2047 Amendments of João FERREIRA
Amendment 1 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment will only be ensured by the planning and joint analysis of all sectoral and spatial planning policies, together with their impacts on natural resources, biodiversity and the environment; whereas, to this end, it will also be necessary to combat desertification and depopulation, ensuring the rational, integrated and democratic management of the resources offered by natural ecosystems and city planning policies that guarantee urban populations a balanced and healthy environment;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas mobility is a decisive and structural factor in the development of societies and the capacity to connect individuals, communities, productive and service sectors and different regions and cultures, their territorial, social and intergenerational cohesion, economic dynamism, and environmental quality and balance;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the mobility sector accounts for around 27% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) and has, since 1990, been the only sector in the EU increasing its contribution to climate change; whereas resulting emissions were 2.2% up on 2016 levels; whereas, according to the EEA, over 70% of overall GHG emissions from the transport sector as a whole are attributable to road transport;
Amendment 8 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas any sustainable and smart mobility strategy must focus on public interests, meeting people’s needs, the economic and social development of Member States and the overall reduction of impacts attributable to the transport sector, enabling mobility systems to be planned and integrated with the various branches of the economy and land use planning, with coordinating management in larger urban areas and the minimising environmental impacts;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas mobility is a decisive and structural factor in the development of societies and the capacity to connect individuals, communities, productive and service sectors, and different regions and cultures, and in the promotion of territorial and social cohesion, economic dynamism, and environmental quality and balance;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas EU focus on trans- European networks to aid the single market, which is coming under pressure from the principal economic beneficiaries, is diminishing resources for local, regional and national mobility, particularly urban underground and rail services, for example, where much remains to be done;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Green Deal, although it does not once mention public transport, outlines that the transport sector needs to cut at least 90% of its emissions by 2050; whereas the environmental consequences of current mobility options must be minimised in order to improve the quality of life of workers and the general public, ensuring sustainable mobility models in environmental and social terms;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas deregulation, liberalisation and concentration in the transport sector, particularly in long- distance transport, combined with a lack of investment in local, regional and national networks are adversely affecting services and infrastructure, with a significant impact on socioeconomic cohesion and the environment;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a systemic lack of investment in collective public transport networks in several Member States has resulted in the deterioration of infrastructure and vehicles, the loss of schedules and services, and the unavoidable use of more polluting forms of mobility such as individual transport;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the White Paper ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area’ identified the main shortcomings of mobility in the Union already in 2011, most of which are still present today; whereas the EU’s increased focus on trans-European networks to aid the single market, under pressure from the main economies benefiting from those networks, is reducing resources for everything else that needs to be done in terms of local, regional and national mobility, particularly in areas such as rail and metropolitan networks;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 36 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport ismobility profiles have changed in recent decades, resulting in increased individual and road transport due to a lack of alternatives; whereas this has contributed to transport being the only major economic sector in the European Union where greenhouse gas emissions have increased since 1990, and even with the measures currently planned, emission levels will remain above 1990 levels in 2030; whereas inland freight transport could increase by over 50% between now and 2050;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas mobility trends have been changing in recent decades, encouraging individualised road transport solutions due to a lack of alternatives; whereas these mobility trends have been encouraged by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the road transport system has effects that go beyond direct environmental impacts, such as the occupation of large areas of land (approximately 50% of urban land is occupied by roads, parking lots, service stations and signage); whereas the intensity of road transport is a heavy drain on public coffers owing to the rapid wear and tear of infrastructures and the need to expand them;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2046(INI)
Af. whereas, on average, light automobiles (most of which have five seats but an average occupancy of just 1.5 passengers) spend 92% of their life cycle immobile, 1% in traffic jams, 1.5% in search of parking spaces and only 5% actually travelling;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the environmental impact of current mobility options must be minimised in order to improve quality of life for workers and the general public by ensuring environmentally and socially sustainable mobility models;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Amendment 44 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the transport of goods and passengers by rail is generally less significant than maritime and, in particular, road transport;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas smart mobility and new technologies must not override social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas the emission reduction targets embodied in a mobility strategy must be aligned with upstream production and downstream waste management requirements;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas, according to the WHO, noise is the second greatest environmental threat to health in Europe, coming after air pollution; whereas around 50 000 premature deaths per year in Europe are attributable to traffic noise;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas road transport is still dominant in freight transport and accounts for more than 73% of all land transport and 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the sector, while rail has only around a 17% share and inland waterways a bit more than 5%;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that mobility policies are crucial to quality of life, the functioning of the economy and reduction of the human footprint on the environment;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the EU transport sector employs around 10 million workers, some of whom have very precarious working conditions; whereas the social dimension of sustainability must be given the same priority as the environmental dimension, and workers’ rights must be respected and job insecurity tackled as smart sustainability systems are developed and the sector is digitalised;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that attempts to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion must take account of mobility requirements at local, regional and national level; takes the view that, to that end, land use planning and organisation are vital in order to encourage and contribute to the rational use of public transport and lesser recourse to individual means of transport;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the multiple environmental impacts of the transport sector, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric biodiversity, noise pollution and water pollution, for example; urges the Commission to make an in-depth study of the impact of the EU transport sector on biodiversity; stresses the need for EU and national transport policies to be consistently in line with the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas staff shortages and job insecurity threaten the economic sustainability of the transport sector;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency, calling on the Commission to address the inconsistencies in the Union's current climate and environmental emergency policies, for example through an in-depth reform of transport and other policy areas1a; _________________ 1a P9_TA(2019)0078
Amendment 81 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Notes that the Commission recognises the need for a radical transformation rather than the current policy of gradual change;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the mobility transition is mainly taking place at the regional and local levels and therefore needs to be managed at several levels in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the recognition by the Commission that a significant reduction in transport emissions in a bid to achieve sustainability is by far the most serious challenge facing the sector and reaffirms the need to make the transport system a sustainable whole;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that the sustainable and smart mobility strategy must meet the social, economic and environmental needs of each Member State, in particular by promoting an expanded, high-quality, modernised, interoperable and accessible public transport network, principally at local and regional level; considers that this is being hampered by a lack of proper planning involving local operators, municipal authorities and the general public when it comes to establishing public operators, investing in scientific research and innovation, incorporating and developing national production, setting a pricing policy that seeks to progressively make services free of charge and respecting the rights of workers in the sector;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s sPoints out that mobility policies are crucial to people’s quality of life, the functioning of the economy and the reduction of human impacts on the environment; notes, in this respect, the Commission communication entitled ‘Sustainable and sSmart mMobility sStrategy and supports its ambition to– putting European transport on track for the future’; deplores its mainly commercial focus with virtually no references to investment in accessible, intermodal and environmentally sustainable collective public transport systems, which are the key to changing the current mobility profile and achieveing a climate- neutral, digitalised, competitive and efficient transport sector;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the strategy fails to provide for immediate measures to achieve a drastic short-term reduction in transport emissions;
Amendment 133 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Believes that, independently of its numerous social benefits, the transport sector is also responsible for incurring large costs and leaving an environmental footprint; considers that, while transport technology has progressed significantly in recent years, this has not always been placed at the service of sustainable development or reduction of the environmental footprint;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Believes that the transport sector can make a significant contribution to reducing environmental impacts by seeking to ensure an effective transition from individual and private means of transport to public transport services, suitably incorporating technological advances and developments;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Stresses that, in order to promote public transport, it is necessary to channel public investment in that direction rather than encouraging increasingly individual mobility solutions that have a greater impact on the environment and on commuter traffic levels and to promote multimodal services based on cooperation between providers, interoperability, reliability, safety and low fares, with the ultimate aim of providing services free of charge; believes that this transition will help to reduce energy dependence and imports, take thousands of vehicles off the road, which is necessary to ensure better mobility and quality of life for present and future generations, protect the right to a healthy environment and attenuate the damage done by commuter traffic;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the sustainable and smart mobility transformation through the Next Generation EU recovery packagemobilise and promote the complementarity of the EU’s various structural investment instruments, including the Next Generation EU recovery package, so that the necessary public investment can be made in national, regional and local transport networks, supporting the sustainable and smart mobility transformation;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Believes that investment is needed to enhance the quantity and quality of public transport services through staff recruitment and through the purchase, maintenance and modernisation of vehicle fleets, coupled with a public policy of introducing dissuasive car parking in urban centres that coordinate the use of private and public transport;
Amendment 142 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Considers that the transport of goods and passengers by rail should be supported and promoted, thereby mitigating the harmful external impact of road transport, especially over long distances;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Considers that promoting the use of high-quality and efficient public transport services in urban centres that are cheap and progressively free of charge is an integral part of a sustainable mobility strategy, which is in turn an essential condition for improving air quality;
Amendment 144 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Considers it urgently necessary to find ways of promoting intermodal solutions, especially for the transport of goods by sea and rail;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2i. Calls for the various EU structural investment instruments to be mobilised and coordinated in order to channel the necessary public funding into regional and local transport networks;
Amendment 146 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 l (new)
Paragraph 2 l (new)
2l. Stresses the importance of applying the 'energy efficiency first' principle in the transport sector; welcomes the strategic focus on energy efficiency;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 m (new)
Paragraph 2 m (new)
2m. Looks forward to the Commission review of CO2 standards for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, with a view to introducing stricter CO2 and pollutant air emission standards as part of the 'Fit for 55 %' package; calls on the Commission to follow this up with a review of CO2 emission standards for heavy goods vehicles in order to meet the projected 2030 climate targets; considers that the journey towards emission-free mobility should start now;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 n (new)
Paragraph 2 n (new)
2n. Reiterates that the best way to achieve multimodality will be through specific legislative proposals;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 o (new)
Paragraph 2 o (new)
2o. Points out that the strategy does not place restrictions on military emissions and emissions from mobile military equipment; urges all EU Member States to report their military emissions to the UNFCCC and to take measures to decarbonise their military sectors, particularly through demilitarisation;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 158 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that a reduction of the upstream environmental impact of mobility is also closely related to the capacity of each country to produce rolling stock and vessels and effectively organise their maintenance and operation; calls for funding to be channelled in this direction;
Amendment 167 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that the objective of global emissions reduction in the transport sector should be grounded in a regulatory approach that is no longer exclusively focused on market-based instruments, makes each economic agent responsible and paves the way for the rapid dissemination of the best available technologies., reducing the impact of the sector and ensuring that this goes beyond mere accounting stratagems and trade- offs that merely serve to promote speculation without solving the actual problem of emissions;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that more important than setting reduction targets is providing the means to achieve them; considers also that, in setting targets, account must be taken of the specific situation in each Member State, encompassing its present and past emission levels, trends and strategies; believes that efforts to reduce emissions in individual countries must take into account and correlate past emission levels and trends in line with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates its rejection of the extension of the EU ETS to road transport or the introduction of any parallel schemes; considers that extension of these arrangements would have enormous social impacts and would not be effective in drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that passengers, employees and SMEs cannot be made to bear the environmental costs of transport, either through direct or indirect costs incurred by companies and industries or through the application of mercantile concepts such as the 'polluter pays' or 'user pays' principles tailored to the interests of large companies, or indeed through market instruments such as carbon pricing, emissions trading, etc.;
Amendment 203 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasises that users, workers and SMEs must not be overburdened by the 'internalisation' of external costs, particularly where there are no alternatives to more pollutant forms of transport; stresses that such internalisation could increase socioeconomic and territorial inequalities without achieving the hoped-for results in environmental terms and in tackling climate change;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Highlights the environmental risks of existing energy storage technologies, such as lithium batteries, both during their use and afterwards at their end of life; calls on the Commission to launch a study clarifying the impacts of the transition process, which, in the case of very low emission or ‘zero-emission’ vehicles, must include the emissions from power generation, the environmental impacts of replacing fleets and of the mining and disposal of battery components and the social and economic fallout;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Believes that peripheral, island and outermost regions must not be overlooked by a sustainable mobility strategy designed to improve and adapt maritime transport services, for example; calls for the launching of a POSEI transport initiative;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set ambitious targets for the provision of public charging stations in each Member State;
Amendment 228 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls for further measures to be taken, in addition to labelling, to address the issue of pollution caused by tyres, especially in the form of microplastics;
Amendment 232 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Amendment 234 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Draws attention to the 2020 report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on air quality in Europe, according to which long-term exposure to particles with a diameter of up to 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) in Europe was responsible for around 417 000 premature deaths in 2018; notes that EU thresholds are well above WHO guidelines regarding most pollutants and is particularly concerned at the absence of daily limits for PM2.5;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Stresses that much more needs to be done to significantly reduce traffic noise; considers that it could easily be halved by 2030 with existing technologies if stricter limits were applied; expresses its disappointment that the Zero Pollution Action Plan commits to achieving a reduction of only 30% in the proportion of people chronically affected as a result of transport noise by 2030;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Considers that hydrogen and electronic fuels should be considered as a means of decarbonising transport modes such as aviation and shipping, for which no alternatives exist; stresses the need to take into account the future repercussions on energy demand; notes that fuelling only 10% of cars, vans and small trucks with hydrogen and 10% with e-diesel would require 41% more renewable energy by 2050 than if they were battery- powered electric vehicles;
Amendment 244 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Points out that transport networks create barriers between wildlife areas and reduce the total space available to wildlife, while at the same time causing pollutant emissions; stresses that sound policy measures, stricter environmental rules, a network of green spaces and nature-based planning are essential;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Points out that electric vehicles are not the solution to bringing about a transition in the transport sector, in particular due to the environmental impact of obtaining the necessary raw materials and ensuring demand; considers that, in view of the numerous private vehicles on the roads in the Member States, it is necessary to bring about a radical change through transition to public transport;
Amendment 250 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4o. Stresses that State aid rules in the transport sector should be reviewed in order to garner more public support for the development and deployment of sustainable mobility technologies and related industries;
Amendment 252 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Once more calls on the Commission and the Member States to extend land and marine ecological corridors serving urban areas, for example through the development of a Trans-European Green Infrastructure Network (TEN-G) linked to a Trans- European Nature Network (TEN-N);
Amendment 255 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 q (new)
Paragraph 4 q (new)
4q. Calls on the Member States to significantly step up their efforts to increase the percentage of those walking and cycling in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 256 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out, however, that sustainable and smart mobility involves more than just changing the power sources of vehicles, as it is bound up with the existence of accessible, modern, interoperable and efficient public passenger and freight transport networks, which can help to change the paradigms favouring individual and road transport – which generally have a greater impact on the environment and on the fluidity of urban systems – at the same time as promoting territorial cohesion;
Amendment 256 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 r (new)
Paragraph 4 r (new)
4r. Underlines the Commission strategy designed to shift freight transport onto rail and inland waterways; notes that overland freight transport continues to be mainly by road (73%) and deeply regrets that the percentage of goods being transported by road in the EU has been increasing in recent years;
Amendment 257 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 s (new)
Paragraph 4 s (new)
4s. Notes that the Commission intends to reduce the number of licences issued free of charge to the aviation sector and considers that the ETS review should lead to the abolition of free licences;
Amendment 276 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the possible negative environmental impacts of existing energy storage technologies, such as lithium batteries, both during their use and afterwards at the end of their life; calls on the Commission to undertake a study clarifying the impacts of the transition process, which, for very low emission or ‘zero-emission’ vehicles, must include the emissions associated with electricity generation, the environmental impacts of replacing fleets and of mining and disposing of materials used in the manufacture of batteries, and the social and economic impacts associated with this process;
Amendment 298 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the announced proposals on sustainable fuels for aviation and maritime; underlines that any use of biofuels needs to meet the EU sustainability criteria, which take life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions into account; calls for the introduction of measures ensuring workers’ health and safety and proper training on handling alternative fuels;
Amendment 376 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to complete missing cross-border links to improve interurban cross-country connections; stresses, further, the need to focus more on local and regional links and on a high- quality, modernised, interoperable, accessible and expanded public transport network by undertaking proper planning involving local actors, municipalities and the general public, establishing public operators, investing in scientific research and innovation, incorporating and developing national production, setting a pricing policy that aims to gradually make services free of charge, and respecting the rights of workers in the sector;
Amendment 419 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to significantly increase their efforts to increase the share of walking and, cycling and other light modes of transport and active mobility in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 422 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that, to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion, mobility needs at the local, regional and national levels should be taken into account; takes the view that, to that end, land use planning and organisation are vital in order to encourage and contribute to the rational use of public transport and the reduced use of individual road transport;
Amendment 432 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that a further reduction in emissions requires the mass transition of users from private and individual transport to collective public transport, by directing public investment at public services, instead of promoting individual mobility – which has a greater impact in environmental terms and on the quality of commuting – and by encouraging interoperability, multimodality based on cooperation between operators, reliability and safety, with the aim of gradually making services free of charge;
Amendment 442 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose mobility solutions that include the first and the last mile, thereby integrating the use of sustainable public transport and private mobility solutions, in particular by supporting the creation of infrastructure discouraging individual road transport and instruments allowing multimodal interoperability;
Amendment 513 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to complete the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transportassess the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport; emphasises that users, workers and SMEs must not be overburdened by this internalisation of external costs, particularly where there are no alternatives to more polluting forms of transport; stresses that this internalisation could increase socioeconomic and territorial inequalities without achieving the expected results in terms of the environment and tackling climate change;
Amendment 523 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that the goal of reducing global emissions should be based on a normative approach that makes every economic operator responsible, and not on a simple accounting and trading process that takes a commercial view of environmental impacts, like the ‘polluter pays’ and ‘user pays’ principles, that panders to the interests of big business and that encourages carbon pricing, emissions trading or other such schemes;
Amendment 588 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the initiative to implement multimodal ticketing, andwithout losing sight of the needs of local and regional transport operators, whose users have very different profiles from international passengers; encourages the Commission to include public service obligations stakeholders, local actors, users’ organisations and the general public in the process from the very beginning;
Amendment 599 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the strategy’s backing ofStresses the fact that the strategy supports ongoing efforts to further roll out the European Rail Traffic Management System, the Single European Sky initiative, train automation and air traffic management; believes that connectivity between transport systems should be regarded as a public service based on cooperation between the various systems;
Amendment 612 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 624 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights that all means of digitalisation should be used to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and increase transport safety; believes that it is of vital importance to ensure that every step of digitalisation contributes to a lower overall transport volumeimpact;
Amendment 647 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility requires the sharing of data and proper data-integration between all relevant stakeholders; stresses that such data should be publicly owned and managed;
Amendment 669 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the Commission’s willingness to explore the benefits and possibilities of new transport modes, such as Hyperloop;
Amendment 678 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
Flagship 8 – Reinforcing the single market social and territorial cohesion
Amendment 685 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that transport is the backbone of a well-functioning internal market and is of utmost importance for Europeanthe socioeconomic and territorial cohesion of the EU Member States;
Amendment 686 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Amendment 712 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Believes that peripheral, island and outermost regions should be included in a sustainable mobility strategy, by reinforcing and adapting maritime links; calls for the creation of a POSEI programme for transport;
Amendment 719 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Emphasises that mobility solutions in remote and rural areas should be based on socially sustainable public transport offering fair working conditions for transport workers, particularly in the ‘new mobility services’;
Amendment 724 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility canshould create new high-quality jobs; believes that notes with concern that growing transport sectors such as logistics, delivery services or new mobility services platforms are based on precarious working conditions; urges the European Commission and the Member States to propose effective measures for tackling social dumping; calls for the possible negative consequences that this shift may have for workers shouldto be mitigated via social funding and a specific strategy for re- and upskilling as well as the redeployment of workers, thereby ensuring a just transition;
Amendment 746 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the strengthening of social dialoguecollective negotiation and bargaining mechanisms in order to eliminate any form of discrimination and unequal treatment, eradicate job insecurity, and enhance careers and incomes in the transport sector;
Amendment 759 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee decent working conditions that allow the principle of equal pay for equal work to be applied, that protect workers from any form of discrimination, and that encourage the diversification of the transport workforce, in particular toby attracting more women and young workers;
Amendment 764 #
2021/2046(INI)
30a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair working conditions for platform workers in the transport sector; stresses that the Commission initiative in this respect should rule out explicitly or implicitly creating a third employment status that treats platform workers as a special category in order to grant them limited rights; believes that platform workers should be regarded as employees with a regulated employment relationship and enshrined rights that include fixed wages, regulated working hours, decent working conditions and social protection;
Amendment 771 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that theNotes the European Union’s industrial strategy, in particular and the European Battery and Hydrogen Alliance, will help to create well-paid and secure jobs throughout the UnionAlliance and European Clean Hydrogen Alliance initiatives; considers that any industrial strategy should contribute to the mobility strategy in each Member State by encouraging production capacity, and rolling stock and vessel repair and operating capacity, and by contributing to the creation of jobs with rights, decent wages and permanent employment relationships;
Amendment 820 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Encourages the CommissionMember States to adopt harmonised health and safety standards for the European tourism sector as soon as possible and to work towards the creation of a European Tourism Unionclose cooperation on the integration of tourism in Europe;
Amendment 400 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the main causes of environmental destruction leading to biodiversity loss include habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change and the introduction of invasive alien species, which form an integral part of the dominant economic model and its underlying policies rooted in the concentration of production for the sake of profit at any cost; notes that the environmental crisis is not a crisis of nature, but a crisis of society that becomes worse whenever other crises worsen or increase, and that the core policies cannot continue to be unfettered use of natural resources and increased production to cope with economic and financial losses; points out that inconsistencies in EU common policies, which promote intensive export-oriented production models, deregulation and free trade, and the weakening of local production and consumption, and which have not changed at their core or in their market orientation, undermine any claims to protect biodiversity, which suggests that the issue is not economic growth, but its underlying objective;
Amendment 537 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for the role of sustainable agricultural systems and practices in preserving landscape features, ensuring ecological continuity and conserving biodiversity to be recognised, and for the creation of mechanisms to further develop such systems and practices; stresses the need to incentivise the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices, but without rewarding systems that are more harmful to biodiversity, the landscape and ecological continuity;
Amendment 547 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Deplores the fact that simplistic forestry concepts and definitions are used which define forests purely as a percentage of land with tree crown cover, which leads to the adoption of equally simplistic deforestation and reforestation concepts, with the result, for example, of vast monocultures being classified as reforestation; warns that forests cannot be considered solely as carbon sinks; calls for the adoption of a definition of forest that includes the biological, social and cultural diversity that genuine forests represent, where ecosystems, habitats and local communities are protected;
Amendment 661 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that the growing trend of viewing forests from a predominantly economic perspective and of limiting their value to the timber that they produce, while ignoring their vital environmental and social benefits, poses a serious obstacle to achieving the objectives of protecting and guaranteeing biodiversity;
Amendment 875 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes the view that the introduction, via international trade, of new pests and diseases and their respective vectors, such as the pinewood nematode in Portugal and cases of Xylella fastidiosa in olive trees in various Member States, urgently needs to be prevented; calls for plans to tackle invasive species to be provided with sufficient human, technical and financial resources; calls, further, for new additional financial instruments to be proposed that can help affected areas to tackle invasive species, particularly persistent species or new alien species; considers that it is vital to preserve endemic genetic resources and to select and promote elements of the gene pool that still exist in each Member State;
Amendment 920 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that strengthening the Life+ programme, including dedicated envelopes for biodiversity and the management of the Natura 2000 network, should ensure fair distribution of funding among the Member States; emphasises that supporting assessment of the ecological and plant health of forests, including their rehabilitation and reforestation with native species, particularly in those countries worst affected by fires, is vitally important for preserving ecosystems and guaranteeing biodiversity;
Amendment 926 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Maintains that the Union should assume greater responsibility for protection of the Natura 2000 network, especially in terms of its financing; notes the difficulties faced by several Member States in units of management included in the Natura 2000 network, due to the lack of a specific financial instrument aimed at this management level, supporting the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 982 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points to the importance of a realistic, integrated and cross-cutting approach to climate change, widening the range of means employed to reach reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone;
Amendment 985 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Stresses the need to promote and adopt alternatives to carbon trading, replacing a market-based approach with a fairer and more effective regulatory approach;
Amendment 1000 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that research in public laboratories, research centres and universities in the fields of the environment, public health and food safety should be promoted and stimulated by guaranteeing funds, resources and independent scientific knowledge to promote the protection and restoration of ecosystems and their biodiversity;
Amendment 1071 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers that world trade deregulation is having a significant effect in terms of increasing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and believes that it is necessary and urgent that this situation be properly studied and evaluated;
Amendment 1179 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the need to effectively pursue the strategy’s goals at various levels, taking account of trade-offs between their impacts so as to avoid situations in which applying one instrument, guided by one objective, has a more negative than positive overall impact;
Amendment 1190 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Considers that the EU’s emissions trading scheme for greenhouse gases has failed, having proved ineffective in achieving the emission reduction targets; stresses that the creation of more carbon markets is compromising and undermining the adoption of other environmental regulations;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 on a Farm to Fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM(2020)0381), and having regard to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture,
Amendment 116 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24
Citation 24
— having regard to its resolution of 30 May 2018 on the future of food and farming14a, and having regard to the judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 July 2018, __________________ 14a OJ C 76, 9.3.2020, p. 62.
Amendment 213 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 522 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possiblein the next 12 months;
Amendment 589 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail; takes the view, further, that it is crucial to conduct an examination of whether the current legislative instruments are sufficient for these goals to be achieved;
Amendment 636 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. whereas, since the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) recognises that agroecology is a fundamental part of the global response to climate change and the creation of sustainable agricultural and food systems, the new legislative framework for sustainable food systems, to be tabled by 2023, should be based on the principles and elements defined by the FAO as agroecology, in order to enable the launch of a genuine agroecological transition;
Amendment 1075 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 1283 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that market management instruments should be incorporated into the CMO Regulation, in order to avoid creating any supply and demand imbalances and the resulting waste of food and productive capacity;
Amendment 1427 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production, and for the prices paid to producers to cover the costs of production, on the basis of social, economic and environmental sustainability and, therefore, in accordance with the goals of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 1910 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-basedbalanced and healthy diets;
Amendment 2148 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Takes the view that investment in research and innovation should contribute not only to a food system that is more sustainable, but also to one that is fairer; considers, further, that particular care should be taken to ensure that there is not greater concentration of EU agricultural funding in this area, preventing its concentration where there is capacity for investment and its allocation to research and innovation centres that serve big agriculture;
Amendment 2260 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls the general requirement for European trade policy, in particular as regards the impact of trade agreements, to safeguard the sustainability of food systems and the need for them to undergo individual and cumulative assessments of their impact, both on Europe and on third countries;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is important and advisable to review and carefully assess the implementation of the two Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) directives, bearing in mind that the effectiveness of any new measures adopted could be seriously undermined by failure to evaluate the provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/2284 (establishing national emission reduction commitments, especially with regard to SO2, NOx, VOCs, NH3 and PM2.5 ), as well as the various EU legislative provisions regulating air pollution from specific sources such as the industry and transport sectors, in other words by failure to ensure that air quality is properly prioritised and integrated into all EU legislation, including that relating to energy, transport, trade, agriculture and other emission sources;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to guarantee that air quality is being measured by the Member States in appropriate locations and at emissions sources, in order to avoid underestimation of air pollution; calls on the Member States to improve their monitoring networks, and on the Commission to enknowledge of pollution levels in their territory and assess the effectiveness of air quality monitoring networks, enabling them to identify and resolve chronic and episodic levels of air pollution and improve their monitoring networks, and calls on the Commission to create the conditions force the obligations of the Ddirective to be met in this regard, including by providing support to Member States in setting up monitoring stations, the training and hiring of experts, and ensuring greater accuracy in inspection, control and monitoring, so that appropriate measures can be taken to safeguard public health and quality of life;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to put forward measures to promote investment by the Member States in improved monitoring networks, the construction of monitoring stations, the training and recruitment of specialists and analysts and the introduction of more strigent oversight, control and monitoring procedures;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that measures to achieve a more effective ambient air quality monitoring network should include an increase in the number of stations to obtain readings for industrial activity and transport, in order to monitor and assess of the impact of major emission sources on ambient air quality, giving priority to: (i) the installation of monitoring stations covering power, pulp and paper, glass and ceramic and cement plants, as well as waste incineration and/or co-incineration and other industrial plants that have prompted complaints from the public and are not within range of existing monitoring stations; (ii) at least one station monitoring the impact of transport flows and one urban- background monitoring station, these being distributed uniformly throughout the territory of the Member States and not concentrated in urban areas;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that a more effective air quality monitoring network must also be able to measure the impact of major pollution sources on air quality standards in nearby villages and protected ecosystems and provide more information regarding the range of pollutants being assessed;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers it of the utmost importance, when installing air quality observation networks, to recommend that industrial impact monitoring stations carry out an analytical assessment of pollutants characteristically emitted by processes where such a direct relationship can be established;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 126 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that this has helped to identify and confirm car use as a principal reason for increased emissions of air pollutants, since it was the traffic monitoring stations that registered the largest increases in emissions following the easing of lockdown restrictions; points out that these findings confirm existing knowledge of the impact of private vehicles on air quality in large urban centres, and that pollutant emissions from this source can only be reduced by promoting the more widespread use of the less pollutant public transport alternatives;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that Commission support for free public transport services such as those already provided in a number of European cities would be a major step towards meeting the targets set out in the air quality directives, including the implementation of specific containment and prevention measures helping to to bring pollution down to agreed levels;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the loss of EuropeanU Member State sovereignty and independence in the health sector is linked to medicines and health equipment sector and withe relocation of production, with 40 % of medicinal end products marketed in the EU now originating in third countries; whereas the only way to save money is to rely heavily on subcontractors to produce pharmaceutical raw materials in Asia, where labour costs and environmental standards are lower, with the result that 80 % of active ingrediengard to raw materials is linked to deindustrialisation and the relocation of production by the pharmaceuticals giants, with 40 % of medicinal end products mare manufactured outside the EU, mainly in China and Indiaketed in the EU now originating in third countries;
Amendment 168 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas medicine shortage notification mechanisms for supply chain operators and pharmacists in particular are currently very fragmented in the Member States; whereas this could prevent adequate monitoring and communication between Member State authorities regarding medicine shortages;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted the importance of countries having sovereignty and a reasonable capacity for ensuring their own supplies of medicines and medical equipment, especially in view of the restricted intra-Community movement of goods and the arbitrary retention of equipment in the wake of the outbreak;
Amendment 205 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the geostrategic imperative that the Union regain itsMember States step up their sovereignty and independence with regard to health care and secure its supply of medicines and medical equipment;
Amendment 214 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that, that while public health policies are a Member State matter, it is the incumbent upon the EU to coordinate and complementhe EU can and must support national measures to guarantee affordable and high- quality health services for European citizens;
Amendment 283 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take whatever action is needed to restore Europeantheir health sovereignty and local pharmaceutical manufacturing, giving priority to essential and strategic medicines; calls on the Commission to map out existing and potential production sites in the EU at national level, identifying possible instances of complementarity;
Amendment 301 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 303 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that, since the beginning of the health crisis, community pharmacists have displayed commitment and determination to ensure that patients have ongoing access to necessary medicines 24 hours a day and seven days a week; recognises that community pharmacists, due to their proximity to patients, have been the first line of counselling, treatment and referral for many patients suffering from common ailments, helping to ease the pressure on the emergency services and other levels of health care;
Amendment 318 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 360 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its pharmaceutical strategy is guaranteed to combat inadmissible business practices anywhere on the medicines circuit that might undermine transparency and balanced relations between the various public and private entities directly or indirectly involved in ensuring access to medicines, fulfilling an essential public service;
Amendment 395 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the urgent need for medicines and medical equipment must not mean compromising the quality, safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of medicines for human use and health products;
Amendment 405 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the urgent need to ensure that pharmaceutical patents do not impede supplies in the event of a shortage of medicines; stresses the need to secure necessary supplies at times of crisis or during any present and future epidemic outbreak by replacing pharmaceutical patents for medicines, vaccines and medical equipment with licences for public laboratories and manufacturers to supply generic copies of branded products without the need to negotiate with patent holders;
Amendment 465 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to ensure that health professionals and the general public have access to safe, effective and good quality medicines and health products by monitoring and regulating continued compliance with good clinical practice regarding the authorisation of clinical trials and the conduct thereof, in line with the highest health protection standards;
Amendment 497 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends the introduction of centralised management to bring about greater transparency in the distribution chain and the creation of a European supply management unit tasked with developing a Europeansupporting Member State strategyies to prevent and resolve breaks in supply;
Amendment 545 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to create a Europeansupport the creation of Member State contingency reserves of medicines of strategic importance for health care, supplies of which are critical, along the lines of the ‘RescEU’ mechanism, in order to alleviate shortages outside crisis periods;
Amendment 602 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to seek closer collaboration and exchanges of best practice in efforts to mitigate the impact of medicine shortages, for example by giving pharmacists greater latitude to better manage patient care and ensure continuity of treatment;
Amendment 662 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States to develop effective governance systems to improve collaboration between all supply chain operators and the national authorities in order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of joint notification and evaluation procedures; calls on the Member States and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to further step up their collaboration to improve notification, monitoring and reporting procedures regarding medicine shortages;
Amendment 706 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve channels of reporting and communication between all supply chain operators and the national authorities, developing policies and strategies for the notification of medicine shortages in line with the following principles: (a) ensuring greater transparency and availability of data regarding medicine shortages; (b) encouraging the early detection and central appraisal of possible shortages by means of reliable notification systems linking all medicine supply chain operators and the national authorities; (c) increasing access to information available along the entire supply chain.
Amendment 740 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recalls the words of the United Nations Secretary-General, who recently stated that future COVID-19 treatment is ‘a public good’ that should be made available to all; warns that public health protection is incompatible with the desire for profit, which can only be satisfied through the suffering of the many;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas investment in public transports and in the shift of the mobility paradigms (from private to public and light transports) are key to tackle the impacts of the transport sector in the climate change; whereas the European Green Deal Communication doesn't have any reference to public transports;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the need to promote substantive changes in mobility paradigms, aiming the transition to modes with lesser climatic impacts, in particular by investing in the modernization, expansion and efficiency of public transport networks and fleets, promoting the railroad, lighter modes of transport and interoperability, focusing metropolitan areas and urban centers, but also increasing connectivity to insular territories and rural areas; asks for investments in projects with the potential to attract users to public transport, in the detriment of individual transport, including through the financing of projects aiming to support fare free public transport systems;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) iscould be a key enabler for delivering the Green Deal,to tackle climate objectives, if it contributes to finance regional and local transport networks, focusing on the objectives of territorial and social cohesion rather than enhance the internal market; underlines that CEF should providinge up to 80 % of its funding in transport to meet climate objectives; insists on a strong CEF and warns that financing the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) must not lead to financial reallocation that negatively affects the CEF;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers that the EU must ensure that Member States have the means to invest in the ecological transition of their productive apparatus, in their environmental and mobility aspects;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that strengthening the EU budget is crucial, reinforcing its redistributive function in supporting the promotion of effective convergence in economic and social progress between Member States - structural and investment and cohesion funds - and in support of productive sectors and employment with rights, through grants (not loans) to Member States; particularly and in view of the current moment, where Member States are suffering the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls for a significant increase in items linked to economic, social and territorial cohesion, so that the redistributive principle is fully complied with; considers that only in this way can the EU ensure that MS have the means to invest in the ecological transition; considers that this reinforcement should be achieved by increasing Member States' contributions based on their gross national income, reinforcing, through the redistribution key, the principle that Member States with the highest GNI should contribute proportionally more, contributing for effective economic and social cohesion, rather than increasing divergence in the European Union;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that the proposed new funds, within the scope of the European Green Deal, must provide for a territorial dispersion of investments (from agricultural and industrial production to energy production hubs), guaranteeing territorial cohesion and a balanced occupation of the territory, promoting convergence and avoiding the divergence between Member States;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU and the Member States already have at their disposal several tools for ensuring that the transport sector contributes to decarbonisation; strongly believes in this respect that the Member States should earmark revenue from taxes or fees and the EU Emissions Trading System related to transport to foster investment in the sustainability of the relevant transport mod, namely through Structural and Investments Funds, taking into account that these funds must be strongly reinforced, the access to them should be more flexible and less conditional to Member-States and that they should work more in favour of strategic interests of regions (namely the sustainable development of the transport sector) than of the EU objetives;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to boost the use of Ipublic investEUment for transport and tourism.
Amendment 3 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the current negotiation will be of decisive importancet for the future relations of the Member States and the United Kingdom (UK) and, in that context, fishing and the management of living marine resources are essential issues; whereas the fisheries sector directly and indirectly represents hundreds of thousands of jobs, provides a livelihood for many coastal areas and coastal communities, contributes to safe and healthy food for millions of consumers, and promotes a strong environmental model;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the common fisheries policy (CFP) has for almost 50 years enabled, in all the Member States concerned, the establishment of optimal conditions for the development of fishing and the sustainable management of resources; whereas, therefore, following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), an agreement is necessary to guarantee the economic vitality of the fisheries sector, the preservation of species and the protection of biodiversity;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the existing historical and geographical links between the EU Member States and the UK create a strong interdependence between the parties, both in terms of fishing and aquaculture activities, and in the sectors of processing of and trade in those products; whereas, from that point of view, a lack of agreement would cause immediate and significant damage for all stakeholders involved and ultimately for EU and UK citizens;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that no comprehensive agreement can be concludede relations between the EU and the UK if it does nomust include a complete, balanced and long-term fisheries agreement, allowing the continuation under optimal conditions of reciprocal access to waters, resources and markets of the parties concerned, namely serving the interests of the Member States and its fisheries, aquaculture and transformative sector;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the greatest mutual benefit will be obtained by maintaining reciprocal access to water and resources, by defining common, coherent and stable principles and rules, enabling open access of fishing and aquaculture products to markets without causing economic or social tensions through unbalanced competitionin a mutually advantageous way;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. States that any agreement regarding the future relations between the EU and the UK, must not exclude the possibility for bilateral agreements between Member States and the UK;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the maintenance of a stable and constant distribution of fishing rights; and stresses the importance of long- term management of resources based on compliance with CFP principles such as maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and the technical measures which have so far contributed to the improvement of the state of fish stocks for the benefit of the fleets of both EU Member States and the UK;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for adequate consultation mechanisms, a common scientific approach and guarantees that the UKboth parties will continue to contribute to data collection and the scientific assessment of stocks; and urges the parties to continue their active and loyal cooperation in matters of fishing control and the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes, finally, that the provisions of any fisheries agreement should be supported by dispute settlement mechanisms as part of a general management of the governance of the future relationship between the EU Member States and the UK.
Amendment 3 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU budget for 2021 should include enough commitment and payment appropriations to meet the financing needs of the common fisheries policy; asserts that, for fisheries and aquaculture to continue to be viable, increased funding for these industries is needed; believes that the budget for this sector must be fully consistent with the EU’s new goals, particularly those set out in the Green Deal, the new industrial strategy, the ‘Farm to Fork’ strmeet the needs identified by the Member Stategys and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries sector must be go hand in hand with achieving these goalake into account social, environmental and economic objectives;
Amendment 5 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. IConsists on a significders that ant increase in appropriations for the budget line ‘Promoting citizens engagement and participation in the democratic life of the Union’ in line with the Parliament’s amendments to the Commission proposal establishing the ‘Rights and Values programme’1 . _________________ 1 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2019-0040_EN.html' must not contribute to the creation of an artificial European identity, falsification and historical revisionism, anti-communism and the laundering of Nazi-fascism.
Amendment 7 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes note of the proposed increase by 12% in commitment appropriations and by 5% in payment appropriations as compared to the 2020 budget for the ‘Executive and corporate communication services’; proposes a further increase to enable active engagement by the Commission in its communication on the Future of Euin this regard, believes that while it is important to strengthen communication on where and how the EU budget is used, institutional prope agand to step up the fight against disinformationa should not a priority under the current circumstances and needs.
Amendment 10 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes an in decrease for the line ‘Commission Representations’ as such representations play an important role in informing citizens about the EU activities, fostering public debate on EU matters and countering disinformation and they will needinstitutional propaganda should not be a priority under the current circumstances and needs; considers that no additional resources should be mobilised to finance activities in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Amendment 13 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesConsiders that the proposed increase by 35% in commitment appropriations and by 24% in payment appropriations for ‘Communication services for citizens’; proposes a further increase in view of the scale of communication actions that will be needed in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe should be better used if channelled to support cohesion policies.
Amendment 15 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomeConsiders the action taken by Parliament and the Council to amend Regulations (EU) No 508/2014 and (EU) No 1379/2013 as regards specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak in the fisheries and aquaculture sector to be positive, despite it still falling short of the sector's needs; believes that the Commission must assess in real time how the health and economic situations unfold and, if necessary, consider extending these measures beyond 31 December 2020 if the pandemic continuesfor as long as the pandemic and its effects last;
Amendment 16 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reminds that Cohesion Policy must have sufficient resources to effectively stop divergence and promote convergence among Member States; considers that the reinforcement of the structural and cohesion funds is a fundamental pre-requisite to fulfil values and principles enshrined in the Treaties;
Amendment 17 #
2020/1998(BUD)
4a. Takes the view that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should allow for the ceiling for EU funding to be raised to 100%, eliminating national co-financing, in exceptional situations, including measures intended to promote response capacities to crises in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; for financial resources to be used flexibly by Member States under the EMFAF, with the possibility of shifting between headings and priorities, in parallel with the funding of new requirements justified in the context of the pandemic; and for the funding system for accessing EU funds to be modified through the implementation of a pre-financing mechanism, eliminating the problems created by the need to make advance payments using own funds;
Amendment 21 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s prompt and ambitious response to the economic crisis, specifically the far- reaching economic recovery plan that it proposed on 27 May 2020; also welcomeConsiders the Commission’s proposal to increase the 2021-2027 budget for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, fisheries and aquaculture by EUR 530 million over its initial proposal to be restrictive and that this fund should be significantly strengthened; stresses, however, that this increase will still leave the budget below the amount called for by Parliament;
Amendment 25 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Criticises the fact that the implementation rate for the 2014-2020 EMFF is still far too low – only 35% – six years after it was adopted; stresses that this poor rate is partly due to national and European red tape, but also to the mismatch between the EMFF rules and the real needs of the sector;
Amendment 27 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that measures to support the sector should be strengthened, inter alia through the reintegration of EMFF funding to support fleet renewal and upgrade or the purchase of new vessels, under the conditions already proposed by Parliament; that a minimum price system should be set and implemented for the first sale, with the aim of protecting fishers' revenues and ensuring that fish continues to be offered to the public, if necessary with the intervention of public entities to cover operational expenses — subject to EMFF funding — and the disposal of fish as an emergency; that the EMFF should be able to finance a Wage Guarantee Fund to support fishers' revenues on the basis of the average revenue of each professional; that temporary support for cessation of activity should not be limited to six months, as provided for currently under the EMFF, and may be extended beyond this period and also cover small and medium-sized shellfish and aquaculture operators; that aid should be provided for storage, funded by the EMFF; that specific aid should be provided for investment on board vessels or for personal protective equipment related to specific needs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; and that administrative procedures should be simplified;
Amendment 35 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)Member States and their authorities must be given the additional funding and equipment ithey needs to carry out itstheir activities properly and to ensure that the EU meets its sustainable fishing goals;
Amendment 79 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission’s evaluation of the 7th EAP241 concluded that its 2050 vision and priority objectives are still valid; that it has helped to provide more predictable, faster and better-coordinated action in environment policy; and that its structure and enabling framework have helped create synergies, thus making environment policy more effective and efficient. Moreover, the evaluation concluded that the 7th EAP anticipated the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda by insisting that economic growth and social wellbeing depend on a healthy natural resource base, and facilitated delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. It also enabled the Union to speak with one voice on the global stage on climate and environmental matters. In its evaluation of the 7th EAP, the Commission also concluded that progress related to nature protection, health and policy integration was not sufficient. It added that social issues should have been factored in, arguing that the environmental crisis is one affecting society rather than nature. It also noted in its evaluation the low levels of environmental protection expenditure in Europe, falling short of requirements, notwithstanding the increasingly ambitious targets being set in this area. __________________ 24 COM(2019) 233 final.
Amendment 84 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Drastic reductions in biodiversity, compounded by extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, etc., will particularly affect the most vulnerable countries lacking the material resources to respond.
Amendment 86 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) It is obvious that the policies and mechanisms currently embodied in EU legislation, cutting expenditure on public services, reducing public investment and requiring the deregulation and privatisation of strategic sectors, are effectively undermining MS capacity to deal with current environmental challenges.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) Increasingly intensive agricultural and livestock production methods involving excessive use of certain chemicals (fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics), together with excessive food processing, is endangering human health and has made food in general less nutritious and more unwholesome, causing pressure on natural ecosystems and a significant increase in zoonotic diseases.
Amendment 110 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The unilateral focus on economic growth (but not necessarily development) has led to many of the environmental problems we are currently facing, as evidenced in particular by the fact that the ‘European Green Deal’ is being presented as a new ‘growth strategy’.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) EU environmental funding should provide for a geographical spread of investment (from agricultural and industrial production to energy generation hubs), ensuring territorial cohesion and balanced land use, avoiding divergence between Member States and encouraging convergence.
Amendment 119 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Budgetary constraints imposed on Member States, in particular the Stability and Growth Pact and the zero structural deficit embedded in the Fiscal Compact, are seriously inhibiting the full achievement of environmental goals.
Amendment 129 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The relevant environmental and climate goals can only be met by underpinning the Life + programme, channelling specific funding into biodiversity and Natura 2000 management measures, ensuring that it is fairly distributed between Member States, and promoting ecological and plant health assessment of forests, their rehabilitation and, where appropriate, reforestation with native species, especially in countries that have sustained the worst fire damage.
Amendment 147 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The 8th EAP should accelerate the transition to a regenerative wellbeing economy, one that gives back to the planet more than it takes. A regenerative growth model recognises and restores the planet's natural systems. A regenerative growth model does not exist and cannot be pursued as it is fundamentally based on the same logic as conventional growth. The 8th EAP should recognise that the wellbeing and prosperity of our societies depends completely on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems, which provide a safe operating space for our economies. The 8th EAP should acknowledge that the economy is a subsystem of the larger biosphere, which is finite and not growing in size, meaning its material throughput cannot keep growing forever. As the global population and the demand for natural resources continues to grow, economic activity should develop in a way that does no harm but, on the contreparts with the fixation on economic growth, and moves to a model that stays within planetary boundaries, does no harym, reverses climate change and environmental degradation, minimises pollution and results in maintaining and enriching natural capitalsystems, therefore ensuring the abundance of biodiverse life, healthy ecosystems, renewable and non-renewable resources. Through continuous innovationtransformative rethinking, adaptation to new challenges and co- creation, the regenerative wellbeing economy strengthens resilience and protects present and future generations’ future, wellbeing. and right to a healthy environment.
Amendment 171 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutrality, adaption to climate change, protecting and restoring biodiversity, circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption, ensuring a socially fair and inclusive transition. It should furthermore identify the enabling conditionsactions necessary to achieve the long-term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved.
Amendment 174 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutralitychange mitigation, adaption to climate change, protecting and restoring biodiversity, circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption, circular economy, including reducing production and consumption and related environmental pressures. It should furthermore identify the enabling condinecessary actions to achieve the long-term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved.
Amendment 179 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) It is urgently necessary to assess the effectiveness of all market-based instruments in achieving the overall target for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and their social and environmental fallout; the EU greenhouse gas emissions trading system has proved ineffective, having failed to achieve its emission reduction targets; it must therefore take countermeasures and adopt alternatives to carbon trading, replacing a market-based approach with a fairer and more effective regulatory approach; a realistic, integrated and cross-cutting approach to climate change should be promoted, ensuring a diversification of instruments for achievement of reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone.
Amendment 190 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Environment policy being highly decentralised, action to achieve the priority objectives of the 8th EAP should be taken at different levels of governance, i.e. at the European, the national, the regional and the local level, with a collaborative approach to multi-level governance. The integrated approach to policy development and implementation should be strengthened with a view to maximising the synergies between economic, environmental and social objectives, while paying careful attention to potential trade-offs and to the needs of vulnerable and marginalised groups. Moreover, transparent engagement with non- governmental actors is important for ensuring the success of the 8th EAP and the achievement of its priority objectives. Citizen assemblies and participative democracy can be an important catalyst of the 8th EAP.
Amendment 194 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Given the need for a profound change to the CAP to counteract and reverse growing deregulation in this sector and strengthen production and market regulatory mechanisms, short food supply chains and local food production systems should be promoted. The benefits of this include fairer prices for farmers, access to fresh and seasonal products for consumers, reduced environmental impact and greater social cohesion at local level.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Global trade deregulation is having a significant impact in terms of increased energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and the EU must therefore acknowledge the need for these effects to be properly examined and assessed.
Amendment 205 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) A fundamental shift from competition to complementarity in international trade must be achieved, bearing in mind the sovereign right of Member States to shape their own trade policies in line with this principle.
Amendment 207 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The European Commission should assess the progress in achieving the priority objectives of the 8th EAP by the Union and the Member States in the context of the transition towards greatera sustainability, wellbeing and resiliencele and resilient wellbeing economy. This is in line with calls of the Council27 and the European Economic and Social Committee28 for measuring economic performance and societal progress “beyond GDP”, and moving towards using well- being and environmental health indicators as a compass for policy, which is also supported by the OECD29 . There is no long term plan for economic growth other than the idea that economies can keep growing indefinitely. The short-term thinking inherent to that economic logic has made it very dangerous for future generations, who will have to deal with incredible hardship and ecological breakdown on this current pathway without a plan to deal with economic growth in a finite planet. GDP does not consider environmental and social impacts of economic growth and therefore cannot be considered a useful metric. Economic growth is closely linked to increases in production, consumption and resource use and has detrimental effects on the natural environment and human health. It is unlikely that a long-lasting, absolute decoupling of economic growth from environmental pressures and impacts can be achieved at the global scale; therefore, societies need to rethink what is meant by growth and progress and their meaning for global sustainability. __________________ 27See e.g. https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-10414-2019-INIT/en/pdf 28https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our- work/opinions-information- reports/opinions/reflection-paper-towards- sustainable-europe-2030. 29See e.g. the OECD Well-being Framework, the OECD Framework for Policy Action on Inclusive Growth, the Better Life Initiative and the New Approaches to Economic Challenges Initiative.
Amendment 236 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to take account of evolving policy objectives and, the progress made and the changing impact on future generations, the 8th EAP should be extensively evaluated by the Commission in 2029before 2029 in order to provide a useful assessment ahead of the adoption of the next EAP.
Amendment 240 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) World GDP is currently poorly distributed and poorly utilised, with total global GDP already well in excess of what is associated with very high levels of human development for all. Despite this, 10 % of the world's population live in extreme poverty, with no access to basic rights, while the richest 5 % in the world capture 46 % of total global GDP. The world currently experiences intolerable levels of deprivation, and intolerable levels of excess, with a huge environmental impact for the latter dependent on the underdevelopment of the global poor. Degrowth is not about reducing GDP, but reducing this excess resource and energy throughput while at the same time improving human well- being and social outcomes, scaling down only the unnecessary and destructive sectors. Development for all and ecological restoration can go hand in hand, but this depends completely on redistributive policies.
Amendment 241 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) Development and GDP are not synonymous: sustainable development relies first and foremost on a foundation of a healthy environment, upon which the social and economic subsets depend. The reality of the finiteness of the environment, which dictates that we have only a certain amount of operating space in which we can live without jeopardising the rights of future generations, needs to be fully integrated into the economic model.
Amendment 243 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19 d (new)
Recital 19 d (new)
(19d) The 8th EAP should be a framework for ensuring coherence and consistency across all Union policies and address all inconsistencies that go against the objectives of this EAP.
Amendment 245 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19 f (new)
Recital 19 f (new)
(19f) Green growth, sustainable growth, or any other slight modification of GDP growth is not different from conventional GDP growth, and contains within the exact same problems as conventional GDP growth. Resource use continues to rise with GDP in absolute terms, even if it is called sustainable or green growth.
Amendment 248 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This decisions sets out a legally binding general action programme in the field of the environment for the period up to 31 December 2030 (‘8th EAP’). It lays down its priority objectives, identifies enabling conditionsactions necessary for their achievement and sets a framework to measure whether the Union and its Member States are on track to meet those priority objectives.
Amendment 258 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The 8th EAP aims at accelerating the transition to a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, clean and circular economy in a just and inclusive way, and endorses the environmental and cseeking to ensure sustainable, non-toxic and efficient use of our planet’s limited resources, encouraging environmental protection, rehabilimtate objectives of the European Green Deal and its initiativeion and improvement in terms of air, water and soil quality, halting and reversing biodiversity loss and combating the deterioration of our ecosystems.
Amendment 270 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The 8th EAP forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climatesocial objectives defined under the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and its monitoring framework, constitutetributing as the environment and climate part of the EU’s efforts to measure progress towards greater sustainability, including climate neutrality and resource efficiency, wellbeing and resilience.
Amendment 275 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The 8th EAP forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and its monitoring framework constitutes the environment and climate part of the EU’s efforts to measure progress towards greater sustainability, including climate neutrality and resource efficiency, wellbeing and resilience.
Amendment 294 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The 8th EAP has the following six thematic priority objectives:
Amendment 311 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) continuous and adequate progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change and significantly increasing ecosystem-based adaptation;
Amendment 317 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) advancing towards achieving a new regenerative growtheconomic model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, decoupling economic growthincreases the wellbeing of all people within planetary boundaries and gives back to the planet more than it takes, acknowledging that economic growth cannot be decoupled in absolute terms from resource use and environmental degradation, and accelerating the transition to a circular economy;
Amendment 329 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) pursuing a zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free-environment, including for air, water and soil, and protecting the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts, applying a uniform 'One World, One Health’ approach to health and wellbeing;
Amendment 335 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity and enhancing natural capital, notablynature, including biodiversity, air, water, soil, and forest, freshwater, wetland and marine ecosystems and prioritising rewilding;
Amendment 355 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) advancing towards systemically changed food systems in the Union, which prioritise local production and consumption, move away from a productivity mindset to one of sustainability of food systems, consider soil health security the underpinning of food security, value rural life and livelihoods, decommodify food and promote it as a common good, are based on organic farming and move to completely toxic-free food.
Amendment 362 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
Amendment 389 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1 a (new)
- ensuring that findings are disclosed at the same time as the measurement project is published;
Amendment 399 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
– paying careful attention to synergies and potential trade-offssystematically evaluating the interplay between economic, environmental and social objectives so as to ensure that citizens’ needs for nutritionpeople’s human rights to food, housing and mobility are metensured in a sustainable way that leaves no- one behind;
Amendment 408 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4
– regularly evaluating existing policies and preparing impact assessments for new initiatives, which are based on wide consultations following procedures that are accountable, inclusive, democratic, informed and simple to implementable, and which pay due regard toassess projected impacts on environment and climate, social impact, and the rights of future generations as well as the costs of non-action;
Amendment 412 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 a (new)
– regularly assessing all Union policies to identify inconsistencies between Union policies and policy objectives of this EAP to ensure coherence, consistency and the achievement of these objectives;
Amendment 413 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 a (new)
- using economic models that take into account the boundaries of our planet, social needs and human rights, rather than focusing exclusively on economic growth;
Amendment 417 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) integrating intergenerational and long-term perspectives into all initiatives, policy and implementation, taking into account the rights of future generations to a healthy environment, among their other human rights, and integrating long-term considerations into impact assessments and cost-benefit analysis;
Amendment 419 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) effectively integrating environmental and climate sustainability in the European Semester of economic governance, including in the National Reform Programmes and National Recovery and Resilience planall relevant sectoral policies;
Amendment 420 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) effectively integrating environmental and, climate and social sustainability in the European Semester of economic governance, including in the National Reform Programmes and National Recovery and Resilience plancovery and Resilience plans, and abolishing the European Semester, which has had detrimental social and environmental impacts;
Amendment 444 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies at Union and national level, making the best use of market-based instruments and green budgeting tools, including those required to ensure a socially fair transition, and supporting businesses and other stakeholders in developing standardised natural capital accounting practices;
Amendment 462 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) overhauling state aid rules to enable unprecedented investment in transitional arrangements, public services and social protection, by repealing the Fiscal Compact and replacing the Stability and Growth Pact with an Employment and Sustainability Pact;
Amendment 472 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) underpinning the Life + programme, including specific funding for biodiversity and Natura 2000 management, ensuring a fair distribution of funding among Member States; it is also essential to facilitate assessment of the ecological and plant health of forests and their rehabilitation, including reforestation with native species, especially in the countries that have sustained the worst fire damage;
Amendment 473 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
(fc) assumption of greater responsibility by the Union for upholding Natura 2000 values, especially with regard to funding;
Amendment 474 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
(fd) ensuring CAP support for ecological local production on small farms concerned with food quality and co- existing with the natural environment, eschewing harmful pesticides and chemical fertilisers; assisting in the development of policies to minimise the impact of the herbicides, especially on pollinators and to consolidate and promote conservation and integrated agricultural production methods;
Amendment 475 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f e (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f e (new)
(fe) factoring in the potential benefits of scientific and technological progress in the field of biotechnology, with Member States and the EU seeking to ensure the judicious application of the precautionary principle, especially in agriculture, where the pressure for the introduction of genetically modified organisms is growing;
Amendment 476 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f f (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f f (new)
(ff) overturning decisions to embrace the cultivation of genetically modified varieties and rejecting all attempts to commodify and patent seeds or essentially biological processes, to the clear detriment of biodiversity and the plant genetic heritage;
Amendment 477 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f g (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f g (new)
(fg) promoting the cultivation of traditional and indigenous species and encouraging biodiversity to cope with climate and soil change, maintaining soil nutrient levels, feeding the people and providing them with a balanced diet, while helping to alleviate climate change;
Amendment 478 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f h (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f h (new)
(fh) preventing soil sealing, pollution and erosion to ensure its fertility, helping to promote biodiversity and mitigate climate change;
Amendment 479 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f i (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f i (new)
(fi) helping to reduce the harmful effects of noise on human health and biodiversity through revision of the Environmental Noise Directive;
Amendment 480 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f j (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f j (new)
(fj) promoting sustainable forestry in the Member States, giving priority to the protection of what were formerly growing forests, wildlife conservation and the prompt rehabilitation thereof following natural disasters;
Amendment 481 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f k (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f k (new)
(fk) ensuring production based on the principles of reduction, reuse, recycling and repair, putting an end to built-in obsolescence as a business strategy that results in deliberately short product lifespan and the need for replacement, and adapting consumption to the limits of our planet;
Amendment 482 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f l (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f l (new)
(fl) ensuring the right to IT repair and continuous backup services to achieve sustainable consumption;
Amendment 483 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f m (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f m (new)
(fm) guaranteeing essential public services through the promotion of free public transport and access to drinking water and the public management thereof, thereby upholding the right of all Member State citizens to benefit from this;
Amendment 484 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f n (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f n (new)
(fn) action by the European institutions and Member States to ensure universal right of access to water and sanitation through pricing geared to the provision of services for all and not to profit or returns on capital;
Amendment 485 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f o (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f o (new)
(fo) stepping up and coordinating efforts to promote the development and validation of alternatives to animal testing in order to help achieve the priority objective under Article 2(d);
Amendment 502 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) making full use of nature ecosystem-based solutions and, social innovation and community-led action;
Amendment 523 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 2
– enhancing cooperation with governments, businesses and civil society in third countries and international organisations to form partnerships and alliances for environment protection and promoting environmental cooperation in G7 and G20, fully respecting the sovereignty of these nations;
Amendment 524 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 2
— enhancing cooperation with governments, businesses and civil society in third countries and international organisations to form partnerships and alliances for environment protection and promoting environmental cooperation in G7 and G20;
Amendment 528 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 3
– strengthening the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and other multilateral environmental agreements by the Union and its partners, including by increasing transparency and accountability as regards progress on the commitments made under those agreements and ensuring an equitable contribution to all of their goals;
Amendment 535 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 5 a (new)
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 5 a (new)
- promoting a fundamental shift from competition to complementarity in international trade, bearing in mind the sovereign right of Member States to shape their own trade policies in line with this principle;
Amendment 561 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, supported by the European Environment Agency and the European Chemicals Agency, shall assess and report on the progress of the Union and the Member States with regard to achieving the priority objectives laid down in Article 2 on a regular basis, taking into consideration the enabling condinecessary actions laid down in Article 3.
Amendment 602 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 5 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. By 31 March 2024, the Commission shall carry out a mid-term evaluation of the progress achieved in this EAP based on the most recent assessment and shall make this evaluation publicly available. It shall contain an assessment of progress made towards monitoring and assessing systemic change, with particular focus on changes in economic systems to deprioritise GDP growth and implement redistributive policies.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Climate legislation must do more than simply set a net goal of zero CO2 emissions by 2050 in the law; it should provide concrete, sufficient and realistic means to attain that goal.
Amendment 175 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Union should be accountable for the deregulation and liberalisation of international trade, which promotes increasing flows of matter and energy that come from different parts of the world, with enormous environmental, economic and social impacts. The Union should instead promote the development of mutually beneficial international economic relations, based on complementarity and not on competition, refusing all forms of neo-colonialism, and stopping all free-trade agreements;
Amendment 206 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The EU should ensure that Member States have means to invest in the ecological transition, in that sense, it should discard the EU’s cap on national borrowing of 3% of GDP as prescribed in the Stability and Growth Pact - and also the zero structural deficit embodied in the fiscal compact - that severely inhibits the ecological transition by prohibiting Member States from launching massive public investment drives to achieve a zero carbon economy. Environmental and social public investment should be excluded from this 3% rule.
Amendment 713 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) The Union cap on national borrowing of 3% of GDP as prescribed in the Stability and Growth Pact, and also the zero structural deficit embodied in the fiscal compact; Environmental and social public investment should be excluded from this 3% rule;
Amendment 727 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) the negative and perverse consequences that the carbon market approach has had;
Amendment 53 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradation. The JTF should also seek to bring about major shifts in mobility patterns, moving towards more environmentally-friendly modes of transport, investing in the modernisation and expansion of rail networks and providing more efficient public transport services in metropolitan areas and urban centres. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. _________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
Amendment 68 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair and socially acceptable for all. It must ensure that the right of affected workers to decent employment is respected, realigning their skills to changing job requirements. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequences. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.
Amendment 77 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) If the JTF is to achieve its goal, it is essential to increase the EU budget, stepping up its role in the reallocation of structural, investment and cohesion funding earmarked for genuine economic and social convergence between Member States and funding for the productive sectors and for employment with rights.
Amendment 78 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Enhanced cohesion policy instruments and EU budgetary easing are essential in view of the current economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Member States; Member States should be free to redirect appropriations between funds, items of expenditure and priorities in accordance with their economic and social needs, irrespective of thematic concentration objectives and EU macroeconomic and/or political conditionality.
Amendment 97 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most affected territories and workers concerned. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate and offset the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of the local economy and by mitigating the negative repercussions on employment. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
Amendment 109 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in the creation of new firms, including through business incubators and consulting services;
Amendment 111 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) investments in the modernisation, expansion and rationalisation of public transport networks and fleets, promoting rail services, lighter modes of transport and interoperability, focusing on metropolitan areas and urban centres, but also helping to improve connections with island and rural areas;
Amendment 111 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ resources will contribute fully to the achievement of this target.
Amendment 112 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
Amendment 119 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The resources from the JTF shouldcan complement the resources available under cohesion policyose made available by stepping up cohesion policy funding and allowing the flexible use thereof by Member States and beneficiaries.
Amendment 151 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The JTF should facilitate the spread of investments (from agricultural and industrial production to energy generation hubs), ensuring territorial cohesion and balanced occupation, avoiding divergence between Member States and, on the contrary, promoting divergence between them.
Amendment 155 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies, promote quality employment and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate- neutral and circular economy focused on promoting quality employment. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding industrial reconfiguration of the affected regions, avoiding any structural reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment with rights and avoiding environmental degradation. The JTF should also seek to bring about major shifts in mobility patterns, moving towards more environmentally-friendly modes of transport, investing in the modernisation and expansion of rail networks and providing more efficient public transport services in metropolitan areas and urban centres. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. _________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
Amendment 177 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To protect citizens who are most vulnerable to the climate transition, the JTF should also cover the up-skilling and reskilling of the affected workers, with the aim of helping them to adapt to new employment opportunitiessituation, as well as providing job-search assistance to jobseekers and their active inclusion into the labour market ensuring that they do not lose out when changing jobs.
Amendment 184 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and decent employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary for mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate- neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14and if they result in the protection of a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, sSupport to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. _________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 197 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 283 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5XX billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
Amendment 289 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5XX billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
Amendment 319 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) investments by agencies, bodies and public entities to stimulate economic activity and job creation;
Amendment 329 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in the creation of new firms, including through business incubators and consulting services;
Amendment 363 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) investments to counter planned obsolescence and reverse the trend towards reducing the useful lifespan of goods and equipment;
Amendment 373 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Amendment 375 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) investment in projects with the potential to attract users away from private vehicles towards public transport services, for example by providing such services free of charge;
Amendment 395 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in regeneration and decontamination of sites, land restoration and repurposing projects, limited to public entities and SMEs;
Amendment 458 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The activities referred to in paragraph 2 shall promote company start- ups, the reconversion of existing structures and the reskilling of workers to ensure that employment is not structurally affected in areas requiring a complete overhaul of their industrial and production capacities;
Amendment 473 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5.º – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5.º – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) investment failing to ensure decent employment, based on agreements and collective bargaining, in terms of pay and work-life balance;
Amendment 512 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The JTF resources shall be programmed for the categories of regions where the territories concerned are located, giving priority to the less developed regions under the cohesion policy, on the basis of the territorial just transition plans established in accordance with Article 7 and approved by the Commission as part of a programme or a programme amendment. The resources programmed shall take the form of one or more specific programmes or of one or more priorities within a programme.
Amendment 542 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 1
Article 7.º – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare, together with the relevant authorities of the territories concerned, one or more territorial just transition plans covering one or more affected territories corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level 3 regions’) as established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/201417 or parts thereof, in accordance with the template set out in Annex II. Those territories shall be those most negatively affected based on the economic and social impacts resulting from the transition, in particular with regard to expected job losses in fossil fuel production and use and the transformation needs of the production processes of industrial facilities with the highest greenhouse gas intensity. _________________ 17 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154 21.6.2003, p. 1)and new job requirements in line with the restructuring of industrial and production capacity.
Amendment 568 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7.º – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affected territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job lossesthose to be retrained, the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories, as well as the necessary business start-up and job-retention incentives;
Amendment 582 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 7.º – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of its consistency with other national, regional or territorial strategies and plans, including economic and industrial restimulation strategies to sustain production and maintain or improve employment levels;
Amendment 604 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Territorial just transition plans shall be consistent with the territorial strategies referred to in Article [23] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], with relevant smart specialisation strategies, the NECPs and the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 630 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) greenhouse-gas emissions ofrom industrial facilities, transport, buildings, changes in land use and other sources regarded as relevant in NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions where the carbon intensity, as defined by the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions of industrial facilitifrom the above sources as reported by Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council28 compared to the gross value added of the industryGDP of the region in question, exceeds by a factor of two the EU-27 average. Where that level is not exceeded in any NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions in a given Member State, greenhouse-gas emissions of industrial facilities in the NUTS level 2 and level 3 region with the highest carbon intensity is taken into account (weighting 439%), _________________ 28 European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the
Amendment 642 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) employment in mining of coal and lignite or other sectors undergoing reconversion (weighting 25%),
Amendment 651 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) unemployment in industry in the NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions taken into account for the purposes of point (i) (weighting 25%),
Amendment 654 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) proportion of NUTS level 2 regions considered less developed for the purposes of cohesion policy (weighting 10%),
Amendment 25 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
E. whereas the SFPA should contribute to the sustainable development of the Seychelles fisheries sector, with the aim of ensuring long-term food security and food sovereignty for the Seychelles population; whereas, to achieve this, systematic consultation of representatives from the local fisheries sector, including its artisanal component, should be provided for and should continue throughout the period that the SFPA is in force;
Amendment 32 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the overexploitation of yellowfin tuna stock is down to the fishing effort for this species being too high, but also to the extensive use of unsustainable fishing methods, such as those involving FADs, which prevent stock from reproducing normally and are a major source of marine pollution;
Amendment 35 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the European fishing vessels operating in Seychelles water mainly target the same species as the local fishing fleet, including its artisanal vessels, and, therefore, the local vessels are suffering because some resources are being overexploited, causing their depletion and a deterioration in their quality;
Amendment 56 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that the Seychelles fisheries sector, including its artisanal component, has not been involved throughout the negotiations; Calls for it to be included immediately in the negotiations and systematically consulted throughout the period that the SFPA is in force with a view to ensuring that its interests and the development of the Seychelles fisheries sector are not undermined by the EU- Seychelles SFPA;
Amendment 68 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
8. Emphasises the need to improve selectivity with a view to strongly reducing bycatch of sensitive species and juveniles, in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of stocks; calls for the use of unsustainable fishing methods such as FADs to be quickly and drastically cut back; takes the view that, in the medium term, the use of FADs should be outlawed;
Amendment 95 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a detailed evaluation of the benefitconsequences that the SFPA brings tohas on local economies in terms of employment, infrastructure development and social improvementand labour conditions;
Amendment 101 #
2020/0002M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to send to Parliament and make publicly available the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 12 of the SFPA and the findings of the annual evaluations; calls on the Commission to enable representatives of Parliament to attend Joint Committee meetings, including via teleconference, and to encourage the systematic participation of Seychelles fishing communities and associated stakeholders;
Amendment 5 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the EU budget must be increased, with greater emphasis on its redistributive function with support for effective economic and social convergence between the Member States – through deployment of structural and, investment funding – and support for the productive sectors and employment with rights, to ensure the Union’s social and economic cohesion;
Amendment 10 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the effects of policies and mechanisms established in EU law that require cuts to the state’s social function, the compression of public investment, the liberalisation and privatisation of strategic sectors, leading to the weakening of the weakest economies’ productive apparatus, are now painfully visible; considers that it now clear for all to see that these policies have left the Member States less prepared and less protected when dealing with the consequences of any crisis and in serious difficulties in addressing the much- needed ecological transition;
Amendment 11 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for a substantial increase in appropriations under economic, social and territorial cohesion headings, in order to comply fully with the redistributive principle; adds that this is the only way the Union can ensure Member States have the necessary resources to invest in the ecological transition;
Amendment 26 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that, in order to meet the objectives laid down in the programmes set out in the European Green Deal, the Union must ensure that the Member States have the necessary resources to invest in the ecological transition of their production apparatus and of their agriculture, environment and mobility policies;
Amendment 29 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that the new funding proposed as part of the European Green Deal must enable the geographical spread of investments (from agricultural and industrial areas to energy generation hubs), ensuring territorial cohesion and balanced land use, avoiding divergence between Member States and promoting convergence;
Amendment 31 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points out that the European Green Deal can only be financed if the EU’s budget is increased in a manner commensurate with the stated aims of its programmes – affording in particular greater funding for safeguarding biodiversity and protecting indigenous species – while ensuring an equitable distribution of monies between the Member States;
Amendment 32 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for an increase in support for the Life+ programme, including dedicated envelopes for biodiversity and the management of the Natura 2000 network, and measures to ensure the fair distribution of funding among the Member States; urges in addition that support be provided for ecological and plant health assessments in forests and their rehabilitation, specifically reforestation with native species, especially in those countries that have suffered the greatest fire damage;
Amendment 33 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Advocates greater EU accountability in safeguarding natural values in the Natura 2000 network, particularly with regard to its financing; notes the difficulties experienced by several Member States concerning management of the Natura 2000 network owing to lack of a specific financial instrument for such management, which would complement the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 37 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the procedures for mobilising the EU’s Solidarity Fund should be as rapid as possible, natural disasters in the EU’s regions should remain eligible for aid, and the specific nature of natural disasters in the Mediterranean area, such as drought and forest fires, should be recognised;
Amendment 43 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that appropriations should be included for the promotion and fostering of research in public laboratories, research institutions and universities on the environment, public health and food safety;
Amendment 45 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Since the Member States are currently suffering economic and social fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for the cohesion policy instruments to be strengthened and greater flexibility to be afforded in the EU budgetary process;
Amendment 46 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Takes the view that the loss of EU Member State sovereignty and independence in the medicines and health equipment sector and with regard to raw materials is linked to deindustrialisation and the relocation of production by the pharmaceuticals giants;
Amendment 47 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Points out that in its prerequisites for health, as fundamental conditions and resources, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion includes peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity, and that improvement in health requires a secure foundation in these basic prerequisites. Stresses that the EU’s resources should be used to fulfil these prerequisites so that public health in the Member States can be protected properly.
Amendment 48 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Points out that, that while public health policies are a Member State matter, the EU can and must, nonetheless, support national measures to guarantee affordable and high-quality health services for citizens; stresses the need for Member States to step up their sovereignty and independence with regard to health care and ensure their supply of medicines and medical equipment;
Amendment 49 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls for an increase in funding earmarked for the special contribution for orphan medical products, in line with its aim of providing incentives for the development of medicines for rare diseases; argues that sufferers of these diseases deserve these medicines and the same quality of care as other patients, and that their reduced number cannot justify a refusal by the pharmaceutical industry to invest in the research and development of medicines to treat them;
Amendment 50 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Observes that the aggressive expansion of industrial food production has given rise to increasingly serious risks to human health; the excessive use of chemicals (fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics) and the over-processing of food has made the food available to people less nutritious and more harmful, and has also caused a considerable rise in zoonotic diseases;
Amendment 51 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Considers that the best defence against any economic shock is to achieve/guarantee food sovereignty for Member States, with due account for people’s overriding clear and present need for healthy, nutritious and adequate food grown near where they live;
Amendment 52 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Takes the view that without an EU budget large enough to meet its requirements, as well as consistency between the Union’s agricultural, food, trade, economic and competition policies, the results of the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy will remain very limited;
Amendment 53 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Calls for specific agricultural programmes to be strengthened and to promote sustainable agriculture, which necessitates, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers and stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers, and to budget the initial amount of the agricultural reserve;
Amendment 54 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6k. Advocates a CAP that supports local agro-ecological production by small- scale farms that respects food produce and coexists with the natural environment, without using harmful pesticides and chemical fertilisers; calls for the EU budget to provide funding lines and instruments to assist in the development of policies intended to minimise the impact of herbicides, particularly on pollinators, and to consolidate and promote conservation and integrated agricultural production methods;
Amendment 55 #
2020/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6l. Stresses that the Commission’s recently presented Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies aim, respectively, to ‘bring nature back into our lives’ and ensure a ‘a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’; rejects any cuts to the any specific programme for agriculture; calls for these programmes to be strengthened and to promote sustainable agriculture in all Member States and, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers, stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers;
Amendment 206 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 27
Amendment 210 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers that the European Union scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading has failed, having proved ineffective in achieving the emission reduction targets; stresses that the creation of more carbon markets is compromising and undermining the adoption of other environmental regulations;
Amendment 213 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Stresses the need to promote and adopt alternatives to carbon trading, replacing a market-based approach with a fairer and more effective regulatory approach;
Amendment 215 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Points to the importance of a realistic, integrated and cross-cutting approach to climate change, widening the range of means employed to reach reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone;
Amendment 248 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Points to the importance of assessing the potential for making economies less carbon intensive by reducing dependence on fossil fuels;
Amendment 274 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Considers that world trade deregulation is having a significant effect in terms of increasing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and it is necessary and urgent that this situation be properly studied and evaluated;
Amendment 283 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 37
37. Strongly deplores the lacklustre reaction by the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the unprecedented number and scale of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon: urges the EU and its Member States to do their utmost, through international cooperation and assistance, to combat the environmental devastation of this key area in the global ecosystem;
Amendment 285 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Rejects any moves to promote economic plans and projects and transfer the environmental costs thereof to the Brazilian people, while exonerating from any responsibility ultra-liberal programmes that unleash and reignite the ambitions of big business and agribusiness groups seeking to appropriate the natural riches of the Amazon;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
3a. whereas previous budgets were not provided with sufficient resources to give effect to the principle of economic, social and territorial cohesion, resulting in inequalities between Member States and leading to increasing divergence; whereas the role of the EU budget, and in particular of the part devoted to economic, social and territorial cohesion, should be strengthened to ensure convergence between Member States;
Amendment 6 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that communication with citizens should be among the top priorities for the EU budget in order to ensure broad, active and effective involvement ofon where and how the EU budget is used to be important; calls, in this regard, for such information to be made available in a transparent and easily accessible manner to all citizens inof the Conference on the Future of EuropeMember States;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europe, including in the more remote geographical areas, particularly in the outermost regions, by creating a POSEI for transport; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the 2021 EU budget should include: the end of macroeconomic conditionality imposed on Member States; rules governing the funds permitting their use in accordance with the priorities of each country; the exclusion for the purpose of the Stability Pact of public expenditure linked to the co-financing of investments financed by EU funds, at least until the abrogation of the Stability Pact and of the standards and procedures of 'economic governance' ;
Amendment 12 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 19 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for sufficient commitment to and payment appropriations forConsiders that the Europe for Citizens Pprogramme, the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme and the European Citizens’ Initiative, as these instruments are vital for intensifying the p should not contribute to the creation of an artificipatory democracy processes in the EU, building citizens’ trust and enhancing their understanding of EU policiesal European identity, the falsification and revisionism of history, anti-communism and the white-washing of Nazism- Fascism;
Amendment 22 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Proposes that the 2021 budget should ensure a substantial increase in funding for economic, social and territorial cohesion in order to increase convergence between Member States and increase the participation and standard of living of citizens;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
The importance of transport, in particular of public transport, in achieving the goals of the Green Deal;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that not a single reference is made, in the entire European Green Deal, to the promotion and improvement of public transport systems, with a view to changing mobility profiles; stresses that public transport is central to the promotion of socially, environmentally, climatically and economically sustainable societies;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an increase in support for the Life programme, including specific envelopes for biodiversity and the management of the Natura 2000 network, and measures to ensure the fair distribution of funding among the Member States; also calls for support to be provided for ecological and plant health assessments in forests, including for their restoration and reforestation with native species, particularly in those countries that have suffered the most damage from fires;
Amendment 32 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Advocates greater Community accountability in safeguarding natural values in the Natura 2000 network, particularly with regard to its financing; notes the difficulties experienced by several Member States in the areas of management level included in the Natura 2000 network owing to lack of a specific financial instrument for such management, which would complement the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2213(BUD)
3c. Calls for the EU budget to provide funding lines and instruments to assist in the development of policies intended to minimise the impact of herbicides, particularly on pollinators, and to consolidate and promote conservation and integrated agricultural production methods;
Amendment 40 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Argues that the existence of environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies is possible only with the existence of mobility and transport policies that favour the consolidation and utilisation of public transport systems; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; urges also that funding for local and regional transport infrastructures not be neglected but actively encouraged; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructures in outlying countries;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 49 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Highlights the experience of a number of EU cities with free public transport systems, resulting in a larger number of users, accompanied by a substantial decrease in automobile traffic; recommends that studies be carried out to assess the effects of these arrangements regarding factors such as variations in passenger numbers, travel times, the number of traffic accidents and casualties or impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should lead to formulation of action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 50 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for specific agricultural programmes to promote, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers and stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers, and to budget the initial amount of the agricultural reserve.
Amendment 57 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that in its prerequisites for health, as fundamental conditions and resources, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion includes peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity, and that improvement in health requires a secure foundation in these basic prerequisites. Stresses that the EU's resources should be used to fulfil these prerequisites so that public health in the Member States can be protected properly.
Amendment 61 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a reorientation of EU funds for public investment in transport infrastructure; rejects, in this regard, the use of the EU budget for public-private partnerships and the promotion of privatisation and deregulation of the sector - as in the case regarding these funds;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role that EU transport policy and investment plays in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU; requests, therefore, that the funding of TEN-T be maintained as part of cohesion policy, strengthening the support component for the development and modernisation of secondary, regional and local links, and not just links between major EU economic centres;
Amendment 63 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that sick people face considerable inequalities with regard to access to certain treatments, particularly innovative medicines, in the Member States; believes that the real situation should be studied urgently and help should be given in the proposal of policies concerning access to medicines.
Amendment 64 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 68 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the procedures for mobilising the EU's Solidarity Fund should be as rapid as possible, regional catastrophes should remain eligible for aid, and the specific nature of natural disasters in the Mediterranean area, such as drought and fires, should be recognised.
Amendment 74 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that appropriations should be included for the promotion and stimulation of research in public laboratories, research centres and universities on the environment, public health and food safety.
Amendment 78 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that transport projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Cohesion Fund (CF) mustshould give priority to the completion of TEN-T cosustainable transport modes and projects that foster terridtorsial cohesion;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 93 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 32 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges that the use of certain types of lethal weapons and other devices for the maintenance of law and order, such as paralysing CS gas grenades or LBD 40 launchers, be banned in line with the observations of the Council of Europe and this Parliament; calls for a total ban on restraining techniques designed to inhibit breathing; calls on the Member States to refrain from adopting restrictive laws on freedom of assembly;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas over-centralised fisheries management that is far removed from local reality has, in the past, frequently proved counterproductive; whereas local management is the best means of ensuring a three-dimensional approach to achieving fisheries policy objectives, that is to say one that encompasses the economic, social and environmental aspects;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas earnings are very unequally distributed between industrial fisheries on the one hand, which tend to plunder a larger share of resources, and small-scale fisheries on the other; whereas more stable and increased earnings from fisheries can provide a major incentive for reducing catches, thereby contributing to more sustainable resource management;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its call for full implementation of the CFP with the aim ofCFP reform guaranteeing the sovereignty of the Member States over their exclusive economic zones, promoting decentralised and local fisheries management and modernisation of the fisheries sector, with the aim of ensuring its socio-economic viability and restoring and maintaining populations of fish stocks above biomass levels capable of producing MSY;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen scientific coverage with the objective that 100 % of the fish stocks exploited in Europeantheir waters be assessed at the latest by 2025 and that the MSY can be calculated for all these stocks;
Amendment 105 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that attention and support should be particularly focused on small-scale fisheries, which are potentially less predatory and more sustainable, not only in terms of biological resource management but also from a socio-economic point of view;
Amendment 111 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that MSY should not be the only indicator relating to EU fisheries management and that use of maximum economic yield (MEY) should also be usconsidered;
Amendment 112 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 119 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to consider the desirability of introducing exclusive access privileges for small-scale fishing activity in defined areas;
Amendment 121 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 139 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal, in its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to have at least 30 % of sea area in the EU protected; considers that these objectives should be part of Member State development strategies and should be proposed and agreed by them, always in close coordination and cooperation with local communities, entities and authorities and the municipal councils, thereby encouraging local management;
Amendment 153 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls foron the Member States to consider the possibility and value of designating up to half of that area, meaning 15 % of European waters, to benefit from a high level of protection, which includes areas where all catches and any economic activities are prohibited (no- take zones), areas where only the most destructive fishing techniques, such as bottom- contacting gear, are banned, and fish stock recovery areas, as provided for under the CFP;
Amendment 169 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to proposet strong MPA management guidelines for Member States and to establish a classification of MPAs taking into account their stage of establishment, management plans and ecosystemic benefits, drawing on existing guidelines such as the global standards of the IUCN;
Amendment 188 #
2019/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that the successful implementation and ecological development of MPAs and other protected areas liedepends ion them being accepted and embraced by fishers, coastal communities and other stakeholders; calls therefore for the inclusion of the fisheries sector, including its artisanal component, as well as other relevant stakeholders, in the design, management and monitoring of MPAs;
Amendment 21 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the objectives of the common fisheries policy (CFP) aims toinclude ensureing that fishing and aquaculture are sustainable in the long term and that this sustainability is based on three pillars – environmental, social and economic; whereas the centralisation of fisheries management and Member States' loss of sovereignty under the CFP has put up barriers to the requisite local management, which is essential to ensuring that the sector is socio- economically viable;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the fishing sector plays a key role in supplying fish to the public and keeping food balances in equilibrium in the Member States and the EU, and whereas it plays a major role in the socio- economic well-being of coastal communities, to local development, to employment, to the maintenance and creation of upstream and downstream economic activities, and to the preservation of local cultural traditions;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas it is necessary to allow for the marked differences in fleets, fleet segments, target species, fishing gear, productivity, consumer preferences, and per capita fish consumption in the Member States, in addition to the specific features of the fishing industry owing to its social structure, the forms of marketing, and the structural and natural inequalities among fishing regions;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, despite the increase in the number of incidents, the number of fatalities arising from accidents and incidents on fishing vessels has shown a downward trend, with the vast majority of incidents being the result of human factors (62.4%) and system/equipment failures being the second most common cause (23.2% of incidents); whereas these issues concerning safety and accidents in fishing cannot be viewed separately from issues concerning fish yield;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in 2019, 64.9% of the EU28 fishing fleet was at least 25 years old1, and the average age of the fleet as a whole was 29.9 years2, which means a very large portion of the fleet is old and cannot be relied on to provide the best operating and safety conditions, increasing risks and making operations more onerous; 1 On the basis of the ratio of vessels more than 25 years old versus the total number of vessels: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/s ubmitViewTableAction.do 2 https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/facts_figure s_en?qt-facts_and_figures=2
Amendment 61 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ia. whereas matters of safety cannot be viewed separately from the characteristics of fishing fleets in the Member States, which are largely small- scale fleets; whereas sailing circumstances vary for that fleet; whereas part of that fleet operates from beaches or ports and harbours from which sailing conditions are very often precarious; whereas this situation must provide the opportunity to increase propulsion power to a level appropriate to the fleet's characteristics and to sea conditions, which does not necessarily increase fishing effort, with a view to making conditions for the fleet upon entering and exiting the sea; whereas increases to engine power on these grounds must be eligible for grants; whereas, for these reasons, EMFAF support should also be available for port and harbour dredging operations;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the lack of standardisaimited cooperation among Member States with regard to the mutual recognition inof certification and basic training for fishers, as well as in their recognition among Member States, was identified as a constraint two decades ago, and whereas few developments have been made;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas although these and other problems are recognised, the causes of the worsening socio-economic situation in the fisheries sector have, in many cases, still to be tackled, including the inadequate pricing of fish at first sale;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas earnings are very unequally distributed between industrial fisheries on the one hand, which tend to take a more rapacious approach to resources, and small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries on the other; whereas increased earnings from fisheries can provide a major incentive for reducing catches, thus contributing to more sustainable resource management;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Amendment 83 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)
Recital M d (new)
Md. whereas the revenue generated and the salaries earned by fishing professionals are insecure, given the way in which the sector does business, the manner in which first-sale prices are set, and the irregular nature of fishing and, as a result, the sector must continue to be supported by the requisite national and EU public funding;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M e (new)
Recital M e (new)
Me. whereas earnings from small-scale fisheries have been falling significantly owing to a substantial increase in operation costs, specifically in fuel costs, often making an increase in fishing effort necessary;
Amendment 85 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M f (new)
Recital M f (new)
Mf. whereas, despite their objectives, successive reforms of the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (CMO), particularly the aquaculture market, have not helped as they should have done to improve earnings in the sector, secure market stability, improve the marketing of fisheries products or increase their added value;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M g (new)
Recital M g (new)
Mg. whereas the current sales dynamic does not make it possible for fluctuations in production factor costs, fuel costs included, to be passed on in fish prices, and whereas average first-sale prices have not kept pace with the trend in end consumer prices;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M h (new)
Recital M h (new)
Mh. whereas the fisheries sector plays an important role in the socio-economic situation, in employment and in the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the outermost regions, areas with economies that face permanent structural constraints and few opportunities for economic diversification;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M i (new)
Recital M i (new)
Mi. whereas the special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions need to be acknowledged and taken into account when adopting measures, particularly measures relating to the fisheries sector;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that a CFP reform is needed that delivers the Member States' sovereignty over their exclusive economic zones, promoting decentralised and local fisheries management and modernisation of the fisheries sector, with the aim of safeguarding its socio-economic viability;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the information made available by different bodies seems to demonstrate an ageing of EUMember States' fishing crews, but that, as with fisheries management and adaptation of measures taken, the management, monitoring and implementation of actions should be differentiated on the basis of geographical area, fishing fleets and, in some circumstances, fishing gear used;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that professional maritime activities in general are considered high risk and dangerous, particularly fishing, and this situation is made worse by the fact that 85% of EU vessels are small-scale coastal vessels (less than 12 m in total length) and are, therefore, exposed to greater risks caused by adverse weather conditions and by operating close to shore; points out that the risks associated with fishing cannot be seen separately from the advanced age of a significant part of the fleet;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 118 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the ultimate goal of the CFP is to make fishing activity socially, environmentally and economically sustainable, and that only with goodTakes the view that the objectives of a fisheries policy should include supplying fish to the public and developing coastal communities, promoting employment and improving fishers' living standards, with better working, living and safety conditions, will it be possibleth a view to attracting young people and achieveing the generational renewal of this activity, which provides EU citizens with healthy foodle paying heed to the sustainability and proper conservation of fishery resources;
Amendment 124 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the best safety, work and living standards are in place on fishing vessels, regardless of their size; proposes that steps be taken to establish basic legal rules applicable in a uniform and cross-cutting manner to the entire EU fishing fleet, taking into account specific characteristics concerning vessel size and the types of fishing operation for which vessels are intended;
Amendment 143 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that in other areas of maritime activity, both recreational and professional, major developments have been made towards international recognition of training, irrespective of the country in which it is obtained, and all that is needed is for basic training to be standardised andcooperation to be stepped up with a view to the recognition of basic training provided by schools or educational institutions which are part of the internationally recognised national education systems of each Member State or third country;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that, while European funding has been invested in teaching establishments and schools providing advanced vocational training and certification in the blue economy, its oldest sector of activity, fisheries, still has difficulty in gaining acceptance in such establishments, except under regional or national training or training programmes, in the absence of Europeanand cooperation between Member States needs to be stepped up with a view to boosting the recognition of training given;
Amendment 152 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to establish common bases for aep up cooperation with regard to standard training and certification systems for the various categories of fishermen, allowing rapid recognition at European levelwith a view to the recognition among Member States of the certification obtained in a given Member State; considers that this should include a procedure for the recognition of certificates obtained outside the Union compatible with the European training recognition system, facilitating the movement of fishermen within the EUEuropean Union;
Amendment 156 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Points out that, while the aim of the EMFAF is to contribute to the full implementation of the CFP, in order to achieve this objective, fishermen must be properly trained and certified, requiring a portion of the funding to be earmarked for the training and certification of Member States' existing and incoming EU fishermen;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Promoting earnings from fishing, professional fishing activity and generational renewal in the sector
Amendment 181 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that the European Union, the largest single market in fisheries products, accounts for only 6% of total world catches, being highly dependent on fishery and aquaculture imports from third countries;
Amendment 182 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 184 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Considers it necessary to increase earnings from fishing as part of the strategy of making resource management more sustainable and that this goal can be achieved by increasing the commercial value of fish and through fleet renewal and rationalisation;
Amendment 186 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. Points to the need for ambitious revision of the COM for fishery products with a view to increasing its contribution to the sector's income, market stability, improved marketing of fishery products and an increase in their added value;
Amendment 187 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)
Paragraph 36 c (new)
36c. Stresses that the continuous fall in EU support for the sector under successive multiannual financial frameworks, and in particular the cut in funding for the European Fisheries Fund/European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the COM, is one of the factors which has been serving to worsen the situation in the sector; reiterates, therefore, that the EU's financial support for the fisheries sector needs to be stepped up considerably;
Amendment 188 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 d (new)
Paragraph 36 d (new)
36d. Calls for systems to be set up that improve first-sale prices, so as to benefit fishers by increasing the reward for their work, and promoting fair and proper distribution of added value along the sector's value chain by reducing operating margins, raising the prices paid to producers, and limiting the prices paid by end consumers;
Amendment 189 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 e (new)
Paragraph 36 e (new)
36e. Calls, with a view to distributing added value more fairly and properly along the sector's value chain, for consideration to be given to forms of intervention along the lines of guarantee prices or maximum profit rates in order to achieve the above aim and improve fishermen's incomes; reiterates that when there are serious imbalances within the chain, Member States should have the power to intervene, for instance by setting maximum operating margins for each agent in the chain;
Amendment 190 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 f (new)
Paragraph 36 f (new)
36f. Highlights the need for production costs to be one of the variables to take into account when determining guide prices;
Amendment 191 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 g (new)
Paragraph 36 g (new)
36g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the action needed to maintain and boost systems and means of support, including funding, in order to promote concentration of supply, including by providing real support for the establishment and operation of POs, particularly for small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing;
Amendment 192 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 h (new)
Paragraph 36 h (new)
36h. Stresses that operational programmes must encourage POs – by providing the requisite financial support – to market their products directly, working within the value chain, as a means to enhance the value of their production and boost the added value of fishery products;
Amendment 193 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 i (new)
Paragraph 36 i (new)
36i. Calls on the Commission, working in close cooperation with the Member States, to establish and implement support mechanisms for small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries that make it possible to tackle the specific problems in this part of the sector;
Amendment 194 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 j (new)
Paragraph 36 j (new)
36j. Stresses the importance of setting up home markets for traditional products of particular quality, to be backed up by fairs, small businesses, and the catering industry, as this would enhance the added value of local products and promote local development;
Amendment 195 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 k (new)
Paragraph 36 k (new)
Amendment 196 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 l (new)
Paragraph 36 l (new)
36l. Points out that the fisheries sector is central to the socio-economic situation, employment, and the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the ORs, whose economies are affected by permanent structural constraints and which have few possibilities for economic diversification; considers it essential, therefore, to maintain and step up EU support for the fisheries sector in those regions, with a view, in particular, to offsetting the additional costs of remoteness when it comes to selling certain fishery products from some ORs; points to the specific features of fisheries sector value chains in the ORs and maintains that special support is needed in order to strengthen them and facilitate access to markets, an aim that could be achieved by not only re-establishing a POSEI scheme for fisheries but also by establishing a POSEI scheme for transport geared towards setting up and operating particular trade routes;
Amendment 198 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses the need to ensure the continuity of fishing activity, generational renewal and greater social recognition for this sector and its importance for the sustainable supply of healthy food for Europeapopulations that come from environmentally sound habitats;
Amendment 210 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Observes that, given the right training and specific skills, fishermen could contribute even more to the advancement of scientific knowledge through the in situ collection and registration of environmental data, providing verification of that obtained by remote observation using satellites and other instruments; in 2019, the Community fleet, consisting of over 81 000 fishing vessels of all sizes, provided an incomparable number of platforms constantly collecting fishing and other marine data on an almost daily basis; this is a facility that can and should be used forbe involved in the collection of even more data regarding the seas of Europe and the worldin which Member State fleets operate;
Amendment 226 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses the importance of ocean literacy, which must not exclude digital literacy and digitisation of fishing activity; despite improved skills among older users, software applications are easier and more intuitive for younger generations when it comes to collecting and registering data under the new Fisheries Control Regulation, which is currently under review, or utilising new applications and equipment to improve the safety, working conditions and wellbeing of fishermen at sea;
Amendment 228 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Points out that improvements in the conservation status of fish stocks have boosted fishermen’s productivity and average earnings, as well as achieving a reduction infishermen have helped to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions; notes that fishermen have been increasingly involved in the collection of all marine refuse, including but not only lost or abandoned fishing gear, and that their ecological contribution in this respect should be recognised and encouraged;
Amendment 242 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Reiterates the need, as a means to protect earnings from fishing, to provide the sector and its workers with proper economic and social compensation to offset the resource conservation measures being imposed or temporary cessation assistance for the purposes of resource management; proposes, to this end, that the EMFAF support the establishment of a wage compensation fund that makes up for all lost earnings and covers non- fishing periods and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement pension and other social security entitlements; supports, further, the establishment of a guaranteed minimum wage;
Amendment 245 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Considers that attention and support should be particularly focused on small-scale fisheries, which are potentially less predatory and more sustainable, not only in terms of biological resource management but also from a socio-economic point of view;
Amendment 246 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Considers that generational renewal and diversification of activities remain a challenge, and the EMFAF should take steps to promote vocational training and career development, and to increase incomes and job security;
Amendment 250 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Points out that the need to improve on-board working, living and safety conditions, the difficulties regarding the recognition of fishery certificates, the obstacles to the movement of fishermen between Member States and the need for manpower in this sector are factors encouragpromoting the arrivalhiring of third- country fishermen who are, in many cases, employed illegally;
Amendment 258 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to raise public awareness in Europe, particularly among younger generations, of the importance of fishing activities and the contribution made by of fishermen to their food supply in Europe and the conservation of oceans and marine life, thereby debunking the preconception that fishermen are predators interested only in exploiting resources with no thought for the future;
Amendment 267 #
2019/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Concludes that generational renewal must take into account the objectives of the European Green Deal and the need to ensure digital transition in the blue economy also; this means not onlyneed to attracting young people to fishing but also ensuring that they are informed and properly trained, offering them attractive career prospects and the opportunity to improve their personal situation and contribute to the cohesion of their local communities, especially in the most isolated coastal regions and with fewer job opportunities, enabling them to work for economic, social and environmental change in these areas, while enhancing the role of women in this sector through enhanced mobility and employment opportunities throughout the EU without difficulties or restrictions regarding recognition of their skills and training;
Amendment 34 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is increasing competition between different uses of maritime space which often causes historical uses of evident historical, cultural, social and economic value, such as fishing, to be overlooked;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that the installation of marine renewable energy production units shall be incorporated into and respond to the development strategies and energy sovereignty of each state;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that decisions to install offshore renewable energy production infrastructure (wind, tidal or wave power) should be informed by the best scientific assessments of the associated impacts and involve all stakeholders in the exploitation of the areas to be occupied, in particular the associated fishing communities and their organisations;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 104 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that the small-scale, coastal and artisanal fishing sector may bear the brunt of the impact of the installation of these offshore renewable energy production units, given their relative proximity to the coast;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that any restriction on access to traditional fishing grounds directly affects the livelihoods of EU fishers from the different EU Member States and dependent jobs ashore, and that it undermines the responsible and sustainable provision of food security;
Amendment 164 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out an impact assessment to examine the expected economic, social and environmental consequences of constructing OWF facilities where they are likely to come into conflict with both the fishing sector and the sustainability of marine life;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that further EU legislation might be required in caseit is imperative that Member States’' maritime spatial planning does not guarantees the fair inclusion and preservation of fisheries;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that forests must be protected by means of other policies, such as agricultural, rural development and trade policies, and by bringing an end to restrictions on national public investment;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that the common agricultural policy, the underfunding, privatisation and dismantling of public services, including professional agricultural and forestry extension services, and the dominance of monopolies in the timber sector have stifled thousands of small-scale foresters, undermined forests' multifunctionality and the sustainability of forest ecosystems, resulted in poor forest planning and facilitated abandonment of the countryside by allowing large areas to be abandoned;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Take the view that it is of the utmost importance that access to EU support for forests be simplified and red tape cut, taking into account the difficulties faced by small and medium- sized land owners and even by some public entities;
Amendment 106 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Urges the Commission and the Member States, when they approve and introduce their forestry management plans, to adopt special measures to support biodiversity, specifically measures to conserve protected species and natural habitats that improve their status, both inside and outside Natura 2000 areas;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls for the establishment of a specific financial instrument for the management of areas in the Natura 2000 network, particularly special areas of conservation, with a view to the more effective adoption of suitable conservation measures for habitats and species protected by EU legislation;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that, with a view to increasing the value of forestry and forest ecosystems, producers' income should be taken into account, necessitating measures intended to: ensure fair prices for timber production; make family farming an integral part of protecting against forest fires; ensure respect for small-scale forest owners, providing them with the support and means to manage forests efficiently;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that the vulnerability of forests is made clear by the recurrence and extent of forest fires, the dominance of alien species, the prevalence of pests and forestry producers' inadequate income; stresses that one of the causes of this vulnerability is the lack of investment and of people, factors which are inextricably linked to the EU's policies and guidelines;
Amendment 132 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that the timber production price is essential to ensuring the interest and involvement of owners in the active management of forestry, with regard, specifically, to protecting forests and fostering their multifunctionality, ensuring the sustainability of forest ecosystems and favouring native species;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that the EU's forest strategy should help to reverse the trend of native species increasingly being overlooked in favour of fast-growing alien species, such as the eucalyptus;
Amendment 166 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that information on forest resources and forests' condition is essential to ensuring that decisions taken on forests are as socio-economically and ecologically beneficial as possible, at all levels;
Amendment 167 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that national forest inventories provide the majority of the information required on forest resources; proposes that efforts be made to harmonise this information with a view to improving its comparability and to extending the scope of forest inventory systems beyond wood production aspects, to include sustainable forest management criteria and indicators, together with socio-economic information from woodland areas;
Amendment 170 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Considers it important to provide for not only the conservation and management of existing forests but also the reforestation of deforested areas; considers that stress must also be placed on the need for widespread reforestation in areas that have been affected by recurring forest fires;
Amendment 190 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it essential to preserve endemic genetic resources and select those elements of the existing gene pool that are best adapted to expected growing conditions in the future;
Amendment 196 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of other forest-related activities, specifically the harvesting of non-wood forest products, such as mushrooms and soft fruit, along with grazing and beekeeping;
Amendment 197 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that forest fires are a regular occurrence, and are both a cause and a consequence of climate change; notes that storms, forest fires and pests can be mitigated using improved and more active forest management and forestry techniques through, for example, grazing and agro-forestry practices, which should be supported within the framework of the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 200 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Recalls the need to protect forests from growing threats and to reconcile their productive and protective functions, taking into account that drought, fires, storms and pests are expected to damage forests more frequently and more severely as a result of climate change;
Amendment 242 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Draws attention to the need to develop and introduce plans to tackle invasive species, equipped with specific human, technical and financial resources for that purpose;
Amendment 252 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that belated steps are needed to introduce an EU disaster- prevention approach and that it should be provided with appropriate financial resources from the EU budget;
Amendment 256 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Considers that the condition of forests needs to be monitored, by keeping records on forest resources, forest fires and pest outbreaks in the EU, through data on droughts and through forest inventories, which should provide up-to- date biodiversity information;
Amendment 260 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Takes the view that a system monitoring pest outbreaks in the EU may be needed to obtain the full picture with regard to the condition of forests and their impact on forest biodiversity, given the expected impact of climate change on distribution of harmful organisms;
Amendment 261 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Takes the view that urgent action should be taken to prevent the introduction through international trade of new pests and diseases and their respective vectors;
Amendment 262 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Believes that, taking into account legislation on invasive alien species and the potential repercussions that these species may have on forests, the Commission should propose new complementary financial tools to help affected areas tackle invasive species, particularly persistent and new alien species;
Amendment 263 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Considers that more attention should be paid to the problem of diseases, such as oak decline, that affect trees, which are in decline around the world as a result of pests, diseases and climate change; draws attention to oak decline, which is ravaging cork-oak plantations in Portugal, France and Spain and is also affecting special protection areas (SPAs) and biosphere reserves; believes that the Commission should have included in the strategy effective measures and specific resources for tackling tree diseases;
Amendment 32 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a significant increase in budget lines earmarked for cohesion; notes in this context, that it is urgent to step up support for outermost regions, in particular the POSEI (programme of specific options for remote and insular locations), and calls for the creation of a POSEI programme for transport;
Amendment 35 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for a reorientation of EU funds for public investment in transport infrastructure; rejects, in this regard, the use of the EU budget for public-private partnerships and the promotion of privatisation and deregulation of the sector - as in the case regarding these funds;
Amendment 48 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Argues that the existence of environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies is possible only with the existence of mobility and transport policies that favour the consolidation and utilisation of public transport systems; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; urges also that funding for local and regional transport infrastructures not be neglected but actively encouraged; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructures in outlying countries;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that urban mobility arrangements must play their part in reducing the length of commutes (between work and home), ensuring interoperability, making public transport more attractive to populations and reducing the prevalence of private transport, thus furthering environmental and climatic sustainability and the development of society; considers that, given the diversity of public transport modes in EU metropolitan areas (some of them with dispersed transport systems and disorganised ticketing, which makes them more expensive to use), the 2020 budget should seek to focus on the problems arising from complex public transport ticketing and support the introduction of an action plan to implement a single multi-modal ticketing system;
Amendment 53 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Highlights the experience of over 50 EU cities with free public transport systems, resulting in a larger number of users, accompanied by a substantial decrease in automobile traffic; recommends that studies be carried out to assess the effects of these arrangements regarding factors such as variations in passenger numbers, travel times, the number of traffic accidents and casualties or impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should lead to formulation of action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 10 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Agreement should make it possible for the Republic of Senegal to increase the added value generated from the exploitation of fishery resources in its EEZ, since currently most of this added value does not remain within the country;
Amendment 13 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Agreement should contribute to the promotion or development of the Senegalese fisheries sector, especially small-scale fisheries and the building and renovation of basic infrastructure, such as ports, landing sites, storage facilities and processing plants;
Amendment 20 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Parliament must be immediately and fully informed, at all stages, of the procedures concerning the Protocol or its renewal;
Amendment 23 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Senegalese fisheries sector, including the fishing industry and related activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures, including a possible revision and the bolstering of the sectoral support component of the agreement, along with the creation of conditions to increase the absorption rate of this support;
Amendment 26 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. SupportNotes the EU strategy of being able to maintain a network of agreements in the region in or; considers to complement actions tohat the agreements should help promote the sustainability of stocks within regional fisheries organisations (RFOs);
Amendment 27 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that measures should be taken to guarantee that the reference tonnage stipulated in the Agreement is not exceeded;
Amendment 28 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the EU-Republic of Senegal SFPA will not achieve its objectives if it does not increase added value in that country as a result of the exploitation of its fishery resources;
Amendment 37 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Supports the need to increase the contribution of the SFPA to the local creation of direct and indirect jobs, either on vessels operating under the SFPA or in fishing activities, both upstream and downstream; considers that the Member States can play a key role and be an active part in capacity-building and training efforts in order to achieve this;
Amendment 38 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Recommends, in order to ensure compliance with the sectoral support objectives set out in Article 5 and without prejudice to other activities, the following priority and strategic actions to be supported by the EU, mobilising the necessary technical and financial assistance for this purpose:
Amendment 46 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 4
Paragraph 10 – indent 4
- supporting decent working conditions for women; the recognition and improvement of the role of women in fishing and of their working conditions, as well as the organisation of this role;
Amendment 49 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 10 – indent 5 a (new)
- enabling the construction and renovation of fisheries and related infrastructures that facilitate the development of the Senegalese fishing sector, especially small-scale fishing;
Amendment 54 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 7
Paragraph 10 – indent 7
- increased efforts to prevent delayedsupport implementation of the sectoral support by the Senegalese side;
Amendment 57 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 64 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that, in view of a possible closure of fisheries or the setting of restrictions on fisheries, in order to ensure that resources are sustainable local fishing needs should be addressed first, on the basis of sound scientific advice;
Amendment 66 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the European Commission to better integrate the recommendations now made in the EU- Republic of Senegal SFPA, taking them into account, inter alia, in the procedures for the renewal of the Protocol;
Amendment 4 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas concerns have been raised by Cape Verdean organisations about the possibility, provided for in this Agreement, for shipowners to exceed the reference margin by more than double in return for payment, a practice that runs counter to any notion of sustainable fishing;
Amendment 9 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Agreement should make it possible for Cape Verde to increase the added value generated from the exploitation of fishery resources in its EEZ, since currently most of this added value does not remain within the country;
Amendment 10 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Agreement should contribute to the promotion or development of the Cape Verdean fisheries sector and basic infrastructure, such as ports, landing sites, storage facilities and processing plants, needs to be built or renovated;
Amendment 11 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Parliament must be immediately and fully informed, at all stages, of the procedures concerning the Protocol or its renewal;
Amendment 12 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: (1) to provide fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Cape Verde EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Cape Verde belongs – notably the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – or overrunning the available surplus; and (2) to promote further economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation between the EU and Cape Verde in the field of sustainable fisheries and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Cape Verde EEZ, while at the same time not undermining Cape Verde’s sovereign options and strategies relating to that development; considers, at the same time and in the light of the high value of marine biology in Cape Verdean waters, that the Agreement should guarantee the adoption of measures to mitigate against accidental fishing by European vessels in the Cape Verde EEZ.
Amendment 14 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that measures should be taken to guarantee that the reference tonnage stipulated in the Agreement is not exceeded;
Amendment 15 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the findings of the retrospective and prospective assessments of the Protocol to the EU- Cape Verde 2014-2018 SFPA, produced in May 2018, which stated that the Protocol had on the whole proved to be effective, efficient, appropriate to the interests involved, and consistent with the Cape Verdean sectoral policy, with a high degree of acceptability to stakeholders, and which recommended the option of concluding a new protocol; emphasises that there is scope for more effective progress in terms of fisheries cooperation between the EU and Cabo Verde and considers that it should therefore go beyond previous protocols on the implementation of this agreement, in particular with regard to development support for the Cape Verdean fisheries sector;
Amendment 16 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Cape Verdean fisheries sector, including the fishing industry and related activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures, including a possible revision and the bolstering of the sectoral support component of the agreement, along with the creation of conditions to increase the absorption rate of this support;
Amendment 17 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA will not achieve its objectives if it does not contribute to increasing added value in Cape Verde as a result of the exploitation of its fishery resources;
Amendment 18 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Maintains that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA and the Protocol thereto have to be aligned with the national development plans and the Blue Growth Plan for the development of the Cape Verdean fisheries sector, and specifically shoulwhich are priority areas for EU support and for which the necessary technical and financial assistance must be mobilised:
Amendment 22 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
- strengthen institutional capacity and improve governance: drafting and validating legislation and building on management plans;
Amendment 27 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
- enable key infrastructure for fisheries and related activities, such as landing quays and ports to be constructed and/or renovated, (both industrial and artisanal at the port of Mindelo (- São Vicente island) for instance sites for storing and processing fish, markets, distribution and marketing structures, and quality analysis laboratories;
Amendment 32 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 6
Paragraph 3 – indent 6
- support the improvement of working conditions for womenrecognition and improvement of the role of women in fishing and of their working conditions, while also improving the organisation of this role;
Amendment 38 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
- serve to set up and/or refurbish basic and vocational training centres, thereby raising the skill levels of fishers and seafarers and training new professionals;
Amendment 46 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, in view of a possible closure of fisheries or the setting of restrictions on fisheries, in order to ensure that resources are sustainable local fishing needs should be addressed first, on the basis of sound scientific advice;
Amendment 48 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their cooperation and official development assistance policies centring on Cape Verde, to bear in mind that the European Development Fund and the sectoral support laid down in this SFPA should complement each other in order to contribute more rapidly and effectively to the empowerment of local fishing communitiesto the strengthening of the local fisheries sector and to ensure the country has full sovereignty over its own resources; calls on the Commission to facilitate, through the EDF and other relevant instruments, the necessary steps for the provision of infrastructure which, by reason of its scale and costs, cannot be built solely by means of sectoral support within the framework of the SFPA, for example fishing ports (both industrial and artisanal);
Amendment 50 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports the need to increase the contribution of the SFPA to the local creation of direct and indirect jobs, either on vessels operating under the SFPA or in fishing activities, both upstream and downstream; considers that the Member States can play a key role and be an active part in capacity-building and training efforts in order to achieve this;
Amendment 51 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen their cooperation with Cape Verde, to evaluate possibilities for enhancing future development assistance, primarily under the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) proposed as part of the EU’s budget for 2021-2027, and particularly taking into account the good use of EU funds in Cape Verde and the country’s political stability in a complex geopolitical context, which must be supported and rewardednamely by taking advantage of all of the funding possibilities provided for as part of the EU’s budget for 2021-2027;
Amendment 56 #
2019/0078M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Commission to better integrate the recommendations now made in the EU-Cape Verde SFPA, taking them into account, inter alia, in the procedures for the renewal of the Protocol;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU and its institutions have a duty to enhance, promote and uphold linguistic diversity in Europe;
Amendment 26 #
2018/2028(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Human Language Technologies (HLTs) in Europe are still far behind, owing to market fragmentationdisinvestment in knowledge and culture, uncoordinated research and insufficient funding;
Amendment 12 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Western Sahara is currently a Non-Self-Governing Territory under the foreign military occupation of Morocco, divided by a military wall of more than 2,700 kilometres and that access to the natural resources of Western Sahara is one of the keys of the conflict and its exploitation without consent of the Saharawi people supposes a violation of Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations;
Amendment 17 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas 83.7% of the catches obtained in the waters occupied by Morocco come from the area of Dakhla, in the Saharawi fishing ground, being Saharawi less than 5% of the workers in the sector and none work in the port, but precarious workforce, and that in the area 3188 Moroccan boats operate in front of 312 Saharawi;
Amendment 27 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. Whereas it is estimated that 92% of the catches made by European fleets under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement take place precisely in the waters of Western Sahara;
Amendment 28 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas under the EU-Morocco Agreement, the fleet of European Union countries has captured 324584 tonnes of fish in four years worth more than 300 million euros;
Amendment 29 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Mc. considering, taking into account the judgment of the CJEU of 27 February 2018, EU has committed a fraud of 95.8 million euros to the EU budget, since the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is no applicable to the waters of Western Sahara and the European Union has paid 58.8 million euros of access to fishery resources based on this Agreement, and 37 million for sectoral support:
Amendment 30 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)
Recital M d (new)
Md. whereas, due to the illegal application of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement to Western Sahara, the Saharawi people have stopped receiving 58.8 million access to fishery resources, 34 million in canon, 300 million in value of catches and 37million in sectoral support, the economic damage caused reaches 430 million euros;
Amendment 31 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M e (new)
Recital M e (new)
Me. whereas the people of Western Sahara have not given their consent to this agreement, an indispensable requirement for it to be applied in Western Sahara as established in the judgment of the CJEU, a consent that must be expressed through its legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, in application of Resolution34/37 of the General Assembly of the United Nations:
Amendment 34 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 40 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the European Commission to enter into negotiations with the Polisario Front whenever it wishes that an agreement could be applicable to Western Sahara;
Amendment 41 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates the illegality of this new agreement between the Union and Morocco by including fishing exploitation from Western Sahara and highlights the doubts that some Member States, social organizations, the Polisario Front or the European Parliament's Legal Service have expressed in regarding its possible legal and political repercussions on the question of the exercise of the right to self-determination of Western Sahara;
Amendment 42 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the consent of the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people, the Polisario Front, has not been obtained, since the talks have been limited to a "consultation" related to trade in Western Sahara without there having been a real process of consent;
Amendment 45 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 51 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 56 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 62 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Requests the European Commission to demand from Morocco precise information on the number of Sahrawi people benefited by the EU- Morocco Fisheries Agreement
Amendment 63 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that in order to credibly support and fully encourage the ongoing peace process under the auspices of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary- General Horst Köhler, the EU should abstain to ratify any amended Agreement between the EU and Morocco applicable to Western Sahara as it would imply EU support for one of the two parties in the conflict and hinders the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations to reach a political solution; especially when the parties are expected to meet in Geneva under the auspices of the UN in December in the first direct negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco since 2012;
Amendment 64 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 69 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 73 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 78 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 80 #
2018/0349M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 15 #
2018/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL discontinuing seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 2000/84/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 104 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
Amendment 92 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is necessary to establish a European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the 2021-2027 period. That fund should aim to target funding from the Union budget to support the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the Union's maritime policy and the Union's international commitments in the field of ocean governance. Such funding is a key enabler for sustainable fisheries, the development and cohesion of coastal regions, job creation and the conservation of marine biological resources, for food security through the supply of seafood products, for the growth of a sustainable blue economy and for healthy, safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed seas and oceans.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The EMFF should prioritise support for small-scale fisheries to address specific issues in this segment and support local, sustainable management of the fisheries involved and the development of coastal communities.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) As a global ocean actor and the world's fifth largest producer of seafood, the Union has a strong responsibility to protect, conserve and sustainably use the oceans and their resources. Preserving seas and oceans is indeed vital for a rapidly growing world population. It is also of socio-economic interest for the Union: a sustainable blue economy boosts investments, jobs and growth, fosters research and innovation and contributes to energy security through ocean energy. Moreover, safe and secure seas and oceans are essential for an efficient border control and for the global fight against maritime crime, thereby addressing citizens' security concerns.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Under direct management, the EMFF should develop synergies and complementarities with other relevant Union funds and programmes. It should also allow financing in the form of financial instruments within blending operations implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) xx/xx of the European Parliament and of the Council [Regulation on InvestEU]5. _________________ 5 OJ C […], […], p. […].
Amendment 107 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Support under the EMFF should be used to address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, and should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the internal market. Support should have a clear European added valuecontributing to increased incomes from fishing, to the promotion of jobs with rights in the sector, to guaranteed fair prices for producers, to enhanced added value from fishing, and to support for the development of related activities, up- and downstream from fishing.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The multiannual financial framework set out in Regulation (EU) xx/xx6 provides that the Union budget must continue to support fisheries and maritime policies. The EMFF budget should amount, in current prices, to EUR 6 140 000 000(...)*. EMFF resources should be split between shared, direct and indirect management. EUR 5 311 000 000(...)* (never less than 90% of the EMFF’s overall budget should be allocated to support under shared management and EUR 829 000 000(...) to support under direct and indirect management. In order to ensure stability in particular with regard to the achievement of the objectives of the CFP, the definition of national allocations under shared management for the 2021- 2027 programming period should be based on the EMFF 2014-2020 shares. Specific amounts should be reserved for the outermost regions, control and enforcement and collection and processing of data for fisheries management and scientific purposes, while amounts for permanent cessation and extraordinary cessation of fishing activities should be capped. _________________ 6 OJ C […], […], p. […]. OJ C […], […], p. […].
Amendment 124 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Emphasises that the reduction in EU aid to the fisheries sector enshrined in successive MFFs, not least in the sums for the EMFF and the CMO, is one of the factors that has been contributing to the worsening socioeconomic and infrastructure situation. Stresses that the current draft MFF 2021-27 is insufficient to meet the sector’s needs.
Amendment 127 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Europe's maritime sector employs over 5 million jobs generating almost EUR 500 billion a year, with a potential to create many more jobs. The output of the global ocean economy is estimated at EUR 1.3 trillion today and this could more than double by 2030. The need to meet CO2 emissions targets, increase resource efficiency and reduce the environmental footprint of the blue economy has been a significant driving force for innovation in other sectors such as marine equipment, shipbuilding, ocean observation, dredging, coastal protection and marine construction. Investment in the maritime economy has been provided by Union structural funds, in particular the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the EMFF. New investment tools such as InvestEU must be utilised to meet the growth potential of the sector.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EMFF beyond 2020 should be based on a simplified architecture without predefining measures and detailed eligibility rules at Union level in an overly prescriptive manner. Instead, broad areas of support should be described under each priority. Member States should thus draw up their programme indicating therein the most appropriate means for achieving the priorities. A variety of measures identified by the Member States in those programmes might be supported under the rules set out in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions], provided they are covered by the areas of support identified in this Regulation. However, it is necessary to set out a list of ineligible operations so as to avoid detrimental impacts in terms of fisheries conservation, for example a general prohibition of investments enhancing fishing capacity, but while not jeopardising the necessary investment in the reclassification, renewal and even resizing of the small-scale fleet, particularly in identified cases in which the vessels in question have a high average age and do not ensure basic conditions of safety and operationality. Moreover, investments and compensations for the fleet should be strictly conditional on their consistency with the conservation objectives of the CFP.
Amendment 155 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under this Regulation are expected to contribute to 30% of the overall financial envelope of the EMFF toenable the EMFF to contribute to the achievement of climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the preparation and implementation of the EMFF, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 165 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to address the specific conditions of the CFP referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and to contribute to the compliance with the rules of the CFP, provisions additional to the rules on interruption, suspension and financial corrections as set out in Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions] should be laid down. Where a Member State or a beneficiary has failed to comply with its obligations under the CFP, or where the Commission has evidence that suggests such a lack of compliance, the Commission should, as a precautionary measure, be allowed to interrupt payment deadlines. In addition to the possibility ofpropose the interruption of the payment deadline, and in order to avoid an evident risk of paying out ineligible expenditure, the Commission should be allowed to suspend payments and impose financial corrections in cases of serious non-compliance with rules of the CFP by a Member State.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0210(COD)
(17) Much has been achieved over the last few years by the CFP in bringing fish stocks back to healthy levels, in increasing the profitability of the Union's fishing industry and in conserving marine ecosystems. However, substantial challenges remain to achieve the socio- economic and environmental objectives of CFP. This requires continued support beyond 2020, notably in sea basins where progress has been slower.
Amendment 172 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Fisheries are vital to the livelihood and cultural heritage of many coastal communities in the Union, in particular where small-scale coastal fishing plays an important role. With the average age in many fishing communities being over 50, gGenerational renewal and diversification of activities remain a challenge, so the EMFF should take steps to promote vocational training and career development, and to increase incomes and job security.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The landing obligation is one of the main challenges of the CFP. It has implied significant changes in fishing practices for the sector, sometimes with an important financial cost. It should therefore be possible for the EMFF to support innovation and investments that contribute to the implementation of the landing obligation, with a higher aid intensity rate than the one that applies to other operations, like investments in selective fishing gears, in the improvement of port infrastructures and in the reduction and marketing of unwanted catches. It should also grant a maximum aid intensity rate of 100% to the design, development, monitoring, evaluation and management of transparent systems for exchanging fishing opportunities between Member States ('quota swaps'), in order to mitigate the 'choke species' effect caused by the landing obligation.
Amendment 201 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Fisheries control is of utmost importance for the implementation of the CFP. Therefore, the EMFF should support under shared management the development and implementation of a Union fisheries control system as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 ('Control Regulation')8. Certain obligations foreseen by the revision of the Control Regulation justify a specific support from the EMFF, i.e. the compulsory vessel tracking and electronic reporting systems in the case of small-scale coastal fishing vessels, the compulsory remote electronic monitoring systems and the compulsory continuous measurement and recording of propulsive engine power. In addition, investments by Member States in control assets could also be used for the purpose of maritime surveillance and cooperation on coastguard functions. _________________ 8 _________________ 8 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 208 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Given the challenges to achieve the conservation objectives of the CFP, it should be possible for the EMFF to support actions for the management of fisheries and fishing fleets. In this context, support for fleet adaptation remains sometimes necessary with regard to certain fleet segments and sea basins. Such support should be tightly targeted to the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and aimed to achieve balance between the fishing capacity and the available fishing opportunities. Therefore, it should be possible for the EMFF to support the permanent cessation of fishing activities in fleet segments where the fishing capacity is not balanced with the available fishing opportunities. Such support should be a tool of the action plans for the adjustment of fleet segments with identified structural overcapacity, as provided for in Article 22(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and should be implemented either through the scrapping of the fishing vessel or through its decommissioning and retrofitting for other activities. Where the retrofitting would lead to an increased pressure of recreational fishing on the marine ecosystem, support should only be granted if in line with the CFP and the objectives of the relevant multiannual plans. In order to ensure the consistency of fleet structural adaptation with conservation objectives, support for the permanent cessation of fishing activities should be strictly conditional and linked to the achievement of results. It should therefore be implemented only by financing not linked to costs, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions]. Under that mechanism, Member States should not be reimbursed by the Commission for permanent cessation of fishing activities on the basis of real costs incurred but on the basis of the fulfilment of conditions, not least their reclassification, renewal and resizing. Such support should not jeopardise the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and the achievement of balance between the fishing capacity and of the achievement of results. For this purpose, the Commission should establvailable fish in a delegated act such conditions, which should relate to the achievement of the conservation objecg opportunitives of the CFP.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Given the high level of unpredictability of fishing activities, exceptional circumstances may cause significant economic losses to fishers. In order to mitigate those consequences, it should be possible for the EMFF to support a compensation for the extraordinary cessation of fishing activities caused by the implementation of certain conservation measures, i.e. multiannual plans, targets for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of stocks, measures to adapt the fishing capacity of fishing vessels to available fishing opportunities and technical measures, by the implementation of emergency measures, by the interruption, due to reasons of force majeure, of the application of a sustainable fisheries partnership agreement, by a natural disaster or by an environmental incident. Support should be granted only if the impact on fishers of such circumstances is significant, i.e. if the commercial activities of the vessel concerned are stopped during at least 930 consecutive days and if the economic losses resulting from the cessation amount to more than 30% of the average annual turnover of the business concerned during a specified period of timedays. The specificities of eel fisheries should be taken into account in the conditions for granting such support.
Amendment 225 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In order to contribute to the positive development of water sources and to the maintenance of fishing outside the close season, the EMFF should be able to support biological seasons, whenever these seasons, when held in certain critical phases of the species’ life cycle, are necessary for the sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.
Amendment 227 #
2018/0210(COD)
(27b) Stresses the urgent need to support the establishment of a wage compensation fund to cover non-fishing periods and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement pension and other social security entitlements. Further, advocates the establishment of a minimum wage, set in accordance with local practices, negotiation and collective bargaining agreements.
Amendment 237 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Small-scale coastal fishing is carried out by fishing vessels below 12 metres and not using towed fishing gears. That sector represents nearly 75% of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fishery sector. Operators from small-scale coastal fisheries are particularly dependant on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income. The EMFF should therefore give them a preferential treatment through a 100% aid intensity rate, including for operations related to control and enforcement, with the aim of encouraging sustainable fishing practices. In addition, certain areas of support should be reserved for small-scale fishing in fleet segment where th, while fishing capacity ishould be balanced with the available fishing opportunities, i.e. support for the acquisition of a second- hanrenovated and reclassified vessel and for engine replacement or modernisation. Furthermore, Member States should include in their programme an action plan for small-scale coastal fishing, which should be monitored on the basis of indicators for which milestones and targets should be set.
Amendment 263 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) It should be possible for the EMFF to support the promotion and the sustainable development of aquaculture, including freshwater aquaculture, for the farming of aquatic animals and plants for the production of food and other raw material. Complex administrative procedures in some Member States remain in place, such as difficult access to space and burdensome licensing procedures, which make it difficult for the sector to improve the image and competitiveness of farmed products. Support should be consistent with the multiannual national strategic plans for aquaculture developed on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. In particular, support for environmental sustainability, productive investments, innovation, acquisition of professional skills, improvement of working conditions, compensatory measures providing critical land and nature management services should be eligible. Public health actions, aquaculture stock insurance schemes and animal health and welfare actions should also be eligible. However, in the case of productive investments support should be provided only through financial instruments and through InvestEU, which offer a higher leverage on markets and are therefore more relevant than grants to address the financing challenges of the sector.
Amendment 273 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Food security relies on efficient and well-organised markets, which improve the transparency, stability, quality and diversity of the supply chain, as well as consumer information. For that purpose, it should be possible for the EMFF to support the marketing of fishery and aquaculture products, in line with the objectives of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ('CMO Regulation')15, promoting any mechanisms that improve first-sale price, in order to benefit fishers by increasing their reward for their work, and that promote fair and appropriate distribution of value added throughout the sector’s value chain, reducing intermediaries’ margins, increasing the prices paid to producers and restricting the prices paid by end-consumers. In particular, support should be available for the creation of cooperative producer organisations, the implementation of production and marketing plans, the promotion of new market outlets and the development and dissemination of market intelligence. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 283 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) The processing industry plays a role in the availability and quality of fishery and aquaculture products. It should be possible for the EMFF to support targeted investments in that industry, provided they contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the CMO. Such support should be provided only through financial instruments and through InvestEU and not through grants.
Amendment 316 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
Amendment 331 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 332 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
Amendment 336 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) ‘coastguard’ means national authorities performing coastguard functions, which encompass maritime safety, maritime security, maritime customs, prevention and suppression of trafficking and smuggling, connected maritime law enforcement, maritime border control, maritime surveillance, protection of the marine environment, search and rescue, accident and disaster response, fisheries control and other activities related to those functions;
Amendment 346 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) ‘integrated maritime policy’ means the Union policy that aims to foster integrated and coherent decision-making to maximise the sustainable development, economic growth and social cohesion of the Union, notably of the coastal and insular areas and of the outermost regions, and of the sustainable blue economy sectors, through coherent maritime-related policies and relevant international cooperation;
Amendment 347 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Amendment 354 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 14
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 14
(14) ‘small-scale coastal fishing’ means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using the towed gear as listed in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/200626; _________________ 26 Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).Table 3 Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register or, alternatively, those which stay at sea for a time (the duration of the tide) not exceeding 24 hours and the fish from which is sold fresh. In the case of the local fleet of outermost regions and remote islands a maximum trip duration of 36 hours is permitted. For justified reasons based on local historical tradition, Member States may propose to extend the definition of ‘small scale fishing’ to fishing carried out by other vessels, as long as the gear used is highly selective and has little impact on the marine ecosystem; ((This amendment applies throughout the text. adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.))
Amendment 366 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 15
(15) ‘sustainable blue economy’ means all sectoral and cross-sectoral economic activities throughout the single market related to oceans, seas, coasts and inland waters, covering the Union's outermost regions and landlocked countries, including emerging sectors and non-market goods and services and being consistent with Union environmental legislation.
Amendment 380 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) Fostering sustainable fisheries and the protection, restoration and conservation of marine biological resources;
Amendment 383 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) Contributing to food security and quality in the Union through competitive and sustainable aquaculture and marketsa supply of sustainably sourced fresh fish from fisheries or aquaculture;
Amendment 393 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Enabling the growth of a sustainable blue economy and fostering prosperous and economically and socially cohesive coastal communities;
Amendment 398 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Support under the EMFF shall contribute as a matter of priority to the achievement of the environmental and climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives of the Union. That contribution shall be tracked in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex IV.
Amendment 409 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the EMFF for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 6 140 000 000(...)* in current prices.
Amendment 418 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under shared management as specified in Title II shall be EUR 5 311 000 000(...)* in current prices in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex V.
Amendment 423 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 102 000 000(...)* for the Azores and Madeira;
Amendment 427 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) EUR 82 000 000(...)* for the Canary Islands;
Amendment 432 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) EUR 131 000 000(...)* for Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint-Martin.
Amendment 433 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 442 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. The Union financial support from the EMFF allocated per Member State to the areas of support referred to in Articles 17(2) and 18 shall not exceed the higher of the following two thresholds:
Amendment 494 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – point i a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – point i a (new)
(ia) the contribution of the programme to tackling IUU fishing
Amendment 495 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Amendment 496 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Amendment 515 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 526 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) operations that increase the fishing capacity of a fishing vessel or support the acquisition of equipment that increases the ability of a fishing vessel to find fish, except in the case of small-scale fishing and only if those operations were conducted without jeopardising the overall balance between fishing capacity and available fishing opportunities;
Amendment 538 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the construction and acquisition of fishing vessels or the importation of fishing vessels, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation;
Amendment 542 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the temporary or permanent cessation of fishing activities, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation;
Amendment 544 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 553 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 562 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 566 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 574 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 591 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 599 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adjustment and management of fishing capacity, not least through the reclassification or renovation of vessels, or of their engines, enabling longer stays at sea and making the activity safer;
Amendment 602 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reinforcement of the value chain of the sector and promotion of marketing strategies, promoting any mechanisms that improve first-sale price, in order to benefit fishers by increasing their reward for their work, and that promote fair and appropriate distribution of value added throughout the sector’s value chain, reducing intermediaries’ margins, increasing the prices paid to producers and restricting the prices paid by end- consumers;
Amendment 605 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promotion of skills, knowledge, innovation and capacity building for fishers, through vocational training and the creation of incentives that add value to the activity, thus contributing, in particular, to attracting young people to the industry;
Amendment 618 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) diversification of activities in the broader sustainable blue economy, which entail shoring up the culture of communities, promoting fishing by- products and products that, while they have potential, have no commercial value;
Amendment 622 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) collective organisation and participation in the decision-making and advisory processes, encouraging groups of fishers, professional bodies and NGOs relating to small-scale fishing, with a view to their coordination, preparation and participation in the Advisory Councils.
Amendment 633 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The EMFF may support the following investments in respect of small- scale coastal fishing vessels which belong to a fleet segment for which the latest report on fishing capacity, referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, has shown a balance with the fishing opportunities available to that segment, including, inter alia:
Amendment 645 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – b a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – b a (new)
(ba) the reclassification, renewal and resizing of vessels, when they are clearly obsolete, making it possible to improve fishing conditions and increase periods spent out at sea.
Amendment 655 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 687 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 729 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the commercial activities of the vessel concerned are stopped during at least 90 consecutive30 days; and
Amendment 736 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 765 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 782 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Amendment 788 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Amendment 789 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 795 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) caught by Union fishing vessels registered in the port of one of the regions referred to in paragraph 1 but not operating or involved in that region;
Amendment 796 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The compensation paid to the beneficiaries carrying out activities referred to in paragraph 1 in the outermost regions or owning a vessel registered in a port of these regions and operating there shall, in order to avoid overcompensation, take into account:
Amendment 797 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Amendment 807 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) compensationincentives to fishers for the collection of lost fishing gears and marine litter from the sea;
Amendment 817 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the protection of species under Directive 92/43/EEC and, Directive 2009/147/EC, in accordance with the prioritised action frameworks established pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 92/43/EEC, and the protection of all species covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and/or included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
Amendment 847 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Amendment 876 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This support should also provide for the use of species that currently have no commercial value, from the point of view of food or other uses.
Amendment 877 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 906 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The EMFF may support research on marine environments and seabeds, seabed mapping and detailed profiling of oceans and seabeds. 2. The EMFF may also support the collection, management and use of data to improve the knowledge on the state of the marine environment, with a view to:
Amendment 915 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 918 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 924 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall apply a maximum aid intensity rate of 50 % of the total eligible expenditure of the operation, except in regions that enjoy cohesion funding (per capita GDP below the EU average), in which this intensity can be 80%.
Amendment 977 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
The EMFF shall support the promotion of maritime security and surveillance, including through capacity building for national coast-guard services, by supporting the improvement of human and material resources, and through capabilities for data sharing, coastguard and agencies cooperation and fight against criminal and illegal activities at sea.
Amendment 77 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
7a. The public consultation carried out in preparation for this Regulation concluded that the highest proportion of respondents (94%) considered ‘reducing regional disparities’ as very important or somewhat important, followed by ‘reducing unemployment’ and ‘promoting social inclusion and combating poverty’ (91%). It is clear from this that regional and social disparities are a central concern, something that must be taken into account for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to support the efforts of Member States and regions in facing new challenges and ensuring a high level of security for their citizens as well as the prevention of radicalisationup to rising regional and social disparities, while relying on the synergies and complementarities with other Union policies, investments under the ERDF should contribute to security in areas where there is a need to ensure safe and secure public spaces and critical infrastructure, such as, primarily to the fostering of the productive potential and development of these regions as part of an integrated regional development-based perspective, thereby working a wide variety of fields, particularly transport and energy.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Universal, high-quality public services are vital to address regional and social disparities, promote social cohesion and regional development and encourage companies and people to stay in the their local area, in particular in the least developed regions.
Amendment 83 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Investments made under the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should help ensure sustainable and accessible national, regional and local mobility, with particular attention to regions lacking the mechanisms to achieve economic regeneration and dynamism and regions with low population density where serious mobility shortcomings constitute a structural barrier to development.
Amendment 101 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to concentrate the support on key Union prioritienable maximum take- up of available resources, it is also appropriaten certain duly justified situations, thate thematic concentration requirements should be respected throughout the programming period, including in the case of transfer between priorities within a programme or between programmemay be suspended or abolished, in particular where there is found to be a negative relationship between thematic concentration and the crucial overall objective of reducing economic, social and territorial disparities between regions.
Amendment 138 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) pPromoting the transition to a circular economy by reducing the amount of waste produced and by reuse and recycling;
Amendment 210 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Investments in energy-efficient housing, water-use efficiency, renewable energy or other solutions that reduce environmental impacts;
Amendment 234 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 1
Annex II – column 1
1. A smarter Europe bymore cohesive and solidarity-based Europe by helping reduce economic, social and territorial asymmetries and promoting innovative and smart economic transformation
Amendment 235 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – raw 4
Annex II – column 2 – raw 4
(ii) Reaping the benefits of digitisation for citizens, companies, public services and governments;
Amendment 236 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 4 a (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 4 a (new)
Encouraging high-quality, modernised and universal public services
Amendment 237 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 4 a (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 4 a (new)
Public service units supported
Amendment 238 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 4 a (new)
Annex II – column 4 – row 4 a (new)
Additional population covered by the supported public services Population covered by the improved supported public services
Amendment 239 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 5 a (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 5 a (new)
Supporting the social economy, namely the cooperative movement;
Amendment 240 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 5 a (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 5 a (new)
Social economy institutions supported
Amendment 241 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 5 a (new)
Annex II – column 4 – row 5 a (new)
Jobs created in cooperatives and social economy institutions supported
Amendment 242 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 6
Annex II – column 2 – row 6
(iv) Developing skills and infrastructures for smart specialisation, reindustrial transiisation for regions affected by deindustrialisation and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 243 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 6
Annex II – column 3 – row 6
CCO 05 - SMEs and other entities investing in skills development Industrial units supported
Amendment 244 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 6
Annex II – column 4 – row 6
CCR 04 - SMEs stafftaff from SMEs and other entities benefiting from training for skills development Jobs created in industrial units supported
Amendment 245 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 1
Annex II – column 1
2. A greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, non-pollutant basic industry, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptationombating and adapting to climate change and risk prevention and management
Amendment 246 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 7
Annex II – column 2 – row 7
(i) Promoting energy efficiency measures Promoting measures for the efficient use of resources
Amendment 247 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 7
Annex II – column 3 – row 7
CCO 06 – Investments in measures to improve energy efficiency Investments in measures for the more efficient use of resources
Amendment 248 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 7
Annex II – column 3 – row 7
CCR 05 – Beneficiaries with improved energy classification Number of beneficiaries of more efficient resource use
Amendment 249 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 10
Annex II – column 2 – row 10
(iv) Promoting the combating of and adaption to climate change adaptation, risk prevention and disaster resilience
Amendment 250 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 10
Annex II – column 3 – row 10
CCO 09 - New or upgraded disaster monitoring, warning and response systems and other investments in risk reduction
Amendment 251 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 10
Annex II – column 3 – row 10
CCR 08 - Additional population benefiting from protection measures against floods, forest fires, and other climate related natural disasters, including slowly unfolding disasters such as droughts
Amendment 252 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 12
Annex II – column 2 – row 12
(vi) Promoting the transition to a circular economy by reducing the amount of waste produced and by reuse and recycling
Amendment 253 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 12
Annex II – column 4 – row 12
Amendment 254 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 12 a (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 12 a (new)
Promoting efficiency in the collection, management and treatment of urban waste
Amendment 255 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 12 a (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 12 a (new)
New or upgraded capacity for urban waste recycling
Amendment 256 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 12 a (new)
Annex II – column 4 – row 12 a (new)
Waste sent for recycling as a proportion of total waste collected
Amendment 257 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 13 a (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 13 a (new)
Promoting the environmental recovery of areas abandoned and/or degraded owing to man-made activities (such as former extractive industries, manufacturing and other activities);
Amendment 258 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 a (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 a (new)
Environmental recovery of abandoned and/or degraded areas
Amendment 259 #
Amendment 260 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 13 b (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 13 b (new)
Developing skills and infrastructures to fully exploit the potential of the blue economy
Amendment 261 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 b (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 b (new)
SMEs and other entities investing in skills development
Amendment 262 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 13 b (new)
Annex II – column 4 – row 13 b (new)
Amendment 263 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 13 c (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 13 c (new)
Promoting research, innovation and the uptake of technologies that reduce the environmental impact of production processes and services.
Amendment 264 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 c (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 c (new)
Amendment 265 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 c (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 13 c (new)
Technologies developed to reduce the environmental impact of production processes and services
Amendment 266 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 16
Annex II – column 2 – row 16
(iii) Developing sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent and intermodal national, regional and local mobility that is accessible to all, including improved access to TEN-T and cross-border mobility ;
Amendment 267 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 16
Annex II – column 3 – row 16
CCO 15 – Rail TEN-T: New and upgraded railways Other new and upgraded railways
Amendment 268 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 1
Annex II – column 1
4. A more social Europe implementing the European Pillar, which promotes social progress and guarantees a wide range of Ssocial Rrights for all citizens
Amendment 269 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 18
Annex II – column 2 – row 18
(i) EPromoting full employment and enhancing the effectiveness of labour markets and access to quality employment accompanied by rights through developing social innovation and infrastructure
Amendment 270 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 18
Annex II – column 3 – row 18
CCO 17 - Annual unemployed persons served by enhanced facilities for employment services and other projects in the targeted areas Stable employment with rights acquired through social innovation project funding
Amendment 271 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 18
Annex II – column 4 – row 18
CCR 16 - Job seekers using annually enhanced facilities for employment services and other projects in the targeted areas Number of stable jobs with rights acquired through social innovation project funding
Amendment 272 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 18 a (new)
Annex II – column 2 – row 18 a (new)
Helping to ensure the right to water, health, education, learning, culture and sport
Amendment 273 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 18 a (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 18 a (new)
More people benefiting from investments in improved access to the rights to water, health, education, knowledge, culture and sport
Amendment 274 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 18 a (new)
Annex II – column 4 – row 18 a (new)
More people benefiting from investments in improved access to the rights to water, health, education, knowledge, culture and sport
Amendment 275 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 4 – row 19 a (new)
Annex II – column 4 – row 19 a (new)
Shoring up public policies and initiatives to ensure the universal right to housing by expanding and modernising the stock of public, sustainable and energy-efficient dwellings
Amendment 276 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 19 a (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 19 a (new)
Additional social housing units available (following construction and/or modernisation)
Amendment 277 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 3 – row 19 b (new)
Annex II – column 3 – row 19 b (new)
Population benefiting from the additional social housing units available (following construction and/or modernisation)
Amendment 278 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 21
Annex II – column 2 – row 21
(iv) Ensuring equal and universal access to health care through developing infrastructure, including primary care
Amendment 279 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – column 2 – row 22
Annex II – column 2 – row 22
Fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental development, cultural heritage and security in urban areas;(material and intangible), the creation and enjoyment of culture, through community-led local development for example
Amendment 24 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that sufficient mainstreaming policy measures and an adequate budget response should ensure an inclusive and socially sustainable digitalisation process, addressing the specific needs for people with disabilities, minimizing gender and generation gap and updating skills for workers.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 57 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Strongly rejects further EU militarisation through the European Defence Fund, the European defence industrial development programme and Connecting Europe Facility (support for Military Mobility); reminds that all research and innovation projects shall have an exclusive focus on civil applications;
Amendment 53 #
2018/0074(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; feels compelled to point out, however, that the option of unifying the multiannual plans for the North and South Western Waters is indicative of greater centralisation of fisheries management and negates the regionally, nationally, and locally based approach; considers that option – taking into account the diversity in terms of marine resources, target species, fishing gear, and economic, sociological, and cultural significance – to run counter to sustainable management of fishing activities;
Amendment 55 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The United Nations Convention of 10 December 1982 on the Law of the Sea, to which the Union is a contracting party, provides for conservation obligations, including the maintaining or restoring populations of harvested species at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), determined on the basis of relevant ecological and economic factors, including the economic needs of coastal communities that live by fishing.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The objectives of the CFP are, inter alia, to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally sustainable in the long term, to apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management, while also contributing to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, bearing in mind coastal fisheries and socio-economic aspects.
Amendment 70 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) "“Best available scientific advice"” refers to publicly available scientific advice that is supported by the most up-to-date scientific data and methods and has either been issued or reviewed by an independent scientific body that is recognised at the European Union or international level.
Amendment 72 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Commission should obtain the best available scientific advice for the stocks within the scope of the multiannual plan. In order to do so it and, to that end, should help to build capacity within scientific bodies responsible for fisheries management in Member States. In addition, it should concludes Memoranda of Understanding with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The scientific advice issued by ICES and validated by Member States should be based on this multiannual plan and should indicate, in particular, ranges of FMSY and biomass reference points, i.e. MSY Btrigger and Blim. Those values should be indicated in the relevant stock advice and, where appropriate, in any other publicly- available scientific advice, including, for example, in mixed fisheries advice issued by ICES.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The geographical scope of the multiannual plan should be based on the geographical distribution of stocks indicated in the latest scientific stock advice provided by ICES. Future changes to the geographical distribution of stocks as set out in the multiannual plan may be needed either due to improved scientific information or due to migration of stocks. Therefore, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts adjustingpropose adjustments to the geographical distribution of stocks set out in the multiannual plan if the scientific advice provided by ICES indicates a change in the geographical distribution of the relevant stocks.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The objective of this plan should be to contribute to the achievement ofsustainability of fishing activities, in keeping with the objectives of the CFP, and in particular, reaching and maintaining MSY for the target stocks, implementing the landing obligation for demersal stocks subject to catch limits, and promoting a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, bearing in mind coastal fisheries and socio-economic aspects. It should also implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in order to minimise negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem. It should be coherent with the Union’s environmental legislation, in particular the objective of achieving good environmental status by 2020 (in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC) and the objectives of Directive 2009/147/EC and Council Directive 92/43/EEC. This plan should also specify details for the implementation of the landing obligation in Union waters of the Western Waters for all stocks of species to which the landing obligation applies under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) While sound fisheries management ought not to overlook environmental impacts extraneous to fishing activities, the ecosystem-based approach should seek to curtail massively predatory activities and control sources of pollution rather than constraining activities dependent on fishing.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) It is appropriate to establish the target fishing mortality (F) that corresponds to the objective of reaching and maintaining MSY as ranges of values which are consistent with achieving MSY(FMSY). Those ranges, based on best available scientific advice, are necessary in order to provide flexibility to take account of developments in the scientific advice, to contribute to the implementation of the landing obligation and to take into account the characteristics of mixed fisheries. The (FMSY) ranges should be calculated by Member States’ scientific bodies in agreement with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), in particular in its periodic catch advice. Based on this plan they are derived to deliver no more than a 5% reduction in long-term yield compared to MSY24. The upper limit of the range is capped, so that the probability of the stock falling below Blim is no more than 5%. That upper limit also conforms to the ICES "advice rule", which indicates that when the spawning biomass or abundance is in a poor state, F be reduced to a value that does not exceed an upper limit equal to the FMSY point value multiplied by the spawning biomass or abundance in the total allowable catch (TAC) year divided by MSY Btrigger. ICES uses these considerations and the advice rule in its provision of scientific advice on fishing mortality and catch options. _________________ 24 EU request to ICES to provide FMSY ranges for selected stocks in ICES subareas 5 to 10
Amendment 107 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Member States should put in place discriminating measures to limit the impact that the safeguards and a precautionary approach might have on small-scale artisanal fishing by, for example, allowing greater flexibility as regards meeting targets and averting sudden changes in fishing opportunities.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Where the Council takes into account a significant impact of recreational fisheries in the framework of the fishing opportunities for a certain stock, it should be able to set a TAC for commercial catches which takes into accounrecreational fisheries and/or to adopt othe volume of recreational catches and/or to adopt other measures restricting recreational fisheries such as bag limits and closure periods. The European Parliament resolution1-A should be also be taken into consideration, proceeding as it does from the premise that the allocation of opportunities for recreational fishing must not mean a reduction in professional fishing opportunities or a sharing of scarce resources between the two, especially where small-scale artisanal fishing is concerned. _________________ 1-AP8_TA-PROV(2018)0243 – State of play of recreational fisheries in the EU.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In accordance with Article 10(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 provisions should be established for the periodical assessment by the Commission of the adequacy and effectiveness of the application of this Regulation based on scientific advice. The plan should be evaluated by ... [fivetwo years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and every five years thereafter. That period allows for the full implementation of the landing obligation, and for regionalised measures to be adopted, implemented and to show effects on the stocks and fishery. It iswill also the minimum period required by scientific bodieslp to reduce sharp variations in fishing opportunities, especially for small- scale artisanal fishing.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to adapt to the technical and scientific progress in a timely and proportionate fashion and to ensure flexibility and allow evolution of certain measures, 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 ofCommission should propose measures supplementing this Regulation as regards remedial measures and implementation of the landing obligation. 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 Inter-institutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making25. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, t. The European Parliament and the Council should 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. _________________ 25 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 133 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 159 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) "Range of FMSY" means a range of values provided in the best available scientific advice, in particular frombased on data from the Member States and the International Council on the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), where all levels of fishing mortality within that range, result in maximum sustainable yield (MSY) in the long term given a fishing pattern and under existing average environmental conditions without significantly affecting the reproduction process for the stock in question. It is derived to deliver no more than a 5 % reduction in long-term yield compared to the maximum sustainable yield. It is capped so that the probability of the stock falling below the limit spawning stock biomass reference point (Blim) is no more than 5 %;
Amendment 169 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1
Article 3.º – paragraph 1
1. The plan shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the common fisheries policy listed in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, in particular by applying the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim by seeking to ensure that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce MSY, as well as guaranteeing fair socio-economic conditions for fishing communities.
Amendment 197 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs, measures shall be taken with a view to ensuring that the small-scale artisanal fishing sector is allowed greater flexibility for the purposes of meeting the above targets and is not affected by sudden changes as regards access to resources.
Amendment 209 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The following conservation reference points to safeguard the full reproductive capacity of the stocks referred to in Article 1(1) shall be requested from ICES based onthe appropriate scientific bodies on the basis of this Plan:
Amendment 216 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. For the purposes of applying the above safeguards, the state of small-scale artisanal fishing shall be taken into account in order to provide the flexibility necessary for their application.
Amendment 218 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 of this Regulation and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013shall make proposals in order to supplement this Regulation regarding the following technical measures:
Amendment 230 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
For all stocks of species in the Western Waters to which the landing obligation applies under Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 of this Regulation and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013shall propose measures in order to supplement this Regulation by specifying details of that obligation as provided for in points (a) to (e) of Article 15(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 236 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States having direct management interest in the North Western waters and Member States having direct management interest in the South Western waters may, when they deem this to be necessary, submit joint recommendations in accordance with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for the first time not later than twelve months after the entry into force of this Regulation and thereafter twelve months after each submission of the evaluation of the plan in accordance with Article 14. They may also submit such recommendations when deemed necessary by them, in particular in the event of an abrupt change in the situation for any of the stocks to which this Regulation applies. Joint recommendations in respect of measures concerning a given calendar year shall be submitted no later than 1 July of the previous year.
Amendment 243 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
By [fivetwo years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results and impact of the plan on the stocks to which this Regulation applies and on the fisheries exploiting those stocks, in particular as regards the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3.
Amendment 244 #
2018/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 24 #
2018/0018(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 11468 thereof,
Amendment 55 #
2018/0018(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This regulation must aim to foster and strengthen national health systems by promoting measures for research into and the production and distribution of health technologies, with free, universal access.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0018(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 3
Article 3.º – paragraph 3
3. The Coordination Group shall act by consensus, or, where necessary, vote by simple majority. There shall be one vote per Member State.
Amendment 101 #
2018/0018(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10.º – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 10.º – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Amendment 148 #
2018/0018(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34.º – paragraph 1
Article 34.º – paragraph 1
1. Member States may carry out a clinical assessment using means other than the rules provided for in Chapter III of this Regulation, on grounds related to the need to protect public health in the Member State concerned and provided the measure is justified, necessary and proportionate as regards achieving that aim.
Amendment 149 #
2018/0018(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34.º – paragraph 3
Article 34.º – paragraph 3
Amendment 84 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all the necessary data on recreational fisheries are collected in order to provide a complete evaluation of fish stocks; cautions that without such a comprehensive evaluation, the multiannual plans might not achieve the objectives of the CFP;highlights the importance of the EMFF in helping to develop scientific capacity in the Member States, through their universities and public institutes, guaranteeing full and reliable assessments of maritime resources for both recreational and non-recreational fishing activities;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that, outside the context of normal management of fishery resources based on substantive scientific data, the development of recreational fishing activities must not mean a reduction in professional fishing opportunities or a sharing of scarce resources between professional and recreational activities, especially in the case of small-scale and artisanal fishing;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU fishing sector is facing ever-more difficult and complex challenges; whereas the status of resources and the increase in outgoings, particularly variations in the price of fuel, may have a decisive impact on fishermen’s incomes; whereas, in this context, downward variations in fishing quotas mean that local communities face complicated situations owing to the reduction in extractive activities; whereas, in addition, they face competition from imports of products from third countries; whereas although these and other problems are recognised, the causes of the worsening socio-economic situation in the fisheries sector have, in many cases, still to be tackled, one example being the inadequate first-sale price formation where fish is concerned;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A (new)
Recital –A (new)
-A. whereas the fishing sector plays a key role in supplying fish to the public and keeping the Member States' food balances in equilibrium, as well as making a major contribution to the socio- economic well-being of coastal communities, local development, employment, the maintenance and creation of upstream and downstream economic activities, and the preservation of local cultural traditions;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas it is necessary to allow for the marked differences in terms of fleets, fleet segments, target species, fishing gear, productivity, consumer preferences, and per capita fish consumption in the EU countries, in addition to the specific features of the fishing industry resulting from its social structure, the forms of marketing, and the structural and natural inequalities among fishing regions;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas there is a clear inequality between the income levels of those who live by fishing and other population groups; whereas, therefore, a fair standard of living needs to be guaranteed, in particular by raising individual incomes;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the revenue generated and the salaries earned by fishing professionals are insecure, given the way in which the sector does business, the manner of first-sale price formation, and the irregular nature of fishing, all of which imply that the sector must continue to be supported by the necessary national and EU public funding;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the COM in fishery and aquaculture products aims to increase the transparency and stability of the markets, in particular as regards economic knowledge and understanding of the markets for EU fishery and aquaculture products along the supply chain; whereas notwithstanding their aims, the successive reforms of the fishery products COM, in particular the most recent, have not done what they should to improve the sector's performance, stabilise the markets, make for better marketing of fishery products, and increase their added value;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 43 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the fishing sector is central to the socio-economic situation, employment, and the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the ORs, whose economies are affected by permanent structural constraints and which have few possibilities for economic diversification;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take the necessary action to facilitate the creation of POs, removing the bureaucratic hurdles in the procedure established; points out that it is also necessary to boost the activities of POs, further empowering them and facilitating access to the necessary financial support so that they can carry out a wider variety of tasks in addition to day-to-day fisheries management, while respecting a framework defined by the objectives of the CFPmaintain and boost systems and means of support, including funding, to promote concentration of supply, in particular by providing real support for the establishment and operation of POs, especially for small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that operational programmes must encourage POs – by providing the necessary financial support – to market their products directly, working within the value chain, since this would enable them to exploit their production and increase the added value of fishery products;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Maintains that production costs should be one of the variables to take into account when determining guide prices;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for systems to be set up with a view to improving first-sale prices, so as to benefit fishermen by increasing the reward for their work, and promoting fair and proper distribution of added value along the sector's value chain by reducing operating margins, raising the prices paid to producers, and limiting the prices paid by end consumers; reiterates that when there are serious imbalances within the chain, Member States should have the power to intervene, for instance by setting maximum operating margins for each agent in the chain;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls, with a view to distributing added value more fairly and properly along the sector's value chain, for consideration to be given to forms of intervention along the lines of guarantee prices or maximum profit rates in order to achieve the above aim and improve fishermen's incomes;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reaffirms the need for fishery products entering the EU market, including imports, to be strictly monitored and certified in order to ensure that they come from sustainable fisheries and, as far as imported products are concerned, that they satisfy the same requirements as EU producers have to fulfil – for example as regards labelling, traceability, plant health rules, and minimum sizes;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points to the need for ambitious revision of the COM for fishery products with a view to increasing its contribution to the sector's income, market stability, and better marketing of fishery products and an increase in their added value;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Maintains that systems to be set up with a view to improving first-sale prices, so as to benefit fishermen by increasing the reward for their work, and promoting fair and proper distribution of added value along the sector's value chain by reducing operating margins, raising the prices paid to producers, and limiting the prices paid by end consumers;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points to the importance of setting up home markets for traditional products of particular quality, to be backed up by fairs, small businesses, and the catering industry, as this would enhance the added value of local products and promote local development;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to consider better ways to promote the marketing of processed fishery products with higher added value, including canned products, following the example certain agricultural products, and programmes for the external promotion of EU fishery products, including their presentation at international competitions and fairs;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that the fishing sector is central to the socio-economic situation, employment, and the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the ORs, whose economies are affected by permanent structural constraints and which have few possibilities for economic diversification; considers it essential, therefore, to maintain and strengthen EU support for the fisheries sector in those regions, especially in order to offset the additional costs of remoteness when it comes to marketing given fishery products from certain ORs; points to the specific features of fisheries sector value chains in the ORs and maintains that special support is needed in order to strengthen them and facilitate access to markets, an aim that could be achieved by establishing a POSEI scheme for transport with a view to setting up and operating particular trade routes;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2119(INI)
14a. Maintains that the continuous fall in EU support for the sector under successive multiannual financial frameworks, and in particular the cut in funding for the European Fisheries Fund/European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the COM, is one of the factors which has been serving to worsen the situation in the sector; calls for greater EU funding to be earmarked for the fisheries sector within the financial framework after 2020;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 18 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), covering the period 2014-2020, involved less than 1% of Member States' gross national income and represented a sharp reduction from the previous MFF, which belies any priority given by the EU to economic and social cohesion and any idea of solidarity within the EU;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that the effects of the economic and social crisis that hit the Member States from 2007/2008 onwards are still being felt, and that social, economic and territorial divergences persist; considers that cohesion policy’s share of the total EU budget should be increased significantly post-2020, as the Cohesion Fund and structural funds should play a fundamental role in combating asymmetries between and within Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Rejects any proposal that the future MFF should maintain the link with macroeconomic conditionality and economic governance and national reform plans as part of the European Semester, which is continuing to give priority to financial instruments and public-private partnerships; considers that the future MFF should instead promote increased public investment, supporting productive and strategic sectors and their modernisation and sustainability, focusing on job creation, the fight against poverty, social exclusion and inequalities, environmental protection, energy efficiency and action to exploit the full potential of each country and region;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that funding should be guaranteed for the new industrial policy strategy so that the EU can become the world leader inin the field of innovation, digitisation and decarbonisation; calls for the necessary financial programme to be safeguarded through a dedicated investment programme that facilitates the development of a comprehensive industrial strategy;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the next MFF period should make provision for adequate EU funding, including structural and investment funds, in order to deepen the integration of the EU energy market, especially for key energy infrastructure projects such as projects of common interest (PCIs);
Amendment 82 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that, in the next MFF, financial instruments cannot replace grants in financing energy efficiency, renewable energy, innovative technologies for conventional energy and R&I projects, among other sectors that are considered priorities by the Member States in line with their specific needs, as only grants can maximise output on the ground;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 101 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Further stresses the need to better coordinate EU instruments relating to investment in SMEs, information and communication technology and energy infrastructure, and considers that a combination of grants and innovative financial instruments could facilitate project implementation and stimulate private financing;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates the need to continue with Horizon 2020 and to provide it with at least the same share of funding as at present in order to respond to societal challenges and secure Europe’s global competitiveness and industrial leadership in innovation; calls also for a greater focus on implementing innovation through joint undertakings, on supporting investment in key technologies; calls also for consideration to be given to introducing a cohesion dimension in the programme that will foster the fairer distribution of its resources among the Member States, along with a greater focus on supporting basic research and on ensuring that SMEs have better access to risk capital;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Draws attenRejects the creation tof the European Defence Fund and the recent Commission proposal for a European defence industrial development programme which is intended to cover the period 2019- 2020; welcomesrejects, likewise, the Commission’s intention to submit both a more substantiala defence industrial development programme and a programme to support defence research as part of the MFF; considers tharules out the use programmes should not draw funds away from other programmes in the same headingfor military purposes of EU resources earmarked for R&D.
Amendment 74 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas, according to Cuban Government estimates, the economic losses suffered by the Cuban people as a result of the economic, trade and financial blockade which the United States has imposed on the country for more than 50 years amount to USD 125 873 million at current prices;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Affirms the European Parliament’s aspiration to see relations between the EU and Cuba develop to the greatest possible extent, with full respect for the independence, equality and autonomy of the parties;
Amendment 126 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reiterates the need to respect the inalienable principle of territorial integrity, and calls on the United States to return the illegally occupied territory of Guantánamo; stresses at the same time the inalienable right of peoples to choose their economic, political and social system without interference of any kind; condemns, therefore, the terrorist acts of destabilisation organised by third countries with the intention of bringing down a government;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that, with a view to the development of political and economic relations between the EU and Cuba, it would be desirable for any unilateral extraterritorial measures taken by third countries that restrict our counterpart’s full economic activity to be lifted; condemns, similarly, the imposition of extraterritorial sanctions on European undertakings for trading with Cuba;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the normalisation process cannot proceed until the economic, trade and financial blockade is lifted, as has been called for since 1992 by the UN General Assembly, which for the 25th consecutive time adopted a resolution to that effect, almost unanimously, with 191 votes out of 193 in favour;
Amendment 3 #
2017/0347(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4 #
2017/0347(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Energy is a strategically important sector and key to countries' sovereign economic development, and both the natural resources and the means of production used in the sector should remain in public ownership, in keeping with the public interest. Research and technological progress in the sector and efforts to protect natural resources and the ecological balance should be supported – thereby safeguarding the ability of those resources to replenish themselves and remain sustainable – by fostering international cooperation in that area;
Amendment 32 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
rejects the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
Amendment 38 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Amendment 98 #
2017/0043(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) As a complement to measures affecting fishing activity (ranging from closed periods to restriction through quotas), compensatory measures should be promoted through the EMFF that will guarantee incomes and sustainability for small-scale and artisanal fishing, as well as for other affected workers in the sector.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0043(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Artisanal fishing gear based on historical practices established in fishing communities should be safeguarded when defining the technical measures resulting from the multiannual plan or subsequent delegated acts.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that voluntary, inclusive and consensus-oriented standardisation processes have been effectiveneeds to be a successful and effective way of reaching common standards to the advantage of the European people, consumers' needs and workers' rights and safety;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the strategic importance of ICT standardisation and calls on the Commission to support an EU presence in international ICT fora;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the ICT priority areas as the essential technology building blocks on which equally important areas such as public eHealth, smart and efficient energy use, intelligent public transport systems and advanced manufacturing will rely; Considers that public institutions should democratically settle these priorities as the public sector supports the most important of technology development in the EU;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recognises the strategic importance of ICT standardisation and calls for a continuous dialogue between the European Parliament, the Commission, the Council and the European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs).
Amendment 50 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to rationalise the number of platforms and coordination mechanisms maximizing the participation of all relevant stakeholders, such as public authorities, workers organizations and civil society organisations;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks the Commission to regularly update the European Parliament on the progress of ICT standardisation in Europe and in other markets in the framework of a comprehensive reporting about standardisation and its contribution to public health, consumers' rights, workers' safety and to reindustrialisation.
Amendment 61 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Asks the Commission to involve the existing recognised standardisation organizations (i.e. the ESOs) on new initiatives, in order to avoid duplications of efforts for stakeholders, in particular SMEs.
Amendment 67 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the negative impact that globalization has had for both European and third countries workers, with the re- localization of industries in Europe and the development of less added value but more environmental and social costs in third countries. Considers that any model for the future industries should be based in the principle of "local production for global market".
Amendment 72 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of effective digitalisation of vertical industries and the need to represent their concerns of their workers appropriately in international ICT standardisation;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of agile standardisation processes, with appropriate involvement of manufacturing industries, trade unions, SMEs and NGOs;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Supports the inter-institutional dialogue on standardisation's contribution to growth and quality jobs and calls for the involvement of the European manufacturing, ICT industries, ESOs, trade unions, consumers' associations and civil society organisations.
Amendment 92 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the fact that timely delivery is crucial;of standards is crucial, including the citation of their references in the OJEU in case of harmonised standards
Amendment 98 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 113 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. AcknowledgWelcomes the recent landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Huawei-ZTE;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Considers that open knowledge and licenses are the best instrument to boost innovation and technology development. Encourage the research institutions that use EU funds to use open patents and licenses in order to have a bigger role on standard setting;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the need for an evidence- based approach to monitoring and further developing the licensing framework, including the evaluation of open licensing schemes, in order to ensure a dynamic ecosystem;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas energetic efforts to reindustrialise Europeand rebalance the economy of Member States must be pursued with the aim of combining competitiveness andgrowth and quality job creation with social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is an imperative for European industrial strategy to create a digital single marketshape digitalization in a socially-just manner;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the digitalisation of industrial manufacturing can be an important stepping stone in increasing the resilience, sustainability and competitiveness of our economy;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2271(INI)
F. whereas digitalisation has the potential toshould increase efficient use of resources, energy and capital, contributing to a more integrated circular economy and industrial symbiosis;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas digitaliszation can contribute to safer working conditions, to greater product safety, and to the individualisad the individualisation and decentralisation of production should be made compatible with decent working conditions and decentralisation ofgreater production safety;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is widespread concern as regards the labour market effects of digitalisation in industrial manufacturing on workers as well as its possible effects on workplace democracy and regional development;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s Communication on Digitising European Industry;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Strengthening economic dynamics, cohesion and resilience vis-à-vis technological transformations and disruptions;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Ensuring public control over critical digital infrastructure and knowledge, as well as favouring open access to new digital technologies;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
Paragraph 2 – point b
(b) Fostering quality job creation and improving working standards and the attractiveness of industrial sector jobs through a socially just transformation;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d
Paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Strengthening European cohesion through a reliable European investment policy (in digital infrastructure) and a coordinated European industrial policy con the basis oftributing to sustainable moderniszation and regional cohesion, through a territorially-based approach;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2271(INI)
(f) Strengthening economic, policy and social innovation through the principles of openness and accessibility of public and private data and information, with due consent and respect for private safety, both for workers and consumers;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point i
Paragraph 2 – point i
(i) Improving energy security through a digitised, more flexible industrialthe flexibility of energy production;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point j
Paragraph 2 – point j
(j) Partnering with other macro- regions in the world in developing innovative and fair digital open marketsContributing to the development of digital technology at a global level;
Amendment 120 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of an EU governance structure coordinated EU forum for the digitalisation of industry that facilitates the coordination of national initiatives and platforms on industrial digitalisation; calls on the Commission to consider setting a non- binding orientation target, that allows the EU to remain a global industrial leadert the frontier of digital development; underlines the importance of advancing digitalisation particularly in those regions that are lagging behind; expects that, besides industry leaders and the social partners, as well as stakeholders from academia, the standardisation community, trade unions, policy-makers and civil society as wewill asbe industry leaders, especially SMEs, will also be invited to play an active rolevited to play an active role; stresses the importance, in order to ensure a socially-just digital transition, of involving workers' representatives at every step of its digital strategy;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights in this context the need to advance public investment in connectivity through 5G and fibre optics as an instrument for convergence and ensuring a robust digital infrastructural backbone for Europe’s industry; stresses the importance of public control and regulation of said sector, in order to better serve the needs of a changing economy; highlights the importance of timing the transition to ensure that enough spectrum remains available for current users such as radio and television broadcasters, considering also their importance for European creative and cultural industries;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that clusters and synergies between SMEs, industrial players, the skilled crafts sector, start-ups, academia, finance and other stakeholders can be successful models in advancing digital manufacturing and innovation; notes the importance of utilising digitalisation for advancing business model innovationshighlights the fundamental role of the public sector in creating new digital knowledge and innovation; notes the importance of digitalisation in changing business models and calls on the EU and Member States to ensure labour legislation is adapted to the new environment, in order to preserve workers' rights and strengthen collective bargaining;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the important role of cities in providing digital infrastructure and support for SMEs, entrepreneurs and industry, and the immense opportunities which digital- industrial innovation holds for cities; asks the Commission to look into the US ‘Cities Innovation Technology Investment Initiative (CITIIS)’; welcomes the publication of a European Digital City Index;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the role that public procurement can play in advancing new industrial digital innovations and technology; asks the Commission to include a digital check in its REFIT Programmestresses, however, that digitalization of public services must not be used to advance austerity measures in the public sector or to reduce necessary physical services; calls, in this respect, for the involvement of workers in the public sector in the definition and implementation of public digital strategies;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of financing the digitalisation of Europe’s industry; expresses disappointment that the European Fund for Strategcalls for the strengthening of public Iinvestment (EFSI) has so far invested only 11 % in digital projectsin digital innovation and research;
Amendment 246 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the role of cybersecurity within the digitalisation of Europe’s industry; considers cyber-resilience as crucial and cybersecurity as a core sector for European digitalisation efforts; believes that producers are responsible for ensuring safety and security standards on the basis of the available state of the art technology; notes that cybersecurity requirements for theexpresses concern and the lack of cybersecurity in the current Internet of Things (IoT) and calls for the development of IT security standards musthat strengthen European cyber- resilience; believes that European standardisation bodies have a special role to play in this respect;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2271(INI)
17. Stresses the need for monitoring of data sovereignty; believes that industrial data protection and data ownership, especially b2b, require special attention; notes that open data and open standards can promote new technologies and calls for EU-financed projects to ensure them;
Amendment 270 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the potential of digitising industry for the purpose of sectoral data retrieval and of governance by public and semi-public authorities and market participants, but calls for strong public regulation ensuring data safety and privacy;
Amendment 273 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises the importance of protectsharing technical know-how as regards the exchange and interlinkage of industrial- digital components while at the same time allowing and furthering connectivity;
Amendment 283 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that European leadership in industrial digitalisation requires a strong and open standardisation strategy; emphasises the important and unique make-up of Europe’s standardisation bodies, including their inclusive approach; calls on the Commission to promote the development of open standards and welcomes its intention to guarantee access to standard essential patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory) conditions; calls for an EU coordinated approach towards international fora and consortia such as the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC);
Amendment 292 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the fact that the digital transformation of industry will have a major societal impact on areas ranging from employment, working conditions, workers’ rights to education and skills; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adequately study the social effects of industrial digitalisationzation in consultation with the social partners and to adapt social and labour legislation accordingly;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the urgent need to place the right of access to land and social and environmental valorisation above the purely economics-based logic of maximising profit when designing, evaluating and implementing the various strategies for forestry development;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Rejects simplistic concepts and definitions of forest that define forests only as a collection of trees per percentage of area covered, leading to the adoption of equally simplistic concepts of deforestation and reforestation; points out that these approaches have made it possible, for example, for vast palm oil monocultures, which destroy huge areas of tropical forest, to be classified as reforestation;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Urges the Member States and Commission to establish a definition of forest that includes biological, social and cultural diversity, so as to prevent monoforestation and give priority to native species, thereby protecting ecosystems, habitats and local communities;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Draws attention to the fact that maximizing profits from vast palm oil monocultures (using methods that include the abuse of market power and pricing dominance, the occupation of land, poor working conditions and pesticide use) is incompatible with protecting the environment, combating hunger and guaranteeing and complying with the four basic elements of the human right to food and nutrition - adequacy, availability, accessibility and sustainability;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for measures that hinder access to adequate food and nutrition to be rejected and not to be implemented, including measures that hinder access to and use of indigenous resources that are essential to the survival and food sovereignty of local populations, particularly in countries where palm oil is (intensively) produced;
Amendment 903 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 4025 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation.
Amendment 955 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 37 – paragraph 2
Rule 37 – paragraph 2
2. In urgent and unforeseen circumstances,At any time an institution may, on its own initiative and in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Treaties, propose adding a legislative measure to those proposed in the Commission Work Programme. Parliament may make such a proposal via the committee responsible, a political group or at least 25 Members.
Amendment 958 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 38 – paragraph 2
Rule 38 – paragraph 2
2. Where the committee responsible for the subject matter, a political group or at least 4025 Members are of the opinion that a proposal for a legislative act or parts of it do not comply with rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the matter shall, at their request, be referred to the committee responsible for the interpretation of the Charter. The opinion of that committee shall be annexed to the report of the committee responsible for the subject- matter.
Amendment 976 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 60 – paragraph 1
Rule 60 – paragraph 1
1. If a Commission proposal fails to secure a majority of the votes cast or if a motion for its rejection, which may be tabled by the committee responsible or by at least 4025 Members, has been adopted, the President shall, before Parliament votes on the draft legislative resolution, ask the Commission to withdraw the proposal.
Amendment 978 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 60 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Rule 60 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
If the Commission does not withdraw its proposal, Parliament shall refer the matter back to the committee responsible without voting on the draft legislative resolution, unless Parliament, on a proposal of the Chair or rapporteur of the committee responsible or of a political group or at least 4025 Members, proceeds to vote on the draft legislative resolution.
Amendment 986 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 63 – paragraph 4
Rule 63 – paragraph 4
4. The President shall also request that a proposal for an act be referred again to Parliament in the circumstances defined in this Rule where Parliament so decides on a proposal from a political group or at least 4025 Members.
Amendment 988 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 68 – paragraph 1
Rule 68 – paragraph 1
1. The committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members may, in writing and before a deadline set by the President, table a proposal to reject the Council's position. Such a proposal shall require for adoption the votes of a majority of the component Members of Parliament. A proposal to reject the Council's position shall be voted on before voting on any amendments.
Amendment 990 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 69 – paragraph 1
Rule 69 – paragraph 1
1. The committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members may table amendments to the Council's position for consideration in Parliament.
Amendment 1002 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 81 – paragraph 2
Rule 81 – paragraph 2
2. Parliament may decide, on a proposal from the committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members, to request the Commission and the Council to take part in a debate before negotiations with the applicant State commence.
Amendment 1003 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 88 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Rule 88 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Draft amendments shall be admissible only if they are presented in writing, bear the signatures of at least 4025 Members or are tabled on behalf of a political group or committee, specify the budget heading to which they refer and ensure the maintenance of a balance between revenue and expenditure. Draft amendments shall include all relevant information on the remarks to be entered against the budget heading in question.
Amendment 1005 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 88 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Rule 88 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Draft amendments which have been rejected in the committee responsible shall not be put to the vote in Parliament unless this has been requested in writing, before a deadline to be set by the President, by a committee or at least 4025 Members; that deadline may on no account be less than 24 hours before the start of the vote.
Amendment 1019 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 105 – paragraph 4
Rule 105 – paragraph 4
4. If, 10 working days prior to the start of the part-session the Wednesday of which falls before and closest to the day of expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 5, the committee responsible has not tabled a motion for a resolution, a political group or at least 4025 Members may table a motion for a resolution on the matter for inclusion on the agenda for the part-session referred to above.
Amendment 1021 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 105 – paragraph 6 – indent 3
Rule 105 – paragraph 6 – indent 3
– if, within 24 hours following the announcement in plenary, a political group or at least 4025 Members object to the recommendation, it shall be put to the vote;
Amendment 1025 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 108 – paragraph 2
Rule 108 – paragraph 2
2. Parliament may, on a proposal from the committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members, ask the Council not to authorise the opening of negotiations until Parliament has stated its position on the proposed negotiating mandate on the basis of a report from the committee responsible.
Amendment 1028 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 113 – paragraph 4
Rule 113 – paragraph 4
4. Recommendations drawn up in this way shall be included on the agenda for the next part-session. In urgent cases decided upon by the President, recommendations may be included on the agenda for a current part-session. Recommendations shall be deemed adopted unless, before the beginning of the part-session, at least 4025 Members submit a written objection, in which case the committee's recommendations shall be included on the agenda of the same part-session for debate and voting. A political group or at least 40 25 Members may table amendments.
Amendment 1040 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 118 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Rule 118 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
In order to wind up the debate, any political group or at least 4025 Members may table a motion for a resolution. Rule 123(3), (4) and (5) shall apply.
Amendment 1045 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 121 – paragraph 3
Rule 121 – paragraph 3
3. The vote in plenary shall take place within two months of receipt of the nomination unless Parliament, at the request of the committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members, decides otherwise. Parliament shall vote on each nomination separately by secret ballot and shall take its decision by a majority of the votes cast.
Amendment 1046 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 122 – paragraph 3
Rule 122 – paragraph 3
3. The vote shall take place within two months of receipt of the nomination unless Parliament, at the request of the committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members, decides otherwise.
Amendment 1047 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 123 – paragraph 2
Rule 123 – paragraph 2
2. When placing a statement with debate on its agenda, Parliament shall decide whether or not to wind up the debate with a resolution. It shall not do so if a report on the same matter is scheduled for the same or the next part-session, unless the President, for exceptional reasons, proposes otherwise. If Parliament decides to wind up a debate with a resolution, a committee, a political group or at least 4025 Members may table a motion for a resolution.
Amendment 1049 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 128 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Rule 128 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Questions may be put to the Council or the Commission by a committee, a political group or at least 4025 Members with a request that they be placed on the agenda of Parliament.
Amendment 1055 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 130 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Rule 130 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Questions shall be submitted in electronic format. Each Member mayshall have the right to submit, a maximum of fit any time, whatever questions per mothe Member deems to be relevanth.
Amendment 1059 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 130 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Rule 130 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1062 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 130 – paragraph 3 – interpretation
Rule 130 – paragraph 3 – interpretation
Amendment 1064 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 130 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Rule 130 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Questions which require an immediate answer but not detailed research (priority questions) shall be answered within three weeks of being forwarded to the addressees. Each Member may table onfive priority questions each month.
Amendment 1069 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 134 – paragraph 1
Rule 134 – paragraph 1
1. A political group or at least 4025 Members may table a proposal for a recommendation to the Council on subjects under Title V of the Treaty on European Union, or in cases where Parliament has not been consulted on an international agreement falling within the scope of Rules 108 or 109.
Amendment 1071 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 135 – paragraph 1
Rule 135 – paragraph 1
1. A committee, an interparliamentary delegation, a political group or at least 4025 Members may ask the President in writing for a debate to be held on an urgent case of a breach of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 149(3)).
Amendment 1079 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 150 – paragraph 2
Rule 150 – paragraph 2
2. Items placed on the final draft agenda for vote without amendment shall also be without debate unless Parliament, when adopting its agenda at the start of a part-session, decides otherwise on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents or at the request of a political group or at least 4025 Members.
Amendment 1080 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 150 – paragraph 3
Rule 150 – paragraph 3
3. When drawing up the final draft agenda for a part-session, the Conference of Presidents may propose that other items be taken without amendment or without debate. When adopting its agenda, Parliament may not accept any such proposal if a political group or at least 4025 Members have tabled their opposition in writing at least one hour before the opening of the part-session.
Amendment 1081 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 152 – paragraph 1
Rule 152 – paragraph 1
1. At the beginning of each part- session, Parliament shall take a decision on the final draft agenda. Amendments may be proposed by a committee, a political group or at least 4025 Members. Any such proposals must be received by the President at least one hour before the opening of the part-session. The President may give the floor to the mover, one speaker in favour and one speaker against, in each case for not more than one minute.
Amendment 1082 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 153 – paragraph 1
Rule 153 – paragraph 1
1. A political group or at least 4025 Members may request that an extraordinary debate on a matter of major interest relating to European Union policy be placed on Parliament'’s agenda. As a rule, no more than one extraordinary debate shall be held during each part-session.
Amendment 1086 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 154 – paragraph 1
Rule 154 – paragraph 1
1. A request that a debate on a proposal on which Parliament has been consulted pursuant to Rule 47(1) be treated as urgent may be made to Parliament by the President, a committee, a political group, at least 4025 Members, the Commission or the Council. This request shall be made in writing and supported by reasons.
Amendment 1087 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 158 – paragraph 4
Rule 158 – paragraph 4
4. At committee and delegation meetings away from the usual places of work interpretation shall be provided from and into the languages of those members who have confirmed that they will attend the meeting. These arrangements may exceptionally be made more flexible where the members of the committee or delegation so agree. In the event of disagreement, the Bureau shall decideinterpretation must be provided to ensure respect for the principle of multilingualism.
Amendment 1096 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 168 – paragraph 3
Rule 168 – paragraph 3
3. All votes shall be valid whatever the number of voters unless the President, on a request made before voting has begun by at least 4025 Members, establishes at the time of voting that the quorum is not present. If the vote shows that the quorum is not present, the vote shall be placed on the agenda for the next sitting.
Amendment 1098 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 168 – paragraph 3 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
Rule 168 – paragraph 3 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
3. A request for the quorum to be established must be made by at least 4025 Members. A request on behalf of a political group is not admissible.
Amendment 1105 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 169 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Rule 169 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendments for consideration in Parliament may be tabled by the committee responsible, a political group or at least 4025 Members.
Amendment 1108 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 169 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Rule 169 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendments shall be put to the vote only after they have been printedmade available and distributed in all the official languages at least 24 hours before the vote, unless Parliament decides otherwise. Parliament may not decide otherwise if at least 4025 Members object. Parliament shall avoid taking decisions which would place Members who use a particular language at an unacceptable disadvantage.
Amendment 1112 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 171 – paragraph 5
Rule 171 – paragraph 5
5. The only Member permitted to speak during the vote shall be the rapporteur or, in his justifiable absence, another Member from the same political group and appointed to that end by the rapporteur, who shall have the opportunity of expressing briefly the views of the committee responsible on the amendments put to the vote.
Amendment 1115 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 174 – paragraph 5
Rule 174 – paragraph 5
5. Where the committee responsible has tabled a set of amendments to the text with which the report is concerned, the President shall put them to the vote collectively, unless a political group or at least 4025 Members have requested separate votes or unless other amendments have been tabled.
Amendment 1119 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 176 – paragraph 1
Rule 176 – paragraph 1
1. Where the text to be put to the vote contains two or more provisions or references to two or more points or lends itself to division into two or more parts having a distinct meaning and/or normative value, a split vote may be requested by a political group or at least 4025 Members.
Amendment 1127 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 180 – paragraph 1
Rule 180 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the cases provided for under Rules 118(5), 119(5) and 179, the vote shall be taken by roll call if this is requested in writing by a political group or at least 4025 Members the evening before the vote unless the President sets a different deadline.
Amendment 1133 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 188 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Rule 188 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Referral back to committee may be requested by a political group or at least 4025 Members when the agenda is fixed or before the start of the debate.
Amendment 1134 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 188 – paragraph 2
Rule 188 – paragraph 2
2. Referral back to committee may also be requested by a political group or at least 4025 Members before or during a vote. Such a motion shall be put to the vote immediately.
Amendment 1135 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 189 – paragraph 1
Rule 189 – paragraph 1
1. A debate may be closed before the list of speakers has been exhausted on a proposal from the President or at the request of a political group or at least 4025 Members. Such a proposal or request shall be put to the vote immediately.
Amendment 1136 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 190 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Rule 190 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
At the start of a debate on an item on the agenda, a political group or at least 4025 Members may move that the debate be adjourned to a specific date and time. Such a motion shall be put to the vote immediately.
Amendment 1137 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 190 – paragraph 4
Rule 190 – paragraph 4
4. Before or during a vote, a political group or at least 4025 Members may move that the vote be adjourned. Such a motion shall be put to the vote immediately.
Amendment 1139 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 191 – paragraph 1
Rule 191 – paragraph 1
The sitting may be suspended or closed during a debate or a vote if Parliament so decides on a proposal from the President or at the request of a political group or at least 4025 Members. Such a proposal or request shall be put to the vote immediately.
Amendment 1147 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 199 – paragraph 2
Rule 199 – paragraph 2
2. Amendments to the proposals by the Conference of Presidents shall be admissible only if they are tabled by at least 4025 Members. Parliament shall vote on such amendments by secret ballot.
Amendment 1177 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 219 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Rule 219 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Nominations must have the support of at least 4025 Members who are nationals of at least two Member States.
Amendment 1181 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Title XII
Title XII
Amendment 1182 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 223
Rule 223
Amendment 1183 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 224
Rule 224
Amendment 1184 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 225
Rule 225
Amendment 1186 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 226 – paragraph 4
Rule 226 – paragraph 4
4. Should a political group or at least 4025 Members contest the committee's interpretation, the matter shall be put to the vote in Parliament. Adoption of the text shall be by a majority of the votes cast, provided that at least one third of Parliament's component Members are present. In the event of rejection, the matter shall be referred back to the committee.
Amendment 1187 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 231 – paragraph 4
Rule 231 – paragraph 4
4. The corrigendum shall be announced at the following part-session. It shall be deemed approved unless, not later than 24 hours after its announcement, a request is made by a political group or at least 4025 Members that it be put to the vote. If the corrigendum is not approved, it shall be referred back to the committee responsible which may propose an amended corrigendum or close the procedure.
Amendment 9 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in recent years fishing pressure has increased in the EEZ of some ORs, between the 100 and the 200 mile limits, and whereas the fishing in question is being carried out mostly by fleets that do not belong to the ORs concerned;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU needs to assume responsibilities infor the maritime realm of the ORs, andORs by differentiating in their favour as provided for in the Treaties, not least whereas their exclusive economic zones (EEZ) make up a large percentage of the EU’s total EEZ Common Fisheries Policy is concerned, in order to help effectively to counteract the inherent difficulties and constraints with which the ORs have to contend;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) does not sufficiently recognises the specific characteristics of the ORs and allows for a differentiated approach in these regionswhereas, therefore, the instruments and specific measures necessary for a differentiated approach to the fisheries sector in these regions have yet to be established;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 27 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the rules governing access to resources should favour local fleets and more selective types of fishing that are less destructive to stocks;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that sustainable and ‘honest’ fishingfishing, using traditional types of gear, is the basis for prosperous coastal communities and contributes to food security in the ORs;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the precautionary principle should prevail as long as the balance between fishing capacity and opportunities is not evident; considers, nevertheless, that this cannot justify disinvestment in collecting data and improving scientific knowledge on marine ecosystems; calls for the distribution of quotas for some species to be revised (an increase in the bluefin tuna quota for the Azores, for example) and for the opening-up of catch opportunities for others (such as kitefin shark, for example), on the basis of scientific studies and the strengthening of technical and material capacity in relation to ecosystem assessment;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the fact that in its 2016 report, the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)8 could not assess the balance between fishing capacity and opportunities for all fleets operating in the ORs as a result of insufficient biological data; calls for more funds to be allocated, under the EMFF and others, for the acquisition of technical resources for ecosystem assessment by scientific institutes and universities; _________________ 8 Reports of the (STECF) - Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities (STECF-16-18)
Amendment 65 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the delay in the approval of EMFF Operational Programmes and consequently the late implementation of supportive EMFF provisions, which has resulted in serious financial difficulties for some undertakingsthe fishing sector in the ORs;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the criteria for projects to be eligible for the EMFF are limiting in this context; stresses that the sector's competitiveness is linked to a more comprehensive upgrading of the fleet than the replacement of engines, which must involve changes in the size of vessels (enabling them to stay at sea for longer periods) and improvements to safety, hygiene and health conditions on board;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the multiplying effect of EU funds and support on the private sector contribution, particularly in the ORs;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 93 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages therefore the Commission to promoteintroduction of active (for example surveillance) and passive measures, such as negotiations with neighbouring countries of the ORs with which Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) have not yet been signed; notes that this could help counteract unfair competition;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that a restructuring of the fishing sector in the ORs is needed and if necessary a reduction of the number of vessels should be consideredto foster the upgrading of vessels and the renewal of fleets so as to enable fishermen to spend more time at sea, while limiting the size of exclusive fishing areas for local vessels in ORs;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Advocates extending the ORs' exclusive access zones for local fleets from 100 to 200 nautical miles;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Advocates potentially introducing restrictions to the principle of free access in a range of between 100 and 200 nautical miles of RUPs, affording, for reasons of resource conservation and sustainability, fleets from the ORs preferential access to resources over other fleets;
Amendment 117 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that both the databases on stocks and the impact of small-scale vessels in the ORs hasve to be improved by allowing access to fisheries resources which had been off limits owing to quota limits or general fishing bans;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the urgent need to establish a wage compensation fund to cover non-fishing periods and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement pension and other social security entitlements; also advocates introducing a minimum wage for fishermen, established in line with local practices, and promoting collective bargaining and hiring;
Amendment 144 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Proposes increasing aid intensity for engine replacementfleet renewal in the ORs where scientific evidence indicates that climate conditions and climate change have a decisive negative impact on the ORs’ fleets;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Advocates not establishing a dedicated fund for the ORs, as comprehensive resources of the European Structural, given the imbalance between levels of development at European and national level in fisheries and the isolation that the ORs face, looking into the possibility of establishing a dedicated fund for the ORs to combat and eliminate asymmetries in development – particularly in cases where there is found to be a 'double insularity' – and, inter alia, to address insufficient fishing income, improve sales, andd Investment Funds are already availablevalue to fishing, empower the fleet and provide vocational training with a view to improving professional skills and fostering research and technological development;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recommends creating better incentives under a future EMFF to encourage young people to enter the fishing sector, particularly by means of vocational training and promoting measures which improve the incomes and job security;
Amendment 208 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 226 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Energy Union should cover five key dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonisation; and research, and innovation and competitiveness.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both households and businesses, secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system. That objective can only be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union and national levelensure secure, sustainable and affordable energy for Union consumers, both households and businesses, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system.
Amendment 245 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Commission's proposal was developed in parallel to and is adopted together with a series of initiatives in sectorial energy policy, notably with regard to renewable energy, energy efficiency and market design. Those initiatives form a package under the overarching theme of energy efficiency first, the Union’s global leadership in renewables, and a fair deal for energy consumers including by fighting against energy poverty.
Amendment 249 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 267 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Each Member State shall define its targets for each energy dimension, with a view to achieving a common global target which shall be progressively approximated by 2030.
Amendment 270 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Failure to comply with each target in each Member State should not be subject to sanctions of any kind. In which case an assessment of the situation should be made and the necessary support, including financial support, must be provided by the Union.
Amendment 280 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Council also concluded on 24 October 201414 that a reliable and transparent governance system, without any unnecessary administrative burden, should be developed to help ensure that the Union meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and fully respecting their freedom to determine their energy mix. It emphasized that such governance system should build on existing building blocks, such as national climate programmes, national plans for renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as the need to streamline and bring together separate planning and reporting strands. It also agreed to step up the role and rights of consumers, transparency and predictability for investors, inter alia by systematic monitoring of key indicators for an affordable, safe, competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to facilitate coordination of national energy policies and fosacilitater regional cooperation between Member States. __________________ 14 Conclusions of the European Council 23 - 24 October 2014 (EUCO 169/14).
Amendment 292 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In its Communication on the State of the Energy Union of 18 November 201515 the Commission further specified that integrated national energy and climate plans, addressing all five key dimensions of the Energy Union, are necessary tools for a more strategic energy and climate policy planning. As part of the State of the Energy Union, the Commission Guidance to Member States on integrated national energy and climate plans provided the basis for Member States to start developing national plans for the period 2021 to 2030 and set out the main pillars of the governance process. The State of the Energy Union also specified that the Governance should be anchored in legislation. __________________ 15 Communication State of the Energy Union 2015 of 18.11.2015, COM(2015)572 final.
Amendment 294 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 201516 recognised that the Governance of the Energy Union will be an essential tool for the efficient and effective construction of the Energy Union and the achievement of its objectives. They underlined that the governance system should be based on the principles of integration of strategic planning and reporting on the implementation of climate and energy policies and coordination between actors responsible for energy and climate policy, at Union, regional and national level. They also underlined that the Governance should ensure that the agreed energy and climate targets for 2030 are met; and that the Governance would monitor the Union’s collective progress towards the achievement of the policy objectives across the five dimensions of the Energy Union. __________________ 16 Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 2015 (14632/15).
Amendment 307 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governance should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration, increased competition, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a sustainable low-carbon economy.
Amendment 316 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The transition to a sustainable low- carbon economy requires changes in investment behaviour and incentives across the entire policy spectrummore public investments to be made in order to safeguard and create jobs with rights and support EU industry. Achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions requires a boost to efficiency and innovation in the European economy and in particular should also lead to improvements of air quality.
Amendment 332 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation, the Energy Union Governance should result in a significant reduction of administrative burden for the Member States, the Commission and other Union Institutions and it should help to ensure coherence and adequacy of policies and measures at Union and national level with regard to the transformation of the energy system towards a sustainable low-carbon economy.
Amendment 360 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of the energy and climate has an impact on the environment. Member States should therefore ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance, where applicable, with the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ("UNECE") Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of 25 June 1998 (the "Aarhus convention"). Member States should also ensure involvement of social partners in the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans. __________________ 24 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p.30).
Amendment 364 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Regional cooperation is key to ensure an effective achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union. Member States should get the opportunity to comment on other Member States' plans before they are finalised to avoid inconsistencies and potential negative impacts on other Member States and ensure that common objectives are met collectively. Regional cooperation in elaborating and finalising national plans as well as in the subsequent implementation of national plans shcould be essential to improve effectiveness and efficiency of measures and foster market integration and energy security.
Amendment 413 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In view of the collective achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union Strategy, it will be essential for the Commission to assess national plans and, based on progress reports, their implementation. For the first ten-year period, this concerns in particular the achievement of the Union- level 2030 targets for energy and climate and national contributions to those targets. Such assessment should be undertaken on a biennial basis, and on an annual basis only where necessary, and should be consolidated in the Commission's State of the Energy Union reports.
Amendment 426 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) To help ensure coherence between national and Union policies and objectives of the Energy Union, there should be an on-going dialogue between the Commission and the Member States. As appropriate, the Commission should issue recommendations to Member States including on the level of ambition of the draft national plans, on the subsequent implementation of policies and measures of the notified national plans, and on other national policies and measures of relevance for the implementation of the Energy Union. Member States should take utmost account of such recommendations and explain in subsequent progress reports how they have been implemented.
Amendment 451 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 453 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) The European Environment Agency should assist the Commission, as appropriate and in accordance with its annual work programme, with assWith the objective of achieving the ambitious energy efficiency target, financial barriers should be removed. Therefore, public invesstment, monitoring and reporting works in energy efficiency shall not be considered for the public deficit for the purpose of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 470 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) implement strategies and measures designed to meet the objectives and targets of the Energy Unionset at the national and the Union level, and for the first ten- year period from 2021 to 2030 in particular the EU's 2030 targets for energy and climate;
Amendment 491 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The governance mechanism shall be based on integrated national energy and climate plans covering ten-year periods starting from 2021 to 2030, corresponding integrated national energy and climate progress reports by the Member States and integrated monitoring arrangements by the European Commission. It shall define a structured, iterative process between the Commission and Member States in view of the finalisation of the national plans and their subsequent implementation, including with regard to regional cooperation, and corresponding Commission action.
Amendment 499 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) research, and innovation and competitiveness.
Amendment 506 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
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 2745% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level target of at least 2740% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and the 15% electricity interconnection target for 2030 or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.
Amendment 515 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) 'energy poverty' means a household's inability to afford the necessary domestic energy services so that basic humane standard levels of comfort and health can be guaranteed, as such costs represent a significant proportion of the disposable income;
Amendment 524 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 201920 and every ten years thereafter, each Member State shall notifypresent to the Commission an integrated national energy and climate plan. The plans shall contain the elements set out in paragraph 2 and Annex I. The first plan shall cover the period from 2021 to 2030. The following plans shall cover the ten- year period immediately following the end of the period covered by the previous plan.
Amendment 539 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an overview of the process followed for establishing the integrated national energy and climate plan consisting of an executive summary, a description of the consultation and involvement of stakeholders including local authorities and civil societies, and their results, and of regional cooperation with other Member States in preparing the plan;
Amendment 583 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shallmay take into account the interlinkages between the five dimensions of the Energy Union and they shall use consistent data and assumptions across the five dimensions where relevant.
Amendment 626 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 2745% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards;
Amendment 650 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
the indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Union's binding energy efficiency target of 340% in 2030 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], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity.
Amendment 675 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
(3) the objectives for the long-term renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings (both public and private) including concrete measures for households affected by energy poverty and for social housing;
Amendment 713 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3
Amendment 741 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 2
(2) national 2050 objectives for the deployment of sustainable low carbon technologies;
Amendment 744 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Amendment 803 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
With the objective of achieving the ambitious energy efficiency target, financial barriers should be removed. Therefore, public investments in energy efficiency shall not be considered for the public deficit for the purpose of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 841 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 20189 and every ten years thereafter Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 867 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 907 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall, well before submitting their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission pursuant to Article 9(1), identify opportunities for regional cooperation and consult neighbouring Member States and the other Member States expressing an interest. Member States shall set out in their draft integrated national energy and climate plans the results of such regional consultation, including where applicable how comments have been taken into account.
Amendment 954 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. By 1 January 2024, and every 10 years thereafter, Member States shall notifypresent to the Commission an update of the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3, unless they have confirmed that the plan remains valid pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 958 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 975 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1272 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1314 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. If, on the basis of its aggregate assessment of Member States' integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), and supported by other information sources, as appropriate, the Commission concludes that the Union is at risk of not meeting the objectives of the Energy Union and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, the targets of the Union's 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, it may issue recommendations to all Member States pursuant to Article 28 to mitigate such risk. The Commission shall, as appropriate, take measures at Union level in addition to the recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. With regard to renewable energy, such measures shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target.
Amendment 1356 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1377 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1411 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shallmay as appropriate issue recommendations to Member States to ensure the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union.
Amendment 1422 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the Member State concerned shall take utmostin account of the recommendation in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and the Union and between Member States;
Amendment 1425 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1433 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1440 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point i
Amendment 1465 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Cooperation between the Member States and the Union
Amendment 1466 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Member States shall cooperate and coordinate fully with each other and with the Union in relation to obligations under this Regulation, in particular concerning:
Amendment 1495 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1530 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point iii
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point iii
iii. Objectives for the long-term renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings (both public and private) including concrete measures for households affected by energy poverty and for social housing.
Amendment 1599 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 a (new)
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 a (new)
3.2.1a. With the objective of achieving the ambitious energy efficiency target, financial barriers should be removed. Therefore, public investments in energy efficiency shall not be considered for the public deficit for the purpose of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 51 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Given that water is a vital resource, without which no living being can survive, access to water is a universal right that needs to be guaranteed for all citizens; universal access to water can only be fully guaranteed by preventing the private exploitation of public water resources and of universally accessible, high-quality public water supply and sanitation services;
Amendment 61 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 107 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The objective of this Decision is to strengthen the integration and alignment of research and innovation systems and activities in the Mediterranean countries in the fields of public water provision and food systems. The scale of the research and innovation necessary to address the challenges in the Mediterranean area is immense due to the systemic character of the major bottlenecks. The scope of research and innovation is complex, multidisciplinary and requires a multi-actor and cross-border approach. A collaborative approach with a wide set of Participating States can help to increase the required scale and scope, by pooling financial and intellectual resources. Since the objective can therefore be better achieved at Union level by integrating national efforts into a consistent Union approach, by bringing together compartmentalised national research programmes, by helping design common research and funding strategies across national borders, and by achieving the critical mass of actors and investments required, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 119 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of PRIMA is to develop the fully piloted and demonstrated common innovative solutions for public water provision and food systems in the Mediterranean region, to make them more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable, and to contribute to solving nutrition, health, well- being and migration problems upstream.
Amendment 128 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The maximum Union’s financial contribution, including EFTA appropriations, to PRIMA shall be EUR 2400 000 000 to equal the contributions of the Participating States.
Amendment 136 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) research and innovation actions, as well as innovation actions, including demonstrators, pilot plants, testing, pre- commercial deployment, addressing in particular the higher Technology Readiness Levels;
Amendment 139 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) activities funded by the Participating States through their national funding bodies without Union contribution, addressing increasingly also the higher Technology Readiness Levels and, consisting in:
Amendment 32 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Following the Communication setting out a European vision of Internet connectivity for the Digital Single Market and in order to promote digital inclusion, the Union should support the provision of free, high speed, local wireless connectivity of high quality in the centres of local public life, including outdoor spaces accessible to the general public, through targeted support. Such support is so far not covered by Regulations (EU) No 1316/201315 and (EU) No 283/201416 . Digital inclusion should not discriminate remote location and rural zones. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU) No 1316/20136 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010, OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015, OJ L 169, 1.7.2015, p. 1. 16 Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on guidelines for trans- European networks in the area of telecommunications infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC, OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 14.
Amendment 35 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Support of this kind should encourage entities with a public mission such as public authorities and providers of public services to offer free local wireless connectivity as an ancillary service to their public mission so asand thus help to ensure that local communities in the centres of public life are guaranteed access to information and involvement in (digital) public life, can improve their digital skills and can experience the benefits of very high-speed broadband in the centres of public life. Such entities could include municipalities, public buildings, community centres, parks, town squares and other local public authorities, libraries, universities and hospitals. The offer of high-speed free wireless connectivity should be also provided to freely accessible spaces of public transport.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Local wireless connectivity should only qualify as free where it is provided without corresponding remuneration, whether by direct payment or other types of consideration, including, but not limited to, advertising and the provision of personal data. Under no circumstances the wireless Internet co-financed by the Union can be made dependent on purchasing any goods or services.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Improving access to fast and ultra- fast broadband and ICT services, especially in remote areas, could increase the quality of peoples' life by facilitating access to services (e.g. e-Health and e- Government) and promote the development of local SMEs. The authorities should therefore ensure that nobody is left behind and that the Internet content and online services are accessible to all.
Amendment 79 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Giving local SMEs priority in the context of the procurement and installation of equipment with a view to the provision of WLAN in accordance with this Regulation could safeguard the potential for innovation and creation of quality jobs in municipalities.
Amendment 80 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To ensure that connectivity in accordance with this Regulation is provided quickly, local authorities should be informed promptly and in an appropriate manner about the availability of this support, and where necessary helped to apply for it, and financial assistance should be implemented using to the fullest extent possible on-line tools that allow for the swift submission and handling of applications and support the implementation, monitoring and auditing of the local wireless access points installed.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Given the problems and difficulties that rural, remote and sparsely populated areas are facing, there should be guarantees that these areas also benefit from free, high speed local wireless connectivity of high quality.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Given Internet connectivity needs within the Union and the urgency of promoting access networks that can deliver, throughout the EU, an Internet experience of high quality based on very high-speed broadband services, financial assistance should seek to attain a geographically balanced distribution by taking particular account of the needs of local communities.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
Amendment 101 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) support the provision of free, high speed, local wireless connectivity in local communities.
Amendment 102 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Article 6 – paragraph 8a
Article 6 – paragraph 8a
8a. Actions contributing to projects of common interest in the field of providing free, high speed, local wireless connectivity in local communities shall meet conditions set out in Section 4 in the Annex.
Amendment 115 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5
Annex – section 4 – paragraph 5
The available budget shall be allocated to projects in a geographically balanced manner to projects meeting the above conditions in view of the proposals received and, in principle, on a 'first come, first served' basisby taking particular account of the needs of the people and keeping with the objectives of bringing about economic, social and territorial cohesion and offsetting regional differences in the provision of fast internet access across the Union. At least 20% of the budget should be allocated to areas that are less developed economically and digitally, with particular emphasis on islands and on mountainous, border and peripheral areas, in order to invest the resources where they are most needed.
Amendment 169 #
2016/0286(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 170 #
2016/0286(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 12 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
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 theinsufficient to ensure the proper functioning of a digital sroamingle market across the Union. However, that Regulation alone is not sufficient to ensure the correct functioning of the roaming market, particularly in respect of seasonality and costs.
Amendment 17 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Commission has conducted aA suitably comprehensive and thorough review of wholesale roaming markets needs to be undertaken to assess which measures are necessary to enable retail roaming surcharges to be abolished by 15 June 2017in the different Member States, ensuring in particular that monthly bills for domestic users of telecommunications services are not increased.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) With regard to rules on wholesale charges, regulatory obligations at Union level should be maintained since any measure that enables RLAH across the Union without addressing the level of the wholesale costs associated with providing these services cwould risk disrupting the internal market for roaming services and would not encourage more competitioncause serious imbalances in the provision of roaming services.
Amendment 33 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In considering cost estimates, the potential impact of the seasonal nature of roaming traffic on the overall costs of providing wholesale roaming services at national level was taken into consideration. Such estimates noted the counterbalancing effects that would mitigate any potential increase in costs caused by the seasonality of roaming traffic. In particular for data services, increasing domestic demand means that any seasonal traffic peak in a given year is likely to be exceeded by total domestic demand in the following year(s). Accordingly, since terrestrial mobile communications networks are dimensioned in order to cope with this general upward trend driven by domestic demand, any peak in total network demand caused by seasonal roaming flows is unlikely to drive mobile network dimensioning costs. For voice calls, where demand is more stable, in some countries seasonal roaming peaks may have an impact on overall network dimensioning costs. However, such localised seasonal peaks in traffic are likely to also be driven by domestic users moving into tourist areas and be somewhat mitigated by compensating effect of roamers on capacity usage in metropolitan areas during the summer holiday seasondue regard is not yet paid to the potential impact of the seasonal nature of roaming traffic on the overall costs of providing wholesale roaming services at national level.
Amendment 37 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 75 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 77 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) By way of derogation, cases where the actual costs incurred by the operator are, for reasons such as seasonal overload, demonstrably higher than the amounts set out in the previous paragraph shall be excluded from its provisions. (Amendment also applies to Article 9 and Article 12.)
Amendment 2 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that trafficking in human beings is the result of an imbalanced distribution of the world’s wealth, war and the overexploitation of natural resources, which generate poverty, a lack of job opportunities and isolation, creating areas where access to information, training and education is difficult or indeed impossible;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that groups organised at international level, either clandestinely or with the consent of their victims, who are deceived by false promises, transport victims to richer regions, with the list being headed by European countries where there are wealthier clients, particularly for sex trafficking;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that organised crime involving people trafficking, which is less risky than drugs trafficking but often linked to it, fuels criminal dealings and activities that are facilitated by money laundering and tax havens;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that victims should receive full assistance, for not only the immediate and chronic health consequences, but also the effects on their psychological well-being, including residence and work permits;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that EU migration policies geared to the so-called migration crisis, which is sustained by people trafficking, have helped to deepen and develop people trafficking networks;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is gravely concerned by the statements made by the Europol chief of staff Brian Donald, who has warned that a sophisticated pan-European criminal infrastructure has developed over the past 18 months which is targeting refugees, particularly unaccompanied children;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Is gravely concerned by Europol reports on the disappearance of thousands of unaccompanied child refugees after arriving on European soil, it being estimated that around 27% of the million refugees who arrived in Europe last year were minors;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission and Member States to make efforts to protect and find all missing refugees or migrants, particularly children, who have gone missing after being registered on arrival on European soil;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2340(INI)
10b. Urges the Commission and Member States to respect the United Nations Charter and the principles of asylum law;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for immediate measures and action on the ground, in particular the creation of safe legal routes and the reversal of the current asylum policy, which treats people fleeing hunger, extreme poverty, war, persecution and death as a threat, and which should be replaced by a policy that provides a real response to the tragedy of war refugees and other migrants fleeing extreme poverty, disease and hunger;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2340(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Calls for an end to the policies of interference and aggression that the EU, US and NATO have pursued in the Middle East and North Africa; calls for the rights of the peoples of these regions to development and sovereignty to be respected;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the diversity of plant species and varieties traditionally cultivated by small and medium-sized farms and family farms is of huge importance in terms of both responding to the various needs and uses in rural communities, and reducing crop vulnerability to adverse weather, pests and diseases;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a worsening has been recorded in key factors for biodiversity loss, such as the alteration of habitats, excessive exploitation of natural resources, the introduction and propagation of invasive exotic species and climate changes, and this is cancelling out the positive effects of the steps taken to halt the loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. having regard to the importance of monitoring the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy and assessing its practical results, achievements and shortcomings, adjusting it where necessary while involving policy-makers and voluntary organisations in this process;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the general trend with regard to biodiversity continues to be cause for serious concern, and that the 2020 targets will not be achieved without substantial additional efforts; points out that biodiversity is important for its own sake but also because of its link to society and because it provides a wide range of ecosystem-related services on which we depend, such as food, freshwater, pollination, and protection against natural and man-made disasters; urges the Commission to adopt a Community approach to the prevention of natural and man-made disasters; observes, at the same time, that targeted efforts genuinely produce results and that there is therefore great potential for improvement;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that nature and economic development are again in opposition; is convinced of the need to embed nature more in society, the economy and enterprise; deplores the fact that, in Europe, around a quarter of wild species are at risk of extinction and many ecosystems are degraded, giving rise to severe social and economic damage for the EU;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance of halting and reversing rural flight and encouraging people to stay in rural areas, bearing in mind that several species and habitats that are of high conservation value and are protected by EU legislation depend on agri-environmental systems in which human presence is a key factor; to that end, advocates increased support for small and medium-sized farms and for family farms that use extensive farming practices which promote good conservation of natural resources;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it vital to recognise that investing in biodiversity is essential from a socioeconomic point of view; welcomesnotes and is closely following methods to measure the economic value of biodiversity, such as The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB); considers that these instruments, despite possible shortcomings, can raise awareness, improve the use of available resources and result in better decision- making;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the importance of halting and reversing the reduction in species diversity and crop varieties, leading to an erosion of the genetic basis on which animal and human nutrition depends; considers it necessary to reject any kind of attempt to patent life, plants and animals, genetic material and essential biological processes;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Advocates the need to promote the use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions and rejects the homogenisation/specialisation of agricultural production, flowing from successive CAP reforms;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers it essential for the precautionary principle to be applied effectively, for the GMO species already introduced to be withdrawn, and for independent and impartial studies to be carried out on GMOs and their impact on the environment and on human and animal health;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for ‘greening’ practices to be geared to agricultural diversity in the various Member States, taking into account, for example, the specific situation of Mediterranean countries, which is not addressed by the proposed thresholds in relation to the diversification of crops and land of ecological importance; oak groves, permanent crops (olive groves, vineyards, orchards) and rice growing are some examples of practices that should be compatible with ‘greening’, given the high ecological and conservation value that some of these agricultural systems may have;
Amendment 213 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Draws attention to the potential threat to biodiversity posed by the growing demand for agri-fuels and the increasingly intense pressure on developing countries to produce them, through the conversion and degradation of habitats and ecosystems such as wetlands and forests, inter alia;
Amendment 230 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy should create the conditions required for effective locally based management – the best system for guaranteeing the necessary environmental sustainability – which, proceeding on the basis of predetermined general objectives, should enjoy a broad measure of independence and freedom of action, enabling it to provide the most appropriate means of achieving those objectives, taking into account specific local, regional, and national characteristics;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that there are still large gaps in knowledge regarding the state of marine ecosystems and fishery resources; calls for an increase in EU funding for marine research and for greater EU co- financing to enable Member States to acquire biological data for the purposes of the CFP;
Amendment 242 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate more closely to combat illegal fishing, without encroaching in any way on the powers of competent authorities;
Amendment 247 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to draw up an accurate list of invasive alien species which are of concern to the Union, on the understanding that such a list should not be limited to a fixed number of species and that it should allow both for the importance of emerging species with the potential to cause damage and for the fact that an invasive species in one Member State might be a native species in another; stresses the importance of regularly updating this list, and of carrying out additional risk assessments for species, so that the legislation on invasive alien species can act as a powerful lever;
Amendment 252 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to monitor imports of exotic species into their territory and to report regularly on them to the Commission and other Member States; calls for greater restrictions on imports and private possession of endangered species, including primates, reptiles, and amphibians;
Amendment 270 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises that biodiversity is affected directly and indirectly by the liberalisation of international trade; considers it essential that the impacts in question should be properly assessed and avoided;
Amendment 303 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Maintains that the Union should assume greater responsibility for protection of the natural resources in the Natura 2000 Network, especially in terms of its financing;
Amendment 309 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Points out that Member States are finding it difficult to manage areas included in the Natura 2000 network because there is no specific financial instrument for the management of Natura 2000 sites to complement the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 322 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Takes the view that the Commission has to understand the importance of protected areas and recognise that these urgently require greater investment in order to make the EU’s biodiversity strategy effective; believes that the regulations implementing EU funds in the period from 2014 to 2020 should allocate a substantial proportion to the management of natural resources and biodiversity, bearing in mind that protected natural areas are a source of services and assets of fundamental importance to the economy as a whole;
Amendment 324 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Expresses its disappointment at the funding being proposed for the LIFE programme, which fails to reflect the remarkable success of the programme; considers that the challenges in terms of biodiversity and nature conservation are such that the budget of the nature conservation fund must be increased from 0.23% to 1% of the total EU budget;
Amendment 368 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that a tracking system should be set up in order to record the beneficial and adverse effects that EU funds have on the climate and biodiversity;
Amendment 304 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that energy suppliers coming from third countries must be subject to the EU acquis while Highlights the need to actively strengthen cooperation with the EU's partners and recognize the important role of international cooperating oon in the common market, and calls on the Commission to enforce EU law by all means available in order to allow energy to flow freely in the EU and prevent distortions in the internal marketfield of Energy, and especially energy security; in this regard stresses that all intergovernmental agreements must be based on the principle of mutual respect with the third countries involved;
Amendment 309 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that it is of upmost importance to the EU to end the isolation of some Member States from the internal energy marketand regions from European gas and electricity networks, as demonstrated by the gas stress tests carried out by the Commission; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to carry out such tests every two years; Is of the opinion that the EU should help those most vulnerable countries to diversify their sources and supply routes, as a matter of priority;
Amendment 344 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 355 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that greater transparency of intergovernmental agreements could be achieved by strengthening the role of the Commission in energy-related negotiations involving one or more Member States and third countries, including by having the Commission participatethe Commission could, on the request of the Member States, participate as an observer in those negotiations if there is a risk of abuse of a dominant position by one supplier; notes that furthermore the Commission should carry out ex-ante and ex-post assessments and draw up both a positive and a negative list of agreement clauses, such as export ban and destination clauses;for intergovernmental agreements; However, it is important not to jeopardise the ability of Member States to negotiate the content of the agreements.
Amendment 369 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 383 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Ccalls on the Commission to enhance the transparency of commercial gas contracts in order to effectively remove abusive clauses and ensure better ex-ante compliance checks with EU law and energy security provisionsMember States to communicate to the Commission, on a voluntary basis, commercial gas contracts that are referred explicitly in intergovernmental agreements in order to effectively remove abusive clauses; As regards commercial gas contracts, the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information needs to be guaranteed;
Amendment 387 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 391 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 487 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 807 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that the energy-efficiency target must work alongside energy and climate goals and strengthen the competitiveness of the EU economy vis-à- vis its major trade partners;
Amendment 1031 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Reiterates that Energy is a public social good and therefore the EU should closely focus on the issue of energy poverty and promote measures to tackle this problem. Insists, therefore, that the Energy Union should ensure equal access to energy for all, contribute to affordable energy prices for the benefit of the consumers, promote connections and energy infrastructures that have a strategic role for the benefit of the people and strengthen public control and regulation.
Amendment 12 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it essential, if the proposed goals are to be attained, to bring nature and society into a harmonious, sustainable relationship;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that should other major competitors of the EU’s major energy- intensive industries fail to make similar commitments onhave to be committed to GHG reductions, and that carbon leakage provisions will be maintained in the long term and strengthened where necessary; considers it vital that sustainable European agribusiness is protected against carbon leakagemust be tightened up and complied with;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Warns against the effects of deregulation and liberalisation in international trade, which is causing energy consumption and global goods flows to increase, thus adding to atmospheric GHG concentrations; believes that safeguarding and promoting local consumption, by means of shorter supply chains, is a way to encourage complementary relationships in international trade, as opposed to competition among products, producers, and countries, and hence to increase employment and the numbers of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that global trade liberalisation has been leading to higher energy consumption and GHG emissions, and that the EU must therefore call for the resulting impacts to be systematically studied and assessed;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points to the importance of an objective, integrated, cross-cutting, and systematic approach to climate change, widening the range of means employed to reach reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the importance of assessing the potential for making economies less carbon intensive by reducing dependence on fossil fuels; considers that such assessment must be based on technical and scientific studies and cover the same time-frame as the reduction targets laid down; maintains that the EU has to set an example both by taking its own initiatives and by promoting cooperation with its international partners;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Maintains that assessment is needed in order to determine how effectively market-based instruments can serve to achieve the goal of global GHG reduction and what implications they might entail in social and environmental terms;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the serious negative consequences of non-action; stresses that a concerted global political and financial push for clean energy innovation is crucial to meeting our climate goals and to facilitate growth in EU green-economy sectors; highlights the need to preserve existing copyright and intellectual property rights in technology and knowledge transfer to third countries;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CommendUrges the US and China onto fulfil their commitment tos and thereby playing a more significant global climate role; points to the environmental, social, and economic benefits that strong global commitments bring for the competitiveness of EU industry;and regrets that some developed countries continue to increase their emissions per capita.
Amendment 10 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the opening of the consultation on the Capital Markets Union, and underlines the need on the one hand to consider the impact of the single market on the worsening economic and social asymmetries between Member States, and on the other hand to learn lessons from the 2007/2008 financial crisis, whose harmful effects on world economies, and in particular on people and workers, are still being felt; in this context, rejects the idea that (i) forms of financing associated with complex financial products should be promoted; (ii) financing the real economy, in particular industry, should be subject to the dictates of financial speculators (also known as investors), and (iii) there should be no separation of retail and investment banking;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Rejects the establishment of the Capital Markets Union, on the grounds that the further development of the EU single market has accentuated the dismantling of sovereign instruments of economic regulation; takes the view, further, that this process does not represent convergence, cooperation or solidarity, and that instead it represents economic dominance, divergences and asymmetries in development;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2092(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas regionalisation should not lead to renationalisation, this being incompatible with the CFP, under which the EU has sole responsibility, given the shared nature of the current institutional framework, since the Lisbon Treaty, which gives the EU sole responsibility for managing living marine resources, established and imposed centralised management of fisheries policy, which often fails to take into account the enormous diversity of the sector (as regards stocks, fleets, fishing techniques and fisheries) and prevents local management, which is able to involve the sector in the setting and implementation of policy; and whereas at the time of the most recent revision of the CFP, the previous Commission cited this framework as the reason for not having made more progress withe resourcesgionalisation (a need which was generally accepted);
Amendment 133 #
2015/2092(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Supports a change to the current institutional framework, which gives the EU sole responsibility for the management of living marine resources, to allow broad decentralisation and local management, firmly rooted in scientific knowledge, which takes account of the enormous diversity of the sector within the EU (as regards stocks, fleets, fishing techniques and fisheries) and which is able to involve the sector in the setting and implementation of policies;
Amendment 221 #
2015/2092(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that multiannual plans should be framed within local management, giving national authorities a predominant role in setting them;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. Whereas the European Union should take all possible steps to ensure that the sustainable fisheries agreements entered into with third countries provide mutual benefits to the EU and to the third countries in question, including their local populations and fisheries sector;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Recital F f (new)
Ff. Whereas the European Parliament should be immediately and fully informed at all stages of the proceedings relating to sustainable fisheries agreements entered into or their renewal;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that all aspects of the external dimension of the CFP must be predicated on equitable relationships between the EU and its, the Member States and their partners globally, be they bilateral (sustainable fishing partnership agreements) or multilateral (RFMOs);
Amendment 73 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Considers that the possibility of hiring local sailors on EU fishing vessels must be considered in the agreed protocols and must be fully explored;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the need for better linkage between the sectoral support provided under fishing agreements and the instruments available within the scope of cooperation on development, specifically the European Development Fund (EDF);
Amendment 162 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that vessels fishing under the provisions of an SFPA but which do not supply their Member State and the Commission with the data required under the terms of their fishing authorisation should not be issued with authorisations in subsequent years; (no data, no fish);Explanation: fishing vessels are not responsible for supplying information to the Commission. That is a responsibility of Member States, and sanctions should not be imposed due to the failure of the Member State to supply information.)
Amendment 199 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission and the Council, within their respective competences, to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed at all stages of proceedings relating to fishing agreements entered into and any possible renewal processes;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E A. whereas the yields of small-scale fishing have been reducing substantially, as a result of the significant increase in operating costs, specifically the increase in fuel prices, and due to the reduction of the value of fish at first sale, often making an increase in fishing effort necessary;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E B. whereas the management of various stocks of several prime target species has in many regions placed serious restrictions on fishing and on small fishing communities;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) acknowledgesconsidering the importance of acknowledging fishing-dependent coastal and island regions, and some of the main objectives of the CFP arethe role to be played by Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, to contribute to the attainment of such a standard in the context of coastal fishing, and to promote sustainable coastal fishing while taking into account its cultural and socio- economic factorsreality;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas Article 349 of the Treatyconsidering the need to acknowledge and take account onf the Functioning of the European Union states that,special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions when adopting measures – especially measures relating to the fisheries sector – the special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions must be taken into account;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. Whereas the concept of the blue economy is developing thanks to the EU’s ‘Innovation Union’ initiative, the main objective of which is to createand may give a strong boost to growth and economic development, as well as the pcreconditions for the promotion and development of innovation, and thanks to the Horizon 2020 programme, whichation of employment, in particular in coastal and island countries and regions and isn the EU’s largest programme for research and innovatoutermost regions;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the coastal and island communities have a fundamental interest in the materialisation of the concept of blue economy;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the funds intended to finance investment in scientific research, innovation and development have been systematically reduced;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to strengthen the role of the European Fisheries Areas Network (FARNET), which provides significant assistance to Fisheries Local Action Groups through the allocation of budgetary funds so that they can carry out their duties effectively;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to promote and support investment in the diversification of the fisheries sector through the development of complementary activities, including investments in vessels, safety equipment, training, environmental services in the fisheries sector, cultural and educational activities in the fisheries sector, and to promote and support the diversification of fisheries with a view to protecting the environment and ensuring green growth;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to promote and support investments in fisheries in the area of tourism, which represents a growing economic sector with great potential for fisheries, in order to add to tourism capacities by promoting fish products, gastronomy, angling tourism, underwater and diving tourism, etc., and by presenting them as part of the traditional menu, thereby capitalising on fishing heritage and the recognisability of a specific fishing region;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to actively promote and support investment in the diversification of fisheries in the area of culture and art as part of traditional heritage (handicrafts, music and dance) and to support investment in the promotion of tradition, history and fishing heritage in general (fishing gears, techniques, historical documents, etc.) by opening museums and organising exhibitions that relate closely to coastal fishing;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 A. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to create and implement mechanisms to support small-scale fishing which respond to the substantial increase in production costs, specifically by means of implementing programmes aimed at responding to the increase in fuel prices;
Amendment 160 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses concern at and opposition to the reduction in budgetary funds for the Horizon 2020 programme, which is the main programme for research and the development of innovationto support scientific research, innovation and development;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need for an amendment to the Regulation concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, also known as the ‘Mediterranean Regulation’, which was adopted in 2006 and which lays down rules on the technical characteristics of gears and their uses; feels that this regulation must be brought into line with the new CFP;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the 2016 budget should focus on initiatives that contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the creation of high-quality and durable employment across the Union and that programmes contributing directly to these objectives should be given priority when budgetary decisions are made;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses, therefore, that for 2016 the resources of these programmes should at least be maintained at the levels of the previous EU budgetbe increased;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws attention to the threats affecting numerous forest ecosystems, including dispersal of invasive exotic species, diseases (e.g. pine nematode) and forest fires; considers that suitable financial resources need to be channelled, via Union programmes and support measures, into the evaluation of ecological and plant health conditions in forests and rehabilitation measures, including reforestation;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that, over the years, the Member States have faced a significant shortage of financial resources for the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network (which in some cases represent a significant proportion of national territory), and this has compromised the instrument’s effectiveness and overall coherence;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for the Union to take more responsibility for the protection of natural resources in the Natura 2000 network, especially in terms of its financing; notes the difficulties experienced by several Member States in the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network, due to the lack of a specific financial instrument geared to the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network, which would complement the inclusion of biodiversity concerns in sectoral policies;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the need for funding under the Horizon 2020 framework programme to be shared out in a more even-handed way among the Member States and to the fact that several cohesion countries are net contributors to the framework programme; points out that the ‘Innovation Union’ initiative has to involve all countries and regions and that there must be no ‘innovation divide’ between more innovative countries and regions and the rest;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the considerable impact of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) on the 2016 budget; believes that the objectives of the EFSI can only be achieved ifBelieves that the level of financing for Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) ismust be fully maintained;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it to be essential, given that they make up 99 % of the Union's corporate fabric and account for 80 % of jobs in the Union, to provide greater support to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in order to boost their productivity within a stable business environment, minimise the effect of dominant market positions occupied by large companies and conglomerates, and help MSMEs and worker cooperatives to be set up and to grow;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the commitments agreed in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 should be met in full; expresses concern at the growing number of unpaid invoices; notes that interest on late payments in 2014 has risen more than sevenfold since 2012; calls for immediate action to reduce the backlog of outstanding payment claims; draws attention to the scantiness of the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework and to the need for it to be revised as soon as possible with a view to substantial expansion;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that funding for research should be focused on areas in which the greatest added value can be achieved and that improving energy efficiency should therefore be one of the priorities for European research; draws attention to the inequalities among Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes with disquiet that, because of the budget cuts being imposed on Member States, investment in science, technology, and innovation (STI) will be reduced still further, with highly damaging results;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points to the crucial role of structural and investment funds in promoting STI investment; believes that the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund have a central role to play in, respectively, training and skills development for workers in the area of innovation and the funding of regional innovation strategies that could bring benefits in terms of territorial policy, improving living conditions, promoting social justice and well-being, and preserving the environment; points to the importance of strengthening cohesion policy and the related objectives by supporting innovation and other fields and, to that end, revising the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that greater priority must be given to parts of the budget earmarked for increasing Europe's security of supply by building a network of interconnectors to ensure a free flow of energy between Member States; stresses the importance of enlarging the concept of security so as to include and address the problem of energy poverty;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 50 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The economic and financial crisis has led to a lowering of the level of investments within the Union. Investment has fallen by approximately 15% since its peak in 2007. The Union suffers in particular from a lack of investment as a consequence of austerity policies, including lower wages and public spending, which have depressed aggregate demand and increased market uncertainty regarding the economic future; and the fiscal constraints placed on Member States by SGP rules and the unwillingness of the ECB to intervene decisively in public bond markets. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, and long-term growth prospects and competitiveness.
Amendment 56 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, whereNew investment projects help support employment and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential, while ensuring social and regional cohesion.
Amendment 67 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 127 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic usEFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance.
Amendment 157 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Decisions on the use of the EFSI support for infrastructure and large mid- cap projects should be made by an Investment Committee. The Investment Committee should be composed of independent experts who are knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of investment projects, including in the areas of employment and social affairs and the environment, and including representatives of the scientific community. The Investment Committee should be accountable to a Steering Board of the EFSI, who should supervise the fulfilment of the EFSI's objectives. To effectively benefit from the experience of the EIF, the EFSI should support funding to the EIF to allow the EIF to undertake individual projects in the areas of micro, small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies.
Amendment 172 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to allow for further increase in its resources, participation in the EFSI should be open to third parties, including Member States, national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, private sector entities and entities outside the Union subject to the consent of existing contributors. Third parties mayshould contribute directly to the EFSI and take part in the EFSI governance structure.
Amendment 181 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, Member States may use European Structural Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects that are supported by the EU guarantee. The flexibility of this approach should maximise the potential to attract investors to se projects should be considered on a project-by-project basis, withe areas of investment targeted by the EFSIdequate involvement of social partners and public authorities.
Amendment 194 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Alongside the financing operations that will be conducted through the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') should be created. The EIAH should provide strengthened support for project development and preparation across the Union, by building on the expertise of the Commission, the EIB, national promotional banks, social partners and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds. This should establish a single point of entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union.
Amendment 205 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 219 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Within the Union, there are a significant number of potentially viable projects that are not being financed due to a lack of certainty and transparency with respect to such projects. Often, this is because private investors are not aware of the projects or have insufficient information to make an assessment of the investment risks. The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States, should promote the creation of a transparent pipeline of current and future investment projects in the Union suitable for investment. This 'project pipeline' should ensure that information is made publicly available regarding investment projects on a regular and structured basis to ensure that investors have reliable information on which to base their investment decisions. </>The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States and the European Parliament, should promote the creation of a transparent pipeline of current and future investment projects in the Union suitable for investment. Or. en
Amendment 251 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The EFSI Agreement shall be open to accession by Member States. Subject to the consent of existing contributors, the EFSI Agreement shall also be open to accession by other third parties, including national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, and private sector entities.
Amendment 290 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To meet that objective, the EIAH shall use the expertise of the EIB, the Commission, national promotional banks, social partners and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Amendment 316 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have an Investment Committee, which shall be responsible for examining potential operations in line with the EFSI investment policies and approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations in line with Article 5, irrespective of their geographic location, with appropriate involvement of social partners in the decision-making process.
Amendment 330 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of six independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance, including in the areas of employment and social affairs and the environment, and including representatives of the scientific community, and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of experience in project finance, including in the areas of employment and social affairs and the environment, and including representatives of the scientific community, and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years.
Amendment 427 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 470 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the EIB, with support from the Member States and the European Parliament, shall promote the creation of a transparent pipeline of current and potential future investment projects in the Union. The pipeline is without prejudice to the final projects selected for support according to Article 3(5).
Amendment 22 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that SMEs make up 99% of the EU's corporate fabric and account for 80% of jobs in the EU
Amendment 48 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that it is essential to provide greater support especially to micro and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and worker cooperatives in order to boost their productivity within a stable business environment, minimize the effect of dominant market positions occupied by large companies and conglomerates, and help MSMEs and worker cooperatives to be set up and to grow".
Amendment 81 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for an inclusive industrial strategy that will tackle unemployment and secure more growth, more jobs with enhanced workers’ rights, and better working conditions, promote measures for ensuring safety and access to public health and education as one of the means of achieving the economic, social and territorial cohesion that is needed in the EU; considers that the ultimate goal should be sustainable development and a high quality of life, together with prosperity and decent work for everyone.
Amendment 87 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a direct support to promote solid growth and sustainable development of MSMEs in order improve labour productivity and resource use efficiency and keep pace with the evolving knowledge society and with development based on balanced economic growth, especially in Member States where the crisis has had a greater impact in terms of MSME closures;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas the concept of the blue economy covers a wide range of economic sectors linked to the seas and oceans, spanning traditional or established and emerging sectors including fisheries, aquaculture, (seagoing) shipping and inland waterway transport, ports and logistics, tourism, pleasure sailing, and cruising, shipbuilding and ship-repairing, maritime works and protection of the coastline, prospecting for, and exploitation of, offshore mineral resources, prospecting for, and exploitation of, offshore energy resources, and biotechnology;
Amendment 34 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the sectoral priorities for the development of the Blue Economy may differ from Member State to Member State, depending on the one hand, on the respective development record of traditional or established sectors and, on the other hand, on existing resources and the development potential of emerging sectors in each Member State;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. Whereas increased investment in research and innovation associated with the seas and oceans may be a useful tool to support the goals of economic, social and territorial cohesion, tackling the asymmetries and growing differences between Member States;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas in several Member States, and especially in countries where the troika has intervened, investment levels - public and private - have been reduced to historically low levels, which has had and is having negative repercussions on the development of various sectors of the Blue Economy which should be taken into account and reversed;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas there may be advantages in extending the scope of action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in order to cover a wider range of common issues associated with the promotion and sustainable development of the maritime economy;
Amendment 115 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Draws attention to the need to promote an integrated approach to different sectors of the Blue Economy, recognising and respecting the priorities of the different Member States and supporting them in developing these priorities;
Amendment 117 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the European Commission and its agencies to support Member States in the formulation and implementation of national and regional strategies for the development of the maritime economy;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the shortage of qualified professionals in various fields of study and activity – including, though not confined to, researchers, engineers, and technicians, and workers - to be a huge hurdle that could prevent the blue economy from fully realising its potential; maintains that this shortcoming is closely bound up with the growing disengagement and disinvestment by Member States in the spheres of science and education and with the decline in the professional status and social standing of several of the professions concerned, and therefore calls for these two trends to be reversed without delays;;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that proper development of the Blue Economy requires the dignity of the professions associated with it and the creation of stable employment with rights;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that public investment, especially in some Member States, plays a decisive role in promoting the development and full exploitation of the potential of the Blue Economy;
Amendment 137 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for an appropriate financial framework to be established in order to stimulate the development of the blue economy and job creation, combining and coordinating the financial instruments available – structural and investment funding (EMFF, ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund), the research framework programme, and so forth; points out that the instruments should be better geared to the needs of individual stakeholders – public institutions, local authorities, businesses, especially SMEs, non-governmental organisations, etc. – and the opportunities being offered widely publicised;
Amendment 150 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Draws attention to the negative development and clear deterioration of some of the more traditional sectors of the Blue Economy (such as fisheries and shipbuilding and repair), especially in areas where they functioned as authentic anchor activities, boosting economic activities either upstream or downstream, creating jobs and promoting development; considers that any EU strategy on the Blue Economy should not forget these activities and regions, and should highlight the potential of innovation in reversing this decline;
Amendment 152 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Draws attention to the importance of public or majority-owned state companies in areas such as merchant shipping, port management, the shipping industry and maritime and coastal defence works; rejects the vision that tends only to focus on the private sector and believes that the strengthening and modernisation of the public sector can be an important driving force behind the promotion of the Blue Economy;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Suggests evaluating the possibility of extending the scope of action of the European Maritime Safety Agency, as a way of strengthening coordination, cooperation and support to Member States in the development and full use of the Blue Economy’s potential; in stressing the key role of Member States in this area, considers that this could be an important stimulus towards achieving this goal;
Amendment 155 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Considers that the implementation of strategies, plans and programmes, as well as specific national legislation, may provide a political and institutional framework which is more favourable to the development of the Blue Economy in the various Member States; stresses that these strategies, plans and programmes, together with specific national legislation, should contribute to harmonious and sustainable interaction between human activities and the marine and coastal environment;
Amendment 156 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Stresses that the sovereignty of Member States in their exclusive economic zones and over their resources on the continental shelf should be respected, subject to the necessary deepening of cooperation for the sustainable development of the Blue Economy and the preservation of the marine environment;
Amendment 158 #
2014/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that coastal and island communities should be fully involved at every stage in the development of the blue economy, this being a sine qua non for realising its potential in terms of innovation, jobs, prosperity, and sustainable development; advocates greater appreciation and a substantial increase in the budget of the Community- Based Local Development Programmes;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Considers it extremely important to secure a net increase in the appropriations against EU budget lines relating to economic and social cohesion to at least double the current amounts, together with a radical change in the way in which the appropriations are allocated; believes an immediate revision of the MFF also to be extremely important, in order to secure a net increase in the amounts currently provided for, which should be at least doubled; considers it extremely important for the funds for this increase to be made available by raising the contributions of the Member States with the highest GNI and per capita income, which will require changes to be made to the current breakdown among Member States;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers it extremely important to set up support to Member States, in particular those already in recession, in connection with investment in infrastructure, public amenities, research, innovation and development;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 14 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges the Commission, in view of the deepening of the crisis and the significant increase in poverty to which this is giving rise, to make combating poverty a genuine priority by putting forward specific measures to reduce poverty and arrangements under which the EU budget can be used to supplement action taken by Member States;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is opposed to the EU budget being used to fund a militarist, neo-liberal Union; points to the need for a different approach which supports sustainable development, stronger, environment- friendly domestic demand based on higher wages, full employment based on jobs with rights, social well-being, the eradication of poverty and social exclusion, and economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 34 #
2014/2224(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers it extremely important for the funds for this increase to be made available by raising the contributions of the Member States with the highest GNI and per capita income, which will require changes to be made to the current breakdown among Member States;
Amendment 164 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that it is important to put an end to any isolation of Member States and regions from European gas and electricity networks and strongly believes that the EU should help those most vulnerable countries to diversify their sources and supply routes, as a matter of priority; therefore recalls, in the context of energy diversity, the essential role of energy mix including all sorts of energy production and allowing for specific conditions of individual Member State in order to achieve the EU energy goals.
Amendment 195 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise that energy efficiency is by virtue of its lowest cost, availability and sustainability "the first fuel" in the merit order of energy resources, and thus plays a prime role in maintaining security of supply
Amendment 414 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that the energy security and eventually self-sufficiency of the EU, can be primarily achieved by promoting energy savings and renewable energy, which will, together with other alternative sources of energy, reduce import dependency. Notes that energy security must be achieved alongside with strict rules of environmental protection, on all kinds of energy production, offshore and an onshore operations, as well as during production of alternative forms of energy.
Amendment 696 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Insists that the EU's energy policy should ensure the access to energy for all, contribute to affordable energy prices for the benefit of all consumers and strengthen public control and regulation in this sector. Reiterates that the Energy is a basic human need and therefore the EU should closely focus on the issue of energy poverty and promote measures to tackle this problem, which affected one in four EU citizens - 124 million people - in 2012; reminds that this problem is likely to be aggravated in the coming years by a renewed rise in energy prices;
Amendment 761 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Highlights the need to actively strengthen cooperation with the EU's partners and recognize the important role of international cooperation in the field of Energy, and especially energy security; in this regard stresses that all intergovernmental agreements must be based on the principle of mutual respect with the third countries involved.
Amendment 804 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Highlights the need to enhance the EU’s ability to speak with one voice in order to deliver a more coherent energy diplomacy in partner countries and in multilateral fora; notes in this regard that the mandatovoluntary participation of the Commission as an observer in negotiations for intergovernmental agreements, as well as both ex ante and ex post evaluation of the negotiated agreements, should be required in order toon request of the member state, can minimise the possibility of non-conformity with EU law; However, it is important not to jeopardise the ability of Member States to negotiate the content of the agreements.
Amendment 1 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned by the significant cuts in the Commission draft budget 2015 proposed by the Council notably in such key areas as innovation, research, infrastructures, SMEs and energy; firmly believes that, in order to leave the economic crisis behind as soon as possible, it is not the moment for decreasing EU investment in these areas, but it is rather the time for a significant and brave increase beyond the draft budget proposed by the Commission; considers the proposed cuts to be potentially detrimental to the EU’s competitiveness and growth; is concerned by the fact that already now considerable sums are missing in the EU budget for payments and the proposed cuts will aggravate the situation even further; emphasises that all appropriate measures should be taken in order to meet the Union’s legal obligations and avoid delays in payments to the important stakeholders such as researchers, universities and entrepreneurs; calls therefore for full restoration of the Commission draft budget in areas strategically important for competitiveness, growth and creation of jobs;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the fact that, contrary to what had been approved by Parliament, the Council restricted the duration of possible EMFF support for temporary cessation of fishing activities during biological recovery periods, between 2014 and 2020, to a maximum of six months per vessel; takes the view that biological recovery periods are an important tool for the sustainable management of certain fisheries; argues therefore that the restriction should be abolished and that there should be sufficient appropriations to cover biological recovery periods;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines of the importance of the research to evaluate the accurate state of fisheries stocks to calculate the maximum sustainable yield, earmarks of sustainable fisheries. Takes the view that that research should be properly funded by the EU budget. The new basic regulation of the CFP adopted last year places a special emphasis on the conservation of resources to obtain the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). This objective constitutes one of the core elements of the reformed CFP and implies an accurate and reliable knowledge of the state of stocks.
Amendment 10 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it essential, given that they make up 99% of the EU’s corporate fabric and account for 80% of jobs in the EU, to provide greater support to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in order to boost their competitiveness within a stable business environment, minimise the effect of dominant market positions occupied by large companies and conglomerates, encourage the culture of entrepreneurship, and help SMEs to be set up and to grow;
Amendment 11 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for an increase in resources for budget headings providing subsidies for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and cooperatives and for 40% of the amounts entered under those headings to be earmarked as direct support to promote solid growth and sustainable development of MSMEs and cooperatives in order to cope with rising production factor costs and keep pace with the evolving knowledge society and with development based on balanced economic growth, especially in Member States where the crisis has had a greater impact in terms of MSME closures;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points to the importance of narrowing the gulf between entities considered to be excellent and those which are not, the object being to ensure that science and research can also be supported in institutes which, though not considered excellent, are progressing towards excellence or could be raised to that level in cooperation with others already considered to have attained it; believes that achieving a more even-handed share- out of Horizon 2020 appropriations is an aim that should continue to be pursued with a view to improving upon the status quo created under the earlier research framework programmes;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for an increaseTakes the view that applying the new CFP means an increase in national authorities' costs; calls therefore for an increase in Member States' budgets and in the budget of the Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) budget for operational tools and human resources to properly ensure the implementation of CFP reform.
Amendment 15 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets the fact that the Commission has reduced the amounts against the item for the pilot project on support measures for small-scale fishing (11 06 77 08); urges the Commission to reinstate the amounts approved; takes the view that that pilot project is of major importance and, in acknowledgement of the sector's importance and specific features, should be the basis for establishing an EU aid programme for small-scale fishing, as has been argued for in various Parliament resolutions on this issue;
Amendment 13 #
2014/0011(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the fact that the European Union scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading has failed, having proved ineffective in achieving the emission reduction targets; having regard to the need to adopt alternatives to carbon trading, replacing a market-based approach with a fairer and more effective regulatory approach;
Amendment 14 #
2014/0011(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the fact that the European Union scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading is weakening and undermining the adoption of other environmental regulations;
Amendment 15 #
2014/0011(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 16 #
2014/0011(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AdopRejects its position at first reading hereinafter set out;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the accession to the EU of countries such as Portugal, which had fragile economies and were forced to compete with economies enjoying a clear competitive advantage, led to deindustrialisation processes (with the country's industry being undermined relative to its needs); whereas the process of deindustrialisation has gone hand in hand with an increased tendency towards the destruction of productive capacity in farming and fisheries (CAP and CFP);
Amendment 28 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas public spending in Portugal rose from 42% of GDP in 2000 to 51% in 2010 owing to the crisis, as a result of moves to stimulate the economy whose main approach was defined by the EU; whereas in 2011 spending on social protection stood at 26.5% of GDP by comparison with an EU-28 average of 29.1%; whereas in 2007, before the international crisis, the public deficit stood at 3.1% and public debt at 68.3%, values close to those imposed by the rules of the Maastricht Treaty (and close to those recorded in countries such as Germany);
Amendment 29 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas Portuguese public debt has virtually doubled since 2007; whereas Portuguese public debt shot up with the Memorandum of Understanding, rising by EUR 25.3 billion per year in 2011 and 2012, i.e. at a pace 6.4 times higher than that recorded between 2001 and 2004 and 2.7 times higher than that recorded between 2005 and 2010; whereas in August 2013, according to the Bank of Portugal, general government debt reached EUR 254 638 million (155.2% of GDP) and public debt according to the Maastricht criteria, which do not include the whole debt, reached EUR 214 880 million (131.4% of GDP), an unprecedented level;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas studies show that reducing Portuguese public debt to levels close to 60% of GDP, as provided for in the so- called fiscal compact, will be possible only if two conditions are met at the same time over the next 20 years: significant economic growth of around 4% of nominal GDP and a positive primary balance of around 3.5%;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the European Central Bank is not genuinely autonomous and monetary policy gives priority to price stability to the detriment of each country's development towards higher wages and income; whereas the European Central Bank does not lend to States but only to banks, at interest rates of less than 1%; whereas banks are at the same time allowed to charge extortionate interest rates on their loans, particularly for States; whereas the continued overvaluation of the euro protects the interests of the countries with the strongest economies but makes it impossible for countries with fragile economies to recover;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the European Union was actively complicit in the escalating interest rates on Portuguese public debt, since it failed to intervene when the current political and institutional context would have allowed it to put an end to the situation, as demonstrated by the ECB's actions in other cases;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the weaknesses of the Portuguese economy, exacerbated by successive policies supported by the EU, in particular the so-called SGPs (from 2010 onwards), have had a recessionary effect and led to spiralling interest rates, and blackmail and extortion by banks and investors in sovereign debt;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding dramatically worsened Portugal's economic indicators, causing a sharp drop in GDP and public investment, which fell below 1980s levels, as well as in public and private consumption; whereas household consumption has fallen considerably and agricultural, industrial and energy production has declined, as has trade; whereas overall employment has fallen by 8.1% in the past two years and 400 000 jobs have been destroyed;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the Portuguese people are being made to suffer increased poverty, unemployment, extreme deprivation, the collapse of various public services and emigration, and more than 220 000 Portuguese people have been forced to leave the country in the past two years;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas the Memorandum of Understanding with Portugal helped bring about a dramatic cut in unit labour costs (with wages falling by close to 15% in real terms during this period) and a lengthy programme of privatisations, both of which have led to the unequal distribution of national income to the benefit of capital and to the detriment of labour, and an even greater concentration and centralisation of capital;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas the Community financial framework for the period 2007-2013 (like the current framework: 2014-2020) fell far below what would have been required to meet the needs in terms of offsetting the increasingly asymmetric impact of the EU single market and other common policies, which have accentuated the inequalities between countries and between different sections of society;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas the Memorandum of Understanding with Portugal is geared to attacking workers' rights and their wages and pensions, destroying public services and cutting jobs in this sector; whereas unemployment has reached extremely high levels, particularly among young people, and thousands of SMEs have gone bankrupt; whereas worsening social conditions and increased worker exploitation contrasts with the rise in the number of millionaires and the size of their fortunes in Portugal since the Memorandum of Understanding came into force;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas the reforms to the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy have accentuated the moves towards the liberalisation of farming and downgrading of the fishing industry, leaving small and medium-sized farmers, family farms and fishing communities facing even greater difficulties;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the political decisions regarding the Troika and the adjustment programs are taken by the Eurogroup clearly aiming at the completion of the Single Market and the promotion of economic integration at all costs, especially at the expense of social and labour rights of the people; thus these policies lead to austerity instead of growth and job creation;
Amendment 259 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the initial request for financial assistance was made by Cyprus on 25 June 2012, but that differences of positions as regards the conditionality, as well as the rejection of an initial draft programme by the Cypriot Parliament, delayed the final agreement on the EU- IMF assistance programme until 24 April (EU) and 15 May 2013 (IMF), respectively, and on 30 April 2013 the Cypriot House of Representatives finally endorsed the ‘new’ agreement;still the final decision on a European level, the bail-in method, was by no means a solution
Amendment 262 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the decision for a "bail- in" was devastating for Cyprus economy; regrets that the decision was approved overnight without prior consultation of the national parliament; stresses that these decisions undermine the democratic accountability of the EU;
Amendment 303 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recognizes that the Memoranda do not promote sustainable and long-term growth for the people; Urges for alternative solutions to overcome the crisis, which will promote solidarity and social justice.
Amendment 411 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges Member States, especially those covered by a Memorandum of Understanding, to boost wages and welfare benefits, restoring wages, incomes, and social entitlements to levels compensating for what has been stolen, so as to resolve serious social problems, enhance domestic demand, revitalise economic activity, and create more and better jobs; urges Member States to apply a policy of protecting and restoring public services, particularly as regards the social functions of the State, boosting their human and material resources in keeping with their key role in enabling citizens to realise their rights;
Amendment 412 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stress that the rise in poverty, social exclusion and uncertainty amongst the majority of people living in the programme countries is mirrored by a sharp rise in wealth for a small minority; e.g. in Ireland since 2007 profits have increased by 21% and according to the Revenue Commissioners, the number of people earning more than €500,000 a year has grown to 3,443 in 2012 with a combined income of €1.8bn, while over 1 million taxpayers out of 2.16 million had incomes lower than €30,000;
Amendment 439 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that the "success story" around Ireland exiting the programme has very little to do with actual accomplishments that have an impact on people's lives; whereas this story is mainly empty spin designed to support the Irish government's policies, and use Ireland as an example to force working people in southern Europe to accept more austerity; whereas in reality Ireland has the highest net emigration rate of all member states, investment as a percentage of Irish GDP is at 10.6%, the lowest rate in the EU, with the average at 20%, Ireland is still left with an unsustainable debt to GDP ratio of 125% and personal consumption is down 12% compared to 2008;
Amendment 440 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Is of the opinion that whereas, despite claims by the Troika and the Irish government, Ireland has not regained "economic sovereignty" since exiting the programme; whereas Ireland, in addition to being subject to EU 'economic governance' like all other EU countries, is also still subjected to "post-programme monitoring" by the IMF and "post- programme surveillance" by the Commission which include formal inspections and the power to impose further austerity; Stresses that this will also be the case if other countries exit their programme;
Amendment 441 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points to the importance of applying budgetary policies designed to combat extravagant spending, based on a fiscal component involving increased taxes on dividends and profits and a reduced burden for workers and small and medium-sized enterprises, providing states with the money enabling them to function effectively;
Amendment 459 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that the Memorandum of Understanding with Portugal has offered the banking industry and big business a millionaire support and guarantee package and delivered up public resources to usury and financial market speculation;
Amendment 542 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for a breakaway from these policies so that the problems of economic sustainable growth, unemployment, poverty, social exclusion, and (income) inequalities can be truly addressed and combated;
Amendment 582 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. NoteConsiders that the Troika’s mandatMemorandum of Understanding with Portugal has constituted an act of interference thas been perceived as being unclear and lacking transparencyt is unlawful and anti-democratic on account of the political and institutional decision- taking, which has violated principles and rights enshrined in the Portuguese Constitution, and above all on account of its substance, amounting to nothing short of an aggression pact against the country and its people;
Amendment 719 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses that the main problem remains the insistence on the continued implementation and institutionalisation of the European Commission-Central Bank- IMF Troika's neo-liberal policies, hence leading to further attacks on democracy, on social and workers' rights and to the closure of small and medium size enterprises.
Amendment 763 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls for the Memorandum of Understanding with Portugal to be cancelled forthwith and for the Troika to be disbanded; recognises that the Portuguese public debt is unsustainable and calls for a process to begin without delay with a view to renegotiating the debt as regards the amounts, due dates, interest rates, and terms of payment, which should be brought into line with the economic and social needs and the economic and social development requirements of the country and the Portuguese people;
Amendment 764 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Criticises the fact that the immediate cancellation of the Memorandum of Understanding would still not guarantee the Portuguese people’s inalienable right to development; calls for the Stability Pact, the six-pack, the two-pack, and the ‘Fiscal Compact‘ to be revoked without delay and for the European Semester and economic governance process to be halted;
Amendment 765 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 c (new)
Paragraph 38 c (new)
38c. Considers that the course set by Economic and Monetary Union, in particular under the Stability and Growth Pact (now bolstered by the six-pack, the two-pack, and what is termed the Fiscal Compact), is creating growing inequalities among countries and is manifestly at odds with reality and with the specific needs of countries with fragile economies; considers that the obsession with making good the budget deficit, restrictive public investment policies, privatising and downgrading public services, and cutting wages, pensions, and other welfare benefits will serve to exacerbate the crisis;
Amendment 766 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 d (new)
Paragraph 38 d (new)
38d. Rejects any diktats, conditions, and restrictions that infringe Portugal‘s sovereign right to determine its economic policies, including the management of its natural resources and its trading relations;
Amendment 767 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 e (new)
Paragraph 38 e (new)
38e. Maintains that the agreements and treaties governing EU integration should be reversible and that every country’s status should be adjusted according to the will of its people and its actual situation, on the understanding that the necessary exception clauses must be permitted;
Amendment 768 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 f (new)
Paragraph 38 f (new)
38f. Calls for the EU budget to be at least doubled and for an EU programme to be drawn up for the countries with a Memorandum of Understanding, laying down the priorities of resolving social problems and safeguarding, utilising, and promoting the national resources of each country concerned and its production capacity, especially in the agricultural and fisheries sectors and in industry, as is essential in order to protect workers and enhance their status and to restore the rights of which they have been stripped in terms of wages, pensions, and other social entitlements;
Amendment 769 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 g (new)
Paragraph 38 g (new)
38g. Calls for radical change to the Statute, policies, and sham independence of the European Central Bank, allowing all Member States to be represented on an equal footing in its governing body, so as to enable them to exercise genuine political control and ensure that every Member State can control its national central bank and monetary policy – not least by using the currency tool – with a view to promoting economic growth and employment;
Amendment 772 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 808 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Calls for radical change to the Statute, policies, and sham independence of the European Central Bank, allowing all Member States to be represented on an equal footing in its governing body, so as to enable them to exercise genuine political control and ensure that every Member State can control its national central bank and monetary policy – not least by using the currency tool – with a view to promoting economic growth and employment;
Amendment 815 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Believes that alternative proposals should be examined in order to combat stagnation and unemployment in countries under Memorandum; considers that these proposals should aim at strengthening and not undermining the welfare state , boosting growth and active job creation policies.
Amendment 6 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas small agricultural holdings are disappearing in a good number of Member States;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the current decline in the area covered by grassland stems principally from farmers switching from livestock to cereals;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas small-scale farming is an alternative to industrialised farming, which is energy- and water-hungry and destroys the environment and jobs;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the crucial roles played by small agricultural holdings are not only production-related in that such holdings also play key roles in the delivery of public goods; whereas these include roles relating to nature and the countryside (helping maintain both the characteristic features of Europe’s countryside and biodiversity in rural areas), social roles (providing a livelihood for millions of people in Europe, preventing poverty and constituting a workforce reserve for industry and other sectors of the economy), and cultural roles (preserving fine traditions, customs and other non-material heritage and manufacturing regional and traditional products);
Amendment 15 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas market price volatility is often made worse by intermediate buyers dictating prices, taking advantage of producer vulnerability;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas most of Europe’s small agricultural holdings only sell a small proportion of their goods on the market, or focus principally on subsistence farming; whereas, however, small-scale farming is of greater benefit to society in terms of impact on rural communities and on the environment;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas all small-scale farmers should have a decent income, earned primarily from selling their products;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas prices need to take account of production costs and of local conditions, with proper allowance being made for any natural or structural disadvantages;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a broader approach is needed to address the problems of small agricultural holdings, and whereas the creation of non- agricultural jobs and provision of public services in rural areas isare vital for the development of those areas and for the future of small agricultural holdings;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas small agricultural holdings are not treated fairly under the common agricultural policy, and whereas the reasons for this include: the fact that the structure of the policy is principally based on surface area and past production levels, rather than on employment and the level of income; the fact that some Member States place minimum funding thresholds in the second pillar; and the Member States’ failure to bring in implementing measures that meet the needs of small agricultural holdings; the insistence on competitiveness as a target, understood as more and more intensive production, the option of not applying modulation, and the ceiling placed on Community support, redistributing the appropriations saved by small farmers;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the granting of support not linked to production only favours large farms;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas because they are dispersed, the bargaining power of agricultural holdings in the food chain is far weaker than that of other participants in the market, and whereas this is particularly acute in the case of small agricultural holdings - a situation that has been aggravated by the dismantling of all the public structures set up to help them market their production;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas small agricultural holdings play a special role in domestic production and in strengthening the economy, maintaining the vitality of mountain areas, less-favoured areas and outlying regions;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas there are severe inequalities in the distribution of income support – between countries, producers and production sectors – as a result of the pressure from and interests of large countries, affecting both the overall budget and its distribution;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the main function of agriculture is food production, and whereas the destruction of production systems, which directly affects Member States with the weakest production systems, has significantly increased their food dependency and jeopardised their food sovereignty;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas small agricultural holdings and family farming play a crucial role in terms of the need to halt and reverse the decline in the diversity of cultivated plant species and varieties and the erosion of the genetic base on which human and animal nutrition depends;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas market regulation instruments, such as quotas and production rights, are absolutely vital and should be adapted to each Member State on the basis of its food requirements and its comparative level of installed production capacity, to help the worst-off Member States to evolve;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the level of income and the living standards of families who make their living by working on small agricultural holdings are much lower than those of commercilarge-scale farmers or farmers employed in other sectors of the economy, not least because many local markets have been destroyed in favour of large distribution chains;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas forms of community ownership can play a significant role in complementing the income of small-scale farmers, particularly in some of the Member States, and the issue of farmers' income is the crucial factor in terms of improving the position of small-scale farming in the EU;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the new CAP does not respond to the problems linked to the absence of remunerative prices for family agri-food production and smallholdings, or to the problem posed by large processing and marketing chains in the food sector, which exert huge commercial pressure to drive down production prices and crush small and medium-scale agricultural trade;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas agricultural, social and tax authorities need to be given clear criteria for determining what is and what is not a small farm;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that simply reducingit is damaging to establish a reduction in the number of small agricultural holdings ashould not be the main objective of restructuring, as this will not even boost the competitiveness of larger holdings; with this in mind, calls on the Member States to: come up with appropriate solutions and development models for smallholdings, taking account of the specific characteristics of farming in the country concerned and of regional variations; boost the competitiveness, viability and profitability of smallholdings; foster entrepreneurship; create jobs;
Amendment 66 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports an end to the subordination of agriculture and food production to the market and competition, and the existence of regulatory and market intervention mechanisms to prevent increased price volatility and concentration processes, which only a small number of businesses are able to survive;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Supports the need to counter intensive export models, giving priority to regional and local production and consumption, promoting a different energy-related and environmental rationale, and giving preference to the ownership of land by local communities as an effective way of guaranteeing food quality and security;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Considers that the concept of disadvantaged areas should take not only physical characteristics into account but also socioeconomic ones;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that national support frameworks should include investment support programmes for small farmers, the percentage and value of which should be proportionate to their presence in the national agriculture of their country, with extremely simplified procedures;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is very pleased that theAppreciates the establishment of a support scheme for small-scale farmers has been established under the first pillar of the CAP, but takes the view, nevertheless, insists that it is only the form of the transfer that has been simplified, whilst the low direct payment rates allow no room for development, and that these measures are still insufficient to improve the lot of smallholdings in the EU;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for compulsory modulation and aid ceilings to be included in the finalisation of the CAP reform, starting at EUR 10 000 and gradually increasing up to 100 % for amounts over EUR 100 000, with the resources saved being used to guarantee a minimum payment of EUR 1000 to all farmers;
Amendment 92 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Urges the Member States to consider measures to regulate the markets, in order to ensure that fair prices are paid to small farmers;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Recalls that public structures for product storage – such as silos, collective milking barns, slaughterhouses, refrigerated storage and dryers – have played an important part in guaranteeing small farmers’ incomes and calls for their reactivation;
Amendment 95 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Supports the creation of a public agricultural insurance policy, funded from the EU budget, in order to guarantee a minimum income for farmers affected by natural disasters, including forest fires, diseases and pests;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the unequal distribution of income support among countries, producers and products and demands an end to this situation before the close of the current multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recommends to the Member States that they guarantee the provision of free, high-quality public services to rural areas, particularly in the areas of health, education and social security;
Amendment 110 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Points out to Member States that it is important to support the existence of community-owned property;
Amendment 111 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Recommends the creation of a national preference scheme for Member States whose agri-food balance remains seriously and persistently in deficit, by establishing and employing a system of mandatory marketing quotas for national production, whereby imports would serve to supplement national production;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges that action be taken to promote the effective use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions, combating the export-led standardisation of agricultural production and intensive models of agriculture that result from current agricultural and trade policies, of which the CAP is an example, and encouraging sustainable small and medium-scale production linked to local and regional markets and consumption;
Amendment 121 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls for the public services and infrastructure required for the development of the farming sector and the survival of small farms to be maintained in all areas;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that there can be no cohesion policy if the so-called austerity is maintained and intensified and production capacity is destroyed in the Member States being bailed out by the Troika (the Commission, the ECB, and the IMF), given that the end effect will be to increase unemployment and poverty, strip them of resources, and exacerbate their dependence;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that cohesion policy could plays a crucial role in promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, boosting jobs and growth and reducing macroeconomic imbalances and inequalities between countries;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that budget cuts for regional and local authorities regarding EU Structural Fund expenditure in the Member States being bailed out by the Troika will lead to a sharp drop in local public investment, especially in cohesion countries, amplifying the economic and social effects of the policies which are destroying their investment and production capacity, with the result that many regions and localities will be depopulated and deprived of qualified personnel, emigration will be directed towards richer countries and populations concentrated in towns and cities, and these further environmental, territorial, and social problems will be added to the problems now occurring;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that cuts in cohesion policy funding in the next MFF will reduce the capacity of national, regional and local authorities to invest in smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; stresses that cohesion policy funding should be at least maintained at the current levelincreased to at least double the current amounts and national co-financing reduced;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses the belief that thematic concentration on a small number of priorities is ngreater support needs to be provided to Member States, especially those being pushed into economic recessaryion; stresses, however, that flexibil that ity is requirednecessary to allow Member States and regions to respond for the specific features and needs of the Member States, supporting the most effective way to common targets, while also respecting territorial, economic and social specificir regional and local authorities and their economic, social, environmental, and territorial development priorities. ;
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 28 #
2013/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a
1a) ‘Marine Natural Park of Mayotte’: The entire exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Mayotte (68 381 km2). The land area of the park shall extend to the upper foreshore, which marks the boundary of the maritime public domain.
Amendment 18 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) whereas, in accordance with the 1944 Chicago Convention, States are responsible for managing and providing, whether directly or by delegation, air traffic services; whereas the management of European airspace on the basis of the principles laid down in this Convention has always delivered the required levels of safety and allowed the right measures and policies to be adopted, whether in air traffic management at European level or in adopting measures to significantly reduce congestion and delays, thus cutting operating costs, and has never hampered the safety or fluidity of European air traffic nor impeded its efficiency;
Amendment 19 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) whereas the rules set in the Chicago Convention left scope for air transport to evolve and be organised on the basis of operational needs, which should be consistent with development strategies and State sovereignty, rather than with market interests or the pursuit of profit as a primary goal; whereas, contrary to the rules of this Convention, under the SES 2+ package air traffic services are provided to ANSPs that have not been designated by the States, but which offer a better cost/benefit ratio according to supranational, monetary criteria;
Amendment 52 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 62 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The performance and charging schemes are intended to make air navigation services provided under conditions other than market conditions more cost-efficient and to promote better service quality and should, to this end, include relevant and appropriate incentives. In view of this objective, the performance and charging schemes should not cover services supplied under market conditions.
Amendment 65 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Given the cross border and network elements inherent in the provision of en route air navigation services and the fact that, as a consequence, performance is notably to be assessed against Union-wide performance targets, a Union body should be in charge of the assessment and approval of the performance plans and performance targets for en route air navigation services, subject to judicial review by an appeal body and eventually by the Court of Justice. In order to ensure that the tasks be carried out with a high level of expertise and necessary independence, that Union body should be the Agency acting as Performance Review Body (PRB), functioning in accordance with the dedicated governance rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1139. Given their knowledge of the local circumstances, necessary to assess terminal air navigation services, national supervisory authorities should be in charge of the assessment and approval of the performance plans and performance targets for terminal air navigation services. The allocation of costs between en route and terminal air navigation services constitutes a single operation, relevant to both types of services, and should therefore be subject to the oversight of the Agency acting as PRBir knowledge of the local circumstances, necessary to assess en- route and terminal air navigation services, national supervisory authorities should be in charge of the assessment and approval of the performance plans and performance targets for both terminal air navigation services and en-route services.
Amendment 100 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 113 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
Amendment 118 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This regulation, in accordance with the principles derived from the Chicago Convention, should help to reverse the processes of deregulating, liberalising and centralising air traffic management services, pursued under the Single European Sky process, launched in 1999, thus empowering Member States to manage their air space and to monitor and organise services according to their needs, as well as promoting closer interstate cooperation;
Amendment 160 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The national supervisory authorities shall exercise their powers impartially, independently and transparently and shall be organised, staffed, managed and financed according and independently.
Amendment 161 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 186 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Staff of national supervisory authorities shall act independently, in particular by avoiding conflicts of interest between air navigation service provision and the execution of their tasks. Furthermore, social standards of the jobs within the national supervisory authorities shall be monitored. To this end two indicators should be measured and managed: (a) Job satisfaction index Comparison between average salary of technical staff in operators supervised and average salary of technical staff of the NSA.
Amendment 188 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Furthermore, social standards of the jobs within the national supervisory authorities shall be monitored. To this end two indicators should be measured and managed : (a) Job satisfaction index Comparison between average salary of technical staff in operators supervised and average salary of technical staff of the NSA.
Amendment 189 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Amendment 200 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 275 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Air navigation service providers shall, in addition to the certificates they are required to hold pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1139, hold an economic certificate. This economic certificate shall be issued upon application, when the applicant has demonstrated sufficient financial robustness and has obtained appropriate liability and insurance cover.The provision of all air navigation services within the Community shall be subject to certification by Member States
Amendment 283 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. An entity that holds an economic certificate referred to in paragraph 1 and a certificate referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1139 shall be entitled to provide within the Union air navigation services for airspace users, under non-discriminatory conditionspplications for certification shall be submitted to the national supervisory authority of the Member State where the applicant has its principal place of operation and, if any, without prejudice to Article 7(2)s registered office.
Amendment 288 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The economic certificate referred to in paragraph 1 and the certificate referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1139 may be subject to one or several conditions set out in Annex I. Such condiNational supervisory authorities shall issue certificates to air navigation service providers where they comply with the common requirements referred to in Article 6. Certificates may be issued individually for each type of air navigations shall be objectively justiervice as defined, non-discriminatory, proportionate and transparent. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 in order to amend the list set out in Annex I for the purposes of providing for a in Article 2 of the framework Regulation, or for a bundle of such services, inter alia, where a provider of air traffic services, whatever its legal status, operates and maintains its own economic level playing field and resilience of service provisionmmunication, navigation and surveillance systems. The certificates shall be checked on a regular basis.
Amendment 290 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The nationCertificates shall supervisory authorities of the Member State where the natural or legal person applying for the economic certificate has its principal place of businescify the rights and obligations of air navigation service providers, including non-discriminatory access to services for, if that person has no principal place of business, where it has its place of residence or place of establishment, shall be responsible for the tasks set out in this Article in respect of the economic certificates. In the case of provision of air navigation services in an airspace falling under the responsibility of two or more Member States, the national supervisory auth airspace users, with particular regard to safety. Certification may be subject only to the conditions set out in Annex II. Such conditions shall be objectively justified, non-discriminatory, proporities responsible shall be those specified in accordance with Article 5(4)onate and transparent.
Amendment 292 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Amendment 294 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may allow the provision of air navigation services in all or part of the airspace under their responsibility without certification in cases where the provider of such services offers them primarily to aircraft movements other than general air traffic. In those cases, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of its decision and of the measures taken to ensure maximum compliance with the common requirements.
Amendment 296 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(3), implementing rules regarding detailed requirements on financial robustness, in particular financial strength and financial resilience, as weNational supervisory authorities shall monitor compliance with the common requirements and with the conditions attached to the certificates. Details of such monitoring shall asbe in respect of liability and insurance cover. In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with paragraphs (1), (4) and (5) of this Article, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(3), laying down detailed provisions concerning the rules and procedures for certification and for conducting the investigations, inspections, audits and othecluded in the annual reports to be submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 12(1) of the framework Regulation. If a national supervisory authority finds that the holder of a certificate no longer satisfies such requirements or mconditoring activities necessary to ensure effective oversight by the national supervisory authority of the entities subject to this Regulationions, it shall take appropriate measures while ensuring continuity of services on condition that safety is not compromised. Such measures may include the revocation of the certificate.
Amendment 299 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. A Member State shall recognise any certificate issued in another Member State in accordance with this Article.
Amendment 310 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 331 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 349 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where this enables cost-efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace usersbetter service performance while maintaining the level of safety, Member States shallmay allow airport operators to procure terminal air traffic services for aerodrome control under market conditions.
Amendment 361 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In addition, where this enables cost- efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace usersbetter service performance while maintaining the level of safety, Member States may allow airport operators or the national supervisory authority concerned to procure terminal air traffic services for approach control under market conditions.
Amendment 423 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Social standards of the jobs within the air navigation service providers shall be monitored. To this end two indicators should be measured and managed: (a) Job satisfaction index Benchmarking of average salary of ANSP staff compared to average salary in the country.
Amendment 444 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they shall drive gradual, continuous improvements in respect of thensure operational and economic performance of air navigation services;
Amendment 454 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 826 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 80 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
Amendment 101 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 – introductory part
Recital 1 – introductory part
(1) The following Directives set out rules for the production and marketing of seeds and propagating material of agricultural crops, vegetables, vine, fruit plants, forest and reproductive material andof ornamental plants:
Amendment 103 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 – point e
Recital 1 – point e
Amendment 112 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to determine the scope of the several provisions of this Regulation it is necessary to define the concepts of “professional operator” and “making available on the market”. In particular, in view of the marketing developments of the sector, the definition of 'making available on the market' should be as wide as possible to ensure all forms of transactions of plant reproductive material. That definition should include inter alia persons concluding sales through distance contracts (e.g. electronically) and persons who collect basic forest material.
Amendment 134 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 136 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 138 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
Amendment 140 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 142 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 144 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 147 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure that plant reproductive material of listed genera or species, and certain types of forest reproductive material, fulfils the highest possible identity, quality and health requirements, as appropriate for the characteristics of the genera, species or categories concerned, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of adopting production and quality requirements, and certification schemes, for those genera or species, and in respect of adopting quality requirements for making available on the market specific parts of plants and planting stock of species and artificial hybrids of forest reproductive material.
Amendment 152 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
Amendment 156 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point a
Recital 79 – point a
(a) authorisation of Member States to adopt more stringent requirements than those adopted pursuant to this Regulation concerning plant reproductive material of listed genera or species and forest reproductive material of listed species and artificial hybrids,
Amendment 158 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point i
Recital 79 – point i
Amendment 160 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point j
Recital 79 – point j
Amendment 162 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point k
Recital 79 – point k
Amendment 166 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Professional operators producing plant reproductive material, other than farmers producing plant reproductive material on their own farm, on their own behalf, and for their own benefit, shall:
Amendment 174 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In the case of plant reproductive material, other than forest reproductive material, professional operators, other than farmers exchanging seeds from their own farm on their own behalf and for their own benefit, shall keep records of the plant reproductive material referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 for three years after that material has been respectively supplied to or by them. This provision shall not apply to plant reproductive material not listed in accordance with Title IV or to heterogeneous material as referred to in Article 14(3).
Amendment 191 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they represent a significant area of production exceeding 0.1% of the total Union agricultural area;
Amendment 193 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they represent a significant value ofarea of production, exceeding 0.1% of the total value of Union agricultural production;
Amendment 196 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 201 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. POperators shall decide whether to make plant reproductive material available on the market as standard material or as certified material. In the case of certified materials, the plant reproductive material may only be produced and made available on the market, under one of the following categories:
Amendment 204 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 233 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – introductory part
Article 3 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) 'professional operator' means any natural or legal person carrying out, as a profession, at least one of the following activities with regard to plant reproductive material, with a view to commercial exploitation:
Amendment 250 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Pre-basic, basic or certified material shallmay be certified and identified through an official label (‘official label’).
Amendment 260 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – point 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Farmers who exchange seeds from their own farm, on their own account, are not professional operators.
Amendment 264 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 9
Article 3 – point 9
Amendment 288 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – introductory part
Article 7 – introductory part
Professional operators producing plant reproductive material, with the exception of farmers producing plant reproductive material from their own farm on their own behalf and on their own account, shall:
Amendment 297 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Professional operators, with the exception of farmers who exchange seeds from their own farm on their behalf and on their own account, shall ensure that plant reproductive material is traceable at all stages of production and making available on the market.
Amendment 304 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of paragraph 1, with the exception of farmers producing plant reproductive material from their own farm on their own behalf and on their own account, professional operators shall keep information allowing them to identify the persons to whom they have supplied plant reproductive material and the material concerned, unless that material has been supplied in retail.
Amendment 306 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 315 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) This provision shall not apply to plant propagating material not listed in accordance with Title IV, or to heterogeneous material as specified in Article 14(3).
Amendment 319 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
This Part shall apply to the production, with a view to making available on the market, and to the making available on the market of plant reproductive material other than forest reproductive material.
Amendment 330 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point 5
Article 10 – point 5
(5) 'variety maintenance' means the actions to ensure that a variety remains consistent with its desccharacteripstioncs of use;
Amendment 332 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50
Article 50
Amendment 355 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. VAn operator may decide to apply for an official, or officially recognised, description for registration purposes. In that event, varieties mayshall be registered in a national variety register pursuant to Chapter IV, or in the Union variety register pursuant to Chapter V, only if they fulfil the following requirements:
Amendment 357 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they represent a significant area of production, more than 0.1% of the European Union's total agricultural area;
Amendment 360 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they represent a significant value of production, more than 0.1% of the total value of the European Union's agricultural production;
Amendment 364 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) they are produced or made available on the market by a significant number ofmore than 100 professional operators in the Union;
Amendment 381 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 393 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 398 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 414 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the registration requirements set out in Section 2, with the exception of standard material;
Amendment 421 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1(b) shall not apply to production requirements of plant reproductive material referred to in Article 14(3) and Article 36.
Amendment 464 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 479 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductiveSeed and potato seed material shall be produced in accordance with the production requirements set out in Part A of Annex II and shall be made available on the market only if it fulfils the quality requirements set out in Part B of Annex II.
Amendment 492 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Pre-basic, basic or certified material shallmay be certified and identified through an official label ('official label').
Amendment 496 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. This article shall under no circumstances prevent the use of national or private labels and certification schemes.
Amendment 501 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. This article shall apply to potatoes and to species which are grown on more than 5% of the total agricultural area in the Union. These species are listed in Annex Ia.
Amendment 543 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Article 28
Operators' labels shall be produced and affixed by the professional operator after verifying through its own inspections, sampling and testing, that the plant reproductive material complieis wfith the production and quality requirements as referred to in Article 16 for purpose and the properties of the plant reproductive material comply with the indications on the label.
Amendment 547 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. These requirements shall not apply to local circulation of plant reproductive material.
Amendment 611 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it is made available on the marketproduced in small quantities by persons other than professional operators, or by professional operators employing no more than ten persons and whose annual turnover or balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million;
Amendment 632 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Amendment 675 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a Local circulation Small producers making available plant reproductive material only on the local market for local circulation shall be excluded from the obligations under this legislation.
Amendment 707 #
Amendment 794 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) in case the variety had been previously not registered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register and plant reproductive material belonging to that variety has been made available on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation;
Amendment 799 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in case the variety had been previously registered in any national variety register or in the Union variety register on the basis of a technical examination pursuant to Article 71, but has been deleted from those registers more than five years before the submission of the current application andor would not fulfil the requirements laid down in Articles 60, 61 and 62 and, where applicable, Article 58(1) and Article 59(1).
Amendment 818 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 911 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) where applicable, an indication that the variety has been cultivated using non- traditional breeding methods, including a list of all the methods used to obtain that variety.
Amendment 1426 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – point n e (new)
Annex III – Part A – point n e (new)
(ne) the indication of all non-traditional breeding methods used for the plant reproductive material.
Amendment 3 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the "draft package" agreed, after difficult negotiations, by Parliament and Council during the Trilogue of 29 November 2012 consists of three elements: the Amending BConsiders it extremely important to push for a significant increase in the Union budget Nto 6/2012 for EUR 6 billion, partsupport economic and socially covering the shortage of payments in 2012, the Union Budget for the year 2013 set to a level of EUR 150 898,391 million and EUR 132 836,988 million, respectively in commitment and payment appropriations and three joint statements ensurhesion - to at least double the current amounts - which should be accompanied by a sweeping tchat the actual payment needs in 2012 and 2013 will be duly coverednge in its distribution;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the overall level of commitments appropriations agreed, which represents an increase of EUR 1,1 billion compared to the original reading of the Council; is pleased that the biggest part of its political priorities is secured in next year's budget, with particular emphasis on the proper iConsiders it extremely important to increase the appropriations for the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds, notably the ESF and programmes such as the Progress programme, paying particular attention to empleoymentation of the EU commitment for growth and jobs, as identified in the Europe 2020 strateg with rights, equal rights and opportunities, and the fight to eradicate poverty;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Attaches, therefore, the highest politicalConsiders it extremely importancet to the joint statements agreed between the Parliament, the Council and the Commission; will monitor at all levels and by all means for these declarations to be respected and the necessary additional resources to be provided by Member States next year in order for the Union to be able to pay its bills and to preserve its institutional credibility and solvabilityincrease support to Member States, especially Member States already facing economic recession, for investment in national production, maintenance and job creation (with rights), infrastructure (particularly in the productive sector), social facilities, research, environment, innovation and development;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Submits its favourable vote on the Budget 2013 to the attainment of specific guarantees at the highest political level of the three institutions on the financing of the EUR 2,9 million payments lackConsiders it extremely important to reduce the mandatory component of national contributions, cutting it to a maximum of 10% of the project's value (public or private spending for 2012, which shall by no means imply a reduction of payment appropriations for 2013investment), particularly for cohesion countries (per capita GDP below the EU average);
Amendment 21 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that sweeping changes need to be made to the CAP and CFP with a view to: - support for national production and investment, job creation (with rights) and economic, social and environmental sustainability, and - support for small and medium-sized farms and businesses - true fair prices to production -, cooperatives and other social organisations, taking account of the specific characteristics of each Member State, safeguarding food security and sovereignty;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reaffirms that the only way to come out from this impasse, which renders the budgetary negotiations each year more difficult, is to urgently and responsibly solve the issue of the Union's financing, through a genuine system of own resources to come into force as from the next Multiannual Financial Framework, removStresses the importance of Member States direct payments for EU budget; defends an increase in the payments made by Member States with the highest GNI and the highest per capita income, modifying the current contribution keys, ing once for all the division of the EU between net contributors and net beneficiariesrder to improve the budget's redistributive function;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Approves without amendmentRejects the new draft budget for 2013 as modified by Council;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 3 #
2012/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that forward policy planning and long-term trends imply a need to protect democracy, guarantee genuine ongoing citizen participation, and draw on the role that should be played, where EU policies as a whole are concerned, by the institutions of national sovereignty, not least national parliaments, as well as by workers’ organisations, other social organisations, and economic and cultural players, the object being to safeguard their interests and aspirations and the development of their countries, without negating individual distinguishing features;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Maintains that the state of the EU and the direction of global trends imply a need to embark on a wide-ranging process encompassing debate, information, genuine enlightenment, and democratic participation and decision-taking in all countries, extending to the agreements and treaties governing EU integration and enabling every country’s status to accord with the will of its people and its actual situation, while allowing countries to invoke such opt-out clauses as might be necessary;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Maintains that the current situation in the EU and global trends are such that the EU budget needs to be strengthened in order that, with the aid of the corresponding increase in the contributions from Member States with higher gross national income (GNI), it may completely fulfil its redistributive function and allow forward planning based on the democratic participation of citizens in truly sovereign democracies in every country, extending to the political, economic, social, and cultural spheres, an outcome which must be achieved by eliminating inequalities, both in social terms and between countries, promoting real convergence and public investment, supporting productive sectors in each country, bolstering public services, and preserving and creating employment with rights; maintains accordingly that the spiral of recession must be reversed in the countries being bailed out by the Troika and hence that intervention in that form must cease and an emergency plan must be drawn up to support the economies concerned;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that its priorities for the 2013 budget, as detailed in its above-mentioned resolution of 4 July 2012 on the mandate for the trilogue, consist in support for growth, competitiveness and employment, particularly for SMEs and youth; points out once again that the Commission's draft budget (DB) reflects Parliament's priorities as regards the programmes andConsiders it extremely important to push for a significant increase in the Union budget to support economic and social cohesion - to at least double the current amounts - which should be accompanied by a sweeping change in itiatives to be reinforced towards these objectivess distribution;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it extremely important that contributions to this increase should result from an increase in the payments made by Member States with the highest GNI and the highest per capita income, modifying the current contribution keys;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers it extremely important to reduce the mandatory component of national contributions, cutting it to a maximum of 10% of the project's value (public or private spending or investment), above all for cohesion countries (per capita GDP below the EU average);
Amendment 7 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Considers it extremely important to increase support to Member States, especially Member States already facing economic recession, for investment in infrastructure, social facilities, research, innovation and development;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Considers it extremely important to substantially put an end to military spending and spending on external representation, repression of migrants (including Frontex) and propaganda;
Amendment 60 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers it extremely important to increase the appropriations for the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds, notably the ESF and programmes such as the Progress programme, paying particular attention to employment with rights, equal rights and opportunities, and the fight to eradicate poverty;
Amendment 75 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Takes the view that sweeping changes need to be made to the CAP and CFP with a view to: - provide support for national production and investment, job creation (with rights) and economic, social and environmental sustainability,and - provide support for small and medium- sized farms and businesses - true fair prices to production -, cooperatives and other social organisations, taking account of the specific characteristics of each Member State, safeguarding food security and sovereignty;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in its resolution of 14 March 2012 the European Parliament has put the promotion of growth and jobs at the centre of its priorities, in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, pledging in particular for the concthe missed targets of the former 'Lisbon strategy', particularly as regards reducing poverty and creating jobs, have had a negative effect on a large part of the population in the Member States, and the continued implementration of resources inthese policies aund programmes that are proven to be instrumental in achieving those objectives, notably in support of SMEs and youth; welcomes that the Commission's Draft Budget 2013 goes in the same direction in terms of identified priorities to be reinforceder the current Europe 2020 strategy shows that the EU's budget strategy for 2013 should instead focus on reaching solutions in terms of: (i) wealth creation (increased productivity), (ii) fair redistribution (combating income inequalities), (iii) exclusion (combating unemployment);
Amendment 71 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Regrets the scant appropriations for the various headings of the Progress programme; maintains that they need to be increased substantially, given that the crisis is such that greater attention and support need to be focused on the social sectors encompassed within the Progress programme; calls for the Community co- financing rate to be increased, above all for social projects, enabling Member States with financial problems to make full use of Community funding, whereby their contribution should not exceed 10%;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Insists on an across-the-board increase in budget appropriations for social action; considers that the European Social Fund in particular needs to double in volume in order to cope with the social consequences of the crisis, especially unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 98 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights the fact that in terms of CA the amount proposed for Heading 2 (preservation and management of natural resources) under the DB 2013 falls far short of the amount programmed for 2013 under the multiannual financial framework, falling by EUR 981.5 million, which represents a drop of 1.6% by comparison with the scheduled amount;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Notes with concern that the number of projects financed under the LIFE+ programme each year is below the indicative allocation in various Member States; invites the Commission to assess the reasons for this under-implementation and where necessary to propose changes to the rules governing the programme, particularly as regards co-financing levels;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37b. Advocates greater Community accountability for the protection of natural resources in the Natura 2000 network, especially in terms of its financing; points to the difficulties encountered by various Member States with regard to the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network owing to the lack of a specific financial instrument geared to the management of such areas, as a complement to the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 c (new)
Paragraph 37 c (new)
37c. Draws attention to the threats affecting numerous forest ecosystems, including dispersal of invasive exotic species, diseases (e.g. pine nematode) and forest fires; considers that suitable financial resources need to be channelled, via Community programmes and support measures, into the evaluation of ecological and plant health conditions in forests and rehabilitation measures, including reforestation;
Amendment 111 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 d (new)
Paragraph 37 d (new)
37d. Stresses that the common fisheries policy (CFP) should bear responsibility for financing its costs, in particular the decisions and measures adopted as part of that policy,
Amendment 116 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Deplores the reduction in appropriations earmarked for the common organisation of the market in fishery products by comparison with the 2012 budget (a drop of 10.74% in CA and 6.56% in PA), which will restrict intervention mechanisms at a time when they have been made all the more necessary by the persisting and worsening socio-economic problems in the sector; believes it is essential to devote more budget resources to this area in order to boost stability and incomes in the fisheries sector;
Amendment 119 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 123 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Appreciates the increase by EUR 9,8 million compared to the Budget 2012 proposed by the Commission for the European Refugee Fund, which is coherent with the line taken in the previous years; takes notes of the 19% increase in the External Borders Fund's budget allocation up to EUR 415,5 million which is limited to half that foreseen by the Financial programming; recalls its strong request for an appropriate and balanced answer to the challenges, with a view to the management of legal migration and slowing down of illegal migration;
Amendment 80 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is essential that Union priority objectives for 2020 are established, in light of a long-term vision for 2050. The new programme should buile founded on policy initiatives that are not based on market solutions for the environment in the Europe 2020 strategy, includingsuch as the EU climate and energy package, the Roadmap for moving to a low-carbon economy in 2050, the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the Roadmap to a resource-efficient Europe and the Innovation Union Flagship Initiative.
Amendment 87 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) EngagementCooperation with non-government actors is important in ensuring the success of the programme and the achievement of its priority objectives.
Amendment 89 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems in the Union have important implications for the environment and are costly for society as a whole, particularly for economic actors in sectors that depend directly on ecosystem services.
Amendment 98 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Further steps to enhance the sustainability of agriculture would be beneficial. Greater emphasis should be given to improving soil quality through the use of rotations, legumes, green manure and integrated crop-livestock systems. The use and pollution of water could be reduced by rearing animals in mixed and grazing systems rather than in industrial systems. Biodiversity could be promoted by the adoption of less intensified farming.
Amendment 115 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) to shape a harmonious and sustainable relationship between nature and society;
Amendment 117 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The programme shall be based on the polluter-pays principle, the precautionary principle and preventive action, and the principle of rectification of pollution at source, whereby the principles of economic democracy shall always be placed above the laws of the market.
Amendment 240 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 31
Annex 1 – point 31
31. All sectors of the economy will need to contribute to reducing GHG emissions for the EU to deliver its fair share of global efforts. The EU needs to agree the next steps for its climate and energy framework beyond 2020 in order to prepare itself for international negotiations on a new legally binding agreement, but also to provide Member States and industry with a clear framework to make the medium-term investments needed. Hence the EU needs to consider policy options for delivering the reductions set out in the Low-Carbon Economy Roadmap for the period beyond 2020. The 2050 Energy roadmap and the White Paper on transport need to be underpinned by strong policy frameworks. Moreover, Member States need to develop and put in place long-term, cost-effectiveconomically viable low-carbon development strategies aimed at achieving the EU objective of reducing GHG emissions by 80% to 95% by mid- century, compared to 1990, as part of a global effort to limit average temperature increase to below 2°C. The EU Emissions Trading System will continue to be a central pillar of EU climate policy beyond 2020.
Amendment 254 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 36
Annex 1 – point 36
36. In addition to mandatory green public procurement requirements for certain product categories, most Member States have adopted voluntary action plans and many have set targets for specific product groups. There is, however, considerable scope for administrations at all levels to further reduce their environmental impact through their purchasing decisions. Member States and regions should take further steps to reach the target of applying green procurement criteria to at least 50% of public tenders. The Commission will assess the possibility of introducing further sector- specific legislation to set mandatorystandards to promote green public procurement rules for additional product categories.
Amendment 257 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 37
Annex 1 – point 37
37. There is also considerable potential for improving public waste management in the EU to make better use of resources, open up new markets, create new jobs and reduce dependence on imports of raw materials, while having lower impacts on the environment. Each year in the EU, 2.7 billion tonnes of waste are produced, of which 98 million tonnes is hazardous. On average, only 40 % of solid waste is re- used or recycled. The rest goes to landfill or incineration. In some Member States, more than 70 % of waste is recycled, showing how waste could be used as one of the EU’s key resourcesa secondary source of resources for the EU, replacing or complementing primary extraction. At the same time, many Member States landfill over 75 % of their municipal waste.
Amendment 265 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 38
Annex 1 – point 38
38. Turning waste into a resource, as called for in the Resource Efficiency Roadmap, requires the full implementation of EU waste legislation across the EU, based on strict application of the waste hierarchy and covering different types of waste. Additional efforts are needed to: reduce per capita waste generation in absolute terms, limit energy recovery to non-recyclable materials, phase out landfilling, ensure high quality recycling, and develop markets for secondary raw materials. Hazardous waste will need to be managed so as to minimise significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, as agreed at the Rio+20 Summit. To achieve this, market-based instrumentlegal and economic incentives that privilege prevention, recycling and re-use should be applied much more systematically across the EU. Barriers facing recycling activities in the EU internal market should be removed and eExisting prevention, re-use, recycling, recovery and landfill diversion targets should be reviewed so as to move towards a ‘circular’ economy, with a cascading use of resources and residual waste close to zero.
Amendment 276 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 39
Annex 1 – point 39
39. Resource efficiency in the water sector will also be tackled as a priority to help deliver good water status. Even though droughts and water scarcity are affecting more and more parts of Europe, an estimated 20-40 % of Europe’s available water is still being wasted, for instance, through leakages in the distribution system. According to available modelling, there is still considerable scope for improving water efficiency in the EU, in particular by maintaining ownership of this resource as a public asset, in relation to abstraction and management. Moreover, rising demand and the impacts of climate change are expected to increase the pressure on Europe’s water resources significantly. Against this background, the Union and Member States should take action to ensure water abstraction respects available renewable water resource limits by 2020, including by improving water efficiency through the use of market mechanisms such as water pricing that reflects the true value of water. Progress will be facilitated by accelerated demonstrationg and rolling out of innovative technologies, systems and businessmanagement models building on the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Water.
Amendment 287 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 1 - point c a (new)
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 1 - point c a (new)
(ca) The environmental impact of the food, housing and mobility sectors is lessened at the same time as the costs for the public are reduced, through spatial planning measures, high-quality and low- cost public transport, a reduction in transport during the life cycle of products, and rules and economic incentives that favour local food production and proximity between home and workplace.
Amendment 299 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point b a (new)
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point b a (new)
(ba) Reducing the use of packaging and transport during the life cycle of products.
Amendment 319 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point f
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point f
(f) Improving water efficiency by setting and monitoring targets atin river basin level and using market mechanisms, such as water pricingmanagement plans, strengthening the public administration of water resources, creating more skilled jobs and equipping services with adequate budgets and investment capacities.
Amendment 325 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point f a (new)
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point f a (new)
(fa) Guaranteeing the quantity and quality of water reserves, focusing on the sources of water for human use, in particular by maintaining and improving natural and artificial reservoirs, paying particular attention to the management of underground aquifers and the storage capacity of soil, monitoring and checking the variation in water storage and quality.
Amendment 328 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 44
Annex 1 – point 44
44. Access to water of satisfactory quality remains problematic in a number of rural areas in the EU, while ensuring the good quality of Europe’s bathing waters benefits both human health and the EU’s tourism industry. Adverse consequences of floods for human health and economic activity are being experienced more frequently, partchiefly due to changes to the hydrological cycle and land useinadequate territorial policies and the occupation of floodplains.
Amendment 338 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 49 a (new)
Annex 1 – point 49 a (new)
49a. Draws attention to the effects of international trade deregulation and liberalisation, which have led to increased energy consumption and flows of goods at world level, thus increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; considers that defending and promoting local energy production and consumption through shorter supply chains furthers complementarities in international trade instead of competition among products, producers and countries;
Amendment 339 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 49 b (new)
Annex 1 – point 49 b (new)
49b. Recommends that an assessment be made, in the short term, of the impact of the EU's common policies, in particular the CAP, CFP and trade policy, on the potential for reducing the carbon intensity of EU economies. The results of this assessment should be taken into account when these policies are revised.
Amendment 345 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) CAll citizens throughout the EU benefit from high standards for safe drinking andjoy safe drinking water and wastewater treatment, at adequate quality and in sufficient quantity, as well as hygienically safe public bathing water.
Amendment 356 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) Boosting efforts to implement the Drinking Water Directive, in particular for small drinking water suppliers, andEnsuring the necessary funding for the universal supply and treatment of water and boosting efforts to comply with the plans for recovery, monitoring and checks on the sources of water for human consumption and implement the Bathing Water Directive.
Amendment 367 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 55
Annex 1 – point 55
55. Improving the implementation of the EU environment acquis at Member State level will therefore be given top priority in the coming years. There are significant differences in implementation between and within Member States. There is a need to equip those involved in implementing environmental legislation at national, regional and local levels with the budget, posts, knowledge and capacity to improve the delivery of benefits from this legislation.
Amendment 421 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 72
Annex 1 – point 72
Amendment 423 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 73
Annex 1 – point 73
73. Attracting investment in some areas is currently difficult because of the lack of price The implementation of environment policies requires a public budget and an increase in posts with proper professigonals from the market, or distorted price signals arising from a failure to account properly for environmental costs or from public subsidies for careers in national, regional and local public administration, something that has been made impossible by the 'austerity' policies and public spending cuts imposed on some Member States; the EU will have to review these policies in order to achieve the environmentally harmful a objectivities.
Amendment 424 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 74
Annex 1 – point 74
74. The Union and Member States will need to put in place the right conditions to ensure that environmental externalities are adequately addressed and that the right market signals are sent to the private sector, with due regard to any adverse social impacts. This will involve applying the polluter-pays principle more systematically, through phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies and shifting taxation away from labour towards pollution. As natural resources become increasingly scarce, the economic rent and profits associated with their ownership or exclusive use may increase. Public intervention to ensure that such rents are not excessive and that externalities are taken into account will lead to more efficient use of these resources and will help to avoid market distortions, as weraise the status of nature and the community above the private accumulation of capital, as a guarantee of equality and social justice, placing the principles of economic democracy above the laws of the market, as well as providing the conditions to ensure that environmental externalities are adequately addressed and that the right signals of a regulated market are sent to the private sector, with due regard to any adverse social impacts. As natural resources become increasingly scarce, it is increasingly important that their ownership is in the public domain or is gradually made public in order to ensure universal access that respects the environment, which are features of a high-quality public service. Public intervention will ensure that the rents associated with these services are not excessive, guaranteeing efficient and universally as generate public revenueccessible use of these resources. Environment and climate priorities will be pursued in the framework of the European Semester where these are relevant to thenecessary sustainable growth prospects of individual Member States to which country-specific recommendations are addressed. Other market-based regulation instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services, should be used more extensively at EU and national level to incentivise privateublic sector involvement and sustainable management of natural capitalresources.
Amendment 431 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 75
Annex 1 – point 75
75. The private sector should also be encouraged to take up opportunities offered under the new EU financial framework to step up their involvement in efforts to achieve environmental and climate objectives, especially in relation to eco- innovation activities and the uptake of new technologies, with a particular focus on SMEs. Public-private initiatives for eco- innovation should be promoted under European Innovation Partnerships, such as the Innovation Partnership on Water. Through the new framework for Innovative Financial Instruments, private sector access to finance for investments in environment – notably biodiversity and climate change –should be facilitated. European enterprises should be further encouraged to disclose environmental information as part of their financial reporting, beyond the extent required under existing EU legislation.
Amendment 438 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 82 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Annex 1 – point 82 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 445 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 82 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Annex 1 – point 82 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Amendment 86 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The competent authorities should be required to determine the scope and level of detail of the environmental information to be submitteddealt with in the form of an environmental reporimpact assessment (scoping). In order to improve the quality of the assessment and streamline the decision-making process, it is important to specify at Union level the categories of information on which the competent authorities should make that determination.
Amendment 90 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The environmental reporimpact assessment of a project to be provided by the developer should include an assessment of reasonable alternatives relevant to the proposed project, including the likely evolution of the existing state of the environment without implementation of the project (baseline scenario), as a means to improve quality of the assessment process and to allow integrating environmental considerations at an early stage in the project’s design. (This amendment applies throughout.)
Amendment 93 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Public participation in decision- making is essential in order to allow for any opinions and concerns that might have a bearing on the decisions to be taken, thus making decision-making a more responsible and transparent process, improving the quality of decisions as regards their substance, and helping to raise public awareness of environmental issues.
Amendment 110 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
- the execution of construction or demolition works, or of other installations or schemesthe establishment and expansion of construction works or of other installations, the change of installation operation or the installation performance with effects in accordance with paragraph 1,
Amendment 119 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) "environmental impact assessment" shall mean the process of preparing an environmental report, carrying out consultations (including with the public concerned and the environmental authorities), the assessment by the competent authority, taking into account the environmental report including the initial emission load and the results of the consultations in the development consent procedure as well as the provision of information on the decision in accordance with Articles 5 to 10.
Amendment 163 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(2a) In Article 2, the first subparagraph of paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: “4. Without prejudice to Article 6(1) (new) and Article 7, Member States may, in exceptional cases, exempt a specific project in whole or in part from the provisions laid down in this Directive.”
Amendment 192 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
(-a) the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “Member States may decide to apply both procedures referred to in points (a) and (b). Where point (b) applies, the public must be consulted for the purpose of setting thresholds or criteria.”
Amendment 199 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. For projects listed in Annex II, the developer shall provide information on the characteristics of the project, its potential impact on the environment and the measures envisaged in order to avoid and reduce significant effects. The detailed list of information to be provided is specified in Annex II.A. That information shall be made available to the public before the determination for the purposes of paragraph 2, which shall be published on the Internet, thus making for greater transparency and public accessibility.”
Amendment 218 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) be made available to the public, due consideration having been given to the comments of the public concerned.
Amendment 245 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Where an environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with Articles 5 to 10, the developer shall prepare an environmental report. The environmental report shall be based on the determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and include the information that may reasonably be required for making informed decisions on the environmental impacts of the proposed project, taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the characteristics, technical capacity and location including the initial emission load of the project, the characteristics of the potential impact, alternatives to the proposed project and the extent to which certain matters (including the evaluation of alternatives) are more appropriately assessed at different levels including the planning level, or on the basis of other assessment requirements. The detailed list of information to be provided in the environmental report is specified in Annex IV.
Amendment 259 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. The competent authority, after having consulted the authorities referred to in Article 6(1) and, the developer, and the public concerned, shall determine the scope and level of detail of the information to be included by the developer in the environmental report, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. In particular, it shall determine:
Amendment 333 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph -1 (new)
(-a) the following paragraph -1 is added: “-1. The public shall have the right to request an environmental impact assessment of a given project considered to be a matter of concern, to that end employing active participation arrangements involving residents, local authorities, or NGOs in particular. Member States shall take the necessary measures, and establish the conditions required, in order to give effect to that right.”
Amendment 351 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The results of consultations and the information gathered pursuant to Articles 5, 6 and 7 shall be taken into consideration in the developmentduly factored into the development consent procedure. The complete contributions received from the bodies consulted and voluntary contributions from individuals and organisations shall be made available by electronic means and shall be published with a table of constent procedures and in a form making for ease of searching and consultation. To this end, the decision to grant development consent shall contain the following information:
Amendment 482 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 1
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex II.A – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Annex II.A – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a description of the expected environmental effects as regards the initial immission load at the project site.
Amendment 518 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the risks to human health (e.g. due to water contamination or air pollution or noise);
Amendment 34 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Whereas honey is a natural product with characteristics different from those of most other foodstuffs, which is known for its curative, digestive and energetic properties; whereas honey, which is derived from the nectar of innumerable flowers, combined with the beneficial properties found in a vast array of plant species, contains important substances which are essential to the human organism, such as calcium, phosphorus, glucose, fructose, sodium, potassium, magnesium and iron; Whereas this natural product may, in the right form, be of benefit in cases of anaemia, asthma, broncho-pneumonia, bronchitis, flu, hoarseness, coughing and heart problems
Amendment 35 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) whereas consumers have the right to product information and in view of the presence on the market of honey containing pollen from genetically modified organisms it is necessary that this information be transparently provided and made available to consumers;
Amendment 36 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) whereas at present there is no restriction on genetically modified crops being grown in close proximity to traditional honey-producing areas and whereas the pollen from such crops ends up contaminating the honey produced in these areas; whereas the cultivation of genetically modified crops in fields close to beehives can lead to honey becoming contaminated by pollen from said crops;
Amendment 44 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
(1a) the following Article is inserted after Article 2: ‘Article 2a (new) 1. Honey labelling should adequately and transparently provide information on the presence or traces of pollen from genetically modified organisms. 2. Before being placed on the market, the honey shall be analysed and any GMO pollen content identified. The analyses required for this purpose shall not represent any additional charge to the beekeeper. 3. In cases where the presence of GMO pollen is detected, its origin shall be identified to establish whether it is present as a result of contamination. If this is found to be the case, the EU shall fully compensate the beekeepers in question for their loss of income. 4. The EU shall prevent the use of genetically modified crops in traditional honey-producing areas and shall guarantee a minimum GMO-free safety perimeter to prevent contamination.’
Amendment 45 #
2012/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 2.4(a) is hereby amended as follows: ‘The country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested and the respective percentages shall be indicated on the label.’
Amendment 42 #
2012/0158(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation No 850/98
Article 34b – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 34b – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 82 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate funding for the Natura 2000 sites, including creating a specific financial instrument at EU level, which can complement either the LIFE program or other sectoral policy instruments; in particular, calls on Member States to develop binding national instruments through which they define priority conservation measures and the related planned source of financing (both from EU funds and Member States’ own budgets);
Amendment 86 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Warns of the relationship between biodiversity and natural disasters caused by man, and urges the European Commission to adopt, without delay, the recommendations contained in the resolution of the European Parliament concerning a Community approach to the prevention of natural disasters caused by man, passed in 2010.
Amendment 138 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises the importance of halting and reversing the reduction in species diversity and crop varieties, leading to an erosion of the genetic basis on which human and animal nutrition depends; advocates the need to promote the use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions and rejects the homogenisation/specialisation of agricultural production, flowing from successive CAP reforms;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the greening of Pillar I, not forgetting its primary food production function, in order to make income support for farmers legitimate by ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climate change ; welcomNotes the Commission’s CAP reform proposal that provides for a ‘greening’ of the CAP through the allocation of 30 % of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, basic good practices applied at farm level, which should include crop rotation and diversification, permanent pasture and a minimum ‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, not the 7 % proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 155 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Advocates the appropriateness of “Greening” practices to agricultural diversity in the various Member States, taking into account, for example, the specific situation of Mediterranean countries, which is not addressed by the proposed thresholds in relation to the diversification of crops and land of ecological importance; assembled crops, permanent crops (olive groves, vineyards, apple orchards) or rice crops are some examples of the practices that should be compatible with “greening”, given the high ecological and conservation value that some of these agricultural systems may have.
Amendment 157 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Notes that the general philosophy of the current CAP reform proposal points to a “greater market orientation” and towards “competitiveness”, calls for the dismantling or sever limitation of the instruments regulating production and the markets, as well as subjecting agriculture to the WTO rules, thereby promoting productavist models, which are intensive and export orientated, threaten and destroy the natural resources and biodiversity and are contradictory to the proclaimed “greening”;
Amendment 180 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Draws attention to the fact that the increase in the demand for agricultural fuels and the consequent intensification of pressure for their production in developing countries is threatening biodiversity, particularly in developing countries, through the degradation and conversion of habitats and ecosystems such as wetlands and forests, among others;
Amendment 199 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Warns of the fact that various highly valued species and habitats, from a conservation perspective, including those protected by Community legislation, are dependent on the agricultural environmental systems in which the man’s presence is a key factor; in this context, it highlights the importance in halting and reversing land abandonment, promoting the placement of people in rural areas; advocates increased support for small and medium sized agriculture, for family-based agriculture and for comprehensive agricultural practices, promoting good conservation practices of natural resources.
Amendment 204 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes the Commission’s proposals for the reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP), which shouldbut deems them to be insufficient to guarantee the effective implementation of the ecosystem approach and the application of updated scientific information serving as the basis for long- term management plans for all commercially exploited fish species; emphasises that only sustainable fishing offers a future for the fisheries sector;
Amendment 206 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Raises, as a concern, the Commission’s insistence on the centralised management of the CFP, often resulting in inadequate guidelines of the reality and with results that are very often contrary to what was intended, considers the amendment of the CFP should ensure conditions for effective proximity management – the one that best ensures the necessary environmental sustainability – that defined objectives of a general nature have the complete freedom and autonomy to provide the most appropriate instruments to achieve these objectives, taking into account local, regional and national specificities;
Amendment 208 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that there remain large gaps in knowledge regarding the state of marine ecosystems and fisheries resources, and calls for increased Community effort directed towards marine research and an increase in EU co-financing in the acquisition of biological data by the Member States, within the scope of the CFP (currently restricted to a maximum amount of 50 %);
Amendment 210 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate with a view to establishing a ‘European coastguard’ in order to boost common monitoring and inspection capacity and to ensure enforcementmore closely to combat illegal fishing, in comply fully with the allocations made by the by competent national authorities;
Amendment 217 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the aim of eliminating discards and by-catches of protected non- target species should be incorporated into the CFP and implemented as a matter of urgency, given the diversity of fisheries at European level and differentiated approach that it necessarily demands;
Amendment 232 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Advocates the need for strategies to manage and eradicate alien invading species, which have spread to such a degree has turned them into a serious ecological problem; considers these strategies should not be restricted to only those species considered a “priority”, as advocated by the Commission in its communication;
Amendment 235 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on Member States to monitor and report regularly to the Commission and the other Member States on imports of exotic species into its territory; calls for greater restrictions on the importation and private possession of endangered species, such as primates, reptiles and amphibians;
Amendment 251 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Acknowledges that there are direct and direct impacts on biodiversity resulting from liberalization of international trade; considers it essential that the same are appropriately assessed and avoided;
Amendment 259 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 271 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Advocates for greater Community accountability for the protection of the natural resources in the Natura 2000 Network, especially in terms of its financing;
Amendment 272 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Notes the difficulties experienced by several Members States in the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 Network, due to the lack of a specific financial instrument aimed at the management of the areas included in the Natura 2000 Network, which complements the inclusion of biodiversity concerns in the sectoral policies;
Amendment 283 #
Amendment 285 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Proposes holding an annual tripartite meeting between the Council and the Commission and the European Parliament, to review the progress of the Strategy on biodiversity, as well as an annual conference on biodiversity involving non-governmental organisations from several Member States, European and national parliamentarians, paying special attention each year to a previously defined subject;
Amendment 286 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Expresses its disappointment with the proposed allocation for the new LIFE program, which, despite the remarkable success of this program over two decades, continues to have an insignificant part of the EU budge; considers that the challenges posed in the biodiversity and Nature conservation plan require a substantial increase funds allocated to the LIFE program;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas water is an inalienable public asset essential for life and proper water management plays a vital role in the preservation of the world’s natural capital and ecosystem services, as well as in all aspects of resource use and economic production;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to take determined action to defend, guarantee and protect water as a strategic public asset and to bring Member States’ infringements of EU law in the field of water to an end; calls at the same time for comprehensive guidelines and effective instruments to be developed and made available to foster guarantees that all citizens, without exception, may enjoy the right to access to water and sanitation, which involves pricing policies geared towards universal entitlement to services and not towards profits or capital recovery, and also to foster capacity- building, ensure a level playing field and assist the Member States in achieving better compliance at future stages of implementation of EU water policy, in order to deliver on water policy commitments;
Amendment 96 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the application of the ‘polluter pays’ and ‘user pays’ principles by means of transparent pricing schemes that aim at full cost recovery; underlines however that social issues should be taken into account when settreview of applicable legislation on public procurement and concessions so as to ensure public ownership and management of water services, thereby avoiding the inequalities and social exclusion that privatisation introduced, driven by increases ing water tariffs for personal use; stresses that water pricing should reflect the environmental impact of wastewater treatment and calls on the Commission to ensure appropriate financing of wastewater treatment plants; underlines the need for pricing policies geared towards universal entitlement to services and not towards profits and capital recovery;
Amendment 119 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 D (new)
Paragraph 18 D (new)
18d. Reaffirms the importance of the entire process for adopting the Resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations recognising the right to drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights; reiterates that the Resolution calls on States and international organisations to scale up efforts to provide safe, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
-1. whereas the characteristics normally associated with small-scale fishing include: strong ties to the economy, social structure, culture and traditions of coastal towns and communities; fishing undertaken relatively close to the coast and involving shorter periods at sea; greater direct human input, i.e. the use of more workers per unit of fish caught; the use of less fuel per unit of fish caught; the use of more selective techniques, which have a lower impact on living marine resources; a closer relationship between fishermen, resources and the community of which they are a part, which may facilitate understanding of the importance of properly conserving resources; involvement in simpler marketing structures and shorter supply chains, with the majority of fish destined for fresh consumption; and the prevalence, amongst operators, of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, and of family enterprises;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in defining a fisheries policy, in addition to essential environmental objectives relating to the conservation of fisheries resources, social and economic objectives must also be considered, as they have been neglected, particularly in the case of small-scale fishing;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the current centralised management of the CFP frequently produces guidelines that are divorced from reality, poorly understood by the sector (which is not involved in discussing or developing them) and difficult to implement and produce results that are often the opposite of those intended;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a compulsory reduction in the fleet achieved exclusively through market instruments, such as transferable fishing concessions (TFC), could lead to the prevalence of operators that are more competitive from a purely economic point of view, to the detriment of the operators and sectors of the fleet that have a lower environmental impact and create more (direct and indirect) employment;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas its structural weaknesses mean small-scale fishing is more exposed to certain types of external shock (such as the rapid increase in fuel prices, restrictions on access to credit, etc.) and to rapid changes in the availability of resources than the elements of the fleet considered more competitive;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E A (new)
Recital E A (new)
Ea. whereas first-sale fish prices are not keeping pace with the significant rise in production costs, particularly for fuel, and in many cases are either stagnant or falling, which is adding to the crisis facing the sector;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the level of association and organisation of small-scale fishing professionals is insufficient and unequal in the various Member States;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines that small-scale fishing (including artisanal fishing and some inshore fishing sectors), by its characteristics and its weight within the sector, has a pivotal role in achieving what should be the fundamental objectives of any fisheries policy: the guarantee of a supply of fish to the public and the development of coastal communities, promoting employment and improved living standards for fishing professionals, within a context of ensuring resources are sustainable and well conserved;
Amendment 83 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the need to take due account of existing scientific studies on small-scale fishing; notes that some of those studies present proposals for a definition of ‘small-scale fishing’, as in the case of the PRESPO project for sustainable development of artisanal fisheries in the Atlantic area, which proposes an approach based on numerical descriptors for the definition and segmentation of European artisanal fishing fleets;
Amendment 94 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that local management, that is based on scientific knowledge and that involves the sector in setting out and implementing policy, is the management type that best meets the needs of small- scale fishing; advocates that reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP) must provide conditions that allow for local, regional and national specificities;
Amendment 110 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 A (new)
Paragraph 5 A (new)
5a. Draws attention to the fact that the TFC system cannot be seen as an infallible measure for resolving problems of overfishing and excess capacity; underlines that a regulatory approach, that makes the required adjustments to fishing capacity, is always a possible alternative to a market approach;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 A (new)
Paragraph 8 A (new)
8a. Points out that the management of small-scale fishing is made more demanding and challenging due to the large number of boats involved and the great variation in techniques and fisheries; stresses that the availability of information is crucial for effective management and that more and better information on small-scale fishing is needed;
Amendment 139 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to work with the Member States to improve the definition of small-scale fishing in the EU; particularly urges the Commission, in conjunction with the Member States, to conduct an exhaustive and rigorous study of the size, characterstics and distribution of the different small-scale fishing sectors, analsying as rigorously as possible where, when and how they fish;
Amendment 142 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 A (new)
Paragraph 9 A (new)
9a. Points out that currently the Community cofinances no more than 50 % of the budget for gathering, processing and distributing biological data, which is used to support knowledge- based management; calls, accordingly, for the Community to increase its efforts in this area by raising the maximum permissible level for cofinancing;
Amendment 143 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Warns of the need to deepen understanding of the current position of recreational angling and its development, including its economic, social and environmental impact; draws attention to situations in which recreational angling goes beyond its scope and competes illegitimately with professional fishing in the catching and marketing of fish, causing a reduction in the market quota at local and regional level and lowering first-sale prices;
Amendment 184 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 A (new)
Paragraph 11 A (new)
11a. Underlines that access to funds from the future EMFF should favour projects with integrated solutions that benefit coastal communities as a whole, rather than those that benefit only a small number of operators; considers that access to EMFF funds should be guaranteed for fishermen and families and not just for ship owners;
Amendment 189 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 A (new)
Paragraph 12 A (new)
12a. Advocates the creation of mechanisms that ensure recognition of the so-called externalities generated by small-scale fishing that are not remunerated by the market, in terms both of the environment and of the economic and social cohesion of coastal communities;
Amendment 193 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. CAdvocates the creation of mechanisms to improve the first-sale price of fish to increase remuneration for fishermen’s work; considers it urgent to promote the fairer and more adequate distribution of value added along the sector’s value chain, by reducing operating margins, increasing the prices paid to producers and limiting the prices paid by end consumers; considers that, in cases where there are serious imbalances in the chain, the Member States should adopt means of intervention, such as setting maximum operating margins for each agent in the chain;
Amendment 195 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for strict monitoring and certification of fisheries products imported from third countries to ensure that they originate from sustainable fisheries and that they meet the same requirements that Community producers have to comply with (e.g. with regard to labelling, traceability, phytosanitary regulations and minimum sizes);
Amendment 203 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 A (new)
Paragraph 14 A (new)
14a. Recognises that temporary fishing bans, otherwise known as biological rest periods, are an important and proven means of conserving fisheries resources, and are an essential instrument for sustainably managing specific fisheries; recognises that establishing fishing bans during specific critical phases in the lifecycle of a species allows stocks to develop in a way that is compatible with fishing outside the rest period; advocates that is fair and necessary under these circumstances to financially compensate fishermen during the period of inactivity, namely through the EMFF;
Amendment 204 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 B (new)
Paragraph 14 B (new)
14b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to contemplate ways of positively discriminating in favour of small-scale fishing over large-scale fishing and fleets of a more industrialised nature, while ensuring that the management of fisheries as a whole is effective and sustainable; considers that spatially segregating different fishing techniques, defining areas reserved exclusively for small-scale fishing, is one of the options for consideration;
Amendment 214 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 A (new)
Paragraph 15 A (new)
Amendment 17 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to provide for the establishment of long-term management plans for all EU fisheries; highlights the possibility of grouping fisheries according to geographical fishing regions whereby the specificities of the different European seas should be taken into account and a separate regime should apneed to develop a local management approach to these plans, in which the national authorities play to small-scale coastal fisheries; believes that there should be aa predominant role in defining them, as well as the possibility for investments in new landing sites and start-up packages in order to secure a new generation of fishermen entering into small-scale fisheries;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in the future to use the ecosystem approach as a basis for all long- term management plans (LTMPs), with clearly defined objectives and harvest control rules playing a pivotal role in each plan, whereby the latter is to lay down rules for determining annual fishing effort taking into account the difference between the current stock size and structure of the fishery and the target stock objective; urges the Council in this regard to follow the objectives of the LTMPs without exception;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the direct link between discards, unwanted by-catch and overfishing, and the need to develop an efficient no-discards policy at EU level whereby the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) should have greater powers to ensure a fair, an essential condition for which will be sectoral involvement in the definition and implementation thereof, without which the various systems of rules and sanctions, i.e. the principle of equal treatmentcontrol will always prove insufficient and ineffective; argues that a discard ban should be fishery-based and not relate to different fish stocks; stresses that selected fishing gear and other devices which reduce or eliminate by- catches of non- targeted species, as well as other sustainable fishing methods, should be promoted; underlines the importance of addressing the management of mixed fisheries to this end; stresses that, until unwanted by-catch is completely eliminated, consideration should be given to the allocation of minimum financial compensation to producers, enabling the costs of handling, storing and unloading these catches to be tackled;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to address immediately the issue of the lack of reliable and available data necessary for sound scientific advice; calls on the Commission to establish a system whereby Member States which do not fulfil their data collection and transmission obligations are sanctioned; stresses that adequate financial means have to be allocated to relevant scientific research in the Member Stateshighlights the need to increase EU funding for the collection of data on fisheries resources, the ceiling for which is currently 50 % of total expenditure; considers that no sanction should be applied for failure to fulfil data collection and transmission obligations until sufficient funds for such actions to be carried out are allocated from the EU budget; urges the Commission at the same time to set up a framework for decision-making in data- poor situations, both regarding management plans and TACs and quota decisions;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that scientific fisheries research is an essential tool for fisheries management that is indispensable for identifying factors that influence the development of fishery resources, with a view to carrying out a quantitative assessment and developing models that make it possible to forecast their development, but also for improving fishing gear, vessels and working and safety conditions for fishermen, in conjunction with their knowledge and experience; considers, as such, that there is a need to invest in the training of human resources, to provide adequate financial resources and to promote cooperation between the various public bodies in the Member States;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. CHighlights that there is no precise or quantified definition of overcapacity; calls on the Commission to establish a definition of overcapacity at EU level accommodating regional definitions, where local specificities are taken into account; further calls on the Commission to redefine fishing capacity in such a way that both the vessel’s fishing capacity and its actual fishing effort are taken as a basis; stresses moreover the necessity to define small- scale fisheries in order to dissociate them from industrial fisheries;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Rejects a definition of small-scale fishing that is restrictive and detached from reality; considers that the definition of small-scale fishing should cover a range of criteria, in addition to the strict criterion concerning vessel size, including, inter alia, the impact of fishing techniques on the marine ecosystem, time spent at sea and the characteristics of the economic entity exploiting the resources;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 69 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the Commission’s proposal to introduce a system of individually transferable fishing concessions (TFCs), subject to strict safeguards, providing a special regime for small-scale and coastal fisheries as well as preferential treatment for ecologically-friendly fishing vessels, and addressing the issue of rights concentration and the possibility of revoking fishing concessions; believes, therefore,rejects the mandatory nature of the introduction of this system proposed by the Commission; considers that athe Member States should be exempted from the obligation toable to choose which instroduce TFCs if its fishing capacity is within the set ceiling or if the Member State in quesuments are most suited to their specific situation can prove that it can achieve the necessary capacity reduction without using a TFC systemd objectives, in terms of adjusting the fleet’s capacity to the sustainability of the fisheries;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the TFC system cannot be considered as the only measuren infallible way to tackle overfishing and overcapacity but that it should be available as one of the various additional management measures available tothat a Member State could apply if it so desires, whereby the Commission, together with the two co- legislators, is to set the broader framework, control and monitor national application, and report to the legislators periodically on the results of this system; stresses that selective fishing gear and other technical measures, such as closure of specific zones or the exclusion of certain fishing activities, should be further promoted as complementary measures;
Amendment 79 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need for financial support on a short-term basis for fishermen who are facing the negative consequences of the measures taken, in order to reduce overcapacity and adjust the size of the fishing fleets in line with fishing opportunities and long-term sustainability; considers that, the higher the level of participation, the clearer the objectives and the more significant the economic and social support for those affected, the better understood, accepted and implemented the various measures for managing fisheries resources will be;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need for clear deadlines for fleet reductions and pace targets, and urges the Commission to provide for a scheme of measures to sanction Member States which do not fulfil their respective obligations within the set timelines and to further in line with a precise, quantified and detailed definition, which is still nonexistent but necessary; urges the Commission and the Member States to continue to develop the concept of conditionality in the context of access to fishing resources and remuneration which rewards sustainable fishing;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WelcomAcknowledges the Commission’s proposal to maintain the authorisation for specific fishing restrictions until 31 December 2022 and agrees with the Commission that modifying current arrangements might disrupt the current balance that has developed since the introduction of the special regime; considers that limitations on fishing in the 12 nautical miles waters should become permanent;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges the Commission to urgently table a legislative proposal to extend the validity of Article 17(2) of Council Regulation No 2371/2002, until the new CFP Regulation comes into force, so as to avoid a potential legal vacuum following 31 December 2012;
Amendment 102 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the special access regime for small-scale fisheries in the 12 nautical mile zone should be retained and extended;
Amendment 105 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that, in the case of the outermost regions, the exclusion zone should be extended from 100 to 200 nautical miles;
Amendment 108 #
2011/2291(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that the role of biological rest periods should be acknowledged and supported as an important means of preserving fisheries resources, of proven effectiveness, and as an essential instrument for sustainable fisheries management; believes that the establishment of biological rest periods at certain stages of the life cycle of a species enables growth in stocks that is compatible with continued fishing outside the rest period;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A A (new)
Recital A A (new)
Aa. whereas the fishing industry is of strategic importance in terms of the public supply of fish and the food balance in various Member States and the European Union itself, and whereas it makes a considerable contribution to socio- economic wellbeing in coastal communities, local development, employment, the preservation and creation of economic activities upstream and downstream and the preservation of local cultural traditions;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F A (new)
Recital F A (new)
Fa. whereas the CFP must take account of the marked differences between fleets, fleet segments, target species, fishing gear, productivity, consumption preferences and the fish consumed per capita in the various EU Member States, in addition to the special features of fishing activity stemming from their social structure and structural and natural imbalances between the various fishing regions;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F B (new)
Recital F B (new)
Fb. whereas there is a clear disparity in income between people living from fishing and other sections of the population; whereas it is necessary to guarantee the former an equitable standard of living, particularly by increasing their individual earnings;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F C (new)
Recital F C (new)
Fc. whereas the incomes and wages of people working in the fishing industry are insecure owing to the way in which fish is marketed, the way in which first-sale prices are set and the irregular characteristics of fishing, which means that adequate national and EU public funding for the sector needs to be maintained;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I A (new)
Recital I A (new)
Ia. whereas action to promote the sustained development of a given region should enhance the interaction between its natural environmental and human components and promote the quality of life of its coastal communities; whereas a policy for fisheries must start from the assumption of interdependence between the welfare of coastal communities and the sustainability of ecosystems of which they are an integral part;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I B (new)
Recital I B (new)
Ib. whereas the common fisheries policy (CFP) should bear responsibility for financing its costs, in particular the decisions and measures adopted as part of that policy;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Considers the prime objectives of any fisheries policy to be the supply of fish to the public and the development of coastal communities, promoting employment and better working conditions for fishing professionals, while seeking to establish resources on a sustainable footing making for their proper conservation;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 A (new)
Paragraph 1 A (new)
1a. Stresses that any and every fisheries policy should take account of a multitude of dimensions — social, environmental and economic — that require an integrated and balanced approach that is incompatible with a vision that creates a hierarchy among them according to an a priori definition of priorities;
Amendment 103 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that a ban on discards should only be put in place if accompanied by technical measures to reduce unwanted bycatch and incentives to encourage selective fishing practices, provided the ecosystem balance is maintained; priority should go to avoiding unwanted catches in the first place, rather than finding ways to market them; also stresses the importance of stakeholder engagement and careful design of the landing obligation, in order not to shift from unwanted fish in the sea to unwanted fish on land;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the difficulty of applying such a measure in the case of mixed fisheries, including in, but not limited to, the Mediterranean, given the existence of mixed fisheries, specific fishing practices and specific climatic and geological conditions; believes that further consultations are needed to tackle the difficulties linked to establishing the infrastructure for collecting and processing the bycatch as proposed by the Commission; calls for measures to reduce the catch of juveniles and discourage the market in juveniles;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 134 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 A (new)
Paragraph 15 A (new)
15a. Believes that, in view of the ending of discards, consideration should be given to the possibility of granting floor-rate financial compensation to help producers meet the costs of handling, storing, and landing the entire quantity of unwanted catches;
Amendment 140 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 A (new)
Paragraph 16 A (new)
16a. Believes that revenue from the marketing of unwanted catches must, for the most part, be assigned to national authorities, which shall use it to obtain and process biological data to help improve knowledge of the state of fishery resources; stresses that a portion of the revenue can be used to compensate producers for the costs incurred in the handling, storage and landing of those catches, granting producers a floor-rate percentage of their market value;
Amendment 142 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the introduction of such a measure would imply an in-depth reform of the control and enforcement system; asks the Commission to assist Member States in this respect, in order to ensure that enforcement applies across the board in a uniform manner; believes that the Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) should have increased powers to ensure a fair system of rules and sanctions;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 A (new)
Paragraph 18 A (new)
18a. Stresses that scientific fisheries research is an essential tool for fisheries management that is indispensable for identifying the factors that influence the development of fishery resources, with a view to carrying out a quantitative assessment and developing models that make it possible to forecast their development, but also for improving fishing gear, vessels and working and safety conditions for fishermen, in conjunction with their knowledge and experience;
Amendment 159 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the main reason for this lack of basic scientific data on the majority of stocks is inadequate reporting by Member States; in this respect, calls on the Commission to provide Member States with technical and financial assistance for the collection and analysis of reliable data, employing both positive and negative incentives;
Amendment 160 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 A (new)
Paragraph 20 A (new)
20a. Notes that the Community contribution to funding the acquisition, processing and availability of scientific data, to support knowledge-based management, does not currently exceed 50 %; calls, therefore, for increased Community effort in this area by raising the maximum permissible co-financing rate to at least 75 %;
Amendment 164 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 A (new)
Paragraph 21 A (new)
21a. Stresses the need to strengthen R&D activities related to the fisheries sector; therefore, investment in human resources training, availability of adequate financial resources, and cooperation between the different R&D organisations in the Member States is required; notes the need to provide respectable working conditions, and decent rights and pay for researchers and technical experts involved in scientific fisheries research;
Amendment 166 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 B (new)
Paragraph 21 B (new)
21b. Considers living marine resources to be a common public asset, which cannot be privatised; rejects the creation of private property rights for access to exploit this public asset;
Amendment 175 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the proposal to introduce ‘Transferable Fishing Concessions’ (TFCs), contained in the basic regulation, raises concerns regarding the concentration and creation of monopolies; stresses that in a number of countries transferable fishing rights have allowed fishing capacity to be reduced, which is commendable; emphasises, however, that adequate safeguards would need to be introduced in order to protectthe consequences would be profoundly negative for small-scale and coastal fishing, which is the most economically endangered part of the industry but also that providing most of the jobs and economic activity in coastal regions; also recalls that a reduction in fishing capacity does not necessarily mean a reduction in fishing activity, but merely the concentration of fishery resource exploitation by more economically competitive operators;
Amendment 181 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 A (new)
Paragraph 22 A (new)
22a. Rejects the mandatory application of the TFCs; argues that the decision on whether or not to adopt the TFC and on which sections of the fleet to include in this scheme should be that of Member States;
Amendment 183 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 B (new)
Paragraph 22 B (new)
22b. Draws attention to the fact that the TFCs cannot be seen as a foolproof method for resolving the problems of overfishing and overcapacity; stresses that a regulatory approach to making the necessary adjustments in fishing activities remains a viable alternative to a market- based approach;
Amendment 184 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 200 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that prior to the mandatory introduction of TFCs the Commission should undertake fleet assessments in order to obtain credible results vis-à-vis the precise situation of overcapacity at EU level, thus making it possible to propose appropriate and targeted instruments for its reduction;
Amendment 211 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 A (new)
Paragraph 25 A (new)
25a. Stresses that, in addition to environmental factors, scientific fisheries research should also take into account the social and economic aspects of fishing activity; considers it essential to assess the impact of the various different fisheries management systems/instruments on employment and income in fishing communities;
Amendment 212 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 B (new)
Paragraph 25 B (new)
25b. Calls for the introduction of mechanisms to improve first-sale prices to benefit fishermen, to increase their income, and to promote a fair and appropriate distribution of added value across the value chain, thereby reducing intermediary margins, improving the price paid to producers and reducing the price paid by the end consumer; reaffirms that, in cases where there are serious imbalances in the chain, Member States should be able to take intervention measures such as fixing the maximum intermediary margins for each agent in the chain;
Amendment 213 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 C (new)
Paragraph 25 C (new)
25c. Reaffirms the need for strict monitoring and certification of fisheries products entering the Community market, including imports, to ensure that they originate from sustainable fisheries and that, in the case of imported products, they meet the same requirements that Community producers have to comply with — for example, with regard to labelling, traceability, phytosanitary regulations and minimum sizes;
Amendment 214 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 D (new)
Paragraph 25 D (new)
25d. Considers that the various measures for managing fisheries resources will be better understood, accepted and implemented as there are greater levels of participation, clearer objectives and increased economic and social support for those affected; stresses the need to implement mechanisms for subsidising or compensating fishermen affected by the economic and social repercussions of multiannual recovery and management plans and ecosystem protection measures;
Amendment 238 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 A (new)
Paragraph 30 A (new)
30a. Calls on Member States to draw up long-term national strategies in the fisheries sector, that should be the object of discussion and consultation between Member States, especially regarding cases where different Member States' fleets operate in the same waters; calls on the European Commission to provide support during the process of developing and implementing these strategies and to periodically review the situation;
Amendment 240 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 B (new)
Paragraph 30 B (new)
30b. Advocates that reform of the CFP should take into account local, regional and national characteristics; rejects centralised management, which does not take into account these features and whose profoundly negative results are now clearly visible; advocates local management, based on scientific data and involving the sector in the formulation and implementation of policies;
Amendment 247 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 A (new)
Paragraph 31 A (new)
31a. Stresses that in some Member States the rights of sovereignty over territorial waters, exclusive economic zones and adjacent seabed are constitutionally enshrined;
Amendment 250 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 B (new)
Paragraph 31 B (new)
31b. Considers that, once general management objectives have been established, Member States should have the flexibility to decide on the most appropriate methods to achieve these objectives, particularly regarding the right of access to fisheries resources, taking into account the nature of their fleets, fisheries and resources;
Amendment 251 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 C (new)
Paragraph 31 C (new)
31c. Stresses the importance of the fisheries sector in the socio-economic situation, employment and promotion of economic and social cohesion in the outermost regions (ORs), areas that are characterised by economies with permanent structural constraints and few opportunities for economic diversification;
Amendment 252 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 D (new)
Paragraph 31 D (new)
31d. Considers it necessary to maintain and strengthen community support for the fisheries sectors in the ORs, notably the programme to compensate for additional costs in marketing certain fishery products from certain ORs (‘POSEI Fisheries’) as a result of their remoteness; accordingly, advocates that this programme should remain in force permanently, since their remoteness is a permanent factor;
Amendment 253 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 E (new)
Paragraph 31 E (new)
31e. Advocates the consecration and expansion of the exclusive access reserve area (currently 12 nautical miles) to adjacent areas in accordance with the continental shelf; believes that, in the case of the outermost regions, this area should be extended from 100 to 200 nautical miles;
Amendment 279 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 A (new)
Paragraph 34 A (new)
34a. Calls for the principle of convergence to be given due consideration when allocating structural and cohesion funds, including the future EFF, taking into account the principle of solidarity and economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 281 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 B (new)
Paragraph 34 B (new)
34b. Stresses the need for the future EFF to offer grants for the renewal and modernisation of fishing fleets on the grounds of safety, environmental protection and fuel economy;
Amendment 283 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 C (new)
Paragraph 34 C (new)
34c. Stresses that new funds should be allocated for new policies, objectives or priorities with an impact on the marine environment; rejects that the financing of these new priorities, objectives or policies (such as the Integrated Maritime Policy) is made at the expense of the funds required for the fisheries policy;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that top priority must be given to a preventive approach when promoting health and safety at work and that this approach must be firmly rooted both in the EU strategy and in the national strategies, and taken account of in the national prevention programmes of public services in the field of health, hygiene and safety in the workplace in the interests of the protection of workers' health and working conditions;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that work-related accidents are more frequent amongst certain categories of workers than others – e.g. young, older and migrant workers, and those with precarious jobs; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to adopt specific measures for these target groups; believes particular attention needs to be paid to women and to maternity issues, recalling that secure jobs with rights are an important factor for workplace health and safety;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the framework directive on health and safety at work (89/391/EEC) is already over 20 years old but has yet to see any substantial amendments, so it needs to be adapted to the new challenges posed by changes in the working environment, such as the increase in mental health problems and developments in the field of workplace ergonomics, taking account of musculoskeletal disorders, which in the EU affect more than half of workers suffering from work-related physical problems;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to review the Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (2004/37/EC); notes that limit values on substances that endanger human health have only been set in a very few cases; calls, in the interests of workers, for the rapid implementation of REACH, and in particular for the substitution of chemicals that are especially harmful to human health, taking account of the need for Community funding with a view to dealing with the problems of adaptation to REACH encountered by microbusinesses and SMEs in certain sectors, such as textiles and clothing;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that serious gaps remain in our knowledge of the state of marine ecosystems and fishery resources, making it necessary to intensify research efforts in this field;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that current financing instruments for research and innovation in the EU are not satisfactorily tailored to research needs in the fisheries and aquaculture sector; stresses that a complete response to the challenges and needs facing the sector requires adapting these instruments in such a way as to take account of its specific features, notably in the field of applied research;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that, given its current state of development, the potential and limitations of aquaculture require increased R&D activities in this field so that its potential can be better exploited and its limitations overcome; takes the view that the sustainable development of European aquaculture demands substantial support for scientific research and technological development for the purpose of farming native species, so as to enable production and the supply of foodstuffs to be diversified and their quality improved while also making for greater environmental security;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that, as well as reducing the negative end-of-life environmental impact (polluting waste) and helping to tackle the problem of the scarcity of many primary raw materials, the recycling of materials (as completely as possible) also creates indigenous industrial development opportunities; urges the Commission to support action to bring about these opportunities, which are particularly important in the current crisis;
Amendment 80 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the need for consistency with proclaimed objectives in the field of cooperation and development aid policy; takes the view that developing countries which are rich in raw materials should not be relegated to the role of net exporters of raw materials but should instead develop their own industrial and development policies, moving further along the value chain; rejects a neo- colonialist vision in the guise of the so- called 'raw-materials diplomacy';
Amendment 86 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Draws attention to the pernicious effects of speculation on raw materials; takes the view that the physical market should not be obscured by the financial 'derivatives' market, the volume of which has seen a disproportionate increase over the years, making it necessary and urgent to adopt measures in this field; stresses the importance of having reliable official information on flows and physical stocks of raw materials;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that, over the years, the Member States have faced a significant shortage of financial resources for the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network (which in some cases represent a significant proportion of national territory), and this has compromised the instrument's effectiveness and overall coherence;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the Commission estimates the annual cost of managing the Natura 2000 network at EUR 5.8 billion and believes, in this context, that the Community should take greater responsibility for its funding;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recommends studying and implementing pilot projects aimed at the restoration and rehabilitation of areas of forest affected by fires, invasive exotic species or diseases such as pine nematode;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increase in payment appropriations for fisheries markets (line 11 02) and the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) (line 11 06), but points out that keeping commitment appropriations for fisheries markets at the same level will make it difficult to provide the necessary support in this area over the coming years; points out, furthermore,, even though it considers that increase to be insufficient, and the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) (line 11 06); points out that due account needs to be taken of the gradual establishment in 2012 of the Monitoring Centre for Fisheries Market Prices, for which the Commission has undertaken to put forward a legal basis;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports the implementation of a pilot project to prevent depopulation in rural areas that would tackle this problem by consulting local communities and the various stakeholders and local authorities and designing projects at local and regional level;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes, nonetheless, the increase in appropriations for the Community Fisheries Control Agency, whose work needs to be supported and promoted; stresses, however, that this cannot replace the important role played by the Member States in this area, and adequate funding should therefore be available to them;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses its concern at the low implementation rate for the EFF; notes that the third annual report on implementation of the EFF considered that 'national austerity measures constrained national co-financing' and 'private beneficiaries (...) were most affected by the credit crunch', which hampered the full utilisation of this instrument at a time when it was most needed; bearing in mind these constraints, believes that national co- financing in the case of productive investment projects should be temporarily abolished or substantially reduced, particularly for those countries that are currently facing the greatest difficulties;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recalls that, in the third annual report on implementation of the EFF, the Commission undertook to 'assist Member States in fostering programme implementation by a better design of measures' and mentioned the possibility of using facilitating instruments with a view to improving the utilisation of the EFF; underlines the urgent need for the Commission to apply these instruments;
Amendment 66 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Directive 2005/36/EC only applies to professionals who want to pursue the same profession in another Member State. There are cases where the activities concerned are part of a profession with a larger scope of activities in the host Member State. If the differences between the fields of activity are so large that in reality a full programme of education and training is required from the professional to compensate for shortcomings and if the professional so requests, a host Member State should under these particular circumstances grant partial access. However, in case of overriding reasons of general interest, such as in the case of a doctor of medicine or other health professionals involved in patients' safety, a Member State should be able to refuse partial access.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The nursing and midwifery professions have significantly evolved in the last three decades: community-based healthcare, the use of more complex therapies and constantly developing technology presuppose a capacity for higher responsibilities for nurses and midwives. In order to prepare them to meet such complex healthcare needs, nursing and midwifery students need to have a solid general education background before they start the training. Therefore, admission to that training should be increased to twelve years of general education or success in an examination of an equivalent level, provided that the duration of the training course is at least fulfilling the total required minimum years of general education.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Directive 2005/36/EC already provides for clear obligations for professionals to have the necessary language skills. The review of that obligation has shown a need to clarify the role of competent authorities and employers notably in the interest of patients' safety. Language controls, adequate to deal with local patients, should however be reasonable and necessary for the jobs in question and should not constitute groundsbe preventive for exincluding professionals fromin the labour market in the host Member State.
Amendment 107 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4f – paragraph 2
Article 4f – paragraph 2
2. Partial access may be rejected if such rejection is justified by an overriding reasons of general interest, such as public health, it would secure the attainment of the objective pursued and it would not go beyond what is strictly necessary. to safeguard public health;
Amendment 46 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to be consistent with the objective to cease or phase out emissions of priority hazardous substances, interim EQS should be set, providing for an incentive for a continuous decrease to background values for naturally occurring substances and zero for man- made synthetic substances.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In recent years there has been an increasing focus on the effects on human health and on the environment arising from exposure to many different chemicals. Discharges to the environment during the production, transport, use or disposal often contain a large number of chemicals. The requirements of Directive 2000/60/EC for water bodies to achieve a good chemical status entails a focus not only on the concentration of individual chemicals but also on their effects in combination. It is therefore appropriate to reflect this in the derivation of the EQS.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The listing of substances as priority substance or priority hazardous substances is based among other things on scientific evaluation of the properties of the substance. In order to safeguard the integrity and credibility of the listing process, political concerns or associated costs of measures should not be used to prevent a substance from being listed as a priority substance or priority hazardous substance, but rather are to be adressed at the subsequent stage after listing a particular substance or group of substances.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A new mechanism is needed to provide the Commission with targeted high-quality monitoring information on the concentration of substances in the aquatic environment, with a focus on emerging pollutants and substances for which available monitoring data are not of sufficient quality for the purpose of risk assessment. The new mechanism should facilitate the gathering of that information across Union river basins. In order to maintain the monitoring costs at reasonable levels, the mechanism should focus on a limited number of subsbut to ensure that the monitoring is effective, the mechanism should focus on substances with inherent hazard properties and emerging pollutancets, included temporarily in a watch list, and a limited number of monitoring sites, but deliver representative data that are fit for the purpose of the Union prioritisation process. The list should be dynamic, to respond to new information on the potential risks posed by emerging pollutants and avoid monitoring substances for longer than necessary.
Amendment 80 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall examine technical and scientific progress, including the conclusion of risk assessments as referred to in Article 16(2)(a) and (b) of Directive 2000/60/EC and information from the registration of substances made publicly available according to Article 119 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and,registered according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, including the potential for diffuse emissions from uses in articles, and if necessary, propose that the EQS laid down in Part A of Annex I to this Directive be revised in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 294 of the Treaty in line with the timetable provided for in Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
Amendment 149 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 5
Article 8 b – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall report the results of the monitoring carried out under paragraph 4 to the Commission within 182 months of the inclusion of the substance in the watch list, and every 12 months thereafter while the substance is kept on the list. The report shall include information on the representativeness of the station and monitoring strategy. If the results of the monitoring demonstrate that the substances in the watch list is detected in at least 3 Member States, and may give rise to concern, the Commission shall include it in Annex I and take the appropriate control measures.
Amendment 198 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 a (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 a (new)
Directive 2008/105/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 a (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 a (new)
(48a) 1071-83-6 not applicable Glyphosate X
Amendment 220 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – table – row 48 a (new)
Annex II – table – row 48 a (new)
Directive 2008/105/EC
Annex I – table – row 48 a (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 a (new)
(48a) Glyphosate 1071-83-6 not not not not applicable applicable applicable applicable
Amendment 249 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 b – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
In selecting the representative stations, the monitoring frequency and timing for each substance, Member States shall take into account the use patterns of the substance. The frequency of monitoring shall not be less than once per year. five times per year, with a minimum interval of 2 months. Or. en (Replaces amendment 141)
Amendment 65 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The LIFE Programme's financial envelope should correspond to at least 1% of the Union's general budget. This Regulation thus lays down, for the entire duration of the LIFE Programme, a financial envelope of €3,618 millionequivalent to 1% of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020, i.e. €[...], constituting the prime reference, within the meaning of point 17 of the Commission Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 June 2011 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure.
Amendment 86 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) “Best practice projects” mean projects that apply appropriate, cost-effective, state- of-the-art techniques, methods and approaches taking into account the specific context of the project;
Amendment 89 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to support the management of areas that form part of the Natura 2000 network and the conservation of the natural values included in that network, in particular the species and habitats considered priorities in accordance with Union legislation;
Amendment 96 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for implementing the LIFE Programme shall be EUR 3 618 000 000[...].
Amendment 100 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 2 713 500 000(...) of the overall financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the sub-programme for Environment;
Amendment 103 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) EUR 904 500 000(...) of the overall financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the sub-programme for Climate Action.
Amendment 126 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. At least 560% of the budgetary resources allocated to projects supported by way of action grants under the sub-programme for Environment shall be dedicated to projects supporting the conservation of nature and biodiversity.
Amendment 132 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to promote better environmental governance by broadening stakeholder involvement, including NGOs, in policy consultation and implementation, and to promote awareness of the citizens' rights arising from the Aarhus Convention.
Amendment 147 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure the balanced distribution of LIFE programme funding among the Member States, establishing indicative national allocations for each Member State for the current programming period. If necessary, taking account of the needs and specific characteristics of each Member State and in cooperation with the national and/or regional authorities, the Commission shall provide special technical assistance to support the drawing-up of projects for Member States where the funding allocated to those States during the 2007-2013 programming period fell below the respective indicative national allocation.
Amendment 166 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall have special regard to transnlational projects wheren transnlational cooperation is essential to guarantee environmental protection and climate objectives, and shall endeavour to ensure that at least 15% of the budgetary resources dedicated to projects are allocated to transnational projects.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The maximum co-financing rate for the projects referred to in Article 18 shall be 70% of eligible costs. By way of exception, the maximum co-financing rate for projects referred to in Article 18 points (d) and (f) shall be 80% of eligible costs. Less developed regions, as defined in Regulation (EU) No …/… [Common Provisions Regulation], shall be entitled to an increased rate of up to 85% of eligible costs.
Amendment 181 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
VAT shall not be considered an eligible cost for projects referred to in Article 18 if VAT amounts are not recoverable under national VAT legislation. Each Member State shall inform the Commission by the date of entry into force of this Regulation, of the national legislation governing the VAT, the entities with deduction rights and the cases of recoverability.
Amendment 187 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Staff costs shall be considered an eligible cost for projects referred to in Article 18 to the extent that they relate to the cost of activities which the beneficiary would not have carried out if the project concerned had not been undertaken.
Amendment 192 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Costs related to the preparation and submission of projects referred to in Article 18 shall be included among the costs eligible for funding under the LIFE Programme in accordance with the previous subparagraph.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The LIFE Programme may finance actions implemented by the Commission in support of the initiation, implementation and mainstreaming of Union environmental and climate policies and legislation for the purpose of achieving the objectives referred to in Article 3. Such actions may include:
Amendment 206 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) no later than 30 September 2017, an external mid-term evaluation report of the LIFE Programme (and its sub- programmes), including qualitative and quantitative aspects of its implementation, the amount of climate-related expenditure and biodiversity-related expenditure, and its complementarity with other relevant Union programmes, the funding utilised by each Member State and the respective percentage of the indicative national allocation for the whole of the programming period, the achievement of the objectives of all the measures (at the level of results and impacts, when possible), the efficiency of the use of resources and its European added value, in view of a decision on the renewal, modification or suspension of the measures. The evaluation shall additionally address the scope for simplification, its internal and external coherence, the continued relevance of all objectives, the impact and added value of the activities associated with the projects for the communities directly and indirectly involved, as well as the contribution of the measures to the Union priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It shall take into account evaluation results on the long-term impact of its predecessor. The report shall be accompanied by remarks by the Commission including the manner in which the findings of the mid- term evaluation shall be taken into account when implementing the LIFE Programme, and, in particular, when drawing up the multiannual work programmes;
Amendment 207 #
2011/0428(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) no later than 31 December 2023, an external and independent ex-post evaluation report covering the implementation and results of the LIFE Programme and its sub-programmes, including the amount of climate related expenditure and biodiversity related expenditure, the funding utilised by each Member State and the respective percentage of the indicative national allocation for the whole of the programming period, the extent to which the LIFE Programme as a whole, and each of its sub- programmes, has achieved its objectives, and the contribution of the LIFE Programme to achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy objectives and targets.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) entry of new fishermen starting up in fishing;
Amendment 18 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) vocational training and development of new professional skills and lifelong learning;
Amendment 19 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 20 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 27 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
Article 34
Amendment 28 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) granting of floor-rate financial compensation to help meet the costs of biological rest periods, at given critical phases of species’ life cycles, in order to conserve fishery resources and hence ensure that stocks will be such as to allow fishing to continue outside rest periods;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. To help meet the costs of landing any unwanted catches in cases where the proceeds of possible sales could not cover those costs, the EMFF may grant token financial compensation to fishermen.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The EMFF shall provide a financial contribution for development and innovation activities in aquaculture implemented under multiannual strategic plans drawn up by Member States.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 79 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The EMFF shall provide Member States with the financial contribution necessary for the collection and processing of the data referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 161 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
1A) The strategic importance of the fisheries sector for the socio-economic situation, for the public supply of fish and for the food balance of the different Member States and of the European Union (EU) itself, as well as its considerable contribution to the socio- economic well-being of coastal communities, local development, employment, the maintenance/creation of economic activities and jobs upstream and downstream, the supply of fresh fish and the maintenance of local cultural traditions;
Amendment 178 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The overall objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities contribute to long-term sustainable environmental conditions which are necessary for economic and social development. It should contribute moreover to increased productivity, a fair standard of living for the fisheries sector, stable markets, ensurepromote the modernisation and sustainable development of the fisheries sector, ensuring its socio-economic viability and the avsustailnability of resources and that supplies reach consumers at reasonable pricesfisheries resources, to ensure the public supply of fish and food sovereignty and security, job retention and the improvement of fishermens’ living conditions and ensure the sustainable development of the coastal areas most dependent on fishing.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The financing of the Common Fisheries Policy and Maritime Integrated Policy expenditure through a single fund, the EMFF, should address the need for simplification as well as strengthening the integration of both policies. The extension of shared management to Common Markets Organisations including the compensation for the outermost regions, control and data collection and management activities should further contribute to simplification and reduce the administrative burden both for the Commission and the Member States as well as achieve greater coherence and efficiency of the support granted.
Amendment 197 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union budget should finance the Common Fisheries Policy and the Integrated Maritime Policy expenditure through a single fund, the EFMF, either directly or in the context of shared management with the Member States. Shared management with the Member States should apply not only to measures to support fisheries, aquaculture and community-led local developmentthe development of communities most dependent on fishing, but also to Common Markets Organisations and the compensation for the outermost regions, control and data collection activitiesnd management activities and operations for the implementation of an Integrated Maritime Policy. Direct management should apply to scientific advice, voluntary contributions to Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, and advisory councils and operations for the implementation of an Integrated Maritime Policy. The types of measures that can be financed using the EMFF should be specified.
Amendment 214 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In line with the goal of simplification, all activities of the EMFF which fall under shared management, including control and data collection and management, should take the form of one single operational programme per Member State, in accordance with its national structure. The programming exercise shall cover the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. Each Member State should prepare a single operational programme. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for the EMFF and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities, while being adapted to national contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular rural development policy and cohesion policy.
Amendment 216 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Member States should draw up the section on data collection of the Operational Programme in line with a Multiannual Union programme; In order to adapt to the specific needs of data collection and management activities, Member States should elaborate annual work plan which should adapted annually under the guidance of the Commission and which should subject to its approval.
Amendment 220 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to increase the incompetitiveness and economic performance of fishing activitieses of producers and fishermen it is vital to support and stimulate innovmodernisation and entrepreneurshipsustainable development in the fisheries sector. Therefore the EMFF should support innovatithe deve loperations and business developmentment of the fisheries sector, including small-scale fisheries.
Amendment 225 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Investment in human capital is also vital to increase the competitiveness and economic performancesustainability of fishing and maritime activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support the entry of young people into the sector, vocational training, lifelong learning, co- operation between scientists and fishermen stimulating the dissemination of knowledge as well as for advisory services helping to improve the overall performance and competitiveness of operators. increase the income of fishermen.
Amendment 226 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32A) The EMFF should support small- scale fisheries to address specific issues in this segment and support local, sustainable management of the fisheries involved and the development of coastal communities.
Amendment 246 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Conscious of the potential that diversification offers for small scale coastal fishermen and their crucial role in coastal communities, the EMFF should help diversification by covering business start- ups and cooperatives, developing complementary activities, which can promote the economic and social development of fisheries areas, and investments for the retrofittingmodernisation of their vessels, in addition to the relevant training to acquire professional skills in the relevant field outside fishing activities. .
Amendment 265 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) As a result of the establishment of systems of transferable fishing concessions envisaged in Article 27 of the [CFP Regulation] and in order to support Member States in the implementation of these new systems, the EMFF should grant support in terms of capacity building and exchange of best practiceThe EMFF should grant support to innovative systems for the management of fishing opportunities in order to support Member States in the implementation of these new systems.
Amendment 270 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 289 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. The removal of overcapacity through public aid such as temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators, taking into account the specific needs and situation of each country, each region and each fishing area, the level of resources, the fishing gear and the profile and characteristics of the fleet concerned.
Amendment 296 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 309 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42A) In order to contribute to the positive development of water sources and to the maintenance of fishing outside the closed season, the EMFF should be able to support biological seasons, whenever these seasons, when held in certain critical phases of the species’ life cycle, are necessary for the sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.
Amendment 321 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In line with the effort to reduce discard bans introduced by the CFP, the EMFF should support investments on board aiming at make the best use of unwanted fish caught and valorise underused components of the fish caught. Considering the scarcity of the resources, in order to maximise the value of the fish caught, the EMFF should also support investments on board aiming at adding commercial value to fish caughtprovide minimum financial compensation to fully address handling, storage and landing costs for all unwanted catches that do not have commercial outlets likely to cover these costs.
Amendment 328 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Conscious of the importance of fishing ports, landing sites and shelter, fish markets, shelters and other onshore support facilities, the EMFF should support relevant investments in particular to increase energy efficiency, environmental protection, the quality of the product landed, as well as safety and working conditions.
Amendment 341 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Aquaculture contributes to growth, economic development and jobs in coastal and rural regions. Therefore, it is crucial that the EMFF is accessible to aquaculture enterprises, in particular SMEs, and contributes to bringing new aquaculture farmers into the business. In order to increase the competitivenesssustainability and economic performance of aquaculture activities it is vital to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship. Therefore the EMFF should support innovative operations and businessthe development, in particular non- food and off-shore aquaculture of enterprises and cooperatives.
Amendment 390 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure the viability of fisheries and aquaculture in a highly competitive market, it is necessary to lay down provisions granting support for the implementation of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products]1 as well as for marketing and processing activities carried by operators to maximise the value of fisheries and aquaculture products. Particular attention should be paid to the promotion of operations which integrate producing, processing and marketing activities of the supply chain. In order to adapt to the new discard ban policy, the EMFF should also support the processing of unwanted catches.
Amendment 400 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Priority should be given to producer organisations and associations of producer organisations by granting them support. The compensation for storage aid and aid for production and marketing plans should gradually be phased out as the importance of this particular kind of support has lost its interest in the light of the evolving structure of the Union market for this kind of products and the growing importance of strong producer's organisations.
Amendment 427 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) It is also necessary to support the cooperation among Member States, as well as with third countries where relevant, with respect to the collection and management of data within the same sea basin, as well as with the relevant international scientific bodies.
Amendment 429 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
Recital 75
(75) The objective of the IMP, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, is to support sustainable use of seas and oceans and to develop coordinated, coherent and transparent decision-making in relation to the policies affecting the oceans, seas, islands, coastal and outermost regions and maritime sectors, in accordance with the Commission Communication "An Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union
Amendment 437 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
(83) In order to improve governance within the CFP and ensure the effective functioning of the Advisory Councils (ACs) and organisations related to small- scale fisheries, it is essential for ACs to be provided with sufficient and permanent funding in order to pursue effectively their advisory role within the CFP. Pursuing the logic of a single fund, the support granted to ACs under the EMFF should replace the support given to Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) on the basis of the Regulation (EC) No. 861/2006.
Amendment 445 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89
Recital 89
(89) Member States should adopt adequate measures to guarantee the proper functioning of management and control systems. To that end, a managing authority, a paying agency and a certification bodcertification authority and an audit authority should be designated for each operational programme and their responsibilities should be specified. These responsibilities should relate primarily to the sound financial implementation, organisation of evaluation, certification of expenditure, audit and compliance with Union law. Provision should be made for regular meetings between the Commission and the national authorities concerned in order to monitor the assistance. With respect to management and control it is necessary, in particular, to establish the modalities by which Member States give the assurance that the systems are in place and function satisfactorily.
Amendment 471 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 5
(5) 'fisheries area' means an area with sea or lake shore or including ponds or a river estuary within which there is or has been until recently a significant level of employment in fisheries or aquaculture and designated as such by the Member State;
Amendment 498 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 7
(7) "Integrated Maritime Policy" (IMP) means a Union policy whose aim, with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity, is to foster coordinated and coherent decision making to maximise the sustainable development, economic growth and social cohesion of Member States, and notably the coastal, insular and outermost regions in the Union, as well as maritime sectors, through coherent maritime-related policies and relevant international cooperation;
Amendment 509 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) 'small scale coastal fishing' means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear as listed in Table 3 Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 regarding the fishing vessels register of the Union, or, alternatively, those whose time at sea (the duration of a trip) does not exceed 24 hours and whose catch is sold fresh. In the case of the local fleet of outermost regions and remote islands a maximum trip duration of 36 hours is permitted. For justified reasons based on local historical tradition, Member States may propose to extend the definition of ‘small scale fishing’ to fishing carried out by other vessels, as long as the gear used is highly selective and has little impact on the marine ecosystem; (This amendment applies to this entire legislative text; if adopted, it will require technical emendations throughout the text.)
Amendment 528 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting sustainable and competitive fisheries and aquaculture;
Amendment 547 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promoting athe economic and social cohesion and the balanced and inclusive territorial development of fisheries areas;
Amendment 573 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) promotion of economic growth and development, social inclusion, creation of jobs and supporting labour mobility in coastal and inland communities depending on fishing and aquaculture;
Amendment 587 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) diversification of fisheries activities into other sectors of maritime economy complementary to fishing activities, and growth of the maritime economy, including mitigation of climate change.
Amendment 600 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) Fostering innovative, competitivsustainable and knowledge based fisheries through the focus on the following areas:
Amendment 617 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) entry of new fishermen into the industry;
Amendment 621 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) professional training, development of new professional skills and lifelong learning;
Amendment 631 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
(d) increased income from fisheries through, among other things, improved market organisation for fishery products.
Amendment 638 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) Fostering innovative, competitive and knowledge based aquaculturedifferent types of aquaculture development both on land and at sea, with an emphasis on diversification and product quality with a view to reducing imports of fish to supply the European market, through the focus on the following areas:
Amendment 644 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) support for the creation of new enterprises or cooperatives in the aquaculture sector;
Amendment 648 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
(c) professional training, development of new professional skills and lifelong learning;
Amendment 691 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
(a) the supply of scientific knowledge and collection of datasupport for data collection and management, in order to improve scientific knowledge;
Amendment 697 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) support for Regional Advisory Councils with a view to increasing their representativeness and activity, and for other organisations in the sector, with a view to increasing participation in the management of fisheries policy.
Amendment 755 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) operations increasing the fishing capacity of the vessel (this does not include replacement of engines and other changes to small-scale fishing vessels designed to improve safety on board);
Amendment 761 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) construction of new fishing vessels, decommissioning or importation of fishing vessels;
Amendment 776 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 789 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 821 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. EUR 358 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to measures onthe data collection and management measures referred to in Article 79. .
Amendment 864 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) the extent of data collections and management tasks of the Member State concerned, approximated by the size of the national fishing fleet, the amount of landings, the amount of scientific monitoring activities at sea and the number of surveys the Member State is taking part in, and
Amendment 866 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) the available data collection and management resources compared to the extent of the data collection and management tasks of the Member State, where available means are approximated to the number of observers at sea and the amount of human resources and technical means needed to implement the national sampling programme for data collection.;
Amendment 882 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) appropriate action is envisaged to simplify and facilitate the implementation of the programme, in particular facilitating access by small-scale fishing and its organisations to the support available;
Amendment 1037 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Activities referred to in paragraph 1(b) may cover data collection and management activities, studies, dissemination of knowledge and best practices.
Amendment 1046 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) professional training, lifelong learning, dissemination of scientific knowledge and innovative practices, and acquisition of new professional skills in particular linked to the sustainable management of marine ecosystems, activities in the maritime sector, innovation and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 1053 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aA) different forms of association in the fisheries sector, in particular in the small- scale fisheries segment;
Amendment 1059 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promoting the social dialogue at national, regional or local level involving fishermen and other relevant stakeholders, with particular reference to under- represented groups, of which small-scale fishing is an example.
Amendment 1080 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to facilitate diversification and job creation outside fishing, the EMFF may support:, the EMFF may support the creation and modernisation of enterprises or co-operatives in the fisheries sector and the development of complementary activities, appropriate for promoting the economic and social development of fisheries areas.
Amendment 1083 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1093 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1113 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Support under paragraph 1 (a) shall be granted to fishermen who:
Amendment 1115 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) submit a business project or plan for the development of their new activities;
Amendment 1119 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1131 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1140 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1151 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 6
Article 32 – paragraph 6
6. The amount of financial assistance granted under paragraph 1 (a) shall not exceed 50% of the budget foreseen in the business plan for each operation and shall not exceed a maximum amount of 50 000 EUR for each operation. In exceptional cases, the amount of financial assistance granted under paragraph 1 may go up to a maximum of 70% of the budget foreseen in the business project or plan provided that all the following conditions are verified:
Amendment 1152 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 6 – point a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 6 – point a (new)
(a) The people responsible for the business projects or plans are young people up to 40 years old who are starting out in the fishing activity or in complementary activities;
Amendment 1153 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 6 – point b (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 6 – point b (new)
(b) The investments are made in regions covered by the convergence objective of the cohesion policy.
Amendment 1205 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Support to systems of transferable fishing concessions of the CFPinnovative fishing opportunitites management systems
Amendment 1213 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to establish or modify systems of transferable fishing concessions under Article 27 of the [Regulation on the CFP]fishing opportunities management systems, aimed at a more sustainable exploitation of resources, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1219 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design and development of technical and administrative means necessary for the creation or functioning of a transferable fishing concessionsfishing opportunities management system;
Amendment 1225 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stakeholder participation in designing and developing transferable fishing concessionsfishing opportunities management systems;
Amendment 1230 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the monitoring and evaluation of transferable fishing concessionsfishing opportunities management systems;
Amendment 1235 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the management of transferable concessionsoperation of fishing opportunities management systems.
Amendment 1242 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c) shall only be granted to public authorities. Support under paragraph 1 (d) of this Article shall be granted to public authorities legal or natural persons or recognized producer organizations involved in collective management of pooled transferable fishing concessions in accordance with Article 28(4) of the Regulation on Common Fisherfishing opportunities.
Amendment 1297 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1305 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The EMFF may support the implementation of biological rest periods, where, when carried out at given critical phases of species’ life cycles, they are necessary for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources, helping sustain stocks and allowing fishing to continue outside rest periods. Support should be granted by means of financial compensation for the period of inactivity.
Amendment 1306 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The EMFF may support efforts to significantly reduce discards by granting floor-rate financial compensation strictly to help meet the costs of handling, storing and landing the entire quantity of unwanted catches in cases where the proceeds of sales would be insufficient to cover those costs. The Commission shall establish the above costs for each year, taking account of the different situations in the Member States.
Amendment 1342 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) granting of floor-rate financial compensation to help meet the costs of biological rest periods, at given critical phases of species’ life cycles, in order to conserve fishery resources and hence ensure that stocks will be such as to allow fishing to continue outside rest periods;
Amendment 1373 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments on board aimed at reducing the emission of pollutants or green-house gases and increasing energy efficiency of fishing vessels or controlling fishing activities;
Amendment 1388 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1449 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – title
Article 41 – title
Fishing ports, landing sites, and sheltersuction halls, shelters and other land-based support infrastructure
Amendment 1455 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. For the purpose of increasing the quality of the product landed, increasing energy efficiency, contributing to environmental protection or improving safety and working conditions, the EMFF may support investments improving fishing The EMFF may support investments in new infrastructure or improving existing infrastructure, such as fishing ports, landing sites, auction halls and other land-based support infrastructure or landing sites, including investments in facilities for waste and marine litter collection.
Amendment 1462 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EMFF may grant floor-rate financial compensation to fishermen to meet the costs of landing the entire quantity of unwanted catches in cases where the proceeds of sales would be insufficient to cover those costs.
Amendment 1469 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1543 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) introducing new technical or organisational knowledge in aquaculture farms which reduces their impact on the environment or fosters a more sustainable use of resources in aquaculture;
Amendment 1545 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) reducing their impact on the environment or fostering a more sustainable use of resources in aquaculture;
Amendment 1552 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The EMFF shall provide a financial contribution for development and innovation in aquaculture, implemented under multiannual strategic plans drawn up by Member States.
Amendment 1557 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Operations under this Articlereferred to in paragraph 1(a) and (c) must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body as recognised by the national law of each Member State which shall validate the results of such operations.
Amendment 1577 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. In order to foster fthe reduction of impormts of aquaculture with high growth potentialto supply fish for the European market and to promote the diversification and quality of products, the EMFF may support investment in the development of off-shore or non fooddifferent forms of sustainable aquaculture.
Amendment 1691 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1
1. In order to foster entrepreneurship in aquaculture, the EMFF may support the setting up of aquaculture enterprises or cooperatives by new starting farmers.
Amendment 1696 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1702 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) submit a business project or plan for the development of their aquaculture activities.
Amendment 1712 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the purchase of the equipment protecting aquaculture farms from wild predators benefitting from protection under Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EEC and Council Directive 92/43/EC;
Amendment 1742 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) forms of extensive aquaculture including conservation and improvement of the environment, biodiversity, and management of the landscape and traditional features of aquaculture zones.
Amendment 1761 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) it lasts for more than three weeks consecutively or four mnonths -consecutively weeks during a four-month period; or
Amendment 1806 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3
Article 57 – paragraph 3
3. Support shall only be granted for aquaculture stock insurance contracts which cover economic losses under paragraph 1 exceeding 320% of the average annual production of the aquaculture farmer.
Amendment 1852 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) ensure a significant representation of fisheries and/or aquaculture sectors.
Amendment 1922 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1937 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1998 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(a) increasing the added value of products;
Amendment 2045 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2086 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Article 78 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) All operating costs related to inspection missions, safety equipment and training for inspectors, organising and participating in meetings and chartering or purchasing resources for inspection by Member States;
Amendment 2091 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 3
Article 78 – paragraph 3
3. The measures listed in points (h), (i) (j) and (ja) of paragraph 2 of this Article shall only be eligible for support if they relate to control activities carried out by a public authority.
Amendment 2095 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1
Article 79 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF shall support the collection and management and use of primary biological, technical, environmental and socioeconomic data as in the multiannual Union programme referred to in Article 37(5) of the [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy], ensuring a suitable and sufficient financial contribution to Member States.
Amendment 2099 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the collection, management and use of data for the purpose of scientific analysis and CFP implementation;
Amendment 2112 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) Organisation and management of fisheries expert meetings;
Amendment 2113 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) Management of annual work programmes with regard to technical and scientific expertise in fisheries, the processing of data communications and data sets and the preparatory work for the provision of scientific advice;
Amendment 2125 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - title (new)
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - title (new)
CHAPTER VI A Integrated maritime policy
Amendment 2127 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - Article 79 a (new)
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - Article 79 a (new)
Amendment 2129 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - Article 79 b (new)
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - Article 79 b (new)
Amendment 2131 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - Article 79 c (new)
Title 5 – chapter 6 a (new) - Article 79 c (new)
Amendment 2132 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter I - Title
Chapter I - Title
Amendment 2133 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80
Article 80
Amendment 2134 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81
Article 81
Amendment 2156 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82
Article 82
Amendment 2189 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – title
Article 88 – title
Advisory Councils and organisations related to small-scale fisheries that are willing to share responsibility for the implementation of the CFP
Amendment 2196 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 88 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EMFF may support fishermen’s groups, professional organisations and NGOs related to small-scale fisheries, with a view to their coordination, preparation and participation in advisory councils.
Amendment 2211 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) 890 % of the eligible public expenditure for the support referred to in Article 78(2)(a) to (d) and (f) to (j);
Amendment 2213 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) 6580 % of the eligible expenditure for the support referred to in Article 79.
Amendment 2226 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The investment is made in regions covered by the convergence objective of cohesion policy;
Amendment 2249 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97
Article 97
Amendment 2253 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 98 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) transmission to the Commission of a declaration of expenditure signed by the accredited paying agency, in accordance with Article 124(1)(c)uthority;
Amendment 2257 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 4
Article 98 – paragraph 4
4. If one of the requirements laid down in paragraph 3 is not met, the Commission shall forthwith inform the accredited paying agency. If one of the requirement laid down in point (a) or (c) of paragraph 3 is not met, the declaration of expenditure shall be inadmissibleCertification Authority.
Amendment 2261 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 98 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 2264 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 98 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2267 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. After receiving the last annual progress report on the implementation of an operational programme, the Commission shall pay the balance, subject to resource availability, on the basis of the financial plan in force, the annual accounts for the last execution year for the relevant operational programme and of the corresponding clearance decision. Those accounts shall be presented to the Commission no later than 6 months after the final eligibility date of expenditure and shall cover the expenditure incurred by the paying agency up to the last eligibility date of expenditure.
Amendment 2271 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 4
Article 101 – paragraph 4
4. When the euro becomes the currency of a Member State, the conversion procedure set out in the paragraph 3 shall continue to apply to all expenditure recorded in the accounts by the paying agenccertification authority before the date of entry into force of the fixed conversion rate between the national currency and the euro.
Amendment 2274 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1
Article 102 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the general rules set out in Article 55(1) of [Regulation (EU) No [...] laying down Common Provisions], pPayments by beneficiaries shall be supported by invoices and documents proving payment.
Amendment 2283 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2
Article 105 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2291 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that a management and control system has been set up for the operational programme ensuring a clear allocation and separation of functions between the managing authority, the paying agency and the certification bodauthority. Member States shall be responsible for ensuring that the system functions effectively throughout the programme period.
Amendment 2296 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 107 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the accredited paying agency within the meaning of Article 109certification authority that certifies the statements of expenditure and payment claims to the Commission;
Amendment 2299 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 107 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the certification body within the meaning of Article 112audit authority.
Amendment 2302 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Article 107 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall clearly define the tasks of the managing authority, the paying agency and, under sustainable local development, the local action groups referred to in Article 62 with regard to the application of eligibility and selection criteria and the project selection procedure.
Amendment 2312 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) are informed of their obligations resulting from the aid granted, and maintain either a separate accounting system or an adequate accounting code for all transactions relating to the operation, in accordance with national accounting requirements;
Amendment 2316 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ensuring that the paying agenccertification authority receives all necessary information, in particular on the procedures operated and any controls carried out in relation to operations selected for funding, before payments are authorised;
Amendment 2321 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109
Article 109
Amendment 2327 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111
Article 111
Amendment 2331 #
Amendment 2334 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. The certification bodaudit authority shall be a public or private audit body designated by the Member State which shall provide an opinion on the management declaration of assurance covering the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts of the paying agency, the proper functioning of its internal control system, the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions, as well as the respect of the principle of sound financial management. It shall be operationally independent from the paying agency concerned, the managing authority and the authority which has accredited that paying agencmanaging authority and the certification authority.
Amendment 2340 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 8
Article 114 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2343 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2
Article 115 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2356 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 120
Article 120
Amendment 2362 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 1
Article 123 – paragraph 1
The accredited paying agencmanaging authority along with the other authorities shall keep supporting documents relating to payments made and documents relating to the performance of the administrative and physical checks required by Union legislation, and shall make the documents and information available to the Commission.
Amendment 2365 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2
Article 123 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2368 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124
Article 124
Amendment 2371 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall send to the Commission, on the date indicated, the following information, declarations and documents:
Amendment 2374 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) for accredited paying agencymanaging authorities:
Amendment 2377 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) its accreditation documentname;
Amendment 2380 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) where relevant, the withdrawal of its accreditation,its contact details;
Amendment 2383 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2385 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) declarations of expenditure, which also act as payment requests, signed by the accredited paying agency and accompanied by the requisite information;
Amendment 2388 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 125 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) the management declaration of assurance and the annual accounts of the accredited paying agencies;
Amendment 2392 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 127 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) management declaration of assurance and annual accounts of the paying agencies, as well as the results of all available audits and controls carried out;
Amendment 2395 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 127 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) the names and particulars of accredited paying agencies and certification bodmanaging and control authorities;
Amendment 2401 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 128 – paragraph 6
Article 128 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2404 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 1
Article 131 – paragraph 1
1. A common monitoring and evaluation system for EMFF operations under shared management shall be established with a view to measuring the performance of the EMFF. In order to ensure an effective performance measurement the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 150 regarding the content and construction of that framework.
Amendment 2406 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 2
Article 131 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2419 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 143 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 143 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The paying agency, in collaboration with the managing authority, shall be responsible in accordance with Article 108(1)(i) for:
Amendment 2436 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I - table 1 - line 1
Annex I - table 1 - line 1
Amendment 101 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) a fair and decent standard of living for the local communities depending on rural activities
Amendment 172 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adapting the production and output of producers who are members of such groups to market requirements while promoting local and environment friendly crop varieties, based on the area's specificities;
Amendment 172 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure efficient use of Union funds and equal treatment for farmers across the Union mountain areas and areas facing natural or other specific constraints should be defined in accordance with objective criteria. In the case of areas facing natural constraints these should be bio-physical criteria underpinned by robust scientific evidence. Transitional arrangements should be adopted in order to facilitate the phasing out of payments in areas that will no longer be considered as areas facing natural constraints as a result of the application of theseor other specific constraints these should be socio-economic criteria and bio-physical criteria.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 215 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) inform the broader public and potential beneficiaries on rural development policy and funding opportunities;
Amendment 249 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) “new farmer”: a farmer who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding;
Amendment 281 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the competitiveness of agricultureeconomic viability of farms;
Amendment 291 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) maintaining and creating jobs;
Amendment 293 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) supporting and promoting small and medium-scale farmers and family farming to revert the economic, social and human desertification of the rural environment.
Amendment 319 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancingfamily farm viability, with a focus on the following areas:
Amendment 333 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Amendment 413 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) increasing efficiency in energy use in agriculture and food processingdeveloping farming and food processing systems which are less dependent on fossil energy;
Amendment 422 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
(c) facilitparticipating in the supply and use of renewable sources of energy, of by- products, wastes, residues and other non food raw material for purposes of the bio- economy;
Amendment 478 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) new farmers;
Amendment 541 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 120 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 891 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers and new farmers, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity andproduction and economic viability within agricultural sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 924 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) new farmers;
Amendment 941 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 960 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and new farmers.
Amendment 996 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 1021 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1700 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1751 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. A EIP network shall be put in place to support the EIP for agricultural productivon, economic viability and sustainability referred to in Article 61, in accordance with Article 51(1). It shall enable the networking of operational groups, advisory services and researchers
Amendment 1844 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 4
Title 4
EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainabilityproduction and economic viability in the context of sustainable agriculture
Amendment 1847 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainabilityproduction and economic viability in the context of sustainable agriculture shall:
Amendment 1871 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainabilityproduction and economic viability in the context of sustainable agriculture shall seek to achieve its aims by:
Amendment 1885 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3
Article 61 – paragraph 3
3. The EAFRD shall contribute to the aims of the EIP for agricultural productiveconomic viability and sustainability through support, in accordance with Article 36, of the EIP operational groups referred to in Article 62 and the EIP Network referred to in Article 53.
Amendment 437 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) One key aim of the common agricultural policy should be to guarantee food security and sovereignty in the Member States, implying a need, as regards production, for regulation and distribution systems allowing countries and regions to develop their production in a manner enabling them, as far as possible, to meet their needs.
Amendment 444 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The common agricultural policy should have instruments and mechanisms guaranteeing fair producer prices and providing farmers with the income required for continuity of production and a regular food supply.
Amendment 446 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) For the sake of clarity and transparency, the provisions should be made subject to a common structure, whilst maintaining the policy pursued in each sector. For that purpose it is appropriate to distinguish between reference prices and intervention prices and to define the latter, in particular, clarifying that only intervention prices for public intervention correspond to the applied administered prices referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 8 of Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (i.e. price gap support). In this context it should be understood that market intervention can take the form of public intervention as well as other forms of intervention that do not use ex-ante established price indications. Basic prices or floor prices should seek to compensate for changes in production costs and to provide decent remuneration of work on family farms.
Amendment 449 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As appropriate to each sector concerned in the light of the practice and experience under previous CMOs, the system of intervention should be available during certain periods of the year and should be open during that period either on a permanent basis or should be opened depending on market prices. It should aim to maintain an intra-Community basic minimum price for given production quantities.
Amendment 450 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The price level at which buying-in under public intervention, i.e. price gap support, should be carried out at a fixed price for certain quantities for some products and in other cases should depend on tendering, reflecting the practice and experience under previous CMOs. Measures should be taken to ensure that basic prices compensate completely for changes in production costs and provide reasonable remuneration for the work of small family farmers.
Amendment 453 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to ensure market transparency, the power to adopt certain acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of laying down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid in order to achieve the aim of balancing the market and stabilising the market prices, and takguaranteeing a minimum intra- Community price which affords farmers a reasonable standard of living into account the market situationrdance with the aims of the CAP.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) In some Member States the degree to which producers are organised is particularly slight, and producer organisations are weak, not to say non- existent. Taking into account their specific situation and the extent to which producer organisations have developed on their territory, Member States may choose to have competent national authorities exercise the responsibilities assigned to producer organisations.
Amendment 467 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The production of fruit and vegetables is unpredictable and the products are perishable. Even limited surpluses can significantly disturb the market. Therefore, measures for crisis management should be established, for example market withdrawals or calendars of imports between Member States, and those measures should continue to be integrated into operational programmes.
Amendment 470 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) It is important to provide for support measures in the wine sector which are liable to strengthen competitive structures. While those measures should be defined and financed by the Union, it should be left to Member States to select the appropriate set of measures to meet the needs of their regional bodies, taking into account their particularities, where necessary, as well as integrating them into national support programmes. Member States should be responsible for the implementation of such programmes.
Amendment 472 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) In the event of disaster, whether natural or man-made, farmers in the Member States should be covered by public agricultural insurance guaranteeing them an equitable level of protection.
Amendment 484 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
Amendment 486 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
(83) Specific instruments will still be needed after the end of the quota system to ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between sugar undertakings and sugar beet growers. Therefore, the standard provisions governing agreements between them should be established.
Amendment 489 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83 a (new)
Recital 83 a (new)
(83a) This Regulation should ensure, as it is essential to do, that Member States can recover beet production quotas for sugar refining, a point applying particularly to countries which have lost their quotas and now depend entirely on imports for their raw material for processing; it should, in addition, guarantee fair access to raw materials for sugar production.
Amendment 490 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83 a (new)
Recital 83 a (new)
(83a) As a market regulation instrument, the quota system should be retained and improved.
Amendment 517 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90 a (new)
Recital 90 a (new)
(90a) In some Member States, added value is distributed very unevenly along the food supply chain, low producer prices being a long-standing problem. To improve producer prices for the benefit of producers, thereby making for fair and proper distribution of added value along the chain, Member States should be allowed to adopt forms of intervention, for instance by laying down maximum margins for each agent of the chain.
Amendment 526 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94
Recital 94
(94) A single market involves a trading system at the external borders of the Union. That trading system should include import duties and export refunds and should, in principle, stabilise the Union market. The trading system should be based on the undertakings accepted under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in bilateral agreements.
Amendment 532 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 98
Recital 98
Amendment 544 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 107
Recital 107
(107) Provisions for granting refunds on exports to third countries, based on the difference between prices within the Union and on the world market, and falling within the limits set by the commitments made within the WTO, should serve to safeguard the Union's participation in international trade in certain products falling within this Regulation. Subsidised exports should be subject to limits in terms of value and quantity after verification that they do not help to destroy food sovereignty in the countries for which they are destined.
Amendment 579 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 123
Recital 123
Amendment 581 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 132
Recital 132
(132) Special intervention measures should be provided in order to react efficiently and effectively against threats of market disturbance. The scope of those measures should be defined. Safeguard clause arrangements should be instituted in order to cope with disturbances of the market.
Amendment 586 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 145 a (new)
Recital 145 a (new)
(145a) In recent years tens of thousands of milk producers in all parts of the EU have been forced to cease production because of ruinous producer prices that do not offset production costs. The present state of the milk sector is inextricably linked to its liberalisation and to the increase in production quotas with a view to their abolition.
Amendment 587 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 145 b (new)
Recital 145 b (new)
(145b) Wine-growing is a core farming activity, especially in southern European countries, and the projected abolition of vine planting rights is adding to the risk that the agricultural products concerned will die out.
Amendment 589 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146
Recital 146
Amendment 596 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146 a (new)
Recital 146 a (new)
(146a) Milk quotas, sugar quotas and vine-planting rights constitute market regulation tools which can make it possible to attain the objectives of the CAP for a decent standard of living for the farming community.
Amendment 597 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 147
Recital 147
Amendment 601 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149
Recital 149
(149) As regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018 respectively,
Amendment 603 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 National preference 1. Where its agri-food balance remains seriously and persistently in deficit, a Member State may adopt the principle of national preference by establishing and employing a system of mandatory marketing quotas for national production, whereby imports would serve to supplement national production. 2. The principle set out in paragraph 1 shall cease to apply after three consecutive years or six interrupted years in which there has been sustained growth in agri-food production and the deficit has correspondingly lessened.
Amendment 611 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “less developed regions” shall mean those regions defined as such in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) [COM(2011)615] laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006; (b) “extreme weather events” shall mean weather conditions comparable to natural disasters, for example strong winds, frost, hail, ice, rain, or drought, which destroy or reduce production to an extent exceeding 30% of a given farmer’s average annual production. Average annual production shall be calculated with reference to the three preceding years or to a three-year average based on the last five years, excluding the highest and the lowest figure; (c) “local products” means products produced within not more than 150 km of the place where they are consumed.
Amendment 645 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – title
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – title
Public intervention and aid for public and private storage
Amendment 649 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) granting of aid for the storage of products by public and private operators.
Amendment 729 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) avoid any disturbance of the marketstrengthen public market regulation instruments,
Amendment 739 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – Section 3 – title
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – Section 3 – title
Aid for Ppublic and private storage
Amendment 745 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aid for public and/or private storage may be granted in respect of the following products subject to the conditions set out in this Section and to requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Articles 17 to 19:
Amendment 811 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grMember States shall lay down the conditions for granting public antd private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and the reference prices for the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments in the sector in one or morthe Member States.
Amendment 826 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, decide to grant privateshall grant aid to enable Member States to set up public storage aid forof the products listed in Article 16, taking into account the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).
Amendment 829 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts fixaking into account the aid referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, Member States shall lay down the aid for public and private storage provided for in Article 16 in advance or by means of tendering procedures. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).
Amendment 832 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 850 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 e (new)
Article 17 e (new)
Article 17e Maximum operating margins To enable added value to be distributed fairly and properly along the food supply chain, where serious inequalities are found to exist, Member States may, with the aim of improving producer prices, adopt forms of intervention applicable to the chain, for instance by laying down maximum operating margins for each intermediate link of the chain.
Amendment 851 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – Section 4 – title
Part II – Title I – Chapter I – Section 4 – title
Common provisions on public intervention and aid for public and private storage
Amendment 852 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to provide for measures listed in paragraphs 2 to 9 of this Article. It shall ensure the observance of minimum EU prices for certain production quantities per farm, determined in each Member State in such a way that these production prices cover rising production costs and afford farming families decent remuneration for their work, thus ensuring a proper standard of living for farm workers, in line with the aims of the CAP.
Amendment 904 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. When drawing up their strategies, Member States shall draw up a list of products of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, and bananas sectors that will be eligible under their respective schemes. This list, however, shall not include products excluded by the measures adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts pursuant to point (a) of Article 22(2). Member States shall choose their products on the basis of objective criteria which may include seasonality, availability of produce or environmental concerns. In this connection, Member States may give preference to products originating in the Union and to products produced locally, thereby favouring short supply chains.
Amendment 913 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The amount specified in paragraph 4(a) may be revised should needs subsequently arise from the implementation of the strategies referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 941 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States may give preference to products produced locally, thereby favouring short supply chains.
Amendment 1056 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 30(1) as actually paid andbut limited to 50% of the actual expenditure incurred or 75% in the case of less developed regions and the outermost regions.
Amendment 1187 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1416 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter I a (new)
Part II – Title II – Chapter I a (new)
TITLE II CHAPTER Ia Regulation of production Article 100a Quotas in the milk sector 1. The existing milk production quota system shall remain in force beyond 2015. The quotas shall, as soon as possible, be adjusted to the needs of the Member States and to their relative installed production capacity levels. 2. The Commission shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on national milk quotas, adjusted as provided for in paragraph 1; the time-frame shall be such as to enable that Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014. Article 100b Vine planting rights 1. The existing planting rights system in the wine sector shall remain in force beyond 2015. 2. The Commission shall assess the need for any adjustments and adaptations to the current system and shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down special arrangements for regions in which wine-growing is the main activity with a view to preserving the distinctive characteristics of the grapevine products of those regions; the time-frame shall be such as to enable that Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014. Article 100c Quotas in the sugar sector 1. The existing quota system in the sugar sector shall remain in force beyond 2015. The quotas shall, as soon as possible, be adjusted to the relative installed and/or potential production capacity levels of the Member States. 2. The Commission shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on national quotas in the sugar sector, adjusted as provided for in paragraph 1; the time-frame shall be such as to enable that Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014. Article 100d Other sectors 1. By 1 July 2014 the Commission shall submit an impact study on the discontinuation of the regulation and distribution instruments applying to production in other sectors in the Member States. 2. On the basis of the findings of the study referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, in due course, submit proposals establishing quota systems in other sectors, where this is necessary in order to enable production to be spread evenly in the Member States, taking into account their individual possibilities and potential while allowing scope for differentiated development in Member States with higher deficits in the sectors concerned.
Amendment 1866 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter III – Section 4 a (new)
Part II – Title II – Chapter III – Section 4 a (new)
SECTION 4A MEMBER STATE MANAGEMENT OPTION Article 116a Management option Taking into account the specific situation in the individual Member States and the extent to which producer and operator organisations have developed, where producers are organised to a particularly low degree, the responsibilities assigned under this Regulation to producer organisations may be exercised by the national authorities of a Member State.
Amendment 1921 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 a (new)
Article 130 a (new)
Amendment 2034 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 145 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 145 – paragraph 4 – point d
Amendment 2047 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part V – Chapter -I (new)
Part V – Chapter -I (new)
CHAPTER -I Risk and crisis management Section 1 Public insurance Article 153a Public agricultural insurance 1. A public agricultural insurance scheme, financed from the Union budget, shall be established in order to guarantee a basic income to farmers affected by extreme weather events or other cases of disaster, whether natural or man-made, including forest fires, diseases, and pest infestations. This insurance shall afford a basic level of protection to all farmers in all Member States. 2. Public agricultural insurance may be subdivided into farm insurance, loss of revenue insurance, livestock insurance, and compensation funds. 3. The existence of this insurance shall be without prejudice to the existence of other specific insurance schemes in given sectors, such as the wine sector harvest insurance referred to in Article 47. 4. The Commission shall submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on public agricultural insurance at the time required to enable the Regulation to enter into force on 1 July 2014.
Amendment 109 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 192 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90% of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a regionAll payment entitlements activated in the EU should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that periodshould be attained at the end of the period of validity of the 2014- 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value.
Amendment 309 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers should be put in place in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competiproductive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 339 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a payment for young and new farmers who commence their agricultural activity;
Amendment 371 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Amendment 379 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Amendment 410 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) “permanent crops” means non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, and short rotation coppice;
Amendment 466 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 525 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is reflected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made availableredistributed (a) as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR]; or (b) under Pillar I, provided that the object is to increase payments to small farmers.
Amendment 532 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The product referred to in paragraph 2 may be redistributed under Pillar I, provided that the object is to increase payments to small farmers.
Amendment 568 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 685 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 724 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 1520 000 and up to EUR 2050 000;
Amendment 729 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 450 % for the tranche of more than EUR 2050 000 and up to EUR 25075 000;
Amendment 736 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– by 100 % for the tranche of more thanthe amount obtained after applying those reductions shall be capped at EUR 3100 000.
Amendment 742 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– by 780 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 30075 000;
Amendment 777 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting 50% of the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 780 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 812 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], up to 10 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments. The funds transferred shall be 100 % financed through the CAP budget in order to reverse the decline in rural areas and agricultural activity, in particular environmentally-friendly agriculture, in line with rural development priorities (4) and (5) specified under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
Amendment 918 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. In that case they shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and socioeconomic characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structurspecific land use type.
Amendment 1893 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In that case, Member States shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their natural constraint, demographic and socio- economic characteristics and agronomic conditions.
Amendment 1906 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for young farmers and new farmers
Amendment 1907 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for young farmers and new farmers
Amendment 1930 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1931 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1940 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, 'young farmers and new farmers', shall mean:
Amendment 1943 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘young farmers’,the following definitions shall meanapply:
Amendment 1946 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘new farmers’ shall mean natural persons who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application to the basic payment scheme as referred in Article 73(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], and;
Amendment 1956 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) who are less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application referred to in point (a)‘young farmers’ shall mean farmers who are less than 40 years of age.
Amendment 2043 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain and feed legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2054 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, and fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2079 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production and agricultural employment in the regions concerned.
Amendment 2091 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the voluntary coupled support, Member States may decide, by 1 August of the year preceding the first year of implementation of such support, to use up to 5 %the requisite share of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 2100 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2131 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2141 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4
Article 39 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2152 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 5
Article 39 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2221 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Farmers wishing to participate in the small farmers scheme shall submit an application by 15 mid-October 2014each year.
Amendment 2229 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2247 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) an amount corresponding to one-and-a- half times the national average payment per hectare multiplied by a figure corresponding to the number of hectares with a maximum of threfive.
Amendment 2258 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be lower than EUR 51 000 and not be higher than EUR 12 000. Without prejudice to Article 51(1), where the application of paragraph 1 results in an amount lower than EUR 51 000 or higher than EUR 12 000, the amount shall be rounded up or down, respectively, to the minimum or maximum amount.
Amendment 2262 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2266 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) keep at least a number of hectares corresponding to proportion of agricultural activity defined by the nuMember of entitlements held;State.
Amendment 2267 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2275 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2
Article 51 – paragraph 2
2. If the total amount of payments due under the small farmers scheme exceeds 1025% of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, Member States shall apply a linear reduction to the amounts to be paid in accordance with this Title in order to respect that percentage.
Amendment 4 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The fishing industry is strategically important for the public supply of fish and for a stable food balance within Member States and in the European Union (EU) itself, and does much to foster the socio- economic well-being of coastal communities, local development, and employment, ensure the survival of, or generate, economic activities up- and downstream, guarantee the supply of fresh fish, and preserve local cultural traditions.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 a (new)
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) should take responsibility for financing its costs, in particular those incurred in decisions and measures adopted under it.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 b (new)
Recital 50 b (new)
(50b) The activity of the fishing industry is concentrated mainly in economically fragile regions – mostly covered by Objective 1 – and the crisis in the industry has a profound impact on the degree of economic and social cohesion in those regions.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Part I – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the promotion of employment in, and the development of, coastal communities.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Common Fisheries Policy shall promote the sustainable development and the well-being of coastal communities, and the employment, working conditions, and safety of fishing operators.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive fishing industrynvironmentally, economically, and socially sustainable fishing industry so as to contribute to food security and employment in coastal areas;
Amendment 22 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to a faibetter standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities;
Amendment 26 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part VI – Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part VI – Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall collect biological, technical, environmental and socio- economic data necessary for ecosystem -based fisheries management, manage them and make them available to end users of scientific data, including bodies designated by the Commission. Using the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the Union shall provide the financial contribution required in order to acquire such data. Those data shall in particular enable the assessment of:
Amendment 27 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part VI – Article 38 – paragraph 1
Part VI – Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt national fisheries scientific data collection, research and innovation programmes. They shall coordinate their fisheries data collection, research and innovation activities with other Member States and Union research and innovation frameworks. The Union shall, under the instruments available in the research and fisheries fields, provide the necessary financing for the above programmes.
Amendment 28 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part VII – Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Part VII – Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) support the sustainable self- development of the fishing industry in third countries. Financial assistance for that purpose shall be combined with monitoring of the results achieved, including verification of predetermined indicators and targets;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part IX – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part IX – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) strengthenincrease the incompetitivenesse of the Union fishery and aquaculture industry, in particular that of producers;
Amendment 30 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part IX – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part IX – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) improve the transparency and stability of the markets, in particular as regards economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets for fishery and aquaculture products along the supply chain and, promote fair distribution of added value along the sector’s value chain, and foster consumer awareness;
Amendment 31 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part XI – Article 49
Part XI – Article 49
The Common Fisheries Policy presupposes fair Union financing to enable aquatic resources to be exploited in a manner making for economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Union financial assistance may be granted to contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part XII – Article 54 – paragraph 3
Part XII – Article 54 – paragraph 3
3. Advisory Councils may apply for Union financial assistance for the purposes of their establishment and operation as bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest.
Amendment 149 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Part 1 – article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) promotion of employment and development in coastal communities.
Amendment 163 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Common Fisheries Policy shall promote the sustainable development and well-being of coastal communities, employment and the working and safety conditions of people working in the fishing industry.
Amendment 180 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities, within an economically viable and competitive fishing industry;nvironmentally, economically and socially sustainable fishing industry, to contribute to food security and employment in coastal areas.
Amendment 183 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the sustainable development of Union aquaculture activities to contribute to food security and employment in coastal and rural areas;
Amendment 186 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to a better and fairer standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities;
Amendment 190 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) provide local management that involves the industry and communities which depend on that industry in the drawing-up and implementation of policies, guidelines and management measures, and that takes account of the specific features of the various Member States and fishing regions.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) decentralisation to the national, regional and local levels of the decisions necessary to ensure that the general objectives and guidelines defined at Union level are met;
Amendment 231 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The fishing industry is of strategic importance in terms of the public supply of fish and the food balance in various Member States and the European Union itself, as well as the socio-economic wellbeing of coastal communities, local development, employment, the preservation and creation of economic activities upstream and downstream and the preservation of local cultural traditions. __________________ 1 Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325 of 11.12.2009, p.35).
Amendment 233 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In the waters up to 124 nautical miles from baselines under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, Member States shall be authorised from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 to restrict fishing to fishing vessels that traditionally fish in those waters from ports on the adjacent coast, without prejudice to the arrangements for Union fishing vessels flying the flag of other Member States under existing neighbourhood relations between Member States and the arrangements contained in Annex I, fixing for each Member State the geographical zones within the coastal bands of other Member States where fishing activities are pursued and the species concerned. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 236 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 1200 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islands. Such restrictions shall not apply to Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 237 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may adopt special conservation measures, in duly identified areas within the zones defined in paragraphs 2 and 3, to preserve marine biological resources from the negative impacts of certain fishing activities. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) adopting measures for the purpose of restricting or imposing conditions on the exercise of certain fishing activities;
Amendment 304 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Union fishing vessels should have equal aAccess to Union waters and resources, subject to the rules of the CFP, may be made conditional on the origin and characteristics of the fleet, fishing gear and the conservation status of fishery resources.
Amendment 310 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Rules in place restricting access to resources within the 12 nautical mile zones of Member States have operated satisfactorily benefiting conservation by restricting fishing effort in the most sensitive part of Union waters. Those rules have also preserved traditional fishing activities on which the social and economic development of certain coastal communities is highly dependent. Those rules should therefore continue to apply and should be enshrined as a permanent principle and strengthened to give preferential access for small-scale, artisanal or coastal fishermen.
Amendment 318 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) MSpecial protection for marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should cobe maintainue to be especially protected and strengthened since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islands. The limitation of cCertain fishing activities in those waters should therefore be limited to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should therefore be maintained.
Amendment 391 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In their 12 nautical mile zone and adjacent areas, in line with the extension of the continental shelf, Member States should be allowed to adopt conservation and management measures applicable to all Union fishing vessels, provided that, where such measures apply to Union fishing vessels from other Member States, the measures adopted are non-discriminatory, prior consultation of other interested Member States has taken place and that the Union has not adopted measures specifically addressing conservation and management within that 12 nautical mile zone.
Amendment 393 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In relation to the outermost regions of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, Member States should be allowed to adopt special conservation and management measures in the 200 nautical mile zone corresponding to their respective Exclusive Economic Zone that are applicable to all Union fishing vessels, provided that prior consultation of other interested Member States has taken place and that the Union has not adopted measures specifically addressing conservation and management within that zone.
Amendment 400 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 424 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 434 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 449 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 468 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Fisheries management based on the best available scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets. Therefore Member states should collect data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem. Data collection and management under the CFP will receive Union funding.
Amendment 537 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 a (new)
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) should take responsibility for financing its costs, in particular those incurred in decisions and measures adopted under it.
Amendment 570 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) To achieve the basic objective of the Common Fisheries Policy, namely to provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions for the fishing and aquaculture sectors, and to contribute to the availability of food supplies, it is necessary and appropriateto provide sufficient funding as and where appropriate, in addition to laying down rules on the conservation and exploitation of marine biological resources.
Amendment 590 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Part 1 – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the promotion of employment in, and the development of, coastal communities.
Amendment 655 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Common Fisheries Policy shall promote the sustainable development and the well-being of coastal communities, and the employment, working conditions, and safety of fishing operators.
Amendment 710 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive fishing industrynvironmentally, economically, and socially sustainable fishing industry so as to contribute to food security and employment in coastal areas;
Amendment 741 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to a faibetter standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities;
Amendment 768 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) encourage locally based management whereby the industry and the communities which depend on it would be involved in drawing up and implementing policies, guidelines, and management measures and the specific features of the different Member States and fishing regions would be taken into account.
Amendment 802 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 1 – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) decentralisation of decision-taking to the national, regional, and local levels in order to give effect to the general objectives and guidelines laid down at Union level;
Amendment 1018 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In the waters up to 12 nautical miles from baselines under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, and in adjacent areas beyond this limit, where the continental shelf extends beyond this limit and as far as the edge of the continental shelf, Member States shall be authorised from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 to restrict fishing to fishing vessels that traditionally fish in those waters from ports on the adjacent coast, without prejudice to the arrangements for Union fishing vessels flying the flag of other Member States under existing neighbourhood relations between Member States and the arrangements contained in Annex I, fixing for each Member State the geographical zones within the coastal bands of other Member States where fishing activities are pursued and the species concerned. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1024 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 1200 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islands. Such restrictions shall not apply to Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1030 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 1065 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) adopting measures to restrict or impose conditions on certain types of fishing activity, including preferential access by certain sections of the fleet and/or use of certain types of fishing gear.
Amendment 1079 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) establishing incentives, including those of an economic nature or providing for preferential or exclusive access to fishing waters, to promote more selective or low impact fishing;
Amendment 1798 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27
Part 4 – article 27
Amendment 1801 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27
Part 4 – article 27
Amendment 1852 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28
Part 4 – article 28
Amendment 1856 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28
Part 4 – article 28
Allocation of transferable fishing 1. A transferable fishing concession shall establish an entitlement to use the individual fishing opportunities allocated in accordance with Article 29(1). 2. Each Member State shall allocate transferable fishing concessions on the basis of transparent criteria, for each stock or group of stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated in accordance with Article 16, excluding fishing opportunities obtained under sustainable fisheries agreements. 3. For the allocation of transferable fishing concessions pertaining to mixed fisheries, Member States shall take account of the likely catch composition of vessels participating in such fisheries. 4. Transferable fishing concessions may only be allocated by a Member State to an owner of a fishing vessel flying the flag of that Member State, or to legal or natural persons for the purpose of being used on such a vessel. Transferable fishing concessions may be pooled together for collective management by legal or natural persons or recognized producer organisations. Member States may limit eligibility for receiving transferable fishing concessions on the basis of transparent and objective criteria. 5. Member States may limit the period of validity of transferable fishing concessions to a period of at least 15 years, for the purpose of reallocating such concessions. Where Member States have not limited the period of validity of the transferable fishing concessions, they may recall such concessions with a notice of at least 15 years. 6. Member States may recall transferable fishing concessions with a shorter notice in the event of an established serious infringement committed by the holder of the concessions. Such recalls shall be operated in a manner which gives full effect to the Common Fisheries Policy, the proportionality principle and, whenever necessary, with immediate effect. 7. Notwithstanding paragraph 5 and 6, Member States may recall transferable fishing concessions that have not been used on a fishing vessel for a period of three consecutive years.rticle 28 deleted concessions
Amendment 1909 #
Amendment 1913 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 29
Part 4 – article 29
Allocation of individual fishing 1. Member States shall allocate individual fishing opportunities to holders of transferable fishing concessions, as referred to in Article 28, on the basis of fishing opportunities allocated to the Member States, or established in management plans adopted by Member States in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006. 2. Member States shall determine fishing opportunities that, based on the best available scientific advice, can be allocated to fishing vessels flying their flag for species for which the Council has not fixed fishing opportunities. 3. Fishing vessels shall undertake fishing activities only when in possession of sufficient individual fishing opportunities to cover all their potential catch. 4. Member States may reserve up to 5% of fishing opportunities. They shall establish objectives and transparent criteria for the allocation of such reserved fishing opportunities. Those fishing opportunities may only be allocated to eligible holders of transferable fishing concessions as set out in Article 28(4). 5. When allocating transferable fishing concessions in accordance with Article 28 and when allocating fishing opportunities in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, a Member State may provide incentives to fishing vessels deploying selective fishing gear that eliminates unwanted by-catch within the fishing opportunities assigned to that Member State. 6. Member States may set fees for the use of individual fishing opportunities to contribute to fisheries management- related costs.rticle 29 deleted opportunities
Amendment 1951 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 30
Part 4 – article 30
Amendment 1954 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 30
Part 4 – article 30
Amendment 1964 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31
Part 4 – article 31
Amendment 1969 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31
Part 4 – article 31
Amendment 1995 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 32
Part 4 – article 32
Amendment 2001 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 32
Part 4 – article 32
Amendment 2010 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 33
Part 4 – article 33
Amendment 2013 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 33 – title
Part 4 – article 33 – title
Allocation of fishing opportunities not subject to a system of transferable fishing concessions
Amendment 2017 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 33 – paragraph 1
Part 4 – article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall decide how fishing opportunities assigned to it in accordance with Article 16, and which are not subject to a system of transferable fishing concessions, may be allocated to vessels flying its flag. It shall inform the Commission of the allocation method.
Amendment 2072 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2098 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall collect biological, technical, environmental and socio- economic data necessary for ecosystem based fisheries management, manage them and make them available to end users of scientific data, including bodies designated by the Commission. Those Union shall provide an adequate financial contribution, via the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, sufficient for the acquisition of these data. The data shall in particular enable the assessment of:
Amendment 2132 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 3
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure the national coordination of the collection and management of scientific data for fisheries management. To this end, they shall designate a national correspondent and organize an annual national coordination meeting. The Commission shall be informed of the national coordination activities and may be invited to the coordination meetings.
Amendment 2154 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 38 – paragraph 1
Part 6 – article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt national fisheries scientific data collection, research and innovation programs. They shall coordinate their fisheries data collection, research and innovation activities with other Member States and Union research and innovation frameworks. The Union shall ensure adequate funding for these programmes, under the available research and fisheries instruments.
Amendment 2238 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) support the autonomous and sustainable development of the fisheries sector in third countries. Such financial assistance shall be accompanied by specially-designed development programmes, which shall include objectives, goals and indicators enabling the results obtained to be monitored. In accordance with the monitoring results, the programmes may be adjusted where necessary, to ensure a more effective pursuit of their goals.
Amendment 2267 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improving the competitivenesssustainability of the aquaculture industry and supporting its development and innovation;
Amendment 2318 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) planning and development of the aquaculture sector, according to the potential and prevailing conditions in the Member State;
Amendment 2344 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Union shall provide, through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and instruments available in the reasearch area, financial assistance for development and innovation in the aquaculture sector, through the application of multiannual strategic plans drawn up by the Member States.
Amendment 2350 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 44 – paragraph 1
Part 8 – article 44 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2359 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) strengthen the competitivenessImprove the output of the Union fishery and aquaculture industry, in particular that of producers;
Amendment 2363 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) improve the transparency and stability of the markets, in particular as regards economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets for fishery and aquaculture products along the supply chain, fair distribution of added value along the sector’s value chain and consumer awareness;
Amendment 2381 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 3 – point a
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) organisation of the industry including market stabilization measureseasures to improve producers’ incomes and stabilise the market;
Amendment 2433 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – Article 49 – paragraph 1
Part 11 – Article 49 – paragraph 1
The Union financial assistanceshall take responsibility for the financing of the cost of the Common Fisheries Policy and may be grant financial assistanced to contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3.
Amendment 2516 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 54 – paragraph 3
Part 12 – Article 54 – paragraph 3
3. Advisory Councils may, for the purposes of their establishment and operation, apply for Union financial assistance as bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest.
Amendment 2541 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 14 – Article 57 a (new)
Part 14 – Article 57 a (new)
Article 57a Review The Commission shall submit an interim report, and, before the end of 2022, a final report, to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation, implementation, and financing of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Producer organisations are the key actors for the appropriate application of the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Market Organisation. It is therefore necessary to strengthen their objectives to ensure that their members carry out fishing and aquaculture activities in a sustainable manner, improve the placing on the market of products, see an improvement in their income, and collect economic information on aquaculture. When realising these objectives, producer organisations should take into account the different conditions of the fishery and aquaculture sectors prevailing in the Union, in particular the specificities of small-scale fisheries, which warrant support and positive discrimination in favour of this fleet segment within the CMO.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Producer organisations are the key actors for the appropriate application of the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Market Organisation. It is therefore necessary to strengthen their objectives to ensure that their members carry out fishing and aquaculture activities in a sustainable manner, improve the placing on the market of products, and collectsee an improvement in their income and collect environmental and economic information on aquaculture. When realising these objectives, producer organisations should take into account the different conditions of the fishery and aquaculture sectors prevailing in the Union, in particular the specificities of small-scale fisheries, and especially their greater environmental sustainability, which warrant support and positive discrimination in favour of this fleet segment within the CMO.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Some Member States have very little, or indeed nothing, in the way of fishery producer organisations representing small-scale inshore fisheries and non- industrial fisheries, which together account for by far the highest proportion. Given this situation, Member States should be allowed to exercise a management option.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Some Member States have very little, or indeed nothing, in the way of producer organisations representing small-scale inshore fisheries and non-industrial fisheries, which together account for by far the highest proportion. Given this situation, Member States should be able to exercise a management option.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The market does not, at present, fully reward the socially and environmentally positive externalities arising from small- scale inshore fisheries and non-industrial fisheries, and it should therefore be possible for producers engaged in this type of fishing to benefit from positive discrimination.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The market does not, at present, fully reward all of the socially and environmentally positive externalities arising from small-scale inshore fisheries and non-industrial fisheries, and it should therefore be possible for producers engaged in this type of fishing to benefit from positive discrimination.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The landing of all unwanted catches, and the resulting elimination of discards, is one of the aims of the CFP reform now in progress. If that goal is truly to be attained, it may be necessary to grant floor-rate financial compensation to help producers meet the costs of handling, storing, and landing the entire quantity of unwanted catches.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In several Member States, added value is distributed very unevenly along the sector’s value chain, one long- standing problem being the low first sale prices for fish, which could constitute an additional factor exerting pressure on resources, encouraging overfishing. In order to improve first sale prices for fish, so as to benefit producers, and to make for fair and proper distribution of added value over the whole of the sector's value chain, Member States should be able to adopt forms of intervention, such as laying down maximum margins for each agent in the chain.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to be able to supplement or amendenlarge upon the conditions and requirements for recognition of producers organisations, supplement or amendenlarge upon the content of the production and marketing plan, define and amendsupplement or enlarge upon the common marketing standards, supplement or amendenlarge upon mandatory information and setenlarge upon minimum criteria for information voluntarily provided by operators to the consumers, 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 Articles 24, 33, 41 and 46.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In several Member States, added value is distributed very unevenly along the sector’s value chain, one long- standing problem being the low first sale prices for fish, which could constitute an additional factor exerting pressure on resources, encouraging overfishing. In order to improve first sale prices for fish, so as to benefit producers, and to make for fair and proper distribution of added value over the whole of the value chain, Member States should be allowed to adopt forms of intervention, such as laying down maximum margins for each agent of the chain.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) It is necessary to ensure that imported products entering the Union market conform to the same requirements and marketing standards as Union producers have to meet.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The general objectives of the Common Market Organisation are to provide stability on the markets in fishery and aquaculture products and to guarantee fair incomes for producers, while paying heed to the sustainability and proper conservation of fishery resources and ecosystems.
Amendment 86 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Each producer organisation shall submit a production and marketing plan to their competent national authorities to fulfil the objectives laid down in Article 3. Plans may provide for biological rest periods within the meaning of Article 8(fc).
Amendment 89 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – point b a (new)
Article 38 – point b a (new)
(ba) measures referred to in Article 8(fb) and (fc).
Amendment 96 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 A (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 A (new)
For the purposes of setting up fishery producer organisations, the specific situation of small-scale inshore fishery and non-industrial fishery producers must be taken into account. These producers must benefit from positive discrimination as regards access to aid for the establishment of producer organisations.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) contributing to food supply and to employment in coastal and rural areas;
Amendment 113 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) handling unwanted catches of commercial stocks; living marine resources with a view to an overall reduction in such catches and in landings thereof;
Amendment 121 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) improving producer’s’ profitability. and improving the income of fishing operators;
Amendment 125 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) helping to improve understanding of the conservation status of marine ecosystems and fishery resources.
Amendment 150 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
– disposing of landed products which do not conform to the minimum marketing sizes referred to in Article 39 (2)(a) for uses other than human consumption;
Amendment 168 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) sending information voluntarily to the competent national authorities on the conservation status of marine ecosystems and fishery resources at such intervals, and by such means, as might be considered appropriate;
Amendment 171 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) granting floor-rate financial compensation to help meet the costs of landing unwanted catches in cases where the proceeds of sales would be insufficient to cover those costs;
Amendment 173 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
(fc) granting floor-rate financial compensation to help meet the costs of biological rest periods, at given critical phases of species’ life cycles, in order to conserve fishery resources and hence ensure that fish stocks will be such as to allow fishing to continue outside rest periods.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Revenue from the marketing of unwanted catches must, for the most part, be assigned to national authorities, which shall use it to obtain and process biological data to help improve knowledge of the state of fishery resources. Producers may be compensated for the costs incurred in the handling, storage, and landing of those catches and shall be granted a floor-rate percentage of their market value.
Amendment 186 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting viable and environmentally sustainable aquaculture activities of their members by providing opportunities for their development;
Amendment 189 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contributing to food supply and, observing high food quality and safety standards, and to employment in coastal and rural areas;
Amendment 192 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) improving producer’s’ profitability. and the income of workers in the sector while improving their working conditions;
Amendment 197 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) promoting continuous improvement in the environmental performance of aquaculture activities, reducing and minimising harmful impacts over the entire production chain.
Amendment 209 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) collecting environmental information and information on the marketed products including economic information on first sales, and on production forecasts.
Amendment 238 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they are sufficiently active economically in their territory or a part thereof, in particular as regards number of members andor volume of marketable production;
Amendment 256 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – title
Article 22 – title
Communication to the Commission and publication of the list of producer organisations
Amendment 258 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
At the beginning of every year the Commission shall publish the list of producer organisations recognised in the preceding year and of organisations whose recognition was withdrawn during that year.
Amendment 261 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 269 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the producer organisation is considered to be representative of production and marketing in one Member State and makes an application to the competent national authorities;
Amendment 273 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the rules to be extended concern any of the measures for producer organisations laid down in Article 8(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (fa) and (fb).
Amendment 278 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a) a fishery producer organisation is deemed representative where it accounts for at least 65 % of the producers and 65% of the quantities marketlanded of the relevant product during the previous year in the area where it is proposed to extend the rules.
Amendment 298 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Each producer organisation shall submit a production and marketing plan to their competent national authorities to fulfil the objectives laid down in Article 3. Those plans may provide for biological rest periods within the meaning of Article 8(fb).
Amendment 307 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Amendment 309 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 318 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The trigger price may not exceed 80 % of the weightedshall be fixed on the basis of the average of prices recorded for the product in question in thon wholesale marea of activity of the producer organisation concernedkets or in ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding the fishing year for which the trigger price is fixed.
Amendment 321 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) the cost of production factors;
Amendment 331 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Each producer organisation may create a collective fund, which shall be used only to finance the following measures:
Amendment 335 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Specific aid may be granted to producer organisations and shall be paid into the collective fund with a view to financing the measures referred to in the first paragraph.
Amendment 336 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Section 6 a (new)
Section 6 a (new)
SECTION VIa MANAGEMENT OPTIONS OF MEMBER STATES Article 38a Management options of Member States Taking into account the specific circumstances and the extent to which producer organisations have developed on their territory, Member States may choose either to delegate management tasks to producer organisations or to provide that essential decision-taking power will continue to be exercised by their authorities, in particular where necessary in order to ensure the viability of the small-scale inshore and non-industrial sectors.
Amendment 342 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the minimum degree of freshness of unprocessed fish;
Amendment 346 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) specific marketing standards for products of unwanted catches, whether below the minimum sizes or in excess of the available quota, in accordance with Article 8.
Amendment 348 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. With a view to improving first sale prices for fish, benefiting producers and making for fair and proper distribution of added value over the whole of the sector’s value chain, and in the event of serious problems occurring as regards producers’ incomes and inequalities along the value chain, Member States may adopt forms of intervention applicable to the chain, such as laying down maximum margins for each intermediate link of the chain.
Amendment 351 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. The products for which marketing standards have been laid down may be marketed for human consumption in the Union only in accordance with those standards. This provision shall also apply to all imported fishery and aquaculture products.
Amendment 364 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 50, in order to definesupplement or enlarge upon the common marketing standards referred to in Article 39(1) with regard to quality, size or weight, packing, presentation and labelling, and, if experience gained in the implementation of the standards so requires, to amend them, while ensuring that the standards are defined in a fair and transparent manner;.
Amendment 438 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) supplement or amendenlarge upon the mandatory information requirements referred to in Article 42(1), Article 42(2), Article 43 and Article 44, while ensuring that the mandatory information is performrovided in an accurate and transparent manner;
Amendment 441 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) setpecify minimum criteria for information voluntarily provided by operators referred to in Article 45(1), while ensuring that the conditions for displaying voluntary information are accurate, transparent and non-discriminatory.
Amendment 444 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) survey prices regularly along the Union supply chain for fishery and aquaculture products and conduct analyses on market trends, and make the findings of those surveys and analyses public;
Amendment 3 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. Notes that the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 contained in the Commission Communication ‘A budget for Europe 2020’ provides an overall budget of EUR 6.685 billion for fisheries and maritime affairs (EMFF, including market measures + FPAs + RFMOs), which represents an annual average of EUR 955 million for the duration of the MFF 2014–2020 — less than the value expected for 2013, the last year of the current MFF (EUR 984 million), even taking account of inflation; notes with concern that the figures for each of the years of the MFF 2014–2020 are always lower than the predicted value for 2013 in the current MFF;
Amendment 5 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ConsenRejects to the draft Council regulation laying down the Mmultiannual Ffinancial Fframework for the years 2014-2020;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to leverage the resources of the Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding to ensure the sustainable implementation of the Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructures as a public R&D service, oriented towards a better quality of life of the citizens, a way to advance on a knowledge-based society that can face the societal challenges in Europe;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the EU's objectives in the fight against IUU fishing must be backed up by the necessary resources, above all financial, to ensure their promotion, with Member States being allocated sufficient resources to allow them to implement the regulations in force; stresses, equally, that any future adoption of new methods (e.g. electronic tracking systems, etc) must ensure the availability at the level of the EU budget of the financial resources needed for their implementation;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that cohesion policy is a fundamental instrument with which to promote economic and social cohesion, with the aim of undertaking measures to reduce regional inequalities, promote real convergence and stimulate growth and employment, also serving to redistribute and offset the costs of the single market and EMU for the less developed regions as well as helping to attain environmental goals;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that cohesion policy is one of the instruments which should contribute to the creation of a suitable financial framework for the prevention of natural and man-made disasters, backing up and providing a link between this and other instruments such as rural development policy, regional policy, the Solidarity Fund and the Seventh Framework Programme; asks, in this regard, that disaster prevention be taken into account in the post-2013 financial perspective;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to promote flexibility in the rules governing the implementation of the programmes and to renegotiate the co-financing rates where Member States so request, in particular by making it possible for national contributions to be reduced; calls for information on the approval and implementation of projects supported by cohesion policy funding to be made available in real time, on the basis of a nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) that is as detailed as possible (NUTS 3, where available) on a web site open to the general public, thereby contributing to greater transparency and close monitoring of the management of cohesion policy funds.
Amendment 21 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes it is necessary to increase the Community co-financing rates for the 'convergence' regions, and especially for the least-developed regions of the Cohesion Fund Member States and for regions characterised by permanent geographical or natural disadvantages, such as the most remote regions;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the rights of all the Member States to food sovereignty and food security isare essential to the European Union and that continuous efforts are needed to guarantee it at Community and world levelensure that those rights are guaranteed;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses deep concern at the volatility of food prices; believes that instruments that make it possible to speculate on food products should be banned;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that food security and food safety are two complementary concepts and stresses that respecting food sovereignty constitutes an important contribution to guarantee food security which goes always hand in hand with the safeguarding of high standards of food safety;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that ensuring a secure food supply, preserving ecosystems and strengthening the economic and social fabric in the primary sector in the various EU countries require that international trade should be geared to the principle of complementarity rather than competition between producers and products;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to halt and reverse the decline in the diversity of cultivated plant species and varieties and the erosion of the genetic basis on which human and animal nutrition depends; urges that action be taken to promote the effective use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions, combating the export-led standardisation of agricultural production and intensive models of agriculture that result from current agricultural and trade policies, of which the CAP is an example, and encouraging sustainable small and medium scale production linked to local and regional markets and consumption;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is dismayed at the conclusions of the 2010 United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), showing that emerging countries have scant capacity to fulfilpointing out that developed countries are a long way from meeting the commitments they gaiven in 2000 as regards meeting theterms of official development goalsassistance;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 40 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that seed oligopolies have devastating effects on the sustainability of small-scale farming, fostering dependency on a limited number of corporations for the purchasing of seeds and specialized fertilizers;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2112(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that focus should be placed on supporting and increasing the resilience of organic, small-scale farming systems intended for local and regional consumption, which represent the most effective and environmentally sustainable way of utilizing land;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
Amendment 198 #
2010/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13b (new)
Paragraph 13b (new)
13b. Draws attention to the urgent need to implement the recommendations on the prevention of natural or human-made disasters recently adopted by Parliament, especially those concerning support for afforestation/reforestation schemes giving preference to local species and mixed forests, in the interests of biodiversity and improved resistance to fires, storms and diseases;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the essential aim of the EU integrated maritime policy where fisheries are concerned should be to promote modernisation and balanced, fair sustainable development of the fisheries sector in the EU as a whole, in order to make the sector socially and economically viable and achieve stock sustainability, guarantee sovereignty and food security, supply fish to the public, preserve jobs, and improve the living conditions of fishermen;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, to date, neither the sustainability of marine resources nor the economic viability of the EU’s fishing fleets and coastal communities has been well served by the common fisheries policy (CFP) and that the EU integrated maritime policy must therefore be pursued in such a way as to prevent the CFP being flawed because of, for example, overcentralisation or any failure to allow for the regional diversity of EU waters;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission, given the need to lay down funding commensurate with the EU’s integrated maritime policy, to specify what is meant by a ‘sound financial basis’ and, proceeding from the principle that any new priorities will have to have funding to match, maintains that these should not be financed from the CFP;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Maintains that creating more and better maritime jobs, especially in the fisheries sector, also depends on a guarantee of the necessary fair income and proper working conditions (including health and safety) and on access to training for fisheries sector professionals;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Deplores the reduction in the appropriations for the common organisation of the market in fishery products, which will result in constraints on the intervention mechanisms at a time when the latter are even more necessary in view of the persistent and worsening socio-economic problems in the sector; believes it is essential to devote more budget resources to this area in order to boost stability and yield in the fisheries sector;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2001(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Is concerned at the reduction in support for the most remote regions, especially in the case of the compensation regime in respect of the additional costs of disposal of certain fisheries products in the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and the French departments of Guyane and Réunion;
Amendment 15 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Agency should act in the interest of the Union. This should include that the Agency may act outside the territory of the EU in its fields of competenceconservation of the marine environment, in particular by seeking to prevent and control the pollution caused by offshore oil and natural gas exploration. To that end it should coordinate its activities with those of appropriate national and international bodies responsible for relevant fields.
Amendment 26 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 1 - paragraph 2
Article 1 - paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall provide the Member States and the Commission with the technical and scientific assistance needed and with a high level of expertise, in order to help them to apply the Unionrelevant legislation properly in the field of maritime safety, maritime security, prevention of pollution caused by shipmarine protection of the environment in particular ensuring the prevention of pollution caused by ships, by offshore oil and gas installations including both oil and gas drilling platforms and pipeline terminals, to monitor its implementation and to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures in place.
Amendment 27 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency shall also support existing cross-border coastal coordination networks with a view to developing cooperation, focusing more explicitly on disaster prevention, thereby enabling the networks to benefit both from technical and scientific assistance from the Agency and from the detailed knowledge that regional and local authorities have of specific features and local conditions.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 2 - paragraph 1
Article 2 - paragraph 1
1. In order to ensure that the objectives set out in Article 1 are met in the appropriate manner, the Agency shall perform the tasks listed in paragraph 2 of this Article in the fields of maritime safety and maritime security, the prevention of pollution caused by ships, by offshore oil and gas installations including pipeline terminals and response to marine pollution.
Amendment 34 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 5 - paragraph 3
Article 5 - paragraph 3
3. At the request of the Commission, the Administrative Board may decide, with the agreement and cooperation of the Member States concerned, to establish the regional centres necessary in order to carry out the Agency's tasks in the most efficient and effective way, enhancing cooperation with existing regional and national networks already engaged in prevention measures.
Amendment 37 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Article 16 - paragraph 1
Article 16 - paragraph 1
1. The Executive Director shall be appointed and dismissed by the Administrative Board. The appointment shall be made from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission for a period of five years on grounds of merit and documented administrative and managerial skills, as well as competence and experience relevant for maritime safety, maritime security, prevention of pollution caused by ships, by offshore oil and gas installations including pipeline terminals and response to marine pollution. Before appointment, the candidate selected by the Administrative Board may be invited to make a statement before the competent committee of the European Parliament and answer questions put by its members. The Administrative Board shall take its decision by a four- fifths majority of all members with the right to vote.
Amendment 12 #
2010/0208(COD)
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 13 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed16 establish, in accordance with the precautionary principle, a comprehensive legal framework for the authorisation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which is fully applicable to GMOs to be used for cultivation purposes throughout the EU as seeds or other plant-propagating material (hereinafter ‘GMOs for cultivation’).
Amendment 17 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Under this set of legislation, GMOs for cultivation shall undergo an individual risk assessment before being authorised to be placed on the Union market. The aim of this authorisation procedure is to ensure a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, the environment and consumer interests, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market and to address citizens’ ethical and societal considerations.
Amendment 22 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) There is a need for the precautionary principle to be taken into account in the framework of this Regulation and when implementing it.
Amendment 23 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) OnceEven if a GMO is authorised for cultivation purposes in accordance with the EU legislative framework on GMOs and complies, as regards the variety that is to be placed on the market, with the requirements of EU legislation on the marketing of seed and plant propagating material, Member States are not authorisedshould have the possibility to prohibit, restrict, or impede its free circulation within their territory, except under the conditions defined by EU legislation.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In this context, it appears appropriate to grant to Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, more freedom to decide whether or not they wish to cultivate GMO crops on their territory without changing the system of Union authorisations of GMOs and independently of the measures that Member States are entitlrequired to take by application of Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC within and across borders to avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products.
Amendment 42 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Cultivation is closely linked to the use of land and the protection of flora and fauna, for which Member States retain important competencies; taking into account that national territories are characterised by an ample diversity of ecosystems and that any impacts on ecosystems may also have health implications, Member States should be given the right to restrict or ban GM cultivation on their territory on grounds related to environmental or health impacts or other legitimate factors which are complementary to those examined during the risk assessment process conducted under Part C of Directive 2001/18/EC or which have not been addressed or have not been sufficiently dealt with as part of that assessment.
Amendment 47 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) On the basis of the subsidiarity principle, the purpose of this Regulation is not to harmonize the conditions of cultivation in Member States but to grant freedom to Member States to invoke orestrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs on their grounds than scientific assessment of health and environmental risks to ban cultivation of GMOs on their territoryterritory on grounds relating to environmental or health impacts or other legitimate factors which might arise from the deliberate release of GMOs, and which are complementary to those examined during the risk assessment process conducted under Part C of this Directive or which have not been addressed or have not been sufficiently dealt with as part of that assessment. In addition one of the purposes of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations which is to allow the Commission to consider the adoption of binding acts at EU level would not be served by the systematic notification of Member States’ measures under that Directive. Moreover, since measures which Member States can adopt under this Regulation cannot have as a subject the placing of the market of GMOs and thus does not modify the conditions of placing on the market of GMOs authorised under the existing legislation, the notification procedure under Directive 98/34/EC does not appear the most appropriate information channel for the Commission. Therefore, by derogation, Directive 98/34/EC should not be applicable. A simpler notification system of the national measures prior to their adoption appears to be a more proportionate tool for the Commission to be aware of these measures. Measures which Member States intend to adopt should thus be communicated together with their reasons to the Commission and to the other Member States one month prior to their adoption for information purposes.
Amendment 47 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Given that the companies which produce GMO are the same ones which produce drugs and pesticides, public authorities need to take into account independent and impartial studies in the field;
Amendment 50 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) There are added health risks attached to the use of technologies which have been neither tested nor approved by competent and impartial authorities There is a need to ensure that impartial and independent studies are carried out in this field, by strengthening investment in research in order to increase scientific knowledge about these genetically modified products and the consequences of using them; the results of such studies should be published and debate on the matter encouraged.
Amendment 53 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) The fact that GMO crops rely on expensive technologies both to obtain and grow them, together with the fact that the seeds are patented, makes these crops into a multi-million dollar business which has little or nothing to do with food subsistence or preservation of biodiversity;
Amendment 54 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 2 d (new)
Recital 2 d (new)
Amendment 60 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 a – paragraph 1
Article 26 a – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC shall be amended as follows: (-1) Article 26a(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products within and across national borders.’
Amendment 81 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) those measures are based on grounds other than those related to the assessment of the adverse effect on health and environment which mightrelated to environmental or health impacts which might arise from the deliberate release of GMOs, or on other legitimate factors. National measures may be based, inter alia, on the following grounds: - the prevention of the development of pesticide resistance amongst weeds and pests due to the deliberate release of GMOs; - the protection of farmers against increased dependence from companies holding patents on GM seeds and corresponding herbicides; - the prevention of changes in agrise from the deliberate release or the placing on the market of GMOscultural practices, caused by the deliberate release of GMOs, resulting in negative impacts on the environment, health or existing farming practices that are ecologically more sustainable;
Amendment 110 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Bearing in mind that the most recent study addressing and analysing the impact on human health and safety of using these products dates from 2001 and that the latest studies of their socioeconomic impact and effects on animal health date from 2011/2012, further studies of the impact of these products on human and animal health should be encouraged and supported;
Amendment 229 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) Protection of small and medium- scale farmers who do not use patented seeds;
Amendment 230 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) Protection and safeguarding of the rights which assist producers of traditional crops in keeping their crops free of contamination and consumers in choosing between GMO and non-GMO crops;
Amendment 232 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g c (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) Recognition of the right of Member States to establish themselves as GMO- free areas, in order to preserve their products and traditional and organic farming method;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to set maximum margins for the marketing of food products, especially in big supermarkets, in relation to producer prices in the EU Member States;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for fair minimum guaranteed prices for farmers to be reinstated, thus ensuring them a decent income enabling them to continue their activity in this key strategic sector;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for support to be provided for the creation and operation of national systems to monitor price formation and evolution in the retail sector and the big supermarkets;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Denounces price manipulation and cartelisation by large-scale distribution sectors and calls for urgent measures to end these practices and achieve transparency in the price formation process for food products from the viewpoint of the end-consumer;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that ensuring a secure food supply, preserving ecosystems and strengthening the economic and social fabric in the primary sector in the various EU countries require that international trade should be geared to the principle of complementarity rather than competition between producers and products;
Amendment 42 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in providing relevant updated information and training to the general public through channels that are easily accessible to all citizens on identified risks and preventive measures, including a manual on what to do in each specific disaster situation;
Amendment 46 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates the importance of setting up a European Drought and Desertification Observatory, which would be responsible for the study and the mitigation and monitoring of the effects of drought and desertification;
Amendment 60 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recognises that some sectoral policies have led to certain regions being more exposed to risk by encouraging abandonment of the countryside and excessive concentration of the population in urban areas;
Amendment 61 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights the importance of viewing prevention from a cross-cutting perspective, incorporating it in the relevant sectoral policies to promote balanced land occupation and cohesive economic and social development that is in tune with nature;
Amendment 62 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Amendment 69 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Regrets the fact that the Commission has still not carried out a study on hazard and risk mapping practices in the Member States, as provided for in its Communication of 23 February 2009 on ‘A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters’ (COM(2009)0082); urges the Commission to make good on this commitment in an effective way during the first half of 2010
Amendment 109 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the importance of halting and reversing the decline in the diversity of cultivated plant species and varieties, which leads to the erosion of the genetic basis on which human and animal nutrition depends; underlines the need to promote the use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions and rejects the standardisation/specialisation of agricultural production arising from successive reforms of the CAP;
Amendment 144 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Believes that the Community should take greater responsibility for safeguarding natural values in the Natura 2000 network, particularly in the context of funding;
Amendment 145 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Points to the difficulties encountered by various Member States with regard to the management of areas included in the Natura 2000 network owing to the lack of a specific financial instrument geared to the management of such areas, as a complement to the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 148 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the increaseRegrets the drop in spending for LIFE+ (+ 8% in the 2011 draft0 budget), but and underlines that this instrument continues to represent only a very small part of the EU budget (0.2%);
Amendment 155 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 166 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Points out that research and development are of key importance in order to close current knowledge gaps and ensure regular monitoring of biodiversity trends, as well as for developing policy tools to halt biodiversity loss and in order to close the current knowledge gaps;
Amendment 186 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Encourages the Commission and Member States to integrate the environmental element in their relations with third countries and to continue the ‘Green Diplomacy’longside respect for social rights and guarantees regarding the protection and participation of local communities and indigenous populations in decision-making processes, with particular regard to soil uses and forest protection;
Amendment 190 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Points out that growing demand for agri-fuels and the consequent intensification of pressure for their production are threatening biodiversity, notably in developing countries, owing to the degradation and conversion of habitats and ecosystems such as wetlands and forests, among others;
Amendment 192 #
2009/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 6 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the aquaculture sector is an innovative, potentially high-technology economic sector requiring intensive structural and research investment, long- term operational and financial planning, and hence legal certainty and clear and stable legislative frameworks,
Amendment 19 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 22 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas any sustainable aquaculture policy, whether at Community or national level, must take account of distinctions between various types of aquaculture production (saltwater fish, freshwater fish, molluscs and, crustaceans, seaweed and echinoderms), with measures properly geared to their market and competition structures and issues,
Amendment 29 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 33 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, at the same time, many EU countries lack specific national or regional development plans that regulate installations in coastal and marine areas and clearly identify the zones available forwith an aquaculture plantsotential, thereby preventing easily foreseeable conflicts of interest with other economic sectors, such as tourism, agriculture and coastal fishing,
Amendment 57 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 69 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a firmer commitment from the EU on investments in sustainable aquaculture, in the form of additional financing under the Community Fisheries Fund;
Amendment 71 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it essential, lastly, that all the appropriate steps be taken to ensure that any aquaculture product imported into the EU from a third country complies in full with the same public health and food safety standards as the equivalent Community product, and that meticulous checks at the appropriate sites contribute effectively towards this, without creating new trade barriers, but in encouraging the exchange of best practices with developing countries;
Amendment 88 #
2009/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Hopes that the future European Fisheries Fund in support of the reformed CFP will provide for specific budget lines for sustainable aquaculture development and support for investment in that sector, with a particular focus on technologically innovative plants with a lesser environmental impact (e.g. water purification systems for eliminating residues and pollutants), farms that promote fish health and sustainable forms of aquaculture; stresses that these budget lines should provide for additional funding from the European Fisheries Fund and should not be financed through an overall cut in spending in other sectors, in particular fisheries;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 January 2009 on the CFP and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management,
Amendment 6 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
- Aa. having regard to the strategic importance of the fisheries sector for supplies of fish to the public and the food balance in both the Member States and the EU as such, as well as its major contribution to the socio-economic wellbeing of coastal communities, local development, employment, the preservation and creation of economic activity upstream and downstream, the supply of fresh fish, and the preservation of local cultural traditions,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union (EU) is an entity governed by international law which, in keeping with the provisions of its Treaties anCFP must take account of the marked differences that exist between fleets, fleet segments, target species, fishing gear, productivity, consumption preferences and the fish consumed operating rules, is specifically intended to guarantee economic, social and political integration of its policies, including the CFP, capita in the various EU Member States, in addition to the special features of fishing activity stemming from its social structure and structural and natural imbalances between the various fishing regions,
Amendment 23 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is a clear disparity in the income level of people living from fishing by comparison with other sections of the population; whereas it is necessary to guarantee an equitable standard of living, particularly by increasing their individual earnings,
Amendment 24 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. having regard to the insecure situation of incomes and wages affecting fisheries professionals, arising from the way marketing is structured in the sector, the price formation process for the initial point of sale, and the irregular nature of the activity, all of which points to the need to maintain certain national and Community aids,
Amendment 63 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas action to promote the sustained development of a given region should enhance the interaction between its natural environmental and human components and promote the quality of life of its coastal communities; whereas a policy for fisheries must start from the assumption of interdependence between the welfare of these communities and the sustainability of ecosystems of which they are an integral part,
Amendment 66 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is now generally accepted that there are alternative fisheries management mechanisms which can usefully supplement the existing systems and play a significant role in the Community’s management of the sectora common fisheries policy (CFP) should bear responsibility for financing its costs, in particular the decisions and measures adopted as part of that policy,
Amendment 71 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the activity of the fishing industry is concentrated above all in economically fragile regions - the majority of them Objective 1 regions - and the crisis situation in the industry is having a profound impact on the economic and social cohesion of these regions,
Amendment 81 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the Commission has already acknowledged that products have entered the Community market which do not respect the minimum sizes laid down in the EU, notably thanks to the failure to implement the marketing rules for frozen products,
Amendment 97 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes also the two main principles set out by the Commission with a view to an effective and successful reform of the CFP, namely the need to give more responsibility to the sector, baseReaffirms that fishing is a fundamental activity for guaranteeing the food supply to the public, and con the establishment of conditions favourable to good fishing practice and to make management models more flexible in order to create alternatives to the traditional single system of TACs and quotassiders that this is the primordial aim of any and every fisheries policy;
Amendment 105 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates that the CFP should promote the modernisation and sustainable development of the fishing industry, safeguarding its socio-economic viability and the sustainability of fisheries resources, with the aim of guaranteeing the supply of fish to the public and food sovereignty and security, the preservation of jobs and improved living conditions for fishermen, and ensuring the sustained development of coastal areas that depend most heavily on fishing;
Amendment 107 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the current CFP is one of the most integrated Community policies, which gives the Community broad powers for the management of marine resources, in some Member States, rights of sovereignty over their territorial waters, exclusive economic zones and sea beds are enshrined in the Constitution;
Amendment 111 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that marine resources are a common public asset that cannot be privatised and whose management is a matter for each Member State;
Amendment 118 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that any and every fisheries policy should take account of a multitude of dimensions - social, environmental and economic - that require an integrated and balanced approach that is incompatible with a vision that creates a hierarchy among them according to an a priori definition of priorities;
Amendment 119 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that seeking to meet the food needs of each Member State, safeguarding the viability of the strategic fishing industry and fishing communities and preserving the sustainability of marine ecosystems are not irreconcilable objectives;
Amendment 142 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 201 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 202 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Points out that scientific research should take account of the social, environmental and economic components of fishing activity; considers it essential to assess the impact of the various fisheries management systems/instruments on employment and income in fishing communities;
Amendment 203 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Considers, in this connection, that it is necessary to invest in training for human resources, provide adequate financial resources and promote cooperation between the various public bodies in the Member States;
Amendment 204 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Stresses the need to provide appropriate working conditions, decent rights and pay for researchers and technical experts involved in scientific fisheries research;
Amendment 209 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title before Paragraph 20
Title before Paragraph 20
Amendment 216 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses how important the fishing industry is in the socio-economic situation, in employment and in promoting economic and social cohesion in the ORs, whose economies suffer from permanent structural constraints and limited possibilities for economic diversification;
Amendment 221 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers it necessary to maintain and step up Community support for the fishing industries in the outermost regions, with particular reference to the programme for compensating the additional costs arising from their remote status in relation to the marketing of certain fisheries products in a number of outermost regions ('POSEI Fisheries'); believes, in this connection, that this programme should continue in force indefinitely, since outermost status is a permanent factor;
Amendment 244 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Regrets that the Commission, even though it recognises some problems, insists on covering up the actual chief causes of the worsening socio-economic situation in the sector: the increased price of inputs (such as fuel) and the inadequate pricing of fish at first sale;
Amendment 245 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Regrets the Commission's decision to postpone presentation of its proposal for the revision of the COM for fisheries and aquaculture products, making it subject to a decision on the reform of the CFP which, it might be recalled, is not scheduled until 2012;
Amendment 246 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Believes that it is necessary, as a matter of urgency, to carry out a far- reaching revision of the COM for fisheries products in order to boost its contribution to guaranteeing earnings in the sector, ensuring market stability, improving the marketing of fisheries products and increasing the value added generated;
Amendment 247 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Amendment 248 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)
Paragraph 25 e (new)
25e. Stresses the need to treat production costs as one of the variables to be taken into account when setting guidance prices;
Amendment 261 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates the need to provide for strict monitoring and certification of fishery products entering the Community market, including imports, in order to ascertain that they come from sustainable fisheries and, as far as imported products are concerned, satisfy the requirements imposed on Community products, for example with regard to labelling, traceability, phytosanitary rules and minimum sizes, the aim being to create a level playing field on the Community market;
Amendment 265 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Points out that, since fishing is an activity that exploits a self-renewable resource, the first and principal task of fisheries management is directly or indirectly to control total fishing effort in such a way as to achieve the objective of guaranteeing the supply of fish to the public within a framework of resource sustainability;
Amendment 266 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Stresses that the management of marine resources falls within the competence of each individual Member State;
Amendment 289 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Supports the principle of local, decentralised management that takes account of the actual situation and particular characteristics of each country, each fishing zone, each fleet and each resource and, above all, that involves fishermen in the solutions and in the implementation of policies;
Amendment 290 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Considers it important to have more debate and analysis regarding the possible decentralisation of the CFP, with the participation of all stakeholders at institutional and sectoral level;
Amendment 291 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)
Paragraph 31 c (new)
31c. Disagrees with a simplistic vision of the concept of 'decentralisation' that regards it as a mere delegation of powers in relation to the enforcement/implementation of centrally defined policies; rejects a still greater reduction in Community support for the fisheries sector by virtue of this decentralisation;
Amendment 294 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Urges the Commission to carefully explore the possibility of adopRecognises that, despite the difficulties, the existing new fisheries management mechanisminstruments, bas opposed to the TAC and quota system, for example fishing effort management and the use of transferable fishing rights, since such arrangements would enable the fleet to be adapted in a more flexible way, in line with the actual diversity and distribution of stocks, and could be supported by structural implementing measures, without neglecting the more vulnerable small-scale sectored on total allowable catches (TACs), currently represent the best means of controlling total fishing effort, to the extent that they have a direct impact on catches and an indirect impact on fishing effort;
Amendment 309 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that the distribution of TACs by fleets and fishing gear, respecting the principle of relative stability, falls within the exclusive competence of each Member State; considers that the distribution of quotas in each Member State should take account of the type of gear (trawl and others) and the respective catches;
Amendment 310 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Considers it important to look into ways of improving the current management instruments (TACs) in order to introduce greater flexibility and adapt them to the different circumstances;
Amendment 311 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Rejects any attempt to modify the system for managing the Common Fisheries Policy that would introduce, in phases or otherwise, a Community system based on fishing rights, i.e. the creation of private ownership rights over access to the exploitation of this public asset;
Amendment 312 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 d (new)
Paragraph 32 d (new)
Amendment 313 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 e (new)
Paragraph 32 e (new)
32e. Takes the view that the greater the level of participation, the clearer the objectives and the more economic and social support is provided to those affected, the greater will be the understanding, acceptance and implementation of the various measures for managing fishery resources; stresses the need to implement mechanisms for subsidising or compensating fishermen affected by the economic and social repercussions of multiannual recovery and management plans and ecosystem protection measures;
Amendment 314 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 f (new)
Paragraph 32 f (new)
32f. Considers it insufficient to measure fishing effort in a uniform way, without taking account of the diversity of fleets and gear; considers that controlling fishing effort should take account of the various species, the various fishing gear and the assessed impact of catches on stocks of each species;
Amendment 315 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 g (new)
Paragraph 32 g (new)
32g. Considers it vital to maintain the access derogation to the zone falling within territorial waters for national fleets at at least 12 miles, as a way of fostering the sustainability of coastal marine ecosystems, traditional fishing activities and the survival of fishing communities; calls, therefore, for this principle to be permanent in nature;
Amendment 316 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 h (new)
Paragraph 32 h (new)
32h. Takes the view that the exclusive access zone for national fishermen from each Member State could be extended to adjacent areas in line with continental shelves;
Amendment 317 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 i (new)
Paragraph 32 i (new)
32i. Calls for the area corresponding to the EEZs of the outermost regions to be considered an ‘exclusive access zone’ on a permanent basis in order to guarantee the sustainability of marine ecosystems, fishing activity and local fishing communities;
Amendment 318 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 j (new)
Paragraph 32 j (new)
32j. Stresses that the management of the exclusive access zone is a matter for each Member State;
Amendment 328 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. MaPointainss out that regional umbrella organisations, staffed by representatives of the Member States, the sector, other stakeholders, and the scientific community, should set up to exercise management decision-making power and that the RACs, playing their advisory role, should be merged with them; believes that these bodies, working in conjunction, would make for genuine and effective decentralisation of management, in keeping with the Treaty and without undermining the general aims and principles laid down by the Community legislatureadvisory councils can play an important role in the CFP decision-making process, since they involve fishermen and researchers responsible for the assessment of fishery resources; considers it important to support fishermen in their training and organisation, enabling them to play an effective part in both the RACs and POs or other forms of association;
Amendment 353 #
Amendment 355 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Stresses that a Common Fisheries Policy presupposes fair Community financing with the aim of guaranteeing that aquatic resources are exploited in a way that safeguards sustainability in economic, environmental and social terms; rejects any attempt to renationalise the costs of the CFP;
Amendment 356 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Takes the view that the consecutive reductions in Community support for the sector fixed in the current multiannual financial framework 2007-2013, in particular the reduction in appropriations for the European Fisheries Fund and the common organisation of the market, are among the factors that have contributed to the worsening of the situation in the sector; calls for Community financial resources for the fisheries sector to be increased;
Amendment 357 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Stresses that the principle of convergence in the allocation of structural and cohesion funds, including the EFF, should be maintained, in accordance with the solidarity principle and economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 358 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)
Paragraph 35 d (new)
35d. Stresses the need for the EFF to continue to grant aid for the renewal and modernisation of fishing fleets, in particular for the replacement of engines, for reasons of safety, environmental protection or fuel efficiency, above all for small-scale inshore and artisanal fishing, and for the replacement of vessels over 20 years old, which are no longer operating safely;
Amendment 416 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Is convinced that real integration of the CFP inStresses that, taking account of its own objectives whilst acknowledging the need for suitable linkage between different policies that have an impact on the marine environment, a CFP must not be subordinate to othe IMP requires political will and that national, regional, and local fishing entities are willing to enter into the necessary commitmentsr Community policies that have since been defined; considers, on the contrary, that these latter policies must safeguard and integrate the objectives of fisheries policy;
Amendment 417 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Highlights the need to define adequate financial resources for the IMP and reiterates the principle that new priorities must be matched by new funding; rejects the notion that the IMP should be financed from the EFF;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the proposals for the Fisheries and Maritime Policy Budget in 2010 despite the fact that the resources decided on underConsiders that the 2010 budget proposal and the Ffinancial Pperspective for 2007-2013 are insufficient to meet the needs of the fisheries sector at a time of profound, continued crisis in the fishing industry, characterised by increased costs, smaller catches, and lower income;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Believes there should be an increase in support for the most remote regions, specifically in the context of the compensation regime for additional costs related to the disposal of certain fisheries products of the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and the French departments of Guyane and Réunion and in line with Parliament's resolution of 26 April 2007;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that specific measures to tackle the impact of the financial crisis should be included in the budget proposals., in particular the establishment of pilot projects for: support measures for small- scale coastal and traditional fishing; measures to improve the process of price formation for fisheries products at the first point of sale; creation of a public insurance system to cover unforeseen events in the fisheries sector; and creation of a guarantee fund to ensure stable fuel prices;
Amendment 18 #
2009/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 708/2007
Article 3 – point 3 – point b
Article 3 – point 3 – point b
b) which prevents farm losses due to environmental factors, such as floodinglosses of reared species or biological material due to environmental factors, such as flooding (for which reason the facility must be situated at a safe distance from open waters ), predators (e.g. birds), theft and vandalism and ensures appropriate disposal of dead organisms;
Amendment 20 #
2009/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 708/2007
Article 14
Article 14
In the case of routine introductions, the release of aquatic organisms into aquaculture facilities shall be allowed without quarantine or pilot release, unless, in exceptional cases, the competent authority decides otherwise on the basis of specific advice given by the advisory committee. Movements from a closed aquaculture facility to an open aquaculture facility shall not be regarded as routinebe considered as routine or non-routine movements in line with the provisions of Articles 6 and 7.
Amendment 14 #
2009/0057(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The stock is primarily distributed in Community andwaters, except for Divisions VIIIc, IX and X, and in Norwegian waters. Norway has an interest in the exploitation of the western horse mackerel. The stock is so far not subject to joint management.
Amendment 15 #
2009/0057(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The fishing operations for the western horse mackerel stock have different characteristics, given that the main uses of the catch are twofold: supplying high-quality fresh fish to the general public; and processing and external trade. This differentiation should be taken into account when implementing this Regulation.
Amendment 19 #
2009/0057(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
The plan shall apply to the stock of western horse mackerel which inhabits EC and international waters of ICES Divisions IIa, IVa, Vb, VIa, VIb, VII a, b, c, e, f, g, h, j, k, VIIIa, b, c, d and e.
Amendment 21 #
2009/0057(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
The plan’s objective is to maintain the biomass of western horse mackerel at a level that ensures its sustainable exploitation, and to provide the highest long-term yield. To this end, the harvest control rule should be based in equal parts on precautionary advice given for average recruitment conditions, and on recent total allowable catches adjusted by a factor that reflects the recent trend in the stock abundance as measured through egg production, as well as the total catch made by the Member States.
Amendment 28 #
2009/0057(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
For vessels fitted with a vessel monitoring system (VMS), Member States shall verify, on the basedis onf a representative sampling, that the information received at the fisheries monitoring centres (FMC) corresponds to activities recorded in the logbook by using VMS data. Such cross- checks shall be recorded in computer- readable form for a period of three years. Particular emphasis shall be placed on the coherence of area data concerning activities observed in areas where horse mackerel stock boundaries meet, namely ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa, IVa and IVb, VIIe and VIId.
Amendment 10 #
2009/0051(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 9
Article 20 – paragraph 9
9. Each inspection shall be documented by completing an inspection report in the format established in accordance with the procedure referred to Article 47(2). The inspection report may be commented upon by the master and shall be signed by the inspectors at the end of the inspection. A copy of the inspection report shall be given to the master of the fishing vessel. A copy of each inspection report shall be transmitted without delay to the flag State of the inspected vessel and to the Commission or a body designated by it. The Commission or a body designated by it shall forward it promptly to the flag State of the inspected vessel and to the NEAFC Secretary. The original or a certified copy of each inspection report shall be forwarded on request to the flag State of the inspected vesselNEAFC Secretary.
Amendment 11 #
2009/0051(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph (d)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph (d)
Amendment 12 #
2009/0051(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 1a (new)
Member States shall apply the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
Amendment 53 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to prevent, reduce and as far as possible eliminate pollution arising from industrial activities in compliance with the "polluter pays" principle and the principle of pollution prevention, it is necessary to establish a general framework for the control of the main industrial activities, ensuring that responsibility lies with operators in the light of the specific characteristics of both industries and operators, giving priority to intervention at source and ensuring prudent management of natural resources.
Amendment 59 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to avoid duplication of regulation, the permit for an installation covered by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (1) should notmay, if Member States so decide, include an emission limit value for direct emissions of the greenhouse gases specified in Annex I to that Directive except where it is necessary to ensure that no significant local pollution is caused or where an installation is excluded from that scheme. (1) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.
Amendment 69 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In accordance with the polluter pays principle, when assessGiven the need to ensure that the operations of an installation do not entail any significant deterioration ing the level of significance of thequality of soil or groundwater, it is necessary to undertake an assessment of the level of pollution of soil and groundwater caused by the operator, which would triggerith a view to applying the obligation to return the site to the state described in the baseline report. In this procedure, Member States should take into account the permit conditions that have applied over the lifetime of the activity concerned, the pollution prevention measures adopted for the installation, and the relative increase in pollution compared to the contamination load identified in the baseline report. Liability regarding pollution not caused by the operator is a matter for relevant national law and, where applicable, other relevant Union law.
Amendment 76 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to prevent, reduce and, as far as possible, eliminate pollution arising from industrial activities in the most cost effective, fair and efficient way while ensuring a high level of protection of the environment as a whole, in particular through the implementation of best available techniques, the possibilities for market based instruments such as trading in nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide emissionsof ensuring full access and financing for microbusinesses and SMEs in respect of its implantation and updating could be explored.
Amendment 94 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where emissions of a greenhouse gas from an installation are specified in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to an activity carried out in that installation, the permit shall notmay, should Member States so wish, include an emission limit value for direct emissions of that gas, unless necessary to ensure that no significant local pollution is caused.