-benefit analysis methodology, in preparing the ten- year network development plans and the network codes, and in evaluating the costs and benefits of each project; recalls the need to provide complete assessments including social and environmental impacts; calls on the Commission, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and national regulators to play a more proactive role in order to develop a moreensure a neutral, transparent and democraticinclusive consultative process, including the effective participation of Parliament and giving voting status to civil society representatives accordance also with the Infrastructure Regulation, including the effective involvement of the European Parliament; calls on the Commission to assess the situations in which the use of best available technology (BAT) could be established as a preconditiondominant parameter for granting EU funds to projects;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the lengthy permit granting procedure is a major challenge for new high-voltage lines in Europe;deleted
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that projects on the PCI list benefit from preferential regulatory treatment, fast-track planning, a binding time limit of 3.5 years for the granting of a permit and faster environmental assessment procedures, and may also be eligible for extra funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI);
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the lengthy permit granting procedure is a major challenge for new high-voltage lines in Europe; and calls on Member States to facilitate speedier processes;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises that public awareness and support is essential to ensure fast implementation of interconnector projects; acknowledges that democraticinclusive processes and environmental standards must not be undermined when building new power lines; calls on the project promoters to use BAT for new interconnectors in order to reduce conflictsensure coherence between project investments in the grids and environmental impactsustainability;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the implementation of a ‘one-stop shop' approach contributes to shortening the permit granting procedures; recalls that the TEN-E Regulation requires each Member State to designate a National Competent Authority responsible for facilitating, shortening and coordinating the permit process at national level; bwelieves that an interconnected electricity market needs a singlcomes in this respect the evaluation of the "one-stop -shop' at EU level and asks the Commission to make a proposal, legislative if necessary, in this regard"-approach by the European Commission to take place in 2017 and encourages the Commission in this framework to assess the benefits of a single 'one-stop shop' at EU level;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the European Commission to provide ACER with the adequate competences and powers to gather the necessary information on each individual cross-border transmission capacity as to allow ACER to fulfil its monitoring responsibilities effectively;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the underRecalls the importance of sufficient staffing and lack of resources of ACER; asks the EU budgetary authority to provide the agency with the necessary resources, in particular sufficient own staff, in order to allow the agency to fulfil the tasks assigned to it by legislation; calls for ACER's role to be strengthened, in particular in relation to ENTSO-E;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. NotStresses the underimportance of sufficient staffing and/or lack of independence of a number of national energy regulators; calls on the Commission to carry out an independent audit by the end of 2016 at the latest on the resources available to, and the degree of independence achieved so far by, all national energy regulators, including the identification of recommendations on how to improve the situation;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that there is still a lack ofneed for increased transparency with regard to the calculation of cross-border capacities made available to the market and the frequency, magnitude and reasons of curtailment on interconnectors; doubts, in this context, that most of the significant curtailments are fully addressed; asks the Commission to provide ACER with the adequate competences and powers to gather the necessary information on each individual cross-border transmission capacity so as to allow ACER to fulfil its monitoring responsibilities effectivelywelcomes in this respect the swift conclusion of the Network Codes in order to tackle these issues;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Supports the Commission's recommendation that the CEF be concentrated on a few key projects; considers that adequate EU financing should alsocontinue be made available also beyond 2020 to support the implementaconstruction of non-commercially viable electricity connection projects necessary to ensure the functioning of the internal energy market; stresses the importance of the EIB in supporting investors in commercially viable electricity infrastructure projects; notes the establishment of the European Fund for Strategic Investments and encourages the Commission to ensure that the fund effectively attracts investments in electricity interconnection projects;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission, furthermore, to: 1) encourage investments in the best available technology, which, while costlier, offers considerable financial advantages as well as time savings in the long run; 2) conduct a review of the financing rules with the aim of streamlining the existing mechanisms and highlighting the principle that wealthier Member States are responsible for projects involving their countries, while EU financial support should be used in countries facing greater challenges; and 3) strengthen incentives for further investments in the grid by, inter alia, introducing a requirement for profits made from transmission congestion rent to be reinvested in additional interconnectors3) strengthen incentives for further investments in the grid;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that planned interconnectors are expected to allow the Baltic States to reach the 10 % goal by 2015; is concerned that the Baltic States' networks are still synchronised with and dependent on the Russian electricity system, which is an impediment for a truly integrated and properly functioning European electricity market; calls for a rapid synchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity networks' synchronisation with the Continental European Network before 2025 in order to ensure full integration in the EU internal electricity market and, a higher security of electricity supply and secure system operation; asks the Member States concerned to take the necessary steps to initiate and ENTSO-E to launch a formal procedure for synchronous system extension towards Baltic countries; invites the European Commission to support and monitor the implementation of this project; highlights the common Nordic power market as a best practice for cooperation between Member States in creating and developing electricity market; acknowledges the importance of higher interconnectivity between Poland and the Nordic electricity market in order for Poland to reach its 10 % target; welcomes the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding on reinforced BEMIP, underlines that regional cooperation through BEMIP shall continue and solidarity between Member States in implementing PCIs further enhanced;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that South-Eastern Europe (SEE) is endowed with a vast – and largely untapped – potential in terms of renewablrgy sources; notes that cooperation and coordination on long-term planning and building of a SEE regional grid infrastructure must go beyond the EU in order to include non-EU Western Balkan countries and Turkey; calls for the establishment of a new platform where all key stakeholders in the region could discuss and provide political backing to joint projects designed to fully exploit the region's renewables-based electricity potential; e.g. in terms of renewables; recognises that the EU's Central East South Europe Gas Connectivity High Level Group, established in February 2015, could become such a platform, provided its mandate is expanded to include the electricity domain and involvement of SEE's non-EU countries; acknowledges that the platform would enable the Commission to provide leadership and political support;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of more interconnection between Spain and France to support the renewables inan integrated European market and reinforce the rnegionotiating capacity of the EU, whilst minimising problems and delays by using the BAT in order to preserve the environment and still increase interconnectivity; notes the Madrid Declaration, signed on 4 March 2015, and the establishment of a High Level Group on Interconnections for South-West Europe as an important steps towards increasing the region's interconnectivity; recognizes that the projects included in the current PCI list are not sufficient to achieve the 10% target in 2020 and, therefore, calls for the inclusion of new projects in the PCI list as soon as possible;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that Europe's energy system has evolved since 2002, when the 10 % electricity interconnection target was originally set – in particular, renewable energy sources have been developed across the continent; question; recommends in this context athat an EU-wide 15 % target based on installed capacity for 2030 does not stand alone; asks the Commission, therefore, to assess the setting of regional, complementary targets and to find better qualitative and quantitative benchmarks, such as trade flows, peak flows and bottlenecks, that highlight how much interconnection is needed;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 198 #

2015/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to derive a futurepromote further electricity interconnection target from thein order to support EU's long-term climate goals as well as from a sustainable energy system that the EU is looking forin EU; notes in this context that the degree of interconnection required will depend ion particular on whether: a) the EU is serious in applying theseveral parameters, including: a) the development of national energy mix, b) the application in national and EU policy of ‘energy efficiency first' principle and more demand-side response measures, b)c) the development of smart grids and decentralised renewables-based electricity and its correlated smart grids are further, d) developed, c)ment of energy storage technologies – including at household orand municipality levels – are developed, d) grids are optimised and use th, e) the use best available technologies, ef) peoplthe are given a higher rocognition of the European people as prosumers in the energy system, and fg) athe creation of clear incentives for investments in the grids is created;
2015/08/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creatingopening up new market access for EU businesses in order to create sustainable growth and high- quality, decent jobs, and; Considers that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity, and ensuring a level playing field for EU industries;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission’s "Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy" initiative; considers trade and investment to be of critical importance in driving the EU’s economic recovery through opening up new export markets for EU industry, creating jobs and growth, and boosting EU competitiveness;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the Commission, when negotiating free trade agreements, should ensure that distortive practices such as dual pricing mechanisms and export restrictions on raw materials are prohibited;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 48 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for more effective enforcement of the existing Trade Defence Instruments (TDI) to tackle unfair competition and asks the Council to conclude work on the legislative proposal on the modernisation of TDIs that is currently at a standstill; additionally calls on the Commission to come up with further measures to improve transparency in this regard;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a significant role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategieshighlights that a Digital Single Market is vital in boosting EU competitiveness and economic growth; stresses that a level playing field must be ensure that non-EU companies do not tad in terms of reciprocity on market access and that non-EU market advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market; ctors must comply with European industry and consumer standards;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)
(a) Emphasises the need to step-up global efforts to further develop clean energy technologies in the move towards a low- carbon economy and therefore encourages the Commission to enhance cooperation on energy research, development and innovation activities with trading partners;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the identification of new energy trading partners and by seeking to remove barriers to international energy trade; Considers theat diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the developources and suppliers increases competition, bringing lower prices for European energy consumers; stresses, however, that the development and increased deployment of renewables, as well as the promotingon of energy efficiency is crucial to increase energy security and reduce import dependency; recommends that new trade agreements should include a chapter on energy and raw materials;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of reaching a ‘dynamic’ agreement on Environmental Green Goods currently under negotiations, ensuring the agreement can later be opened for more WTO partners to join and in the future include green services; thus promoting European green tech industry and help meet the climate and energy targets agreed upon in the Climate Agreement in Paris 2015 and strengthen security of energy supply in the EU and reduce dependency on fossil fuels;
2016/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionGeneva Convention of 1951 and the additional protocol thereto,
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental FreedomsUniversal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
— having regard to the GenevaEuropean Convention of 1951 and the additional protocol theretofor the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 43
— having regard to the Policy Department C studies on the implementation of Article 80 TFEU, on new approaches, alternative avenues and means of access to asylum procedures for persons seeking international protection, on exploring new avenues for legislation for labour migration to the EU, on enhancing the Common European Asylum System and Alternatives to Dublin, and on EU cooperation with third countries in the field of migration, and having regard to the Policy Department D study on EU funds for Migration policies: Analysis of Efficiency and best practice for the future, and to the Policy Department EXPO study on Migrants in the Mediterranean: protecting human rights,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 44 a (new)
- having regard to the work, reports and resolutions of the Council of Europe,
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 52
— having regard to the working document on Article 80 – Solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including search and rescue obligations,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 53
— having regard to the working document on tackling criminal smuggling, trafficking and labour exploitation of irregular migrants,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 54
— having regard to the working document on border management and visa-policy, including the role of Frontex and other relevant agencies,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 55
— having regard to the working document on developing safe and lawful routes for asylum seekers and refugees into the EU, including the Union resettlement policy and corresponding integration policies,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 56
— having regard to the working document on developing adequate legal economic migration channels,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 57
— having regard to the working document on the EU internal and external funding related to its migration and asylum policy,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 58
— having regard to the working document on effective implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), including the role of EASO,deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 60
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development, the Committee on Budget, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Regional Development, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on Petitions (A8-0000/2016),deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas according to Frontex data5 , in the first eleven months of 2015, 1.55 million persons were detected while attempting to cross irregularly the EU’s external borders, setting an unprecedented record compared to the 282 000 migrants who arrived in the EU in the course of the whole 2014; and whereas, according to IOM/UNICEF data, around 20 % of all migrants arriving by sea are children6 ; and whereas, according to the preliminary data available, the percentage of Syrians vary from 26% to 50% of all arrivals in the EU in 20156a ; and whereas a large number of counterfeit Syrian passports poses a serious challenge for proper identity checks; __________________ 5 Frontex news, http://frontex.europa.eu/news/number-of- migrants-arriving-in-greece-dropped-by- half-in-november-cITv3V. 6 IOM and UNICEF, Data Brief: Migration of Children to Europe, http://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/press _release/file/IOM-UNICEF-Data-Brief- Refugee-and-Migrant-Crisis-in-Europe- 30.11.15.pdf. 6aInternational Centre for Migration policy Development, http://www.icmpd.org/news-centre/2015- in-review-infographic/ ; Frontex, http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Publicatio ns/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q3_2015.pdf
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Article 80 TFEU – Solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including search and rescue obligations
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas solidarity can take the forms of internal and external solidarity; and whereas relocation, mutual recognition of asylum decismay be expressed in many different ways besides CEAS provisions such as financial assistance, human resources, equipment, training and other operational support measures and should be addressed at a global and universal level given the challenges with which Europe is not capable to cope alone; whereas voluntary relocations, operational support measures, financial support measures, a pro-active interpretation and implementation of the current Dublin Regulation and the Temporary Protection Directive are all tools for internal solidarity, while, voluntary resettlement, humanitarian admission and search and rescue at sea promote externaloperations at sea are all tools that can be used by the Member States to demonstrate their solidarity;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the abolishment of internal border controls must go hand-in-hand with the effective management ofand protection of the Union's external borders, with high common standards, effective exchange of information between Member States, and full respect for everyone’s fundamental rights;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the current Visa Code allows Member States to deviate from the normalstandard admissibility criteria for a visa application in exceptional cases with limited territorial validity ‘on humanitarian grounds’ (as defined in Articles 19 and 25);
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Developing sustainable asylum policy that could include safe and lawful routes for asylum seekers and refugees into the EU, including the Union resettlement policy and corresponding integration policies
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the current migration crisis is a global challenge that requires a global action;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas safe and legal routes for refugees to access the EU are limited, and many continue to take the risk of embarking on dangerous routes; and whereas the creation of new safe and lawful routes for asylum seekers and refugees to enter the EU, building on existing legislation and practices, wouldmay allow the EU and the Member States to have a better overview of the protection needs and of the inflow into the EU and to undermine the business model of the smugglers;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas individual Member States continue to develop intense external action on migration at the bilateral level; what is due to the lack of common action at the external level, and the large influx of asylum seekers and associated additional challenges;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
P a. whereas a functioning return policy through readmission agreements should be an integral part of cooperation with third countries;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 181 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas the working-age population in the EU is projected to decline by 7.5 million by 2020; whereas projections on the development of labour market needs in the EU points to emerging and future shortages in specific fields; and whereas third-country nationals face many difficulties in obtaining recognition of their foreign qualifications, and therefore tend to be over-qualified for their jobs;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas the current EU approach to labour migration is fragmented, with numerous directives focusing on specific categories of workers and of third-country nationals who are, under certain conditions, allowed to work; and whereas this approach can only serve to meet short- term, specific needs;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
R a. whereas legal migration for labour market needs, based on the principle of subsidiarity, is and should remain a national competence of the EU Member States;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 191 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas the existing fragmentation of budget lines and responsibilities can make it difficult to provide a comprehensive overview of how funds are used, and even to quantify exactly how much the EU spends on migration;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 195 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas the CEAS includes a set of common rules for a common asylum policy, a uniform asylum status and common asylum procedures valid throughout the Union; whereas, however, many alerts, including the infringement decisions adopted by the Commission, show that the CEAS has not been fully implemented in many Member States; whereas implementation is essential in order to harmonise national laws and promote solidarity among Member Statesof existing rules is essential, and whereas Member States can seek supporting assistance from EASO to meet the standards required by the CEAS; whereas harmonisation of reception conditions and asylum procedures can avoid stress on countries offering better conditions and are key to responsibility sharing;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V
V. whereas the current mechanisms of the Dublin system have sometimes failed to be objective, to establish fair criteria for allocating responsibility for applications for international protection and to provide swift access to protection; whereas the system is not being effectively applied in practice, and explicit derogations have been adopted with two Council decisions on temporary relocation; and whereas the Commission has announced a proposal for a proper revision of the Dublin III Regulation by March 2016;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 233 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Starts from the premise that saving lives must be a first priority and that proper funding, at Union and Member State level, for search and rescue operations is essential along with proper and effective external border controls; notes that there has been an increase in the number of irregular arrivals by sea and an alarming increase in the number of deaths at sea, and that a better European response is still required;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 237 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the saving of lives is an act of solidarity with those at risk, but that it is also moral and a legal obligation under international law, as Article 98 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea – ratified by all Member States and the Union itself – requires assistance to be given to any person in distress at sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 244 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that a permanent, robust and effective Union response in search and rescue operations at sea is crucial to preventing an escalating death toll of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Suggests, in that respect, that search and rescue capacities must be strengthened, and that Member States’ governments must deploy more resources – in terms of financial assistance and assets – in the context of a Union-wide humanitarian operation, dedicated to finding, rescuing and assisting migrants in peril and bringing them to the closest place of safety;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 317 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that military operations should not be the predominate aspecbe a considerable part of any holistic approach to migration and reiterates that Operation Sophia must not distract assets already deployed in the Mediterranean from saving lives at sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 349 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the process of relocation – that is to say, transferring an applicant for international protection, or a beneficiary of international protection, from one Member State to another – is a practical example of solidarity within the Union; recalls, in addition, that, since 2009, Parliament has been calling for a binding mechanism for the distribution of asylum seekers among all the Member States;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 359 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that, within the last year, the Council has adopted two decisions on temporary relocation measures in the Union (‘Relocation Decisions’)9 , and that they involve the transfer of applicants of international protection from Greece and Italy to other Member States; observes that, although the Relocation Decisions do not end the current Dublin rules on allocation of responsibility, they do constitute a ‘temporary derogation’ from the Dublin rules but should be assessed on individual basis and circumstances; __________________ 9 Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 and Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601.
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 370 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the establishment of urgentvoluntary relocation measures isagreed are a move in the right direction of mutual solidarity, and calls on Member States to fulfil their obligations with regard to thosee agreed measures as soon as possible;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 383 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that, for the purposes of the Rrelocation Decisionsmeasures taken by the Council, relocation willmay cover only those nationalities for which the proportion of positive decisions granting international protection in the Union has been 75 % or more for the preceding three months, on the basis of Eurostat data; notes that the Relocation Decisions will affect a relatively small number of people, and will leave out the large numbers of applicants originating from other third countries who cannot be relocated under those decisions;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 443 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Takes the view that resettlement is one of the preferredn cooperation with UNHCR if a Member State so decides is one of options for granting safe and lawful access to the Union for refugees and those in need of international protection, where it is clear that in long term the refugees can neither return to their home countries nor receive effective protection or be integrated into the host country;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 450 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Observes, 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 need of international protection onto Member State territories; notes that Member States already now can choose to use this tool;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 456 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, givenNotes the unprecedented flows of migrants that have reached and continue to reach the Union’s external borders, and the steady increase in the number of people asking for international protection, the Union needs a binding and mandatory legislative approach to resettlement, as set out in the Commission’s agenda for migration; recommends that, to have an impact, such an approach must provide for resettlement of a meaningful number of refugees, with regard to the overall numbers of refugees seeking international protection in the Union;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 470 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that there is a need for a permanentn Union-wide resettlement programme, with mandatovoluntary participation by Member States, providing resettlement for a meaningful number of refugees, having regard to the overall number of refugees seeking protection in the Union;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 480 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Acknowledges that such resettlement programme should be on voluntary basis to encourage greater solidarity among the Member States;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 486 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Points out that humanitarian admission, which Member States can already choose to apply, can be used as a complement to resettlement in order to give urgent protection, often on a temporary basis, to the most vulnerable where needed, e.g. unaccompanied minors or refugees with disabilities;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 517 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that further steps are necessary to ensure that the CEAS becomes a truly uniform system while respecting subsidiarity and proportionality principles;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 524 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls that a comprehensive assessment (in the form of the Commission’s evaluation reports) of the implementation of this package, followed by a speedy follow-up in case implementation is unsatisfactory in certain Member States, is absolutely necessary in order to improve harmonisationswift processing of asylum applications and returns;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 549 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Observes that the operation of the Dublin III Regulation10 has raised many questions linked to its implementation, fairness and solidarity in the allocation of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection; notes that the current system does not take into sufficient consideration the particular migratory pressure faced in crisis situations by Member States situated at the Union’s external borders; believes that the European Union needs to accept the on-going difficulties with the Dublin logic, and to develop options for solidarity both among its Member States and the migrants concerned; __________________ 10 Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 31).
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 567 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Recommends that the criteria on which the Rrelocation Decisions are based should bs of asylum seekers from Italy and Greece were based should be further evaluated before they are built directly into the Union’s standard rules for voluntary allocating responsibility; emphasises that, in reviewing the Dublin Regulation, it is important to reflect on the value of describing certain asylum seekers as ‘applicants in clear need of international protection’, since those migrants and refugees who do not fall into that category would still – at least under the current system – have to be dealt with by the Member State of first arrival;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 584 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Takes the view that the European Union should support the frontline Member States having external borders as well as those Member States receiving the most asylum claims with proportionate and adequate financial and technical support; considers that the rationale of using solidarity and responsibility-sharing measures is to enhance the quality and functioning of the CEAS;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 590 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Points out that one option for a fundamental overhaul of the Dublin system would be to establish a central collection of applications at Union level – viewing each asylum seeker as someone seeking asylum in the Union as a whole and not in an individual Member State – and to establish a central system for the allocation of responsibility for any persons seeking asylum in the Union; suggests that such a system could provide for certain relative thresholds per Member State, above which no further allocation of responsibility could be made until all other Member States have met their own thresholds, which could conceivably help in deterring secondary movements, as all Member States would be fully involved in the centralised system and no longer have individual responsibility for allocation of applicants to other Member States; believes that such a system could function on the basis of a number of Union ‘hotspots’ from where Union distribution should take place; underlines that any new system for allocation of responsibility must incorporate the key concepts of family unity and the best interests of the child;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 610 #
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 614 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that, at present, Member States recognise asylum decisions from other Member States only when they are negative; reiterates that mutual recognition by Member States of positive asylum decisions is a logical step towards proper implementation of Article 78(2)(a) TFEU, which calls for ‘a uniform status of asylum valid throughout the Union’;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 616 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that, at present, Member States recognise asylum decisions from other Member States only when they are negative; reiterates that mutual recognition by Member States of positiveMember States have the right to review asylum decisions is a logical step towards proper implementation of Article 78(2)(a) TFEU, which calls for ‘a uniform status of asylum valid throughout the Unsued by another MS, using the initial decision as a recommendation;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 641 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Emphasises that hosting Member States must offer refugees support and opportunities to integrate and build a life in their new society and – as provided for in the Qualifications Directive12 – this should also include effective access to democratic structures in society; notes that refugees have not only rights but also obligations towards the hosting Member State; emphasises that integration is a two- way process and that respect for the values upon which the EU isand its Member States are built must be an integral part of the integration process; __________________ 12 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 (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9).
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 652 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Emphasises that those granted asylum in an EU Member State should fully respect the principles, values, rules and laws of the Union and the Member State that has granted international protection;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 688 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Reaffirms that better recognition of foreign qualifications is one practical way of ensuring that those third-country nationals already present in the Union can integrate better, and calls on the Commission to come forward with appropriate proposals in that regard; notes however the high number of unemployment among EU citizens in several Member States; points out that as of November 2015 the youth unemployment rate across all the Member States stood at 20%;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 713 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Underlines that Member States should overcome any legal and practical obstacles to arrive at swifter decisions on family reunification in full respect of the national legislation;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 742 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. UnderstandEmphasises that the safe and swift return of those people who, following an individual assessment of their asylum application, are determined not to be eligible for protection in the Union is something that must be carried out as part of the proper implementation of the CEAS;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 754 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Acknowledges that, in the light of the fact that, in 2014, only 36 % of third country nationals who were ordered to leave the Union were effectively returned, there is an urgent need to improve the effectiveness of the Union’s return system;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 875 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61 a. Acknowledges that without strong and well protected Union's external borders there is no possibility to ensure safety within and fully implement CEAS;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 901 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
65. AcceptEmphasises that the Union needs to strengthen its external border protection and further develop the CEAS, and that measures are necessary to enhance the capacity of the Schengen Area to address the new challenges facing Europe and preserve the fundamental principles of security and free movement of persons;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 964 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
74. Recognises that one of the main purposes of hotspots is to allow the Union to grant protection and humanitarian assistance in a swift manner to those in need and identify those who do not qualify for international protection; emphasises that great care needs to be taken to ensure that the categorising of migrants at hotspots is carried out in full respect for the rights of all migrants; acknowledges, however, that proper identification of applicants for international protection at the point of first arrival in the Union should help facilitate the overall functioning of any reformed CEAS;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 995 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
80. Points out that the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) pillar on asylum and international protection should be developed further, with greater involvement of third countries; notes that current actions in this field, under Regional Protection Programmes (RPPs) or Regional Development and Protection Programmes (RDPPs), focus on capacity building to tackle criminal smuggling and human trafficking networks within third countries of origin and transit; notes, at the same time, that the voluntary resettlement component of these programmes continues to be weak; believes that capacity-building efforts and resettlement activities should be stepped up and carried out together with third countries hosting large refugee populations;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1077 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 a (new)
89a. Acknowledges that tackling the 'push factors' is a global responsibility and cannot be seen solely as the responsibility of the European Union, while the Union must still do its utmost to address root causes;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1080 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
90. Recalls that the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants has also called on the Union to open up regular migration channels so as to allow migrants to use formal entry and exit channels instead of having to resort to criminal smuggling networks;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1093 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
92. Understands that, in the long term, greater impetus is needed in solving the geo-political issues that affect the root causes of migration, as war, poverty, corruption, hunger and a lack of opportunities means that people will still feel forced to flee to Europe unless Europe and the rest of the world looks at how to help re-build those countries; points out that this means that the Commission and the Member States must put up the money to help build capacity in third countries, such as by facilitating investment and education, strengthening and enforcing asylum systems, helping to manage borders better, and reinforcing legal and judicial systems there;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1112 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
95. Recommends that, in line with the GAMM, the four thematic pillars addressing (i) legal migration and mobility, (ii) irregular migration and trafficking in human beings, (iii) international protection, and (iv) the development impact of migration should be of equal importance in Union external policy and funding; stresses that funding to third countries under various programmes should be assessed in light of their respect to the EU's efforts of migration management - including developing their asylum systems and facilitating returns of their citizens;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1180 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109
109. Points out that the Europe 2020 strategy has identified the need for a comprehensive labour migration policy, and for better integration of migrants, in order to meet the Union’s goals for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; this should be done in full respect of the principle of subsidiarity;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1206 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112
112. Calls for a comprehensive vision of the labour market in the Union as a necessary pre-condition for the development of labour market policies; pPoints out that it is necessary to develop tools for identifying and forecasting present and future labour market needs in the UnionMember States in a better way; suggests, in that regard, that existing tools – such as those developed by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) or the OECD – could be improved upon, and even merged, with international statistics on potential labour supply from third countries in order to provide a more accurate picture of the situation;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1239 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121
121. Believes, moreover, that it is clear that the directive should focus not just on the highly-qualified, but also on targeted high- qualification occupations where there are proven labour shortages; believes, in addition, that the revision of the Blue Card should be both ambitious and targeted, and should seek to remove the inconsistencies of the existing directive, particularly as regards parallel national schemes; recommends that thought be given to revising the scope to include those third- country nationals who could help tackle the gaps identified in EU labour markets;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It should be specified in this Directive that the activities of a dealer include not only the manufacturing but also the modification or conversion of a firearm which classifies it for another category according to Annex I part II, such as the shortening of a complete firearm, and in addition the modification or conversion of parts of firearms and of ammunition, and that, therefore, only authorised dealers should be permitted to engage in those activities. This Directive should not prevent, where allowed by national law, individuals from preparing ammunition or from modifying non- essential components of firearms for personal use.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 130 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The armed defence forces of a Member State as defined under national law may, in addition to the military, include units such as a home guard as well as reservists and other persons taking part in armed defence force sanctioned activities.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 213 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) To ensure that firearms are duly traceable throughout the Union, common conversion standards should be established to guarantee that any conversion of a firearm that changes its category is irreversible.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 221 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Some semi-automatic firearms can be easily converted to automatic firearms, thus posing a threat to security. Even in the absence of conversion to category "A", certain semi-automatic firearms may be very dangerous when their capacity regarding the number of rounds is high. Such semi-automatic weapons should therefore be banned for civilian use. deleted Or. en (linked to amendment on Annex I part II category A point 6)
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 232 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The implementation and recognition throughout the Member States of the European Firearms Pass as the main document needed by hunters and sport shooters should be improved by ensuring that Member States do not make the acceptance of the European Firearms Pass conditional upon payment of any fee or charge or additional administrative procedure.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 261 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Selling arrangements of firearms and, their essential components and ammunition by means of distance communication may pose a serious threat to security as they are more difficult to control thshould be subject to the control of the Member States and their conventional selling methods, especially as regards the on line verification of the legality of authorisations. It is therefore appropriate to limit the selling of arms and components by means of distance communication, notably internet, to dealers and brokersmpetent authorities should verify the identity of the persons engaged in such transfer and of their entitlement to do so.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 319 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 443 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import to the Union, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark. Essential components must be marked with a serial number. This requirement shall not apply to firearms and essential components that were placed on the market before the entry into force of this Amending Directive.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 550 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1monitor firearms authorisations and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it wasthey were granted isare no longer met.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 617 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired befoIn special cases, including for national defence, education, cultural, research and historical purposes, the competent authorities of the Member States may grant authorisations for such firearms and ammunition where [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)is is not contrary to public security or public order.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 638 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
TMember States shall ensure that the acquisition of firearms and their parts and ammunition concerning categories A, B and C by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(*), shall be authorised only with respect to dealers and brokers and shall be subject to the strict control of the Member Statesis, where permitted, strictly controlled, and shall verify the identity of the persons involved in the transaction and their right to engage in such a transaction. (*) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 658 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 - paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
(7) In Article 7, the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 4: "The maximum limits shall not exceed five years. The authorisation may be renewed if the conditions on the basis of which it was granted are still fulfilled."deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 700 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10b a (new)
(8a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 10ba By 31 December 2016, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13a on common conversion standards ensuring that any conversion of a firearm that changes its category is done in a manner which renders such conversion permanently irreversible."
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 702 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
"Member States may not mak(8a) In Article 12, paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: "Member States may not make: (a) the issuance or renewal of a European firearms pass conditional upon the payment of any unjustified fee or charge; (b) the acceptance of a European firearms pass conditional, directly or indirectly, upon the payment of any fee or charge." or the grant of any administrative approval." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:01991L0477- 20080728&qid=1457684409643)
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 732 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I, the implementation of the system for the European firearms pass and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Amending Directive].
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 764 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
7. Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms;deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 765 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
7. Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms;deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 790 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
(ii) in category B, point 7 is deleted.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 794 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
(ii) in category B, point 7 is deleted.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 308 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down a framework on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the energy efficiency and consumption of energy and other resources by energy- related products during use and supplementary information concerning energy-related products in order to allow customers to choose more efficient products.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 324 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) 'Energy efficiency' means the ratio of output of performance to input of energy;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 325 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 b (new)
(10b) 'Performance' means the level of service delivered;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 c (new)
(10c) 'Efficiency' means the ratio of output of performance, service to energy input;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) 'Rescale' means a periodicn exercise to make more stringent the requirements for achieving the energy class on a label for a particular product, which, for existing labels may imply the deletion of certain energy classes;
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 553 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Labels shall be re-scaled periodicallwhen, in a certain year, the majority of products in a given product category fall in the top energy efficiency class (A) or when appropriate, given technological progress in a given product category.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 564 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) suppliers shall provide both the current and the rescaled labels to dealers for a period of six months before the date specified in paragraph (b).deleted
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 581 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) dealers shall replace the existing labels on products on display including on the Internet with the rescaled labels within one week10 days following the date specified for that purpose in the relevant delegated act. Dealers shall not display the rescaled labels before that date.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 609 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish and maintain a product database including the information referred to in Annex I. The information listed under point 1 of Annex I shall be made publicly available. The product database does not replace or modify the responsibilities of the market surveillance authorities.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 630 #

2015/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, having consulted the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 10, establish a working plan which shall be made publicly available. The working plan shall set out an indicative list of product groups which are considered as priorities for the adoption of delegated acts. The working plan shall also set out plans for the revision and, where relevant, the rescaling of labels of products or product groups. The working plan may be amended periodically by the Commission after consultation with the Consultation Forum. The working plan may be combined with the working plan required by Article 16 of Directive 2009/125/EC.
2016/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) (new recital between Recitals 4 and 5) EU ETS system was designed to play the key role in reaching the EU policy goals in the area of sustainable climate policy. The price of the allowance should motivate sectors where the reduction of CO2 emissions is the most efficient and result in taking necessary measures that will gradually attribute to the fulfilment of the goals. The allowance price that is too low, as a consequence of factors that were not predicted or are by definition unpredictable, undermines the system. Possible broader employment of national measures like carbon tax, will lead to fragmentation of the market with suboptimal economic implications. The high price or excess volatility undermines the system, increases the cost of necessary decarbonisation of economy and harms the responsible industry. Current measures failed so far to assure the stabilisation of the allowance price. The result is in some cases the penalisation of companies that took measures to reduce their CO2 emissions, and a short term profit of companies that keep employing or are even reemploying technologies that are benefiting from the low allowance price. The allowance price that is sufficient to motivate investments into decarbonisation of the production, is the key for a functional EU ETS market. Low volatility and predictability of the allowance price precludes reaching of climate goals.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In accordance with the UNFCCC Paris agreement, all sectors of the economy must contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions. To this end, efforts to limit international maritime emissions through the International Maritime Organisation are under way and must be encouraged, with the aim of establishing a clear IMO action plan for climate policy measures to tackle CO2 emissions from shipping at a global level. To this effect, the European Commission and Member States must focus on ensuring the implementation of Council Regulation 2015/757 of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, which is a prerequisite for any market-based measure, efficiency standard or other measure, whether applied at Union level or globally.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) To preserve the environmental benefit of emission reductions in the Union while actions by other countries do not provide comparable incentives to industry to reduce emissions, free allocation should continue to installations in sectors and sub- sectors at genuine risk of carbon leakage, while recognizing that the analysis of sub- sectors in risk of carbon leakage may require disaggregation down to the product level. Experience gathered during the operation of the EU ETS confirmed that sectors and sub-sectors are at risk of carbon leakage to varying degrees, and that free allocation has prevented carbon leakage. While some sectors and sub- sectors can be deemed at a higher risk of carbon leakage, others are able to pass on a considerable share of the costs of allowances to cover their emissions in product prices without losing market share and only bear the remaining part of the costs so that they are at a low risk of carbon leakage. The Commission should determine and differentiate the relevant sectors, and where appropriate and justified sub-sectors, based on their trade intensity and their emissions intensity to better identify sectors and sub-sectors at a genuine risk of carbon leakage. Where, based on these criteria, a threshold determined by taking into account the respective possibility for sectors and sub- sectors concerned to pass on costs in product prices is exceeded, the sector or sub-sector should be deemed at risk of carbon leakage. Others should be considered at a low risk or at no risk of carbon leakage. Taking into account the possibilities for sectors and sub-sectors outside of electricity generation to pass on costs in product prices should also reduce windfall profits.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The EU ETS was designed to play a key role in reaching the Union policy goals in the area of sustainable climate policy. The price of allowances should incentivise sectors where the reduction of CO2 emissions is most efficient and lead to the gradual fulfilment of those goals. The fact that the allowance price is too low, as a consequence of factors that were not predicted or are by definition unpredictable, as such undermines the system. Possible broader recourse to national measures such as a carbon tax, is likely to lead to the fragmentation of the market with suboptimal economic implications. The high price or excess volatility undermines the system, increases the cost of necessary decarbonisation of the economy and harms responsible companies. Current measures have failed so far to stabilise the allowance price. The result is, in some cases, the penalisation of companies that took measures to reduce their CO2 emissions, and a short term profit for companies that keep employing or are even reemploying technologies that are benefiting from the low allowance price. An allowance price that is sufficient to motivate investments in the decarbonisation of production is the key for a functional EU ETS market. Low volatility and predictability of the allowance price precludes reaching of climate goals.
2016/08/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 191 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – introductory part
(a) threefour new subparagraphs are added to paragraph 1:
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a

Article 10 – paragraph a – subparagraph 3a new subparagraph 3
The Commission should monitor such notable results of policy related factors that can lead to increase of oversupply of allowances (like impact of subsidized renewable energy sources or substantial energy efficiency measures triggered by government programs). If the combination of such factors leads to decrease of functionality of the EU ETS, the Commission should propose following legislative measures: - in order to restore supply-demand balance in EU ETS, propose the deduction of relevant volume of allowances from auctions by Member States under Article 10(2) and place them in the market stability reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/1814 - propose appropriate downward correction of linear factor, in order to reach neutrality of previous measures within the existing EU ETS period
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d a (new)
(da) In Article 10, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: The Commission shall monitor the functioning of the European carbon market. Each year, it shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the functioning of the carbon market including the implementation of the auctions, liquidity and the volumes traded. The report shall also address the interaction between the EU ETS and other climate and energy measures at European and national level, and shall analyse the implications of various policy instruments on the functioning of EU ETS market, especially on the supply- demand balance in the carbon market. Member States shall ensure that any relevant information is submitted to the Commission at appropriate time. On the basis of the report referred to above, the Commission shall, if appropriate, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council amending this Directive reflecting outcomes of the report in order to preserve the functionality of EU ETS market.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 256 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d b (new)
(db) If the price development of the allowance gets into contradiction with the EU ETS goals, especially if it is too high and threatens the competitiveness of the EU industry or too low and does not provide incentives for gradual decarbonisation of the economy and stimulates the reemployment of technologies generating high carbon emissions, the Commission can propose, after consultation with the European parliament and Council, a delegated act, that will adjust temporarily the function of MSR and auctioning mechanism as follows: - for every auction of allowances, there will be a transparent and preannounced limit for the lowest accepted price. Allowances that will not be sold, will be transferred to MSR, free allocation of allowances and limits for them will not be affected. - for every auction of allowances, there will be a transparent and preannounced limit for the maximum allowance price. Allowances that will not be demanded above the offered volume, will be deducted from the MSR. If there is not a sufficient volume of allowances in MSR, the orders at the highest price will be accepted proportionally up to available allowances in MSR.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 257 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
(a a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1: 'The Commission shall monitor such notable results of policy related factors that can lead to increase of oversupply of allowances (like impact of subsidized renewable energy sources or substantial energy efficiency measures triggered by government programs). If the combination of such factors leads to decrease of functionality of the EU ETS, the Commission shall propose the following legislative measures: - in order to restore supply-demand balance in EU ETS, propose the deduction of relevant volume of allowances from auctions by Member States under Article 10(2) and place them in the market stability reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/1814 - propose appropriate downward correction of the linear factor, in order to reach neutrality of previous measures within the existing EU ETS period'
2016/07/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point d c (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 5
(dc) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: '5. The Commission shall monitor the functioning of the European carbon market. Each year, it shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the functioning of the carbon market including the implementation of the auctions, liquidity and the volumes traded. If necessary, Member States shall ensure that any relevant information is submitted to the Commission at least two months before the Commission adopts the reporThe report shall also address the interaction between the EU ETS and other climate and energy policies at Union and national level, and shall analyse the implications of various policy instruments on the functioning of EU ETS market, especially on the supply- demand balance in the carbon market. Member States shall ensure that any relevant information is submitted to the Commission at an appropriate time. On the basis of the report referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall, if appropriate, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council amending this Directive reflecting outcomes of the report in order to preserve the functionality of the EU ETS market.'
2016/07/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 298 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point d d (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(dd) In paragraph 5, the following subparagraph is added: 'If the price development of the allowance gets into contradiction with the EU ETS goals, especially if it is too high and threatens the competitiveness of the Union industry or too low and does not provide incentives for gradual decarbonisation of the economy and stimulates the reemployment of technologies generating high carbon emissions, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act, after consultation with the European parliament and Council, that shall adjust temporarily the function of the MSR and auctioning mechanism as follows: - for every auction of allowances, there shall be a transparent and preannounced limit for the lowest accepted price. Allowances that are not sold, shall be transferred to the MSR, free allocation of allowances and limits for them shall not be affected; - for every auction of allowances, there shall be a transparent and preannounced limit for the maximum allowance price. Allowances that are not demanded above the offered volume, shall be deducted from the MSR. If there is not a sufficient volume of allowances in the MSR, the orders at the highest price shall be accepted proportionally up to available allowances in the MSR.'
2016/07/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 420 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a, para. 8
400 million allowances shall be available to support innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies and innovative technologies for transmission and distribution, in the territory of the Union.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 472 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 1
1. Sectors and sub-sectors, as defined by PRODCOM-8 level when appropriate and justified, where the product exceeds 0.2 from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries, defined as the ratio between the total value of exports to third countries plus the value of imports from third countries and the total market size for the European Economic Area (annual turnover plus total imports from third countries), by their emission intensity, measured in kgCO2 divided by their gross value added (in €), shall be deemed to be at risk of carbon leakage. Such sectors and sub-sectors shall be allocated allowances free of charge for the period up to 2030 at 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 10a.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 487 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 2
2. Sectors and sub-sectors where the product from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries by their emission intensity is above 0.18 may be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1, on the basis of a qualitative assessment, based on a detailed impact assessment and taking into account sectors and sub-sectors at the relevant level, either at PRODCOM or NACE code level as appropriate, using the following criteria:
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 503 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b Paragraph 2
(c a) (d) level of potential competition distortion among sectors and sub-sectors
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 521 #

2015/0148(COD)

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

Article 10b, para. 4 Directive 2003/87/EC
By 31 December 2019, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act for the preceding paragraphs for activities at a 4- digit level (NACE-4 code), or where appropriate and justified at an 8-digit product-level (PRODCOM-8), as concerns paragraph 1, in accordance with Article 23, based on data for the three most recent calendar years available.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 569 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph. 2 (ba) new
(ba) ensure that the modernisation of utilities is reserved to projects leading to an emission performance below the threshold level of the European Investment Bank's carbon footprint benchmark for power generation;
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 570 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph 2(c)
(c) define clear, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory selection criteria in line with the Energy Union principles and the EU 2050 climate and energy objectives for the ranking of projects, so as to ensure that projects are selected which:
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 575 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph 2 c (i)
(i) on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, ensure a net positive gain in terms of emission reduction and realise a pre- determined significant level of CO2 reductions; in accordance with Annex I of the Climate Strategy of the European Investment Bank; and
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 581 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph 2 c (ii)
(ii) are additional, clearly respond to replacement and modernisation needs and do not supply a market-driven increase in energy demand; and
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 617 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
A fund to support investments in modernising energy systems, including transmission and distribution systems and interconnectors, and improving energy efficiency in Member States with a GDP per capita below 60% of the Union average in 2013 shall be established for the period 2021-30 and financed as set out in Article 10.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 666 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 4
The fund shall be governed by an investment board and a management committee, which shall be composed of representatives from the beneficiary Member States, the Commission, the EIB and three representatives elected by the other Member States for a period of 5 years. The composition of the investment board shall be published. The investment board shall be responsible to determine an Union-level investment policy, appropriate financing instruments and investment selection criteria. The management committee shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund, in accordance with the EIB investment criteria and the EU's energy and climate objectives as well as the Energy Union policies. The management committee shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund. Information regarding the projects benefitting from the Modernisation fund shall be made publicly available.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 724 #

2015/0148(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11(1)
A list of installations covered by this Directive for the fivetwo years beginning on 1 January 2021 shall be submitted by 30 September 2018, and lists for the subsequent fivetwo years shall be submitted every fivetwo years thereafter. Each list shall include information on production activity, transfers of heat and gases, electricity production and emissions at sub- installation level over the fivetwo calendar years preceding its submission. Free allocations shall only be given to installations where such information is provided.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 14 #

2015/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) At the same time, seal hunting is an integral part of the culture, socio- economy and identity of the Inuit and other indigenous communities and, makes a major contribution to their subsistence and is considered sustainable. For those reasons, seal hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities do not raise the same public moral concerns as the hunts conducted primarily for commercial purposes. Moreover, it is broadly recognised that the fundamental and social interests of Inuit and other indigenous communities should not be adversely affected, in accordance with United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international instruments, in particular Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, adopted by the International Labour Organisation in 1989, whereby Inuit and other indigenous communities have the right to self-identification and, by virtue of that right, the right to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. For those reasons, by way of exception, Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 allows and actively supports and promotes the placing on the market of seal products which result from hunts traditionally and sustainably conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities and which contribute to their subsistence. The Commission should investigate which appropriate measures can be introduced to counter the potential adverse negative effects the ban on seal products has had on Inuit communities as well as how to inform the general public about European indigenous communities.
2015/04/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2015/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) A genuinely humane killing method cannot be effectively and consistently applied in the hunts conducted by the Inuit and other indigenous communities, just like in the other seal hunts. Nonetheless, iIt is appropriate, in light of the objective pursued by Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009, to make the placing in the Union market of products resulting from hunts by the Inuit and other indigenous communities conditional upon those hunts being conducted in a manner which reduces pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering of the animals hunted to the extent possible, while having regard to the traditional way of life and the subsistence needs of the Inuit and other indigenous communities. The exception granted in respect of seal products resulting from hunts conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities should be limited to hunts that contribute to the subsistence need of those communities and are therefore not conducted primarisolely for commercial purposes. Thus, the Commission should be enabled to limit, if necessary, and only when relevant evidence is presented and where appropriate after a consultation with all stakeholders, the quantity of seal products placed on the market under that exception in order to prevent the use of the exception by products resulting from hunts which are conducted primarisolely for commercial purposes.
2015/04/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2015/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The placing on the market of seal products shall also be allowed provided that provided that the following conditions are all satisfied: (a) the person placing the seal products on the market can show evidence that the seal products would otherwise be discarded; (b) the seal products result from hunts conducted primarily for non-commercial purposes and under national management schemes for the conservation of exhaustible natural resources, with a view to maintaining the viability of seal populations as a component of their natural habitat, including disease control, or limiting the effects of interspecific competition with other species depending on the same habitat or resources; (c) the seal products result from hunts conducted on seal populations with favourable conservation status; and (d) the seal products result from hunts that have been conducted in a way that does not cause excessive pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering. The above conditions shall apply at the time or point of import for imported products.
2015/04/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2015/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. If the number of seals hunted,re is relevant evidence indicating the quantity of seal products being placed on the market pursuant to paragraph 1 or other circumstances are such as to indicatprove that a hunt is conducted primarisolely for commercial purposes, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 4 in order to limit the quantity of products resulting from that hunt that may be placed on the market.
2015/04/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 132 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) When selecting projects eligible for EFSI support, energy efficiency and demand response projects shall be treated on a level-playing field with energy supply projects in terms of cost-benefit analysis.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) At the level of projects, third parties may co-finance together with EFSI on a project-by-project basis or in investment platforms related to specific geographic or thematic sectors. Special attention should be given to investment platforms that focus on transformative sectors with high economic and societal added value, and investment platforms that aggregate small scale sustainable and innovative projects, particularly those driven by SMEs; for example energy efficiency projects such as the refurbishment of building stock.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 352 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnectionlectricity and gas interconnections, district heating schemes, and energy efficiency projects; and digital infrastructure;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 395 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and, energy and resource efficiency in particular through initiatives for reduction of energy demand and building refurbishments;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 425 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The EU guarantee shall be granted on the basis of equal terms between capacity generation and energy efficiency and demand side response, with due consideration of urgent and exceptional energy security considerations.
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 482 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an assessment of the added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs, outcomes and impact of EIB financing and investment operations at an aggregated basis, this includes the impact on the creation of jobs and growth, in particular in SMEs;
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 508 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In accordance with its own transparency policies on access to documents and information, the EIB shall make publicly available on its website information relating to all EIB financing and investment operations and how they contribute to the general objectives and criteria referred to in Article 5(2).
2015/03/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Requests that the Commission ensure a policy of free energy mix and free trade with respect to fuels, including LNG and crude oil;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having in mind that bureaucratic burden and administrative costs which stem from tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) disproportionately more than big companies;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 95 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the huge differentials between the USA and the EU in energy prices but also in per capita CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, where appropriate to provide energy-intensive sectors in the EU, including the chemicals industry, with appropriate measures maintaining current tariff rates over the longest possible period after the entry into force of the TTIPwithout distorting the markets;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to include so-called "green services," such as construction, installations, repairs and management of environmental goods, in the ongoing negotiations with our transatlantic partners; notes that the European Union is a world leader in the import and export of green goods and services, yet many barriers remain for the European green service providers; notes that the sector has considerable economic potential for the European Union;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that different regulatory approaches in the European Union and the US are costly for industries on both sides of the Atlantic; believes that there are significant efficiency gains to be tapped by aligning these approaches while still allowing authorities in the European Union and in the Unites States to maintain and achieve high quality standards and safety for their citizens;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the Commission, while welcoming the potential benefits of regulatory alignment and mutual recognition, including the establishment of common principles in standards and technical specifications in the area of ICT, about the importance of maintaining high levels of safety and security;
2015/03/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) to keep in mind that there are important offensive interests for the EU in the services sector, for instance in the areas of engineering, telecommunications, green-tech and transport services;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 497 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi a (new)
(xia) to ensure transparency and non- discrimination for European companies, especially SMEs, when tendering for public contracts on the US market at all government levels.
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 545 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) to ensure that the regulatory cooperation chapter promotes an effective, pro- competitive economic environment through the facilitation of trade and investment while developing and securing high levels of protection of health and safety, consumer, labour and environmental legislation and of the cultural diversity that exists within the EU; different regulatory approaches in the European Union and the US are costly for industries on both sides of the Atlantic and there are significant efficiency gains to be tapped by aligning regulatory approaches, while still allowing authorities in the European Union and in the Unites States to maintain and achieve high quality standards and safety for their citizens; negotiators on both sides need to identify and to be very clear about which regulatory measures and standards are fundamental and cannot be compromised, which ones can be the subject of a common approach, which are the areas where mutual recognition, such as for example inspection of pharmaceutical production sites, based on a common high standard and a strong system of market surveillance is desirable and which are those where simply an improved exchange of information is possible, based on the experience of one and a half years of ongoing talks;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 592 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) with regard to the horizontal regulatory cooperation chapter, to give priority to fostering bilateral cooperation between regulatory bodies through enhanced information exchange and to promote the adoption, strengthening and timely implementation of international instruments, on the basis of successful international experiences such as, for instance, ISO standards or under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29); recognises that standards are important for the export and import of goods and both sides and urges American and European standardization organisations to work together on common standards and mutual recognition of standards, to the benefit of European and American competitiveness and consumer choice, while maintaining high safety standards and protection for consumers; to establish that the prior impact assessment for the regulatory act, as defined in the horizontal provisions on regulatory cooperation, should also measure the impact on consumers and the environment next to its impact on trade and investment; to handle the possibility of promoting regulatory compatibility with great care and only without compromising legitimate regulatory and policy objectives;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 623 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) to combine negotiations on market access and regulatory cooperation with the establishment of ambitious rules and disciplines, inter alia on sustainable development, energy, pharmaceuticals, SMEs, investment and intellectual property;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 680 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exportexport of energy sources, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 709 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ix a (new)
(ixa) to ensure that the TTIP facilitates the import and export of both environmental goods, as well as services such as construction, installation, repairs and management are inextricable linked to green technologies, an area in which many non-tariff barriers remain;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 713 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point x
(x) to ensure that TTIP serves as a forum for the development of common sustainability standards for energy production and energy efficiency, always taking into account and adhering to existing standards on both sides;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 757 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashionway and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclusion of an reformed and well balanced ISDS mechanism; s. Such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to addressguarantees equal treatment of foreign and national investors and gives an effective investment protection and can be a useful instrument to increase direct foreign investment disputes;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 789 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
(xv) to ensure that TTIP includes an ambitious Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter that includes strong protection of precisely and clearly defined areas of IPR, including copyright applicability and the risk of replica copies of European goods being imported from the US where the criteria for protection is lower, the enhanced protection and recognition of European Geographical Indications (GIs), and reflects a fair and efficient level of protection and enforcement such as laid out in the EU’s and the US’s free trade agreement provisions in this area, while continuing to confirm the existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), notably in the area of public health;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas when the emissions permits under the European emission allowance trading scheme (ETS) become more expensive, a full-blown competition crisis is liable to arisemeasures to combat carbon leakage ought to be continued after 2020 unless other regions of the world commit to new initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the exploitation of secondary metals is an imperative in an industrialised economy and must be developed as a competitive circular economy, with greater reuse and recycling of metal waste in an environmentally sound and health- conscious manner, but can by no means meet the base metals needs of European economies in terms either of quality or of quantity;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas this is especially true of energy transition, as base metals are at the heart of the new technologies needed for this to take place; whereas the EU is completely dependent on imports of the metals needed to produce renewable energy generation equipmentenergy transition and diversification may therefore result in increased demand for base metals;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that the European Commission has launched discussions which will culminate in the reform of the ETS for the fourth period 2021-2028 and calls, in this connection, for the fight against climate change to focus on efficiency and optimising yields rather than on limiting production;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to amend the system for allocating emissions allowances via extensive application of the assessment used for the reference values applicable to industry, which are based on greenhouse gas emissions per tonne produced and not per facility, as it is the cleanest plants which are needed to produce more; underscores, in this connection, the importance of a system that makes it attractive to invest in energy- efficient solutions;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. SCalls for energy-intensive industriesses to continue their efforts to optimise recycling arrangements and cutting CO2 emissions with a view to ensuring future industrial competitiveness and meeting the EU's binding reduction targets; stresses in this connection that the two dimensions of competitiveness and emissions cuts are becoming complementary since, if European production becomes carbon- virtuous, preservation of its share of the European and world markets is an effective means of contributing to an overall limitation of greenhouse gas emissions of industrial origin; adds that the same applies to the production of imported goods, for which the same approach should be followed;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the fact that an international agreement on combating climate change that creates circumstances of fair competition for all base metal producers would render border adjustment unnecessary;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that knowing the carbon content, which is assessed on an industry- wide basis, is essential for building an international system for combating greenhouse gas emissions; points out that the establishing of border adjustment measures is thus the precursor of an international system to combat CO2 emissions;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the fact that border adjustment makes it possible to scrap compensation for indirect emissions as a means of addressing carbon leakage, which is why this measure was adopted in the first place;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #

2014/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Suggests a preliminary investigation phase of a maximum of one month for an initial review of anti-dumping and anti- subsidy complaints following which, based on the initial evidence, preventive correction measures may be announced and a thorough investigation conducted; points out that the investigation should include an assessment of the economic consequences of any anti-dumping measures for European importers and users;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas SMEs account for more than 98 % of Europe’s businesses and provide more than 67 % of jobs in the Union; whereas they constitute the backbone of the European Union’s economy and are important drivers of European long-term economic growth and sustainable job creation opportunities within the 28 Member States; whereas the employment in the sector for environmental goods and services in the years 2007-2011 grew with 20% in spite of the crisis; whereas they thus play an important role in the industrial ecosystem together with mid-cap and multinational companies;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the European Union is a world leader in both the import and export of environmental goods; whereas services are inextricably linked to these goods, yet there are many non-tariff barriers that remain for the environmental service providers;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the concept of green growth and the opportunities arising from it relate to various sectors of significant importance such as the circular economy, energy efficiency, resource efficiency, renewable energy, waste management, emission reduction, electrification, cradle to cradle; points out the considerable economic potential of these sectors;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that our economy will need to provide for an ever growing population – 9 billion people by 2050 – and that our natural resources are limited and therefore should be used in a very efficient way; points out new innovative and sustainable solutions to these challenges such as new products, production processes, business practices and services, and a new supporting legal framework;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes, that many European SMEs today compete internationally on solutions that both includes products and so-called "green services", such as construction, installation, repairs and management; notes that these services are central for the development sale and export of green products; Calls on the Commission to include green services in the ongoing negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement, as well as in bilateral trade agreements such as the TTIP, in order to reduce barriers for European SMEs and service providers that want to go international;
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2014/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
(De)Better regulation as an engine for growth
2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas 61 % of gas consumedall imported gas in the European Union is used in buildings and 75% of these are residential buildings; whereas any interruptions in gas supply leading to inadequate heating puts at risk the health and wellbeing of a large proportion of EU citizens;therefore the building sector has to be regarded as part of the energy infrastructure system on an equal footing with energy generation and transmission; whereas any interruptions in gas supply leading to inadequate heating puts at risk the health and wellbeing of a large proportion of EU citizens; (The Ecofys study, page 4, clearly refers to 61% as being the percentage of EU imported gas that is consumed in buildings, not 61% of all gas used in the EU. Most of the EU imported gas is used to heat buildings; the renovation of the EU building stock is therefore crucial to improve the EU energy independence.)
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 68 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas the role and importance of electricity will continue to increase and political decisions at a European and national level are necessary to ensure this;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘European Energy Security Strategy’, noting that, while there is a strong emphasis on short-term measures to avoid disruptions in the gas supply, it is based on a thorough analysis of the EU’s energy dependence, highlighting the main areas and describes the essential work that must be undertaken in the short, medium and long term perspectives in order to overcome the challenges to energy security;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance for strengthening energy independence of short-term measures such as the realisation of projects providing quick results in moderating the energy demand, storage of gas, development of reverse gas flow infrastructure, preparation of regional security of supply plans, and more effective use of the opportunities to import liquefied natural gas in those Member States which are exclusively dependent on one single supplier of natural gas; points out that there is a vital need for cooperation between the Commission, Member States, neighbouring countries, regulatory bodies, ACER, transmission system operators and gas suppliers;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Whereas the European Parliament recognizes the positive role of legislation for energy efficiency and renewables in driving the reduction energy use, encouraging the use of electricity in buildings and supporting the development of clean and sustainable forms of energy; calls on the European Commission to revise and extend the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Renewables Directive as crucial pillars of a strong and enforceable governance structure to deliver the energy and climate objections for 2030.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 211 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the moderation of energy demand, in particular energy demand used for heating, through energy efficiency is triply crucial, impacting positively on the EU’s energy security, competitiveness and sustainability;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 237 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that energy demand in the building sector is responsible for about 40 % of energy consumption in the EU and a third of natural gas use, and that it is therefore necessary to speed up renovation of buildings in order to reduce energy demand while encouraging greater involvement of the European Investment Bank and promoting energy services, e.g. the use of electricity in buildings, for which EU funds can complement national financing schemes;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 258 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the role of local authorities of European cities and in rural areas in increasing energy efficiency through cogeneration, heat pumps applications, modernisation of district heating systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovation of buildings is also undoubtedly an important contribution to energy independence;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the role of local authorities of European cities and in rural areas in increasing energy efficiency through cogeneration, heat pumps applications, modernisation of district heating systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovation of buildings is also undoubtedly an important contribution to energy independence;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that, although the energy intensity in EU industry decreased by almost 19% between 2001 and 2011, industrial heating applications can further boost the competitiveness of European industry by reducing its energy demand and thereby contribute to the energy security of EU;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 281 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that the energy efficiency obligation schemes in the Energy Efficiency Directive is a key measure to meet the 2020 energy efficiency target; urges the European Commission to extend this provision beyond 2020 while removing the exemptions that hamper its effectiveness.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to carry out a limited review of the Energy Efficiency Directive in order to update the provisions relevant to the indicative 2030 energy efficiency improvement target of at least 27 %; believes that measurement and verification of energy efficiency improvements should be an integral part of the annual European semester reporting;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 318 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission to review the Directive regarding Energy Performance of Buildings to encourage the use of electricity in buildings;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that a long-term strategy for developing indigenous energy sources in general and for heating in particular should be further promoted in the EU;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 434 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the development of renewable energy sources with the objective of 20 % by 2020 and at least 27 % by 2030 is essential, taking into consideration energy costs; stresses the importance of developing grids, including smarter energy grids and new energy storage solutions for the integration of renewables; stresses the importance of developing more flexible demand side solutions to underpin the integration of renewable energy in the system.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 515 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to seek for better interaction and coordination of national and European research programmes among themselves and with the Commission, especially in the fields of energyheating and construction, in order to ensure that priority is given to common challenges such as increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 581 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the development of well- integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets – including, where necessary, capacity markets – covering all parts of the Union; demands that the Commission acts immediately and decisively against all instances of anti- competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Since remuneration is one of the key instruments for companies to align their interests and those of their directors and in view of the crucial role of directors in companies, it is important that the remuneration policy of companies is determined in an appropriate manner. Without prejudice to the provisions on remuneration of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council17 listed companies and their shareholders should have the possibility to define the remuneration policy of the directors of their company, taking into account the differences in board structures applied by companies in the different Member States. __________________ 17Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 338.
2015/02/06
Committee: JURI
Amendment 295 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration policy as regards directorscompanies draw up a remuneration policy as regards directors and submit it for approval at the general meeting. Companies shall only pay remuneration to their directors in accordance with a remuneration policy that has been approved by shareholdersat the general meeting. The policy shall be submitted for approval by the shareholders at least every three years or in the event of substantial changes.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 305 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Companies may, in case of recruitment of new board members, decide to pay remuneration to an individual director outside the approved policy, where the remuneration package of the individual director has received prior approval by shareholders on the basis of information on the matters referred to in paragraph 3. The remuneration may be awarded provisionally pending approval by the shareholders.deleted
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 322 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The policy shall explain how it contributes to the long-term interests and sustainability of the company without obliging companies to disclose business sensitive information. It shall setgive clear criteriaguidelines on the criteria applicable for the award of fixed and variable remuneration, including all benefits in whatever form.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 335 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The policy shall indicate the maximum amounts of total remuneration that can be awarded, and the corresponding relative proportion of the differentmay consist of components of both fixed and variable remuneration. It shall explain how the pay and employment conditions of employees of the company were taken into account when setting the policy or directors' remuneration by explaining the ratio between the average remuneration of directors and the average remuneration of full time employees of the company other than directors and why this ratio is considered appropriate. The policy may exceptionally be without a ratio in case of exceptional circumstances. In that case, it shall explain why there is no ratio and which measures with the same effect have been take that can be awarded. If the remuneration policy allows for variable remuneration, Member States may request that the policy includes limits to the variable part of the total remuneration.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 343 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
For variable remuneration, the policy shall indicate theclude guidelines on the use of financial and non-financial performance criteria to be used and explain how they contribute to the long- term interests and sustainability of the company, and the methods to be applied to determine to which extent the performance criteria have been fulfilled; it shall specify theet guidelines on the use of deferral periods, vesting periods for share-based remuneration and retention of shares after vesting, and information on the possibility of the company to reclaim variable remuneration.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 348 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
The policy shall indicate the main terms of thegive guidelines on the duration of contracts ofwith directors, including its duration and the applicable notice periods and payments linked to termination of contracts.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 354 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5
The policy shall explain the decision- making process leading to its determination. Where the policy is revised, it shall include an explanation of all significant changes and how it takes into account the views of shareholders on the policy and report in the previous years.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 364 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9b – paragraph 1 – introductory words
1. Member States shall ensure that the company draws up a clear and understandable remuneration report, providing a comprehensive overview of the remuneration, including all benefits in whatever form, granted to individual directors, including to newly recruited and former directors,directors either at individual level for each director or at an aggregate level for each type of board in the last financial year. It shall, where applicable, contain all of the following elements:
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 378 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9b – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the relative change of the remuneration of directors over the last three financial years, and its relation to the development of the value of the company and to change in the average remuneration of full time employees of the company other than directors;
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 387 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9b – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration report of the past financial year during the annual general meeting. Where the shareholders vote against the remuneration report the company shall explain in the next remuneration report whether or not and, if so, how, the vote of the shareholders has been taken into account.deleted
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 402 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that companies, in case of publicly announce transactions with related parties that represent more than 1% of their assets, publicly announce such transactions at the time of the conclusion of the transaction, and accompany the announcement by a report from an independent third party assessing whether or not it is on market terms and confirming that the transaction is fair and reasonable from the perspective of the shareholders, including minority shareholders immediately following the approval of the transaction. The announcement shall at least contain information on the nature of the related party relationship, the name of the related party, the amountvalue of the transaction and any other information necessary to assess the financial impartiality of the transaction.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 415 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States mayshall provide that companies can request their shareholders tomay exempt themcompanies from the requirement of subparagraph 1 to accompany the announcement of the transaction with a related party by a report from an independent third party in case of clearly defined types of recurrent transactions with an identified related party in a period of not longer than 12 months after granting the exemption. Where the related party transactions involve a shareholder, this shareholder shallmay be excluded from the vote on the advance exemption.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 421 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Member States shall ensure that transactions with related parties representing more than 5% of the companies’ assets or transactions which can have a significant impact on profits or turnover are submitted to a vote by the shareholders in a general meeting. Where the related party transaction involves a shareholder, this shareholder shall be excluded from that vote. The company shall not conclude the transaction before the shareholders’ approval of the transaction. The company may however conclude the transaction under the condition of shareholder approval.deleted
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 432 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36
Article 9c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States may provide that companies can request the advance approval by shareholders of the transactions referred to in subparagraph 1 in case of clearly defined types of recurrent transactions with an identified related party in a period of not longer than 12 months after the advance approval of the transactions. Where the related party transactions involve a shareholder, this shareholder shall be excluded from the vote on the advance approval.deleted
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 439 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 3
3. Transactions with the same related party that have been concluded during the previous 12 months period and have not been approved by shareholders shall be aggregated for the purposes of application of paragraph 2. If the value of these aggregated transactions exceeds 5% of the assets, the transaction by which this threshold is exceeded and any subsequent transactions with the same related party shall be submitted to a shareholder vote and may only be unconditionally concluded after shareholder approval.deleted
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 452 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 4
4. Member States may exclude transactions entered into between the company and one or more members of its group from the requirements in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, provided that those members of the group are wholly owned by the company.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 462 #

2014/0121(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2007/36/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that paragraph 1 does not apply to transactions made in the ordinary course of business on market terms and transactions between the company and its subsidiaries when national law provides for adequate protection of the interests of minority shareholders.
2015/02/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 18 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In the light of the need to maintain the incentives in the EU's Emissions Trading System during the negotiations on the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) the European Commission came forward with a declaration to examine options, including among others permanent withholding of the necessary amount of allowances, for action with a view to adopting as soon as possible further appropriate structural measures to strengthen the ETS during phase 3, and make it more effective.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the European carbon market in 21027 identified the need for measures in order to tackle structural supply-demand imbalances. The impact assessment on the 2030 climate and energy policy framework8 indicates that this imbalance is expected to continue, and would not be sufficiently addressed by adapting the linear trajectory to a more stringent target within this framework. A change in the linear factor only changes gradually the cap. Accordingly, the surplus would also only gradually decline, such that the market would have to continue to operate for more than a decade with a surplus of around 2 billion allowances or more, thereby preventing the ETS from delivering the necessary investment signal to reduce CO2 emissions in a cost efficient manner. In order to address this problem and to make the European Emission Trading System more resilient to imbalances, a market stability reserve should be established. To ensure regulatory certainty as regards auction supply in phase 3 and allow for some lead-time adjusting to the introduction of the design change, the market stability reserve should be established as of phase 4 starting in 20217. In order to preserve a maximum degree of predictability, clear rules should be set for placing allowances into the reserve and releasing them from the reserve. Where the conditions are met, beginning in 20217, allowances corresponding to 12% of the number of allowances in circulation in year x-2 should be put into the reserve. A corresponding number of allowances should be released from the reserve when the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 400 million. __________________ 7 8COM(2012)652 final. COM(2012)652. 8 Insert reference. Insert reference.
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the European carbon market in 21027 identified the need for measures in order to tackle structural supply-demand imbalances. The impact assessment on the 2030 climate and energy policy framework8 indicates that this imbalance is expected to continue, and would not be sufficiently addressed by adapting the linear trajectory to a more stringent target within this framework. A change in the linear factor only changes gradually the cap. Accordingly, the surplus would also only gradually decline, such that the market would have to continue to operate for more than a decade with a surplus of around 2 billion allowances or more, thereby preventing the ETS from delivering the necessary investment signal to reduce CO2 emissions in a cost efficient manner. In order to address this problem and to make the European Emission Trading System more resilient to imbalances, a market stability reserve should be established. To ensure regulatory certainty as regards auction supply in phase 3 and allow for some lead-time adjusting to the introduction of the design change, the market stability reserve should be established as of phase 4 starting in 20212017. In order to preserve a maximum degree of predictability, clear rules should be set for placing allowances into the reserve and releasing them from the reserve. Where the conditions are met, beginning in 20217, allowances corresponding to 12% of the number of allowances in circulation in year x-2 should be put into the reserve. A corresponding number of allowances should be released from the reserve when the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 400 million. __________________ 7 COM(2012)652 final. 8 Insert reference.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 48 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The Commission should review the functioning of the market stability reserve in relation to its operation in the light of experience of its application. The review of the functioning of the market stability reserve should in particular consider whether the rules on placing allowances in the reserve are appropriate with regard to the aim pursued to tackle structural supply- demand imbalances. The review should be carried out in 2022.
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Council conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework give clear guidance on the continuation of free allocations and carbon leakage provisions after 2020, stating that "the most efficient installations in the sectors at risk of losing international competitiveness should not face undue carbon costs leading to carbon leakage" and that "future allocations will ensure better alignment with changing production levels in different sectors" and "at the same time, incentives for industry to innovate will be fully preserved and administrative complexity will not be increased." The conclusions further underline that both direct and indirect costs for the respective industry sectors will be taken into account as well as the need for affordable energy prices. It is of paramount importance that the Commission reviews the functioning of Directive 2003/87/EC, in that respect.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 54 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. A market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from 1 January 20217.
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The Commission should review the functioning of the market stability reserve in relation to its operation in the light of experience of its application. The review of the functioning of the market stability reserve should in particular consider whether the rules on placing allowances in the reserve are appropriate with regard to the aim pursued to tackle structural supply- demand imbalances. The review should be carried out in 2021.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. In each year beginning in 20217, a number of allowances equal to 12% of the total number of allowances in circulation in year x-2, as published in May year x-1, shall be placed in the reserve, unless this number of allowances to be placed in the reserve would be less than 100 million.
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. A market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from 1 January 20217.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 100 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
2. “1. From 20217 onwards, Member States shall auction all allowances that are not allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a and 10c and are not placed in the market stability reserve established by Decision [OPEU please insert number of this Decision when known] of the European Parliament and of the Council(*).”
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 20262, the Commission shall on the basis of an analysis of the orderly functioning of the European carbon market review the market stability reserve and submit a proposal, where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall pay particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed into the reserve according to Article 1(3) and the numerical value of the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation set by Article 1(4).
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 10(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC shall continue to apply until 31 December 202016.
2014/11/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. In each year beginning in 20217, a number of allowances equal to 12% of the total number of allowances in circulation in year x-2, as published in May year x-1, shall be placed in the reserve, unless this number of allowances to be placed in the reserve would be less than 100 million.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 167 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
2. “1. From 20217 onwards, Member States shall auction all allowances that are not allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a and 10c and are not placed in the market stability reserve established by Decision [OPEU please insert number of this Decision when known] of the European Parliament and of the Council(*). In 2019 and 2020 an additional quantity of allowances as set out in the third column of the table in Annex IV of Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2014 shall be placed in the reserve.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 196 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Review of Directive 2003/87/EC By ...+, the Commission shall review Directive 2003/87/EC, taking into account the conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014, in particular with regard to carbon leakage provisions and the continuation of free allocations, better reflecting changing production levels and incentivising the most efficient performance taking into account direct and indirect carbon costs, and if appropriate shall, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council. ________________ + OJ: Please, insert the date: six months from the entry into force of this Decision.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 216 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 20261, the Commission shall on the basis of an analysis of the orderly functioning of the European carbon market review the market stability reserve and submit a proposal, where appropriate, to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall pay particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed into the reserve according to Article 1(3) and the numerical value of the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation set by Article 1(4).
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 225 #

2014/0011(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 10(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC shall continue to apply until 31 December 202016.
2015/01/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #

2013/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that there is a significant, due to the fact that Europe is a resource constraint continent, there is a gap in industrial energy prices between the EU and its main competitors; recognises that energy prices are important cost drivers for the steel industry; believes that the efficient functioning of the single energy market is a necessary precondition if the steel industry is to be supplied by secure and sustainable energy at affordable prices;
2013/11/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2013/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that security of energy supply is an important prerequisite for the steel industry; calls on the Member States to ensure secure energy supplies by developing the necessary energy infrastructure projects, and provide the right incentives for investors to ensure a lower dependency on imported fossil fuels; encourages the Commission to promote the diversification of natural gas sources and routes; asks the Commission to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the adequacy of electricity generation and to provide guidance on how to maintain the flexibility of electricity networks;
2013/11/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2013/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that in 2012 Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) plants suffered no extra costs as a direct consequence of EU climate regulation, and that for the period 2008-2012 BOF plants experienced a surplus from the ETS due to over allocation of free allowances;
2013/11/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 15 March 2012 on a ‘Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050’ 1 , __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0086.
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 35 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
- having regard to ‘Renewable Energy: a major player in the European energy market’ COM(2012)271,
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 37 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 21 November 2012 on ‘the environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities’ 2, __________________ 2 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0443.
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 53 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas climate targets, security of supply, and competitiveness and climate objectives are of the utmost importance for the EU, are inextricabnd deeply linked and, they must be equally addressed and considered on an equal footing;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 219 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the recent publication of the "first part of the fifth assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change", adopted on September 27th 2013, confirming that global warming is for 95% due to human activities (90% in the 2007 fourth report) and warning on the consequences inaction might imply for the stability of our ecosystem;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 236 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced byCalls on the Council to adopt and the Member States and the Commission to implement, for the EU 2030 climate and energy framework, an approach combining coordinated and, coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g.and ambitious binding targets in terms of GHG emissions reduction, renewable energy sources anddevelopment of RES and development of energy efficiency);
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 249 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to better take advantage of the interactions between these three targets in order for them to boost and strengthen competitiveness and energy security in the EU;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 276 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to keep up the progress made at EU level and, in order to maintain the continuity of the progress realised at the EU scale, to set ambitious butand realistic objectivetargets for the 2030 EU policies that take account of the economic, social, environmental, international and technological contexts, and to establish a clear, stable, long-term andclimate and energy policies in a cost- effective framework for industries and investorsmanner;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 301 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that the EU 2030 climate and energy framework must support the long-term objective of reducing the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 and therefore provide a clear, stable and cost-effective long-term framework for industries and investors;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 309 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that to keep the EU in the lead in terms of the development of technologies for a future low carbon economy, the EU shall set a binding target in terms of GHG emissions reduction in its 2030 framework;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 318 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Is of the opinion that the development of RES contributes to the achievement of the GHG emissions reduction target, to decrease the need for fossil fuel imports and to increase the diversification of our energy sources; Therefore, considers that the EU shall set a binding target in terms of RES in its 2030 framework;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 322 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Considers that the development of energy efficiency contributes to decrease the energy bill, to reduce our energy dependency and our energy trade balance, to the creation of new and non- relocatable activities, to face the rising energy prices and fight climate change; Recalls that the cheapest energy is the energy that is never used; Therefore, considers that the EU shall set a binding target for energy efficiency in its 2030 framework;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 391 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the investments necessary to achieve industrialisation of the next generation of renewables are currently being withheld due to the uncertainty about European political ambitions in the field of renewables;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 447 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to develop better methods and tools for calculating and monitoring progress which could help to draw up a more consistent EU approach to energy efficiency; believes that more should be done to help EU industries to further reduce their energy intensity, whereby they also improve their overall competitiveness;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 474 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that as one of the cornerstones of the EU’s climate and energy package, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should be able to best fulfil its main function, the reduction ofthe EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is currently the main instrument for reducing industrial GHG emissions, and respond efficiently to promoting investments in low-carbon tecohnomic downturns and upturns; recalls that the main objectivelogies; Notes therefore that structural improvement of the EU ETS is to reduce GHG emissions and not to provide investors winecessary in order to increase the sufficient incentives to invest in low-carbon tcheme's ability to respond efficiently to echonologies, as these should be seen merely as a secondary objective and not as a basis for evaluating if the scheme works as intendedmic downturns and upturns and restore investors' certainty thanks to a predictable and reliable system in the long-term;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 479 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the necessity of a thorough reform of the ETS which should include: 1) a supply adjustment mechanism designed to ensure a supply reaction in case of falling demand, and vice versa; 2) an alignment of the linear reduction factor to the 2030 target defined in this report, so as to meet the GHG emissions reduction objective of 80-95% in 2050, compared to 1990, in a cost-effective manner; 3) a revision of the carbon leakage provisions to ensure a level playing field for all electricity intensive industries affected by the indirect costs of the EU ETS;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 497 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the EU needs a comprehensive policy framework for 2030 that encourages investment ins and the long- term decarbonisation ofin non-ETS sectors; Underlines the significant unused potential of energy efficiency in specific sectors such as building or transport; Asks therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the non- ETS targets while preserving the flexibility for Member States to define their own ways of meetachieving their effort sharing targets;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 505 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that the impact of methane (CH4) on global warming is insufficiently taken into account considering that its global warming potential (GWP) is 80 times higher than CO2 on a 15-year period and 49 times on a 40-year period; Calls on the Commission to better analyse the impact of methane when it comes to GHG emissions reduction policies, to evaluate the possibilities and propose a CH4 emissions reduction plan adapted to the particular situations of certain sectors and Member States;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 555 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to examine the interactions between climate and energy objectives in order to achieve the most efficient policies at EU level, taking into consideration not only national GDP but also each Member State’s potential capacity;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 635 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of an energy strategy focused on boostingincreasing the EU's energy security and, economic and industrial competitiveness in the EU, jobs creation, social aspects and environmental sustainability by means ofthrough measures such as the diversification of supply routes, suppliers and sources and by increasing the, promoting energy efficiency and the increased deployment of RES;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 653 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that, when bringing about security of supply, Member States must be able to take advantage of all of their shall be addressed through the increased deployment of RES and energy efficiency and the completion of the internal energy market which are recognised as no-regret options, and that exploration, extraction and use of indigenous energy resources in accordance withmust respect policies that ensure the safe andsafe, sustainable exploration, extraction and use of these resourand environmental-friendly practices;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 779 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines that market-based price formation in the energy sector, including internalisation of external costs, but without linking to price formation on third markets, is the best way of securing competitive prices;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 781 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Believes that a clear 2030 framework including, binding renewable and energy efficiency targets, will drive private investment beyond 2020 in low carbon technologies, increasing the potential of the job creation in the sectors; Therefore, asks the Commission to better underline the potential of low carbon employment in each Member State in the European semester framework, increasing low carbon skills intelligence and strengthening partnerships between national labour market actors;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 784 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Asks the Commission to implement its set of key employment actions for the low carbon economy, to promote greater use of the EU financial instruments available for Member States, regional and local levels as well as for private sectors for smart low carbon investments, for instance by engaging with the European Investment Bank to further boost its capacity to lend in the field of resource efficiency and renewable energy;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 785 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Underlines that the building sector counts for 40% of the EU energy gross consumption and that, according to the International Energy Agency, 80% of the energy efficiency potential in the building sector, and more than 50% in the industry sector, remain unexploited; Sees here a significant potential for reducing energy bills while creating unrelocatable jobs in the EU;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 797 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to launch a study analysing new and cost-efficient market designs with a view to ensuring reasonably pricedthe lowest possible electricity toprices for consumers and to preventing carbon leakage; aAsks therefore the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an additional assessment and recommendations for further actions to prevent the risk of carbon leakage notably for the electricity intensive sectors, caused by reallocation of production facilities outside the EU, focusing in particular on additional scenarios in which limited or no further global action is taken on carbon emission reduction taking into account the international context;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 822 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the risk of "low carbon leakage" where investments in low carbon technology flee Europe due to uncertainty concerning EU ambitions towards further decarbonisation; notes in this context, that the EU's current share of global low carbon tech patents filed has fallen to a third, from almost half in 1999.
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 831 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Commission to developelaborate a way of measuring competitiveness between the EU and its main competitors, which could, for example, be based on fiscal policies, R&D, innovation, industriallevels of research and development, industry energy prices, environmental and energy prolicies and regulatory burden, wage and productivity levels, geological circumstances, infrastructure, and other relevant factors;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 849 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Underlines that energy prices vary between different regions according to geological, political and fiscal differences, and that the best way to ensure low energy prices is to take full advantage of the EU's domestic, sustainable energy resources;
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 850 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Notes that the EU is a resource constraint continent, and that the EU imports approximately 60 % of its gas consumption, over 80 % of oil consumption and almost 50 % of coal used for energy production; Insists in this regards on a 2030 framework with a strong focus on sustainable and renewable energy resources within the EU.
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 89 #

2013/2010(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for entrepreneurship and self- employment, SMEs, research, development and innovation, renewable energy, sustainable development, and skills; highlights, in this regard, the importance of sufficient financial resources for the programs Horizon and COSME, which are essential to the EU 2020 strategy;
2013/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 94 #

2013/2010(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that the biggest economic potential in the EU lies in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which create most of the new jobs; therefore the promotion of entrepreneurial mindsets and business start-ups through concrete actions, such as the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, is of utmost importance and should be provided with adequate resources;
2013/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 264 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Acknowledges the Commission’s smart regulation drive designed to reduce bureaucratic burdens without undermining the effectiveness of legislation; supports regulatory coherence and improved competitiveness proofing under the impact assessment guidelines; stresses that administrative burdens are one of the most serious obstacles with which businesses have to contend and considers that work to reduce such burdens should be high on the political agenda; looks forward to proposals from the Commission on this subject, particularly with concrete, quantitative targets;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Acknowledges the importance of the TTIP undertaking, which has the potential to simplify and increase the export of European industrial products, improve the competitiveness of European industry by raising international production standards, and reduce the import costs of raw and processed materials for manufacturing companies, and which can give European industry a much-needed boost and contribute growth corresponding to 0.5% of the EU’s GDP and thus also create thousands of new jobs; advocates that it should endeavour to phase out fossil fuel subsidies; advocates newly defining the likeness of products by distinguishing them on the basis of their carbon footprint;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 337 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Acknowledges the fact of bank lending constraints and their impact, particularly on SMEs; welcomes the Commission Green Paper on long-term financing; highlights the need to strengthen the robustness of the EU banking sector via Basel III, a banking union and the ESM; stresses, however, the importance of our international partners also implementing the Basel III rules, so that European firms and SMEs are not placed in a worse position, thus harming European competitiveness;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 294 #

2013/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to make the implementation of existing legislation a priority area, and welcomes the fact that the Commission has launched infringement proceedings against a number of Member States for failure to implement the Third Energy Package;
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2013/0445(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 2017, the Commission shall conduct an interim evaluation of the S2R Joint Undertaking, including an assessment of the involvement and openness to small and medium enterprises, as well as the administrative functioning of the S2R Joint Undertaking with a special focus on addressing any administrative challenges or burdens. The Commission shall send the conclusions of the evaluation, and its observations, to the European Parliament and to the Council by 30 June 2018.
2014/02/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Member States should comply with the emission reduction commitments set out in this Directive for 2020 and 2030. So as to ensure demonstrable progress towards the 2030 commitments, Member States should, where applicable, meet intermediate emission levels in 2025, set on the basis of a linear trajectory between their emission levels for 2020 and those defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030, unless this would entail disproportionate costs. Where the 2025 emissions cannot be so limited, Member States should explain the reasons in their reports under this Directive.
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) In order to promote cost-effective achievement of the national emission reduction commitments and of the intermediate emission levels, Member States should be entitled to account for emission reductions from international maritime traffic if emissions from that sector are lower than the levels of emissions that would result from compliance with Union law standards, including the sulphur limits for fuels set in Directive 1999/32/EC of the Council.21 Member States should also have the possibility to jointly meet their commitments and intermediate emission levels regarding methane (CH4) and of making use of Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for so doing.22 For the purpose of checking compliance with their national emission ceilings, emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels, Member States could adjust their national emission inventories in view of improved scientific understanding and methodologies regarding emissions. The Commission could object to the use of any of these flexibilities by a Member State, should the conditions set out in this Directive not be met. __________________ 21 Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13). 22Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) With a view to the nature and extent of the modifications which should be made to Directive 2001/81/EC, that Directive should be replaced to enhance legal certainty, clarity, transparency and legislative simplification. In order to ensure continuity in improving air quality, Member States should comply with the national emission ceilings set out in Directive 2001/81/EC until the new national emission reduction commitments laid down in this Directive become applicable in 2020 and 2030.
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), and particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3, PM2,5 and CH4 and PM2,5. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030.
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may jointly implement their methane emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels referred to in Annex II, provided that they meet the following conditions: (a) they comply with all applicable requirements and modalities enacted under Union legislation, including under Decision n°406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. (b) they have adopted and implemented effective provisions in order to ensure a proper operation of joint implementation.deleted
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall report their national emissions and projections for CH4 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.31 __________________ 31Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13).deleted
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – table b – column 2 – subcolumn 1
For any year from 2020 to 2029 2% 3% 7% 24% 5% 1% 7% 3% 4% 1% 1% 5% 10% 1% 10% 1% 10% 4% 13% 1% 1% 7% 13% 1% 15% 20% 15% 8%deleted
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2013/0443(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – table b – column 4 – subcolumn 2
For any year from 2030 26% 53% 31% 24% 39% 23% 40% 34% 25% 31% 7% 40% 18% 37% 42% 27% 55% 32% 33% 20% 34% 29% 26% 28% 41% 15% 18% 41% 33%deleted
2015/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 82 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Longer, higher and/or heavier vehicles may be used in cross- border transport if the two Member States concerned already allow itor wish to allow such vehicles on a permanent basis since Directive 96/53/EC came into force and if the conditions for derogation under Article 4(3), (4) or (5 (4) of the Directive are met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. The transport operations referred to in Article 4(4) do not have a significant impact on international competition if the cross- border use remains limited to two Member States where the existing infrastructure and the road safety requirements allSuch vehicles may also be used in cross border transport between Member States and neighbouring Member States where they are already allowed on provisional basis. Provisions to this effect are laid down itn a new Article 4 (7). This balances the Member States’ right under the principle of subsidiarity to decide on transport solutions suited to their specific circumstances with the need to prevent such policies from distorting the internal market. The provisions of Article 4 (4) are clarified in this respect.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 100 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Using alternative engines that no longer rely only on fossil fuels and are therefore non-polluting or less polluting, such as electric or hybrid engines for heavy-duty vehicles or buses (mainly in urban or suburban environments) generates extra weight which should not be counted at the expense of the effective load of the vehicle so that the road transport sector is not penalised in economic terms. The solutions should also maintain the principle of technological neutrality.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 147 #

2013/0105(COD)

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
Amendment 163 #

2013/0105(COD)

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 ifunder this, and if , as regards dimensions, one of the conditions under (a) and (b) is fulfilled:
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 183 #

2013/0105(COD)

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
Amendment 55 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Third countries increasingly interfere in trade of raw materials with a view to keeping raw materials in those countries for the benefit of domestic downstream users, for instance by imposing export taxes or operating dual pricing schemes. As a result, the costs of raw materials do not result from the operation of normal market forces reflecting supply and demand for a given raw material. Such interference creates additional distortions of trade. As a consequence, Union producers are not only harmed by dumping, but suffer, compared to downstream producers from third countries engaged in such practices, additional distortions of trade. In order to protect trade adequately, the lesser duty rule shall not apply in such cases of structural raw material distortions.deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Within the Union, countervailable subsidies are in principle prohibited pursuant to Article 107 (1) TFEU. Therefore, countervailable subsidies granted by third countries are particularly distortive of trade. The amount of State aid authorized by the Commission has steadily been reduced over time. For the anti-subsidy instrument, the lesser duty rule should hence no longer be applied to imports from a country/countries engaged in subsidisation.deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 146 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 2
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘The amount of the provisional anti- dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping as provisionally established. Unless structural raw material distortions were found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country, it should be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry.’deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 173 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 4
(b) in paragraph 4, the last sentence is replaced by the following: ‘The amount of the anti-dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping established. Unless structural raw material distortions were found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country, it shall be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry.’deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 266 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
(a) subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘The amount of the provisional countervailing duty shall not exceed the total amount of countervailable subsidies as provisionally established.’deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 294 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 1
5. In Article 15(1), the last subparagraph is replaced by the following: "The amount of the countervailing duty shall not exceed the amount of countervailable subsidies established."deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B a. whereas Europe still depends on imported energy for more than half of its final energy consumption;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, under the terms of the EU Treaties, the choice of anMember 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 mixsupply falls within the competence of the Member States;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 45 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, as things stand at present, the EU is currently on track to achieve the target 20% share for RES in the energy mix by 2020 even though trajectories are steep;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas there is no RES headline target for 2030;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Member States are currently acting independently in the promotion of RESaccordance with their specific national conditions to reach the 2020 headline target, within administrative frameworks that differ widely between countries, and that their potential for developing renewables is uneven on account of natural factors;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that levels of public and political acceptance of renewable energyall energy sources differ and that the availability of public and private financing to promote RES varies widely;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that, so far, only some of the renewables on the energy market are economically competitive, although certain othersome technologies are closing the gap with market prices; agrees with the Commission that all available means must be used to bring the costs down and make RES economically competitive;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. For the internal energy marked to function properly Member States should phase out fossil fuel and nuclear subsidies, implement the liberalisation packages and address structural market deficits such as market concentration and regulated energy prices, implement liquid intra-day balancing and grid support services markets;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to carry out an analysis on the impact fossil fuel and nuclear subsidies have on the well- functioning of the internal energy market and the integration of RES into the energy system;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 171 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the internal market in gas and electricity is to be completed by 2014; welcomeill aide RES integration; supports the Commission's intention to report in the near future on the state of progress towards completion of the internal energy marketfer Member States to the Court of Justice for failing to transpose internal energy market legislation into national legislation;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 181 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the existence within the Union of approximately 170many different state aid schemes formay promoting RESe monopolies and gives rise to considerable inefficiencies in cross-border electricity tradingthe internal energy market because it reinforces and indeed aggravates inequalities, thus working against; in particular, capacity markets hinder the free completition and the promotion of othe internal energy marketr balancing means such as demand side management, infrastructure, storage, and more generally RES integration;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 189 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that those who will benefit most from completion of the internal energy market are the consumers; supports the Commission's view that competition needs to extend to renewables as well as other energy sourcesall energy sources (including fossil fuels) because it is the best stimulus to advances in innovation and price reductions;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 242 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that, in order to guarantee supply security, the development of RES with fluctuating feed-in will necessitate reserves of conventional energy not previously available; recognises that the development of reserve capacity entails substantial costs and that, to make the development or retention of conventional reserves more commercially attractive, it will increasingly need to be promoted; rejects the concept of competition for subsidies and calls for the principles of the market economy to be applied to the designbut acknowledges that state aid has historically been necessary in the development of theall energy marketsources;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 246 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that according a large share of the energy mix to RES entails major challenges for existing network infrastructure; notes that, in certain Member States, supply security is being severely affected by the increased feed-in from RES; is concerned by the finding by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO- E) that 80% of all the bottlenecks in European energy grids relate directly or indirectly to feed-in from RES;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 340 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises that world markets for RES are growing and that this will have a positive impact on prices and on the further development of existing technologies; Acknowledges non-OECD countries as important trading partners in the future as they have a big RES potential because the development of RES is driven by security of supply;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 348 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that the unlawful distortion of competition on the market is unacceptable; calls on the Commission to bring ongoing competition proceedings to a conclusion as quickly as possible; emphasises that the best conditions for the growth of RES are offered by free global markets; underscores the need to do more to dismantle barriers to trade; cCalls on the Commission not to create any new obstacles to trade in finished products or components used in renewable energy technologieto consider signing international trade agreements e.g. an expansion of the existing APEC agreement on clean tech tariffs;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 398 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new) (after subheading "A European framework for the promotion of renewable energy")
24 a. Is of the opinion that a RES headline target should also form the basis of the EU's policy towards RES in the future;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #

2012/2134(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes the view that the Commission should explore ways to improve the European quasi- equity market, in particular mezzanine finance; recommends that the Commission investigates how to strengthen the EIF Mezzanine facility for Growth and how to looks into new mezzanine products such as a guarantee for mezzanine loans; further recommends that data and analysis regarding the financial instruments are provided in order to reduce barriers for financial intermediaries who may wish to explore the lending market for mezzanine capital in the EU;
2012/10/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 30 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Accepts the main finding of the Energy Roadmap 2050 that economic decarbonisation costs are manageable, and not higher than continuation of current policies, if action starts early so that energy system restructuring coincides with investment cycles thereby avoiding stranded investment as well as costly lock- ins of carbon intensive technology that will be uneconomical in the medium and long term;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 43 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the fact that electricity from low carbon sources are indispensable for decarbonisation, requiring an almost carbon free electricity sector in the EU by 2050, and around 60% CO2 reductions by 2030;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that a more European approach to renewable policy is key in the medium to long term; encourages Member States to work together in order to optimise the cost efficiency of renewables expansion and to ensure that investments are made where they will be most productive and efficient, taking into account the specific characteristics of Member States; highlights, in this context, the Commission's important role as a facilitator; points out that renewables will, in the long term, move to the centre of the energy mix in Europe, as they progress from technology development to mass production and deployment, from small- scale to larger-scale – integrating local and more remote sources – and from subsidised to competitive; emphasises that the changing nature of renewables requires changes in policy to be made with a view to achieving greater market integration; highlights the need for support schemes to be phased out as technologies and supply chains mature and market failures are resolved; Stresses however that retroactive changes in support schemes has a detrimental effect on both investor confidence and thereby increases the risks related to RES investments and their costs;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the need to secure a sufficiently strong policy framework post 2020 for renewable energy technologies including a 2030 EU renewable energy target that secures a cost effective deployment and market integration of renewable energy in the EU;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the new challenges, such as the need for flexible resources in the power system (e.g. flexible generation, storage, demand management and interconnections), that will arise as the contribution of variable renewable generation increases; stresses the need to have sufficient capacity available to ensure security of electricity supply; stresses, in this regard, that policy developments in Member States should not create new barriers to electricity- or gas-market integration;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 323 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the Commission to urgently address the regulatory uncertainty for institutional investors in the interpretation of third package when acting as a passive investor in both transmission and generation capacity;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 324 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for the Commission to urgently address the issue of lacking incentives to smart grid investments for DSO's and TSO's in ICT and other innovative technologies that facilitate a better and more utilisation of the existing grid;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 335 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Agrees with the Commission that natural gas will be critical for the transformation of the energy system, since it represents a quick and cost-efficient way of reducing reliance on other more polluting fossil fuels, thereby lowering greenhouse gas emissions; by acknowledging the significance of gas stresses the need to diversify gas supply routes to the European Union;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 349 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises the key role of gas, both in the transition to a low-carbon energy system and as a flexible back-up, and in balancing capacity where renewable energy supplies are variable;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 357 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that unconventional gas has a role to play in the future EU energy mix, that an evaluation and adjustment of the policy framework can prove adequate to ensure a sustainable production, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the developments surrounding unconventional gas into account when formulating future energy outlook scenarios;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 367 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the importance of Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) on the road to 2050 and decarbonisation; stresses that CCS ought to be ready by 2030 if fossil fuels are to remain significant in the energy mix; highlights that CCS is also an important option for the decarbonisation of several heavy industries and could, combined with biomass, deliver ‘carbon negative’ values;deleted
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 426 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines the importance of strengthening cooperation and dialogue with other strategic energy partners; stresses the importance of the EU speaking with one voice vis-à-vis third parties on energy matters; emphasises the role of the Commission in coordinating and supporting Member States' actions; notes that in the long term the European Union has to increase coordination with regards to purchases of energy from third countries;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 439 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Recognises that the ETS is the principal – though not the only – instrument for reducing industrial emissions and promoting investment in low carbon technologies; notes that further improvement of the ETS is necessary to cut emissions and incentivise investments in low-carbon technologies; notes that any changes to the ETS would require a careful assessment of the impact on electricity prices and on the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the development of innovative technological solutions by European industries;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 445 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Finds it necessary for a long-term stabilisation of the carbon price, which is considerably higher than it is today;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 460 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls for a EU wide binding 2030 GHG reduction target as the main driver for continued domestic decarbonisation after 2020;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 470 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that prices play a crucial role in energy-related investment and energy production; notes that the different Member States' policies to promote renewable energy show both successes and problems; takes the opinion that the recent relatively high prices of fossil fuels promote the development of renewable energy; notes, however, that in some Member States the promotion of renewable energy by means of financial support could lead to high energy prices; stresses the need to explore the option for a pan European system of renewable energy subsidies which would promote competitive and sustainable technologies;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2012/2044(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the positive results obtained in certain Member States where energy savings requirements imposed on energy companies have led to many advantages results, including the more widespread use of smart electricity meters for the benefit of consumers;
2012/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2012/2044(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to take the necessary steps to facilitate access for smaller operators to the mobile services market, which is today characterised by a few dominant actors;
2012/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 37 #

2012/2044(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Calls on the Member States to createuse existing structures and the creation of ‘one- stop shops’ to simplify and facilitate access to information by means of which SMEs can apply for European, national and local funds.
2012/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, the currentimplementation of the EU energy and climate change objectives and common global energy challenges require single, effective and equitable actions from the European Union on the international stage, in particular by strengthening the external dimension of its energy policy, by increasing diversification and by enhancing security of supply;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, the current common global energy challenges require single, effective and equitable actions from the European Union on the international stage, in particular by strengthening the external dimension of its energy policy, by increasing diversification in supply sources and routes, and by enhancing security of supply;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU is becoming thealready a major importer of fossil fuels, which on the one hand shows the EU increasing import dependency and vulnerability to external suppliers, but on the other hand, gives the EU a considerable power as a major purchaser on global energy markets;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, hostile takeover moves by non-transparent foreign entities in the EU energy market represent a threat which requires the strict application of EU competition rules in order to ensure a properly functioning internal market and prevent future gas-supply disruption and crisescompanies from third countries are benefiting from the opening of the EU energy market and should fully respect the EU competition rules and relevant legislation;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas some of the EU's energy suppliers have demonstrated that their national interests have priority over ensuring stable energy supplies to the EU;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Member States continue to act in the field of energy supply without taking into account common interests of the EU;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, maintaining the current heterogeneous supply pattern and import dependency among the Member States (Western Member States: importing a lot but depending little on Russia, Eastern Member States: importing relatively little but depending a lot on Russia) would be dangerous, only a fully integrated European energy market whose functioning is based on solidarity can sufficiently address the challenges of security of energy supply stemming from the differences in composition and share of energy imports in various Member States;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for strong coordination between Member States' policies and for joint action in the field of energy security,xternal energy policy and energy security, recognising the importance of transparency and full implementation of the internal energy market;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 48 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the proper functioning of the internal market requires that the energy imported into the Union from third countries, once on the EU territory, is fully governed by the internal energy market rules, therefore, with the aim of setting up a single regulatory system, the EU must strive to persuade energy-exportthe EU should aim for regulatory convergence with neighbouring countries willing to embrace the EU's internal energy market rules; stresses the importance and role of the Energy Community in this regard;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that implementation of a consistent and coherent EU external energy policy requires regular coordination between the Member States and the Commission; calls on the Commission to hold regular exchanges with the Member States, notably through the proposed Strategic Group for International Energy Cooperation, on priorities and activities of the EU and Member States' in the field of external energy strategy at both political and expert levels;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States not to engage in contracts on energy or energy related technology supply with third countries which violate the interests of another Member State of the Union;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to coordinate positions for meetings of international energy organisations and initiatives in order to increase EU influence in these frameworks;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that regular discussions should be held on the challenges faced by the EU external energy policy during formal and informal meetings of the Energy Ministers in the Council with the involvement of the High Representative, the Commissioner and their relevant servicesCommissioner for Energy and High Representative, as appropriate;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to monitor global energy markets by pooling information and data available fromand cooperate in this regard with Member States and international organisations such as IEA; calls on the Commission to present, before the end of 2012, a legal instrument for this purpose;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that actions for the diversification of suppliers, routes and sources of energy supply to the EU should be accelerated, especially those aimed at creating new transport corridors (Eastern Corridor, Southern Corridor and the Mediterranean Basin), and by creating real competition of gas supply sources by increasing the EU's share of LNG and by reaching new, remote suppliers (Australia, Canada, United States, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, etc.), improving the interconnection of energy grids and, completing the Euro- Mediterranean electricity and gas infrastructure rings and the Baltic energy market interconnection plan, while also modernising and upgrading the existing fleet of electricity and gas power plants as well as infrastructure (grids and pipelines);
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that actions for the diversification of suppliers, routes and sources of energy supply to the EU should be accelerated, especially those aimed at creating new transport corridors (Eastern Corridor, Southern Corridor and in the Mediterranean Basin), reinforcing existing corridors (Eastern Corridor), and by creating real competition of gas supply sources by increasing the EU's share of LNG and by reaching new, remote suppliers (Australia, Canada, United States, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, etc.), improving the interconnection of energy grids and completing the Euro- Mediterranean electricity and gas infrastructure rings, while also modernising and upgrading the existing fleet of electricity and gas power plants as well as infrastructure (grids and pipelines);
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that with the spread of new, unconventional energy technologies (oil sands and shale gas from Canada, United States, Australia, Qatar, Brazil, Argentina, the energy exploration of the Arctic region, further exploitations in Iraq, Venezuela and African countries) new actors, partners, regions appear as possible future suppliers, the EU also has to concentrate its efforts to fully take advantage of this new situation and develop new energy partnerships to diversify its suppliers, not least the Euro- Atlantic supply routes;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the need to expand the links by building new interconnectors between the European energy network and neighbouring countries (West Balkan, Eastern neighbours and the Caspian countries) as well as by creating a wider regulatory area while avoiding cheap, but CO2 intensive power plants and unsafe nuclear power plants to be built next to EU borders;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 139 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the countries of the European Economic Area are already part of the EU internal market and their cooperation is key to achieving the 2020 energy targets; welcomes the current initiatives to intensify cooperation with Switzerland, which should also aim for its full integration into the EU internal energy market;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the importance of continuing to include key principles for trade and investment, including those promoting a level playing field for investment in sustainable energy, both in bilateral agreements as well as in multilateral legal frameworks such as the Energy Charter Treaty and WTO and making them enforceable through effective dispute settlement mechanisms;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 156 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that cooperation on the development and deployment of future- oriented energy technologies should be at the centre of EU´s cooperation with industrialised partners and emerging economies;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers that the growing influence of emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil in the global energy markets as well as unprecedented growth in their energy demand make it essential for the EU to engage with these partners in a comprehensive manner, across all energy areas;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the proposed ‘EU-Southern Mediterranean Energy Partnership’; considers that this should focus on the enormous renewable (solar) energy potential of this region and considers that such a partnership should put in place the necessary measures to help enssecure the necessary regulatory agreements, investments and infrastructure is put in place, which is key to increasing diversification of supply of low-carbon energysignificant energy needs in the Southern Mediterranean countries with sustainable solutions;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that access to sustainable energy is a key driver for development and urges that the EU development activities focus on assisting developing countries in promoting sustainable energy policies, reform measures, infrastructure development, favourable investment conditions and energy efficiency;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2012/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Considers that the EU external energy policy priorities should be appropriately reflected in the post-2013 external financial instruments;
2012/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2012/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that certain financial instruments already in operation in the energy sector, such as the European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF) and the Marguerite Fund, are unfortunately producing results that are worse than expected; observes in fact that the Marguerite Fund has so far funded a fairly limited number of projects, while the European Energy Efficiency Fund offers funds to those who want to make use of it under financial terms that are similar to those offered by the ordinary market, if not less favourable; considers that the adoption of future financial instruments should therefore take into account those less-than-positive experiencesis therefore of the opinion that further resources should be allocated to the funds to make them applicable to more recipients and make the end-product more competitive;
2012/05/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2012/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that well functioning financial instruments in the field of energy efficiency will produce fast results, i.e. job creation, as they do not require the same level of bureaucracy as certain infrastructure projects in transport and energy;
2012/05/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2012/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the attention given to supporting SMEs through the equity and debt instruments for which the Programme for the Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and the Horizon 2020 programme provide; believes it appropriate, however, to consider the possibility of increasing the maximum threshold stipulated by the loan guarantee facility (LGF) in COSME (EUR 150 000), in view of a more precise valuation of the actual credit requirements of European SMEs; considers that an increase in the threshold should not come at the cost of the number of SMEs benefitting from the facility and therefore asks for a increase in the LGF;
2012/05/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2012/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that the Commission should explore ways to improve the European quasi- equity market, in particular mezzanine finance; recommends that the Commission investigate how to strengthen the EIF Mezzanine Facility for Growth and how to look into new mezzanine products, such as a guarantee for mezzanine loans; further recommends that data and analysis regarding the financial instruments be provided in order to reduce barriers for financial intermediaries who may wish to explore the lending market for mezzanine capital in the EU;
2012/05/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of long term investment in R&D&I and securing a suitable level of funding in 2013 for the transition towards a low-carbon, green economy;
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the need to strengthen and coordinate funding in order to implement the EU 2020 strategy; is concerned that the ceilings under Heading 1a within the current financial framework are insufficient to meet the EU's priority polices;
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the pivotal role of EU flagship programmes such as Horizon 2020, COSME and the Connecting Europe Facility might play if they are given sufficient funding; calls for more substantial resources to be mobilised in order to boost the green economy as a key driver for future competitiveness and resilience;
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for enhanced EU support policies for SMEs, i.e. investments in their innovation and growth potential, and simplification of their access to funding; Draws attention to the fact that 85% of net new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2010 were created by small and medium sized enterprises1; calls for enhanced EU support policies for SMEs to fully unlock the growth potential i.e. by facilitating SMEs' participation in public procurement, securing investments in innovation, helping break down administrative burdens and to improve their access to funding; __________________ 1 “Think Small First”, A “Small Business Act” for Europe, COM(2008) 394 final.
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds the European Commission of the need to enhance focus and funding of the programmes that aim to achieve the goals in the "Small Business Act" in which a set of 10 principles were laid out to ensure an SME-friendlier business environment;
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 45 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that around one trillion EUR1 must be invested in our energy system between today and 2020 in order to achieve the Union's energy and climate policy objectives and that there is a financing gap on around 100 billion euro for energy transmission networks; __________________ 1 Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond - A Blueprint for an integrated European energy network, COM(2010) 677 final.
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Deplores the fact that initiatives aimed at enhancing the EU's energy headline targets are not given sufficient funding and that the SET plan is yet to receive sufficient funds despite the European Parliaments continuous demands;
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Continues to firmly oppose the redeployment to the ITER projectgramme of funds allocated to FP7 or other Heading 1 flagship programmes, thereby reducing funds available for programmes addressing major societal challenges of our time.
2012/05/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 134 #

2012/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the internal energy market falls short of satisfying the needs and expectations of consumers, as they continue to face high prices, a limited choice of suppliers, an overall low quality of services and difficulties in switching supplier; stresses, therefore, the need to build a more usconsumer-friendly market;
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The likelihood of diverging regulation is further increased by concerns over tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco products, having a characterising flavour other than tobacco and menthol, which may facilitate uptake of tobacco consumption or affect consumption patterns. For example, in many countries, sales of mentholated products gradually increased even as smoking prevalence overall declined. A number of studies indicated that mentholated tobacco products can facilitate inhalation as well as smoking uptake among young people. Measures introducing unjustified differences of treatment between flavoured cigarettes (e.g. menthol and clove cigarettes) should be avoided36 .
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Considering the Directive's focus on young people, tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain ingredients requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people. The Commission should carefully monitor the use of water-pipe tobacco by young people as there is increasing evidence of their use beyond the traditional, older market;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimension of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed through appropriate packaging and labelling of such products and by informing consumers about its harmfulness, so that the consumer is fully aware of the consequences of consumption of the product.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

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 prohibitioHowever, the ban ofn the sale of oral tobacco should be maintained in order to prevent the introduction to the internalobacco products for oral use, should not affect historically traditional tobacco products for oral use, marketing of a product that is addictive, has adverse health effects and is attractive to young peoplewhich may be allowed by individual Member States. 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.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use42 provides a legal framework to assess the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products including n. Nicotine containing products. A significant number of nicotine-containing products were already authorised under this regulatory regime. The authorisation takes into account other than the tobacco products covered by this directive should be regulated under the niupcotmine content of the product in question. Subjecting all nicotine-containing products, whose nicotine content equals or exceeds the content of a nicotine containing product previously authorised under Directive 2001/83/EC, to the same legal framework clarifies the legal situation, levels out differences between national legislations, ensures equal treatment of all nicotine containing products usable for smoking cessation purposes and creates incentives for research and innovation in smoking cessation. This should be without prejudice to the application of Directive 2001/83/EC to other products covered by this Directive if the conditions set by Directive 2001/83/EC are fulfilledg review of the pharmaceutical package with the purpose of informing and protecting consumers. The revision may include provisions allowing to market nicotine containing products with lower risk and a positive risk/benefit balance and which can help consumers to quit smoking as consumer products, provided they feature an adapted health warning.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, 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 particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, , the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products for non-essential elements of the Directive. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘characterising flavour’ means a distinguishable aroma or taste other than tobacco, resulting from an additive or combination of additives, including but not limited towith the exception of menthol, including fruit, spice, herb, alcohol, candy, menthol or vanilla observable before or upon intended use of the tobacco product;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) "Tobacco products with lower risk" means a tobacco product that is designed and marketed to reduce the risks of smoking compared to conventional tobacco products, especially cigarettes, which is placed on the market after the entry into force of this Directive.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 139 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 1, taking into account scientific development and internationally agreed standards.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

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 use 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 prohibition . 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 peopleUpholds the ban on tobacco products for oral use, however, such a ban should not affect historically traditional tobacco products for oral use, which may be allowed by individual Member States. 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #

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 use 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 prohibition . 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. As tobacco for oral use is prohibited to be placed on the internal market, oral tobacco products shall be exempted from the application of this Directive, except for Article 15. 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 207 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, and roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. In order to ensure their graphic integrity and visibility, and without prejudice to the labelling provisions in Article 10 and 11, health warnings shall be irremovably printed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted, including by tax stamps, price marks, tracking and tracing marks, security features or by any type of wrapper, pouch, jacket, box or other device or by the opening of the unit packet.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) be positioned at the top edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging, and in the same direction as any other information appearing on the packaging;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 263 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) height: not less than 6450 mm;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The general warning shall be printed or irremovably affixed on the most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. The text warnings listed in Annex I shall be rotated in such a way as to guarantee their regular appearance. These warnings shall be printed or irremovably affixed on the other most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 296 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) centred in the area in which they are required to be printed or irremovably affixed, parallel to the top edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22, to withdraw the exemption laid down in paragraph 1 if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 1 and 2 taking into account scientific and market developments.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) refers to flavour, taste, any flavourings or other additives or the absence thereof;deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs, misleading colours, inserts or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to trademarks that existed as at 19 December 2012.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 341 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. A unit packet of cigarettes shall have a cuboid shape. A unit packet of roll-your- own tobacco shall have cuboid or cylindrical shape, or have the form of a pouch, i.e. a rectangular pocket with a flap that covers the opening. The flap of the pouch shall cover at least 70% of the front of the packet. A unit packet of cigarettes shall include at least 20 cigarettes. A unit packet of roll-your-own tobacco shall contain tobacco weighing at least 420 g.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindrical shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 363 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all unit packets of tobacco products shall be marked with a unique, safe and impossible to duplicate identifier. In order to ensure their integrity, unique identifiers shall be irremovably printed/affixed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted in any form, including through tax stamps and price marks, or by the opening of the packet. In relation to products manufactured outside the Union the obligations laid down in this Article apply only to those destined to or placed on the Union market.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 364 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The unique identifier referred to in paragraph 1 shall allow determining:
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 369 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 8
8. In addition to the unique identifier referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall require that all unit packets of tobacco products which are placed on the market carry a visible, tamper proof security feature of at least 1 cm², which shall be irremovably printed or affixed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted in any form, including through tax stamps and price marks, or other elements mandated by legislation.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 375 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be exempted from the application of paragraph 1 to 8 during a period of 510 years following the date referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 25.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

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. This ban shall, however, not affect traditional tobacco products for oral use, which may be allowed by individual Member States.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 384 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending to engage in cross- border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:prohibit cross- border distance sales.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 385 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 386 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 387 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 388 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 389 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 390 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 391 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 395 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title
NMarket approval for and notification of novel tobacco products and less harmful products
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 397 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall conduct a market approval system for tobacco products with a lower risk which shall be carried out for a reasonable fee. Member States shall require that manufacturers and importers of tobacco products notify the competent authorities of Member States of any novel tobacco products and for all tobacco products with a lower risk they intend to place on the markets of the Member States concerned. The notif by means of an application. This application shall be submitted in electronic form six months before the intended placing on the market and shall be accompanied by a detailed description of the product in question, all proposed labelling, conditions of use, the product composition, manufacturing and control processes as well as information on ingredients and emissions in accordance with Article 5. The manufacturers and importers notifying a novel tobacco productapplying for a marketing authorization for tobacco products with a lower risk shall also provide the competent authorities in question with:
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 400 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) available studies and market research on the perception and use of the product including labelling by consumers as well as to the preferences of various consumer groups, includingespecially young people and
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 408 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Title III, title
NON TOBACCO PRODUCTSdeleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18
Article 18 Nicotine-containing products 1. The following nicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC: (a) products with a nicotine level exceeding 2 mg per unit, or (b) products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 4 mg per ml or (c) products whose intended use results in a mean maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng of nicotine per ml. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC. 3. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall carry the following health warning: This product contains nicotine and can damage your health. 4. The health warning referred to in paragraph 3 shall comply with the requirements specified in Article 10(4). In addition, it shall: (a) be printed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; (b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages. 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account scientific and market developments and to adopt and adapt the position, format, layout, design and rotation of the health warnings.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 569 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, and roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1015 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15
Article 15 Tobacco for oral use 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
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1018 #

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. This ban should, however, not affect historically traditional tobacco products for oral use, which may be allowed by individual Member States.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1026 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Tobacco for oral use shall be exempted from the application of this Directive, except for Article 15.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 85 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) This Directive should notall under no circumstance apply to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as defined by Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises, even if they are listed companies.
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 192 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
This Directive shall notunder no circumstance apply to small and medium- sized enterprises (‘SMEs’).
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 130 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In order to permit adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Directive 2009/28/EC, 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 list of biofuel feedstocks that are counted multiple times towards the target set in Article 3(4)advanced biofuels, the energy content of transport fuels, criteria and geographic ranges for determining highly biodiverse grassland, the methodology for the calculation of the amount of biomass not causing any indirect land-use change emissions, and the methodological principles and values necessary for assessing whether sustainability criteria have been fulfilled in relation to biofuels and bioliquids.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – Stk. 6
6. Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V. Member States shall report these data to the Commission.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
-i) the following subparagraphs are inserted after the first subparagraph: ‘In 2020, at least 3% of the final consumption of energy in transport shall be met with energy from advanced biofuels. In 2025, at least 5% of the final consumption of energy in transport shall be met with energy from advanced biofuels.’
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
iii) the following point (e) is added: "e) The contribution made by: i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content. Member States shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii). The list of feedstock set out in Annex IX may be adapted to scientific and technical progress, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the accounting rules set out in this Directive. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 (b) concerning the list of feedstock set out in Annex IX'deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 294 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 20176, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4)d of Directive 2009/28/EC.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
2009/28/EF
Annex IX (new) – Part A – title
Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy contentList of advanced biofuels Biofuels derived from the following raw materials shall be regarded as advanced biofuels
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 350 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX (new) – Part B – title
Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy contentdeleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1085 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) secured liabilities, such as all liabilities that are issued in a covered bond cover pool and related derivatives which have privileged status in the cover pool;
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1118 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 shall not prevent resolution authorities, where appropriate, from exercising those powers in relation to any part of a secured liability or a liability for which collateral has been pledged that exceeds the value of the assets, pledge, lien or collateral against which it is secured. Member States mayshall exempt from this provision covered bonds as defined in Article 22(4) of Council Directive 86/611/EECall secured liabilities; Member States shall secure that all assets and liabilities related to a covered bond cover pool remain unaffected and segregated.
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1150 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the institutions maintain, at all times, a sufficient aggregate amount of own funds and eligible liabilities expressed as a percentage of the total liabilities of the institution that do not qualify as own funds under Section 1 of Chapter 2 of Title V of Directive 2006/48/EC or under Chapter IV of Directive 2006/49/EC excluding covered bonds which fulfil the requirements in Article 52(4) of Council Directive 2009/65/EEC and are issued by an institution whose orderly and controlled winding down with insolvency remote and segregated cover pools is explicitly provided for in the legislation of the Member State.
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1166 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The minimum aggregate amount pursuant toreferred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined on the basis of the following criteria:
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1180 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point e – point 1 (new)
1) if indicated by application of the criteria (a)-(e), or if application of the bail-in tool would be likely to violate the 'no creditor worse off' principle or is contrary to the overall objective of this directive, Member States may set the requirement for bail-in eligible liabilities at zero for the institutions in question.
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1282 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the reduction to zero of that principal amount is permanent. However a temporary write down should be possible for institutions not able to convert to equity if the institution is recapitalized according to art. 37(2)(a);
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1291 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the power to cancel debt instruments issued by an institution under resolution, except for secured liabilities;
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1293 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) the power to amend or alter the maturity of debt instruments issued by an institution under resolution or amend the amount of interest payable under such instruments, including by suspending payment for a temporary period except for secured liabilities;
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1323 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) structured finance arrangements, including securitiszations and covered bondall assets and secured liabilities in a cover pools, which involve the granting and holding of security by a party to the arrangement or a trustee, agent or nominee.
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1324 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that there is appropriate protection for structured finance arrangements, including securitizations and covered bonds and other cover pool liabilities, so as to prevent either of the following:
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1325 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the transfer of some, but not all, of the property, rights and liabilities which constitute or form part of a structured finance arrangement, including securitizations and covered bonds and other cover pool liabilities, to which the credit institution under resolution is a party;
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1326 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the termination or modification through the use of ancillary powers of the property, rights and liabilities which constitute or form part of a structured finance arrangement, including securitizations and covered bonds and other cover pool liabilities, to which the institution under resolution is a party.
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1515 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 94 – paragraph 7 – point f
(f) the complexity of the structure of the institution and the resolvability of the institution, and
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1519 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 94 – paragraph 7 – point g a (new)
(g a) business models and balance-sheet structures of institutions, and
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1522 #

2012/0150(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 94 – paragraph 7 – point g b (new)
(g b) institutions' risk-taking behaviour.
2012/12/20
Committee: ECON
Amendment 312 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies;deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 327 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘personal data’ means any information relating to a data subject; Data that cannot be related to a data subject like anonymised data, encrypted and some psydonymised data fall outside this regulation; Business Contact information fall outside this regulation;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘personal data breach’ means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed; strongly encrypted data, where there is evidence that the encryption key has not been compromised, fall outside this legislation;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 385 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The law of the Member State must meet an objective of public interest or must be necessary to protect the rights and freedoms of others,. The law of the Member State must also respect the essence of the right to the protection of personal data and be proportionate to the legitimate aim pursuedthis regulation and international treatises that the Member State has decided to follow. Finally the Member State is obliged to evaluate and decide if national legislation is and be proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued or if a legitimate aim could be achieved using less privacy invasive solutions.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 410 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The processing of personal data, revealing race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or beliefs, trade-union membership, significant social problems, private information and the processing of genetic data or data concerning health or sex life or criminal convictions or related security measures shall be prohibited.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 415 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) processing is carried out in the course of its legitimate activities with appropriate safeguards by a foundation, association, organizations on the labour market or any other non-profit-seeking body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade- union aim and on condition that the processing relates solely to the members or to former members of the body or to persons who have regular contact with it in connection with its purposes and that the data are not disclosed outside that body without the consent of the data subjects; or
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 493 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Where the controller referred to in paragraph 1 has made the personal data public, it shall take all reasonable steps, including technical measures, in relation to data for the publication of which the controller is responsible, to inform third parties which are processing such data, that a data subject requests them to erase any links to, or copy or replication of that personal data. Where the controller has authorised a third party publication of personal data, the controller shall be considered responsible for that publication. Anonymised data, some pseudonymised data and encrypted data are exempted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 562 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) other public interests of the Union or of a Member State, in particular an important economic or financial interest of the Union or of a Member State, including monetary, budgetary and taxation matters and the protection of market stability and integrity;deleted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 566 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Parties on the labour market may restrict by way of a legislative measure the scope of the obligations and rights provided for in points (a) to (e) of Article 5 and Articles 11 to 20 and Article 32, when such a restriction have been agreed by national collective agreements to constitutes a necessary and proportionate measure.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 886 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1
1. Within the limits of this Regulation, Member States or collective agreement among employers and employees may adopt by law specific rules regulating the processing of employees‘ personal data in the employment context, in particular for the purposes of the recruitment, the performance of the contract of employment, including discharge of obligations laid down by law or by collective agreements, management, planning and organisation of work, criminal conviction, health and safety at work, and for the purposes of the exercise and enjoyment, on an individual or collective basis, of rights and benefits related to employment, and for the purpose of the termination of the employment relationship.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 888 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – 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 safeguards for the processing of personal data for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 917 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Delegated acts and Implementing acts adopted by the Commission should be evaluated by the Parliament and the Council every second year.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that policy-makers would benefit from more exact data to enable them to make informed choices; agrees, therefore, with the European Council that Europe's potential for sustainable extraction and use of shale gas and oil shale resources should be assessed and mapped; welcomes the assessments made by Member States and encourages them to continue this work, and asks the Commission to contribute to determining the level of available shale gas reserves in the Union by assembling results from Member States' assessments and available results from exploration projects with a view to analysing and assessing the economic and environmental viability of domestic shale gas production;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in the face of gas market evolution and the growth of hub-based pricing in Europe, to address, at the next meeting of the EU-US Energy Council, the potential impact of worldwide shale gas development on the LNG market and the lifting of possible restrictions to global LNG trade;deleted
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in the face of gas market evolution and the growth of hub-based pricing in Europe, to address, at the next meeting of the EU-US Energy Council, the potential impact of worldwide shale gas development on the LNG market and the lifting of possible restrictions to global LNG trade;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the view that developing shale gasgas has a role to play in the EU and will help achieve the EU's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, which is the basis of the Energy Roadmap for 2050;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the Commission that gas will be critical for the transformation of the energy system, as stated in the above- mentioned Roadmap, since it represents a quick and cost-efficient way of reducing reliance on other, dirtier fossil fuels, thereby lowering greenhouse gas emissions; believes that shale gas could, as a ‘bridge fuel’, play a critical role in this, particularly in those Member States that use large amounts of coal in power generation;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Remarks also that certain forms of renewable energy – for example, wind power – are not constant and need to be backed up by a reliable and flexible energy source; expresses the view that natural gas – including shale gas – could serve that purpose; recognises, however, that without carbon capture and storage (CCS), gas may, in the long term, be limited to such a back-up and balancing role;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possible economic benefits of shale gas, including employment opportunities;deleted
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for further research and development into tools and technologies, including CCS, to support and enhance the sustainable and safe development of unconventional gas, insists that the EU budget should not fund such research;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the relevant Member States to ensure they put in place the necessary administrative and monitoring resources for the development of shale gas activities;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 151 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the current licensing procedure for shale gas exploration is regulated by general mining or hydrocarbon legislation; expresses the view that the regulatory framework in the EU for early exploration is not adequate;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on public authorities without delay to check and, if necessary, improve regulatory frameworks in order to ensure their adequacy for shale gas projects, especially with a view to being prepared for possible future commercial-scale production in Europe;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 169 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Is well aware that public attitudes to shale gas development vary between the Member States; calls for better public information relating to shale gas operations and supports the creation of portals providing access to a wide range of public information on shale gas operations;Acknowledges that several European countries have either put in place or are planning a moratorium on shale gas exploration, and is well aware that public attitudes to shale gas development vary between the Member States because of the possible impact exploration has on the environment and the climate; and urges companies extracting shale gas in the EU to provide, prior to drilling, full information on their activities, including public disclosure of the chemicals they intend to use in hydraulic fracturing;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recognises that there should be an emphasis on a transparent and open dialogue with civil society, based on the scientific evidence available; recalls that the 2012 EU budget includes an appropriation intended to fund pilot projects and other support activities with a view to encouraging such a dialogue; considers that this should be organised in a neutral manner and in close cooperation with the Member States, including national authorities, local communities, the general public, businesses and NGOs;deleted
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support environmentally-sound pilot projects in the EU for the exploitation of unconventional domestic energy sources;deleted
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2011/2307(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission continuously to conduct investigations into the impact of new and existing policies, including the EU prohibition on the sale of seal products, on biodiversity in EU Member States and affected countries, including members of EFTA and OCTA;
2012/01/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2011/2297(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to focus on the specific objectives and activities of the Horizon 2020 programme on better management of water resources in the EU and its neighbouring countries; believes that EU research policy should respond to growing challenges concerning water management for agriculture, buildings, industry and water- efficiency ambitions;
2012/04/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2011/2297(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the great potential in applying water re-use technologies treating wastewater in agriculture and both domestic and commercial buildings;
2012/04/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the requirement for public disclosure on diversity policy and the introduction of a minimum gender balance of 1/3;deleted
2011/11/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the requirement for public disclosure on diversity policy and the introduction of a minimumin order to promote better gender balance of 1/3;
2011/11/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the number of board seats held by board members should be limited to two at any one time, and that the inclusion of ‘grey directors’ should be phased out;
2011/11/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2011/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the ongoing fiscal consolidation across the EU may lead to substantial programme cuts, shrinkages or delays for almost all Member States, which could adversely affect the European defence industry; notes that this is an opportunity to consolidate military research programmes in order to increase their effectiveness;
2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2011/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the European defence industry is characterised by varying national policies, which could further aggravate the adverse effects on the industry; stresses therefore that the competitiveness and resilience of the defence industry need to be increased through cooperation to minimise the adverse effects;
2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2011/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes as indispensable to guaranteeing unitary patent protection within the European Union, the participating Member States' efforts to establish a Unified Patent Litigation Court by means of an international agreement; recalls that the unitary patent system can only be effective through a functioning patent litigation system, which guarantees timely consideration of a claim;
2011/10/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2011/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, to ensure the high quality of court decisions, it will be essential for judges to have the necessary qualifications and receive continuous training; but points out that judges should not provide counselling on a case already brought to court;
2011/10/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #

2011/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals on extending the use of innovative financial instruments to strengthen the leverage of the EU budget while fully respecting the rights of the budgetary and discharge authorities; asks the Commission to improve access for primary target groups such as SMEs; demands that any SME-specific bank should function under the umbrellaall within the scope of the EIB; expresses its reservations about so-called ‘soft loans’ blurring the distinction between grants and loans;
2011/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 11 #

2011/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a risk-averse culture of EU research funding would prevent financing of high-risk research ideas with the greatest potential for breakthroughs, and therefore advocates a trust-based approach with higher tolerance for risk and failure – involving, for example, more frequent use of prizes – in preference to a purely results- based approach, which is at odds with the very nature of innovative scientific research;Does not affect English text.
2011/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 11 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the current trends show strong pressure to freeze or even reduce the European budget associated with a period of severe constraints on national public budgets, and whereas R&D&I is one of the areas where European cooperation has been shown to have real added value in contrast to certain other budget posts, showing the need to reallocate the EU's available resources,
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2011/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a risk-averse culture of EU research funding would prevent financing of high-risk research ideas with the greatest potential for breakthroughs, and therefore advocates a trust-based approach with higher tolerance for risk and failure (which permit important lessons to be learnt for the future) – involving, for example, more frequent use of prizes – in preference to a purely results- based approach, which is at odds with the very nature of innovative scientific research;
2011/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2011/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to build ‘stairways to excellence’ for all potential research and innovation players in those Member States with a low rate of participation in FP 7, including by encouraging more effective use of the Structural and Cohesion Funds in this respect;
2011/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 21 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas other regions and countries of the world are increasingly investing in R&D&I, and whereas EU investment in this domain should therefore be oriented towards a reinforcement of scientific capacity and an improvement in overall EU competitive capacity through excellent research,
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2011/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme continuing to have its own budget heading in the forthcoming Multi-Annual Financial Framework;
2011/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 32 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas there are still inequalities within the EU in terms of national levels of R&D funding capacities, industrial structures and higher education systems, and that these differences are a symbol of the comparative advantages of different Member States,
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the importance of maintaining convergence policies, and asks the Commission to build stairways to excellence for those MS and regions that are underrepresented in the FP by developing appropriate instruments to intensify cooperation between MS with a strong participation and those with a weaker participation, and to substantially increase human capacity building and infrastructure in the latter;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that although excellence is considered the main general criterion for funding, it must be borne in mind that the nature of excellence differs with the type of participant or the very nature of the research and innovation project (the excellence criterion for a research institution is not the same as for an individual researcher or for an SME, and also differs between fundamental and applied projects)and that this simplicity is central to getting value for the limited EU funds;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a better articulation between local and regional, national and European research and innovation strategies, respecting the specificities of the different contexts and, at the same time, reinforcing the possibilities for complementarity and cooperation between them; believes that sharing information and results is of key importance herethe different regulatory levels, and that funding at the EU level should seek to leverage investments at the regional and national level;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that different tasks within the CSF should be tackled separately but in close articulation: the European Institute of Technology (EIT) to operate mainly as a network of Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) to concentrate on its strength in supporting innovative SMEs and therefore not necessarily to be included in the next FP; the next FP to embrace research as a whole; and the structural/cohesion funds to be used in closer cooperation but kept separate;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 159 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. This layer should covers the EU funds associated with infrastructure (in the wider sense, including the institutional one) and capacity building;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to fund large-scale projects, such as ITER, energy infrastructure, Galileo and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) outside the FP, creating autonomous budget lines for them, in order to guarantee a transparent and reliable financing structure; suggests that they should be partially funded through the issuing of project bonds by the EIB;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. This layer ishould be the space for overall research, fundamental and applied, and social sciences and humanities; coordination participants are universities and research centres/institutes, although the industrial sector should be encouraged to participate;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. This layer ishould be the space for marketing of products and services and generation of public wealth; innovative SMEs play a pivotal role here in developing novel products and services;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 246 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. The funding scheme within this layer is covered by EU funding associated with CIP, access to credit enhancement by the EIF and specific loans from the EIB (mainly covering projects under EUR 50 million), and cooperation with the Structural Funds associated with entrepreneurship; additionally, suggests the creation of a new funding instrument – the EU SME Bank – which should act in articulation with national contact points and financial institutions designated by the MS;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 278 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that not all innovation is research-based and that not all research has innovation as its goal; believes in consequence that the proposed reorganisation should cover the full innovation cycle, from concept to market, including non-technological, eco- and social and eco- innovation;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Favours moving towards a ’science- based’ approach and calls for a trust-based and risk-tolerant attitude towards participants at all stages of the funding system, which includes a smaller degree of control from the European Commission;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 338 #

2011/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for consolidation of multidisciplinary research and recognition of the social dimension of research; in this context, recalls that great societal challenges (such as climate change, demographic ageing and resources sustainability) cannot be dealt with only through technological responses and that therefore European research in social sciences and humanities is a pivotal asset in successfully addressing them;
2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2011/2096(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the EU has to move towards a more efficient and competitive transport sector which contributes to its emission reduction targets and to lowering energy dependency;
2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2011/2096(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the many initiatives the European Union has taken to promote the competitiveness and efficiency of the European transport sector, such as the Eurovignette, the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems, fuel efficiency for vehicles and labelling of tyres;
2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2011/2096(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for intra-modal transport solutions; that no single form of transport can deliver on all accounts as there is a clear need for a smarter combination of road transport, railway, aviation and shipping;
2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2011/2096(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reiterates the Parliaments opinion that there is a need for a wider deployment of modular road trains; that these are a sustainable solution which contributes to a higher energy efficiency level in the road transport sector; further acknowledges that the diverging set of rules which modular road trains encounter when crossing country borders are detrimental for an increased use of this method of road transport; calls upon the Commission to inquire which differences in rules can easily be bridged and how an increased level of cross- bordering transport by modular road trains can be ensured;
2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2011/2096(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to promote the development and the use of innovative devices to improve energy efficiency (e.g. spoilers for trucks and other forms of improved aerodynamics, or functioning) for all means of transport in a cost- efficient manner;
2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. stresses the positive experiences several Member States have with the use of the European Modular System, that this is a sustainable road transport solution which contributes to a higher energy efficiency level in the road transport sector,
2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 305 #

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 4 a (new)
- a solution to the fact that modular road trains cannot cross country boarders, and that this is detrimental for an increased use of this method of road transport;
2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 17 #

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that unilateral action is not sufficient for the purposes of reducing emissions and that the extensive involvement of non-EU countries is also necessary; notes that in light of this emission reductions have to be achieved in a way which doesn’t harms competitiveness of the EU
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for the European Commission, in its energy 2050 roadmap to concentrate on the period up to 2030 including by setting milestones for 2030; calls for the European Commission to assess the option of extending renewable energy targets beyond 2020, as this would provide the industry in which the EU has developed a competitive advantage, continued clarity for investment, and foster EU technological leadership and industrial innovation.
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the achievement of these objectives by 2050 could lead to a securen increased security of energy supply and higher rate of employment growth for the EU;
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the energy efficiency (EE) target of cutting current energy useimproving energy efficiency by 20% will be difficult to achieve by 2020; calls for more resources, particularly for increasing energy efficiency in buildings, in line with the Energy Efficiency Directive;
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Invites the Member States to invest more in energy infrastructure, in particular in energy networks and smart meters which are both prerequisites for creating an energy efficient market, and, with regard to inter-regional connections, to launch an investment plan based on the European Energy Infrastructure Package;
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2011/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Invites the Commission to present a legislative proposal on project bonds to finance European infrastructure (energy and transport) projects of strategic interest;
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2011/2067(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that employment policy is an area of national competence and that labour markets are structurally different;
2011/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2011/2067(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that labour mobility among EU countries remains low, and calls on the Commission to consider the establishment of a pan-European servicemeans to direct skilled labour force to vacant posts across Europe, supporting a labour market of European added value. In this context, calls for the full implementation of the 2012 Single Market projects proposed by the Commission;
2011/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2011/2067(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that current labour market trends in Member States are influenced by structural issues in that country, and that consequently initiatives at the European level should take national specifities into consideration;
2011/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2011/2067(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the increased outsourcing of R&D activities and production activities to third countries is linked to each other; recognises that certain policy objectives are counterproductive to combating this trend and that the adoption of internal targets for the reduction of CO2 can combat this trend;
2011/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the new Commission Communication and its move beyond the RMI to include commodity markets; calls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodityCalls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodity markets and the RMI separately; the problems related to the two are different in nature and call for different measures, one concerns the effect of financial markets andon the RMI separately; rising food prices, while the other concerns a lack of important raw materials;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the vast supply of natural resources in Europe and the need for better coordination with regards to the method for extraction, distribution, processing, reusing and recycling;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s work on identifying critical raw materials (CRM); calls on the Commission to follow this up by analysing the supply chains depending on CRM, the refining capacity and the interaction between CRM and their associated base metals; underlines the need to distinguish between raw materials in the first part of the supply chain and those which are in the last part as the size of export credits differ significantly according to the degree of processing, and that this should be taken into consideration in the analysis;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that effective governance of RM policy is key to an effective strategy; emphasises the need for close co- ordination within the Commission and between Member States; recommends the establishment of an inter-departmental RM task force, as is the case in France and the United States, to elaborate, monitor and review policies including partnership agreements, to ensure strategic coherence and promote the establishment of an early- warning system; calls on the Commission to foster co-ordination between the Member States on the external dimension; believes the upcoming communication on the external dimension of energy could serve as a template;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that the European Parliament be regularly informed on the development of the RMI via an annual progress reportCalls on the Commission to present an annual progress report on the development of the RMI;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that the access to raw materials is fundamental to industry including SMEs, and that unpredictable price fluctuation is a big risk factor;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the RM challenges are also an opportunity to invigorate the EU’s industrial base and increase competitiveness via an ambitious industrial innovation strategy; notes that in the medium to longwhile trade policy is the key action in the short term, increasing efficiencies, recycling and lowering resource use will be key to competitiveness, sustainability and supply security in the medium to long term; remarks that social innovation, lifestyle changes and new concepts such as eco- leasing, chemical leasing and sharing should be supported by the Commission;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that a tax for mineral resources is not an adequate tool, but calls on the Commission to investigate whether a tax on water and land use could be of benefit;deleted
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to extend the ecodesign instruments to RM, to work with standardisation bodies, to evaluate the feasibility of a top-runner programme for products with regard to resource efficiencyassess the possibility of introducing new instruments to monitor the RM of products, to strengthen advisory services on resource efficiency, particularly for SMEs, and calls on companies to make use of the Eco- Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); calls on the Commission and the Member States to leverage public procurement in order to enhance resource- efficient products and products utilizing secondary RM; stresses the value of including resource use in product information and eco-labels in order to empower consumers; calls on the European standardisation bodies to streamline the issue of resource efficiency in the setting of standards;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to develop economic incentives for recycling currently uneconomical CRM including rare earths (REE), to investigate how markets for recycled materials can be supported by inter alia green certificates for recycled materials, eco-design requirements and fiscal incentives, and to ensure that cohesion policy and budgets are also leveraged to promote resource efficiency and recycling;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to identify priorities and allocaUnderlines the need to simplify administration in the limited budgets for research into lifecycle recycling, substitution of EU funding and research, and stresource efficiency using FP7 and FP8 funding, particularly for CRM such as REE; insistses that the increasing numbers of political priorities oin the importance of a European Innovation Partnership on RM; calls on the Commission to launch such a partnership in 2011se are counterproductive to the EU headline targets;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms that the NATURA 2000 guidelines provide a sound basis under which non-energy extraction activities must take place; notes that codes of practice to achieve technical, social and environmental excellence are important instruments; underlines that RM held in one Member State pose a strategic and economic potential for the EU as a whole and therefore, calls on the Commission to protect environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, such as the Arctic, Barents Sea and Greenland, and if possible extend existing partnership agreements with such countries to include financial aid for mining with the possibility to give undertakings in the EU priority access to the extracted RM;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for the EU to enter into negotiations with the Home Rule Government of Greenland on the access of EU to rare earths in Greenland;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of skills and training and the role played by geologists and engineers; calls on the Commissionrelevant Member States to engage in a close dialogue with social partners in this context;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the EU's intention to pursue an RM diplomacy, particularly for CRM; believunderlines that priority actions for REE need to be developedis the most important policy action in the very short term;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that the Communication fails to name other regions or countries; calls on the Commission to establish other mutually beneficial partnerships with resource-rich countries such as a revised partnership agreement with the Home Rule Government of Greenland; believes that the EU should offer ‘infrastructure- resource’ partnerships; calls on the EU to support resource-rich developing countries in developing their geological knowledge; proposes in this context the establishment of co-operatively financed chairs at geological faculties;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 274 #

2011/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the role that corporate social responsibility plays by adhering to high environmental and social and labour standards abroad and applying best available technologies; calls on EU companies to develop an appropriate code of conduct for those operating in third countries; calls on the Commission to follow the US Dodd-Frank bill concerning conflict minerals; supports the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); believes that these standards should particularly be applied for projects receiving EU funding, such as from the EIB; calls onasks the Commission to strenginvestigate whethenr the use of ‘fingerprinting’ technology in this context and to promote pilot projects based on the experiences of the ‘coltan fingerprint’;
2011/04/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Appeals to the European Commission to present a methoroughgoing legislative initiativedical revision onf public procurement which will bring more simplicity, flexibility, transparency and legal certainty to the sector and thus avoid frequent reforms in the future, which is the main reason for high costs and administrative burdens for participants, which significantly and disproportionately narrow SME access to public contracts; asks for the Commission to include non- legislative initiatives to accompany the revision, such as a platform for exchange of best practises between Member States;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes a strengthened dialogue between public procurers and potential bidders, without compromising on transparency, non-discrimination and competition, will lead to better results, and calls on the Commission to explore the options for making this part of the procurement process;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for public procurement to be anchored in the "think small first" principle, making the contract awarding procedures more accessible to SMEs; calls on the European Code of Best Practises Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts should be taken into account in the revision;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that public procurement can be used as a driver of innovation and, energy efficiency and other key policy areas as identified in the EU2020 strategy and supports the steps taken towards ensuring that these areas are taken into account by public authorities in their contract- awarding criteria, and; stresses the importance of dialogue and mutual understanding between the public and R&D sectors, however, that it is important to keep an eye on the extra administrative costs this may carry for businesses and the public authorities, and should be preceded by proper impact assessments, as well as individual SME tests, to avoid excessive red tape;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that introducing mandatory prescriptions for innovation or excessively detailed technical specifications regarding, for instance, the energy performance of the subject of a public contract risk restricting competition and the choices of contracting authorities;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the initiative taken by some Member States to adapt the US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) model to the EU context by supporting innovation using pre-commercial procurement where contracts are offered that develop solutions to specific challenges identified by public services; Notes that excessive demands and technical prescriptions in the public procurement process may produce excessive administration, thus hampering innovation; believes public procurement instead should focus on function and the end results;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that future EU public procurement legislation should reinforce existing provisions which require that energy-efficiency criteria be applied when deciding on the award of a public contract without hampering the free competition rules; such an approach can stimulate innovation and diversification of the offer on the market; stresses that use of public procurement policy to support other key EU policies such as climate change, energy efficiency or innovation should be preceded by proper impact assessments to avoid overregulation of the sector;
2011/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2011/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas Europe is in competitiong with ‘Continent States’ (economic powers such as China, India, Brazil, Australia, United States of America, and Russia) but Europe is not a nation, rather a Union of States, and, and whereas our capacity to unite and coordinate our efforts, particularly in research, between the European Union and the Member States very largely determines our economic competitiveness, and hence the possibility of financing our social ambitions and meeting our environmental commitments,
2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2011/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the level of participation and excellence in project selection; regrets, however, that the success rate under this programme generally remains quite low and is a disincentive, particularly for SMEs, which play a particularly important role in capitalising on the developments in research and innovation within the framework programme;
2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2011/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes that research and development policies be territorialisedcome better at reaching remote and local target groups, while recognising excellence in research as the primary aim of the financing programme;
2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2011/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Is concerned by the excessive administrative burden of FP7; supports the proposal to review the Financial Regulation to simplify procedures, for example by significantly shortening the time from application to grant, reducing the number of periodic financial status reports, and finding a better balance between research risk and control;
2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas interconnection capacity between Member States remains generally insufficient, and whereas certain regions remain isolated and dependent on single supplier,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the third energy package has created a legal framework which should improve competitiveness in the energy market,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 77 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas energy efficiency offers a powerful and cost-effective tool for achieving a sustainable energy future and can partially reduce the need forfosters smart investment in energyold and new infrastructure,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas regulators play an important role in the creation of a consumer orientated, integrated and competitive internal energy market,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the reference scenario used for assessing the energy infrastructure for 2020 needs to be consistent with the overall energy policy objectives and the EU's 2050 roadmap, and with other EU policies (such as transport, buildings and the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)), including energy efficiency policies (notably the implementation of the forthcoming energy efficiency action plan (EEP)) as well as, the potential impact of technological advances and, the deployment of ‘smart cities’ initiatives and the principle of security of supply;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 171 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need for new infrastructure which will put an end to energy islands and single supplier dependency and enhance security of supply;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks the Commission and member states to establish measures that ensure that TSOs are properly incentivized to examine possible interconnectors from a regional or European perspective and that their investment plans are based on socio- economic effects of energy interconnectors rather than pure project economy thereby avoiding under- investment in transmission capacity;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that, although the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) identifies relevant electricity and gas infrastructure projects, it should also set the priorities to be developed in order to achieve EU energy and climate goals;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, with a view to ensuring better governance of future EU electricity and gas infrastructure planning, to present a concrete proposal to improve transparency and public participation in determining EU priorities within a broader stakeholder participation process involving the powerenergy sector, independent experts, consumer organisations and NGOs;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the TYNDP should form the basis of a rolling programme for developing European electricity and gas transmission infrastructure within a long- term European planning perspective and with monitoring by the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Commission;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Endorses the importance of efficient gas infrastructures in enhancing diversification and security of supply and, in contributing to better internal energy market functioning, and thus in reducing energy dependence; highlights the need for additional flexibility requirements in gas infrastructures, in particular with a view to ensuring reverse flows and interconnections, and stresses that gas infrastructure should be developed, with full account being taken of the contribution of LNG/ CNG terminals, as well as storages;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 263 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the development of infrastructure for unconventional gas sources has not yet been given the necessary attention by the Commission as regards, throughout assessment as regards available reserves, legal issues, life cycle assessment and, environmental impacts; asks the Commission to conduct a thorough evaluation on this issue and economic viability should be conducted; asks the Commission to speed up work on this issue and include the results of the assessment in any future long-term Union strategy;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 312 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that the TSOs should be required to place all transmission lines at the full disposal for the market, thereby preventing the reservation of transmission capacity for cross-border balancing, etc. This needs to be established in binding legislation based on the current guidelines of good practice by ERGEG;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 315 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission and ACER to pursue the task of creating a common European intraday market by 2014, as this would allow for the free exchange of power on all transmission interconnectors between countries and/or different price areas;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that energy infrastructures should become more end-user-oriented, with a stronger focus on the interaction between distribution system capacities and consumption; to this end, emphasises the need for real-time, two-directional power and information flows; points to the benefits of a new electricity system incorporating modern technologies and services such as smart meters, smart grids and interoperable ICT-operated load- and demand-side energy management services;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that smart grids and energy management solutions offer a unique opportunity to boost theinnovation, the creation of jobs as well as competitiveness of European industry, with particular reference to SMEs; calls on the Commission to present a new proposal which includes a binding requirement to deploy smart meters for all non-residential customclosely monitor the third energy package obligations that imposed household costumers to poses smart meters by 2014;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 345 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Members States, in liaison with European standardisation bodies and industry; to speed up work on technical standards for electric vehicles and smart grids and meters, with a view to its completion by 2012and interoperability for electric vehicles, charging infrastructure and smart grids and meters; emphasises that technologies should be based on open international standards which will enhance the interoperability of the systems as well as to provide consumer with choices in terms of solutions;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, as stated in the electricity directive 2009/72/EC, where positively assessed, Member States are already obliged to roll out smart meters for at least 80% of their final consumers by 2020; underlines that the objective of smart meters is to enable consumers to effectively monitor and control their energy consumption; stresses that Member States should support a sufficient number of pilot projects for residential consumers in order to boost the innovation process, as provided for in the third energy market package; calls for clear rules concerning privacy and data protection to be established in accordance with existing EU law;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 365 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for stronger focus to be put on the interaction between distribution system capacities and consumption, involving a common European smart grid strategy. As highlighted in the European Council conclusions of 4 February 2011, technical standards for smart grids should be adopted by the end of 2012 at the latest;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the priority corridors identified by the Commission and agrees on the need to optimise limited funds; calls for a clear and transparent methodology leading to the identification of priority projects that meet pressing European needs in terms of upholding the principles of security of supply, sustainability, competition and development of the internal market;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 383 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1
– the project must be of major European interest,deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 390 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 a (new)
- the project must increase market integration and competition, and reduce market concentration,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 418 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 4
– they must be consistent with long-term EU energy policy (allowing flexible and multifunctional application and avoiding lock-in effects),
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 423 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 5
– they must make use of proven technologies such as ICT and smart grids;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 435 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
– contribution to putting an end to energy islands, and resolution of single-supplier dependency,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 443 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
– cost efficiency,deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 447 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2 a (new)
- presents a good cost-benefit ratio,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 457 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
reducing potential to increase the use of renewable energy source (RES) curtailments,
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 459 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 5
– environmental impact,deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 461 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 6
– public interest;deleted
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 466 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses thate need for the assessment of possible obstacles to market-driven development of energy infrastructure must be guaranteed;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 481 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the establishment of a national contact authority for each European interest project (‘one-stop shop’) as a single administrative interface between developers and the different authorities involved in the authorisation procedure; takes the view that, with regard to cross- border projects, further coordination between national ‘one-stop shops’ and an increased role for the Commission in such coordination should be ensured; before creation of new administrative entities ('one-stop-shop') the Commission and the national authorities must make full use of existing institutions;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 489 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to determine whether joint or coordinated procedures establishing concrete ad hoc key measures (regular exchanges of information, timely communication of decisions, joint problem-solving mechanisms, etc.) could be set up; encourages the Commission to assess the possibility of modifying certain aspects of national administrative lawclosely monitor the fact that no national administrative procedure unreasonably delays the correct and rapid implementation of the European energy internal market;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 514 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that grid investments are cyclical and should be viewed in a historical perspective; points out that a large amount of the infrastructure built over the past decades to interconnect centralised power plants will become obsoletage in the coming years; points out that society will expect the cost of keeping existing infrastructure in operation and deploying new infrastructure to be optimised;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 555 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Believes that private funding can facilitate timely construction of the needed energy infrastructures, since the sheer magnitude of the infrastructure challenge is so big that private means need to be unlocked properly; considers that as private investors embrace the infrastructure challenge, the Commission should establish clear guidelines for the market actors' and private investors' involvement in so-called "merchant lines"; believes that concerns for impacts on market functioning can be overcome if merchant lines are obliged to hand over the full capacity to the market;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 558 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses the importance of developing a common methodology by the regulators with regards to cost allocation in cross-border infrastructure projects as such network infrastructure incentives are characterised by multiple market failures, mainly due to natural monopoly and lack of competition;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the economic crisis has led to an enormous reduction in industrial production capacities, to a downturn in economic growth and to labour displacement; points out that any loss in GDP must be regarded as a cost in itself, compromising industry's investment potential; warns against the general conclusion that the economic crisis has madecompared to a business-as-usual scenario the crisis has led to a reduction in emissions and a reduction cheaperin the energy consumption;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that according to the information received from different industrial sectors there are clear indications that existing EU climate policy provisions, such as ETS, are already leading to a relocation of production, and is concerned that higher carbon prices would exacerbate this trend;deleted
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that, according to the Commission Communication entitled ´A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050´ (COM(2011)0112) a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gasses of 25% in 2020 is the most cost-efficient target, and that this target can be reached by fully implementing the target of improving energy efficiency by 20%;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for energy efficiency to be one of the priorities in future climate policy measures; acknowledges that achieving the EU's energy efficiency objective of 20% by 2020 would enable the EU to meet its 2020 emissions reduction commitments of 20% and more; considers that according to the Commission's impact assessment this reduction level would still be on the cost- effective path towards the 80-95% long- term reduction target;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that in many fields energy savings and energy efficiency offer the most cost- effective potential for additional reductions; draws attention to the untapped potential in the areas of energy performance of buildings, in particular existing buildings, the transport sector, public procurement and energy production, transformation and transmission, including district heating; reiterates that concrete measures in these areas are essential and draws attention to the relevant proposals included in the Bendtsen report; urges that energy-saving measures must be implemented first and foremost at national, regional and local level; underlines the big potential in introducing a scheme for energy saving obligations for the energy industry as suggested by the Energy Efficiency Plan from the Commission which has already proved to have a positive effect in some Member States;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the European emissions trading scheme to be applied in a more flexible manner, so that better account can be taken of actual economic developments and production figures, rather than the scheme being based only on historic data; is convinced that allocation rules should ensure both long- term investment security and make provision for flexibility mechanisms in the event of economic downturns (e.g. to avoid over-allocations);deleted
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Draws attention to the increasing importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies as a temporary tool in reducing carbon emissions, not only in the energy sector; states that, according to the IEA CCS roadmap, in 2030 half of all CCS projects will be in the industrial manufacturing sector;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that tightening the ETS reduction target would lead to a further increase in electricity prices, which would be a major concern for EU industries and for consumers; this would make fossil fuels more expensive and foster investments in renewables;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2011/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that in terms of international competitiveness greater EU mitigation efforts would create cost advantages for the EU's international competitors and, at the same time, lead to competitive margins for EU companies in the area of climate technologies; considers that for the EU's competitors signing up an international agreement would mean giving up the cost advantages, whereas the EU's competitive margin would be likely to remain unaffected; therefore asks the Commission to analyse whether a unilateral move by the EU beyond 20% greenhouse gas emissions reductions could serve as an incentive for other countries to join an international agreement;
2011/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) The public procurement should follow the ‘think small first’ principle, and Member States should implement fully the European Code of Best Practices Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts.
2012/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point c
(c) EUR 2400 000 for public supply and service contracts awarded by sub-central contracting authorities and design contests organised by such authorities.
2012/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2011/0430(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Directive 2003/98/EC should therefore lay down a clear obligation forthat Member States to make all generally available documents re-usable. As it constitutes a limitation to the intellectual property rights hold by the authors of the documents, the scope of such a link between the right of access and the right of use should be narrowed to what is strictly necessary to reach the objectives pursued by its introduction. In this respect, taking into account the Union legislation and Member States' and Union's international obligations, notably under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement), documents on which third parties hold intellectual property rights should be excluded from the scope of Directive 2003/98/EC. If a third party was the initial owner of a document held by libraries (including university libraries), museums and archives that is still protected by intellectual property rights, that document should, for the purpose of this Directive, be considered as a document for which third parties hold intellectual property rights.
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2011/0430(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) In relation to any re-use that is made of the document, public sector bodies mayshall, where practicable, impose conditions on the re-user, such as acknowledgment of source. Any licences for the re-use of public sector information should in any case place as few restrictions on re-use as possible. Open licences available online, which grant wider re-use rights without technological, financial or geographical limitations and relying on open data formats, may also play an important role in this respect. Therefore, Member States should encourage the use of open government licences.
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2011/0430(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 – point 1
Directive 2003/98/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
‘Public sector bodies may allow re-use without conditions or may impose conditions, such asby requiring indication of source, where appropriate through a licence. These conditions shall not unnecessarily restrict possibilities for re-use and shall not be used to restrict competition.’
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2011/0430(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/98/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
12. In Article 13 (Review) the date of 1 July 2008 is replaced by [3 years after the transposition date] and the following paragraph is added: ‘Member States shall submit a yearly report to the Commission on the extent of the re-use of public sector information, the conditions under which it is made available and the work of the independent authority referred to in article 4(4).’.
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Fighting climate change is oneand securing safe energy supplies are two of the great challenges which the Union faces and urgent international action is needed. In accordance with the intent stated in the Commission June 2011 MFF Communication of increasing the climate related proportion of the Union budget to at least 20%, this Regulation should contribute to that goal.
2012/04/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Union action beyond its borders is needed to secure safe and diversified energy supplies to the Member States,
2012/04/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
In accordance with Article 18 of Horizon 2020, dedicated measures as set out in the specific objective ‘Innovation in SMEs’ (dedicated SME instrument) shall be applied in the specific objective ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and Part III ‘Societal challenges’. This integrated approach is expected to lead to around 15 % of their total combined budgets goAt least 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on 'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies' and the priority 'Societal challenges' shall be used withing tohe SMEs instrument.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 567 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The SME instrument should be centrally managed in order to ensure coherent application of rules, visibility of the Instrument and a single entry point, facilitating participation of SMEs.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 569 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
The SME instrument will cover all fields of science, technology and innovation in a bottom-up approach with open calls (no predefined call topics) within a given societal challenge or enabling technology so as to leave sufficient room for all kinds of promising ideas, notably cross-sector and inter-disciplinary projects, to be funded.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 762 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1
Electricity will play a central role in the establishment of an environmentally sustainable low-carbon economy. The uptake of low-carbon electricity generation is too slow due to the high costs involved. There is a pressing need to find solutions that reduce costs significantly, with enhanced performance and sustainability, to accelerate the market deployment of low carbon electricity generation. ITherefore, from the proposed budget dedicated to non-nuclear energy, at least two-thirds should be allocated to renewable energy technology and energy efficiency, in particular to:
2012/07/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 617 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to around 15At least 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ goshall be used withing tohe SMEs instrument as set out in paragraph 2.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1239 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
SMEs shall be supported across Horizon 2020. For this purpose a dedicated SME instrument shall provide staged and seamless support covering the whole innovation cycle. The SME instrument shall include visible funding modules for simple and fast access and be targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise. It shall be provided for all types of innovation, including service, non- technological and social innovations. The aim is to develop and capitalise on the innovation potential of SMEs by filling the gap in funding for early stage high risk research and innovation, stimulating innovations and increasing private-sector commercialisation of research results. The SME instrument shall be implemented in a bottom-up logic with open calls (no pre- defined call topics).
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1253 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2 a (new)
The SME instrument should be centrally managed in order to ensure coherent application of rules, visibility of the Instrument and a single entry point, facilitating participation of SMEs.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1814 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
*Including EUR 8975 million for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of which EUR 1795 million for photonics and micro-and nanoelectronics, EUR 4293 million for nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, EUR 575 million for biotechnology and EUR 1737 million for space. As a result, EUR 6663 million will be available to support Key Enabling Technologies. A minimum of 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ shall be earmarked for the SME instrument.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1817 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
** Around EUR 1131 million of this amount may go towards the implementation of Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) projects. Aroundt least one third of this mayshall go to SMEs.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1819 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – subparagraph 2
** Around EUR 1131 million of this amount may go towards the implementation of Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) projects. Aroundt least one third of this mayshall go to SMEs.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1822 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
a ** A minimum of 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ shall be earmarked for the SME instrument.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 359 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission or the relevant funding body shall ensure that for grant agreements resulting from calls under the dedicated SME instrument the time between the deadline for proposals as established by the individual calls for proposals and the signature of the grant agreement, or where applicable the grant decision, shall be limited to a maximum period of five months.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The Enterprise Europe Network has proven its added value for European SMEs as a one-stop-shop for business support by helping enterprises to improve their competitiveness and explore business opportunities in the Single Market and beyond. The streamlining of methodologies and working methods and provisions of a European dimension to business support services can only be achieved at Union level. In particular, the Network has helped SMEs to find cooperation or technology transfer partners, get advice on sources of financing, and on intellectual property and on eco-innovation and sustainable production. It has also obtained feedback on Union legislation and standards. Its unique expertise is particularly important in overcoming information asymmetries and alleviating transaction costs associated with cross-border transactions. However, the EEN structure does not provide for an equal quality of services throughout the Union. The governance structure should therefore be strengthened with a view to increase the Network effectiveness in order to reduce bureaucracy improving IT support and enhancing the profile of the Network; the Commission should take stock of the different governance structures and use patterns across Member States and cooperation with National Contact Points (NCPs) of Horizon 2020 should be strengthened.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The limited internationalisation of SMEs both within and outside Europe affects competitiveness. According to some estimates currently 25% of the SMEs in the Union export or have exported at some point over the last three years, of which only 13% export outside the Union on a regular basis and only 2 % have invested beyond their home country. In line with the Small Business Act, which called on the Union and the Member States to support and encourage SMEs to benefit from the growth of markets outside the Union, the EU supports a network of European Business Organisations in more than 20 markets abroad. It provides financial assistance to the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, business bodies in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore as well as the European Business and Technology Centre in India, EU SME Centres in China and in Thailand and the China Intellectual Property Rights SME helpdesk. European added value is created by bundling national efforts in this domain, avoiding duplication, promoting cooperation and by offering services that would lack critical mass if provided at national level. Such services should include information on intellectual property rights, standards and public procurement rules and opportunities. The effectiveness of EU support schemes should be assessed based on the 'mapping' of existing local, regional, national and European support schemes before introducing new schemes.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) A favourable business environment for Union enterprises should be achieved through measures to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of policies and measures to encourage cooperation in policy-making and exchange of good practices including on the reduction of administrative burden. Such measures could include studies, impact assessments, evaluations and conferences as well as the establishment of EU-level advisory groups such as the High-Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens. In particular, the Union should set a new, ambitious target to reduce the net administrative burden in all relevant Union legislation by 25% by 2020.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) As outlined in the Commission Communication of 30 June 2010, entitled ‘Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe’, which was endorsed by the European Council Conclusions of October 2010, tourism is an important sector of the Union economy. Enterprises in this sector substantially contribute to the Union's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job creation and have significant potential for the development of entrepreneurial activity, since it is run mainly by SMEs. The Lisbon Treaty acknowledges the importance of tourism outlining the Union specific competences in this field which complement the actions of Member States. There is clear added value for the tourism initiativ programme should support initiatives in the field of tourism where there is a clear added value at Union level, especially in providing data and analysis, in developing transnational promotion strategies and in exchanging best practices.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme shall contribute to the following general objectives, paying particular attention to the specific needs of SMEs at European and global levelin the Union:
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 200 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) changes inreduction of administrative burden on SMEs,and regulatory burden on SMEs, as well as changes in the SME start-up rate, the number of business transfers as well as business failures
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) To promote entrepreneurship, including among specific target groups and entrepreneurship culture;
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 243 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) To improve access to markets inside the Union andbut also at global levely.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 257 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The actions under the specific objectives shall contribute to the implementation of the Commission communication "Think small first - a Small Business Act for Europe"1 _______________ .1 COM(2008) 394
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for implementing the Programme shall be EUR [2.522 billion], of which approximately EUR 1.4 billion65% shall be allocated to financial instruments.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) measures to improve the framework conditions, in particular for SMEs, through the reduction of administrative burden. Such measures may include, but are not limited to: - the establishment of qualitative and quantitative net reduction targets taking into account existing legislation as well as new legislation entering into force after the target has been set; - the establishment of independent expert groups to advise the Commission on reducing administrative burdens linked to the Union legislation; - information and exchange of best practices related to the transposition of EU legislation into national law, including a systematic application of an SME test.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may support Member States' measures to build-up entrepreneurial education, skills and attitudes, in particular among potential and new entrepreneurs as well as promoting initiatives that support giving formerly bankrupt entrepreneurs second chances.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 462 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 3 – point 3
3. The LGF shall, except for loans in the securitised portfolio, cover loans up to EUR 150.000 and with a minimum maturity of 12 months. The LGF shall be designed in such way that it will be also cover loans above EUR 150.000 in cases where SMEs that meet the criteria to be eligible under COSME, do not meet the criteria to be eligible under Horizon 2020's SME window in the Debt facility, and with a minimum maturity of 12 month. It shall be the resposnsible to report on the innovative SMEs supported, both in terms of number and volume of loans. ility of the financial intermediaries to demonstrate whether the SME is eligible or not under the Horizon 2020's SME window in the Debt facility. The Commission may issue recommendations for exemplary cases where the LGF covers loans above EUR 150.000.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 17 #

2011/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall submit to the Commission their low-carbon development strategy onetwo years after the entry into force of this Regulation or in accordance with any timetable agreed internationally in the context of the UNFCCC process.
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2011/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States shallmay by 31 July each year (‘year X’) submit to the Commission approximated greenhouse gas inventories for the year X-1. The Commission shall, on the basis of the Member States' approximated greenhouse gas inventories or, where necessary on the basis of its own estimates, annually compile a Union approximated greenhouse gas inventory. The Commission shall make this information available to the public each year by 30 September.
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2011/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay provide the Commission by 15 March each year (‘year X’) with:
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2011/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall report once every two years to the Commission by 15 March eachof the relevant year (‘year X’) national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks, organised by gas and by sector. Those projections shall include quantitative estimates for a sequence of 4 future years ending with 0 or 5 immediately following year X. National projections shall take into consideration any policies and measures adopted at Union level and include:
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2011/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Member States shall report once every two years to the Commission by 15 March eachof the relevant year, information on their implemented or planned actions to adapt to climate change, in particular, on national or regional adaptation strategies and on adaptation measures. This information shall include the budget allocation by policy sector and, for each adaptation measure, the main objective, the type of instrument, the status of implementation and the climate-change impact category (such as flooding, sea level rise, extreme temperatures, droughts, and extreme weather events).
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2011/0372(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – introductory part
Member States shall, based on the best data available, once every two years report to the Commission by 15 March eachof the relevant year (‘year X’):
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Prohibition of the provision of non-auditssurance services
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. A statutory auditor or an audit firm carrying out statutory audit of public- interest entities mayshall not provide to the audited entity, to its parent undertaking and to its controlled undertakings statutory audit services and related financial audit services. , to which the audited entity is material, prohibited services as referred to in paragraph 3. 1a. Non-assurance services, not categorised as prohibited services, may be provided subject to pre-approval by the audit committee [or Board of Directors, if no audit committee]. In all circumstances the provision of non-assurance services may not create any threats to the independence of the statutory auditor of the public interest entity.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the statutory auditor belongs to a network, a member of such network may provide to the audited entity, to its parent undertaking and to its controlled undertakings within the Union statutory audit services or related financial audit servicesparent company is not audited by the statutory auditor or an audit firm carrying out statutory audit or a network firm related hereto, the restrictions above to provide prohibited services should not apply.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Article, related financial audit services shall mean: (a) the audit or review of interim financial statements; (b) providing assurance on corporate governance statements; (c) providing assurance on corporate social responsibility matters; (d) providing assurance on or attestation of regulatory reporting to regulators of financial institutions beyond the scope of the statutory audit and designed to assist regulators in fulfilling their role, such as on capital requirements or specific solvency rations determining how likely an undertaking will be to continue meeting its debt obligations; (e) providing certification on compliance with tax requirements where such attestation is required by national law; (f) any other statutory duty related to audit work imposed by Union legislation to the statutory auditor or audit firm.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. A statutory auditor or an audit firm carrying out statutory audit of public- interest entities shall not directly or indirectly provide to the audited entity, to its parent undertaking and to its controlled undertakings non-audit services.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where the statutory auditor belongs to a network, no member of such network shall provide to the audited entity, to its parent undertaking and to its controlled undertakings within the Union any non- audit services.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
3. For the purposes of this Article, non-auditprohibited services shall mean: (a) any services entailing conflict of interest in all cases: (i) expert services unrelated to the audit, tax consultancy, general managewhere a statutory auditor or an audit firm assume a management responsibility or making the significant judgments and other advisory services; (ii) bookkeepingdecisions for an audit client. (b) accounting and bookkeeping, including payroll services, and preparing accounting records and financial statements; (iiic) designing and implementing internal control or risk management procedure related to the preparation and/or control of financing information included in the financial statements and advice on risk; that: (iv) valuation services, providingform a significant part of the internal control over financial reporting; or (ii) generate information that is significant to the client's accounting records or financial statements on which the fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports;m will express an opinion creates a self-review threat; (d) valuation services; if the valuations would have a material effect, separately or in the aggregate, on the financial statements on which the firm will express an opinion. (ve) actuarial and legal services, including the resolutionving a dispute ofr litigation; (vi) designing and implementing financial information technology systems for public-interest entities as referred to in Article 2(13)(b) to (j) of Directive 2006/43/EC; (vii when the amounts involved are material to the financial statements on which the firm will express an opinion. (f) participating in the audit client's internal audit and the provision of services related to the internal audit function; (viiig) broker or dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services. (b) services which may entail conflict of inte, including providing corporate finance services involving promoting, dealing in, or underwriting an audit client's sharest:; (ih) human resources services, including recruiting senior management; (ii) providing comfort letters for investors in the context of the issuance of an undertaking's securities; (iii) designing and implementing financial information technology systems for public-interest entities as referred to in Article 2(13)(a) of Directive 2006/43/EC; (iv) due diligence services to the vendor or the buy side on potential mergers and acquisitions and providing assurance on the audited entity to other parties at a financial or corporate transac or a director or officer of the entity in a position to exert significant influence over the preparation of the client's accounting records or the financial statements on which the firm will express an opinion. These prohibited services include searching for or seeking out candidates for such positions and undertaking reference checks of prospective candidates for such positions.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. When a member of the network to which the statutory auditor or the audit firm carrying out statutory audit of a public-interest entity belongs provides non-audit services to an undertaking incorporated in a third country controlled by the audited public-interest entity, the statutory auditor or the audit firm concerned shall assess whether his, her or its independence would be compromised by such provision of services by the member of the network.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
If his, her or its independence is affected, the statutory auditor or the audit firm shall apply safeguards in order to mitigate the threats caused by such provision of services in a third country. The statutory auditor or the audit firm may continue to carry out the statutory audit of the public- interest entity only if he, she or it can justify, in accordance with Article 11, that such provision of services does not affect his, her or its professional judgement and the audit report.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Being involved in the decision-taking of the audited entity and the provision of the services referred to in points (ii) and (iii) of paragraph 3(a) shall be considered as affecting such independence in all cases.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
The provision of the services referred to in points (i) and (iv) to (viii) of paragraph 3(a) shall be presumed to affect such independence.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
The statutory auditor or the audit firm may consult the competent authority for an opinion on this issue.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where an audit firm generates more than one third of its annual audit revenues from large public-interest entities and belongs to a network whose members have combined annual audit revenues which exceed EUR 1 500 million within the European Union, it shall comply with the following conditions: (a) it shall not directly or indirectly provide to any public interest entity non- audit services; (b) it shall not belong to a network which provides non-audit services within the Union; (c) any entity which provides the services listed in paragraph 3 shall not directly or indirectly hold more than 5 % of the capital or of the voting rights in the audit firm; (d) the entities which provide the services listed in paragraph 3shall not directly or indirectly hold together more than 10 % of the capital or of the voting rights in the audit firm; (e) such audit firm shall not directly or indirectly hold more than 5 % of the capital or of the voting rights in any entity which provides the services listed in paragraph 3.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 68 for the purpose of adapting the list of related financial audit services referred to in paragraph 2 and the list of non-audit services referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. When using such powers, the Commission shall take into account developments in auditing and the audit professionMember States are allowed to include additional prohibited services in the list of prohibited services in paragraph 3, based on national requirements or laws.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The public-interest entity shall appoint a statutory auditor or audit firm for an initial engagement that shall not be shorter than twoone year and not longer than six years.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The public-interest entity may renew this engagement only once, subject to a proposal made by the audit committee or similar body and subsequently approved by the annual general meeting.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The maximum duration of the combined two engagements shall not exceed 6 years.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. After the expiry of the maximum duration of the engagement referred to in paragraph 1, the statutory auditor or audit firm or any members of its network within the Union, where applicable, shall not undertake the statutory audit of the public-interest entity concerned until a period of at least four years has elapsed.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The statutory auditor or audit firm shall establish an appropriate gradual rotation mechanism with regard to the most senior personnel involved in the statutory audit, including at least the persons who are registered as statutory auditors. The gradual rotation mechanism shall be undertaken in phases on the basis of individuals rather than of a complete audit team. It shall be proportionate in view of the scale and the dimension of the activity of the statutory auditor or audit firm.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 169 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. Where a statutory auditor or audit firm is replaced by another statutory auditor or audit firm, the former statutory auditor or audit firm shall provide the incoming statutory auditor or audit firm with a handover file. Such file shall include relevant information concerning the audited entity as may reasonably be necessary to understand the nature of the business and the internal organisation of the audited entity and to ensure the continuity of the statutory audit and the comparability with the audits carried out in previous yearsinformation as required by law and Article 23(3) of Directive 2006/43/EC.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The former statutory auditor or audit firm shall also grant access to the incoming statutory auditors or audit firms to the additional reports to the audit committee referred to in Article 23 of previous years and to any information transmitted to competent authorities pursuant to Articles 25 and 27.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to specify technical requirements on the content of the handover file referred to in paragraph 6.deleted
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2011/0359(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt the regulatory technical standards referred to in paragraph 6 in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.
2012/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The identification of projects of common interest should be based on common, transparent and objective criteria in view of their contribution to the climate and energy policy objectives. For electricity and gas, proposed projects should be part of the latest available ten- year network development plan. This plan should notably take account of the conclusions of the 4 February European Council with regard to the need to integrate peripheral energy markets.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Union-wide list of projects of common interest should be limited to projects which contribute the most to the implementation of the strategic energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas and has a significant impact on the implementation of the Union climate and energy objectives. This requires the decision on the list to be taken by the Commission, while respecting the right of the Member States to approve projects of common interest related to their territory. According to analysis carried out in the accompanying impact assessment, the number of such projects is estimated at some 100 in the field of electricity and 50 in the field of gas.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Projects of common interest should be implemented as quickly as possible and should be closely monitored and evaluated, while keeping the administrative burden for projects promoters to a minimum. The Commission should nominate European coordinators for projects which pass the 3- year deadline or are facing particular difficulties.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) SinceThe Member States failure to meet the electricity interconnection target from the European Council in March 2002 is evidence that the objective of this Regulation, namely the development and interoperability of trans-European energy networks and connection to such networks, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. 'energy infrastructure' means any physical equipment designed to allow transmission and distribution of electricity or gas, transportation of oil or carbon dioxide, or storage of electricity or gas, which is located within the Union or linking the Union and one or more third countries;
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 226 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Each Group shall draw up its proposed list of projects of common interest according to the process set out in section 2 of Annex III, according to the contribution of each project to implementing the energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas set out in Annex I and, according to their fulfilment of the criteria set out in Article 4. Each individual proposal for a project shall require the approval of only the Member State(s), to the territory of which the project relates. In case a specific proposal for a cross-border project fulfils the relevant criteria, as set out in this Regulation, but is supported by only one of the involved Member States, the decision shall be deferred to the Commission, which should act in consultation with the Agency. Before taking such a decision, the Agency shall consult involved Members States and stakeholders.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The project is making a valuable contribution to the Energy 2020 Strategy, the 2020 energy and climate targets and the long term goal of creating a European competitive low carbon economy in 2050.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – indent 2
– increase the resilience and security of carbon dioxide transport;deleted
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. When ranking projects contributing to the implementation of the same priority, the cost-benefit analysis will constitute the main driver for prioritisation. However, due consideration shall also be given to the urgency of each proposed project in order to meet the energy policy targets of market integration and competition, sustainability and security of supply, the number of Member States affected by each project, and its complementarity with regard to other proposed projects. For projects falling under the category set out in point 1(e) of Annex II, due consideration shall also be given to the number of users affected by the project, the annual energy consumption and the share of generation from non dispatchable resources in the area covered by these users.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Projects which have received funding pursuant to Regulation 663/2009/EC should be directly eligible for consideration as project of common interest pursuant to this Regulation.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) The energy system-wide cost-benefit analysis carried out by the ENTSOs in accordance with point 6 of Annex III does not yield a positive result for the project;deleted
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 417 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) The project is no longer included in the ten-year network development plan;deleted
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 512 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Within three months of the day of receipt of the methodology, the Agency, after formally consulting the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders, shall provide an opinion to the Commission on the methodology.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 521 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. The methodology shall be applied to the cost-benefit analysis under all subsequent ten-year network development plans for electricity or gas developed by the ENTSOs for Electricity or Gas pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009 and Regulation (EC) 715/2009, and the main results of the cost-benefit analysis in relevant scenarios must be included in the consultation process and final reporting of the ten-year network development plans.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 733 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Proposed electricity transmission projects failing under the categories set out in point 1(a) to (b) of Annex II must be allowed for deeper scrutiny and consideration by the respective Groups if proposed by relevant stakeholders, and if the as a minimum fulfil the criteria listed in Article 4 point 1, Article 4 point 2(a), and Annex II point 1.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 737 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 3
(3) Proposed electricity transmission and storage projects falling under the categories set out in point 1(a) to, (b) and (d) of Annex II shall be part of the latest availablcome an integral part of the relevant regional investment plans pursuant Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 and of the ten-year network development plan for electricity, developed by the ENTSO for Electricity pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 748 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 5
(5) Proposed carbon dioxide transport projects falling under the category set out in point 4 of Annex II shall be presented as part of a plan, developed by more than two Member States, for the development of cross-border carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure, to be presented by the Member States concerned or entities designated by those Member States to the Commission.deleted
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 802 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2
(2) The data set shall reflect Union and national legislations in force at the date of analysis. The data sets used for electricity and gas respectively shall be compatible, notably with regard to assumptions on prices and volumes in each market. The data set shall be made public and elaborated after formally consulting Member States and the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders. The Commission and the Agency shall ensure access to the required commercial data from third parties when applicable.
2012/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 14 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Ensuring that minimum standards are in place and that working conditions improve constantlyStrong health and safety policies for workers in the Union is a central feature of Union social policy. The Union has an important role to play both in ensuring that the legislative framework is adapted, in line with ‘Smart Regulation’ principles, to evolving work patterns and new health and safety risks and in financing measures to improve compliance with Union rules on the protection of workers' rights.
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Improving compliance with Union rules on the protection of workers' rights will help solve the problem of unfair competition evident in some markets for services and help fight the phenomenon of mail box companies within the Union.
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 17 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) EURES' scope should be widened to develop and support targeted mobility schemes at Union level with a view to filling vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. In the light of high youth unemployment and in accordance with Article 47 of the Treaty, the scheme should especially facilitate mobility among young workers in the Union.
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 650 % to the Progress axis, of which at least 17 % shall be allocated to promoting social experimentation as a method for testing and evaluating innovative solutions with a view to scaling them up;
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 230 % to the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.
2012/04/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2011/0261(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal;
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to promote the principle of reciprocity in the Union’s external energy dimension, Member States should be encouraged to only sign contracts with third countries which have introduced legislation in the field of energy that corresponds to EU market rules, especially the rules on ownership unbundling in the Third Energy Package1. ____________ 1 OJ L 211, 14.8.2009.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 66 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit all existing and provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements between them and third countries in their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to explicitly and all amendments thereto to the Commission at the latest three months after the entry into force of this Decision. The Commission shall make the received documents accessible in electronic form to all other Member States. Existing or provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements which have already been communicated in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 to the Commission at the date of entry into force of this Decision, which are fulfilling the requirements of this paragraph, shall be cWithin six months of the submission of the intergovernmental agreements in their entirety, the Commission shall assess their compatibility with EU law, especially with EU competition law and legislation concerning the internal energy market. Should the Commission consider that an intergovernmental agreement is not compatible with EU law, the Member State concerned shall take all necessary steps to eliminate the incompatibility identified. The Commission shall make the received documents accessible in electronic form to all other Member States, but shall not disclose informations iderntified as communicated for the purposes of this Decisionnfidential by the Member State concerned.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may on its own initiative uMember State which has negotiated the intergovernmential four weeks after it has been informed of the closure of the negotiations at the latest or on request from the Member State which has negotiated the intergovernmental agreement, assess tagreement shall, as early as possible and within two weeks after the closure of the negotiations, inform the Commission that the negotiations have been completed and submit the negotiated but not yet signed draft intergovernmental agreement, including its annexes and other texts explicitly referred to, to the Commission for examination. The cCompatibility of the negotiatedmission shall on its own initiative or on request from the Member State which has negotiated the intergovernmental agreement, with Union law before the agreement has been signed. In case the Commission in two months of being notified of the completion of the negotiations, inform the Member State concerned ask for such an ex-ante assessment of the negotiated intergovernmental agreement with Union law, the negotiated but not yet signed draft intergovernmental agreement shall be submitted to the Commission for examinationof any doubts regarding the compatibility of the negotiated agreement, including its annexes and other texts explicitly referred to, with Union law, especially with EU competition law and legislation concerning the internal energy market. The Member State concerned shall refrain from signing the agreement for a period of fourtwo months following the submission of the draft intergovernmental agreement. In agreement with the Member State concerned, the examination period might be prolonged. When a compatibility control has been requested, in the absence of an opinion by the Commission within the examination period, the Commission shall be deemed not to have raised objectionf the Commission has not responded within this period, it shall be deemed not to have raised objections. The Member State shall postpone the signing of an intergovernmental agreement for a further two months if it has received a reply from the Commission that the negotiated agreement is not compatible with EU law. The Commission shall deliver a legal opinion within these two months. 2. In its legal opinion, the Commission shall specify the incompatibility identified and make recommendations on how to eliminate this incompatibility. 3. The Member States shall take due account of the Commission's recommendations and renegotiate the agreement if necessary. If the recommendations are not taken into account and doubts remain as to whether the intergovernmental agreement is compatible with EU law, the Commission shall consider opening infringement proceedings.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Along with the legal opinion, the Commission shall also draw up an analysis showing the extent to which the relevant third country has itself introduced and enforced legislation similar to EU legislation in the field of energy, and in particular the provisions in the Third Energy Package.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
(68) A leverage ratio is a new regulatory and supervisory tool for the Union. In line with international agreements, it should be introduced first as an additional feature that can be applied on individual institutions at the discretion of supervisory authorities. Reporting obligations for institutions would allow appropriate review and calibration, with a view to migrating to a binding measure in 2018 based on a legislative proposal by the Commission, and subject to the Union's full co-decision procedure.
2012/03/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
(76) Apart from short-term liquidity needs, credit institutions and investment firms should also adopt funding structures that are stable at a longer term horizon. In December 2010, the BCBS agreed that the NSFR will move to a minimum standard by 1 January 2018 and that the BCBS will put in place rigorous reporting processes to monitor the ratio during a transition period and will continue to review the implications of these standards for financial markets, credit extension and economic growth, addressing unintended consequences as necessary. The BCBS thus agreed that the NSFR will be subject to an observation period and will include a review clause. In this context, EBA should, based on reporting required by this Regulation, evaluate how a stable funding requirement should be designed. Based on this evaluation, the Commission should report to Council and European Parliament together with any appropriate proposals in order to introducedecide whether such a requirement should be introduced by 2018.
2012/03/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 210 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85
(85) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU should also be delegated to the Commission in respect of prescribing a temporary reduction in the level of own funds or risk weights specified under that Regulation in order to take account of specific circumstances; to clarify the exemption of certain exposures from the application of provisions of that Regulation on large exposures; to specify amounts relevant to the calculation of capital requirements for the trading book to take account of developments in the economic and monetary field; to adjust the categories of investment firms eligible for certain derogations to required levels of own funds to take account of developments on financial markets; to clarify the requirement that investment firms hold own funds equivalent to one quarter of their fixed overheads of the preceding year to ensure uniform application of this Regulation; to determine the elements of own funds from which deductions of an institution's holdings of the instruments of relevant entities should be made; to introduce additional transitional provisions relating to the treatment of actuarial gains and losses in measuring defined benefit pension liabilities of institutions; and to temporarily increase in the level of own funds; and to specify liquidity requirements.
2012/03/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 218 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89
(89) The Commission should adopt the draft regulatory technical standards developed by EBA in the areas of cooperative societies or similar institutions, certain own funds instruments, prudential adjustments, deductions from own funds, additional own funds instruments, minority interests, services ancillary to banking, the treatment of credit risk adjustment, probability of default, loss given default, corporate Governance, approaches to risk- weighting of assets, convergence of supervisory practices, liquidity, and transitional arrangements for own funds, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 290 TFEU and in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level.
2012/03/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 282 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
WThe competent authorities shall waive in full or in part the application of Article 401 to a parent institution and to all of its subsidiaries where all institutions of the single liquidity sub-group are authorised in the same Member State, paragraph 1 shall be applied by the competent authorities of that Member State and supervise them as a single liquidity sub group.
2012/03/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 489 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the provisions governing the instruments require the principal amount of the instruments except for the provisions contained under Article 51, paragraph c) let (i) below to be written down temporarily, or the instruments to be converted to Common Equity Tier 1 instruments, upon the occurrence of a trigger event;
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 493 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the nature of the permanent or temporarily write down of the principal amount;
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 521 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary minus the lowhigher of the following:
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 527 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the amount of Common Equity Tier 1 capital of that subsidiary required to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (a) of Article 87(1) a specific requirement under Article 100 of Directive [inserted by OP] or the internal capital calculated by the institution and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122(2) of Directive [inserted by OP];
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 533 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the amount of consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital that relates to that subsidiary that is required on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (a) of Article 87(1) a specific requirement under Article 100 of Directive [inserted by OP] or the internal capital calculated by the institution in Article 72 of Directive and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122(2) of Directive [inserted by OP];
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 539 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) the lowTier 1 capital of the subsidiary minus the higher of the following:
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 546 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the amount of Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary required to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (b) of Article 87(1), a specific requirement under Article 100 of Directive [inserted by OP] or the internal capital calculated by the institution and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122(2)of Directive [inserted by OP];
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 550 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the amount of consolidated Tier 1 capital that relates to the subsidiary that is required on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (b) of Article 87(1) a specific requirement under Article 100 of Directive [inserted by OP] or the internal capital calculated by the institution and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122(2)of Directive [inserted by OP];
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 554 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) the lowOwn Funds of the subsidiary minus the higher of the following:
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 561 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the amount of own funds of the subsidiary required to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (c) of Article 87(1) a specific requirement under Article 100 of Directive [inserted by OP] or the internal capital calculated by the institution in Article 72 of Directive and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122(2) of Directive [inserted by OP];
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 564 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the amount of own funds that relates to the subsidiary that is required on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (c) of Article 87(1), a specific requirement under Article 100 of Directive [inserted by OP] or the internal capital calculated by the institution in Article 72 of Directive and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122(2) of Directive [inserted by OP];
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 565 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the qualifying own funds of the undertaking, expressed as a percentage of all own funds instruments of the subsidiary that are included in Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 items and the related retained earnings and share premium accounts
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 598 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) uniform definition, formats, frequencies and dates of reporting of the items referred to in paragraph 1 to ensure a uniform and comparable definition of losses;
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 672 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 120 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the risk of the borrower does not materially depend upon the performance of the underlying property or project, but on the underlying capacity of the borrower to repay the debt from other sources, and as a consequence, the repayment of the facility does not materially depend on any cash flow generated by the underlying property serving as collateral. For those other sources, institutions shall determine maximum loan-to-income ratio as part of their lending policy and obtain suitable evidence of the relevant income when granting the loan.deleted
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 750 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 1
Institutions shall subtract the expected loss amounts calculated in accordance with Article 154(2)(3) and (7) from the sum of value adjustments and provisions related to these exposures. general and specific credit risk adjustments related to these exposures. Discounts on balance sheet exposures purchased when in default according to Article 162(1) shall be treated in the same manner as specific credit riskvalue adjustments Sspecific credit risk adjustments on exposures in default shall not be used to cover expected loss on other exposures. Expected loss amounts for securitiszed exposures and general and specific credit risk adjustments related to these exposures shall not be included in this calculation.
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 753 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 160 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The exposure weighted average LGD for all retail exposures secured by residential property and not benefiting from guarantees from central governments shall not be lower than 10% The exposure weighted average LGD for all retail exposures secured by commercial immovable property and not benefiting from guarantees from central governments shall not be lower than 15%deleted
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 762 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 174 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the obligor is past due more than 90 days on any material credit obligation to the institution, the parent undertaking or any of its subsidiaries. The competent authorities of each Member State may set the number of days past due up to a figure of 180 for exposures secured by mortgages on immovable property to counterparties situated in their territory, if local conditions make it appropriate.
2012/03/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1027 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) they are not issued by the institution itself or its parent or subsidiary institutions or another subsidiary of its parent institutions or parent financial holding company; This does not apply to assets referred to in (i) and (ii) in paragraph 2, point (a), which are traded on an ongoing basis in the secondary market;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1036 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) their price is generally agreed upon by market participants and can easily be observed in the market, or their price can be determined by a formula that is easy to calculate based on publicly available inputs and does not depend on strong assumptions as is typically the case for structured or exotic products;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1043 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) they are tradable on active outright sale or repurchase agreement markets with a large and diverse number of market participants, a high trading volume, and market breadth and depth. These criteria should be interpreted separately for each market;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1080 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 405 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) not less than 60% of the liquid assets that the institution reports are assets referred to under points (a) to (c) of Article 404(1). Such assets owed and due or callable within 30 calendar days shall not count towards the 60% unless the assets have been obtained against collateral that also qualifies under points (a) to (c) of Article 404(1); Secured lending and capital market driven transactions, as defined in Article 188, that are collateralised by assets not qualifying as liquid assets according to Article 404, is not to have any impact on the eligible amount of liquid assets;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1092 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 405 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) the consistency of the denomination of the liquid assets is consistent with the distribution by significant currency of liquidity outflows after the deduction of capped inflows is monitored and reported, including the institution's ability to swap currencies and access the relevant foreign exchange markets. A currency is considered significant if the aggregate liabilities denominated in that currency amount to 5% or more of the institution's total liabilities.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1192 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 413 – paragraph 1
1. Institutions shall report their capped liquidity inflows. Capped liquidity inflows shall be the liquidity inflows limited to 75% of liquidity outflows. Institutions may exempt liquidity inflows from deposits placed with other institutions and qualifying for the treatments set out in Article 108(6) or Article 108(7) from this limit. Institutions may exempt liquidity inflows from monies due from borrowers and bond investors related to mortgage lending funded by bonds eligible for the treatment set out in Article 124(3), (4) or (5) or as defined in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC from this limit.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1204 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 413 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) monies due from customers that are not financial customers for the purposes of principal repayment shall be reduced by 50% of their value or by the contractual commitments to those customers to extend funding, whichever is higher. This does not apply to monies due from secured lending and capital market driven transactions as defined in Article 188 that are collateralised by liquid assets according to Article 404 and monies due from mortgage lending funded by bonds eligible for the treatment set out in Article 124(3), (4) or (5) or as defined in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1243 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 414 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
(ix) liabilities resulting from securities issued qualifying for the treatment in Article 124 or as defined in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1259 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 415 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) and separately those: v) collateralised by commercial real estate (CRE); (vi) collateralised by residential real estate (RRE); (vii) match funded (pass-through) via bond eligible for the treatment set out in Article 124 or as defined in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC;
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1270 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 416 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Institutions shall calculate the leverage ratio as the simple arithmetic mean of the monthly leverage ratios over aevery quarter.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1386 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 444
Liquidity 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 445 to specify in detail the general requirement set out in Article 401. Such specification shall be based on the items to be reported according to Part Six, Title II. The delegated act shall also specify under which circumstances competent authorities have to impose specific in- and outflow levels on credit institutions in order to capture specific risks to which they are exposed. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to modify the items referred to in paragraph 1 or add additional items only if one of the following conditions is met: (a) a liquidity coverage requirement based on those criteria, considered either individually or cumulatively, would have a material detrimental impact on the business and risk profile of European institutions or on financial markets or the economy; or (b) modification is appropriate to align them with internationally agreed standards for liquidity supervision. For the purposes of point (a), in assessing the impact of a liquidity coverage requirement based on those criteria, the Commission shall take into account the reports referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 481. 3. The Commission shall adopt the first delegated act referred to in paragraph 1 at the latest by 31 December 2015. A delegated act adopted in accordance with this Article shall, however, not apply before 1 January 2015.deleted
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1486 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 476 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Until 31 December 2015, institutions calculating risk-weighted exposure amounts in accordance with Part Three, Title II, Chapter 3 and institutions using the Advanced Measurement Approaches as specified in Part Three, Title III, Chapter 4 for the calculation of their own funds requirements for operational risk shall meet both of the following requirements: (a) They shall hold own funds as required by Part Three Title II Chapter 1; (b) They shall meet a temporary capital ratio of not less 6.4%. The temporary capital ratio is the own funds of the institution expressed as a percentage of the risk-adjusted assets and off-balance sheet items as set out in Annex IV.deleted
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1501 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 478 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2015 and after consulting the EBA, report to the Parliament and the Council, together with any appropriate proposals, whether the risk weights laid down in Article 124 and the own funds requirements for specific risk in Article 325(5) are adequate for all the instruments that qualify for these treatments and whether the criteria in Article 124 should be made stare appropricater.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1528 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. EBA shall, by 31 December 2013, report to the Commission on appropriate uniform definitions of high and of extremely high liquidity and credit quality of transferable assets for purposes of Article 404, taking into account all relevant factors such as the applicable legal framework, incentive structures, available market initiatives and tools designed to enhance transparency and liquidity of assets. EBA shall in particular test the adequacy of the following criteria and the appropriate levels for such definitions:
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1530 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) minimum trade volume of the assets
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1531 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) minimum outstanding volume of the assets
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1533 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) credit quality steps referred to in Sub- section 2 of Annex VI
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1534 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) maximum bid/ask spread
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1535 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) minimum turnover ratio
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1543 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and Council to specify in detail the general requirement set out in Article 401. Such legislative proposal shall be based on the items to be reported according to Part Six, Title II. The legislative proposal shall also specify under which circumstances competent authorities have to impose specific in- and outflow levels on credit institutions in order to capture specific risks to which they are exposed.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1544 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. For the purposes of paragraph 3 the Commission shall either individually or cumulatively assess whether a liquidity coverage requirement would have a detrimental impact on the business and risk profile of European institutions or on financial markets or the economy and shall take into account the reports referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1545 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. The Commission shall submit the proposal referred to in paragraph 3 at the latest by 31 December 2014.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1549 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2015, EBA shall report to the Commission on whether and how it would be appropriate to ensure that institutions use stable sources of funding, including an assessment of the impact on the business and risk profile of Union institutions, including non-deposit taking institutions, or on financial markets or the economy and bank lending, with a particular focus on lending to small and medium enterprises and on trade financing, including lending under official export credit insurance schemes, and match funded mortgage lending.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1556 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 481 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The reports referred to in paragraph 1, 2 and 6 shall be open for public consultation in all Member States before submitted to the Commission.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1561 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 482 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall submit by 31 December 2016 a report on the impact and effectiveness of the leverage ratio to the European Parliament and the Council. Where appropriate, the report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal on the introduction of one or more levels for the leverage ratio that institutions would be required to meet as a Pillar I tool or a continuation of a Pillar II approach, suggesting an adequate calibration for those levels and any appropriate adjustments to the capital measure and the total exposure measure as defined in Article 416. Any legislative proposal for one or more levels of leverage ratio shall be expressly subject to the full European legislative process involving the Parliament and Council.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1622 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 487 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to paragraph 2, this Regulation shall apply from 1 January 20134.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1627 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 487 – paragraph 2
2. Article 436(1) shall apply from 1 January 20156.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1628 #

2011/0202(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 487 – paragraph 2
2. Article 436(1) shall apply from 1 January 20158.
2012/03/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 63 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The high level of voice, SMS and data roaming prices payable by users of public mobile telephone networks, such as students, business travellers and tourists, when using their mobile telephones when travelling abroad within the Union is a matter of concern for consumers, national regulatory authorities, and the Union institutions. The excessive retail charges are resulting from high wholesale charges levied by the foreign host network operator and also, in many cases, from high retail mark-ups charged by the customer's own network operator. ROwing to a lack of competition, reductions in wholesale charges are often not passed on to the retail customer. Although some operators have recently introduced tariff schemes that offer customers more favourable conditions and somewhat lower prices, there is still evidence that the relationship between costs and prices is far from what would prevail in competitive markets.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Until the structural solutions have brought sufficient competition in the roaming market which would lead to wholesale rate reductions which in turn would be passed on to consumers, the most effective and proportionate approach to regulating the level of prices for making and receiving intra-Union roaming calls is the setting at Union level of a maximum average per- minute charge at wholesale level and the limiting of charges at retail level through the Eurotariff introduced in Regulation (EC) No 717/2007. The average wholesale charge should apply between any pair of operators within the Union over a specified period.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
(35 a) In a market with few dominating operators it may be difficult for smaller operators to enter the market as they may find it difficult to compete, due to their inability to internalise wholesale roaming costs. Therefore, Member States should consider regulatory intervention to ensure that smaller operators have access to the market. On the other hand Member States should not introduce regulation limiting the possibility for smaller operators to form alliances.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
(67) In order to improve the transparency of retail prices for making and receiving regulated roaming calls within the Union and, to help roaming customers make decisions on the use of their mobile telephones while abroad and to guarantee their awareness of roaming charges, providers of mobile telephony services should enable their roaming customers easily to obtain information free of charge on the roaming charges applicable to them when making or receiving voice calls in a visited Member State. Moreover, providers should give their customers, on request and free of charge, additional information on the per- minute or per-unit data charges (including VAT) for the making or receiving of voice calls and also for the sending and receiving of SMS, MMS and other data communication services in the visited Member State. Since certain customer groups might be well informed about roaming charges operators should provide a possibility to easily opt-out from this automatic message service.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The Union is facing unprecedented challenges resulting from increased dependence on energy imports and scarce energy resources, and the need to limit climate change and to overcome the economic crisis. Energy efficiency is a valuable means to address these challenges without hampering economic activity. It improves the Union's security of supply by reducing primary energy consumption and decreasing energy imports. It helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a cost- effective way and thereby to mitigate climate change. Shifting to a more energy- efficient economy should also accelerate the spread of innovative technological solutions and improve the competitiveness of industry in the Union, boosting economic growth and creating high quality jobs in several sectors related to energy efficiency.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) On 8 March 2011, the Commission adopted the Energy Efficiency Plan 2011. This confirmed that the Union is not on track to achieve its energy efficiency target. To remedy this, it spelled out a series of energy efficiency policies and measures covering the full energy chain, including energy generation, transmission and distribution; the leading role of the public sector in energy efficiency; buildings and appliances; industry; and the need to empower final customers to manage their energy consumption. Energy efficiency in the transport sector was considered in parallel in the White Paper on Transport, adopted on 28 March 2011. In particular, Initiative 26 of the White Paper calls for appropriate standards for CO2 emissions of vehicles in all modes, where necessary supplemented by requirements on energy efficiency to address all types of propulsion systemsIt stated that the Commission in 2013, will provide an assessment of the results obtained and whether the programmes will, in combination, deliver the European 20% objective, and that the Commission will propose legally binding national targets for 2020, if the review shows that the overall EU target is unlikely to be achieved.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targets. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether theseMember States have had ample time to pursue the 2020 headline target and the Commission will perform a review in 2013 on national targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to. On this background the Commission shall assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal. The Commission should therefore closely monitor the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targets for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action taken.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 188 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all buildings owned by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. Renovations targeting the building envelope, carried out in buildings which are not in the worst energy performance classes are a necessary component of the provisions within the renovation rate and should be promoted. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings. The obligation to renovate public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 221 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) To tap the energy savings potential in certain market segments where energy audits are generally not offered commercially (such as households or small and medium-sized enterprises), Member States should ensure that energy audits are availablecreate conditions for the availability of energy audits and ensure certification of energy auditors. Energy audits should be mandatory and regular for large enterprises, as energy savings can be significant.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plans to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period to provide investors with information concerning national development plans and contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. New electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity where it is technically, economically and commercially feasible. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) In the implementation of the 20% energy efficiency target, the Commission will have to monitor the impact of new measures on Directive 2003/87/EC establishing the EU's emissions trading directive (ETS) and take measures to provide for a minimum carbon price to ensure that the ETS market works in conjunction with its original purpose in order to maintain the incentives in the emissions trading system rewarding low carbon investments and preparing the ETS sectors for the innovations needed in the future.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 328 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The requirements laid down in this Directive are minimum requirements and shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent measures which are cost-effective and entail further savings. Such measures shall be compatible with the Union's legislation. National legislation foreseeing more stringent measures shall be notified to the Commission.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 367 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. ‘public bodies’ means ‘contracting authorities’ as defined in Directive 2004/18/EC; social housing not owned by the public authorities is excluded from this definition;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 414 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26
26. ‘efficient district heating and cooling’ means a district heating or cooling system using at least 50% renewable, waste or cogenerated heat or a combination thereof cogenerated heat and having a primary energy factor, as referred to in Directive 2010/31/EU, of at least 0.8;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 476 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 20143, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 482 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission should, at the time of the presentation of the assessment, present a legislative proposal to introduce binding country specific targets for energy efficiency, if the assessment shows that the Union as a whole is not likely to achieve its target.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 522 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 555 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow their public bodies to count towards their annual renovation rate the excess of renovated building floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of the twofour previous or following years.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 623 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. As a supplement or an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to apply the provisions within paragraph 1 to private buildings instead. In such circumstances the total floor area shall at least be equal to that of the floor area that would have been renovated with the provisions within paragraph 1. Member States shall prove that the private renovations undertaken are additional to that which would normally have been renovated.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 639 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, while taking into account cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility and technical suitability, as well as sufficient competition as referred to in Annex III.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 656 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Energy efficiency obligationsupport schemes
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 690 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligationsupport scheme. This scheme shall ensurequire that either all energy distributors and/or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous three year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 700 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that all the cost necessary for achieving the energy savings can be recovered among final customers. When implementing an energy saving support scheme in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure transparency and avoid distortion of competition. Measures that target savings with a long life time can be encouraged by added value factors, which are to be decided by Member States, and is not detrimental to internal market rules.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 715 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall express the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party in terms of either final Mtoe or primary Mtoe energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 730 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the savings claimed by obligated parties are calculated in accordance with Annex V(2). They shall put in place controlauthorised independent measurement and verification systems under which at least a statistically significant proportion of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verified. The verification must take place every second year. If independent measurement and verification find unverifiable saving or savings that are not documented they cannot count to the 20 % target.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 749 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) allow obligated parties to count savings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the two previous or two following yearlong as they can be documented and verified and as long as they does not extend lifetime of the savings.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 758 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Once a year Member States shall publish the results of achieved energy savings achieved by each obligated party, their costs and data on the annual trend of energy savings under the scheme. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savings achieved, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the following data:
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 772 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that market actors refrain from any activities that may impede the demand for and delivery of energy services or other energy efficiencysavings improvement measures, or hinder the development of markets for energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures, including foreclosing the market for competitors or abusing dominant positions.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 777 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Member States may exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies, namely those that distribute or sell less than the equivalent of 75 GWh of energy per year, employ fewer than 10 persons or have an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total that does not exceed EUR 2 000 000, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards these thresholds.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 788 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take other measures to achieve energy savings among final customers. The annual amount of energy savings achieved through this approach shall be equivalent to the amount of energy savings required in paragraph 1. Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission may refuse such measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measures.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 819 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. If appropriate, the Commission shall establish, by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18, a system of mutual recognition of energy savings achieved under national energy efficiency obligation schemes. Such a system shall allow obligated parties to count energy savings achieved and certified in a given Member State towards their obligations in another Member State.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 836 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordable and carried out in an independent manner by qualified or accreditcertified experts.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 843 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordable and carried out in an independent manner by qualcertified or accredited experts.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 901 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall incentivise industry, in particular SMEs, e.g. through national energy efficiency funds, to make use of energy services to optimise industrial processes and commercial installations
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 925 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district or other central heating or cooling and district- or other central-supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure and allow to make available their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 976 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
The specific implementation of individual household consumption meters may be subject to a broader long term cost benefit analysis both taking the cost and benefits for the market and the consumers into consideration. This assessment should decide, which form of metering that is most cost effective taken into account the specifications of Annex VI 1.2 and the timeframe which is feasible for the implementation. This cost benefit assessment should, furthermore, take place no later than one year after the deadline for the transposition of the directive into national law.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 985 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Member States shall introduce rules on cost allocation of heat consumption in multi-apartment buildings supplied with centralised heat or cooling. Such rules shall include guidelines on correction factors to reflect building characteristics such as heat transfers between apartments.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1016 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. IElectronically provided information from metering and billing of individual consumption of energy as well as the other information mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and Annex VI shall be provided to final customers free of charge. This applies not for the paper billing as such.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1101 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that where technically, economically and commercially feasible all new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1361 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that unnecessarily increase the volume of distributed or transmittedcounter-act energy efficiency in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy. In this respect, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC and Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States may impose public service obligations relating to energy efficiency on undertakings operating in the electricity and gas sectors.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1438 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
e a) Encouraging financial support directly or indirectly to SMEs to foster long-term investments in Energy Efficiency.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1497 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April1 December each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1506 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April1 December 20143, and every three years thereafter, Member State shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes and measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1508 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall assess the plans, and may give recommendations to their improvement and the practical implementation of the 20% headline target, if the plans are unrealistic or it is deemed unlikely that the target will be reached based on the measures in the plans.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1532 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Specifically on Directive 2003/87/EC (ETS) Member States shall report information, which the Commission shall use for its monitoring of the impact on ETS. The monitoring of the Commission with respect to ETS shall be in place “in order to maintain incentives in the ETS rewarding low carbon investments and preparing the ETS sectors for the innovations needed in the future" as stated in the impact assessment and recital (34). These measures needs to be taken including recalibrating the ETS by setting aside a corresponding number of allowances from the part to be auctioned during the period 2013 to 2020 as also stated in the impact assessment. The principles for these measures will be as follows: If the monitoring in 19 (4) shows that the impact on ETS in form of a to low CO2 quota price compared to the expectation in the Low Carbon Roadmap, the Commission shall analyse the need for setting aside a corresponding number of allowances from the total amount that are to be auctioned during the period 2013 to 2020. The rules for how many allowances shall be set aside shall be decided in a legislative proposal, which are to be proposed before the end of 2013. The amount to set aside shall be calculated by reducing the amount the Member States are auctioning (ETS directive article 10 (1) and shall be divided between the Member States in same manner as done in the ETS directive article 10 (2).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1547 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. If the carbon price drops as a result of new measures in this directive, the Commission shall take rolling measures such as taking quotas out of the market to ensure that the Emissions Trading Scheme works as it would have done without the extra set of measures, and according to its original purpose of creating incentives for investments in energy efficiency and RES.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1615 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – section 1
1. Measures that target short-term savings The following measures shall be considered as targeting short-term savings: a) distribution or installation of energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs; b) distribution or installation of energy efficient shower heads; c) energy audits; d) information campaigns.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1628 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – section 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
b) metering;, measurement equipment
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2011/0156(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, and to their social and economic interests, as well as it benefits the European competitiveness by giving European companies a larger home market.
2012/01/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2011/0156(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
cf. wording of Council Directive 76/211/EEC of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain(ha) ‘prepackage’ means the combination of a product and the individual package in which it is prepacked before sale. Or. da prepackaged products.
2012/01/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2011/0156(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)
cf. wording of Council Directive 76/211/EEC of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain(hb) ‘prepackaged product’ means a product that is placed in a package of whatever nature without the purchaser being present in such a way that the quantity of product contained in the package has a predetermined value and cannot be altered without the package either being opened or undergoing a perceptible modification. Or. da prepackaged products.
2012/01/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2011/0150(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) European standardisation also helps to boost the competitiveness of enterprises by facilitating in particular the free movement of goods and services, network interoperability, means of communication, technological development and innovation. European standardisation strengthens the competitiveness of business when coordinated with the international standardisation system. Standards produce significant positive economic effects, for example by promoting economic interpenetration on the internal market and encouraging the development of new and improved products or markets and improved supply conditions. Standards thus normally increase competition and lower output and sales costs, benefiting economies as a whole. Standards may maintain and enhance quality, provide information and ensure interoperability and compatibility, thereby increasing value for consumers.
2012/01/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2011/0150(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) European standards play a very important role within the internal market, mainlyfor example through the presumption of conformity of products to be made available on the market with the essential requirements of those products laid down in Union harmonisation legislation.
2012/01/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2011/0150(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) SWhen standards are mainly market- driven tools that are used voluntarily by stakeholders, they can contribute to helping European policy address the major societal challenges such as climate change, sustainable resource use, ageing, and innovation in general. By driving the development of European or international standards for goods and technologies in these expanding markets, Europe could create a competitive advantage for its companies and facilitate trade.
2012/01/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #

2011/0150(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The European Standardisation Bodies shall send an short and concise annual report on the implementation of this Regulation to the Commission. It shall contain detailed information on the following:
2012/01/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2011/0093(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. The European patent with unitary effect shall confer on its proprietor the right to preventa legally enforceable right ruling out the lawfulness of the following for any third party not having the proprietor's consent from the following:
2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #

2011/0093(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The European patent with unitary effect shall confer on its proprietor the right to preventa legally enforceable right ruling out the lawfulness of any third party from’s supplying or offering to supply within the participating Member States any person without the proprietor's consent, other than a party entitled to exploit the patented invention, with means, relating to an essential element of that invention, for putting it into effect therein, when the third party knows, or should have known, that those means are suitable and intended for putting that invention into effect.
2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 347 #

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) carrying out an assessment of the passengers prior to their scheduled arrival or departure from the Member State in order to identify any persons who may be involved in a terrorist offence or serious transnational crime and who require further examination by the competent authorities referred to in Article 5. In carrying out such an assessment, the Passenger Information Unit may process PNR data against pre-determined criteria in accordance with this Directive, and may compare PNR data against data stored by Europol, against relevant international and national databases or against national mirrors of Union databases, where they are established on the basis of Union law, on persons sought or under alert, in accordance with Union, international and national rules applicable to such files. Member States shall ensure that any positive match resulting from such automated processing is individually reviewed by non-automated means in order to verify whether the competent authority referred to in Article 5 needs to take action;
2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 408 #

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall adopt a list of the competent authorities entitled to request or receive PNR data or the result of the processing of PNR data from the Passenger Information Units in order to examine that information further or take appropriate action for the specific purpose of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting terrorist offences and serious crimetransnational crime. Within its mandate, Europol shall be entitled to request and receive PNR data that are necessary in a specific case to prevent, detect, investigate or prosecute terrorist offences and serious transnational crimes.
2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 530 #

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Exchange of information under this Article may take place using any existing channels for international law enforcement cooperation, including the channels provided by Europol. The language used for the request and the exchange of information shall be the one applicable to the channel used. Member States shall, when making their notifications in accordance with Article 3(3), also inform the Commission with details of the contacts to which requests may be sent in cases of urgency. The Commission shall communicate to the Member States the notifications received.
2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the challenges presented by China are those of implementing an ambitious EU industrial policy which should be based on: - stringent standards, - strengthening anti-dumping measures, - adopting a more balanced approach to public procurement,within the current GPA agreements, to public procurement in order to improve European companies' access to the Chinese market, - insuring IPR compliance, - pursuing research and innovation - and promoting the green economy; points out that such an industrial policy will be effective only if it is developed at the EU level, and that it will be impossible to generate a coherent EU approach to China on the basis of separate national approaches;
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 23 February 2011 entitled "A review of the 'Small Business Act' for Europe" (COM(2011)0078),
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in order to maintain European competitiveness a shift in culture is needed to improve European entrepreneurship and the potential for innovation; whereas changes need to be made to commend risk seeking and improve conditions for start-up innovative enterprises and entrepreneurs;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 1
· putting firstincluding citizens' creativity, consumption patterns and responses to new ideas,
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a broad concept of innovation that goes beyond technological and product-oriented innovation and placesays attention to the enabling role of citizens at the centre; recalls that innovation is applying ideas successfully in practice and targets products, processes, or services or movements;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the targets as set out in the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Energy Strategy for Europe 2011-2020, the raw materials initiative and the Roadmap for a Low Carbon Economy by 2050 must be given priority in the Innovation Union;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Stresses that the main goal of the Innovation Union policy should be to facilitate coordination and coherence by adopting a truly holistic approach focused oninnovation in the economy and the society with regards to the grand societal challenges;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for the development of a single integrated indicator, taking into account the diversity of the existing economic systems in the Members States in order to allowing better monitoring of progress in innovation; urges further development of the ‘scoreboard’ by means of international cooperation;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that citizens' demands as consumers and engagement as professionalonsumers demands are the main drivers of innovation; points out that the creation of an innovative society must therefore be based on the participation of its citizenonsumers, by enabling them to articulate their needs and their creative potential through a bottom-up approach and by providing innovative solutions enabling individual citizens to contribute to resource efficiency;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the importance of social innovation and the need to adopt a bottom- up approach and an open environment for creative ideas, so as to spur productivity growth, empower employees and develop solutions for unmet social needs (such as inclusion and immigration) and economic challenges;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU, national and regional authorities to stimulate socentrepreneurial innovation and to provide public funds in support of it; stresses that socentrepreneurial innovation should be included in funding and support programmes such as the European Social Fund, the Framework Programmes (FPs) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP);
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to take action to improve the entrepreneurial and quantitative skills of (young) Europeans by incorporating entrepreneurship and innovation into all areas of education such as through the Commission's "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs´" programme, which offers young entrepreneurs training and the potential to build cross- border networks and facilitates business cooperation with experienced entrepreneurs;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 161 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to set upcombine existing aid schemes and supporting structures in order to move towards a simple and accessible system to accelerate innovation, to focus on the grand societal challenges and actively to prevent fragmentation and bureaucracy;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to examine existing consulting services as well as the option to set up a ‘one-stop shop’ in cooperation with the Member States, that is, a service counter where all stakeholders (especially innovative small firms) – including local and regional government – can apply for financial support or be linked up with potential partners;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to introduce a better method of financing innovation, by creating synergies and merging Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I) support programmes where possible, for example the FPs, Joint Technology Initiatives, the CIP, Joint Programmes, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, and to direct structural funding and parts of the Common Agricultural Policy funds and Emission Trading Scheme auction revenues to innovation; joins the Council in calling for a new balance between trust and control, and between risk-taking and risk avoidance;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Joins the Council in calling for a new balance between trust and control, and between risk-taking and risk avoidance;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 220 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-evaluate the whole ecosystem of innovationinnovation infrastructure with a view to removing unnecessary barriers, for example to access to loans for universities;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 236 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the European single market must be completed for all goods and services as a matter of urgency, including innovative health products, thus providing access to 500 million consumers;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the maximisation of the freedom of movement for researchers in order to achieve the completion of the European Research Area – a Treaty obligation – by 2014, so as to enable the EU to retain and attract top talent;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 267 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Member States to direct their public procurement towards innovative products, processes and services; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in its legislative proposals, to facilitate innovation enabling public procurement, including a review of pre-commercial procurement opportunities, and calls on the Member States to increase their greeninnovative public procurement;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 272 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the important role that SMEs can play if public procurement rules are designed with adjustable requirements (including capital requirements and the size of contracts) according to the size of the participating business;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 286 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 point 5 a (new)
· integrate, not duplicate existing initiatives,
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 293 #

2010/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to set up an innovation partnership for raw materials;
2011/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that trade is one of the cornerstones of a successful European industrial policy and calls therefore for future multilateral and bilateral trade agreements to form a coherent part of an industrial strategy based upon fair global competition, transparency and full reciprocity;
2011/03/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes there is a need for a new European trade policy, promoting which recognises the need for both knowledge enterprises and manufacturing enterprises in Europe and which accordingly promotes further manufacturing in Europe and does not incentivisinge business to delocalise; is of the opinion that trade agreements with external partners should take into account the competitiveness of European industry, SMEs, and the agricultural and food production industry;
2011/03/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 14 #

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of concluding bilateral free trade agreements between the EU and – in particular – South American and Asian growth economies in the context of increased growth and freedom to compete on an international stage under mutually recognised, transparent and fair conditions; recognises that free trade agreements not only enable each of the parties to benefit from economies of scale but also create the opportunity for the EU to focus on the knowledge and manufacturing industries in which it has a competitive advantage on the world market; considers that these free trade agreements can help boost both the quantity and quality of products and services on the world market, and that this is specially necessary in the light of Europe’s demographic challenges;
2011/03/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the coherence of internal and external dimensions of industrial policy must be continually strengthened in order to ensure regulatory predictability, simplicity, stability and a level- playing field for European industry on both the internal and external markets;
2011/03/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2010/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1
-1. Stresses that an EU competition policy based on the principles of open markets and a level playing field in all sectors is a cornerstone of a successful internal market and a condition for the creation of sustainable and knowledge based jobs;
2010/10/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2010/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Invites the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of the third energy liberalisation package by Member States according to the timetable and assess its effectiveness in creating a functioning internal market; encourages the Commission to initiate a further inquiry into the energy sector if the assessment comes to a negative conclusion;
2010/10/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2010/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Refers to the fact that a well- functioning market incentivises energy efficiency;
2010/10/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Supports the view that a sounder financial system necessitates regulation to improve the competition on the financial market, and acknowledges the need for more regulation aimed at bringing more safety and more transparency to the over- the-counter (OTC) derivatives market for financial institutions; underlines that such a regulation will increase costs of doing business and non-financial institutions, such as power companies, trading in products, commodities and services that do not cause any systemic risk should be exempted from this regulation;
2010/10/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2010/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reminds that digital convergence and the growing importance of interoperability and standards are key issues for the ICT in the increasingly inter-connected global environment; underlines furthermore the importance of continuously ensuring free competition in the field of ICT as new digital products and services appear on the market; calls therefore on the Commission to address these issues in the upcoming guidelines on horizontal cooperation agreements;
2010/10/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2010/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. RPoints out that SMEs are particularly important for the whole European economy; stresses furthermore the major innovation potential of SMEs and reiterates its previous request to the Commission to include a dedicated chapter on SMEs and competition. with a focus on fair and non- discriminatory competition conditions for SMEs.
2010/10/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Europe continues to become more dependent on imports of foreign sources of energy, notably as regards fossil fuels, whereas the dependence on oil is particularly high and will increase in the future,
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Europe continues to become more dependent on imports of foreign sources of energy, notably as regards fossil fuels, EU's energy policy must therefore have an international dimension,
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there are substantial biomass resources in EU27 to manufacture significant quantities of second generation biofuels which will drive the promotion of 100.000’s of green agricultural jobs that cannot be outsourced, bring down road transport emissions and generate considerable internal revenues for the EU and reduce dependence on fossil fuels and other foreign sources of energy,
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas energy infrastructure need to be financed first and foremost by energy tariffs; but whereas EU funding might also be needed where markets alone can not finance such investments, especially in the least developed regionin order to establish well functioning networks opening up European energy markets,
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly stresses and underlines the need to fully implement the current EU energy legislation and to fulfil the EU energy targets; underscores the need for the rapid and correct implementation of 3rd Energy package rules in all 27 Member States;
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the need to continue to unbundle and deregulate European energy markets to secure competition and supply of electricity at the lowest possible price;
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a Recalls that to prevent dominant incumbent suppliers from foreclosing the opening of the market, it is important to enable the development of new business models, for instance the ability to contract simultaneously with several suppliers;
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that only a pan-European energy network, not based on Member State borders, will enable the final completion of the internal energy market; ensuring that all European energy production will be used in an optimal way, decreasing the need for imports;
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point d
(d) extend financial support to the implementation phase of projects if they provide benefits for security of supply and competition;
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that expanding energy networks in strategic areas such as the Baltic Sea is of pivotal importance to increase efficiency in energy consumption and to secure energy supply to EU countries that today depend on non EU countries;
2010/09/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 294 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for the further extension of the membership of the Energy Community to more EU neighbouring countries, notably countries in the Eastern Partnership; underlines that the Commission should ensure and enforce a timely and strict implementation of EU energy rules by its members, notably by making the availability of EU funds conditional to the application of the Treaty obligations;
2010/09/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Notes the importance second generation biofuels can play in the EU energy mix, requests the Commission to investigate whether the double-counting mechanism set out in the renewable energy Directive is enough to support production of second generation biofuels;
2010/09/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 337 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Recognizes that second generation biofuels technology is available now and that the EU has a substantial potential for biomass production. Believes that large scale deployment of second generation biofuels will increase energy security, create substantial economic growth and green jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Calls on the Commission to propose a conducive policy framework and supports further promotion of the deployment of second generation biofuels in Europe;
2010/09/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 421 #

2010/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Notes that the EU imports 80 percent of its oil requirements and with oil reserves running out, dependence on energy imports will only increase in the future, notes that the price of oil has been increasingly volatile in the recent years and that it puts European consumers and companies at risk, therefore calls on the Commission to investigate the potential and the barriers for a large scale roll out of low carbon fuels such as second generation biofuels, in order to mitigate the consumer risk by reducing dependence on imported oil;
2010/09/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas future energy price developments will encourage individuals to reduce their energy consumption; therefore the real energy efficiency gains can primarily be reached by incentivising more efficient common infrastructures in buildings, heating systems and transport sector where otherwise decisions improving the use of energy are beyond the control and influence of individuals or companies,
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas efforts mainly focusing on the regional and the local level need to be stepped up to reachif the 20% energy efficiency target by 2020 is to be met and whereas monitoring of progress towards achieving the target is not sufficient,
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the payback period for investments in energy efficiency is shortrelatively short compared to other investments and investments create new jobs in rural as well as in urban areas which can to a large extent not be outsourced, in particular in the construction sector and within SMEs,
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas an estimated 69% of the housing stock in Europe is owner- occupied and 17% is private rented predominantly by individual landlords and whereas the private housing sector face financial constraints to carry out energy refurbishments,
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to include a critical assessment of National Energy Efficiency Action Plans and their implementation, including a binding template for reporting,common standards for reporting which include minimum requirement elements such as all relevant energy efficiency policy including soft and supporting tools like financing; merge reporting with ESD, energy labelling and eco-design to remove burdens from Member States, and evaluate each Member State's actions and rank them to make sound use of the flexible targets approach;
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a revision of the CHP Directive to promote CHPonsiders that a stronger focus is needed to increase the overall energy system efficiency, in particular to reduce heat losses; therefore calls for a revision of the CHP Directive to promote highly efficient CHP, Micro-CHP, use of waste heat from industry and district heating/cooling by encouraging Member States to set up a stable and favourable regulatory framework by considering priority access to the electricity grid for CHP and by promoting use of highly efficient CHP, Micro-CHP and district heating in buildings and sustainable funding for CHP, e.g. by making CHP a selection criterion for urban and rural development projects financed by the Structural Funds;
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that district heating and cooling networks have the potential to bridge the gap to a low carbon future; stresses that these networks must be open to competition;
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. UHighlights the decisive role that energy efficiency can play in the development of urban and rural areas; underlines the need to support initiatives which focus on the local and regional level to lower energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions such as the Covenant of Mayors and the Smart Cities initiative;
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the potential for the encouragement and implementation of best practices with regard to Energy Efficiency at the level of municipal and regional agencies;
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Acknowledges the potential for energy savings in buildings, both in cities and rural areas;
2010/10/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates authorised by an independent body, one- stop shops providing access to technical advice and support as well as financial incentives available at regional, national and European level;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote refurbishment techniques, which are more economical while ensuring a high level of energy savings;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 226 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the Commission should finance pilot studies of energy efficiency audits of buildings to verify potential savings and motivate market players to invest in energy-efficient solutionspromote the transformation of existing buildings into nearly zero energy buildings including financing of refurbishment;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 267 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Acknowledges the need to support partnerships between the ICT sector and major emitting sectors to improve the energy efficiency and emissions of these sectors;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Addresses the need to the implementation of training programs, particularly those targeting intermediary technicians;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Asks the Commission to publish an ambitious white paper on transport in order to develop a sustainable European transport policy that promotes the introduction of energy-efficient new technologies and reduces dependency on fossil fuels, especially oil; and in this regard promotes higher energy consciousness in infrastructure and spatial planning;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 325 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Acknowledges that the deployment of modular road trains is a sustainable solution which contributes to a higher energy efficiency level in the road transport sector; further acknowledges that the diverging set of rules which modular road trains encounter when crossing country borders are detrimental for an increased use of this method of road transport; calls upon the Commission to inquire which differences in rules can easily be bridged and how an increased level of cross-bordering transport by modular road trains can be ensured;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 330 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to submit a report on the need for further financial assistance in order to increase energy efficiency in the existing building stock and which evaluates current financial instruments. If needed, the Commission could put forward proposals on how to establish an EU framework of revolving financial instruments to support complementary energy efficiency measures which support existing successful national schemes and distribution channels (e.g. by means of risk sharing) and which encourages the setting- up and improvement of energy efficiency schemes in Member States;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Asks the Commission and Member States to further promote the adoption of financial instruments and programmes, which are more accessible and tailored for the private individual real estate sector, and in particular homeowners and landlords with small and medium portfolios;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 359 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the need to improve the use of existing EU funds such as the ERDF for energy efficiency measures; asks the Commission to identify the obstacles to the use of a larger share of the resources of the Structural and Cohesion Funds for this purpose and to come forward with adequate actions to address these obstacles (e.g. additional EU measures to support technical assistance); asks the Commission to explore the possibility for EU funds to play an important role in the development of national, regional and local energy efficiency funds, instruments, or mechanisms which deliver such financing possibilities to private property owners, to small and medium-sized enterprises and to energy efficiency service companies;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 369 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Considers that Energy Efficiency should be deemed as a conditionality criteria in order to select and elect projects financed by Structural and Cohesion Funds;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 404 #

2010/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Stresses the importance of partnerships among national and international institutions as well as industries, particularly the energy intensive industries;
2010/10/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas removing obstacles to the Internal Market and opening up EU's borders is the best way to create a thriving and competitive European Industry,
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a new, sustainable industrial policy can achieve success only via an integrated, cross-sectoral approach underpinned by horizontal and sectoral initiatives based on objective economic argumentation and measures at European, national and regional level;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the fact that fair competition together with open markets are crucial for the emergence of new and dynamic industries;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission, and calls on the Commission to set up a permanent industrial policy task force to this end; furthermore calls on the Commission to focus more on competitiveness aspects during the impact assessment process (“Competitiveness Proofing”) as well as to evaluate ex post the cumulated impact of legal acts and to implement this essential part of smart regulation as quickly as possible;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is convinced that the success of a new, sustainable industrial policy depends on the involvement of all stakeholders, particularly the social partners; notes that the Commission is required to embed a clear partnership principle in all areas and measures, part of which consists in joint monitoring and evaluation of anticipated measures, including assessment of strategies/measures/programmes;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 1 a (new)
· must be market-driven,
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 268 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needswill benefit from an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices andand is based on security of supply and competition, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevent as few damaging emissions as possible; points out that legal certainty and stable framework conditions carbon leakage; points oute fundamental for any business, and that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low- carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted, and stresses that saving energy means saving resources;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 332 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger, coordinated EU policy on lead markets, such as the environmental industEU initiatives that identify what drives (some 3.5 million employees, EUR 300 billion turnover, up to 50% of the global market); stresses that many "traditional" markets – steel, automobiles and shipbuildgrowth, innovation and competitiveness in different sectors, and then bring, for example – have a strong capacity for innovation and/or offer comparative advantages, of which full use should be made; for these purposes, product-specific legislation such as the eco-design directive should be developed further, and industry-stimulating iniward market-based policy responses which foster favourable and predictable framework conditions for growth, innovation and competiatives such as the "green car initiative" put in placeness in all sectors without picking winners;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 382 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
• to press on with implementation of the Small Business Act, and to deal with shortcomings in the application of the guidelines adopted and address specific measures such as reducing the administrative burden and the "SME Test"; believes that other aspects of regulatory burden than administrative burden should be taken into account, e.g. compliance costs;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 385 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2
• to continue working on better access to financing opportunities for SMEs and, in particular, to develop viable venture capital possibilities; to strengthen, in the context of the new architecture of the financial market, financing possibilities for SMEs and their preferred sources of finance;to open up markets and create fair pre- conditions for competition, enabling more entrepreneurs and small companies to grow and develop into companies operating all over Europe;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 391 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
• to strengthen internationalisation measures in order to make SMEs more competitive and geared for the internal and global market;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 403 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that sectoral aid policy should not onexclusively be seen in the context of competition law, but must, in the interests of Europe, be used proactively, transparently and with clear rules to strengthen innovation and the roll-out of new products, and in connection with industrial restructuring operations and stresses that the principles of open markets and a level playing field constitute the very basis of a competitive European industry;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 445 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
• the existing industry-specific approaches (task forces, high-level groups, innovation platforms such as Cars 21, etc.) to be renewed, comparably developed and equipped with clear strategic content by the Commission, in consultation with all stakeholders,
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
• a particular focus on the key European industries – e.g. the automotive industry, renewable energies, aviation, chemicals, food and the creative industries,deleted
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 494 #

2010/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 3 a (new)
• initiatives such as the Covenant of Mayors and Smart Cities should be supported as industry and SME's also benefit from these;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2010/2085(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Asks the Commission to consider a unified system of market surveillance to ensure increased harmonisation on the single market when it revises the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD);
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #

2010/2085(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of ensuring reliable traceability throughout all stages of the life of a product, while making sure that it does not lead to increased administrative burdens;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2085(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Commission to incorporate into RAPEX, or any other appropriate system at EU level, penalties for infringements by the Member States, in order to ensure transparencyincentives for all stakeholders;
2010/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 57 #

2010/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the important specificities of the European banking sector, such as the variety of business models operating under different legal forms and the fact that the corporate sector is predominantly financed through bank lending and the need not to impair mortgage models that has proven resilient during the financial crisis;
2010/06/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 151 #

2010/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Is of the view that a "liquidity coverage ratio" should take greater account of the risk of concentration of eligible assets in any liquidity buffer, encourage diversification on available high quality assets (e.g. covered bonds) in the relevant markets or currency areas and discourage excessive concentration into one particular asset class;
2010/06/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 31 #

2010/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the contributions granted with reference to, among other things: the beneficiaries' re- integration into employment; the difference between the number of potential beneficiaries and the number of workers that have received support; the disparities between Member States in terms of the funding provided per worker and the reasons for those disparities; compliance with the non-discriminationstablish relevant parameters whereby the contributions granted can be evaluated on the basis of their value to the individual criterion with reference to the contractual position of the workers made redundant; the procedures for consulting the social partners that were or were not used when preparing applications and the checks carried out on their implementation; and the procedures for verifying the implementation of contributions and any repayments Member States are requested to makeizen and society, as well as their European added value, in order to better justify the EGF; calls on the Commission to reflect the findings of that evaluation in its proposal for the revision of the regulation;
2010/06/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 37 #

2010/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the time required to mobilise the EGF could be halved and that, to this end, applications for mobilisation of the EGF should be drawn up by Member States as soon as a collective redundancy has been announced, and not after it has taken place, so as to reduce the 10-week period Member States have in which to forward their applications once the intervention criteria have been fulfilled; considers that Member States should forward their applications in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages so that the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications may do so without delay, and that the Commission should assign additional staff to processing applications submitted by Member States andconsiders that Member States should forward their applications in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages so that the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications may do so without delay; considers that the time needed to mobilise the EGF should be reduced; considers that the Commission should be given a time limit of eight months to process each application and take a final decision on it, the time to be calculated from the date on which the Commission registers receipt of a given application; considers, finally , that the Commission should scrupulously observe the time limit of 15 days between the adoption of a mobilisation decision and the payment of the financial contribution to the Member State;
2010/06/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 60 #

2010/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Wishes the EGF to beCommission to examine the possibility of the EGF being made a permanent fund in the next multiannual financial framework, with its own commitment and payment appropriations, instead of one which depends on the non- utilisation or under-utilisation of appropriations from previous financial years;
2010/06/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 70 #

2010/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to improve its reporting on the use of the EGF by substantially fleshing out its annual reports and regularly forwarding to Parliament information on Member States' implementation of financial contributions; calls, furthermore, for the Commission's annual report on implementation of the EGF to become a six-monthly report, should the Commission be delegated decision-making powers under the next multiannual financial framework;
2010/06/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's intention to review the European Standardisation System with a view to preserving its many successful elements, improving its deficiencies and striking the right balance between the European and , national and international dimensions; stresses that the proposed review should build on the strengths of the existing system, which constitute a solid basis for improvement, refraining from any radical changes that would undermine the core values of the system;
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 16 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes efforts by the European Standards Organisations (ESOs) to include all stakeholders and ensure balanced representation; considers that thought should be given to setting an upper limit for participation by particular types of stakeholders on technical committees and working parties, so that SMEs, for example, are given fair representation;
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the national and European standards bodies (NSBs) to provide SMEs with bundles of standards for reduced fees and to provide online abstracts of standards free of charge;
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the NSBnational and European standards bodies to simplify standards by reducing the number of references to other standards, making the texts describing these standards less technical, improving and simplifying electronic search functions and providing user-friendly guidelines;
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to develop technology-watch activities so as to identify future R&D output that could benefit from standardisation; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to promote easily accessible and user- friendly evaluation mechanisms via the internet;
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need, which has been recognised since the 1990s, to ensurstimulate direct participation by societal stakeholders at European level in order to reflect their views more effectively, given that their representation on national technical committees remains weak; affirms that, as very limited progress hasshould been made to increase societal stakeholder participation at national level,; considers that financial and political support for the Europeannational organisations established to represent such stakeholders needs to be maintained at least in the period to 2020;
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 59 #

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Holds the view that these European organisations must obtain a stronger role within the ESOs; recommends that, without prejudice to the national delegation principle, all such organisations should be given a vote in the ESO technical bodies, on condition that they are associate members or cooperating partners of the ESOs and have participated in the respective work item at technical level; considers also that such organisations should, under the same conditions, be given a symbolic vote in the formal adoption of standards, which would not necessarily be counted in the voting result but would serve as an indicator of the level of support for a given standard among all stakeholders;deleted
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 64 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to simplify procedures where possible, and specifically to take the ‘think small first’ principle into account in future changes;
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 75 #

2010/2051(INI)

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 curwhere there is a clear societal interenst 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)Member States should contribute with financial support in order to ensure that all stakeholders, including SMEs, can be represented;
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 90 #

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that public authorities in most Member States show limited interest in participating in the standards-development process, notwithstanding the importance of standardisation as a tool to support legislation and public policies; urges Member States, - as the representatives of the interests of the citizens - and in particular market surveillance authorities, to send representatives to take part in all national technical committees mirroring the development of standards in support of EU policies and legislation; stresses that the presence of national authorities in the debate on standards development is crucial for the proper functioning of legislation in the areas covered by the "New Approach", and for the avoidance of ex-post formal objections to harmonised standards;
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 100 #

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that standards should be comprehensible and easy to use so that they can be implemented better by users; considers it essential to reduce, where appropriate, the excessive number of cross- references between standards, and to address current difficulties in identifying the group of standards relevant to a given product or process; calls on the national and European standards bodies and trade associations to provide user-friendly guidelines for the use of standards, free online abstracts and better online access to consultation drafts;
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 105 #

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the need to promote the inclusion of standardisation in education programmes and academic curricula in order to familiarise students with the strategic benefits of standardisation; encourages the development of studies and surveys to assess, quantify and communicate the economic and social benefits of standards;
2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 6 #

2010/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The IAB should check all Commission IAs and issue opinions on them; if the Commission, following a critical opinion from the IAB, decides not to make any changes to its proposal, a statement from the Commission explaining this decision should be published with the proposal as should the IAB's opinion;
2010/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2010/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the impact on EU economic partnerships as well as the implications of choosing a specific European standard instead of an international standard should be taken into consideration in IAs;
2010/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2010/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that IAs should be carried out systematically for any legislative proposal and; calls for the Commission to consult stakeholders on analysis drafts before the proposal and the IA are finalised, believes furthermore that executive summaries of IAs should be provided; calls on the Commission, for the exceptional cases in which no IA can be carried out, to always provide a reasoned justification why an IA is not performed;
2010/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2010/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that IAs should be updated during the policy-making cycle, in particular to take account of substantive changes to the initial legislative proposal put forward by the Commission, and that the update be available prior to the final vote in Parliament; believes that there should be developed mechanisms allowing for a targeted use of IAs in Parliament in cases where proposals undergo substantive changes in committee;
2010/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2010/2016(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the administrative burden of new legislation to be imposed on business and public administration should be a key element assessed by IAs, and administrative and compliance costs should if possible be quantified; urges that the effects of new regulation on industry be thoroughly assessed and that the SME test be consistently applied and published to evaluate the impact of new regulation on SMEs in particular;
2010/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2010/0816(NLE)

Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. All appoinRecruitments in the EEAS shall be based on merit and on the broadest possible geographical basiswhilst ensuring adequate geographical and gender balance. The staff of the EEAS shall comprise a meaningfuln adequate presence of nationals from all the Member States. Concrete measures analogous to the Council regulation 401/2004 should be taken to ensure adequate geographical representativity in all grades within the EEAS, both in Headquarters and in Delegations. These measures should apply to nationals from under-represented Member States.
2010/07/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) It is important to ensure that consumers can have confidence in the integrity of electricity and gas markets and that prices set on wholesale energylectricity and gas markets reflect a fair interplay between supply and demand, which means that consumers can have confidence in these markets.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 60 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The advice of the Committee of European Securities Regulators and the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas confirmed that the scope of existing legislation may not properly address market integrity issues on the electricity and gas markets and recommended the consideration of an appropriate legislative framework intailored to the energy sector, which preventings market abuse and takes sector specific conditions into account which are not covered by other Directives and Regulations.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Energy markets are increasingly interlinked across the Union. Market abuse in one Member State often affects wholesale prices for electricity and gas across national borders. Therefore the concern to ensure the integrity of markets cannot be a matter only for individual Member States.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) It should be clearly prohibited to use or to attempt to use inside information to trade either on one's own account or on the account of a third party. Use of inside information can also consist in trading in wholesale energylectricity and gas products by persons who know, or ought to know, that the information they possess is inside information.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Efficient market monitoring requires regular access to records of transactions. For this reason market participants who trade wholesale energylectricity and gas products should be required to provide this information for standardised products only to the Agency.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Agency shouldmust ensure the operational security of the data which it receives, prevent unauthorised access to the information kept by the Agency, and establish procedures to ensure that the data it collects are not misused by persons with an authorised access to them. The Agency should also be assured that those authorities who have access to the data held by Agency will be able to maintain an equally high level of security and are bound by appropriate confidentiality arrangements. These rules must also apply to other authorities who gain access to the data for the purpose of this Regulation.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Where information is not commercially sensitive, the Agency should be able to make that information available to market participants and the wider public. Such transparency can help build confidence in the market and help the development of knowledge about the functioning of wholesale energy markets. To ensure greater transparency and public access to information on wholesale energy prices the Agency should prepare monthly country by country report on price developments in energy wholesale markets.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) National regulatory authorities and competent financial authorities should cooperate to ensure a coordinated approach to tackling market abuse on wholesale energylectricity and gas markets which encompasses both commodity markets and derivatives markets.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) It is important that the penalties for breaches of this Regulation are proportionate and dissuasive, and reflect the gravity of the infringements and the potential gains from trading on the basis of inside information and market manipulation. Recognising the interactions between trading in electricity and gas derivative products and trading in actual electricity and gas, the penalties for breaches of this Regulation should be in line with the penalties adopted by the Member States in implementing Directive 2003/6/EC. Over time it is necessary to move towards a regime with harmonised penalties.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes rules prohibiting abusive practices on wholesale energylectricity and gas markets coherent with those applying in financial markets. It provides for the monitoring of wholesale energylectricity and gas markets by the Agency.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 4 a (new)
4a. ‘market participant’ means any person who enters into transactions in one or more wholesale electricity or gas markets;
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
A market participant may under his own responsibility delay the public disclosure of inside information such as not to prejudice his legitimate interests provided that such omission would not be likely to mislead the public and provided that the market participant is able to ensure the confidentiality of that information and does not make decisions relating to trading in wholesale energy products based upon this information. In this situation the market participant shall provide this information to the Agency and the relevant national regulatory authority having regard to the provisions of Article 7(4)deleted
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 223 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
It shall be prohibited to engage in, or attempt to engage in, market manipulation on wholesale energylectricity and gas markets.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 226 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. In order to take account of future developments on wholesale energy markets, the Commissionlectricity and gas markets and ensure coherence with other relevant EU legislation in the fields of financial services and energy, the Commission following advice provided by the Agency shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 and subject to conditions of Articles 16 and 17, specifying the definitions set out at Article 2(1) to (5).
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In preparing its advice, the Agency will carry out detailed public consultations.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the specific functioning of wholesale energylectricity and gas markets and the interaction between commodity markets and derivative markets;
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 236 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) an opinion issued by the Agency following a public consultation.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Agency shall on a monthly basis publish a country by country report on price developments in the electricity and gas wholesale markets of the Union.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall establish mechanisms to share information it receives in accordance with Article 6(1) and Article 7 with national regulatory authorities, the competent financial authorities of the Member States, competition authorities of the Member States, ESMA and other relevant authorities. The Agency shall only give access to the mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 to bodies which have set up systems enabling the Agency to meet the requirements of Article 9(1).
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 293 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency may decide to make publicly available on an aggregated and anonymous basis parts of the information which it holds provided that commercially sensitive information on individual market participants or individual transactions is not released.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The prohibitions of insider trading under Article 3 and market manipulation under Article 4 shall become effective once the relevant delegated acts referred to in Article 5 have been adopted.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 354 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 b (new)
The data collection requirements shall become effective once the relevant delegated acts referred to in Article 7 have been adopted.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2010/0250(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. A financial counterparty shall clear all OTC derivative contracts which are considered eligible pursuant to Article 4 and are concluded with other financial counterparties in the relevant CCPs listed in the register as referred to in Article 4(4). There shall be no clearing obligation upon either of the counterparties if at least one of them is a non-financial counterparty which is below the clearing threshold as referred to in Article 7(2).
2011/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2010/0250(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In calculating the positions referred to in paragraph 2, OTC derivative contracts entered into by a non-financial counterparty that are objectively measurable as directly linked to the commercial or treasury financing activity of that counterparty shall not be taken into account.
2011/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Even if the Union institutions are not directly bound by this Directive, it should be ensured that those institutions, as a matter of good practice, apply the payment provisions laid down in this Directive.
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) SurveysExperience shows that public authorities often require contractual payment periods for commercial transactions that areare often significantly longer than 30 days. Therefore, payment periods for procurement contracts awarded by public authorities should be as a general rule limitin commercial transactions should be as a general rule limited to a maximum of 30 days; in cases where longer payment periods are duly justified in accordance with the principle of necessity or with special provisions of national law and where an explicit agreement has been made between the debtor and the creditor, the payment period could be extended to a maximum of 360 days.
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
Interest in case of late payment 1. Member States shall ensure that in commercial transactions between undertakings, the creditor is entitled to interest for late payment without the necessity of a reminder if the following conditions are satisfied: (a) the creditor has fulfilled its contractual and legal obligations; (b) the creditor has not received the amount due on time, unless the debtor is not responsible for the delay. 2. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, Member States shall ensure the following : (a) interest for late payment shall become payable from the day following the date or the end of the period for payment fixed in the contract; (b) if the date or period for payment is not fixed in the contract, interest for late payment shall become payable automatically within any of the following time limits : (i) 30 days following the date of receipt by the debtor of the invoice or an equivalent request for payment; (ii) if the debtor receives the invoice or the equivalent request for payment earlier than the goods or the services, 30 days after the receipt of the goods or services; (iii) if a procedure of acceptance or verification, by which the conformity of the goods or services with the contract is to be ascertained, is provided for by statute or in the contract and if the debtor receives the invoice or the equivalent request for payment earlier or on the date on which such acceptance or verification takes place,Article 30 days after that date. 3. Member States shall ensure that the applicable reference rate: (a) for the first semester of the year concerned shall be the rate in force on 1 January of that year; (b) for the second semester of the year concerned shall be the rate in force on 1 July of that year.eleted
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – title
Payment by public authoritiesInterest in case of late payment
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, in commercial transactions leading to the delivery of goods or the provision of services for remuneration to public authorities, the creditor is entitled, without the necessity of a reminder, to interest for late payment equal to statutory interest if the following conditions are satisfied:
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) SurveysExperience shows that public authorities often require contractual payment periods for commercial transactions that areare often significantly longer than 30 days. Therefore, payment periods for procurement contracts awarded by public authorities should be as a general rule limitin commercial transactions should be as a general rule limited to a maximum of 30 days; in cases where longer payment periods are duly justified in accordance with the principle of necessity or with special provisions of national law and where an explicit agreement has been made between the debtor and the creditor, the payment period could be extended to a maximum of 360 days.
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 42 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that: (a) the period for payment fixed in the contract shall not exceed the time limits provided for in paragraph 2(b), unless it is duly justified in accordance with the principle of necessity or in accordance with special provisions laid down by national law and unless it is specifically agreed between the debtor and the creditor, and is duly justified in the light of particular circumstances such as an objective need to schedule payment over a longer periodn any event never exceeds 60 days; (b) the date of receipt of the invoice is not subject to a contractual agreement between debtor and creditor. Member States may, if necessary, deviate from the requirements laid down in paragraph (a) in cases of arrangements for payment by instalments or staggered payments which have been specifically agreed between the debtor and the creditor.
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that when interest for late payment becomes payable, the creditor is entitled to a lump sum compensation payments amounting to: (a) compensation equal to 52% of the amount due. This compensation shall be additional to the interest for late payment. from the date interest becomes payable; (b) compensation equal to 5% of the amount due after 30 days from the date interest becomes payable. Or. en (The original COM-AM is split into (a) and (b))
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall ensure that the applicable reference rate in commercial transactions leading to the delivery of goods or the provision of services for remuneration to public authorities:
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Grossly unfair contractual clauses Grossly unfair contractual clauses and commercial practices
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall provide that a clause in a contract and/or a commercial practice relating to the date for payment, the rate of interest for late payment or recovery costs, or such a clause in informal agreements and in retrospective changes to the contract, shall either be unenforceable or shall give rise to a claim for damages if it is grossly unfair to the creditor. In determining whether a clause is grossly unfair to the creditor, all circumstances of the case shall be considered, including good commercial practice and the nature of the product or the service. Account shall also be taken of whether the debtor has any objective reason to deviate from the statutory rate of interest or from Article 3(2)(b), Article 4(1) or Article 5(2)(b).
2010/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
1. Member States shall ensure that in commercial transactions between undertakings, the creditor is entitled to interest for late payment without the necessity of a reminder if the following conditions are satisfied: (a) the creditor has fulfilled its contractual and legal obligations; (b) the creditor has not received the amount due on time, unless the debtor is not responsible for the delay. 2. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, Member States shall ensure the following: (a) interest for late payment shall become payable from the day following the date or the end of the period for payment fixed in the contract; (b) if the date or period for payment is not fixed in the contract, interest for late payment shall become payable automatically within any of the following time limits: (i)Article 30 days following the date of receipt by the debtor of the invoice or an equivalent request for payment; (ii) if the debtor receives the invoice or the equivalent request for payment earlier than the goods or the services, 30 days after the receipt of the goods or services; (iii) if a procedure of acceptance or verification, by which the conformity of the goods or services with the contract is to be ascertained, is provided for by statute or in the contract and if the debtor receives the invoice or the equivalent request for payment earlier or on the date on which such acceptance or verification takes place, 30 days after that date. 3. Member States shall ensure that the applicable reference rate: (a) for the first semester of the year concerned shall be the rate in force on 1 January of that year; (b) for the second semester of the year concerned shall be the rate in force on 1 July of that year.eleted Interest in case of late payment
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 136 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – title
Payment by public authoritiesInterest in the case of late payment
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 141 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, in commercial transactions leading to the delivery of goods or the provision of services for remuneration to public authorities, the creditor is entitled, without the necessity of a reminder, to interest for late payment equal to statutory interest if the following conditions are satisfied:
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 163 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that: (a) the period for payment fixed in the contract shall not exceed the time limits provided for in paragraph 2(b), unless it is duly justified in accordance with the principle of necessity or in accordance with special provisions laid down by national law and unless it is specifically agreed between the debtor and the creditor, and is duly justified in the lightn any event never exceeds 60 days. (b) Member States may, if necessary, deviate from the requirements laid down in paragraph (a) in cases of arrangements ofn particular circumstances such as an objective need to schedule payment over a longer periodyment by instalments or staggered payments which have been specifically agreed between the debtor and the creditor. (c) Member States shall ensure that the date of receipt of the invoice is not subject to a contractual agreement between debtor and creditor.
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 186 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that when interest for late payment becomes payable, the creditor is entitled to a lump sumcompensation payments amounting to: (a) compensation equal to 52 % of the amount due. This compensation shall be additional to the interest for late payment from the date when interest becomes payable; (b) compensation equal to 5 % of the amount due after 30 days from the date when interest becomes payable.
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 191 #

2009/0054(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the applicable reference rate in commercial transactions leading to the delivery of goods or the provision of services for remuneration to public authorities:
2010/03/10
Committee: IMCO