Activities of Olga SEHNALOVÁ
Plenary speeches (368)
Better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules (debate) (debate) CS
Accessibility requirements for products and services (debate) CS
Order of business
Order of business
Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain (debate) CS
Interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (debate) CS
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Romanian Presidency (debate) CS
Conflict of interest and the protection of the EU budget in the Czech Republic (debate) CS
The situation of women with disabilities (debate) CS
European Electronic Communications Code - Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (debate) CS
Rail passengers' rights and obligations (debate) CS
Dual quality of products in the Single Market (debate) CS
Dual quality of products in the Single Market (debate) CS
Pathways for the reintegration of workers recovering from injury and illness into quality employment (short presentation) CS
Participation of persons with disabilities in the European elections (debate) CS
Review of the Bulgarian Council Presidency (continuation of debate) CS
Odometer manipulation in motor vehicles: revision of the EU legal framework (debate) CS
Commission decision adopted on the third Mobility Package (debate) CS
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance CS
Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (debate) CS
Action Plan on alternative fuels infrastructure (debate) CS
Corporate social responsibility (debate) CS
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 (debate) CS
Cross-border parcel delivery services (debate) CS
European Council informal meeting of 23 February 2018 (debate)
Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment (debate) CS
Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive and the need for reform in professional services (debate) CS
Marrakesh Treaty: facilitating the access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled (debate) CS
Objection to an implementing act: use of phosphoric acid – phosphates – di – tri – and polyphosphates (E 338-452) in frozen vertical meat spits (debate) CS
Implementation of the European Disability Strategy (continuation of debate) CS
Cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (debate) CS
Cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (debate) CS
Cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (A8-0077/2017 - Olga Sehnalová) (vote) CS
Saving lives: boosting car safety in the EU (debate) CS
Neutrality of airline reservation systems and restriction of access to flight information (debate) CS
Commission Work Programme 2018 (debate) CS
Thousands of cancellations of flights by Ryanair and the enforcement of the air passenger rights Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (debate) CS
State of the Union (debate) CS
Accessibility requirements for products and services (debate) CS
Fipronil scandal: how to improve the EU rapid alert system for food and feed (debate) CS
EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (debate) CS
O-000029/2017: Follow-up to the Brazilian meat imports scandal CS
EU action for sustainability - High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (debate) CS
European standards for the 21st century (debate) CS
A longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies (short presentation) CS
Child poverty (debate) CS
European agenda for the collaborative economy - Online platforms and the Digital Single Market (debate) CS
Building blocks for a post-2020 EU cohesion policy - Increasing engagement of partners and visibility in the performance of European Structural and Investment Funds - Specific measures to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters (debate) CS
The need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap (short presentation) CS
Risk of political abuse of media in the Czech Republic (debate) CS
Decision adopted on Mobility package (debate) CS
Major interpellations (debate) CS
Road transport in the European Union (debate) CS
Commission's approval of Germany's revised plan to introduce a road toll (debate) CS
Annual report on EU competition policy (debate) CS
Programme of activities of the Maltese Presidency (debate) CS
Support for Thalidomide victims (B8-1341/2016, B8-1343/2016) CS
Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (A8-0368/2016 - Merja Kyllönen) CS
Domestic passenger transport services by rail (A8-0373/2016 - Wim van de Camp) CS
Single European railway area (A8-0371/2016 - David-Maria Sassoli) CS
CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets (A8-0339/2016 - Angélique Delahaye) CS
General revision of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (A8-0344/2016 - Richard Corbett) CS
Review of the Slovak Council Presidency (debate) CS
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (B8-1229/2016, B8-1235/2016) CS
Green Paper on Retail Financial Services (A8-0294/2016 - Olle Ludvigsson) CS
EU-Turkey relations (debate) CS
Situation in the West Bank, including settlements (debate) CS
Sign language and professional sign language interpreters (debate) CS
Trans fats (B8-1115/2016) CS
Improving connection and accessibility of transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe (A8-0282/2016 - Tomasz Piotr Poręba) CS
Commission Work Programme 2017 (debate) CS
Accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (debate) CS
Implementation of the Food Contact Materials Regulation (A8-0237/2016 - Christel Schaldemose) CS
2014 Annual report on monitoring the application of Union law (A8-0262/2016 - Heidi Hautala) CS
Conclusion on behalf of the EU of the Paris Agreement adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Giovanni La Via (A8-0280/2016)) CS
The future of ACP-EU relations beyond 2020 (A8-0263/2016 - Norbert Neuser) CS
Avoiding conflicts of interest of past and present Commissioners - Bahamas leaks (debate) CS
Future for telecommunications, fair use and intra-EU calls (debate) CS
Application of the Postal Services Directive (A8-0254/2016 - Markus Ferber) CS
State of the Union (debate) CS
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) CS
Inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (A8-0246/2016 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy) CS
Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (debate) CS
Application of minimum wage law in the transport sector (debate) CS
Programme of activities of the Slovak Presidency (debate) CS
High common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (A8-0211/2016 - Andreas Schwab) CS
Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (TAXE 2) (A8-0223/2016 - Jeppe Kofod, Michael Theurer) CS
Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2017 (RC-B8-0885/2016, B8-0885/2016, B8-0886/2016, B8-0892/2016, B8-0893/2016, B8-0894/2016, B8-0895/2016, B8-0896/2016) CS
Social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (A8-0217/2016 - Eleonora Forenza) CS
Renewable energy progress report - Implementation report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (continuation of debate) CS
Follow-up of the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020) (A8-0176/2016 - Zdzisław Krasnodębski) CS
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance CS
Promoting free movement by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents (A8-0156/2016 - Mady Delvaux) CS
Competitiveness of the European rail supply industry (B8-0677/2016) CS
Setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion, its powers, numerical strength and term of office (B8-0745/2016) CS
Rules against certain tax avoidance practices (A8-0189/2016 - Hugues Bayet) CS
Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain (A8-0173/2016 - Edward Czesak) CS
State of play of the external aspects of the European migration agenda: towards a new 'Migration Compact' (debate) CS
Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain (short presentation) CS
The Single Market strategy (debate) CS
Virtual currencies (A8-0168/2016 - Jakob von Weizsäcker) CS
Poverty: a gender perspective (A8-0153/2016 - Maria Arena) CS
Non-tariff barriers in the Single Market (A8-0160/2016 - Daniel Dalton) CS
Decision adopted on the Digital Single Market package (continuation of debate) CS
Framework Agreement on parental leave (debate) CS
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (A8-0157/2016 - Dariusz Rosati) CS
Mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for certain foods (B8-0545/2016) CS
Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (A8-0071/2016 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica) CS
Women domestic workers and carers in the EU (short presentation) CS
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (A8-0040/2016 - Tamás Meszerics) CS
Zika virus outbreak (B8-0449/2016) CS
Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in vocational education and training (A8-0049/2016 - Ernest Maragall) CS
Decision adopted on public tax transparency (debate) CS
Towards a thriving data-driven economy (B8-0308/2016) CS
Thalidomide (debate) CS
Single Market governance within the European Semester 2016 (A8-0017/2016 - Catherine Stihler) CS
European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets (debate) CS
Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty, based on petitions received, notably Petition 924/2011 (B8-0168/2016) CS
New Strategy for gender equality and women's rights post-2015 (B8-0148/2016, B8-0150/2016, B8-0163/2016, B8-0164/2016) CS
Ending sexual harassment and violence against women in public spaces (debate) CS
Establishment of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (A8-0172/2015 - Georgi Pirinski) CS
Personal protective equipment (A8-0148/2015 - Vicky Ford) CS
Appliances burning gaseous fuels (A8-0147/2015 - Catherine Stihler) CS
Cableway installations (A8-0063/2015 - Antonio López-Istúriz White) CS
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate) CS
Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment (A8-0366/2015 - Marek Plura) CS
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (debate) CS
EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (consent) - EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (resolution) - EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (protocol to take account of the accession of Croatia) (debate) CS
Decision adopted on the European Accessibility Act (debate) CS
Towards a European Energy Union (A8-0341/2015 - Marek Józef Gróbarczyk) CS
Decision adopted on the Circular Economy package (debate) CS
Sustainable urban mobility (debate) CS
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: granting an authorisation for uses of bis(2-ethylhexhyl) phthalate (DEHP) (B8-1228/2015) CS
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (A8-0312/2015 - Ole Christensen) CS
State of the Energy Union (debate) CS
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty (A8-0310/2015 - Inês Cristina Zuber) CS
Cohesion policy and marginalised communities (A8-0314/2015 - Terry Reintke) CS
Future aviation package (debate) CS
Safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in the field of civil aviation (A8-0261/2015 - Jacqueline Foster) CS
New challenges and concepts for the promotion of tourism in Europe (A8-0258/2015 - Isabella De Monte) CS
European Citizens' Initiative (A8-0284/2015 - György Schöpflin) CS
Package travel and linked travel arrangements (A8-0297/2015 - Birgit Collin-Langen) CS
European single market for electronic communications (A8-0300/2015 - Pilar del Castillo Vera) CS
Emission measurements in the automotive sector (B8-1075/2015, B8-1075/2015, B8-1076/2015, B8-1077/2015, B8-1078/2015, B8-1079/2015, B8-1080/2015) CS
Implementation of Article 20 (2) Service Directive and Article 8 (3) Directive on Consumer Rights (debate) CS
Payment services in the internal market (A8-0266/2015 - Antonio Tajani) CS
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (A8-0213/2015 - Anna Záborská) CS
European small claims procedure and European order for payment procedure (A8-0140/2015 - Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg) CS
Emission measurements in the automotive sector (debate) CS
Possible extension of geographical indication protection of the EU to non-agricultural products (short presentation) CS
Council Decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy, Greece and Hungary [COM(2015)0451 - C8-0271/2015 - 2015/0209(NLE)] CS
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch) CS
Assessment of the 2012 European Year for active ageing and solidarity between generations (A8-0241/2015 - Eduard Kukan) CS
Women's careers in science and university (A8-0235/2015 - Elissavet Vozemberg) CS
Empowering girls through education in the EU (A8-0206/2015 - Liliana Rodrigues) CS
Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (A8-0245/2015 - Ska Keller) CS
Urban dimension of EU policies (A8-0218/2015 - Kerstin Westphal) CS
ILO Forced Labour Convention: social policy (A8-0243/2015 - Patrick Le Hyaric) CS
Trade in seal products (A8-0186/2015 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) CS
Cloning of animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes (A8-0216/2015 - Giulia Moi, Renate Sommer) CS
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (A8-0230/2015 - Laura Ferrara) CS
Promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training (A8-0239/2015 - Michaela Šojdrová) CS
Follow up to the European citizens' initiative Right2Water (A8-0228/2015 - Lynn Boylan) CS
Implementation of the 2011 White paper on transport (debate) CS
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) CS
Delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe (short presentation) CS
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (A8-0163/2015 - Maria Noichl) CS
European energy security strategy (debate) CS
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments - 2014/0014(COD) (B8-0362/2015) CS
Security and defence capabilities in Europe (A8-0159/2015 - Ana Gomes) CS
Maternity leave (B8-0453/2015) CS
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (B8-0460/2015) CS
Decision adopted on the Digital Single Market (debate) CS
Safer healthcare in Europe (A8-0142/2015 - Piernicola Pedicini) CS
Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A8-0130/2015 - Margrete Auken) CS
Implementation of the Bologna process (A8-0121/2015 - Krystyna Łybacka) CS
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system (debate) CS
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system (debate) CS
Alcohol strategy (debate) CS
Amendment of the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (debate) CS
Employment quotas for people with disabilities in the EU institutions (debate) CS
Employment conditions including minimum rates of pay applicable to the transport sector - Compliance of the German provisions with European law on the minimum wage in the transport sector (debate) CS
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate) CS
Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (A8-0022/2015 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain) CS
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (A8-0015/2015 - Marc Tarabella) CS
Annual report on EU competition policy (debate) CS
One-minute speeches (Rule 163) CS
Anti-terrorism measures (B8-0100/2015, RC-B8-0122/2015, B8-0122/2015, B8-0124/2015, B8-0125/2015, B8-0126/2015, B8-0127/2015, B8-0132/2015) CS
Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences (debate) CS
Country of origin labelling for meat ingredients in processed food (debate) CS
European fund for strategic investments (debate) CS
Launch of the European Year for Development (debate) CS
Review of the Italian Presidency (debate) CS
New general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 (A8-0067/2014 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Monika Hohlmeier) CS
Commission work programme 2015 (debate) CS
Assessment of good repute of transport operators (debate) CS
Delays in the start-up of cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (B8-0278/2014, B8-0278/2014, B8-0279/2014, B8-0280/2014, B8-0281/2014, B8-0282/2014, B8-0283/2014, B8-0284/2014) CS
25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (B8-0285/2014) CS
Digital single market (RC-B8-0286/2014, B8-0286/2014, B8-0287/2014, B8-0288/2014) CS
Combating violence against women (continuation of debate) CS
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance CS
Fight against tax avoidance (debate) CS
Better prevention and management of floods at European level (debate) CS
Digital single market (debate) CS
Impact on European agriculture of the trade ban on agricultural products and foodstuffs from the EU, imposed by the Russian Federation (debate) CS
Conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator (Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009) (debate)
Consumer product safety (A7-0355/2013 - Christel Schaldemose)
Alternative fuels infrastructure (A7-0444/2013 - Carlo Fidanza)
Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall (A7-0482/2013 - Philippe De Backer)
Accessibility of public sector bodies' websites (A7-0460/2013 - Jorgo Chatzimarkakis)
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system - Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall (debate)
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system - Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall (debate)
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system - Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall (debate)
Community trade mark - Laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (debate)
Recommendation for a decision, pursuant to Rule 88(2) and (3) of the Rules of Procedure, on the draft Commission regulation concerning the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled, and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry (B7-0087/2014)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (debate)
Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres - Explosives for civil uses - Non-automatic weighing instruments - Electromagnetic compatibility - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits - Lifts and safety components for lifts - Simple pressure vessels - Measuring instruments (debate)
Implementation of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (short presentation)
Tachographs and social legislation relating to road transport (A7-0471/2013 - Silvia-Adriana Ţicău)
Review of the Lithuanian Presidency (debate)
Consumer programme 2014-2020 (debate)
Food crisis, fraud in the food chain and the control thereof (short presentation)
Payment accounts (debate)
CARS 2020: towards a strong, competitive and sustainable European car industry (A7-0391/2013 - Franck Proust)
Horizon 2020 - framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020) (A7-0427/2012 - Teresa Riera Madurell)
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund - Drought and forest fires in Romania and floods in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic (A7-0369/2013 - José Manuel Fernandes)
Common provisions on European funds (A7-0274/2013 - Lambert van Nistelrooij, Constanze Angela Krehl)
Erasmus for all programme (debate)
Creative Europe programme (debate)
Connecting Europe Facility - Trans-European transport network (debate)
Medical devices (A7-0324/2013 - Dagmar Roth-Behrendt)
Rethinking education (short presentation)
Recognition of professional qualifications and administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (debate)
Equal pay for male and female workers (B7-0387/2013)
Online gambling in the internal market (A7-0218/2013 - Ashley Fox)
Internal market for services (debate)
Making the internal energy market work - Micro-generation (debate)
European emergency number 112 (debate)
Serious cross-border threats to health (A7-0337/2012 - Gilles Pargneaux)
Recent floods in Europe (debate)
Registration documents for vehicles - Inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles - Roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (debate)
Registration documents for vehicles - Inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles - Roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (debate)
Road safety (debate)
Appointment of a member of the European Commission - Neven Mimica
Annual report on competition policy (A7-0143/2013 - Antolín Sánchez Presedo)
Food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes (A7-0191/2013 - Frédérique Ries)
A new agenda for European consumer policy (short presentation)
Labour conditions and health and safety standards following the recent factory fires and building collapse in Bangladesh (RCB7-0223/2013, B7-0223/2013, B7-0224/2013, B7-0225/2013, B7-0230/2013, B7-0231/2013, B7-0232/2013)
Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (A7-0126/2013 - Antonio López-Istúriz White, Antonyia Parvanova)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22 May 2013) - Fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens - Annual tax report: how to free the EU potential for economic growth (debate)
Women's rights in the Balkan accession countries (A7-0136/2013 - Marije Cornelissen)
One year of European Citizens' Initiative in practice: evaluating experience and tackling obstacles (debate)
Match-fixing and corruption in sport (debate)
Online consumer dispute resolution - Alternative consumer dispute resolution (debate)
Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights (A7-0048/2013 - Elisabeth Morin-Chartier)
Impact of austerity on the living conditions of people with disabilities (debate)
Common system of value added tax and a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud (A7-0014/2013 - David Casa)
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (B7-0049/2013)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2013 - Governance of the single market (debate)
'One carry-on bag' rule imposed by certain airlines (debate)
Credit rating agencies (A7-0221/2012 - Leonardo Domenici)
Recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (debate)
Youth guarantee (debate)
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (debate)
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Introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports - Groundhandling services at European Union airports - Allocation of slots at European Union airports
Protecting children in the digital world (short presentation)
Implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive (short presentation)
Single Market Act II - Concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the Single Market (debate)
Is ERASMUS in danger? (debate)
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Measures in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks - Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products - Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources - Reform of the common fisheries policy (debate)
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Access to basic banking services (debate)
Recording equipment in road transport (debate)
eCall: a new 112 service for citizens (short presentation)
Future of the Single Market Act (debate)
Public consultations and their availability in all EU languages (debate)
Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary (debate)
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EU and China: unbalanced trade? (debate)
Strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers (short presentation)
Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (debate)
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What is 'locally produced' food? (debate)
A competitive digital single market - eGovernment as a spearhead (short presentation)
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
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Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)
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Blind persons’ access to books (debate)
Consistent policy towards regimes against which the EU applies restrictive measures (debate) (short presentation)
Single European transport area (debate)
Single market forum (debate)
Online gambling (short presentation)
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Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities (debate)
Situation of single mothers (short presentation)
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"Food for Free" programme (debate)
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Tourism in Europe (debate)
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Annual report on monitoring the application of EU law (2009) - Better legislation, subsidiarity and proportionality and smart regulation - Public access to documents 2009-2010 (debate)
Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences
Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners - Liquids (LAG) ban on aircrafts (debate)
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The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future (debate)
Misleading business directories (debate)
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Cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy (short presentation)
Report: Zver - Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems - Report: Honeyball - Early years learning - Report: Schaake - Cultural dimensions of EU external actions - Report: Sanchez-Schmid - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries - Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (debate)
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Interinstitutional agreement on a common Transparency Register - Amendment of the Rules following the establishment of a common Transparency Register
Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
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EU policy framework to fight violence against women (debate)
Consumer rights (debate)
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Female poverty - Equality between women and men - 2010 (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate)
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Implementation of the Services Directive (debate)
Practical aspects regarding the revision of EU instruments to support SME finance in the next programming period (debate)
Implementation of the EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)
Patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)
European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias - Asthma inhalers (debate)
European Heritage Label (debate)
Citizens’ initiative (debate)
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Trafficking in human beings (debate)
Natural disasters in the European Union
Single Market Act (debate)
Demographic challenge and solidarity between generations (short presentation)
Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
EU-China summit on 6 October 2010 (debate)
Pharmacovigilance of medicinal products (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004) - Pharmacovigilance (amendment of Directive 2001/83/EC) (debate)
Draft bill on Israeli NGOs (debate)
Situation of the Jordan River with special regard to the Lower Jordan River area (debate)
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A sustainable future for transport (debate)
The European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy (short presentation)
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Floods in Central European countries, in particular Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary (debate)
Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis - Assessment of the results of the 2006-2010 Roadmap for Equality between women and men and forward looking recommendations - Charter for Women’s Rights - follow up (debate)
Union for the Mediterranean (debate)
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Commission communication on Action against Cancer: European Partnership (debate)
EU - Canada Summit (debate)
Development of the European Citizens’ Initiative based on Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union (debate)
Fight against tuberculosis (debate)
The case of Gilad Shalit
Second European Roma Summit (debate)
Revision of the Package Travel Directive (debate)
Implementation of Goldstone recommendations on Israel/Palestine (debate)
Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2009 (debate)
European Strategy for the Danube Region (debate)
Passenger compensation in the event of airline bankruptcy (debate)
Reports (7)
REPORT on dual quality of products in the single market PDF (459 KB) DOC (97 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws PDF (1 MB) DOC (207 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC PDF (147 KB) DOC (66 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC PDF (551 KB) DOC (711 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC PDF (355 KB) DOC (549 KB)
REPORT on eCall: a new 112 service for citizens PDF (216 KB) DOC (150 KB)
RECOMMENDATION On the conclusion of the Euro Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part PDF (125 KB) DOC (62 KB)
Shadow reports (10)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/.... and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009 PDF (424 KB) DOC (247 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) PDF (1013 KB) DOC (159 KB)
REPORT on saving lives: boosting car safety in the EU PDF (346 KB) DOC (77 KB)
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REPORT on unfair trading practices in the food supply chain PDF (350 KB) DOC (143 KB)
REPORT on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce in the EU PDF (232 KB) DOC (114 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC PDF (178 KB) DOC (94 KB)
REPORT on passenger rights in all transport modes PDF (254 KB) DOC (164 KB)
REPORT on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system PDF (300 KB) DOC (206 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Decision of the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the conclusion of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Georgia PDF (136 KB) DOC (58 KB)
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OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the provisions for tractors placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
OPINION on European Cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 Strategy
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and Council amending Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
Shadow opinions (14)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/… and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services
OPINION on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee
OPINION on Towards a Digital Single Market Act
OPINION on online gambling in the internal market
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions concerning the European Regional Development Fund and the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year of Citizens (2013)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food intended for infants and young children and on food for special medical purposes
OPINION on EU-China: an unbalanced trade?
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing (2012)
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative
OPINION White Paper: Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action
Institutional motions (15)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women PDF (167 KB) DOC (86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters PDF (374 KB) DOC (86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (159 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ PDF (168 KB) DOC (94 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (162 KB) DOC (88 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (303 KB) DOC (93 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass displacement of children in Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks PDF (161 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (146 KB) DOC (76 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (155 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in particular the case of the two detained human rights activists Yves Makwambala and Fred Bauma PDF (159 KB) DOC (89 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia’s draft laws on NGOs and trade unions PDF (153 KB) DOC (79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (146 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (148 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in particular the case of two detained human rights activists Yves Makwambala and Fred Bauma PDF (148 KB) DOC (74 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia's draft laws on NGOs and trade unions PDF (150 KB) DOC (73 KB)
Oral questions (15)
Protecting the EU's internal market and consumer rights from the negative implications of the illegal trade in companion animals PDF (50 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Guardianship for people with intellectual disabilities PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Recognition of school study periods abroad PDF (200 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Guardianship for people with intellectual disabilities PDF (198 KB) DOC (20 KB)
Neutrality of airline reservation systems (GDS) and restriction of access to flight information PDF (196 KB) DOC (21 KB)
Major interpellation - Follow-up to the Brazilian meat imports scandal PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Major interpellation - Differences in declarations, composition and taste of products in central/eastern and western markets of the EU PDF (193 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Health risks related to consumption of vegetable oils, in particular palm oils PDF (196 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Commission's approval of Germany's revised plan to introduce a road toll PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Switch between summer and winter time PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Health risks related to consumption of vegetable oil, in particular palm oil PDF (196 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Call for a limitation of abusive fees charged for cross-border intra-EU phone calls and SMSs in the upcoming review of the telecoms framework PDF (106 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Health risks related to the consumption of vegetable oils, and in particular palm oils PDF (197 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Autonomous driving PDF (197 KB) DOC (27 KB)
Written explanations (97)
Insurance of motor vehicles (A8-0035/2019 - Dita Charanzová) CS
Plénum potvrdilo navrhované změny ve směrnici tak, jak jsme je přijali na Výboru pro vnitřní trh a ochranu spotřebitele. Hlavní výhodou, proč nová pravidla podporuji, je spravedlivé odškodnění poškozených v případě nehody. Osobně jsem chtěla – a jako sociální demokraté jsme to navrhli – více zohlednit sytém bonusů a malusů, který podporuje bezpečnější jízdní chování a na kterém vydělají řidiči, kteří nebourají. Doplnila bych, že nyní pracujeme také na legislativě, která má vybavit vozidla bezpečnostními prvky tak, aby v EU ubylo autonehod a zmírnily se jejich následky nejen pro řidiče, ale také pro chodce nebo cyklisty. Hlasovat o ní budeme na výboru IMCO příští týden 21. března 2019 a já jsem stínovou zpravodajkou.
Combating late payment in commercial transactions (A8-0456/2018 - Lara Comi) CS
Tuto zprávu jsem podpořila, protože vyzývá k podpoře včasných plateb mezi podniky, což by podle mého názoru mělo být standardem. Dlouhá doba splatnosti dopadá nejvíce na malé a střední podniky, které často akceptují delší platební lhůty. Zpráva proto upozorňuje také na nutnost zlepšení postupu ověřování, jestli nedochází k umělému prodlužování lhůt splatnosti. Stávající směrnici považuji za vhodný nástroj pro vytvoření rovných podmínek v případě opožděných plateb, podniky nicméně stále nemají dostatek informací o prostředcích nápravy v případě opožděných plateb. Doufám, že se díky této zprávě podaří tuto situaci zlepšit.
Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU (A8-0420/2018 - Jo Leinen, Yana Toom) CS
Každý z občanů Evropské unie, kterého zajímá práce unijních orgánů, si může snadno dohledat záznam plenárního zasedání nebo se podívat na průběh jednání výborů. Pokud by ho ale zajímala práce zástupců vlády z jeho státu, bohužel nemá šanci dohledat, jak na zasedání Rady vystupovali. Velmi jsem proto uvítala zprávu paní ombudsmanky, která na nedostatek transparentnosti Rady upozorňuje, a doufám, že Rada brzy přijme potřebná opatření ke zlepšení situace.
Autonomous driving in European transport (A8-0425/2018 - Wim van de Camp) CS
Technický pokrok nelze zastavit, proto se i autonomní vozidla v běžném provozu stávají realitou. Tato zpráva předpokládá řadu pozitivních dopadů, například na dopravní nehodovost v důsledku omezení chyb řidiče, ovšem zmiňuje i témata, která jsou pro rychlejší zavádění této technologie důležitá, a tím je ochrana osobních údajů a přístup k datům. Považuji za důležité, aby uživatelé měli dostatečnou kontrolu nad tím, jaká data vozidlo vytváří a komu jsou poskytována, a byli dostatečně chráněni před možným zneužitím. Zároveň zpravodaj správně upozorňuje, že stále nejsou vyřešeny otázky spojené s provozem autonomních vozidel, jako jsou zodpovědnost za vozidlo a způsob jeho pojištění nebo etické zásady. Navíc se tato zpráva nezabývá pouze silniční dopravou, ale zohledňuje vliv autonomního řízení na železniční, leteckou a říční dopravu. Proto jsem se rozhodla tuto zprávu podpořit.
Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (A8-0193/2018 - Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar) CS
Vozidla pronajatá bez řidiče pro přepravu zboží jsou platná už 25 let. Za tu dobu se však situace v silniční dopravě změnila, proto musíme reagovat na aktuální potřeby. Navržená úprava umožní pronajmout vozidla v jiném členském státě, aby podniky mohly reagovat na výkyvy poptávky. Podpořila jsem pozici Evropského parlamentu také pro to, že podporuje návrh Komise, která požaduje, aby členské státy nově neměly mít možnost omezit najatá vozidla v případě, že podnik je v členském státě usazen a vozidlo splňuje všechny bezpečnostní požadavky a je oprávněno k provozu.
Care services in the EU for improved gender equality (A8-0352/2018 - Sirpa Pietikäinen) CS
Naprostou většinu pečovatelů, kteří poskytují podporu svým zdravotně postiženým, starším příbuzným nebo dětem s chronickým onemocněním či postižením, tvoří ženy. Přestože péče o jejich blízkého rodinného příslušníka v mnoha případech vyžaduje kapacitu 24 hodin denně a 7 dní v týdnu a neumožňuje žádné jiné zaměstnání, tři ze čtyř pečovatelů nedostávají za svou péči žádnou finanční náhradu. V mnoha případech nemají ani přístup k žádným sociálním výhodám. To má přímý dopad nejen na jejich současný příjem, ale i na jejich budoucí důchod, a ovlivňuje to situaci celé rodiny.Vzhledem ke stárnoucímu evropskému obyvatelstvu je navíc pravděpodobné, že se situace bude zhoršovat a že nároky na pečovatele jenom porostou. Je proto nutné zaměřit se na rozvoj služeb, které by jim pomohly rozdělit si pečovatelské povinnosti tak, jak jim to vyhovuje – ať už by se rozhodli využívat pomoci a pečovatelských služeb u sebe doma nebo mimo domov. Zprávu, která poukazuje na nutnost investic do pečovatelských služeb, proto považuji za velmi potřebnou a podpořila jsem ji.
Lyme disease (Borreliosis) (B8-0514/2018) CS
Nebezpečí přenosu lymské boreliózy kousnutím infikovaného klíštěte by nemělo být podceňováno, neboť se jedná o onemocnění, jehož důsledky mohou být velmi závažné a mít trvalý vliv na kvalitu života. S&D požaduje zvýšené úsilí v rámci boje se šířením a přenosem tohoto onemocnění na člověka a zlepšení úrovně včasné léčby. Vyzýváme Evropskou komisi k vypracování evropského plánu boje proti lymské borelióze, který by odpovídal závažnosti této tiché epidemie, k vytvoření evropské sítě pro lymskou boreliózu pro její sledování a též k vypracování společných pokynů pro prevenci u osob, u nichž je riziko onemocnění zvýšené z důvodu výkonu jejich povolání v přírodě. Podporuji posílení informovanosti veřejnosti o tomto onemocnění, zajištění asistence praktickým lékařům a dostatečné finanční podpory pro výzkum, jenž bude moci zkvalitnit proces identifikace a léčby lymské boreliózy, která může ohrozit každého z nás.
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (A8-0305/2017 - Evžen Tošenovský) CS
Sdružení evropských regulačních orgánů v oblasti elektronických komunikací je tvořeno radou regulačních orgánů složenou ze zástupců vnitrostátních regulačních orgánů zřízených v každém členském státě, a tudíž zaručuje příslušnou odbornost na základě zkušeností z vnitrostátních telekomunikačních trhů. Přestože se nám nepodařilo prosadit zamyšlené změny sdružení v plnohodnotnou instituci s výraznější rozhodovací závaznou pravomocí, nařízení i přesto představuje posun ve směru upevnění postavení sdružení, které vítám. Současně mám velkou radost z úspěchu, jehož dosáhl Evropský parlament a naše frakce Socialistů a Demokratů v oblasti telekomunikací, kdy se nám podařilo získat záštitu Rady EU pro snížení nákladů na telefonické hovory v rámci EU mezi členskými státy, čímž se zlepší postavení spotřebitelů, a snad též k podpoře konkurenčního prostředí mezi operátory, z něhož by opět mohli mít užitek občané členských států.
EU development assistance in the field of education (A8-0327/2018 - Vincent Peillon) CS
Podpořila jsem návrh usnesení Evropského parlamentu, díky němuž by se vzdělávání mělo dostat větší podpory, než je tomu nyní, neboť zajištění vzdělání bez omezení a rozdílu pro všechny je jedním z hlavních programových bodů sociálních demokratů v Evropském parlamentu. Navýšit by se tak měly prostředky zejména na rozvojovou pomoc ve vzdělávání v nejméně rozvinutých zemích a měl by být kladen větší důraz na kvalitu a dostupnost základního vzdělání, jehož podpora v posledních letech bohužel postupně klesala. Vzdělání je investicí do budoucnosti, kterou vytváříme již dnes, a měli bychom mu tedy věnovat pozornost, kterou si nepochybně zaslouží.
Promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (A8-0321/2018 - Andrzej Grzyb) CS
Cílem směrnice je podpořit alternativní paliva pro vozidla – například elektřinu, vodík anebo plyn. Vozidla využívající alternativní paliva by orgány veřejné správy měly podle tohoto návrhu poptávat již při zadávání veřejných zakázek. Považuji přitom za důležité, že podpora se nebude týkat pouze osobních automobilů, ale i autobusů městské hromadné dopravy, které přispějí k čistějšímu ovzduší v evropských městech.
Deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU: time to act! (A8-0297/2018 - Ismail Ertug) CS
Vzhledem k tomu, že zavádění infrastruktury pro alternativní paliva zaostává za původními plány, podporuji návrh zpravodaje na revizi stávající směrnice, která by měla odrážet skutečný rozvoj vozidel s alternativními palivy. Řidiči by tedy měli mít možnost dobít své auto nejen podél transevropské dopravní sítě, ale dobíjecí stanice by měly být dostupné rovnoměrně po celé Evropě.
Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (A8-0317/2018 - Frédérique Ries) CS
Nová pravidla, která tato směrnice přináší, by měla omezit používání plastových výrobků na jedno použití. Plastové příbory, kelímky nebo lahve použijeme jen na velmi krátkou dobu, ale poté se různým způsobem dostávají do přírody a do moří, kde způsobují značné znečištění. Cílem přitom není omezit spotřebitele, ale nabídnout mu alternativy, jako například opakované použití plastových lahví na vodu nebo systém zálohovatelných plastových lahví, a snížit závislost na jednorázových plastech.
Resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion and resources for the investment for growth and jobs goal (A8-0282/2018 - Iskra Mihaylova) CS
Podpořila jsem navýšení rozpočtových prostředků Iniciativy na podporu zaměstnanosti mladých lidí. Tato iniciativa je součástí programů záruk pro mladé lidi, což je od počátku jeden z hlavních programových bodů sociálních demokratů v Evropském parlamentu. Díky nim mohou členské státy přijímat opatření, aby mladí lidé do 25 let měli kvalitní nabídku zaměstnání, další vzdělávání, odbornou přípravu nebo stáž do čtyř měsíců od okamžiku, kdy dokončili školu nebo ztratili zaměstnání. Cílená podpora mladých lidí, a to nejen v těch částech Evropy, kde jsou problémy s nezaměstnaností mladých nejzávažnější, musí i nadále zůstat důležitou evropskou investicí v oblasti sociálního začleňování.
Public procurement strategy package (A8-0229/2018 - Carlos Coelho) CS
Podpořila jsem usnesení o balíčku v oblasti strategie pro zadávání veřejných zakázek, které navazuje na reformu pravidel zadávání veřejných zakázek přijatou v roce 2014 a podrobně se věnuje její implementaci a opatřením, která jsou nezbytná pro lepší provádění stávajících předpisů. Považuji za důležité, že se Evropský parlament opakovaně postavil na stranu férového a transparentního vynakládání peněz daňových poplatníků, které dostatečně bere v potaz také sociální kritéria, práva pracujících, environmentální kritéria a v neposlední řadě také potřeby těch, kteří zařízení, financovaná z veřejných prostředků, využívají. Klíčové pro mne je i s ohledem na probíhající jednání o Evropském aktu přístupnosti zdůraznění přizpůsobení pravidel zranitelným skupinám obyvatel, zejména osobám se zdravotním postižením a seniorům.
Health technology assessment (A8-0289/2018 - Soledad Cabezón Ruiz) CS
Zavedení společného klinického hodnocení zdravotnických technologií na úrovni EU podporuji převážně kvůli problémům, se kterými se dnes setkávají evropští občané při zdravotních obtížích – vysoké ceny léků, jejich nedostupnost či kvalita nových léčiv. Unijní hodnocení přispěje ke zvýšení konkurenceschopnosti evropského farmaceutického průmyslu a zajistí udržitelnost systému zdravotnictví, který bude jako svou prioritu vnímat především zájmy pacientů. Nelze dopustit, aby byla podceňována důležitost přístupu k léčivým přípravkům.
EU Agenda for Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (B8-0399/2018) CS
Řešení potřeb venkovských, horských a vzdálených oblastí je iniciativou, která reaguje na nutnost zajistit lepší podmínky pro jejich rozvoj. Mnozí občané mimo městské oblasti se cítí vynecháni, jelikož jejich potřeby nejsou dostatečně integrovány do unijní politiky. Proto souhlasím s návrhem usnesení, jenž v zájmu sociální, hospodářské a územní soudržnosti klade mimo jiné důraz na investice, které venkov pro svůj rozvoj rozhodně potřebuje.
Provision of audiovisual media services (A8-0192/2017 - Sabine Verheyen, Petra Kammerevert) CS
Jedním z důležitých cílů revize pravidel poskytování audiovizuálních mediálních služeb bylo pro sociální demokraty posílení práv osob se zdravotním postižením, které za stávajících podmínek bohužel nemají zaručen přístup k řadě audiovizuálních mediálních služeb. Vítám proto, že výsledkem legislativního procesu je jasná povinnost jednotlivých členských států, aby neprodleně začaly vytvářet opatření, kterými zajistí, aby služby poskytované poskytovateli mediálních služeb spadajícími do jejich pravomoci byly osobám se zdravotním postižením postupně stále více zpřístupňovány. Ačkoliv byly požadavky Evropského parlamentu v této oblasti značně ambicióznější, než je vyjednaný kompromis, nová pravidla mimo jiné zaručí, aby například informace o mimořádných událostech, včetně veřejných sdělení a oznámení v případě přírodních katastrof, jež jsou zpřístupněné veřejnosti prostřednictvím audiovizuálních mediálních služeb, byly poskytovány přístupnou formou. Za důležité také považuji, že výše zmíněná opatření budou přijímána nejen na základě konzultací s poskytovateli mediálních služeb, ale také ve spolupráci s organizacemi zastupujícími osoby se zdravotním postižením. Jedná se o další, byť dílčí příspěvek k tomu, aby se lidé se zdravotním postižením v EU mohli plnohodnotně zapojit do společnosti.
Structural and financial barriers in the access to culture (A8-0169/2018 - Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski) CS
Kultura a evropské kulturní bohatství nejsou jenom důležitou součástí naší historie, ale jsou důležité i v každodenním životě. Přístup ke kultuře je jedním ze základních práv zaručovaných v řadě právních dokumentů. Je proto důležité odstraňovat existující překážky – ať už se jedná o dostupnost kultury ve venkovských oblastech nebo například o přístupnost kultury pro osoby s postižením. Bohužel, konkrétně v oblasti týkající se osob s postižením zatím nemáme k dispozici dostatečná data ohledně přístupnosti kulturních institucí. Analýza, kterou tato zpráva poskytuje, je nicméně dobrým odrazovým můstkem. Další faktor, který je nutné mít na paměti, je ekonomická situace obyvatelstva. Proto je nutné zachovat širokou dostupnost kultury všem obyvatelům, nikoliv aby byla exkluzivní a pro mnohé ekonomicky nedostupná.
Cohesion policy and the circular economy (A8-0184/2018 - Davor Škrlec) CS
V dnešní době máme sice k dispozici téměř neomezené množství zboží a služeb, je ale třeba zamýšlet se také nad naším přístupem k jejich výrobě a spotřebě. Vítám proto tuto zprávu a skutečnost, že bylo toto hledisko zohledněno i v rámci politiky soudržnosti pro období 2021–2027. Zdokonalení nakládání s odpady či předcházení vzniku odpadů opětovným využíváním či recyklací jsou bezpochyby nejen správnými, ale i nutnými kroky vpřed. Nová koncepce oběhového hospodářství také může přinést nové pracovní příležitosti a zlepšit odolnost a konkurenceschopnost našich regionů. Motorem pro takovéto pozitivní změny jsou právě naše města a obce.
Common rules in the field of civil aviation and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (A8-0364/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) CS
V souvislosti s návrhem tohoto nařízení a rozvojem bezpilotních letadlových systémů, známých jako drony, je potřeba vytvořit pro ně také odpovídající právní rámec a začlenit je do právního rámce regulujícího evropský vzdušný prostor. Vzhledem k tomu, že tento prostor sdílejí s letadly, musí být naší prioritou, aby nedošlo k ohrožení bezpečnosti leteckého provozu. Podpořila jsem proto přijaté nařízení a doufám, že přispěje k udržení vysokých bezpečnostních standardů v oblasti letectví v Evropě.
Cohesion policy and thematic objective ‘promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures’ (A8-0136/2018 - Andrey Novakov) CS
Kvalitní infrastruktura je zcela nezbytnou podmínkou pro rozvoj každého členského státu, v rámci evropského dopravního prostoru je pak nezbytné odstraňování přeshraničních překážek v dopravní infrastruktuře, úzkých míst a chybějících dopravních spojení. V Evropské unii navíc stále přetrvávají značné rozdíly ve stavu dopravní infrastruktury. Souhlasím se zpravodajem, že je důležité, aby i v následujících letech bylo zachováno financování dopravní infrastruktury v rámci politiky soudržnosti. Vzhledem k tomu, že zpráva tyto důležité souvislosti popisuje, hlasovala jsem pro její přijetí.
Media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union (A8-0144/2018 - Barbara Spinelli) CS
Annual Report on Competition Policy (A8-0049/2018 - Ramon Tremosa i Balcells) CS
Výroční zprávu o politice v oblasti hospodářské soutěže jsem podpořila, protože vedle pravidelného shrnutí nejdůležitějších událostí za sledované období (rok 2016) stanovuje řadu důležitých aktuálních i dlouhodobých priorit v této oblasti. Vítám, že usnesení uznává, že nekalé obchodní praktiky v potravinovém řetězci jsou hluboce zakořeněný problém, který bez odkladu vyžaduje legislativní harmonizovaný právní rámec, který lépe ochrání producenty a zemědělce před nekalými praktikami a přispěje ke konsolidaci vnitřního trhu. Souhlasím, že pro ochranu spotřebitelů je důležité důslednější potírání zeměpisného blokování v rámci elektronického obchodování. Evropský komise by se měla také více zaměřit na praktiky, které narušují hospodářskou soutěž v leteckém průmyslu a oslabují právní předpisy na ochranu spotřebitele, stejně jako zabezpečit transparentnost a neutralitu letových informací.
Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (A8-0131/2018 - Helga Stevens) CS
Vzhledem k rostoucí komplexnosti hrozby terorismu, s níž je nutné bojovat a přijímat protiteroristická opatřená na národní i nadnárodní úrovni, považuji přijetí Úmluvy o prevenci terorismu za důležitý krok. Úmluva dává jednotnou definici trestných činů spojených s terorismem, ale zejména posiluje možnosti mezinárodní spolupráce v boji proti terorismu a vzájemné sdílení informací, které umožní teroristickým útokům lépe předcházet.
Packaging and packaging waste (A8-0029/2017 - Simona Bonafè) CS
Vzhledem k obrovskému objemu odpadů produkovaných po celém světě je nutné se zaměřit na ochranu životního prostředí a co možná největší recyklaci odpadů. Tento návrh jsem podpořila zejména kvůli tomu, že se snaží zamezit zbytečné tvorbě odpadních materiálů, stanovuje ambiciózní cíle pro podíl recyklovaných a zpětně využitých obalů a snaží se i motivovat členské státy k zodpovědnému přístupu k nakládání s odpady a podpoře recyklace.
Waste (A8-0034/2017 - Simona Bonafè) CS
Každý rok se pouze v Evropě vyhodí 600 milionů tun odpadu, který bychom ale ve velké části mohli dále využít. Za zvláště alarmující přitom považuji to, že značnou část vyhozeného odpadu tvoří potraviny – plýtvání potravinami v Evropě ročně dosahuje 180 kilogramů na hlavu. Je proto nutné dosáhnout udržitelné oběhové ekonomiky, jejíž návrh představila Evropská komise, efektivněji využívat dostupné zdroje a výrazně snížit produkci odpadů, proto jsem hlasovala pro tento návrh.
Gender equality in the media sector in the EU (A8-0031/2018 - Michaela Šojdrová) CS
K diskriminaci žen bohužel stále dochází ve všech odvětvích, a to i ve světě médií. Nejen že ženy musí neustále bojovat za rovné zacházení, ať už jde o platové podmínky nebo náplň práce, často jsou také předmětem sexuálního obtěžování či sexistického zobrazování v reklamách. Ženy ale musí mít ve všech oblastech života stejná práva jako muži a mediální svět v tomto ohledu není výjimkou, návrh jsem proto podpořila.
Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0138/2018 - Marc Joulaud) CS
Hlasovala jsem pro tento návrh, protože kohezní politiku považuji za klíčový nástroj evropského rozpočtu, který zajišťuje rozvoj regionů a snížení rozdílů mezi rozvinutými a chudými regiony Unie. Zpráva zároveň odpovídá prioritám sociální demokracie, kterými jsou vytváření pracovních míst, podpora zaměstnanosti, snižování rozdílů mezi bohatými a chudými regiony, posílení sociální i územní soudržnosti.
Europass: framework for skills and qualifications (A8-0244/2017 - Thomas Mann, Svetoslav Hristov Malinov) CS
Za deset let fungování Europassu bylo na této platformě vytvořeno více než sto milionů životopisů, které výrazně napomohly jejich autorům k prosazení se na trhu práce a uvědomění si vlastních kvalit. Ráda jsem proto podpořila jeho pokračování a modernizaci, aby více reflektoval rozvoj moderních technologií a měnící se požadavky uživatelů. Klíčové pro mé rozhodnutí bylo také zajištění ochrany dat uživatelů, dostupnost systému zdarma pro všechny, včetně uživatelů s postižením, stejně jako jeho uživatelská přívětivost a přehlednost.
Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) (A8-0369/2017 - Silvia Costa) CS
Rok 2018 byl vyhlášen Evropským rokem kulturního dědictví, mezi jehož cíle patří mimo jiné i podpora mladých umělců. Ráda jsem proto podpořila další existenci Orchestru mladých Evropské unie, který tvoří jedinečnou možnost pro talentované mladé umělce ze všech členských zemí Unie, aby společně cvičili a koncertovali po celém světě, a možnost jeho financování z programu Kreativní Evropa.
Location of the seat of the European Medicines Agency (A8-0063/2018 - Giovanni La Via) CS
I když by Evropská unie měla ctít ohledně umístění sídel svých agentur zeměpisné vyvážení, v případě přesunu Evropské agentury pro léčivé přípravky z Londýna k tomu bohužel promeškala příležitost. Mrzí mě, že již v prvním kole volby překvapivě vypadla Bratislava a nakonec se tedy rozhodovalo pouze mezi dvěma městy z tzv. starých členských států Unie. Rozhodnutí Rady tak bohužel vede jen k prohloubení zeměpisné nerovnováhy, kdy v nových členských státech sídlí pouze 9 ze 37 agentur EU. I vzhledem k tomu, že Evropský parlament nebyl v procesu výběru řádně konzultován a lze pochybovat o transparentnosti tohoto procesu, jsem zprávu nepodpořila.
Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (A8-0051/2018 - Alain Lamassoure) CS
Tento návrh je důležitým krokem v boji s daňovými úniky a agresivním daňovým plánováním velkých firem. Navrhovaná změna konečně zajistí, aby velké korporace platily daně férově a aby tyto zisky skutečně šly do rozpočtů zemí, ve kterých firmy podnikají. Jednotný evropský základ korporátních daní je zásadní pro vytvoření férového systému.
A European strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (A8-0036/2018 - István Ujhelyi) CS
Stejně jako jiná odvětví i doprava prochází postupnou digitalizací, s níž je spjat rozvoj spolupracujících inteligentních dopravních systémů. V blízké budoucnosti budou po evropských silnicích jezdit vedle sebe jak autonomní vozidla, tak i ta klasická. Toto přechodné období považuji za největší výzvu rozvoje těchto systémů. Po silnicích se navíc stále budou pohybovat i cyklisté a chodci, kteří nejsou součástí vývoje inteligentních dopravních systémů, přitom ale patří mezi nejzranitelnější účastníky silničního provozu. I když inteligentní automobily budou umět komunikovat mezi sebou i s dopravní infrastrukturou, měly by být také schopny například rozpoznat chodce a cyklisty v provozu a zabránit zbytečným nehodám. Ovšem měli bychom mít na paměti, že na žádný z těchto systémů se nemůžeme spoléhat na 100 % a řidič bude muset být vždy připraven reagovat.
Initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles and driving licences (A8-0321/2017 - Peter Lundgren) CS
Bezpečnost silničního provozu závisí nejen na stavu vozidel nebo dopravní infrastruktury, ale také na dovednosti řidičů. Jsem proto ráda, že tato směrnice zvyšuje standardy pro školení a dovednosti profesionálních řidičů, ať už přepravují zboží nebo osoby. Pravidelná školení řidičů, která umožní ověřovat jejich schopnosti bezpečné jízdy v mimořádných povětrnostních podmínkách, jsou velmi důležitá a jednoznačně přispějí k vyšší bezpečnosti na evropských silnicích.
Gender equality in EU trade agreements (A8-0023/2018 - Eleonora Forenza, Malin Björk) CS
Ženy na celém světě požadují rovné podmínky a stejná práva, jako mají muži, ve všech oblastech života, stranou tedy nemůžou zůstat ani obchodní dohody. V některých odvětvích, jako je například vzdělávání, zdravotnictví nebo sociální práce, představují ženy naprostou většinu pracovní síly, a jsou tak nejvíce zasaženy důsledky obchodních dohod, které se těchto veřejných sektorů týkají. Je proto důležité, aby byly otázky rovnosti pohlaví zohledňovány ve všech politikách, obchodní dohody nevyjímaje, aby jejich nerovnoměrné dopady na ženy a na muže nezůstaly opomenuty.
Lagging regions in the EU (A8-0046/2018 - Michela Giuffrida) CS
Nejchudší regiony v Evropě se musí potýkat s vysokou nezaměstnaností, špatnou dostupností, odchodem mladých lidí i se snižováním investic, což jenom zhoršuje jejich situaci. Ke zvýšení jejich ekonomického růstu a snížení rozdílů mezi jednotlivými regiony EU je třeba vytvořit konkrétní, na míru ušité strategie, které budou reagovat na konkrétní problémy a potřeby každého regionu. Ráda jsem proto podpořila tuto zprávu, která vytvoření těchto konkrétních plánů požaduje.
Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector (A8-0014/2018 - Norbert Erdős) CS
Včelařství je důležitou součástí evropského zemědělství, která zajišťuje tisícům Evropanů hlavní či vedlejší příjem. Kromě toho jsou včely hlavním stavebním kamenem celého ekosystému a velmi podstatný je i zdravotní význam samotného medu. Šířící se nemoci nicméně evropskou populaci včel vážně ohrožují a med dovážený ze třetích zemí nedosahuje potřebné kvality. Proto jsem podpořila tuto zprávu, která cílí na ochranu jak populace včel před škodlivými látkami, tak evropského včelařství, produkce medu i koncového spotřebitele.
EU priorities for the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (A8-0022/2018 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ángela Vallina) CS
Ženy, které žijí ve venkovských oblastech, často nemají přístup na pracovní trh, ať už kvůli vzdálenosti nebo kvůli tomu, že se starají o své blízké. To ale ovlivňuje nejen jejich aktuální příjmy, ale i výši jejich důchodů, a přispívá k jejich ohrožení chudobou. Podporuji proto doporučení Evropského parlamentu, aby jednotlivé vlády přijaly opatření bojující proti nerovnosti mužů a žen, zejména programy, které by ženám a jejich rodinám zajišťovaly přístup ke všeobecným systémům sociálního zabezpečení.
Composition of the European Parliament (A8-0007/2018 - Danuta Maria Hübner, Pedro Silva Pereira) CS
Revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (A8-0006/2018 - Esteban González Pons) CS
Revidovaná rámcová dohoda představuje důležitý krok pro posílení polické dimenze Evropské komise. Posílení principu Spitzenkandidat dodává předsedovi Komise legitimitu, jelikož lidé v evropských volbách mají možnost od počátku poznat kandidáty jednotlivých stran. Jedná se tedy i o zvýšení transparentnosti celého procesu volby předsedy Evropské komise, zpřístupnění voleb obyvatelům Evropské unie a posílení zastupitelské demokracie v Evropě. Proto jsem tuto zprávu podpořila.
Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction (A8-0388/2017 - Tadeusz Zwiefka) CS
Implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative in the Member States (A8-0406/2017 - Romana Tomc) CS
Pro budoucnost všech členských států je důležité, aby měli mladí lidé možnost se co nejdříve zapojit do pracovního procesu a společnost tak mohla naplno využít jejich potenciálu. Proto je klíčové, aby měli dostatek příležitostí a přístupu k pracovním možnostem i mladí lidé v regionech postižených vysokou nezaměstnaností. Iniciativu na podporu zaměstnanosti vnímám nejen jako nástroj pro rozvoj potenciálu mladých lidí, ale i k zajištění adekvátních pracovních podmínek a odměn, a proto jsem ji podpořila.
Implementation of EU macro-regional strategies (A8-0389/2017 - Andrea Cozzolino) CS
Zprávu jsem podpořila, protože se týká i České republiky. Ta spadá do jedné z makroregionálních strategií, tzv. Dunajské strategie, a může se aktivně zapojit do spolupráce s ostatními zeměmi v regionu, například v oblasti dopravy, energetiky či ochrany životního prostředí. Jde o dobrou platformu pro regionální spolupráci, až její samotné provádění a jeho výsledky však ukáží, nakolik je tato forma spolupráce efektivní.
Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth (A8-0340/2017 - Javi López) CS
Politika úsporných opatření coby reakce na ekonomickou krizi zvýšila nerovnost, chudobu i pracující chudobu v jednotlivých členských státech Evropské unie a současně vedla k poklesu sociální spravedlnosti. Musíme se proto zaměřit na odstraňování nerovnosti napříč Evropskou unií a jednotlivými členskými státy, což je možné jednak díky provádění politiky soudržnosti a investiční politiky, jednak díky koordinacisociálních politik. Tyto nástroje je třeba využít zejména v boji proti chudobě asociálnímu vyloučení a dále také v otázce zlepšování životních a pracovníchpodmínek a posilování odborových svazů a práv pracovníků. Vzhledem k tomu,že vysoká míra nezaměstnanosti je jednou z hlavních příčin nárůstu nerovnosti,musí dále dojít k posílení politik zaměstnanosti Unie, a to se zvláštním zřetelemna mladé lidi a dlouhodobě nezaměstnané. Předkládaná zpráva všechny tyto potřebné a důležité kroky navrhuje, a proto má mou plnou podporu.
Action plan on retail financial services (A8-0326/2017 - Olle Ludvigsson) CS
Zpráva o akčním plánu v oblasti retailových finančních služeb navazuje na předchozí usnesení Evropského parlamentu a mj. poukazuje na oblasti, které Komise ignorovala ve svém akčním plánu, ale sociální demokraté je považují za nedílnou součást debaty o dalším rozvoji finančních retailových služeb. Jedná se zejména o aspekty ochrany spotřebitele, jako jsou poplatky ukládané spotřebitelům při výběru z bankomatů v zahraničí, nedostatečná transparentnost maloobchodních finančních služeb nebo praktiky geoblokování, jejichž cílem je znesnadnit spotřebiteli snadno změnit poskytovatele služeb. Důležitou součástí zprávy je také výzva k posílení finančního začlenění, což je jeden ze základních předpokladů pro dosažení skutečně dostupných a nediskriminačních finančních služeb pro evropské občany. Sociálnědemokratickému zpravodaji se povedlo tyto nedostatky, které dosud bohužel zůstávají ze strany Komise bez odpovídající odezvy, věcně popsat, zdůraznit důležitost jejich řešení, a proto jsem zprávu podpořila.
Draft general budget of the European Union for 2018 - all sections CS
Podpořila jsem návrh souhrnného rozpočtu Evropské unie na rozpočtový rok 2018, kterým si Evropský parlament připravil pozici k závěrečnému vyjednávání o podobě unijního rozpočtu na příští rok s členskými státy. Jsem ráda, že plénum podpořilo můj požadavek z Výboru pro vnitřní trh a ochranu spotřebitelů na vyhrazení finančních prostředků určených reprezentativnímu výzkumu v otázce dvojí kvality výrobků v rámci celého vnitřního trhu. Poznatky z tohoto tzv. pilotního projektu by měly být využity k přijmutí opatření v boji proti rozdílné kvalitě výrobků, které se přitom v různých zemích EU prodávají pod stejnou značkou, obalem i reklamou. Pilotní projekt cílí nejen potraviny, ale například také na drogistické zboží, což je oblast, kde zatím neexistuje dostatek potřebných informací k posouzení závažnosti problematiky dvojí kvality.
Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens (A8-0064/2017 - Marita Ulvskog) CS
Rakovina je druhou nejčastější příčinou úmrtí v Evropě a ročně jí podlehne 100 tisíc lidí v důsledku vystavení toxickým látkám na pracovišti. Zároveň jsou dva až tři miliony lidí denně vystaveny působení škodlivých látek, které mají negativní vliv na schopnost reprodukce. Jednotná legislativa na úrovni EU, která by měla za cíl snížit riziko neplodnosti u těchto pracovníků, zatím neexistuje. Návrh sociálnědemokratické zpravodajky výrazně posiluje původní návrh Komise a žádá o zařazení těchto tzv. reprotoxických látek do působnosti směrnice stejně jako o podrobnou epidemiologickou analýzu působení těchto látek na pracovníky. Dále stanovuje striktnější limity pro tři z vysoce škodlivých látek, přičemž vychází z osvědčených postupů jednotlivých členských států a výzkumů specializovaných vědeckých výborů a agentur. Návrh zohledňuje práva zaměstnavatelů a poskytuje jim férové podmínky při jeho uvádění do praxe. Navrhovaná opatření již fungují v některých členských státech, proto jsem zprávu podpořila, aby pravidla mohla být aplikována i na unijní úrovni.
Control of spending and monitoring of EU Youth Guarantee schemes cost-effectiveness (A8-0296/2017 - Derek Vaughan) CS
Přestože se do programu od jeho počátku zapojilo více než 16 milionů mladých lidí, téměř čtyři miliony mladých do 25 let věku v EU zůstávají stále bez práce. Program záruky pro mladé a boj s nezaměstnaností mladých lidí je několik let jedním z prioritních politických témat, ke kterému ale bohužel chybí kvalitní data o průběhu a dosažených výsledcích. Lepší statistická data nebo údaje o efektivitě a nákladech implementace od členských států pomohou lépe přizpůsobit celý systém a efektivněji jej financovat. K tomu, abychom mohli mluvit o plnění cílů, je nezbytné mít tyto cíle jasně definovány. Pokud chceme v rámci programu mladým nezaměstnaným lidem poskytovat „kvalitní nabídku zaměstnání“, měli bychom sladit terminologii a mít jasnou představu, co se pod tímto pojmem rozumí. Zvýšení věkové hranice rozšíří okruh kandidátů a pole působnosti celého programu a je podle mne dobrým krokem kupředu. Zpráva má mou plnou podporu.
CE marked fertilising products (A8-0270/2017 - Mihai Ţurcanu) CS
Cílem navrhovaného nařízení, jehož výslednou podobu jsem podpořila, je zlepšit fungování vnitřního trhu s hnojivy a zároveň v souladu s celým balíčkem k oběhovému hospodářství zajistit, aby certifikovaná hnojiva splňovala požadavky na ochranu zdraví lidí, zvířat a rostlin. Výsledný text uznává klíčovou roli hnojiv pro zemědělství, ale bere také v potaz rizikovost jejich užívání a možné negativní dopady na životní prostředí a bezpečnost potravin, zvláště kdy kontaminanty jsou přítomny v hnojivých produktech. Za zásadní přínos nařízení proto považuji, že v zájmu ochrany veřejných zájmů stanoví mezní hodnoty obsahu těžkých kovů a dalších kontaminujících látek v hnojivých výrobcích.
Minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty (A8-0292/2017 - Laura Agea) CS
I když je mnoho způsobů, jak měřit chudobu a sociální vyloučení, prostá statistická data nám neřeknou nic o tom, v jakých podmínkách žijí konkrétní lidé. Ekonomika státu může bohatnout a zlepšovat indikátory, i když občané chudnou. Nejen, že v chudobě a sociálním vyloučení žijí nejvíce ohrožené skupiny, jako jsou lidé s postižením nebo matky samoživitelky, za naprosto alarmující považuji, že se to v Evropské unii týká i každého desátého pracujícího. Efektivní schémata minimálního příjmu jsou možnou cestou, kterou by se mohly vydat členské státy. Nesmíme ale zapomenout ani na to, že nejúčinnějším způsobem, jak bojovat s chudobou a sociálním vyloučením, jsou především důstojné mzdy v zaměstnání.
Automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in the Czech Republic (A8-0288/2017 - Maria Grapini) CS
Evropský parlament dnes formálně potvrdil umožnění automatizované výměny údajů o registraci vozidel v České republice.Česká republika díky tomu bude moci vyhledávat v registru vozidel v jiném členské statě EU. Pro potřeby ostatních států bude naopak poskytovat možnost automatizovaně vyhledávat osobní údaje z registru silničních vozidel. V případě trestných činů, které spadají do působnosti soudu nebo státního zastupitelství v jiném členském státě EU, bude umožněno vyhledávat například informace o vlastnících nebo provozovatelích českých vozidel. Vyhledávání přitom musí probíhat s ohledem na ustanovení o ochraně osobních údajů. Toto opatření by mělo pomoci zejména v boji proti přeshraniční trestné činnosti nebo terorismu.
Safety rules and standards for passenger ships (A8-0167/2017 - Daniela Aiuto) CS
Podporuji návrh zpravodajky, která považuje za nejdůležitější zajištění bezpečné přepravy cestujících a posádky na palubách osobních lodí. Za velmi důležité považuji, že schválený návrh směrnice také obsahuje ustanovení o tom, že vysoká míra bezpečnosti cestujících je nejen fyzický stav plavidla, ale také odborná příprava posádek. Ta totiž má zásadní úlohu v případě neočekávaných situacích, které ohrožují bezpečnost cestujících na palubách osobních lodí, proto jsem se rozhodla návrh směrnice podpořit.
Registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States (A8-0168/2017 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica) CS
Návrh směrnice jsem podpořila, protože sjednocení požadavků na registraci cestujících výrazně usnadňuje pátrací a záchranné akce v případě nouze. Podporuji také zpravodajku při posílení ochrany osobních údajů o cestujících. Registrační údaje budou využívány pouze účely stanovené touto směrnicí, jinak budou zničeny.
System of inspections for the safe operation of ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft in regular service (A8-0165/2017 - Dominique Riquet) CS
Předložený návrh směrnice si klade za cíl zjednodušení týkající se inspekce lodí typu ro-ro a vysokorychlostních osobních plavidel a odstranění právního vakua, protože se překrývá se směrnicí 2009/16/ES o státní přístavní inspekci. Proto souhlasím s návrhem a rozhodla jsem se předložený návrh podpořit, aby bylo pokryto právní vakuum tím, že se stanoví inspekce lodí v intervalu šesti měsíců, aniž by došlo k narušení zjednodušení směrnice a při zachování vysoké úrovně bezpečnosti.
Ending child marriage (B8-0535/2017) CS
Každá třetí dívka žijící v rozvojové zemi se vdá před dovršením osmnáctého roku, každá devátá před dosažením patnácti let. Mnoho z nich je posléze vystaveno riziku násilí a zdravotních komplikací při brzkém otěhotnění. Většina nezletilých matek také ztratí přístup k formálnímu vzdělávání a jakýmkoliv podpůrným prostředkům. Vítám proto zprávu navrhující řešení těchto problémů, včetně iniciativy EU v oblasti financování humanitárních organizací, které dotčeným dívkám a ženám poskytují potřebnou pomoc.
Women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU (A8-0271/2017 - Anna Hedh) CS
V dnešní Evropě bohužel stále čelíme situaci, kdy ženy za odvedenou práci na stejné pozici dostávají méně peněz než muži. O více než polovinu jsou potom nižší i jejich penze. Přestože 60 procent vysoce kvalifikovaných občanů EU jsou právě ženy, jejich zastoupení na manažerských a vyšších pozicích tomuto poměru neodpovídá. Všichni by měli mít stejné právo na pracovní život, ale mnohé ženy si kvůli souběžné péči o děti či domácnost mohou dovolit pracovat jen na částečný nebo zkrácený úvazek. Měli bychom usilovat o férovější rozdělení těchto odpovědností a dát oběma pohlavím šanci plnohodnotně se realizovat v obou sférách – jak v osobní, tak pracovní. Zpráva navrhuje opatření v této oblasti a vyzývá členské státy k jejich přijetí, proto jsem ji podpořila.
The fight against cybercrime (A8-0272/2017 - Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi) CS
Internet je úložištěm nepřeberného množství osobních informací. Neustále tak roste rozsah a závažnost dopadu internetových útoků. Pro hackery se stávají novými cíli i telefony, auta, televizory nebo zdravotnické přístroje. Každý druhý uživatel internetu se navíc obává, že se stane obětí jejich zneužití. Na jejich ochranu by proto měly být vynaloženy stejně účinné prostředky, jako je tomu ve „fyzickém světě“. Podporuji proto požadavek na navýšení veřejných a soukromých investic do kybernetické bezpečnosti a vzdělávání, posílení přeshraniční policejní i justiční spolupráce.
The future of the Erasmus+ programme (B8-0495/2017) CS
Za třicet let fungování programu Erasmus+ získaly miliony účastníků možnost vyzkoušet si vzdělání nebo praxi v zahraničí. Získaly tak nejenom jedinečné zkušenosti, ale mimo jiné i dvojnásobnou šanci na nalezení zaměstnání v porovnání se svými vrstevníky. Výhody vyplývající z účasti v programu by však neměli získávat jenom ti, kdo si mohou dovolit odjet do zahraničí a ztratit tak například brigádu, kterou mají doma. Zkušenost se vzděláním nebo učňovskou praxí v zahraničí by měla být přístupná všem bez rozdílů, včetně studentů se zdravotním postižením. Finanční podpora studentů by tedy měla odrážet reálné životní náklady v každé zemi. Plně proto podporuji požadavek této zprávy, aby Komise navýšila financování programu Erasmus+ a pravidelně rozpočet hodnotila.
Promotion of internet connectivity in local communities (A8-0181/2017 - Carlos Zorrinho) CS
Zavedení přístupových bodů na místech veřejného života je nedílnou součástí procesu digitalizace Evropy. Jednotný a spolehlivý systém přijímání a vyřizování zakázek je u takto obsáhlého projektu nezbytný. Zároveň je třeba Evropu internetem pokrýt rovnoměrně a internet zpřístupnit i lidem v odlehlých oblastech, kteří adekvátní připojení zatím nemají. Například nezaměstnaní nebo starší občané tak budou mít příležitost se dále vzdělávat a využívat elektronické služby. Přístup k internetu navíc v dnešní době představuje obrovskou výhodu pro nezaměstnané, kteří hledají uplatnění na trhu práce. Zpráva představuje důležitý krok k usnadnění životů mnoha Evropanů a má mou plnou podporu.
European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) and establishing the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund (A8-0170/2017 - Eduard Kukan, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) CS
Aby bylo možné implementovat cíle udržitelného rozvoje, posílit technickou pomoc ve třetích zemích nebo uplatňovat přijaté globální strategie zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky Evropské unie i další programy, je nutné zajistit pro ně dostatečné financování. Vítám proto návrh Komise na zřízení nového Evropského fondu pro udržitelný rozvoj (EFSD) a zprávu jsem podpořila.
Cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled (A8-0102/2017 - Max Andersson) CS
Návrh obou směrnic EU a Rady týkající se dostupnosti knih a jiných materiálů pro zrakově postižené je velmi důležitý, jelikož navzdory digitálním technologiím mají zrakově postižení přístup k jen zhruba 20 % tištěných materiálů, jako jsou knihy, noviny, odborná periodika a jiné písemnosti. Cílem těchto směrnic tak je podpořit a zjednodušit přístup ke znalostem a kultuře osobám se zrakovým postižením. Proto jsem hlasovala pro jejich přijetí.
Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (A8-0230/2017 - Ingeborg Gräßle, Juan Fernando López Aguilar) CS
Přijetí směrnice je prvním krokem k harmonizaci trestního práva v Evropě v případech, kdy jsou spáchány trestné činy poškozující rozpočet EU. Doufám, že současný text směrnice vyjednaný se členskými státy skutečně umožní efektivnější boj proti podvodům na unijní úrovni. Hlasovala jsem pro schválení vyjednaného textu.
HIV, TB and HCV epidemics in Europe on the rise (B8-0436/2017) CS
V posledních letech jsme bohužel svědky rozšíření epidemie tuberkulózy, hepatitidy C i nárůstu počtu nově diagnostikovaných nákaz virem HIV. Zároveň stoupá rezistence na antimikrobiální léky, a stává se tak jedním z nejzávažnějších problémů při léčbě infekcí a onemocnění, včetně tuberkulózy. K účinnému boji s těmito epidemiemi je proto bezpodmínečně nutné spolupracovat na mezinárodní úrovni a vypracovat rámec pro komplexní politiku EU. Návrh na vypracování takového rámce, k němuž už ovšem Evropský parlament vyzýval v roce 2015, jsem podpořila.
Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations (A8-0220/2017 - Elmar Brok, Silvia Costa) CS
Kulturní diplomacie je v zahraničních vztazích podceňovanou oblastí a přitom je to právě ona, která je nejblíže široké veřejnosti, zprostředkovává první kontakt s jinými kulturami a zeměmi a napomáhá vzájemnému poznání a porozumění. Je proto důležité, aby byla podporována také kulturní spolupráce mezi EU a jejími partnerskými zeměmi a aby oblast kultury nebyla v rámci vnějších vztahů EU opomíjena. Proto jsem hlasovala pro zprávu, která se vytvořením strategie EU pro mezinárodní kulturní vztahy podrobně zabývá.
Limitation periods for traffic accidents (A8-0206/2017 - Pavel Svoboda) CS
Právní předpisy pro promlčecí lhůty u přeshraničních sporů, které se také týkají dopravních nehod, nejsou doposud harmonizovány. V případě, že se vám stane dopravní nehoda v jiném státě, než kde bydlíte, sice máte nárok dožadovat se náhrady škody ve své vlastní zemi, promlčecí lhůty se však v jednotlivých členských státech liší. Výsledkem může být to, že můžete přijít o právo podat žádost o náhradu škody. Rozhodla jsem se proto podpořit návrh zpravodaje, který ve své zprávě vyzývá k vytvoření harmonizovaných pravidel pro promlčecí lhůty na evropské úrovni. Tato pravidla zjednoduší žádosti o náhradu škody ze zahraničí a měla by tak přispět k úsporám nákladů na právní výlohy a prodlení.
Working conditions and precarious employment (A8-0224/2017 - Neoklis Sylikiotis) CS
Nejisté pracovní podmínky, řetězení smluv na dobu určitou nebo zaměstnávání pouze na DPP nebo DPČ místo hlavního pracovního poměru jsou v poslední době bohužel čím dál rozšířenější. Stále více pracovníků je často nedobrovolně zaměstnáváno na částečný úvazek nebo je zaměstnavatel nutí k falešné samostatné výdělečné činnosti. Tyto nejisté formy práce však neposkytují důstojné životní podmínky ani plná pracovní práva, mají navíc i mnoho dalších negativních dopadů. Pracovníci tak například často nemohou dosáhnout na hypotéku, nemají dostatečné sociální zabezpečení a mohou získat pouze minimální podporu při mateřské dovolené nebo v důchodu. I když tedy pracují na „plný úvazek“, jsou častěji ohroženi chudobou. Souhlasím proto se zpravodajem, že Komise a členské státy by měly zajistit účinnou ochranu všech pracovníků, včetně těch, kteří jsou vystaveni rizikům nejisté a nespolehlivé práce.
European agenda for the collaborative economy (A8-0195/2017 - Nicola Danti) CS
Usnesení o evropském programu pro ekonomiku sdílení vypracované sociálnědemokratickým zpravodajem Nicolou Dantim jsem podpořila, protože představuje z pohledu Evropského parlamentu první krok směrem ke komplexní a vyvážené strategii EU v oblasti ekonomiky sdílení. Zodpovědný rozvoj sdílené ekonomiky může občanům a spotřebitelům přinést řadu výhod, např. širší nabídku služeb v rámci zvýšené konkurence nebo služby přizpůsobené na míru. Usnesení ale zároveň otevřena uznává, že ekonomika sdílení může mít významný dopad na dlouho zavedené a regulované modely podnikání v mnoha strategických odvětvích, jako je doprava, ubytování nebo finanční služby. V současné době zároveň podnikatelé, spotřebitelé, ale ani příslušné dozorové orgány často nemají jasno, jak v některých oblastech uplatňovat stávající právní předpisy. Je proto nezbytné zabývat se šedými zónami v oblasti regulace, zajistit vysokou úroveň ochrany spotřebitelů či zamezit vyhýbání se daňovým předpisům. Sama jsem ve Výboru pro vnitřní trh a ochranu spotřebitelů podala řadu pozměňovacích návrhů k otázkám ochrany spotřebitele a jsem ráda, že na plénu dostaly podporu i od dalších kolegů. Podpořila jsem také dodatečné pozměňovací návrhy Výboru pro zaměstnanost a sociální věci, které se věnují řadě důležitých sociálních otázek ve vztahu ke sdílené ekonomice, včetně ochrany pracovníků, sociálního zabezpečení či výzvy k užšímu zapojení sociálních partnerů.
Online platforms and the Digital Single Market (A8-0204/2017 - Henna Virkkunen, Philippe Juvin) CS
Usnesení o on-line platformách na jednotném digitálním trhu nastiňuje v reakci na příslušné sdělení Komise důležitost role on-line platforem v rámci rozvoje digitální ekonomiky a digitalizace evropské společnosti. Podobně jako usnesení o sdílené ekonomice připomíná, že se mnoho politik EU vztahuje i na on-line platformy, ale v současné době v některých případech nejsou právní předpisy řádně vymáhány nebo jsou v členských státech vykládány různým způsobem. Dokument se dále komplexně věnuje důležitým otázkám vyjasnění odpovědnosti zprostředkovatelů a informování a posilování postavení spotřebitelů. Za klíčové v oblasti ochrany spotřebitelů považuji zajištění vysoké míry poskytování jasných a transparentních informací, a to např. u uživatelských hodnocení platforem (s ohledem na problematiku falešných recenzí) nebo různých vyhledávačů informací. Z uvedených důvodů jsem zprávu, kterou společně vypracovávaly výbory IMCO a ITRE, podpořila.
Participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (A8-0112/2017 - Sofia Sakorafa) CS
Partnerství pro výzkum a inovace v oblasti Středomoří v sobě spojuje několik důležitých oblastí – nejde jen o podporu výzkumu a inovací, ale i o další projekty v různých sektorech, například zaměřené na ochranu životního prostředí, podporu udržitelného hospodaření s vodními a potravinovými zdroji a mnohé další. Nejde o témata, která by byla úzce specifická pouze pro středomořský region, důležitým prvkem je také rozvoj konkrétní regionální spolupráce mezi zeměmi v oblasti, ke které, věřím, program PRIMA rovněž přispěje.
European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 (A8-0061/2017 - Santiago Fisas Ayxelà) CS
Evropská hlavní města kultury ukazují každý rok bohatost a rozmanitost kultur v Evropě. Kulturní bohatství je přitom nejen důležitou součástí naší historie, ale váže na sebe i další odvětví a mnoho pracovních míst. Jsem ráda, že je na něj nyní zaměřeno několik iniciativ – rok 2018 bude Evropským rokem kulturního dědictví, a podporuji i rozhodnutí, že projekt Evropských hlavních měst kultury bude pokračovat alespoň do roku 2033. Neměli bychom přitom zapomínat, že evropská kultura není ohraničena jenom vnější hranicí Unie. Považuji proto za velmi důležité, že na titul Evropského hlavního města kultury nyní budou moci dosáhnout i evropská města mimo Unii.
Digitising European industry (A8-0183/2017 - Reinhard Bütikofer) CS
Usnesení ohledně digitalizace průmyslu se zaměřuje na příležitosti a výzvy, které průmysl v EU v souvislosti s rostoucí digitalizací musí brát v potaz. Pojmenovává řadu pozitivních účinků digitalizace průmyslu, které jsou spojeny s rozvojem moderních technologií, a zdůrazňuje, že EU jako celek potřebuje společný strategický přístup, protože průmysl hraje v evropském hospodářství klíčovou úlohu. S rostoucí digitalizací jsou ale také spojeny některé legitimní obavy, a proto jsem podpořila ustanovení, která zdůrazňují, že např. nové formy práce nesmí být používány k obcházení stávajících pracovních předpisů v oblasti ochrany pracovníků a také práv spotřebitelů. Požadovali jsme také po Komisi, aby vývoj v oblasti digitalizace pečlivě sledovala a mj. zahájila a průběžně vedla řádný dialog se sociálními partnery. K této výzvě se bohužel pravicové frakce v EP nepřidaly, přesto věřím, že ji Komise nebude ignorovat.
The new European Consensus on Development - our world, our dignity, our future (B8-0387/2017, B8-0390/2017) CS
Jsem velmi ráda, že nový Evropský konsensus o rozvoji vychází ze sedmnácti cílů udržitelného rozvoje OSN, v nichž se všechny státy světa zavázaly k vymýcení chudoby ve všech jejích formách. Chudoba přitom ohrožuje zejména lidi s postižením. I když tedy vítám, že bylo toto usnesení přijato, a doufám, že nový Evropský konsensus o rozvoji pomůže k dosažení cílů udržitelného rozvoje, nesmíme při jeho naplňování opomínat 800 milionů osob s postižením, které žijí v rozvojových zemích.
The right funding mix for Europe’s regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy (A8-0139/2017 - Andrey Novakov) CS
Granty z rozpočtu EU jsou podpůrným prostředkem pro takové oblasti, jako je vzdělávání, sociální záležitosti nebo pomoc pro uchazeče o zaměstnání, avšak větší projekty s jasně definovanými podmínkami a okolnostmi by měly být zaštítěny finančními nástroji, jako jsou úvěry, půjčky, záruky a jinými nástroji nesoucími riziko. Je proto důležité, abychom zajistili spravedlivé a udržitelné investiční nástroje pro zaměstnanost a růst i v nadcházejícím finančním období po roce 2020.
Cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market (A8-0378/2016 - Jean-Marie Cavada) CS
Nařízení o přenositelnosti by mělo usnadnit přístup k online předplaceným službám všem, kdo je využívají a cestují přitom po Evropské unii. Uživatel, zejména tedy divák, který má předplacené filmy nebo programy pro on-line zhlédnutí, se na ně dnes často nemůže v zahraničí podívat, protože je jeho placený obsah územně blokován. I když je nařízení malým krokem k lepšímu přístupu na digitální vnitřní trh, pro mnoho diváků bude znamenat významné zlepšení jejich situace.
European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (B8-0298/2017) CS
Evropské vzdělávací systémy se mezi sebou značně liší a je velmi těžké porovnávat absolventy jednotlivých typů škol. Aby však mohli uchazeči o práci v zahraničí lépe nabízet své schopnosti a potenciální zaměstnavatelé zároveň věděli, co od nich mohou očekávat, je potřeba zavést společný evropský rámec kvalifikací. Není přitom až tak důležité, jaké školy člověk absolvuje, ale zejména to, co doopravdy umí. Členské státy by proto měly do tohoto rámce zahrnout i neformální vzdělávání a systémy celoživotního učení, které mohou přinést nové možnosti uplatnění zvláště pro osoby s postižením nebo pro starší osoby.
EU eGovernment action plan 2016-2020 (A8-0178/2017 - Sabine Verheyen) CS
Usnesení k akčním plánu EU pro „eGovernment“ na období 2016–2020, které připravoval Výbor pro vnitřní trh a ochranu spotřebitelů, jehož jsem členkou, jsem podpořila. Usnesení komplexně shrnuje inciativy, na které je potřeba se v oblasti digitalizace veřejných služeb zaměřit, aby občané těmto službám důvěřovali a měli v nich jednoduchý a časově nenáročný nástroj pro komunikaci s veřejnou správou. Za zásadní považuji, že usnesení nezapomíná ani na otázky přístupnosti, a zdůrazňuje, že online prostředí musí být maximálně inkluzivní. Ve společnosti stále existuje velké množství lidí, kteří z různých důvodů nemohou nebo nechtějí služby eGovernmentu využívat, a tito lidé nesmějí být jakýmkoliv způsobem diskriminováni. Vítám také, že Česká republika v oblasti digitálních veřejných služeb za poslední rok pokročila jak v oblasti nabídky služeb elektronické veřejné správy, tak i poptávky po nich, ale stále je v této oblasti před námi mnoho úkolů. Toto usnesení má mimo jiné napomoci při jejich plnění.
Resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety (A8-0175/2017 - Biljana Borzan) CS
Každý obyvatel EU průměrně vyhodí 173 kilogramů potravin ročně, přičemž v domácnostech se podle odhadu vyplýtvá více než polovina všech potravin. K plýtvání dochází rovněž v různých fázích potravinářského řetězce, například i tím, když potraviny nevyhovují estetickým požadavkům obchodních řetězců. Zpráva kolegyně Borzanové se zamýšlí nad příčinami a možnostmi jejich řešení, včetně legislativních. Existuje řada různých opatření, která by mohla plýtvání omezit. Usnadnění darování potravin, ale například i osvěta spotřebitelů o skutečném významu údajů „minimální trvanlivost do“ a „spotřebujte do“. Plýtvání potravinami je ekonomický i etický problém, který není možné přehlížet.
European Year of Cultural Heritage (A8-0340/2016 - Mircea Diaconu) CS
Evropské kulturní bohatství není jen důležitou součástí naší historie, je spojeno s vnímáním našich kořenů i vzájemným poznáním. Váže na sebe i další odvětví a vytváří pracovní místa. Vyhlášení Evropského roku kulturního dědictví pro rok 2018 tak bude příležitostí k upření pozornosti nejen na různé aspekty jeho ochrany a podpory, ale i na roli, kterou v naší společnosti hraje, jak ovlivňuje náš každodenní život. Je to bohatství, kterého si nejsme, bohužel, vždy plně vědomi. Dohodu na vyhlášení roku 2018 Evropským rokem kulturního dědictví proto plně podporuji.
EU flagship initiative on the garment sector (A8-0080/2017 - Lola Sánchez Caldentey) CS
Od tragického zřícení budovy Rana Plaza v Bangladéši uplynuly již čtyři roky. Stále více evropských spotřebitelů se od té doby naštěstí zajímá, v jakých podmínkách jejich oblečení vzniká, oděvní průmysl však přesto dosud patří k odvětvím, v nichž existuje nejvyšší riziko porušování lidských práv a lidské důstojnosti. Výsledky výzkumů bohužel stále ukazují, že velké firmy se pracovními podmínkami ve svých dodavatelských řetězcích příliš nezabývají a že dělníci a dělnice pracují mnohdy v otrockých podmínkách. Tuto skutečnost ale nemůžeme v jednadvacátém století akceptovat. Je proto potřeba soustavně se zasazovat za důstojnou mzdu, důstojné pracovní podmínky i za posílení odborů, které by mohly nezávisle hájit práva pracujících přímo na místě. Podporuji proto výzvu Komisi, aby předložila patřičnou legislativu a závazné iniciativy k rozšíření sociální odpovědnosti podniků. Odpovědnost však musí přijmout nejen firmy a členové dodavatelského řetězce, ale i každý z nás.
Wholesale roaming markets (A8-0372/2016 - Miapetra Kumpula-Natri) CS
I když je účtování různých roamingových příplatků v rozporu s myšlenkou vnitřního trhu, debaty o jeho zrušení trvaly řadu let. Jsem proto velmi ráda, že od 15. června se evropští občané konečně nebudou muset bát, že je po návratu z dovolené bude čekat nepříjemné překvapení na účtu za telefon. Strop pro velkoobchodní ceny, který navrhla Komise, jsme však v Evropském parlamentu považovali za příliš vysoký, souhlasím tedy s kolegyní zpravodajkou, že by se jejich cena měla postupně snižovat. Protože to vyjednaný kompromis splňuje, závěrečnou dohodu jsem podpořila.
European Solidarity Corps (B8-0238/2017) CS
Evropský sbor solidarity považuji za velmi dobrý návrh, který mladým lidem umožní vyzkoušet si neziskovou solidární práci. Je přitom však nutné zajistit, aby se práce dobrovolníků jasně odlišila od placeného zaměstnání a aby tak nebyla zneužívána. I když záměr Komise zavést Evropský sbor solidarity vítám, nesmí zasahovat do programů, které již aktuálně fungují, a ohrožovat jejich financování a další fungování.
Medical devices (A8-0068/2017 - Glenis Willmott) CS
Bezpečnost pacientů v Evropské unii, pokud jde o používané zdravotnické prostředky, je zásadní prioritou. Jsem proto velmi ráda, že Evropský parlament vyjednal po složitých jednáních s členskými státy zpřísnění kontrolních postupů pro zdravotnické prostředky. Některé neblahé případy z nedávné minulosti dokládají důležitost nastavení důsledných kontrolních mechanismů, včetně možnosti neohlášených kontrol. Dohoda je důležitým příspěvkem k bezpečnosti pacientů v EU, proto jsem ji podpořila, a děkuji kolegyním a kolegům, kteří za Evropský parlament text vyjednávali.
Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (A8-0048/2017 - Daniel Dalton) CS
Podpořila jsem pozici Evropského parlamentu k přepracovaným pravidlům EU pro schvalování typu motorových vozidel. Po zapracování připomínek Výboru pro vnitřní trh a ochranu spotřebitelů, jehož jsem členkou, návrh objasňuje povinnosti vnitrostátních orgánů pro schválení typu, testovacích center i dozorových orgánů nad trhem, aby se posílila jejich nezávislost a zabránilo se střetu zájmů. Za zásadní považuji také ustanovení, jejichž cílem je posílit postavení spotřebitelů. Výrobci by měli nést odpovědnost za škodu způsobenou majitelům vozidel, u nichž je následně prokázáno, že nesplňují požadavky pro schválení typu.
Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests (A8-0066/2017 - Kateřina Konečná) CS
Hlasovala jsem pro přijetí této zprávy. Využívání palmového oleje nesmí být příčinou devastace životního prostředí. Za posledních 20 let přitom jeho pěstování vedlo k masivnímu odlesňování s důsledky pro biologickou rozmanitost přírody, kdy některé druhy jsou dokonce na pokraji vyhynutí. Nesmíme zapomínat ani na pracovní podmínky, v nichž palmový olej, který denně konzumujeme, vzniká – miliony pracovníků na plantážích, včetně dětí, pracují v nepřijatelných podmínkách a dochází také k porušování práv místních obyvatel a domorodých společenství.
Draft recommendation following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (B8-0177/2017) CS
Doporučení Evropského parlamentu v návaznosti na vyšetřování měření emisí v automobilovém průmyslu navazuje na roční intenzivní práci výboru, jehož cílem bylo prozkoumat údajná pochybení při uplatňování práva Unie v souvislosti s měřením emisí v automobilovém průmyslu, a prezentuje pozici EP v řadě souvisejících otázek. Vyzývá zejména Evropskou komisi, aby v oblastech, jako jsou laboratorní zkoušky a emise v reálném provozu, problematika odpojovacích zařízení či obecně schvalování typu navrhla či ve spolupráci s členskými státy i výrobci uvedla do praxe opatření s cílem zajistit vymáhání stávajících pravidel a odstranit zjištěné nedostatky. Za velice důležitá považuji také ustanovení o právech spotřebitelů, která doporučení obsahuje.
Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products (A8-0022/2017 - Karin Kadenbach) CS
K zajištění vysoké úrovně zdraví občanů Evropské unie stejně jako zdraví zvířat a rostlin bylo nutné stanovit soubor harmonizovaných pravidel pro prevenci a odstranění rizik, která mohou vzniknout v rámci zemědělsko-potravinového řetězce. Toto nařízení by mělo zlepšit a zostřit vynucovací nástroje, a to zejména v případě úředních kontrol, a poskytnout komplexní a jednotný přístup k úředním kontrolám v rámci celého zemědělsko-potravinového řetězce, s čímž mohu jen souhlasit. Návrh kolegyně Kadenbachové jsem proto ráda podpořila.
Commission's approval of Germany's revised plan to introduce a road toll (B8-0180/2017) CS
Ve schválené rezoluci poslanci Evropského parlamentu žádají Komisi, aby vysvětlila podrobnosti dohody o zavedení mýtného systému v Německu. Politická dohoda mezi Německem a Komisí odstraňuje diskriminaci založenou na státní příslušnosti. Právě tato diskriminace byla jednou z výhrad Evropské komise k původnímu německému legislativnímu návrhu. Stejně jako řada dalších poslanců nejsem přesvědčena o tom, že nový návrh původní problém odstranil. Samotná rezoluce navíc obsahuje několik ustanovení, která obsahují širší problematiku zpoplatňování silnic, která se netýká samotného problému zavedení mýtného systému v Německu, proto jsem se rozhodla při konečném hlasování zdržet.
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (A8-0251/2016 - Vicky Ford) CS
Směrnici jsem v souladu s pozicí České republiky aktivně připomínkovala od samého začátku projednávání v příslušném Výboru pro vnitřní trh a ochranu spotřebitelů, stejně jako jsem společně s dalšími kolegy za Českou republiku podala pozměňovací návrhy před konečným hlasováním o dojednaném textu na plénu. Přestože Evropský parlament výrazně přispěl v rámci projednávání původního návrhu směrnice ke zlepšení textu, vyjednávání mezi Evropským parlamentem a členskými státy dospělo ke kompromisu, který je v řadě bodů problematický. Návrh jsem proto osobně odmítla. Evropský parlament jako celek stejně jako drtivá většina členských států daly nicméně přesvědčivou většinou směrnici zelenou.
Equality between women and men in the EU in 2014-2015 (A8-0046/2017 - Ernest Urtasun) CS
Výroční zpráva o postavení žen v Evropské unii opět ukázala na přetrvávající nerovnosti. Ženy v celé Unii vydělávají za stejnou práci průměrně o 16 % méně než muži. V České republice je rozdíl ještě větší a muži berou plat téměř o čtvrtinu větší, v některých členských státech se rozdíl v odměňování dokonce od minulé zprávy zvýšil. Zpráva poukazuje na mnohé příklady nerovností, nad kterými nelze zavírat oči.
Civil Law Rules on Robotics (A8-0005/2017 - Mady Delvaux) CS
Roboti budou v budoucnu součástí naší společnosti a pro mnoho lidí budou určitě přínosem a vítanou pomocí. S postupující digitalizací bude potřeba vytvořit na evropské úrovni právní rámec, který se nebude zabývat pouze rozvojem robotiky a příležitostmi, které přináší, ale také například odpovědností majitele nebo výrobce za škody způsobené roboty, ochranou osobních údajů nebo ochranou před možným zneužitím hackery. Zprávu Mady Delvauxové jsem proto podpořila, přes rychlý rozvoj robotiky bychom však neměli zapomínat na vážné etické a celospolečenské otázky, které s sebou robotika a umělá inteligence přináší.
Investing in jobs and growth - maximising the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds (A8-0385/2016 - Lambert van Nistelrooij) CS
Zpravodaj se v této zprávě zabývá celou řadou otázek, které se týkají Evropských strukturálních a investičních fondů. Vítám návrhy, které se věnují zjednodušení financování projektů, odstranění složitých postupů pro příjemce a zachování určitého stupně flexibility pro zohlednění zvláštních potřeb každého regionu. Například u projektů určených pro kulturní infrastrukturu je v současnosti velkým problémem definice spojená s vymezením, jaké výdaje z limitu 5 milionů EUR se započítávají do celkových nákladů. Nyní se do něj započítávají i prostředky žadatele, nejen dotace od Evropského fondu pro regionální rozvoj. Tím pádem je však prostor pro vlastní financování projektů prakticky eliminován. Věřím, že návrhy z této zprávy budou zohledněny v následujících měsících při projednávání nařízení, kterým se stanoví finanční pravidla pro souhrnný rozpočet Unie.
Aviation Strategy for Europe (A8-0021/2017 - Pavel Telička) CS
Jsem ráda, že zpráva neopomíjí důležitost sociální agendy. Především pokud jde o zajištění vysoce kvalitní odborné přípravy leteckých posádek, letištního personálu a řídících letového provozu. Tedy všech, kteří mají na starost bezpečnost leteckého provozu. Zpráva také upozorňuje na nutnost vyjasnění definice „hlavního místa obchodní činnosti“ nebo kritéria „mateřského letiště“, které jsou účelově využívány ze strany některých leteckých společností, i proto jsem tuto zprávu podpořila.
An integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity (A8-0381/2016 - Hannu Takkula) CS
Sport je společný jazyk, kterému rozumí lidé na celém světě. Má mnoho podob, od profesionálního sportu, který je vystaven obrovskému tlaku na výkon a integritu sportovního prostředí s vazbami na reklamní a sázkový průmysl, po sport čistě amatérský provozovaný kluby na místní úrovni, kde je důležitou součástí života místních komunit a sehrává nezastupitelnou sociální roli ve všech věkových kategoriích. Podpora sportu, zejména ve smyslu jeho dostupnosti, by proto měla být důležitou součástí politik na všech úrovních.
Implementation of Erasmus + (A8-0389/2016 - Milan Zver) CS
Program Erasmus již třicet let umožňuje studentům studovat v zahraničí a jsem ráda, že díky němu může na zkušenou vyjíždět čím dál více mladých lidí. Neměli bychom ale zapomínat také na ty, kteří si tuto zkušenost nemohou dovolit z finančních důvodů. Plný přístup ke všem stipendijním programům v rámci programu Erasmus+ musí mít všichni mladí lidé, včetně studentů s postižením. Program proto musí umožňovat i dostatečné financování jejich případných zvláštních potřeb, například pomoci asistentů. Připojuji se proto k výzvě zpravodaje, aby Komise co nejdříve přijala opatření, díky nimž získají nediskriminační přístup ke všem stipendijním programům v rámci programu Erasmus+ skutečně všichni studenti.
Logistics in the EU and multimodal transport in the new TEN-T corridors (A8-0384/2016 - Inés Ayala Sender) CS
Jednou ze zásad, na nichž je postaven vnitřní trh Evropské unie, je volný pohyb zboží. K tomu je nezbytná kvalitní infrastruktura. Souhlasím se zpravodajkou, že nákladní doprava by měla získat větší pozornost při rozvoji sítě TEN-T. Nezbytné je zejména propojování multimodálních překladišť a odstraňování problematických míst na síti. Příčinou jejich častého přetěžování je i to, že v některých oblastech jsou využívána současně pro přepravu osob a zboží. Je proto nezbytné, aby členské státy v souladu s výstavbou transevropské dopravní sítě zohlednily především kapacitní hledisko, které bude vyhovovat současným i budoucím nárokům na přepravu zboží v rámci jednotného vnitřního trhu.Vzhledem k tomu, že logistické řetězce jsou stále složitější, je také nezbytné, aby všichni uživatelé měli přístup k přehledným informacím o multimodální nákladní dopravě. Zprávu jsem se rozhodla podpořit také proto, že nezapomíná na nutnost zajistit školení a vzdělávání pracovníků v logistice, aby v budoucnu neměli problémy s adaptací na nové digitální technologie.
A European Pillar of Social Rights (A8-0391/2016 - Maria João Rodrigues) CS
Sociální agenda není historickým přežitkem, naopak. Prosazování důstojných životních a pracovních podmínek pro všechny zůstává stále aktuální, i když 21. století s sebou přináší i zcela nové výzvy. Základní práva a sociální ochrana ale musí být k dispozici všem, ať už mají jakoukoliv pracovní smlouvu nebo teprve vstupují na trh práce. K důstojným a férovým pracovním podmínkám patří i odpovídající úroveň odměňování, děkuji proto také paní komisařce, že se zavázala usilovat mimo jiné o omezení fenoménu chudých pracujících. Doufám jen, že Komise na schválenou zprávu odpoví předložením odpovídajících konkrétních návrhů, aby nezůstalo pouze u dobrých úmyslů.
Major interpellations (2)
Follow-up to the Brazilian meat imports scandal PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Differences in declarations, composition and taste of products in central/eastern and western markets of the EU PDF (193 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Written questions (69)
Extraordinary checks on Polish beef imports PDF (41 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Checks on meat processed in slaughterhouses PDF (40 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Interpretation of 'placing on the market' PDF (99 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Obstacles hampering the employment of EU citizens in other Member States PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Illegal hunting of birds in the Mediterranean PDF (5 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Suspected discrimination against consumers on the internet PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Overview of projects supporting agricultural products in 2017 PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Unpaid internships at the Commission PDF (194 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Legal certainty for persons with a disability when parking PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Guidelines on the application of EU laws to dual quality products PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Emissions stickers PDF (5 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Accessibility of EU-funded programmes and projects PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
A socially inclusive digital single market PDF (105 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Variable vehicle safety levels across the EU internal market PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
The Commission's planned initiatives in the area of dual quality food PDF (105 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Price level indices and the selection of items on them PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Mobility equipment for passengers with disabilities PDF (193 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Accessibility for air passengers with disabilities PDF (95 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Scale of margins in the food retail sector - a non-tariff barrier in the internal market? PDF (6 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Application of a minimum wage in the road transport sector in France and Germany PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Commission requests for information from type-approval authorities PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Out-of-court settlement of disputes - implementation of Directive 2013/11/EU PDF (103 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Expiry date of medicinal products as marked on the packaging PDF (100 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Price transparency for digital platforms PDF (5 KB) DOC (14 KB)
The number of road vehicles in operation without particle filters PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Analysis of diverging quality of toiletries PDF (104 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Age of the vehicle fleet in EU Member States PDF (103 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Proposed ban on semi-automatic weapons PDF (103 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Unit for Persons with Disabilities in Commission's DG EMPL PDF (94 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Spot fixing and live sports betting PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Conclusions of the report on trans fats in foods PDF (116 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Investigation of differences in products with the same brand and packaging in the internal market PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
European Agency for Road Transport PDF (191 KB) DOC (25 KB)
European emergency number 112 and roaming access for disabled people PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Fraudulent directory companies and the revision of Directive 2006/114/EC PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Blocking television broadcasts of the UEFA football Champions League PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
112 emergency number PDF (4 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Progress made in the implementation of the Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships PDF (198 KB) DOC (30 KB)
Telephone lines for contact between consumers and traders about concluded contracts PDF (105 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Statement of presence and content of trans-fatty acids in food - follow-up PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Progress in the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty PDF (197 KB) DOC (28 KB)
Formamide in products intended for daily use by children PDF (97 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Bisphenol A in items intended for daily use by children PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Review of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation PDF (6 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Action to improve parcel delivery in the internal market PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Follow-up to Written Question P-000082/2015 PDF (103 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Road freight safety PDF (170 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Right of withdrawal from a distance or off-premises contract PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Ban on subliminal advertising PDF (105 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Mutual recognition of medical opinions in EU Member States PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Misleading packaging practices PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
The problem of trans-border railway links PDF (102 KB) DOC (23 KB)
New German Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG) PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Follow-up to Written Question E-008641/2014 PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Statement of presence and content of trans-fatty acids in foods PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Offer of services linked to rewinding tachometer in the EU PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Increasing road traffic safety on the internal EU market PDF (100 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Spread of unfair practices among air carriers PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Spread of unfair practices among air carriers PDF (6 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Discriminatory practices of car-rental companies PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
CE marking and the China Export label PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Amendment to the law on electronic communications PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Opening the aviation market to the civil use of remotely piloted aircraft systems PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Access to public health insurance for family members of workers from non-EU countries PDF (6 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Progress in creating an EU strategy for homelessness PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Amount of margins in EU food retail PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Setting a target for the reduction of the number of serious injuries by 2020 PDF (99 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Mutual recognition of disability cards PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Granting subsidies under a de minimis regime PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Written declarations (12)
Amendments (1934)
Amendment 4 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that while the deployment of connected and automated mobility canould contribute to road safety, help to reduce road fatalities to zero in Europe by 2050, and favour lower emissions, social inclusion and overall transport efficiency; stresses that, societal acceptance will be achieved only if autonomous vehicles can offer the highest safety and security standards, are guaranteed;s well as more and better travel options, which are affordable and environmentally-friendly.
Amendment 23 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of users being inhaving control of their personal data collected by connected and automated carsand access to their data, both personal and in-vehicle generated that is produced and collected by connected and automated cars; points out that future in-vehicle systems should be designed in a manner that ensures free consumer choice and allows users to directly select from competing service providers which service provider shall be authorised the direct access and use of the data of their vehicle for a given service; emphasises the importance of the transmission and storage of data between vehicles and connected infrastructure being protected by a minimum set of security measures, including encryption, software updates and strong authentication mechanisms, while respecting data protection legislation and the principle of privacy, providing the highest levels of security by design and by default; stresses that consumers must be offered the maximum level of protection against hacking and cyber attacks;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that autonomous vehicles are technologically complex and differ substantially from current motor vehicles on the road; for legal certainty, better safeguards of consumer rights and to prevent that unknown risks are borne by injured parties, it is necessary to have a review of the current EU legislative framework for liability rules and insurance for autonomous vehicles, addressing the limitations of laws as regards the shift in responsibility to the introduction of new rules for covering new types of risks.
Amendment 37 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges all stakeholders, including vehicle manufacturers, component suppliers and software and design services, as well as Members States and authorities involved to cooperate in fostering innovation, in ensuring investment in infrastructure fit for automated mobility, both on highways and on city roads, and in facilitating cross- border testing.
Amendment 38 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges all stakeholders, Members States and authorities involved to cooperate in fostering innovation, in ensuring investment in infrastructure fit for automated mobility and in facilitating cross-border testing; calls for investment in extensive research on artificial intelligence and ethics for autonomous and connected transport.
Amendment 47 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the TEN-T networks constitute the main transport networks in the European Union; whereas focussing on deploying alternative fuels infrastructure and pursuing the goal established in the communication to provide full coverage of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) core network corridors with charging points by 2025 should be a key priority; whereas this target should be complemented by also taking into account urban and rural areas in order to achieve balanced coverage of this infrastructure;
Amendment 58 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Commission’s evaluation of the National Framework Plans (NFPs) reveals differing levels of effort and ambition between Member States and that the deployment of alternative fuels is falling short; calls therefore on the Commission to replace NFPs with mandatory objectives such as those put forward in the 2013 proposal, while also taking into account the projected and realised uptake of alternative-fuel vehicles and their technological progress, as well as the goal of having a trans- European infrastructure network for all alternative fuels; points out that the infrastructure shall be equipped with the necessary technical and communication devices to manage the charging process, enabling effective and efficient charging and all the environmental and socio- economic benefits that it entails;
Amendment 64 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Commission’s evaluation of the National Framework Plans (NFPs) reveals differing levels of effort and ambition between Member States and that the deployment of alternative fuels is falling short; calls therefore on the Commission to replace NFPs with mandatory objectives such as those put forward in the 2013 proposal, while also taking into account the projected and realised uptake of alternative-fuel vehicles and their technological progress, as well as the goal of having an evenly distributed trans- European infrastructure network for all alternative fuels;
Amendment 73 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests an annual evaluation of the Member States’ implementation status and broadening of the Directive’s scope to shift it from deployment along the TEN-T network to also covering urban and regional nodes and the infrastructure for public fleets; calls on the Commission to extend the CEF's scope in this regard and increase its funding;
Amendment 103 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests setting up a European Clean Mobility Fund to cover the estimated necessary investment of EUR 25 billion up to 2025; calls for the fund to be co- financed, with the European Union contributing 10 % and 90 % coming from industry, notably manufacturers, suppliers, energy and fuel producers and other interested parties; suggests that, by contributing to the fund, companies or consortia should be granted preferential access to grants and loans provided by the CEF, EIB and EC IPE; requests that financial resources from the fund should be awarded according to the criteria of feasibility, technology-neutrality, European added value, the achievement of deployment goals and cohesion policy; asks that the INEA, which already oversees the CEF, become the responsible agency;
Amendment 130 #
2018/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the importance of streamlining and exchanging best practices, especially with guidance from the Sustainable Transport Forum, which was established by the Commission and should be seen as the core coordination instrument for reporting on the progress made by the National Policy Frameworks;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 11 April 2018 on A New Deal for Consumers (COM(2018) 183),
Amendment 4 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s State of the Union speech of 13 September 2017, where he stressed that it is not acceptable that in some parts of Europe people are sold food of lower quality than in other countries, despite the packaging and the branding being identical;
Amendment 4 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)
Citation 23 b (new)
– having regard to the proposal for Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on better enforcement and modernization of EU consumer protection rules (COM(2018) 185/3),
Amendment 6 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 11 April 2018 on A New Deal for Consumers (COM(2018)183):
Amendment 7 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules (COM(2018)185/3);
Amendment 9 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission proposal to update the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in order to make explicit that national authorities can assess and address misleading commercial practices that involve the marketing of products as being identical in several EU countries, if their composition or characteristics are significantly different;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 d (new)
Citation 4 d (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament major interpellation of 15 March 2017 on the differences in declarations, composition and taste of products in central/eastern and western markets of the EU (O-000019/2017);
Amendment 11 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 e (new)
Citation 4 e (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 11 June 2013 on a new agenda for European Consumer Policy (P7_TA(2013)0239);
Amendment 11 #
2018/2008(INI)
Ca. whereas President Juncker stressed in his 2017 State of the Union Address that it is not acceptable that in some parts of Europe, people are sold food of lower quality than in other countries, despite the packaging and branding being identical;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the brand often plays the most important role in deciding on the value of the product;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas there have been cases of substantial differences in products such as baby foods, which questions the principles and claims of adjusting to local preferences;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a strengthened and more efficient enforcement cooperation framework would also boost consumer trust and reduce consumer harm;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in its 2018 Work Programme, the Commission announced plans to propose ‘A New Deal for Consumers’, a targeted revision of the EU consumer directives following on from the Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing laws, the Commission suggested to update the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in order to make explicit that national authorities can assess and address misleading commercial practices involving the marketing of products as being identical in several EU countries, if their composition or characteristics are significantly different;
Amendment 17 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas shortcomings in the implementation and enforcement of applicable EU food law requirements, for instance in the labelling of mechanically separated meat1a or the use of food additives2a, have regularly been reported by the European Commission’s Health and Food Audits and Analysis services; _________________ 1ahttp://ec.europa.eu/food/audits- analysis/overview_reports/details.cfm?rep _id=76 2ahttp://ec.europa.eu/food/audits- analysis/overview_reports/details.cfm?rep _id=115
Amendment 19 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas products differentiation and innovation should not be restricted as such but consumers should not be misled;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Member States are not in a position of comparing on their own all food products in the remaining Member States at a given moment;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas some producer representatives have agreed to amend their product recipes in some countries so that identical products are offered in the Single Market;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that results of various tests conducted in several Member States have proven that there are differences between products which are advertised and distributed in the single market under the same brand and with the same packaging; Notes that according to a survey10a conducted for a national competent authority, a vast majority of consumers are bothered about such differences; _________________ 10a Survey of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority conducted in 2016. http://www.szpi.gov.cz/clanek/tz- 2016-vyzkum-cesky-spotrebitel-zada- stejne-kvalitni-potraviny-jako- evropsky.aspx
Amendment 27 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas proven differences in ingredients could in the long term affect consumers’ health, for example where the level of fat and/or sugar is higher than expected and when consumers are particularly vulnerable such as children and people with dietary and/or health issues;
Amendment 34 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas reformulation activities to reduce fat, sugars and salt contents in food are lagging behind in many Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European countries;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas there have been cases of substantial differences in products such as baby foods, which questions the principle and current methodology of adjusting products to local preferences;
Amendment 37 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 43 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes, therefore, the recent initiatives announced by the Commission to address this issue, in particular its commitment to delivering a common testing methodology and, allocating a budget for its preparation and enforcement and for collection of further evidence and updating the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive;
Amendment 45 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the allocation of EUR 2 million to develop a methodology for, and conduct, comparative testing of food products in different Member States; notes that high level analyses have already been conducted, which should be taken into consideration in designing and implementing the said methodology; expects the testing to be completed at the earliest possible date, preferably in 2018;
Amendment 47 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas several public opinion surveys have shown that consumers are agitated by such differences in quality, and feel as second class citizens of the EU;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the mandate given by the European Council to the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain to address the issue of dual quality; encourages Member States and their competent authorities to actively participate in ongoing initiatives, including the development of a common methodology and collection of further evidence; Stresses the need for active involvement of parties representing consumers' interests, including representatives of consumer organizations and research organizations that have conducted product tests in Member States; Regrets that the European Parliament has been neither involved nor properly informed of the progress made so far;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the brand has a significant impact on consumer perception of the product, its value and its quality;
Amendment 52 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the recent Commission initiatives to address the issue, in particular the updating of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive;
Amendment 53 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the public interests towards the topic in the countries, where analyses were conducted and notes that the citizens' trust in the functioning of the Single Market is at stake, which could have negative impact both for the Union and for the various stakeholders involved, including the producers;
Amendment 54 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the allocation of EUR 2 million for the development of a common testing methodology, and the inclusion in the EU budget for 2018 of a pilot project that aims to assess different aspects of dual quality for several categories of products; urges Member States and national authorities to actively participate in ongoing initiatives to facilitate the process; highlights the importance of in-depth and timely analysis of food but also non-food products;
Amendment 54 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption by Parliament of a pilot project for 2018 that will involve a series of market investigations into several categories of consumer products to assess different aspects of dual quality; Believes that this pilot project should continue in 2019 to deepen the knowledge and cover also non- food sector; Calls for stronger involvement of Members of the European Parliament to oversee this pilot project;
Amendment 56 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that the Single Market is accessible to the producers, but at the same time it is very competitive, with some brands ubiquitously known or well perceived across the Union;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Notes that the local producers have difficulties in partaking in the common market, which is due among other reasons to lack of sufficient resources or market access and serious competition on the market;
Amendment 58 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the urgent need to develop a common testing methodology; highlights the commitment that EU-wide testing results should be available by the end of this year; calls for stronger involvement of the Members of the European Parliament in the process;
Amendment 62 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the debate on dual quality within the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain; stresses the need to involve as many interested actors as possible;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Commission Notice and application of EU consumer protection law to issues of dual quality of products
Amendment 70 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note of the Commission Notice on the application of EU food and consumer laws to dual quality products; points out that this notice is intended to help national authorities to determine whether a company is breaking EU food and consumer laws when selling products of dual quality in different countries; points out that the Notice’s step-by-step approach for the identification by national authorities of whether producers are in breach of EU law currently seems inapplicable, in particular when national enforcers have to apply a case-by-case assessment of the likely impact of the practice on the average consumer's economic behaviour;
Amendment 70 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Urges the EC to propose amendment to the list of practices under Annex I of the Directive 2005/29/EC in particular by the inclusion of the practice of selling the same product in the same packaging but with different ingredients and proportions under the list of the Misleading commercial practices;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned about territorial constraints for traders when purchasing goods; calls on the Commission to examine such cases to enable consumers to fully benefit from the single market;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the local producers have difficulties in partaking in the common market, calls on the Commission to determine whether dual quality has negative repercussions for local and regional production;
Amendment 80 #
2018/2008(INI)
3. Considers that, until that practice is stopped, and in order to raise the profile of manufacturers’ initiatives on the use of local recipes, a system shcould be introduced for indicating, in a way that respects the consumer’s right of informed choice and consumer preferences, the local recipes used in the preparation of specific products;
Amendment 85 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. EDraws attention to the fact that according to Guidance on the application of UCPD from 2016: “goods of the same brand and having the same or similar packaging may differ as to their composition depending on the place of manufacture and the destination market, i.e. they may vary from one Member State to another. Under the UCPD, commercial practices marketing products with a different composition are not unfair per se”; emphasises the importance of the guidance documents issued by the Commission in facilitating proper and coherent application of the UCPD; calls, therefore, on the Commission to clarify the relationship between the Notice and, the guidance; and the paper drafted by the HLF Internal Market Subgroup;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that setting of the so- called “product of reference” could impede the assessment as it might be difficult to determine which of the two (or more) products is the one from which all the others differ;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Commends the initiative of those producers, which have announced they would amend their recipes;
Amendment 89 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 92 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Acknowledges the argument that products might differ due to consumer preferences, stresses however that consumers should be clearly and timely informed of such differences;
Amendment 92 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes that the Commission invites competent authorities to perform market tests that involve product comparisons across different regions and countries; highlights, however, that according to the Commission, such tests should be carried out with a common testing approach which has not been adopted yet; Stresses the need to stick to the timetable so that the results of the testing carried out under a common testing approach are made available and analysed by end of this year;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls that the European Parliament has repeatedly called on the Commission to determine whether a dual quality has negative repercussions for local and regional production, in particular SMEs; regrets that no data have been presented by the Commission so far;
Amendment 102 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly condemns the argument that optimisation of composition and/or quality results from consumers' price expectations; highlights that various studies have shown that products of lower quality are often more expensive than their counterparts of higher quality elsewhere in the EU;
Amendment 102 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Underlines that counterfeiting of branded products exposes consumers to health and safety risks, undermines consumer confidence in the brands and leads to loss of revenue for producers; Notes that range of counterfeit products recovered in the EU remains broad and includes nearly all types of goods;
Amendment 103 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned about restrictions placed on traders when it comes to purchasing goods that may have a negative effect on consumer choice; urges the Commission to identify factors that contribute to a fragmentation of the single market in goods, in particular territorial supply constraints and their implication and restrict consumer's ability to benefit fully from the single market, in particular territorial supply constraints and their implications; calls on the Commission to pursue such cases, where it finds, or suspects, a breach of the competition rules;
Amendment 105 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that according to the Commission, studies made on brand loyalty demonstrate that brands act in the mind of consumers as a certificate for a controlled and constant quality; agrees with the Commission that this explains why some consumers may expect branded products to be of equivalent quality if not exactly the same wherever and whenever purchased and brand owners to inform them when they decide to change any important element of the composition of their products; considers therefore, that the provision of any additional information, although in the principal field of vision of a package, is insufficient unless the consumer clearly understands that the product in question differs from products of a same brand sold in another Member States;
Amendment 108 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Takes note of the arguments that products may differ due to regional consumer preferences; Believes that consumer preferences should not be used as an excuse for lowering quality and/or offering different quality grades on different markets; stresses that consumers must be transparently informed and aware of this adjustment for each individual product and not only in general terms, that this "established practice" exists;
Amendment 110 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Strongly disagrees with arguments on the need to optimize composition and/or quality of branded products in order to meet consumers’ price expectations;
Amendment 111 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that national competent authorities can select samples and perform tests only on the territory of their Member State; stresses the importance, therefore, of enhanced, effective and transparent cooperation between national consumer protection and food authorities and the Commission; welcomes the adoption of the revised Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation11that strengthens investigation and enforcement powers, improves information and data exchange and access to any relevant information and establishes harmonized rules setting out the procedures for the coordination of investigation and enforcement measures in this regard; _________________ 11 Regulation (EU) 2017/2394; OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1.
Amendment 113 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is concerned that "no or slow action" from the side of the EU runs the risk of alienating the citizens from the EU by not taking concrete actions in short terms to tackle this issue.
Amendment 118 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the usefulness of the sweeps as important form of enforcement coordination carried out under the CPC Regulation and calls on the Commission and Member States to further strengthen them and broaden their scope;
Amendment 119 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Is convinced, that in case a company intends to place on the market of different Member States product that differs in certain characteristics, such a product cannot be labelled and branded in a seemingly identical manner;
Amendment 123 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises the value of public debate that leads to increased consumer awareness about products and their characteristics; notes that some manufacturers and owners of private labels have already announced changes to recipes; highlights the role of industry in improving transparency with regard to product composition and quality and its changes;
Amendment 124 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that national authorities are unable to tackle this issue individually, and calls therefore for a solution to be found at EU level; recalls that Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices (UCPD)3 is the main tool for protecting consumers from misleading and unfair practices; calls on the Commission to amendbelieves that amending the Annex I to the UCPD by adding the practice of dual quality to the blacklist. _________________ 3 is the most effective way to tackle cases of dual quality on the market; _________________ 3 OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22. OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22.
Amendment 132 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the need to have effective and comprehensive legislation with clear instructions on how to tackle the issue of dual quality;
Amendment 142 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the increased support of national consumer organizations, so they can build capacity, develop their testing activities and contribute, alongside with competent authorities, to tracking and exposing situations of unfair product differentiation;
Amendment 150 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the experiences of competent authorities thus far suggest that they have been unable individually to tackle effectively any specific cases of dual quality at national level, also due to absence of an explicit legal provision on EU level;
Amendment 176 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the CommissionWelcomes the Commission proposal to amend Article 6 of the UCPD by adding the marketing of a product as being identical to the same product marketed in several other Member States but at the same time with different composition or characteristics as a misleading commercial practice; Stresses, however, that open list of so called “legitimate factors” could jeopardize competent authorities’ ability to undertake assessment and apply the law; Believes, therefore, tohat amendment to Annex I to the UCPD by introducing another item onto the ‘blacklist’ would address an unjustified cases of dual quality in the most effective way;
Amendment 182 #
2018/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises that the outcome of the legislative process should be a clear definition of what can be considered as dual quality and how each case should be assessed and addressed by competent authorities;
Amendment 184 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to improve the completion of transport projects in less developed parts of the network, a Cohesion Fund allocation should be transferred to the Programme to finance transport projects in the Member States eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund. In an initial phase and within a limit of 70 % of the transferred envelope, the selection of projects eligible for financing should respect the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund. The remaining 30 % of the transferred envelope should be allocated on a competitive basis to projects located in the Member States eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund with priority to cross- border links and missing links. The Commission should support Member States eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund in their efforts to develop an appropriate pipeline of projects, in particular by strengthening the institutional capacity of the public administrations concerned.
Amendment 442 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) to contribute to the development of projects of common interest relating to efficient and interconnected networks and infrastructure for smart, sustainable, accessible, inclusive, safe and secure mobility;
Amendment 563 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. As regards the amounts transferred from the Cohesion Fund, 30 % of these amounts shall be made available immediately to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with this Regulation, with priority to cross- border and missing links. Until 31 December 2023, the selection of projects eligible for financing shall respect the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund with regard to 70% of the resources transferred. As of 1 January 2024, resources transferred to the Programme which have not been committed to a transport infrastructure project shall be made available to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 905 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The assessment of proposals against the award criteria shall ensure that no proposal is accepted that creates or maintains infrastructure which is not accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities.
Amendment 1062 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I – table – Transport – Indicators
Annex I – part I – table – Transport – Indicators
Transport Efficient and Number of cross-border and missing links interconnected networks addressed with the support of CEF and infrastructure for (including actions relating to urban nodes, smart, sustainable, maritime ports, inland ports and rail-road inclusive, safe and secure terminals of the TEN-T core network) secure mobility mobility Number of CEF supported actions contributing to the digitalisation of transport Number of alternative fuel supply points built or upgraded with the support of CEF Number of CEF supported actions contributing to the safety of transport Number of CEF actions contributing to transport accessibility for persons with disabilities Adaptation to military Number of transport infrastructure mobility requirements components adapted to meet military mobility requirements
Amendment 1082 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– 680% for the actions listed at Article 9 paragraph 2 (a): "Actions relating to efficient and interconnected networks ";
Amendment 1087 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Annex I – part II – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– 420% for the actions listed at Article 9 paragraph 2 (b): "Actions relating to smart, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure mobility".
Amendment 767 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions, especially livestock sector and special crop production, that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties, and where other tools are not sufficient enough or don´t exist. Member States should be free to identify the sectors that should benefit from this. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union'’s deficit in this regard.
Amendment 921 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50%off of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
Amendment 1242 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be definedthe Member States may define "genuine farmers" in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 1258 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) a maximum age limit that may non indicative age limit without exceeding 405 years shall be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 1839 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:a financial ceiling set by the Member State
Amendment 1853 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1871 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1886 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1904 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1966 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standarentire amounts of labour costs and salaries linked to an agricultural activity and related activities at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 2004 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 21 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the EU and all its Member States are parties,
Amendment 76 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed, family carers and the inactive, supported employment and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities as well as through promoting self–employment, entrepreneurship and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women’s participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcare and other care services or support. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression within education and training and transition to work and reintegration to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The ESF+ should promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, notably digital skills and key enabling technologies, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technological change, innovation and social and economic change, facilitating career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled, persons with disabilities and/or poorly qualified adults, in line with the Skills Agenda for Europe.
Amendment 189 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Good governance and partnership between managing authorities and the partners require the effective and efficient use of capacity building for stakeholders, to whom Member Stes should allocate an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources. As investment in institutional capacity and in the efficiency of public administration and public services at the national, regional and local levels with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance, is no longer included an operational objective of the ESF+ under shared management, but has been included in the Structural Support Reform Programme, it is necessary that the Commission and the Member States ensure effective coordination between the two instruments.
Amendment 306 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to decent jobs for quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth and long-term unemployedfor disadvantaged groups such as youth, long-term unemployed, migrants and persons with disabilities, and of inactive people,rsons promoting self- employment, entrepreneurship and self employment initiatives, and the social economy;
Amendment 319 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions across the life-cycle and mobility;
Amendment 331 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation, a better work/life balance including access to childcare and life-cycle care, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 341 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups and family carers, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all and accessibility for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 418 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States and the Commission shall also support specific targeted actions to promote the principles referred to in paragraph 1 within any of the objectives of the ESF+, including improving universal accessibility for persons with disabilities and the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care.
Amendment 436 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the challenges identified in their national reform programmes, in the Social Scoreboard under the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 501 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management. The participation shall be inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities.
Amendment 567 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the purchase of furniture, equipment and vehicles except where the purchase is necessary for achieving the objective of the operation, or these items are fully depreciated, or the purchase of these items is the most economic option, or if needed to ensure reasonable accommodation to ensure universal accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 647 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to provide guidance for the development of social infrastructure (including housing, child care and education and training, health care and long term care) including accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 19 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Intelligent speed assistance, lane- keeping systems, driver drowsiness and attention monitoring and distraction detection and reversing detection systems have a high potential to reduce casualty numbers considerably. The driver drowsiness and attention monitoring and distraction detection systems should work without any facial recognition. In addition, those systems are based on technologies which will be used for the deployment of connected and automated vehicles too. Therefore, harmonised rules and test procedures for the type-approval of vehicles as regards those systems and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units should be established at Union level.
Amendment 20 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The introduction of event (accident) data recorders storing a range of crucial vehicle data over a short timeframe before, during and after a triggering event (for example, the deployment of an airbag) is a valuable step in obtaining more accurate, in-depth accident data. Motor-vehicles should therefore be required to be equipped with such recorders. It should also be a requirement that such recorders are capable for recording and storing data in such a way that the data can be solely used by Member States to conduct road safety analysis and assess the effectiveness of specific measures taken without the possibility of identifying the owner or the holder of the vehicle.
Amendment 29 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Automated and connected vehicles may be able to make a huge contribution in reducing road fatalities since in the region ofmore than 90 per cent of road accidents are estimated to result from human error or interaction of human error with vehicle and/or infrastructure. As automated vehicles will gradually be taking over tasks of the driver, harmonised rules and technical requirements for automated vehicle systems should be adopted at Union level.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6
Amendment 54 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 11
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 11
(11) 'lane-keeping system' means a system monitoring the position of the vehicle with respect to the lane boundary and issuing a warning or applying a torque to the steering wheelsystem, or pressure to the brakes, at least when a lane departure occurs or is about to occur and a collision may be imminent;
Amendment 60 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13
(13) 'event (accident) data recorder' means a system recording and storing critical crash-related parameters and information before, and during and after a collision;
Amendment 64 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Road safety is the Union-wide issue that needs to be tackled through an integrated approach at Union, national, regional and local level. It is therefore necessary to coordinate steps and measures taken by different authorities in different areas, including the enforcement of transport regulations, health care, education, improvement of infrastructure or vehicle type approval and technical controls of their capability.
Amendment 67 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Over the past decades, developments in vehicle safety have contributed significantly to the overall reduction in the number of road fatalities and severe injuries. However, these reductions have recently stalled in the Union due to various factors, such as structural and behavioural factors, and without new initiatives on general road safety, the safety effects of the current approach will no longer be able to off-set the effects of increasing traffic volumes. Therefore, the safety performance of vehicles needs to be further improved as part of an integrated road safety approach aiming at the Vision Zero goal of “no fatalities” and in order to protect vulnerableall road users better, in particular vulnerable ones.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) As some of proposed measures require substantial road infrastructure interventions, including necessary investments, phased implementation strategy for these measures should be introduced. Considerations should be therefore given to requirements for accurate traffic sign recognition, in particular speed limits. The Commission should also assess a public support and level of user’s acceptance for those measures, and promote them through road traffic safety awareness campaigns.
Amendment 70 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Technical progress in the area of advanced vehicle safety systems substantially changes the conditions in the field of road transport and offers new possibilities for reducing casualty numbers. In order to minimise the number of fatalities and severe injuries, some of the relevant new technologies need to be introduced. Those systems that have proven to be fully developed in order to improve road safety significantly should be introduced on compulsory basis.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Activation status of each assistance system, including warnings, should be sufficiently differentiated to ensure that it is intuitively clear to the driver which system is activated and how it should be used. Issues related to the operation of these systems should be incorporated into the driver’s training by driving schools and professional in- service training as well as tested in on- road conditions.
Amendment 77 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Vehicles of all categories will continue to be technically more complex and more demanding for maintenance and repairs in the near future. New technologies should therefore have a favourable cost-benefit ratio throughout the whole life cycle of the vehicle so to be affordable for all consumers and not increasing average age of the vehicle fleet on European roads.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 83 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Intelligent speed assistance, lane- keeping systems, driver drowsiness and attention monitoring and distraction detection and reversing detection systems have a high potential to reduce casualty numbers considerably. The driver drowsiness and attention monitoring systems should work without any facial recognition. In addition, those systems are based on technologies which will be used for the deployment of connected and automated vehicles too. Therefore, harmonised rules and test procedures for the type-approval of vehicles as regards those systems and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units should be established at Union level.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) It is widely recognised that the safety belt is one of the most important and effective vehicle safety features. Safety-belt reminder systems therefore have the potential to further prevent fatalities or mitigate injuries by increasing the safety belt wearing rates across the Union. It is therefore necessary to make it compulsory to install intelligent safety- belt reminder systems for all front and rear seats of M1 and N1 vehicles and all front seats of N2, N3, M2 and M3 vehicles.
Amendment 87 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The introduction of event (accident) data recorders storing a range of crucial vehicle data over a short timeframe immediately before, during and immediately after a triggering event (for example, the deployment of an airbag) is a valuable step in obtaining more accurate, in-depth accident data. MAll motor-vehicles should therefore be required to be equipped with such recorders. It should also be a requirement that sSuch recorders arshould be capable for recording and storing data in such a way that the data can be used by Member States only to conduct road safety analysis and assess the effectiveness of specific measures taken without the possibility of identifying the owner or the holder of the vehicle.
Amendment 94 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Any processing of personal data, such as information about the driver processed in event (accident) data recorders or information about the driver on drowsiness and attention monitoring or advanced distraction recognition, should be carried out in accordance with EU legislation on data protection, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation28. In addition, the processing of personal data collected through the 112-based eCall in- vehicle system is subject to specific safeguards29. __________________ 28 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1. 29 Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC, (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77).
Amendment 101 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Recognising that driving whilst using a mobile phone or other device significantly impairs driving ability, vehicle manufacturers should publish their tests to show compliance with the human-machine interface (HMI) Guidance Statement of Principles on in- vehicle information and infotainment systems.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Automated and connected vehicles may be able to make a huge contribution in reducing road fatalities since in the region ofmore than 90 per cent of road accidents are estimated to result from human error or interaction of human error with vehicle and/or infrastructure. As automated vehicles will gradually be taking over tasks of the driver, harmonised rules and technical requirements for automated vehicle systems should be adopted at Union level.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 116 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be equipped with a lane-keeping system or lane departure warning system.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 1
(1) ‘vulnerable road user’ means a road user using a two-wheel powered vehicle or a non- motorised road user, such as a cyclist or a pedestrian or a user of a one or two-wheel electric vehicle;
Amendment 120 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Advanced emergency braking systems and lane-keeping systems shall meet the following requirements in particular:
Amendment 125 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Lane-keeping system or lane departure warning system shall meet the following requirements in particular: (a) it shall be possible to switch off the systems; (b) the systems shall be in normal operation mode upon each activation of the vehiclemaster control switch; (c) it shall be possible to easily suppress audible warnings, but such action shall not at the same time suppress system functions other than audible warnings.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) ‘intelligent speed assistance’ means a system to aid the driver in observing the appropriate speed for the road environment by providing haptic feedback through the accelerator pedal with speed limit information obtained through observation of road signs and signals, based on infrastructure signals or electronic map data, or both, made available in-vehicle;
Amendment 128 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the data that they are capable of recording and storing with respect of the period before, and during and after a collision shall include, as a minimum, the vehicle's speed, the state and rate of activation of its safety systems and any other relevant input parameters of the on-board active safety and accident avoidance systems. Moreover, this data should only be kept as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which they were recorded;;
Amendment 129 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the way in which they are capable of recording and storing data shall be such that the data is protected against manipulation and can be made available solely to national authorities, on the basis of Union or national legislation in compliance with Regulation (EU) No 2016/679, over a standardised interface for the purposes of accident data analysis, and such that only the precise vehicle type, version and variant, and in particular the active safety and accident avoidance systems fitted to the vehicle, can be identified.
Amendment 132 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6
Amendment 132 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
However, the data that an event (accident) data recorder is capable of recording and storing shall not include the last four digits of the vehicle indicator section of the vehicle information number nor any other information which could allow the individual vehicle itself or the owner or the holder of the vehicle to be identified.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Amendment 137 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 7
(7) ‘emergency stop signal’ means rapid flashing stop lamps or hazard lights to indicate to other road users to the rear of the vehicle that a high retardation force is being applied to the vehicle relative to the prevailing road conditions;
Amendment 147 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13
(13) ‘event (accident) data recorder’ means a system solely designed for purpose of recording and storing critical crash-related parameters and information before, during andimmediately, and in any case not longer than 10 seconds, before, during and immediately, and in any case not longer than 5 seconds, after a collision;
Amendment 150 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘safety-belt reminder’, means a system dedicated to alert the driver when any of the occupants do not use the safety-belt. The system is constituted by a detection of an unfastened safety-belt and by two levels of driver’s alert: a first level warning and a second level warning;
Amendment 158 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) pedestrians, cyclists, vision and visibility, drivers of electric vehicles;
Amendment 162 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Manufacturers shall provide clear and comprehensive information in the owner’s manual about the existence of the systems introduced by this Regulation and how to use them.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – Table – row 33
Annex 2 – Table – row 33
Amendment 175 #
2018/0145(COD)
Emergency lane keeping Lane keeping system
Amendment 180 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – Table – row 72
Annex 2 – Table – row 72
Amendment 181 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 182 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – Table – row 88
Annex 2 – Table – row 88
Amendment 185 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) accident data recorder.
Amendment 187 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – Notes to the table – point D
Annex 2 – Notes to the table – point D
D: Date for refusal to grant EU type- approval: [PO: Please insert the date 48 months after the date of application of this Regulation] Date for the prohibition of the registration of vehicles, as well as the placing on the market and entry into service of components and separate technical units: [PO: Please insert the date 8472 months after the date of application of this Regulation]
Amendment 190 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – Notes to the table – point E new
Annex 2 – Notes to the table – point E new
E: Date for refusal to grant EU type- approval: [PO: Please insert the date 72 months after the date of application of this Regulation] Date for the prohibition of the registration of vehicles, as well as the placing on the market and entry into service of components and separate technical units: [PO: Please insert the date 96 months after the date of application of this Regulation]
Amendment 197 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it shall be possible for the driver to feel through the accelerator pedalrecognise that the applicable speed limit is reached or exceeded;
Amendment 204 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) it shall be possible for the driver to override the system’s prompted vehicle speed smoothly through normal operation of the accelerator pedal without need for kick-downeasily anytime;
Amendment 209 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 214 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) must be able to indicate continuously the speed limit on the road.
Amendment 215 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The infrastructure must be updated according to the intelligent speed assistance, in order to avoid system dysfunctions and/or driver distractions.
Amendment 216 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Accident data recorders shall meet the following requirements: (a) the data that they are capable of recording and storing with respect of the period immediately before, during and immediately after a collision shall include following information: - the state and rate of activation of its all safety systems; - the state and rate of activation of its all assistance systems; - the vehicle’s speed, braking, position, lights activation, and tilt of the vehicle; - driver’s response with regard to the steering wheel position, brake activation and gear shift; (b) it shall not be possible to deactivate the devices; (c) the way in which they are capable of recording and storing data shall be such that the data is protected against manipulation and misuse and can be made available to national authorities only, on the basis of Union or national legislation in compliance with Regulation (EU) No 2016/679, over a standardised interface via offline access for the purposes of accident data analysis, and such that the precise vehicle type, version and variant, and in particular the active safety and accident avoidance systems fitted to the vehicle, can be identified. However, the data that an accident data recorder is capable of recording and storing shall not include the last four digits of the vehicle indicator section of the vehicle information number nor any other information which could allow the individual vehicle itself, its driver to be identified. Moreover, the data processed recorded by an accident data recorder: (a) shall be available outside an accident data recorder only in case of the collision of the vehicle and not before the triggering by the collision; (b) shall not be retained longer than necessary for the purpose referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 7(5); (c) shall be fully deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for that purpose. Manufacturers shall ensure that an accident data recorder is not traceable and is not subject to any constant tracking.
Amendment 219 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 223 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Driver drowsiness and attention monitoring systems shall be designed in a way that these systems do not continuously record nor collect any data, including for the purpose of the accident data recorder.
Amendment 230 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be equipped with advanced systems capable of detecting vulnerable road users and providing a warning or avoiding collision with such vulnerable road users.
Amendment 237 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Advanced emergency braking systems, pedestrian and cyclist collision warning and lane-keeping systems shall meet the following requirements in particular:
Amendment 239 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) it shall be possible to switch off systems only one at a time, and only at standstill with the parking brake engaged, by a complex sequence of actions to be carried out by the driver. In case the systems are not fully operational, in particular due to shortcomings in road infrastructure, they shall deactivate themselves and give information about the deactivation to the driver. If they do not deactivate automatically, it shall be possible to switch them off manually in those cases. Such deactivation shall be temporary and shall last for period when the system is not fully operational only;
Amendment 249 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Amendment 258 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. All seating positions of M1 and N1 categories of vehicles shall be equipped with safety-belt reminder.
Amendment 264 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 shall be equipped with advanced systems capable of detecting vulnerable road users located in close proximity to the front or nearside of the vehicle designed and fitted in two phases and providing: (a) a warning ornly in the first phase; (b) a warning and avoiding collision win the such vulnerable road usersecond phase.
Amendment 266 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 shall be equipped with advanced systems capable of detecting vulnerable road users located in close proximity to the front, back or nearside of the vehicle and providing a warning and/or avoiding collision with such vulnerable road users.
Amendment 278 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. Vehicles of categories M2 and M3 with a capacity exceeding 22 passengers in addition to the driver and constructed with areas for standing passengers to allow frequent passenger movement shall be designed and constructed so as to be accessible by persons with reduced mobility, includingespecially wheelchair users.
Amendment 279 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The seating position of the driver of N2, N3, M2 and M3 categories of vehicles as well as the seating positions of the occupants of seats in the same row as the driver seat of N2, N3, M2 and M3 categories of vehicles shall be equipped with a safety-belt reminder.
Amendment 288 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 296 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Reporting and review 1. By 31 March 2021, the Commission shall prepare and submit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the following issues: (a) technical feasibility and road infrastructure readiness, including traffic sign recognition; (b) users’ acceptance analysis. Member States, regardless of their relative population or geographical location, shall be proportionally represented in the data collected. 2. The Commission shall assess whether the scope of this Regulation should be extended to other potential safety technologies and measures, in particular intelligent speed assistance system that would provide driver with a haptic feedback through the accelerator pedal and advanced distraction recognition. If appropriate, the Commission shall present a legislative proposal to that effect.
Amendment 305 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from [PO: Please insert the date 3624 months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 309 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II –Table – subheading 1 – line 5 a (new)
Annex II –Table – subheading 1 – line 5 a (new)
Safety-belt reminders B B B B B B
Amendment 315 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 2 – line 4
Annex II – Table – subheading 2 – line 4
Advanced emergency braking for pedestrian C C C C C C and cyclist
Amendment 321 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 2 – line 6
Annex II – Table – subheading 2 – line 6
Pedestrian and cyclist B B B B B B B collision warning
Amendment 334 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 5 – line 3
Annex II – Table – subheading 5 – line 3
Amendment 340 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table – subheading 5 – line 5
Annex II – Table – subheading 5 – line 5
Amendment 348 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Notes to the table – point D
Annex II – Notes to the table – point D
Date for refusal to grant EU type-approval and for the prohibition of the registration of vehicles, as well as the placing on the market and entry into service of components and separate technical units: [PO: Please insert the date 248 months after the date of application of this Regulation] Date for the prohibition of the registration of vehicles, as well as the placing on the market and entry into service of components and separate technical units: [PO: Please insert the date 848 months after the date of application of this Regulation]
Amendment 353 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Row 3 – line 8 a (new)
Annex VI – Row 3 – line 8 a (new)
Tyres in worn state with regard to adhesion on wet surfaces 48 months after the application date of this Regulation
Amendment 57 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) According to the Safe System approach, death and serious injury in road accidents is largely preventable. It should be a shared responsibility at all levels to ensure that road crashes do not lead to serious or fatal injuries. In particular, well- designed and properly maintained roads should reduce the probability of road traffic accidents, whilst "“forgiving"” roads (roads laid out in an intelligent way to ensure that driving errors do not immediately have serious or fatal consequences) should reduce the severity of traffic accidents.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The road infrastructure safety management procedures implemented on the trans-European network have helped reduce fatalities and serious injuries in the Union. It is clear from the evaluation of the effects of Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 that Member States which have been applying road infrastructure safety management ('‘RISM'’) principles on a voluntary basis to their national roads beyond the TEN-T network have achieved a much better road safety performance than Member States which do not do so. It is therefore also desirable for these principles (‘RISM’) to be applied to other parts of the European road network. _________________ 15 Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 59).
Amendment 61 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A large proportion of road accidents occur on a small proportion of roads where traffic volumes and speeds are high and where there is a wide range of traffic travelling at different speeds. Therefore the limited extension of the scope of Directive 2008/96/EC to motorways and all primary roads beyond the TEN-T network should contribute significantly to the improvement of road infrastructure safety across the Union.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to roads which are part of the trans-European network, to motorways and to all primary roads, whether they are at the design stage, under construction or in operation.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2008/96/EC
2b. ‘primary road’ means a road that is not a motorway but connects major cities or regions, or both, and is defined as a primary road in the EuroRegionalMap produced by the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies of Europis intended for transport between administrative units and is defined as such by the categorisation of the relevant legislation of a Member State;
Amendment 72 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is important to note that the term “business users”, and by extension the scope of this Regulation, should also cover individuals working or providing services by personally performing work via online platforms. This is not only about SMEs but also about people who may be categorised as independent economic entities or self-employed. Due to the rising number of individuals employed in this way in the economy it is vital that they are also covered and able to rely on the possibility of seeking redress. They should have the right to participation in the process of setting prices and working conditions by platforms as they are vulnerable to arbitrary delisting, a lack of access to personal data and discrimination.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 101 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A wide variety of business-to- consumer commercial relations are intermediated online by providers operating multi-sided services that are essentially based on the same ecosystem- building business model. In order to capture the relevant services, online intermediation services should be defined in a precise and technologically-neutral manner. In particular, the services should consist of information society services, which are characterised by the fact that they aim to facilitate the initiating of direct transactions between business users and consumers, irrespective of whether the transactions are ultimately concluded either online, on the online portal of the provider of the online intermediation services in question or that of the business user, or offline, meaning that there is no requirement for any contractual relationship between the business users and consumers as a precondition for the inclusion of an online intermediation service within the scope of this Regulation. In addition, the services should be provided on the basis of contractual relationships both between the providers and business users and between the providers and the consumers. Such a contractual relationship should be deemed to exist where both parties concerned express their intention to be bound in an unequivocal and verifiable manner, without an express written agreement necessarily being required. Such a contractual relationship between the providers of online intermediation services and consumers should also be deemed to exist in cases where the services are supplied to the consumer against the provision of personal data or other data by the consumer.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to effectively protect business users where needed, this Regulation should apply where the terms and conditions of a contractual relationship, regardless of twheir name or form, are not individually negotiated by the parties to them. Whether or not terms and conditions were individually negotiated should be determined on the basis of an overall assessment, whereby the fact that certain provisions thereof may have been individually negotiated is, in itself, not decisivether terms were individually negotiated or not.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) As online intermediaries often own more than one platform or website, they should inform business users that sign a contract for listing with them of which platforms or websites the listing is displayed on.
Amendment 190 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
Amendment 222 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Breaches of the provisions of this Regulation will in certain instances require a rapid and flexible enforcement. Enforcement bodies set up or nominated by Member States should be responsible for the enforcement of this Regulation in an adequate and effective manner. The enforcement bodies should be established in addition to the procedure for judicial proceedings by representative organisations set out in this Regulation. The decisions made by enforcement bodies could be challenged in judicial proceedings according to relevant national legislation.
Amendment 244 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘business user’ means any natural or legal person which through online intermediation services offers goods or services to consumers for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession, including individuals working or providing services by personally providing work via online intermediation services;
Amendment 307 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) set out the objective grounds for decisions to suspend or terminate, terminate or impose any other kind of sanction upon, in whole or in part, the provision of their online intermediation services to business users.
Amendment 358 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where a provider of online intermediation services decides to suspend or, terminate, or restrict in whole or in part, the provision of its online intermediation services to a given business user, it shall provide the business user or users concerned, without undue delay, with a statement of reasons for that decision.
Amendment 362 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Paragraph 1 shall also not apply where the provider of online intermediation services acts to protect consumers on the basis of reasonable doubt regarding the safety of a product or service, counterfeiting, fraud, or suitability of the product or service to minors. In such cases, the business user shall be notified without undue delay and be provided with a statement of reasons for that decision.
Amendment 370 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The statement of reasons referred to in paragraph 1 or 1a shall contain a reference to the specific facts or circumstances that led to the decision of the provider of online intermediation services, as well as a reference to the applicable objective ground or grounds for that decision referred to in Article 3(1)(c).
Amendment 524 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The provider of the online intermediation service shall not for commercial purposes disclose to third parties, including within their corporate structure, data generated by the transactions of a business user without the explicit consent of the business user.
Amendment 529 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 539 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Providers of online intermediation services shall provide, at the request of the business user, full disclosure of all platforms and websites which are owned and operated by the intermediary where a business user's products or services are listed.
Amendment 542 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 646 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Providers of online intermediation services shall publish information annually to the general public in an easily accessible format specifying the number of cases undertaken, the nature of the complaints, and the results of those complaints.
Amendment 661 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that their relevant public bodies or other authorities set up a registry of unlawful acts which have been subject to injunction orders before national courts in order to provide a basis for best practice and information to other Member State public bodies or other authorities.
Amendment 699 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall encourage and monitor the drawing up of codes of conduct by providers of online intermediation services and by organisations and associations representing them, including the consultation and involvement of SME organisations and platform workers' representatives regarding the content of such codes, intended to contribute to the proper application of this Regulation, taking account of the specific features of the various sectors in which online intermediation services are provided, as well as of the specific characteristics of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 705 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Enforcement authorities 1. The public body nominated or set up according to Article 12, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2 shall be responsible for the adequate and effective enforcement of this Regulation. 2. Member States shall lay down rules setting out the measures applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall ensure that they are implemented. The measures provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. 3. The public body shall give guidance to business users in detecting unfair practices from platforms. 4. The public bodies referred to in paragraph 1 shall be communicated to the Commission and made publicly available on the Commission's website.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Furthermore, any fines imposed as penalties should take into account the total worldwide annual turnover and profits of the infringing trader and any fines that have been imposed on the trader in other Member States for the same infringement in, particular, in the context of the widespread infringements of consumer law and widespread infringements with a Union dimension that are subject to coordinated investigation and enforcement in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2394.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) To ensure that Member State authorities can impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties in relation to widespread infringements of consumer law and to widespread infringements with a Union dimension that are subject to coordinated investigation and enforcement in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, fines should be introduced as a mandatory element of penalties for such infringements. In order to ensure deterrence of the fines, Member States should set in their national law the maximum fine for such infringements at a level that is at least 4% of the trader's annual turnover in the Member State concernedtotal worldwide annual turnover.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Where, as a result of the coordination mechanism under Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, a single national competent authority within the meaning of that Regulation imposes a fine on the trader responsible for the widespread infringement or the widespread infringement with a Union dimension, it should be able to impose a fine of at least 4 % of the trader’s annual turnover in all Member States concerned by the coordinated enforcement actiontotal worldwide annual turnover.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Member States should not be prevented from maintaining or introducing in their national law higher maximum turnover-based fines or fixed maximum fines for widespread infringements and widespread infringements with a Union dimension of consumer law, as defined in Regulation EU 2017/2394. The requirement to set the fine at a level of not less than 4 % of the trader's turnover should not apply to any additional rules of the Member States on periodic penalty payments, such as daily fines, for non- compliance with any decision, order, interim measure, trader's commitment or other measure with the aim of stopping the infringement.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States should ensure that remedies are available for consumers harmed by unfair commercial practices in order to eliminate all the effects of those unfair practices. In order to meet that objective, Member States should make both contractual and non-contractual remedies available. As a minimum, the contractual remedies provided by the Member States should include the right to contract termination and the right to price reduction. Non-contractual remedies provided under national law should, as a minimum, include the right to compensation for damages. Member States would not be prevented from maintaining or introducing rights to additional remedies for consumers harmed by unfair commercial practices in order to ensure full removal of the effects of such practices.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 151 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 159 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 167 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 173 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU guarantees the freedom to conduct a business in accordance with Union law and national laws and practices. However, marketing across Member States of products as being identical when, in reality, they have a significantly different composition or characteristics may mislead consumers and cause them to take a transactional decision that they would not have taken otherwise. of products as being seemingly identical or similar when, in reality, they have different composition or characteristics, without the consumer being clearly and comprehensively informed thereof, may mislead consumers and cause them to take a transactional decision that they would not have taken otherwise. Assessments of whether different composition or characteristics exist may vary depending on the facts and circumstances of each case, but generally speaking, in cases where: one or more ingredients or their ratio in the product differs from another marketed product under the same or similar trademark or designation; this difference may change the economic behaviour of the average consumer, who would have taken a different purchasing decision where he was aware of such a difference. In order to assess whether the appearance is seemingly identical, any words, data, trademarks, brand names, illustrations or symbols relating to a particular product and placed on the package, the document, the inscription or the label in the field of vision most likely to be spotted by the consumer at first glance and which will enable him to recognise the product immediately in terms of its characteristics, taste or nature and, where appropriate, its trademark, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) However, the enforcement experience has shown that it may be unclear to consumers, traders and national competent authorities which commercial practices could be contrary to the Directive 2005/29/EC in the absence of an explicit provision. Therefore, Directive 2005/29/EC should be amended to ensure legal certainty both for traders and enforcement authorities by addressing explicitly the marketing of a product as being identical to the same product marketed in several other Member Statesseemingly identical or similar to the another product marketed, where those products have significantly different composition or characteristics. Competent authorities should assess and address on a case by case basis such practices according to the provisions of the Directive. In undertaking its assessment the competent authority should take into account whether such differentiation is easily identifiable by consumers,. When assessing a trader's right to adapt products of the same brand forto different geographical markets due to, taking into account legitimate factors, such as availability or seasonality of raw materials, defined consumer preferences or voluntary strategies aimed at improving access to healthy and nutritious food as well as , the competent authority should examine whether traders' right to offer products of the same brand in packages of different weight or volume in different geographical marketshe consumer has been sufficiently, clearly and comprehensibly informed by the trader about such changes so that the difference is apparent at one glance.
Amendment 208 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2005/29/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Aany marketing of a product as beof seemingly identical to the same product marketed in several other Member Statesappearance to another product, which is marketed with the same or similar trademark or designation, while those products have significantly different composition or characteristics;
Amendment 210 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2005/29/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Aany marketing of a product as bewith seemingly identical to the sameappearance to another product that is marketed in several other Member States,with the same or similar trademark, designation or packaging while those products have significantly different composition or characteristics;
Amendment 219 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2005/0029/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point f (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point f (new)
(3a) In Article 7(4), the following point is added: “(f) in the case of ranking of offers presented to the consumer as result of his search query, the main ranking parameters and the preferential treatment of certain offers;”
Amendment 236 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2005/29/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
2. Contractual remedies shall include, as a minimum, the possibility for the consumer to unilaterally terminate the contract, obtain compensation for damages or price reduction.
Amendment 264 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/29/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the penalties for widespread infringements and widespread infringements with a Union dimension within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/29394 include the possibility to impose fines, the maximum amount of which shall be at least 4 % of the trader's annual turnover in the Member State or Member States concernedtotal worldwide annual turnover.
Amendment 273 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2005/29/EC
Annex I – point 11
Annex I – point 11
11. Using editorial content in the media, or providing information to a consumer’sn online search query, to promote a product or service where a trader has paid for the promotionrovided remuneration, including remuneration other than money, for a promotion or prominent placement without making that clear in the content or search results or by images or sounds clearly identifiable by the consumer (advertorial; paid placement or paid inclusion). This is without prejudice to Directive 2010/13/EU48. __________________ 48 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 278 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2005/29/EC
Annex I – point 13 a (new)
Annex I – point 13 a (new)
(6a) In Annex I, the following point is inserted: “13a. Creating an impression, by using the same or similar trademark, designation or packaging, that a product is identical to another product while these products have different composition, unless the distinction in the composition is clearly marked on the package in the field of view of the consumer.”
Amendment 281 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2005/29/EC
Annex I – point 23 a (new)
Annex I – point 23 a (new)
(6a) In Annex I, the following point is inserted: “23a. Use of the same or seemingly identical designation for a product which is marketed in one Member State or in various Member States with a different composition, without that distinction being clearly and comprehensibly marked so as to be immediately visible to the consumer; with designation meaning any words, particulars, trademarks, brands, illustrations or symbols relating to a particular product, and which are placed on the package, document, inscription or label in the field of view, which the consumer shall most likely notice immediately when purchasing, and which will enable him to recognise the product immediately in terms of its characteristics, taste or nature and, where appropriate, its brand.”
Amendment 282 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2005/29/EC
Annex 1 – point 23 a (new)
Annex 1 – point 23 a (new)
(6a) In Annex I, the following point is inserted: “23a. Creating the false impression that a review of a product or a service was submitted by a consumer who used the product or service.”
Amendment 294 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2005/29/EC
Annex I – point 31 a (new)
Annex I – point 31 a (new)
(6a) In Annex I, the following point is inserted: “31a. Restricting or preventing a consumer to make use of the right of withdrawal laid down in Article 9(1) of Directive 2011/83/EU.”
Amendment 322 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the geographical address at which the trader is established as well as the trader’s telephone number, e-mail address orand, if available, other means of online communication which guarantee that the consumer can keep the correspondence with the trader on a durable medium, to enable the consumer to contact the trader quickly and communicate with him efficiently. Where applicable, the trader shall also provide the geographical address and identity of the trader on whose behalf he is acting.
Amendment 383 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 4 (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 (new)
(6a) In Article 9, the following paragraph is added: “4. Where a distance contract falling under point (a) or (c) of paragraph 1 is to be concluded by telephone, the right of withdrawal expires after 14 days from the receipt of the confirmation by the consumer as required under Article 8 paragraph 7.”
Amendment 387 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 393 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 397 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point -1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 416 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point 3
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 421 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
(9a) “The following Article is inserted: “Article 23a Redress Member States shall in addition to their obligations under Article 23 lay down in their national law that the contract shall not be binding on the consumer when the trader has not complied with the information requirements set out under this Directive.”
Amendment 435 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the penalties for widespread infringements and widespread infringements with a Union dimension within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/29394 include the possibility to impose fines, the maximum amount of which shall be at least 4% of the trader’s annual turnover in the Member State or Member States concernedworldwide turnover.
Amendment 444 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2011/83/EU
Annex I – part A – Instructions for completion – point 4
Annex I – part A – Instructions for completion – point 4
Amendment 449 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point 1 – point d
Directive 2011/83/EU
Annex I – part A – Instructions for completion – point 5 – point c
Annex I – part A – Instructions for completion – point 5 – point c
Amendment 482 #
2018/0090(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Directive 1998/06/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the penalties for widespread infringements and widespread infringements with a Union dimension within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/29394 include the possibility to impose fines, the maximum amount of which shall be at least 4 % of the trader’s annual turnover in the Member State or Member States concernedworldwide turnover.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to enable qualified entities, which represent the collective interest of consumers, to seek remedy through representative actions against infringements of provisions of Union law. The qualified entities should be able to ask for stopping or prohibiting an infringement, for confirming that an infringement took place and to seek redress, such as compensation, repair or, price reduction, replacement, shipment, supply or updates as available under national laws.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A representative action should offer an effective and efficient way of protecting the collective interests of consumers. It should allow qualified entities to act with the aim of ensuring compliance with relevant provisions of Union law and to overcome the obstacles faced by consumers within individual actions with regard to their generally weaker position, such as the uncertainty about their rights and available procedural mechanisms, psychological reluctance to take action and the negative balance of the expected costs and benefits of the individual action.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Directive should cover a variety of areas such as data protection, financial services, travel and tourism, energy, telecommunications and environment. It should cover all infringements of provisions of Union law which protect the interests of consumers, regardless of whether they are referred to as consumers or as travellers, users, customers, retail investors, retail clients, tenants or other in the relevant Union law. To ensure adequate response to infringement to Union law, the form and scale of which is quickly evolving, it should be considered, each time where a new Union act relevant for the protection of the collective interests of consumers is adopted, whether to amend the Annex to the present Directive in order to place it under its scope.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As only qualified entities can bring the representative actions, to ensure that the collective interests of consumers are adequately represented the qualified entities should comply with the criteria established by this Directive. In particular, they would need to be properly constituted according to the law of a Member State, which could include for example requirements regarding the number of members, the degree of permanence, or transparency requirements on relevant aspects of their structure such as their constitutive statutes, management structure, objectives and working methods. Qualified entities should be registered in a Member State of the European Union. They should also be not for profit and have a legitimate interest in ensuring compliance with the relevant Union law. These criteria should apply to both qualified entities designated in advance and to ad hoc qualified entities that are constituted for the purpose of a specific action.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In low-value cases most consumers are unlikely to take action in order to enforce their rights because the efforts would outweigh the individual benefits. However, if the same practice concerns a number of consumers, the aggregated loss may be significant. In such cases, a court or authority may consider that it is disproportionate to distribute the funds back to the consumers concerned, for example because it is too onerous or impracticable. Therefore the funds received as redress through representative actions would better serve the purposes of the protection of collective interests of consumers and should be directed to a relevant public purpose, such as a consumer legal aid fund, awareness campaigns or consumer movements. In such low-value cases, a court or administrative authority should not ask for a definition of the group of consumers concerned by the infringement.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Member States may provide that a qualified entity and a trader who have reached a settlement regarding redress for consumers affected by an allegedly illegal practice of that trader can jointly request a court or administrative authority to approve it. Such request should be admitted by the court or administrative authority only if there is no other ongoing representative action regarding the same practice. A competent court or administrative authority approving such collective settlement must take into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned, including individual consumers. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlement and file or pursuit their corresponding individual action.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) Within their capacities, qualified entities, competent courts and authorities should inform consumer organisations and the press about ongoing representative action and its decisions.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) Members States should ensure that individuals are allowed to apply for a suspension of their own action for redress until the final decision of a corresponding representative action.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) it is registered in a Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 214 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of Article 5(3), Member States shall ensure that qualified entities are entitled to bring representative actions seeking a redress order, which obligates the trader to provide for, inter alia, compensation, repair, replacement, price reduction, contract termination or reimbursement of the price paid, as appropriate compensation or other consumer rights. A Member State may require the mandate of the individual consumers concerned before a declaratory decision is made or a redress order is issued, if the representative action is not of low-value and the group of consumers concerned by the infringement is limited and identifiable.
Amendment 220 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The qualified entity shall provide sufficient information as required under national law to support the action, including, where appropriate, a description of the consumers concerned by the action and the questions of fact and law to be resolved.
Amendment 261 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by settlements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and file or pursuit their corresponding individual action. The redress obtained through an approved settlement in accordance with paragraph 4 shall be without prejudice to any additional rights to redress that the consumers concerned may have under Union or national law.
Amendment 271 #
2018/0089(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall ensure that, within their capacities, qualified entities, competent courts and authorities inform consumer organisations and the press about ongoing representative action and its decisions.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive applies to certain unfair trading practices which occur in relation to the sales of agricultural and food products by a supplier that is a small and medium-sized enterprise to a buyer that is not a small and medium-sized enterpriseo a buyer, and to the ancillary or access services provided by a buyer related to those products.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) “unfair trading practice” means any practice which grossly deviates from good commercial conduct, is contrary to good faith and fair practice and is unilaterally imposed by one trading partner upon another, occurring when an enterprise: - unfairly shifts its own costs or entrepreneurial risks to the other party; - submits or attempts to subject a trading partner to obligations that create a significant imbalance in the rights and obligations of the parties before, during or after the performance of the contract; - obtains or attempts to obtain, under threat of total or partial termination of contractual relations, manifestly unreasonable conditions concerning prices, payment terms, terms of sale or services not covered by the purchase obligations and sales.
Amendment 219 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A buyer shall inform the supplier of any differentiated treatment which it gives in relation to brands owned or managed by it ("private labels"), in particular which concerns specific measures by the buyer relating to listing or store-place.
Amendment 222 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. A buyer shall not share details or specific information about products received from a supplier with any third party and shall not use this information to develop its own competing product, which would deprive the weaker party of the results of its innovation.
Amendment 253 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The enforcement authority shall ensure, if so requested by the complainant, the anonymity or confidentiality of the identity of the complainant and any other information, in respect of which the complainant considers disclosure harmful to his interests. The complainant shall identify such information in a possible request for anonymity or confidentiality.
Amendment 35 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for continued and balanced support to the TEN-T core, comprehensive networks and horizontal priorities, taking into account the need to complete the core network of infrastructure for all kinds of transport, upgrade and renovate existing infrastructure and to better integrate national transport networks, including road infrastructure; stresses in this context the need for adequate budget envelopes and clearly structured funding programmes under the transport and cohesion policies post 2020;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the allocation of adequate resources to research, programmes and projects promoting road safety in Europe, in line with the Valletta Declaration on Road Safety;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for cohesion policy funds to be allocated to the development of multi-modal infrastructure, including support for the design of multimodal terminals and the development of ITS systems for combined transport.
Amendment 54 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to ensure that resources are made available to support sustainable urban mobility, the development of intelligent transport systems, projects for cyclists and pedestrians and improved accessibility to transport for persons with a disability;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas public procurement involves the spending of a considerable amount of taxpayers’ money, meaning that taxpayers expect this procurement to be carried out with transparency and integrity in the most efficient way, in terms of both costs and quality delivered, in order to provide quality goods and services to citizens;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas public procurement may be a useful tool in the service of a stronger single market, social inclusion, the fight against social and environmental dumping, and for the growth of EU companies and jobs in the Union;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the European Union is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 18 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is of crucial importance that suppliers trust that the Union’s public procurement systems offer simple and accessible, digital procedures, full transparency, integrity and security of data;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to better organise the guides and other tools developed to help Member States with the implementation of the public procurement framework, in a more accessible and user- friendly way that offers a good overview to practitioners, while also paying attention to the languages available;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Underlines the importance of establishing a transparent dialogue with civil society, including trade unions and representatives of disabled people, with the aim of creating better analytical tools to develop policies that correspond to the real needs of society;
Amendment 108 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to do their utmost to put in place the eForms by the end of 2018 at the latest;
Amendment 110 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Agrees with the Commission that publicly available contract registers can be a cost-efficient tool for managing contracts, for improving transparency, integrity and data, and for better governance of public procurement;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that all Member States should be in a position to provide all necessary data on public procurement implementation, including data on tenders, procedures and contracts and statistical information, also in order to enable the Commission to assess the single market on procurement;
Amendment 121 #
2017/2278(INI)
27. Regrets that SMEs and social economy enterprises are still facing difficulties in accessing public procurement, and calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness of the measures provided by the 2014 directives and to come forward with new solutions if necessary;
Amendment 141 #
2017/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines that both procurers and suppliers need to be adequately trained especially in the use of social and environmental criteria, in order to work efficiently at all procurement stages, and that attention must be given to all levels of public administration as regards professionalisation;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Valletta Declaration on Road Safety of 29 March 2017,
Amendment 17 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas last year on European roads, 25 500 people lost their lives and 135 000 people were seriously injured, and the 2020 targets to reduce the number of victims of road accidents by half compared to 2010 are not being met;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that the targets on reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries in road accidents have still not been met and that European transport policy should therefore focus on reducing them;
Amendment 136 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Stresses that the mobility of the future should be accessible and easy to use for both the elderly and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 137 #
2017/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Notes that mobility should also focus in the future on developing public transport in urban and suburban areas, as this contributes significantly to reducing congestion and air pollution, as well as on supporting the development of new and existing means of transport;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of access to justice for consumerindividual consumers and SMEs and of the availability for collective redress in order to ensure fair competition; believes access to justice and the availability of class or representative actions in this field and consumer rights more generally is essential to achieving the aims of EU competition policy; underlines that the absence of such opportunities weakens competition at the expense of the internal market and consumer rights;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that efforts to foster competition through the development of the Digital Single Market must at all times work in the interests of consumers, and that the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for fundamental rights must be fully protected in the digital domain;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that competition that is both free and fair is ultimately for the benefit of consumers;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on Member States to ensure the proper enforcement of EU public procurement rules in order to ensure fair competition including social, environmental and consumer protection criteria where appropriate and promote good practice in public authorities’ processes;proper enforcement will tackle distortions of competition and enable public authorities to choose to organise and provide quality public services so as to ensure effective and efficient public expenditure;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that persistent concerns about the issue of dual product quality distort consumers' trust and competition in the single market;calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify efforts to tackle dual products quality for both food and non-food products;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission to promote market access opportunities for SMEs through smaller contracts where compatible with key procurement objectives, and for the Commission to carefully monitor the centralisation of purchases in public procurement markets;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Emphasises the relationship between the internal market and competition policy;encourages strong cooperation between Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Commission in order to ensure that the interests of consumers are protected and promoted in any and all efforts to encourage a competitive EU.
Amendment 1 #
2017/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that improving road safety in the EU begins with ensuring that existing and future provisions can be implemented and checked effectivelyTakes note that 25.500 people died in 2016 on European roads and a further 135,000 were seriously injured, causing a devastating human suffering but also economic costs; recognises that improving road safety in the EU is of utmost importance to reduce the amount of fatalities and serious injuries and begins with ensuring that existing and future provisions can be implemented and checked effectively; therefore welcomes the list of safety technologies published by the Commission for inclusion in the next revision of the rules; calls on the Commission to come up with an ambitious proposal of the General Safety Regulation and Pedestrian Protection Regulation within the next six months; calls, in that regard, for increased best practice sharing and independent and peer reviews of type approval and technical services in the Union; calls, in addition, for greater and more independent post-market surveillance of vehicles on roads across the Union to ensure that they continue to conform to safety criteria;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC,
Amendment 12 #
2017/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that when non- conformities are identified, European consumers should be able to count on rapid, appropriate and coordinated corrective measures, including Union-wide vehicle recall where necessary; stresses, further, that jointly with the vehicle recall, consumers being harmed by non- conformity of type approval should be adequately compensated by financial means, and that recall programmes only should not be seen as an appropriate measure of compensation in general; considers that by withdrawal of the type approval due to noncompliance or nonconformity, the owner of the affected vehicle should have the right of full reimbursement of the manufacturer for the damage caused by the purchase of this vehicle;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the move towards completely driver-free vehicles is progressing rapidly and that road safety generally is an urgent issue, so that a review of the General Safety Regulation needs tomust be submitted by the Commission no later than January 2018, and that in any event any further delay would be unacceptable;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists need better protection and therefore, the European Commission should present the review of the Pedestrian Protection Regulation within next six months;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that according to the European Commission statistics, around 25 % of the overall annual traffic fatalities in the EU are caused by the alcohol consumption, and therefore welcomes the zero tolerance policy for drink driving in some Member States;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that nearly half of all pedestrians and cyclists killed on the roads are aged over 65, and in almost all European countries road accidents are the major cause of death among young people, and therefore calls on Member States to make it possible for older people and young drivers to use the roads safely by developing programmes to avert age- specific risks of accidents;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Observes that, in 43% of cases, fatal road accidents in urban areas occur to pedestrians and cyclists, and calls on Member States to take greater account of the more vulnerable road users in building and maintaining roads, for example by building more cyclesafe cycle or pedestrian paths, or expanding them;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Bearing in mind that the Valletta declaration on improving road safety has been issued by the Maltese presidency on 29 March 2017, urges the European Commission to include new targets of halving the number of serious injuries on roads in the EU in their new road safety strategy for the decade 2020-2030;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that some 952% of all accidents are due to human error or interaction of human error with vehicle and/or infrastructure and that therefore it should be compulsory to incorporate driver assistance systems which promote safety, a requirement that should apply only to those driver assistance systems which improve road safety significantly, as demonstrated by scientific evidence, which have a favourable cost- benefit ratio and which have attained market maturity.;
Amendment 157 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsory installation of overridable intelligent speed assistants to indicate speed limits, and calls on Member States to ensure that road signs are kept in excellent condition, and that road markings are clearly legible; Emphasises that for proper working of this intelligent assistant, it is necessary to have updated online road maps with current speed limit indications;
Amendment 165 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that, due to its relevance to road safety, a lane departure warning system that not only warns but also actively intervenes, albeit without preventing drivers from acting directly, should be made compulsory; Notes that for using this warning system it is necessary that road markings are kept in condition which can be clearly recognizable;
Amendment 178 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls for safer front-end design of heavy goods vehicles related to better vision of pedestrians and cyclists as well as for barriers to avoid collisions and mitigate consequences of collisions;
Amendment 215 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls for updating of the testing requirements for motor vehicle active and passive safety systems, which would take into account not only pedestrians but also cyclists;
Amendment 216 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Calls for better fire safety rules for buses and coaches with different type of power, including the CNG powered buses, to maximize the protection of passengers safety;
Amendment 224 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Stresses that Directive (EU) 2015/719 on weights & Dimensions of HGVs has great potential to improve truck safety, and notes that the Commission has missed the deadline of 27 May 2017 under that Directive for assessing the need to adopt or amend any technical requirements for type-approval of aerodynamic devices laid down within that framework, and therefore calls on the Commission to present its assessment immediately and accelerate the work on this Directive;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the EU framework should address disproportionate barriers while fully preserving the protection of public interest objectives, such as consumer protection, thus ensuring high quality of the service provided;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that some Member States did not consult the relevant stakeholders in an appropriate manner while preparing the NAPs; believes that a transparent flow of information between public institutions and stakeholders is necessary to effectively address issues and challenges affecting professions; calls for a broader involvement of all interested parties in the future;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to involve all interested parties and carry out broader public consultations not only in view of preparing NAPs but also before reforming regulation of professions, in order to allow citizens, consumers and professionals to express their views;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the role of professional regulation in achieving a high level of protection of public interest objectives, such aseither explicitly mentioned in the Treaty, such as public policy, public security and public health, or recognized by the Court of Justice case-law, which may continue to evolve; among others, the protection of consumers, recipients of services and workers, the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice, combating fraud and prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, the protection of the environment, and the preservation of national historic and artistic heritage and social and cultural policy objectives; acknowledges the margin of appreciation of Member States in determining the ways to achieve this;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that better comparability of the level of professional qualifications is needed in order to increase the homogeneity of the evidence of formal qualifications across the European Union and to create a level playing field for young Europeans entering the professions, as well as promote their mobility across the EU;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Besides an effective regulatory framework in the EU and in the Member States, highlights the need for effective and coordinated policies to support professionals in the EU and to strengthen the competitiveness, the innovation capacity and the quality of professional services in the EU;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Highlights the importance of education, skills development and entrepreneurial training to ensure that professionals in the EU remain competitive and able to face the transformational changes that affect the liberal professions as a consequence of innovation, digitalization and globalization; stresses the close connection between the knowledge of a professional and the quality of service provided; notes the important role that should be played by higher education and research institutions in this regard;
Amendment 108 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Calls on the Member States to properly analyse the needs of the market for professional services in future decades and to develop policies making EU professional services globally competitive;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to continue keeping the Parliament regularly informed on the state of play in relation of the compliance with the Directive by the Member States;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS); recognises the potential in a smarter use of data in the transport sector; considers C-ITS a valuable contributor to making road transport safer, more efficient and sustainable, through higher energy efficiency, reduced emissions and reduced risks of accidents;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Europe to maintainpromote through higher standards its leading global position in the field of C- ITS; encourages all stakeholders to speed up the deployment of C-ITS technologies; underlines, in this respect, the need for affordable, high-quality, safe, continuous and reliable services throughout the Union;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deems it necessaryfundamental to ensure that consumers’ rights to privacy and to the protection of their personal data be fully upheld in accordance with the EU legal framework on data protection; urges the Commission to ensure the correct implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation; calls on car manufacturers to inform consumers adequatelyin a clear manner about their rights and never to sell in-car data without explicit consent;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deems it necessary to ensure that consumers’ rights to privacy and to the protection of their personal data be fully upheld; urges the Commission to ensure the correct implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation; calls on car manufacturers to inform consumers adequateproperly about their rights and never to sell, keep or use for any other purpose in- car data without explicit consent;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Member States’ authorities and the industrial sector must respond to the pressing need to make transport safer, more efficient and sustainable for all road users, including the most vulnerable and people with reduced mobility;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of the application of high standards of cyber- security in all Member States in order to prevent cyber-attacks and hacking;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the need to consider the effects of C-ITS on employment and working conditions; encourages, in this respect, to foster the dialogue with social partners at an early stage;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of technical harmonisation and standardisation of data and definitions regarding C-ITS, including backward compatibility, so as to ensure a successful roll-out and cross border interoperability at all levels;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Feels that a detailed information campaign is needed to inform drivers of the negative consequences of data transfer disruptions in terms of the possible reduction of road safety;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of strict security standards for preventing hacking attacks and cyber-attacks;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas connected and automated driving is an important digital development in the sector and co- ordination with all the new technologies used in the sector, such as the European global satellite-based navigation systems GALILEO and EGNOS have now reached a high level of technological capacity;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the strategy’s focus on user involvement; encourages the Commission to facilitate the exchange of best practices; underlines the need for dedicated cross-border C-ITS pilots, including C-Roads, supported by adequate funding; encourages Member States to join urgently this Platform;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Feels that when developing cooperative intelligent transport systems, particular attention must be paid to the needs of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that many road users, including drivers, will not be aware of the features, safety benefits and limits of new C-ITS technology; feels that it is appropriate for current and future drivers to be made familiar with new C-ITS technologies using the most appropriate means;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the fact that the Regulation concerning type-approval requirements for the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service will enter into force in 2018; reminds the Commission in this connection of its obligation to to assess the need for an interoperable, secure and standardised open-access platform;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the potential of digital technologies and related business models in road transport and recognises the Strategy as an important milestone towards the development of C-ITS and, ultimately, automated mobility; notes that cooperative, connected and automated vehicles can boost the competitiveness of European industry as well as reduceing energy consumption and emissions from transport and improving interconnectivity between different modes of transport;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to present a specific timetable for the introduction of those C-ITS services that have proven their safety benefits, with clear targets for what the EU needs to achieve between 2019 and 2029 in the context of the gradual EU-wide deployment of C-ITS, including a timeline on when different C-ITS services will need to be deployed; in this regard, call on the Commission to clarify which C-ITS services are encouraged, and which ones will be mandatory and by when;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2067(INI)
8. Highlights the necessity of incorporating safeguard systems during the transition phase of co-existence between connected and automated vehicles and vehicles with zero connectivity and zero automation so that road safety is not put at risk;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need to provide road users with more choices, more user- friendly, affordable and customised products, and more information; in this regard, encourages the Commission to facilitate the exchange of best practices; urges all Member States to join the C- Roads Platform, as it is intended to play a significant role in implementing the Strategy;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out the need to ensure a suitable road infrastructure that can communicate safely with vehicles;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that, in the development of C-ITS, special attention should be paid to urban driving, which is very different from out-of-town driving; in particular, urban driving involves greater interaction with pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights the importance of further investment into research into sensor systems to ensure their full cross- border interoperability and potential application beyond safety, such as in remote emission sensing, vehicle dynamics, air quality and congestion;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the introduction of C-ITS services and technologies that have been clearly shown to improve road safety;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Takes the view that when developing cooperative intelligent transport systems, particular attention should be paid to the needs of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Points out that many road users, including drivers, will not be aware of the features, safety benefits and limitations of new C-ITS technologies; takes the view that future and current drivers should be familiarised with new C-ITS technologies in the best way possible;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Welcomes the fact that the Regulation concerning type-approval requirements for the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service will enter into force in 2018;reminds the Commission, in this connection, of its commitment to assess requirements for an interoperable, secure and standardised open-access platform;
Amendment 145 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that a truly multimodal transport system should be created, integrating all modes of transport into a single mobility service, allowing people and freight to travel smoothly from door to door and enhancing overall transport efficiency; in this regard calls on the Commission to ensure and promote cooperation and investments at European level on transport industry digitalisation, through existing and new funds, that would provide road users with more choices and would lead to progressive convergence between areas;
Amendment 157 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recommends that the Commission rapidly establish an adequate legal framework to achieve EU-wide cross- border interoperability on time; calls on the Commission to publish a legislative proposal on access to in-vehicle data and resources no later than September 2018; recommends that this proposal should guarantee a level playing field for non- monetised access to in-vehicle data for all third-parties in order to protect consumer rights, promote innovation and ensure fair competition on this market, taking into account the conclusions of the Commission’s study on access to in- vehicle data and resources; in this regard, also calls on the Commission to harmonise the conditions for testing and to ensure fast and effective legal integration;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. underlines that the appropriate regulatory frameworks will need to cover affordability, accessibility and safety issues that arise from this cooperative element between vehicles and between vehicles and transport infrastructure; in this regard, stresses that a level playing field should be created to contribute to the overall development and fulfilment of EU transport policy goals, including modernisation of all urban and rural infrastructures also linked to public transport services;
Amendment 173 #
2017/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to consider the effects of C-ITS on employment and working conditions; encourages, in this respect, to foster the dialogue with social partners at an early stage and to carry on a comprehensive and in depth analysis to be presented to the European Parliament as soon as possible, of the overall social effects derived from the consequences of transport industry digitalisation, focusing on regulatory oversight and compliance, safety and jobs impact;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2064(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, _________________ 1aDirective 2014/47/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC, L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 134.
Amendment 17 #
2017/2064(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas many Member States are still failing to provide consumers with the necessary tools that would enable them to verify the history of a used vehicle;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2064(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that consumers need to have easy access to odometer readings;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
1. Considers that transport projects which will lead to the removal of barriers and the creation of a secure transport infrastructure should also be financed under the future multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that cohesion policy’s share of the total EU budget should be maintained post-2020, as the Cohesion Fund makes a major contribution to closing infrastructure gaps and reducing economic and social disparities between regions;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of secured funding to achieve an integrated maritime policy, as a flagship initiative for cross-sectoral and trans-national governance, as well as for optimising multimodal connections and shifting to digital transport services and sustainable transport modes, including public transport and inland waterways;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that funding should also be provided in the next period for intelligent transport system (ITS) and cooperative ITS projects in view of transport needs;
Amendment 588 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Recognises the European added value of collaboration in addressing common public health threats; notes that no single Member State can tackle cross- border health challenges alone, and calls for the next MFF to reflect the EU’s responsibility to support Member States in reducing health inequalities; considers that, on the basis of the positive outcome of the ongoing actions in this field, the next MFF should include a robust next generation Health programme that addresses these issues on a cross-border basis, notably by making innovative solutions for healthcare delivery, such as the European Reference Networks; recalls that good health is a prerequisite for achieving other goals set by the EU and that policies in such fields as agriculture, environment, employment, social issues or inclusion also have an impact on the health of Europeans; calls, therefore, for the strengthening of health impact assessments and for cross- sectoral cooperation in the next MFF in this field;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument for the completion of the TEN- T network; stresses that the budgetary cuts to the CEF made in the past, due to the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) initiative, should be avoided in the future; believes that CEF is a vital instrument with significant Union- added value to optimise the transport network across the Union, linking and/or modernising new and existing transport infrastructures; stresses the need to further promote the high speed railway projects connecting Western and Eastern parts of Europe, including missing cross-border rail links;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Horizon 2020 to foster and support projects related to innovation in improving transport safety, smart transport management and autonomous driving; welcomes the increase in commitments and payments appropriations through the Horizon 2020 for Joint Undertakings, among others SESAR and SHIFT2RAIL;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Commission to further prioritise the financing of the transport safetysafety measures that would not have an impact ofn passenger flows in different means of transport;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Encourages the Commission to support initiatives that could improve road safety and thus help to achieve the strategic goal of cutting the number of deaths on European roads in half by 2020 as well as the number of serious injuries;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to support various options for financing measures to ensure the accessibility of transport services, means of transport, infrastructure and intermodal transport hubs, as well as further measures to improve the accessibility of transport for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the emergence of the collaborative economy in transport, accommodation and tourism services, acknowledginges that, with an appropriate regulatory framework in place, it has the collaborative economy has the potential to provide more varied and affordable services to customers and to boost new forms of cooperative exchanges between citizens in the EU, to enhance economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection and to boost new forms of cooperative exchanges between citizens by opening new work opportunities and new models of business; stresses however that appropriate regulatory frameworks need to be put in place, to cover employment, health and safety, disability rights and competition issues that arise from the new models;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Urges the Commission to come up with appropriate measures to tackle the challenges that arise when European consumers are using online platforms headquartered outside the EU, in non- European cultural and regulatory contexts, particularly with regard to data protection, health and safety, taxation and employment laws;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in the context of the collaborative economy, issues related to consumer protection, liability allocation, insurance schemes, social protection of workers (whether they are employed or self-employed) and data protection are the most urgent ones, aund expects a regulatory intervention erlines the potential risks of creating unclear employment relations, unfair working conditions and non-compliance with worker's rights; as such, considers necessary the cooperation among all stakeholders, assuming that regardeir individual responsibilities, in parallel with regulatory intervention; emphasises that a regulatory framework should create a level playing field, foster innovations and contribute to the overall development and fulfilment of the EU transport and tourism policy goals, such as transport decarbonisation, territorial cohesion, affordability, accessibility and safety; simultaneously, it argues that the Commission should ensure an ambitious enforcement framework and engage platforms to foster a culture of compliance as regards health, safety, security and taxation, while ensuring that any proposal put forward would mitigate the risk of creating monopolies.
Amendment 46 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in the context of the collaborative economy, issues related to consumer protection, liability allocation, insurance schemes, social protection of workers (whether they are employed or self-employed) and data protection are the most urgent ones, and expects a regulatory intervention in that regard; eunderlines particularly the risks of unclear employment relations, unfair working conditions and non-compliance with workers' rights; stresses that there is a strong need to clarify the working relationship between workers and collaborative platforms; 3a Emphasises that a regulatory framework should create a level playing field, foster innovations and contribute to the overall development and fulfilment of the EU transport policy goals, such as transport decarbonisation, territorial cohesion, modernisation of all urban and rural infrastructures also linked to public transport services, affordability, accessibility for all users and safety;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees that the collaborative economy could also generate new entrepreneurial opportunities, jobs and growth, and could play an important role in making the economic system not only more efficient, but also socially and environmentally sustainable, thus enhancing economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection, and contribute to the transition towards a circular economy;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges, at the same time, that the collaborative economy is having a profound impact on long-established business models in many strategic sectors such as transportation, accommodation, restaurant industry, services, retail and finance; underlines the risk of having different legal standards for similar economic actors; is concerned about the risk of reducing consumer protection, workers’ rights and tax compliance; acknowledges the effects that collaborative businesses are having on the urban environment;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the collaborative economy can have a positive impact on the mobility of people with disabilities and the elderly provided that it is properly adapted to their needs;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the fact that the collaborative economy in Europe has a number of specific traits, as it is generally more rooted at local level, reflecting the European business structure, which consists mainly of SMEs; these features offer new opportunities for the collaborative economy in Europe but, at the same time, create a number of challenges for collaborative platforms in order to be highly competitive on the global market;
Amendment 100 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the need to clearly distinguish between legitimate ride-sharing and the provision of commercial transporting services (i.e. ‘'non- professional’' vs ‘'professional’' service provision) in EU terminology, and; believes that all work in the collaborative economy should be classified accordingly, avoiding the spontaneous creation of new hybrid categories for workers; urges the Commission to come up with proposals to adapt Union legislation accordingly; considers the monetary threshold to be , assessing the possibility to extend traditional protectiones advisable way to make this distinctionnd social security protections established at national level by the Member States, to all workers in the collaborative economy;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the importance of tackling challenges that arise when European customers are using online platforms headquartered outside the EU, in non-European cultural and regulatory contexts, with particular regard to data protection, liability of the platforms, taxation and employment law;
Amendment 122 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses the importance of ultra high-speed fixed and wireless networks as a precondition to develop the full potential of the collaborative economy and to reap the benefits offered by the collaborative model; recalls, thus, the necessity to ensure an adequate network access for all citizens in the EU, especially in those areas where sufficient connectivity is not yet available;
Amendment 177 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that consumers should have access to information on whether reviews by other users of a service might not be subject to influence from the provider, for example in the form of paid advertising;
Amendment 180 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that if entities arranging the conclusion of contracts in the collaborative economy do not have their own well developed mechanisms and measures for settling disputes, it may be difficult for consumers to obtain their rights;
Amendment 181 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Consumers seeking services in the collaborative economy should be made acquainted with their rights and obligations if they conclude a peer-to-peer contract, and have explained to them the difference between these and their rights and obligations when they conclude a contract with a professional service provider;
Amendment 185 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that, in many cases, due to persisting asymmetric information or lack of choice, rules for protecting consumers are still needed in the collaborative economy, especially due to persisting asymmetricregarding the information and transparency duties of the parties involved; highlights that transparency is essential inf ormation or lack of choiceder to protect consumers and develop trust in the collaborative economy;
Amendment 189 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines the importance to guarantee adequate information to consumers about the applicable legal regime of each transaction, the criteria used to determine the professional or non- professional nature of the transaction and consequent rights and legal obligations;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that the safety of products placed on the market is of critical importance to consumer protection; considers it essential that the collaborative economy provides consumers with a guarantee of the safety of the products and services on offer;
Amendment 191 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that it should be mandatory for collaborative platforms always to keep records from which all contractual relations arranged by them including both contracting parties can be traced, in particular for the purpose of settling disputes;
Amendment 192 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Emphasises that the collaborative economy cannot be used to circumvent laws on consumer protection, safety or the protection of public health;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Points out that for consumers it may not always be clear with whom they are concluding a contract in the collaborative economy and what legal system applies to it; believes that sufficient identification of the users of collaborative economy services is an essential measure which may serve to limit possible misunderstandings and help in enforcing the law;
Amendment 201 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to clarify the collaborative platforms liability regime, - which could enhance responsible behaviour and increase user confidence - assess their duties according to already existing regulations and consider whether ad hoc legislation is needed in this regard;
Amendment 208 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls that the protection of personal data is an issue that cannot be neglected in the collaborative economy context as most entities arranging the conclusion of contracts use online platforms, through which they obtain a large quantity of data from users; recalls that this data may often be passed to others;
Amendment 209 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that collaborative platform users should be able to transfer their personal data to others;
Amendment 222 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes the trust-building mechanisms some collaborative platforms have put in place, including setting an effective and reliable review and reputation system, introducing of guarantees or insurance, identity verification of peers and prosumers - such as pre-screening mechanisms - and developing secure and more transparent payment systems; encourages collaborative platforms to learn from the best practices and to inform and raise awareness about their user´s legal obligations;
Amendment 226 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Welcomes all initiatives aimed at enhancing trust and transparency of rating mechanisms and setting-up reliable reputation criteria in collaborative economy business models; considers two- way rating mechanisms and voluntary adoption of certification schemes as good examples to avoid abuses, manipulations and fake feedback;
Amendment 293 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises that the digital revolution is having a profound impact on the labour market and that emerging trends in the collaborative economy are part of a broader tendency within the overall digitalisation of the society; underlines the risks of unclear employment relations, unfair working conditions and non compliance with worker's rights;
Amendment 298 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. At the same time, notes that the collaborative economy is opening new opportunities and new, flexible routes into work for all users - including prosumers - thriving innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe;
Amendment 305 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines the paramount importance of safeguarding workers’ rights in collaborative services, - first and foremost the worker`s right to organise, take collective action and negotiate collective agreements - of avoiding social dumping, and of guaranteeing fair working conditions and adequate social protection;
Amendment 317 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Stresses that there is a strong need to fully clarify the working relationship between workers and collaborative platforms; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee a level playing field between digital and traditional economies also from the labour market and workers' right perspective, avoiding thus the risk of applying different rules to comparable situations and unfair competition;
Amendment 323 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Recalls that all workers in the collaborative economy are either employed (employees) or self-employed and that all work in the collaborative economy should be classified accordingly, avoiding the creation of new hybrid categories for workers in the collaborative economy; regardless of the status classification, calls the Commission and Member States to assess the possibility to extend traditional protections of employment law and social security protections established at national level to workers in the collaborative economy;
Amendment 325 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33 c. Due to the rising number of self- employed workers in the collaborative economy, urges the Commission to re- examine the existing EU competition laws, which are now hampering the right to organise for those workers treated as independent contractors, in order to guarantee the fundamental right to organise, undertake collective actions and negotiate collectively, including with regard to their compensation;
Amendment 327 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 d (new)
Paragraph 33 d (new)
33 d. Underlines the importance to ensure the portability of ratings and reviews for collaborative platforms workers and to guarantee the transferability and accumulation of ratings and reviews across different platforms while respecting rules on data protection and the privacy of other parties involved;
Amendment 328 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 e (new)
Paragraph 33 e (new)
33 e. Stresses the importance of up to date skills in the changing employment world to ensure that all workers could have adequate skills, as required in the digital economy; encourages the Commission, Member States and collaborative economy businesses to enable life-long learning training and skills development;
Amendment 329 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 f (new)
Paragraph 33 f (new)
33 f. Draws attention to the lack of data relating to changes in the employment world brought by the collaborative economy and underlines the importance of closely monitoring working conditions in the collaborative economy in order to combat illegalities; furthermore, encourages each Member States to appoint a national competent entity as responsible for controlling and evaluating emerging trends in the collaborative economy's labour market, taking necessary actions in case of illegalities, and informing other relevant authorities; asks Member States to periodically provide to the European Commission with data and information about jobs and working conditions in the collaborative economy;
Amendment 343 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that first movers have been cities, where urban conditions such as population density and physical proximity favour the adoption of collaborative practices, shifting the focus from smart cities to sharing cities, based on collaboration and common pooling practices; is also convinced that the collaborative economy can be a solution to tackle specific problems and offer significant opportunities to inner peripheries and rural areas, tooand can convey new forms of development through local production processes which are globally connected in the framework of an inclusive innovation; believes that this can generate new forms of competition between territories based on the availability of local collective competition goods (such as infrastructures, educational structures, business services);
Amendment 349 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Supports the establishment of a "Forum", involving the CoR and all the relevant EU institutions, cities and other local institutions, organisations, networks active in the local, regional, rural and inner peripheric dimension of the collaborative economy to share experiences and exchange good practices, strengthen the local dimension of the collaborative economy and liaise with the relevant thematic partnerships of the Urban Agenda for the EU ;
Amendment 362 #
2017/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Encourages the Commission to support initiatives and actions to favour more research and fact-finding on the development and the impact of the collaborative economy in Europe; in particular, welcomes the recently adopted pilot project on the collaborative economy, aimed at helping European SMEs and social enterprises with high- growth potential to use and benefit from all the possibilities and potential provided by the collaborative economy business model;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2002(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Encourages Member States to adapt the educational curriculums in a sense that would promote professional systemic learning in accordance with the real economic demands on the internal market.
Amendment 46 #
2017/2002(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Underlines the fact that early entrepreneurial education is a key element to accelerate economic growth, therefore supports the inclusion of entrepreneurial education in high school and university curriculums, regardless the profile.
Amendment 47 #
2017/2002(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Considers that, in order to have a positive result on professional skills, the communication between social partners, local, regional or national public authorities in the area on education with the scope of correlation between offer and demand on professional skills according to jobs' structure is of vital importance.
Amendment 69 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is important to ensure that the mutual recognition declaration is filled in truthfully and accurately. It is therefore necessary to provide for economic operators to be responsible for the information contained in the declaration. Fraudulent declarations should be prosecuted in accordance with national laws.
Amendment 70 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of businesses operating in the non-harmonised area, it should be possible to benefit from new information technologies for the purposes of facilitating the provision of the mutual recognition declaration. Therefore, economic operators should be able to make their declaration available online. and in a secure way.
Amendment 76 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Where producers decide not to make use of the mutual recognition declaration mechanism, it should be for the Member State to request the information that it considers necessary for the assessment of the goods, taking due account of the principle of proportionality. The use of the declaration does not prevent national authorities from taking a decision restricting the access to market in accordance with European law.
Amendment 97 #
2017/0354(COD)
(34) However, where the SOLVIT's informal approach fails, and serious doubts remain regarding the compatibility of the administrative decision with the mutual recognition principle the Commission should be empowered to look into the matter and provide an assessment to be taken into account by the competent national authorities at the request of the SOLVIT centre. The Commission's intervention should be subject to a reasonable time-limit, in compliance with the European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour and compatible with the short deadlines of the SOLVIT system.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Cooperation between competent authorities is essential for the smooth functioning of the mutual recognition principle and for creating a mutual recognition culture. Product Contact Points and national competent authorities should therefore be required to cooperate and exchange information and expertise in order to ensure a correct and consistent application of the principle and of this Regulation. The Union should finance activities aiming at enhancing this cooperation between competent authorities such as trainings and exchanges of good practices.
Amendment 151 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) the declaration, together with any evidence reasonably required by the competent authority to verify the information contained in it and the characteristics of the goods or type of goods, shall be accepted by the competent authority as sufficient to demonstrate that the goods are lawfully marketed in another Member State; and
Amendment 209 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the making available of the goods, or goods of that type, on the domestic market in that Member State is generally prohibited in that Member State on grounds ofan overriding reason of general interest such as public morality or public security.
Amendment 215 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. This Article applies if an economic operator affected by an administrative decision has submitted the decision to the Internal Market Problem Solving Network (SOLVIT) and, during the SOLVIT procedure, the Home Centre asks the Commission to give an opinion to assist in solving the case. SOLVIT home and lead centres as well as the economic operator shall provide the Commission with all relevant documents relative to the decision at stake.
Amendment 222 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, within three month15 days of receipt of the request referred to in paragraph 1, enter into communication with the relevant economic operator or operators and the competent authorities who took the administrative decision in order to assess the compatibility of the administrative decision with the principle of mutual recognition and this Regulation.
Amendment 227 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Following completion of its assessment within a reasonable time-limit, the Commission may issue an opinion identifying concerns that should, in its view, be addressed in the SOLVIT case and, where appropriate, making recommendations to assist in solving the case.
Amendment 254 #
2017/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) exchange of good practices ;
Amendment 134 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Strengthening the Single Market for goods through further enhancing efforts to keep non-compliant products from being placed on the Union market was identified as a priority in the Communication from the Commission ‘Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and businesses’24 . This should be achieved by strengthening market surveillance, providing the right incclear, transparent and comprehentsive rules to economic operators, intensifying compliance controls and promoting closer cross-border cooperation among enforcement authorities, including through cooperation with customs authorities. _________________ 24 COM(2015) 550 final of 28 October 2015.
Amendment 150 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) While this Regulation does not deal with the protection of intellectual property rights, it should nevertheless be borne in mind that often counterfeit products do not comply with the requirements set out in the Union harmonisation legislation, pose serious risks to health and safety of end-users, distort competition, endanger public interests and support other illegal activities. Therefore Member States should continue taking effective measures in preventing the entry of counterfeit products to the Union’s market pursuant to Regulation (EU) 608/2013. In the interest of efficiency, customs authorities should be able to use their expertise and relevant information on risks, related to products infringing an intellectual property rights, also for the purpose of effective market surveillance of products entering the Union’s market pursuant to this Regulation.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Special attention should be given to a proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) and the increasing number of Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled devices, taking into account that consumers are increasingly using connected devices in their daily lives. The Union regulatory framework should address the current security threats of such devices which can be hacked and therefore present new risks remotely. In the IoT and AI area, both the safety and security of the products are key to ensuring the safety of their users. In this regard, this Regulation should be fully consistent with the ENISA Regulation [2017/0225(COD)] and the Communication on Artificial Intelligence for Europe COM(2018)237.
Amendment 171 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) The Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation against the objectives it pursues, also taking into consideration new technological, economic, commercial and legal developments and paying special attention to IoT and AI-enabled devices. Pursuant to point 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law Making59 , the evaluation, based on efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, coherence and value added, should provide the basis for impact assessments of options for further action. _________________ 59, including broadening a scope of this Regulation to non-harmonised products. _________________ 59 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 301 #
2017/0353(COD)
1a. Market surveillance authorities shall establish appropriate and effective communication and cooperation mechanisms with other market surveillance authorities and other relevant authorities within the Union. In particular, market surveillance authorities shall also develop appropriate and effective communication and cooperation mechanisms with customs authorities for the identification and examination of potential counterfeit products.
Amendment 323 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 443 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that administrative fees referred to in paragraph 2, charged by the market surveillance authorities, are used for financing further market surveillance activities of these authorities.
Amendment 462 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Products deemed to be non- compliant on the basis of a decision of a market surveillance authority in one Member State, shall be presumed to be non-compliant by market surveillance authorities in another Member State, unless economic operators can provide clear evidence to the contrary. However, this shall not prevent relevant market surveillance authority of that Member State from starting its own investigation with regard to the product in question and adopt, if supported by clear evidence, adequate decisions. The Network, established under Article 31, shall discuss, without delay, diverging interpretations of the different Member States with regard to the same product.
Amendment 474 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Where, in relation to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation that are either in temporary storage or placed under a customs procedure other than release for free circulation, customs authorities at the first point of entry have reason to believe that those products are not compliant with applicable Union legislation or present a risk, they shall transmit all relevant information to the competent customs office of destination.
Amendment 475 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Where customs authorities of one Member State have reason to believe that potentially non-compliant product might be entering Union’s market in another Member State, they shall transmit, without delay, all relevant information to the competent customs offices of other Member States.
Amendment 491 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for any other reason, there is cause to believe that the product willdoes not comply with the requirements set out in the Union harmonisation legislation applicable to it when it is placed on the market or that it will poses a serious risk.
Amendment 504 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. Where any non-compliance is identified in the course of controls described in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2, the market surveillance authorities shall suspend the favourable treatment provided for in paragraph 1 and the first subparagraph of paragraph 2. They shall inform the relevant customs authorities about the identified non- compliance and shall enter details of the non-compliance in the system referred to in Article 34.
Amendment 518 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph –1 (new)
Article 33 – paragraph –1 (new)
-1. The Network shall have the following tasks: (a) to adopt a biennial work programme, which, inter alia, defines the priorities for common market surveillance actions, including the common actions with regard to the online market surveillance, and priority areas or categories of products; (b) to adopt rules of procedure for itself and for the functioning of the administrative coordination groups; (c) to update and regularly review a general risk assessment methodology and ensure a uniform application of that methodology; (d) to adopt sectorial guidelines for checks on the characteristic of products subject to this Regulation; (e) to define the uniform conditions of checks, criteria for determination of the frequency of checks or amount of samples to be checked in relation to certain products, as referred to in Article 15(1), in accordance with the priorities laid down in paragraph -1(a); (f) to facilitate the exchange of information on non-compliant products, recent scientific developments and new technologies, emerging risks and other aspects relevant to control activities; (g) to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the administrative coordination groups and their activities; (h) to assist, by request of a Member State, in the drawing up and implementation of the memoranda of understanding referred to in Article 8; (i) to facilitate an effective functioning of a peer evaluation system between market surveillance authorities and the Commission, as referred to in Article 12b, and to examine and monitor the results of those evaluations; (j) to analyse disputes between market surveillance authorities on the application of this Regulation, examine any other question in this regard and adopt guidelines, recommendations and best practices in order to encourage consistent application and uniform interpretation of this Regulation, including by creating a common methodology for defining and setting penalties; (k) to discuss how to ensure adequate ways of financing and recovery of costs of market surveillance in the Union and to propose the financing of activities provided for in Article 36; (l) to promote and facilitate collaboration with other relevant networks and groups, notably EU blockchain Observatory and Forum, with a view to explore possibilities on using new technologies, especially blockchain, for the purposes of market surveillance and traceability of products.
Amendment 533 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. TIn order to improve the efficiency of market surveillance in the Union, the Commission may exchange confidential market surveillance related information with regulatory authorities of third countries or international organisations where it has concluded confidentiality arrangements based on reciprocity with those authorities or organisations.
Amendment 538 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Approval may only be granted to a third country under paragraph 3 following an audits within the Union and the relevant third country demonstrating that the following conditions are satisfied:
Amendment 539 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – point –a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – point –a (new)
(-a) the third country possesses an efficient verification system of the compliance of the products exported to the Union;
Amendment 541 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 9
Article 35 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall regularly monitor the correct functioning of the approval and shall withdraw an approval granted under paragraph 3 where it is revealed that the products entering the Union market do not comply with Union harmonisation legislation in a significant number of instances. The Commission shall inform Member States and the affected third country.
Amendment 547 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 552 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) any relevant similar infringements previously committed by the economic operator.;
Amendment 553 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) the financial situation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 556 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall ensure, also, that financial penalties imposed for infringements of Union harmonisation legislation are used for financing further market surveillance activities.
Amendment 561 #
2017/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 2
Article 62 – paragraph 2
The report shall assess whether this Regulation achieved its objectives, in particular with regard to reducing the number of non-compliant products on the Union market, ensuring effective and efficient enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation within the Union, improving cooperation between competent authorities and strengthening the controls on products entering the Union market, whilst taking into account the impact on business and in particular on small and medium-sized enterprises. In addtion, tThe evaluation shall be carried out, in particular, with a view to assessing the scope of this Regulation, as well as the effectiveness of the provisions of this Regulation with regard to Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence enabled devices and in light of technological, economic and legal developments. The evaluation should also assess the effectiveness of the market surveillance activities that receive Union financing in the light of the requirements of Union policies and legislation.
Amendment 122 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Each road leg referred to in paragraph 2 shall not exceed the longest of the follow150 km ing distances in the territory of the Union:
Amendment 123 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 137 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 240 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Where necessary for the achievement of the aim referred to in paragraph 8, Member States shallmay take the necessary measures to support investment in transhipment terminals as regards :
Amendment 253 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that the supported transhipment facilities are accessible to all operators without discrimination, for a period of at least five years from their completion.
Amendment 38 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services are different in character from regional or long-distance services. Member States should therefore be allowed to exempt urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services which are not cross- border services within the Union from certain provisions on passengers' rights.
Amendment 41 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 43 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Users’ rights to rail services include the receipt of information regarding those services and related matters both before and during the journey. Whenever possible, railway undertakings and ticket vendors should provide this information in advance and as soon as possible. That information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities or persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 50 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the context of the sale of tickets for the transport of passengers, Member States should take all necessary measures to prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality or residence, regardless whether the passenger concerned is present, permanently or on a temporary basis, in another Member State. Those measures should cover all covert forms of discrimination which, by the application of other criteria, such as residence, physical or digital location, may have the same effect. In light of the development of online platforms selling passenger transport tickets, Member States should pay special attention to ensuring that no discrimination occurs during the process of accessing online interfaces or purchasing tickets. However, transport schemes involving social tariffs should not be automatically precluded, provided that they are proportionate and independent of the nationality of the persons concerned.
Amendment 59 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Railway undertakings should facilitate the transfer of rail passengers from one operator to another by the provision of through-tickets. In this respect, wthenever possibley should also cooperate with ticket vendors providing combined journeys.
Amendment 71 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services are different in character from regional or long-distance services. Member States should therefore be allowed to exempt urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services which are not cross- border services within the Union from certain provisions on passengers' rights.
Amendment 73 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 78 #
2017/0237(COD)
Amendment 81 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) This Regulation should not restrict the rights of railway undertakings to seek compensation where applicable from any person, including third parties, in accordance with applicable national lawfor meeting its obligations under the provisions of this Regulation to passengers.
Amendment 81 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Users’ rights to rail services include the receipt of information regarding those services and related matters both before and during the journey. Whenever possible, railway undertakings and ticket vendors should provide this information in advance and as soon as possible. That information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities or persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 84 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Railway undertakings and station managers should define, make publicly available, manage and monitor service quality standards for rail passenger services including those for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 85 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To maintain a high level of consumer protection in rail transport, Member States should be required to designate national enforcement bodies to monitor closely and enforce this Regulation at national level. Those bodies should be able to take a variety of enforcement measures. Passengers should be able to complain to those bodies about alleged infringements of the Regulation. To ensure the satisfactory handling of such complaints, the bodies should also cooperate with each other. , and to provide the option for passengers of binding alternative dispute resolution, in line with Directive 2013/11/EU1b.Passengers should be able to complain to those bodies about alleged infringements of the Regulation, and to use online dispute resolution established under Regulation 524/2013/EU1c where agreed. It should also be provided that complaints may be made by organisations representing groups of passengers. To ensure the satisfactory handling of such complaints, the bodies should also cooperate with each other and the Regulation should continue to be listed in the Annex to the revised Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation 2017/2394/EU 1d. Enforcement bodies shall each year publish reports on their websites detailing the number and type of complaints that they have received, detailing the outcome of their enforcement actions. In addition, these reports shall be made available on the website of the European Union Agency for Railways. __________________ 1b1b Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 14). 1c1c Regulation 524/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p.1). 1d1d Regulation 2017/2394/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1).
Amendment 87 #
Amendment 88 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation establishes rules applicable to rail transport to provide for effective protection of passengers and encourage rail travel as regards the following:
Amendment 91 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) passengers’ rights in the event ofand compensation in the event of disruption, such as cancellation or delay;
Amendment 91 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the context of the sale of tickets for the transport of passengers, Member States should take all necessary measures to prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality or residence, regardless whether the passenger concerned is present, permanently or on a temporary basis, in another Member State. Those measures should cover all covert forms of discrimination which, by the application of other criteria, such as residence, physical or digital location, may have the same effect. In light of the development of online platforms selling passenger transport tickets, Member States should pay special attention to ensuring that no discrimination occurs during the process of accessing online interfaces or purchasing tickets. However, transport schemes involving social tariffs should not be automatically precluded, provided that they are proportionate and independent of the nationality of the persons concerned.
Amendment 94 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) minimum, accurate, timely and accessible information to be provided to passengers;
Amendment 95 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) non-discrimination against , immediate, spontaneous and mandatory assistance by trained staff for , persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility ;
Amendment 96 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) theproper procedures for handling of complaints;
Amendment 98 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) general rules on enforcement, including through the option for passengers of binding alternative dispute resolution.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Railway undertakings should facilitate the transfer of rail passengers from one operator to another by the provision of through-tickets. In this respect, wthenever possibley should also cooperate with ticket vendors providing combined journeys.
Amendment 104 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services as referred to in Directive 2012/34/EU, except cross-border services within the Union;
Amendment 108 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 116 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘ticket vendor’ means any retailer of rail transport services concluding transport contracts and selling tickets, through-tickets or combined journeys on behalf of aone or more railway undertakings or for its own account;
Amendment 120 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6 a) ‘combined journey’ means a ticket or tickets representing more than one transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings;
Amendment 125 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘through-ticket’ means a ticket or tickets representing a single transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings, forming part of an end-to- end journey;
Amendment 126 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 127 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘journey’ means the carriage of a passenger between a station of departure and a station of arrival under a single transport contract;
Amendment 131 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘missed connection’ means a situation where a passenger misses one or more services in the course of a journey or combined journey as a result of the delay or cancellation of one or more previous services;
Amendment 132 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘ person with disabilities ’ and ‘person with reduced mobility’ means any person who has a permanent or temporary physical , mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective use of transport on an equal basis with other passengers or whose mobility when using transport is reduced due to age;
Amendment 133 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) This Regulation should not restrict the rights of railway undertakings to seek compensation where applicable from any person, including third parties, in accordance with applicable national lawfor meeting their obligations under the provisions of this Regulation to passengers.
Amendment 137 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Railway undertakings and station managers should define, make publicly available, manage and monitor service quality standards for rail passenger services including those for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 138 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To maintain a high level of consumer protection in rail transport, Member States should be required to designate national enforcement bodies to monitor closely and enforce this Regulation at national level. Those bodies should be able to take a variety of enforcement measures. Passengers should be able to complain to those bodies about alleged infringements of the Regulation. To ensure the satisfactory handling of such complaints, the bodies should also cooperate with each other. , and to provide the option for passengers of binding alternative dispute resolution, in line with Directive 2013/11/EU1a. Passengers should be able to complain to those bodies about alleged infringements of the Regulation, and to use online dispute resolution established under Regulation 524/2013/EU1b where agreed. It should also be provided that complaints may be made by organisations representing groups of passengers. To ensure the satisfactory handling of such complaints, the bodies should also cooperate with each other and the Regulation should continue to be listed in the Annex to the revised Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation 2017/2394/EU 1c. Enforcement bodies shall each year publish reports on their websites detailing the number and type of complaints that they have received, detailing the outcome of their enforcement actions. In addition, these reports shall be made available on the website of the European Union Agency for Railways. _________________ 1aDirective 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 14). 1bRegulation 524/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p.1). 1cRegulation 2017/2394/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1).
Amendment 141 #
Amendment 142 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation establishes rules applicable to rail transport to provide for effective protection of passengers and encourage rail travel as regards the following:
Amendment 146 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) passengers’ rights in the event ofand compensation in the event of disruption, such as cancellation or delay;
Amendment 149 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) minimum, accurate, timely and accessible information to be provided to passengers;
Amendment 150 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Obligations towards passengers pursuant to this Regulation may not be limited or waived, notably by a derogation or restrictive clause in the transport contract. Any contractual conditions which purport directly or indirectly to waive, derogate from or restrict the rights resulting from this Regulation shall not be binding on the passenger.
Amendment 151 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) non-discrimination against , immediate, spontaneous and mandatory assistance by trained staff for , persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility ;
Amendment 152 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Obligation to provide information and consultation concerning discontinuation or substantial reduction of services
Amendment 152 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) theproper procedures for handling of complaints;
Amendment 153 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Railway undertakings or, where appropriate, competent authorities responsible for a public service railway contract shall make public by appropriate means, and without delay including in accessible formats for persons with disabilities in accordance with accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX31 , and in good time before their implementation, decisionproposals to discontinue or substantially reduce services either permanently or temporarily , and shall ensure that those proposals are subject to meaningful and proper consultation before any implementation takes place. __________________ 31 Directive XXX on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services (European Accessibility Act) (OJ L X, X.X.XXXX, p. X).
Amendment 154 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) general rules on enforcement, including through the option for passengers of binding alternative dispute resolution.
Amendment 162 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in the most appropriate format including by using up-to-date communication technologies and in writing where possible. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that this information is accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX and Regulation 454/2011 . The availability of accessible formats shall be clearly advertised.
Amendment 169 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Railway undertakings in cooperation with station managers and infrastructure managers shall indicate in timetables information about accessible train connections and stations.
Amendment 169 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services as referred to in Directive 2012/34/EU, except cross-border services within the Union;
Amendment 179 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 190 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Railway undertakings shall offer the possibility to obtain tickets for the respective service on board the train, unless this is limited or denied on reasonable and justifiable grounds relating to security or antifraud policy or compulsory train reservation or reasonable commercial groundsspace or seat availability.
Amendment 191 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Tickets shall be reprinted for passengers on the day of travel on request, either at the ticket office or through a ticketing machine. Where there is no ticket office or ticketing machine in the station of departure, or when the ticket office or ticket machine is not fully accessible passengers shall be informed at the station:
Amendment 192 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘ticket vendor’ means any retailer of rail transport services concluding transport contracts and selling tickets, through-tickets or combined journeys on behalf of aone or more railway undertakings or for its own account;
Amendment 196 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) ‘combined journey’ means a ticket or tickets representing more than one transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings;
Amendment 200 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where there is no ticket office or accessible ticketing machine in the station of departure, persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility all passengers shall be permitted to buy tickets on board the train at no extra cost.
Amendment 203 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘through-ticket’ means a ticket or tickets representing a single transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings, forming part of an end-to- end journey;
Amendment 205 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘journey’ means the carriage of a passenger between a station of departure and a station of arrival under a single transport contract;
Amendment 206 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Where a passenger receives separate tickets for a single journey comprising successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings, histheir rights to information, assistance, care and compensation shall be equivalent to those under a through-ticket and cover the whole journey from the departure to the final destination, unless the passenger is explicitly informed otherwise in writing. Such information shall in particular state that when the passenger misses a connection, he or she would not be entitled to assistance or compensation based on the total length of the journey. The burden of proof that the information was provided shall lie with the railway undertaking, its agent, tour operator or ticket vendor.
Amendment 212 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘missed connection’ means a situation where a passenger misses one or more services in the course of a journey or combined journey as a result of the delay or cancellation of one or more previous services;
Amendment 213 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘ person with disabilities ’ and ‘person with reduced mobility’ means any person who has a permanent or temporary physical , mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective use of transport on an equal basis with other passengers or whose mobility when using transport is reduced due to age;
Amendment 228 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Compensation for delay shall be calculated in relation to the full price which the passenger actually paid for the delayed service, ticket or combined journey. Where the transport contract is for a return journey, compensation for delay on either the outward or the return leg shall be calculated in relation to half of the price paid for the ticket or combined journey. In the same way the price for a delayed service under any other form of transport contract allowing travelling several subsequent legs shall be calculated in proportion to the full price.
Amendment 231 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The compensation of the ticket price shall be paid within one month after the submission of the request for compensation. The compensation may be paid in vouchers and/or other services if the terms are flexible (in particular regarding the validity period and destination). The compensation shall be paid in money at the request of the passenger. Passenger must be informed in a comprehensible manner about all options of compensation, including financial, from which he or she can choose.
Amendment 232 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Obligations towards passengers pursuant to this Regulation may not be limited or waived, notably by a derogation or restrictive clause in the transport contract. Any contractual conditions which purport directly or indirectly to waive, derogate from or restrict the rights resulting from this Regulation shall not be binding on the passenger.
Amendment 234 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Obligation to provide information and consultation concerning discontinuation or substantial reduction of services
Amendment 235 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Railway undertakings or, where appropriate, competent authorities responsible for a public service railway contract shall make public by appropriate means, and without delay including in accessible formats for persons with disabilities in accordance with accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX31 , and in good time before their implementation, decisionproposals to discontinue or substantially reduce services either permanently or temporarily, and shall ensure that those proposals are subject to meaningful and proper consultation before any implementation takes place. _________________ 31 Directive XXX on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services (European Accessibility Act) (OJ L X, X.X.XXXX, p. X).
Amendment 242 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 244 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 254 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) meals and refreshments in reasonable relation to the waiting time, if they are available on the train or in the station, or can reasonably be supplied taking into account criteria such as the distance from the supplier, the time required for delivery and the cost ;
Amendment 256 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) if the train is blocked on the track, accessible transport from the train to the railway station, to the alternative departure point or to the final destination of the service, where and when physically possible.
Amendment 259 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. If the railway service cannot be continued anymore, railway undertakings shall organise as soon as possible alternative accessible transport services for passengers.
Amendment 261 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Railway undertakings shall, at the request of the offer to certify for affected passenger, certifys on their ticket or by any other means that the rail service has suffered a delay, led to a missed connection or that it has been cancelled, as the case might be.
Amendment 261 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in the most appropriate format including by using up-to-date communication technologies and in writing where possible. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that this information is accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX and Regulation 454/2011 . The availability of accessible formats shall be clearly advertised.
Amendment 262 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Railway undertakings shall, at the request of the passenger, certify on the ticket or by any other means that the rail service has suffered a delay, led to a missed connection or that it has been cancelled, as the case might be.
Amendment 270 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Where a railway undertaking pays compensation or meets its other obligations in accordance with this Regulation, no provision of this Regulation or national law may be interpreted as restricting its right to seek compensation for costs from any person, including third parties, in accordance with the law applicable. In particular, this Regulation shall in no way restrict the railway undertaking's right to seek reimbursement from a third party, with whom it has a contract and which contributed to the event which triggered compensation or other obligations. No provision of this Regulation may be interpreted as restricting the right of a third party, other than a passenger, with whom a railway undertaking has a contract, to seek reimbursement or compensation from the railway undertaking in accordance with applicable relevant laws.
Amendment 273 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings and station managers shall, with the active involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, establish, or shall have in place, non- discriminatory access rules for the transport of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility including their personal assistants. The rules shall allow the passenger to be accompanied by an assistance dog service animal in accordance with any relevant national rules, and shall ensure that rail transport for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility is immediate and spontaneous wherever possible.
Amendment 276 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Railway undertakings in cooperation with station managers and infrastructure managers shall indicate in timetables information about accessible train connections and stations.
Amendment 279 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. When a railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator exercises the derogation provided for in Article 20(2), it shall upon request inform in writing the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility concerned of its reasons for doing so within five working days of the refusal to make the reservation or to issue the ticket or the imposition of the condition of being accompanied. The railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator shall make reasonable efforts to propose an alternative transport option to the person in question taking into account his or her accessibility needs.
Amendment 283 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. On departure from, transit through or arrival at, a staffed railway station of a person with disabilities or a person with reduced mobility, the station manager or the railway undertaking or both shall provide assistance free of charge in such a way that that person is able to board the departing service, or to disembark from the arriving service for which he or she purchased a ticket, without prejudice to the access rules referred to in Article 20(1). Any booking of assistance shall always be free of charge, irrespective of the method of communication used.
Amendment 287 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. AWithout prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article, assistance shall be available in stations during all times when rail services operate.
Amendment 289 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Assistance shall be available on board trains during all times when rail services operate with the exception referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 291 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Railway undertakings, station managers, ticket vendors and tour operators shall cooperate in order to provide assistance free of charge to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in line with Articles 20 and 21 in accordance with the following points:
Amendment 295 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assistance shall be provided on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 48 hours before the assistance is neededupon booking the ticket or upon arrival at the station. Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey;
Amendment 297 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assistance shall be provided on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 483 hours before the assistance is needed. Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey;
Amendment 299 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) assistance shall be provided on condition that the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility presents him or herself at the designated point at a time stipulated by the railway undertaking or station manager providing such assistance. Any time stipulated shall not be more than 60 minutes before the published departure time or the time at which all passengers are asked to check in. If no time is stipulated by which the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility is required to present him or herself, the person shall present him or herself at the designated point at least 30 minutes before the published departure time orthemselves at the designated point at the time at which all passengers are asked to check in.
Amendment 301 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Where railway undertakings and station managers cause loss of, or damage to, wheelchairs, other mobility equipment or assistive devices and assistant dogservice animals used by persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, they shall be liable for and compensate that loss or damage .
Amendment 303 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The compensation for loss or damage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the cost of replacement orpaid within one month of submission of a claim and be equal to the cost of replacement based on the actual value, or on the full costs of repair, of the wheelchair, equipment or, devices lost or damaged. or the loss or injury of the service animal. The compensation shall also include the cost of temporary replacement in case of repair, when those costs are borne by the passenger.
Amendment 304 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Railway undertakings shall offer the possibility to obtain tickets for the respective service on board the train, unless this is limited or denied on reasonable and justifiable grounds relating to security or antifraud policy or compulsory train reservation or reasonable commercial groundsspace or seat availability.
Amendment 305 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Tickets shall be reprinted for passengers on the day of travel on request, either at the ticket office or through a ticketing machine. Where there is no ticket office or ticketing machine in the station of departure, or when the ticket office or ticket machine is not fully accessible passengers shall be informed at the station:
Amendment 307 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that all personnelstaff, including those employed by any other performing party, providing direct assistance to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility,receive disability-related training in order to know how to meet the needs of persons with disabilities and of persons with reduced mobility, including those with mental and intellectual impairments;
Amendment 308 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide training to raise awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities among all personnel working at the station who deal directly with the travelling publicstaff;
Amendment 312 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure that, upon recruitment, all new employeesstaff receive disability-related training, and that personnel attend regular refresher training courses.ttend regular refresher training courses, and that advanced level or more specialised disability-related training is also provided where necessary;
Amendment 313 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) accept upon requestencourage actively the participation, in the training, of employeesstaff with disabilities, as well as passengers with disabilities and with reduced mobility, and/or organisations representing them.;
Amendment 316 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) involve organisations representing persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility in the design and delivery of disability-related training;
Amendment 320 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where there is no ticket office or accessible ticketing machine in the station of departure, persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobilityall passengers shall be permitted to buy tickets on board the train at no extra cost.
Amendment 324 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Passengers may submit a complaint to any railway undertaking, ticket vendor, railway stationstation manager or infrastructure manager involved. Complaints shall be submitted within six months of the incident that is the subject of the complaint. Within one month of receivsubmitting the complaint, the addressee shall either give a reasoned reply or, in justified cases, inform the passenger by what date within a period of less than three months from the date of receipt of the complaint a reply can be expected. Railway undertakings, ticket vendors, station managers and infrastructure managers shall keep the incident data necessary to assess the complaint for two years and make them available to national enforcement bodies upon request.
Amendment 325 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Details of the complaint handling procedure shall be accessible to persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility. This information shall be made freely available in writing upon request in the domestic language of the railway undertaking.
Amendment 328 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Railway undertakings and station managers actively cooperate with organizations representing people with disabilities to improve the quality of accessibility of transport services.
Amendment 328 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Where a passenger receives separate tickets for a single journey comprising successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings, histheir rights to information, assistance, care and compensation shall be equivalent to those under a through-ticket and cover the whole journey from the departure to the final destination, unless the passenger is explicitly informed otherwise in writing. Such information shall in particular state that when the passenger misses a connection, he or she would not be entitled to assistance or compensation based on the total length of the journey. The burden of proof that the information was provided shall lie with the railway undertaking, its agent, tour operator or ticket vendor.
Amendment 333 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The national enforcement bodies shall closely monitor compliance with this Regulation and take the measures necessary to ensure that the rights of passengers are upheld. For this purpose, railway undertakings, station managers and infrastructure managers shall provide the bodies with relevant documents and information at their request without delay and in any event within one month. In carrying out their functions, the bodies shall take account of the information submitted to them by the body designated under Article 33 to handle complaints, if this is a different body. They may also decide on enforcement actions based on individual complaints transmitted by such a bodyMember States shall ensure that national enforcement and complaint handling bodies shall be given sufficient powers and resources for the adequate and effective enforcement of individual complaints from passengers under this Regulation.
Amendment 337 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The national enforcement bodies, in collaboration with organisations representative of persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility, shall conduct regular audits of the assistance services provided in accordance with this Regulation and publish the results inaccessible formats.
Amendment 338 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the rights of consumers to seek alternative redress pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council32 , after having complained unsuccessfully to the railway undertaking, ticket vendor, station or infrastructure manager pursuant to Article 28, the passenger may complain to an enforcement body. Enforcement bodies shall inform complainants about their right to complain to alternative dispute resolution bodies to seek individual redress. __________________Member States shall ensure that enforcement or complaint-handling bodies are recognised for the purposes of alternative redress schemes pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU, and that where passengers seek alternative redress, the railway undertaking, ticket vendor, station or infrastructure manager concerned is required to participate and the outcome shall be binding on and effectively enforceable against them2a . __________________ 2aDirective 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 14). 32 Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 14).
Amendment 339 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Any passenger may complain to the national enforcement body, or any other body designated by a Member State for that purpose, about an alleged infringement of this Regulation. Complaints may also be made by organisations representing groups of passengers.
Amendment 340 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The body shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint within two weeks of receiving it. The complaint-handling procedure shall take a maximum of three months. For complex cases, the body may, at its discretion, extend this period to six months. In such a case, it shall inform the passenger or organisation representing passengers of the reasons for the extension and of the expected time needed to conclude the procedure. Only cases that involve legal proceedings may take longer than six months. Where the body is also an alternative dispute resolution body within the meaning of Directive 2013/11/EU, the time limits laid down in that Directive shall prevail and the use of online dispute resolution in accordance with Regulation 524/2013/EU2b may be made available with the agreement of all parties involved. __________________ 2bRegulation 524/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p.1).
Amendment 359 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 1
Annex II – part I – indent 1
- - General conditions applicable to the contract or contracts that form part of the journey or combined journey
Amendment 360 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 2
Annex II – part I – indent 2
- - Time schedules and conditions for the fastest trip and best connections
Amendment 361 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 3
Annex II – part I – indent 3
- - Time schedules and conditions for the lowest and all available fares
Amendment 362 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 5
Annex II – part I – indent 5
- - Access conditionarrangements for bicycles
Amendment 363 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 6
Annex II – part I – indent 6
- - Availability of seats in for all applicable fares in non-smoking (and non-, where applicable, smoking), first and second class as well as couchettes and sleeping carriages
Amendment 364 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 8
Annex II – part I – indent 8
- Availability of on-board services, including wifi and toilets
Amendment 365 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – indent 1
Annex II – part II – indent 1
- On-board services, including wifi
Amendment 370 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part I – paragraph 2 – point 2 – indent 1 – point vii
Annex III – part I – paragraph 2 – point 2 – indent 1 – point vii
(vii) provision of useful information throughout the journey, including in relation to wifi and other on-board services;
Amendment 372 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – indent 1 – point vii
Annex III – part II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – indent 1 – point vii
(vii) accessibility of station and station facilities., including step-free access, escalators, elevators and luggage ramps
Amendment 373 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1
Annex IV – paragraph 1
In complex cases such as cases involving multiple claims or a number of operators, cross-border travel or accidents on the territory of a Member State other than that which granted the undertaking’s licence, in particular where it is unclear which national enforcement body is competent, or where it would facilitate or accelerate the resolution of the complaint, national enforcement bodies shall cooperate to identify a ‘lead’ body, which shall serve as single point of contact for passengers. All national enforcement bodies involved shall cooperate to facilitate the resolution of the complaint (including by sharing information, assisting with the translation of documents and providing information on the circumstances of incidents). Passengers shall be informed which body is acting as ‘lead’ body. In addition, in all cases, national enforcement bodies shall in any event ensure compliance with Regulation 2017/2394/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws.
Amendment 375 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
Amendment 393 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Compensation for delay shall be calculated in relation to the full price which the passenger actually paid for the delayed service, ticket or combined journey. Where the transport contract is for a return journey, compensation for delay on either the outward or the return leg shall be calculated in relation to half of the price paid for the ticket or combined journey. In the same way the price for a delayed service under any other form of transport contract allowing travelling several subsequent legs shall be calculated in proportion to the full price.
Amendment 397 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The compensation of the ticket price shall be paid within one month after the submission of the request for compensation. The compensation may be paid in vouchers and/or other services if the terms are flexible (in particular regarding the validity period and destination). The compensation shall be paid in money at the request of the passenger. The passenger shall be informed in a comprehensible manner about all options for compensation, including financial, from which he or she can choose.
Amendment 411 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 412 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 433 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) meals and refreshments in reasonable relation to the waiting time, if they are available on the train or in the station, or can reasonably be supplied taking into account criteria such as the distance from the supplier, the time required for delivery and the cost;
Amendment 438 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) if the train is blocked on the track, accessible transport from the train to the railway station, to the alternative departure point or to the final destination of the service, where and when physically possible.
Amendment 441 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. If the railway service cannot be continued anymore, railway undertakings shall organise as soon as possible alternative accessible transport services for passengers.
Amendment 445 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Railway undertakings shall, at the request of the offer to certify for affected passenger, certifys on their ticket or by any other means that the rail service has suffered a delay, led to a missed connection or that it has been cancelled, as the case might be.
Amendment 446 #
2017/0237(COD)
4. Railway undertakings shall, at the request of the passenger, certify on the ticket or by any other means that the rail service has suffered a delay, led to a missed connection or that it has been cancelled, as the case might be.
Amendment 457 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Without prejudice to this Article or Articles 16 and 17, in the case of a missed connection due to the delay or cancellation of a train on an earlier leg of the journey or combined journey the passenger should be allowed to take the next service enabling them to reach their destination station in the most convenient reasonable manner.
Amendment 459 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Where a railway undertaking pays compensation or meets its other obligations in accordance with this Regulation, no provision of this Regulation or national law may be interpreted as restricting its right to seek compensation for costs from any person, including third parties, in accordance with the law applicable. In particular, this Regulation shall in no way restrict the railway undertaking’s right to seek reimbursement from a third party, with whom it has a contract and which contributed to the event which triggered compensation or other obligations. No provision of this Regulation may be interpreted as restricting the right of a third party, other than a passenger, with whom a railway undertaking has a contract, to seek reimbursement or compensation from the railway undertaking in accordance with applicable relevant laws.
Amendment 460 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings and station managers shall, with the active involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, establish, or shall have in place, non- discriminatory access rules for the transport of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility including their personal assistants. The rules shall allow the passenger to be accompanied by an assistance dog service animal in accordance with any relevant national rules, and shall ensure that rail transport for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility is immediate and spontaneous wherever possible.
Amendment 471 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. When a railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator exercises the derogation provided for in Article 20(2), it shall upon request inform in writing the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility concerned of its reasons for doing so within five working days of the refusal to make the reservation or to issue the ticket or the imposition of the condition of being accompanied. The railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator shall make reasonable efforts to propose an alternative transport option to the person in question taking into account his or her accessibility needs.
Amendment 481 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. On departure from, transit through or arrival at, a staffed railway station of a person with disabilities or a person with reduced mobility, the station manager or the railway undertaking or both shall provide assistance free of charge in such a way that that person is able to board the departing service, or to disembark from the arriving service for which he or she purchased a ticket, without prejudice to the access rules referred to in Article 20(1). Any booking of assistance shall always be free of charge, irrespective of the method of communication used.
Amendment 498 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. AWithout prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article, assistance shall be available in stations during all times when rail services operate.
Amendment 506 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Assistance shall be available on board trains during all times when rail services operate with the exception referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 508 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Railway undertakings, station managers, ticket vendors and tour operators shall cooperate in order to provide assistance free of charge to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in line with Articles 20 and 21 in accordance with the following points:
Amendment 515 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assistance shall be provided on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 48 hours before the assistance is neededupon booking the ticket or upon arrival at the station. Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey;
Amendment 521 #
2017/0237(COD)
(a) assistance shall be provided on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 483 hours before the assistance is needed. Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey;
Amendment 527 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) assistance shall be provided on condition that the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility presents him or herself at the designated point at a time stipulated by the railway undertaking or station manager providing such assistance. Any time stipulated shall not be more than 60 minutes before the published departure time or the time at which all passengers are asked to check in. If no time is stipulated by which the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility is required to present him or herself, the person shall present him or herself at the designated point at least 30 minutes before the published departure time orthemselves at the designated point at the time at which all passengers are asked to check in.
Amendment 535 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Where railway undertakings and station managers cause loss of, or damage to, wheelchairs, other mobility equipment or assistive devices and assistant dogservice animals used by persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, they shall be liable for and compensate that loss or damage.
Amendment 538 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The compensation for loss or damage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equal to the cost of replacement orpaid within one month of submission of a claim and be equal to the cost of replacement based on the actual value, or on the full costs of repair, of the equipment or devices lost or damawheelchair, equipment, devices lost or damaged or the loss or injury of the service animal. The compensation shall also include the cost of temporary replacement in case of repair, when those costs are borne by the passengedr.
Amendment 548 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that all personnelstaff, including those employed by any other performing party, providing direct assistance to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility,receive disability-related training in order to know how to meet the needs of persons with disabilities and of persons with reduced mobility, including those with mental and intellectual impairments;
Amendment 551 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide training to raise awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities among all personnel working at the station who deal directly with the travelling publicstaff;
Amendment 560 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure that, upon recruitment, all new employeesstaff receive disability-related training, and that personnel attend regular refresher training courses.ttend regular refresher training courses, and that advanced level or more specialised disability-related training is also provided where necessary;
Amendment 563 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) accept upon requestencourage actively the participation, in the training, of employeesstaff with disabilities, as well as passengers with disabilities and with reduced mobility, and/or organisations representing them.;
Amendment 567 #
2017/0237(COD)
(da) involve organisations representing persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility in the design and delivery of disability-related training;
Amendment 580 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Passengers may submit a complaint to any railway undertaking, ticket vendor, railway stationstation manager or infrastructure manager involved. Complaints shall be submitted within six months of the incident that is the subject of the complaint. Within one month of receivsubmitting the complaint, the addressee shall either give a reasoned reply or, in justified cases, inform the passenger by what date within a period of less than three months from the date of receipt of the complaint a reply can be expected. Railway undertakings, ticket vendors, station managers and infrastructure managers shall keep the incident data necessary to assess the complaint for two years and make them available to national enforcement bodies upon request.
Amendment 581 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Details of the complaint handling procedure shall be accessible to persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility. This information shall be made freely available in writing upon request in the domestic language of the railway undertaking.
Amendment 584 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Railway undertakings and station managers actively cooperate with organisations representing people with disabilities to improve the quality of accessibility of transport services.
Amendment 588 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The national enforcement bodies shall closely monitor compliance with this Regulation and take the measures necessary to ensure that the rights of passengers are upheld. For this purpose, railway undertakings, station managers and infrastructure managers shall provide the bodies with relevant documents and information at their request without delay and in any event within one month. In carrying out their functions, the bodies shall take account of the information submitted to them by the body designated under Article 33 to handle complaints, if this is a different body. They may also decide on enforcement actions based on individual complaints transmitted by such a bodyMember States shall ensure that national enforcement and complaint handling bodies shall be given sufficient powers and resources for the adequate and effective enforcement of individual complaints from passengers under this Regulation.
Amendment 594 #
2017/0237(COD)
3a. The national enforcement bodies, in collaboration with organisations representative of persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility, shall conduct regular audits of the assistance services provided in accordance with this Regulation and publish the results in accessible formats.
Amendment 597 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the rights of consumers to seek alternative redress pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council32, after having complained unsuccessfully to the railway undertaking, ticket vendor, station or infrastructure manager pursuant to Article 28, the passenger may complain to an enforcement body. Enforcement bodies shall inform complainants about their right to complain to alternative dispute resolution bodies to seek individual redress. Member States shall ensure that enforcement or complaint-handling bodies are recognised for the purposes of alternative redress schemes pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU, and that where passengers seek alternative redress, the railway undertaking, ticket vendor, station or infrastructure manager concerned is required to participate and the outcome shall be binding on and effectively enforceable against them. _________________ 32 Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 14).
Amendment 599 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Any passenger may complain to the national enforcement body, or any other body designated by a Member State for that purpose, about an alleged infringement of this Regulation. Complaints may also be made by organisations representing groups of passengers.
Amendment 600 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The body shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint within two weeks of receiving it. The complaint-handling procedure shall take a maximum of three months. For complex cases, the body may, at its discretion, extend this period to six months. In such a case, it shall inform the passenger or organisation representing passengers of the reasons for the extension and of the expected time needed to conclude the procedure. Only cases that involve legal proceedings may take longer than six months. Where the body is also an alternative dispute resolution body within the meaning of Directive 2013/11/EU, the time limits laid down in that Directive shall prevail and the use of online dispute resolution in accordance with Regulation 524/2013/EU1a may be made available with the agreement of all parties involved. _________________ 1aRegulation 524/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive2009/22/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p.1).
Amendment 609 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 1
Annex II – part I – indent 1
- General conditions applicable to the contract or contracts that form part of the journey or combined journey
Amendment 611 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 2
Annex II – part I – indent 2
- Time schedules and conditions for the fastest trip and best connections
Amendment 614 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 3
Annex II – part I – indent 3
- Time schedules and conditions for the lowest and all available fares
Amendment 615 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 5
Annex II – part I – indent 5
- Access conditionarrangements for bicycles
Amendment 616 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 6
Annex II – part I – indent 6
- Availability of seats in for all applicable fares in non-smoking (and non-, where applicable, smoking), first and second class as well as couchettes and sleeping carriages
Amendment 620 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – indent 8
Annex II – part I – indent 8
- Availability of on-board services, including wifi and toilets
Amendment 621 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – indent 1
Annex II – part II – indent 1
- On-board services, including wifi
Amendment 630 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part I – paragraph 2 – point 2 – indent 1 – point vii
Annex III – part I – paragraph 2 – point 2 – indent 1 – point vii
(vii) provision of useful information throughout the journey, including in relation to wifi and other on-board services;
Amendment 631 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – indent 1 – point vii
Annex III – part II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – indent 1 – point vii
(vii) accessibility of station and station facilities. , including step-free access, escalators, elevators and luggage ramps.
Amendment 632 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1
Annex IV – paragraph 1
In complex cases such as cases involving multiple claims or a number of operators, cross-border travel or accidents on the territory of a Member State other than that which granted the undertaking’s licence, in particular where it is unclear which national enforcement body is competent, or where it would facilitate or accelerate the resolution of the complaint, national enforcement bodies shall cooperate to identify a ‘lead’ body, which shall serve as single point of contact for passengers. All national enforcement bodies involved shall cooperate to facilitate the resolution of the complaint (including by sharing information, assisting with the translation of documents and providing information on the circumstances of incidents). Passengers shall be informed which body is acting as ‘lead’ body. In addition, in all cases, national enforcement bodies shall in any event ensure compliance with Regulation 2017/2394/EU 1a of the European Parliament and of the Council. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, OJ L 345, 27.12.2017.
Amendment 633 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
ANNEX Va DISABILITY-RELATED TRAINING SPECIFICATIONS (a) Disability-awareness training Training of all staff, including those employed by any other performing party, includes: - awareness of and appropriate responses to passengers with physical, sensory (hearing and visual), hidden or learning disabilities, including how to distinguish between the different abilities of persons whose mobility, orientation, or communication may be reduced, - barriers faced by disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, including attitudinal, environmental/physical and organisational barriers, - service animals, including their role and needs, - dealing with unexpected occurrences, - interpersonal skills and methods of communication with deaf people and people with hearing impairments, people with visual impairments, people with speech impairments, and people with a learning disability, - how to handle wheelchairs and other mobility aids carefully so as to avoid damage (if any, for all staff who are responsible for luggage handling); (b) Disability-assistance training Training of all staff, including those employed by any other performing party, directly assisting disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility includes: - how to help wheelchair users make transfers into and out of a wheelchair, - skills for providing assistance to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility travelling with a service animal, including the role and the needs of these animals, - techniques for escorting visually impaired passengers and for the handling and carriage of service animals, - an understanding of the types of equipment which can assist disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility and a knowledge of how to handle such an equipment, - the use of boarding and alighting assistance equipment used and knowledge of the appropriate boarding and alighting assistance procedures that safeguard the safety and dignity of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, - understanding of the need for reliable and professional assistance. Also awareness of the potential of certain disabled passengers to experience feelings of vulnerability during travel because of their dependence on the assistance provided, a knowledge of first aid.
Amendment 41 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The digitisation of the economy is accelerating. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is no longer a specific sector but the foundation of all modern innovative economic systems and societies. Electronic data is at the centre of those systems and can generate great value when analysed or combined with services and products. At the same time, cybersecurity represents one of the major threats to our societies. Securing network and information systems in the European Union is essential for the further development of the online economy, as well as for ensuring that there is trust in the digital economy as a whole. Consequently, this Regulation and the ENISA Regulation [2017/0225(COD)] need to be fully consistent with one another.
Amendment 82 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The growing availability of Internet of Things (IoT) and the development of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) goes hand in hand with the proliferation of devices that collect non-personal data. These new technologies are already used in farm productivity, translation, manufacturing robots and navigation systems among others. However, data collected within certain industries could contain both personal and non-personal data and should be treated under the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and this regulation respectively.
Amendment 83 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 c (new)
Recital 10 c (new)
(10c) The Commission should provide clear and easily accessible guidelines on the legal treatment of mixed data sets in order for especially SMEs to handle the interaction between this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 128 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Commission should periodically review this Regulation, in particular with a view to determining the need for modifications in the light of technological or market developments, especially with regards to the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, big data analysis among others.
Amendment 193 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall encourage and facilitateprepare non-binding guidelines on the development of self- regulatory codes of conduct at Union level, in order to define guidelines oncluding best practices in facilitating the switching of providers and to ensure that they provide professional users with sufficiently detailed, clear and transparent information before a contract for data storage and processing is concluded, as regards the following issues:
Amendment 203 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall ensure that the codes of conduct are developed in close cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, including associations of small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, users and providers of cloud services.
Amendment 212 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall reviewsubmit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the development and effective implementation of such codes of conduct and the effective provision of information by providers no later than two years after the start of application of this Regulation. The report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) To deal with the problem of cross- border enforcement of toll evasions new mechanisms and legal agreements should be implemented, using a simple automatic mechanism for the exchange of information between Member States. That system should include all types of vehicles and all types of electronic toll systems, including video-tolling. The information provided by the use of this automatic mechanism should allow Member States to follow up on cases of failure to pay tolls by non-resident drivers.
Amendment 51 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) To ensure that all users in urban vehicle access regulation schemes are treated on non-discriminatory basis, local authorities should have the ability to access vehicle databases.
Amendment 58 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) EETS providers should be made responsible for providing to toll chargers and/or toll operators correct data regarding their clients, as this data is essential for correct toll collection and effective enforcement.
Amendment 65 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive lays down the conditions necessary to ensure the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and to facilitate the cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees for road toll systems and for urban vehicle access regulation schemes in the Union . It applies to the electronic collection of all types of road fees, on the entire Union road network, urban and interurban, motorways, major and minor roads, and various structures such as tunnels, bridges and ferries.
Amendment 69 #
Amendment 76 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point –a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point –a (new)
-a “toll service provider” means a legal entity providing customer toll services on one or more toll domains for one or more classes of vehicles.”
Amendment 104 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) “urban vehicle access regulation scheme” means a defined area with regulated access;
Amendment 124 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Toll charger shall accept on a non-discriminatory basis any EETS provider requesting to provide EETS services under the toll charger’s responsibility independently of the toll service provider.
Amendment 125 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Where a failure by a road user to pay a road fee is suspected, the toll charger and/or the toll service provider may request the EETS provider to provide them with data related to the vehicle involved in the suspected failure to pay a road fee and to the owner or holder of that vehicle who is a client of the EETS provider. Data provided by EETS provider to the toll charger and/or toll service provider shall be treated in compliance with Article 8.
Amendment 167 #
2017/0128(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 1 and 3 to 8 and Annexes II and III by [1830 months after the entry into force of this Directive] . They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission .
Amendment 165 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
'6. Article 3(1)(b) and (d) and Articles 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 19 and 21 shall not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.52.8 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.. Member States may, however, lower this limit for all or some categories of road transport operations;
Amendment 284 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall not apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC to drivers in the road transport sector employed by undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(a) of that Directive, when performing international carriage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/2009 and 1073/2009 where the period of posting to their territory to perform these operations is shorter than or equal to 3seven days during a period of one calendar month.
Amendment 320 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
When the period of posting is longer than 3seven days, Member States shall apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC for the entire period of posting to their territory during the period of one calendar month referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 356 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) a daily working period shorter than sixnine hours spent in the territory of a host Member State shall be considered as half a daynot count towards the period of posting;
Amendment 370 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) a daily working period of sixnine hours or more spent in the territory of a host Member State shall be considered as a full day;
Amendment 289 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. From [the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States shall not introduce user charges for light duty vehicles. User charges introduced before that date shall be phased out by 31 December 2027, or following the expiration of a contract with a toll system operator that ends after this date.
Amendment 364 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 g – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Until 31 December 2021, or on expiry of an agreement with a toll system operator that ends after this date, the infrastructure charge may be varied for the purpose of reducing congestion, minimising infrastructure damage and optimising the use of the infrastructure concerned or promoting road safety, where the following conditions are met:
Amendment 401 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g a – paragraph 2
Article 7 g a – paragraph 2
2. From 1 January 2022, or on expiry of an agreement with a toll system operator that ends after this date, Member States shall vary tolls and, in the case of user charges, at least annual charges, according to the CO2 and pollutant emissions of vehicles in accordance with the rules set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 73 #
2017/0113(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Directive 2006/1/EC
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
(2d) Article 5a Training of drivers Undertakings using hired vehicles shall ensure that all drivers using a hired vehicle receive the necessary training to acquire the knowledge which is essential for their work, with specific attention to health and safety aspects, and that training requirements are regularly updated to meet the challenges of technological innovation.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States should be provided with a clear option to improve and moder, modernise and harmonise training practices with the use of ICT tools, such as e-learning and blended learning, for part of the training, while ensuring the quality of the training.
Amendment 45 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ("the Charter") protects the fundamental right of everyone to the respect for his or her private and family life, home and communications. Respect for the privacy of one’'s communications is an essential dimension of this right. Confidentiality of electronic communications ensures that information exchanged between parties and the external elements of such communication, including when the information has been sent, from where, to whom, is not to be revealed to anyone other than to the parties involved in a communication. The principle of confidentiality should apply to current and future means of communication, including calls, internet access, instant messaging applications, e-mail, internet phone calls and personal messaging provided through social media, in-platform messages between users of a social network and any private messaging systems online.
Amendment 70 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Regulation should apply to electronic communications data processed in connection with the provision and use of electronic communications services in the Union, regardless of whether or not the processing takes place in the Union. Moreover, in order not to deprive end-users in the Union of effective protection, this Regulation should also apply to electronic communications data processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services from outside the Union to end-users in the Union. This should be the case irrespective of whether the electronic communications are connected to a payment or not.
Amendment 119 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The methods used for providing information and obtaining end-user's consent should be as user-friendly as possible. Given the ubiquitous use of tracking cookies and other tracking techniques, end-users are increasingly requested to provide consent to store such tracking cookies in their terminal equipment. As a result, end-users are overloaded with requests to provide consent. The use of technical means to provide consent, for example, through transparent and user-friendly settings, may address this problem. Therefore, this Regulation should prevent the use of so- called "cookie walls" and "cookie banners" that do not help users to maintain control over their personal information and privacy or become informed about their rights. This Regulation should provide for the possibility to express consent by technical specifications, for instance by using the appropriate settings of a browser or other application. Those settings should include choices concerning the storage of information on the user's terminal equipment as well as a signal sent by the browser or other application indicating the user's preferences to other parties. The choices made by end- users when establishing itsthe general privacy settings of a browser or other application should be binding on, and enforceable against, any third parties. Web browsers are a type of software application that permits the retrieval and presentation of information on the internet. Other typIn this sense, settings must be granular enough to control all data processing that the user consents to and to cover all relevant functionalities (for example, whether websites ofr applications, such as the ones that permit calling and messaging or provide route guidance, have also the same capabilities. Web browsers mediate much of what occurs between the end-user and the website. From this perspective, they are in a privileged position to play an active role to help the end-user to control the flow of information to and from the terminal equipment. More particularly web browsers may be used as gatekeepers, thus helping end-users to prevent information from their terminal equipment (for example smart phone, tablet or computer) from being accessed or storeds can collect location data from the user or can access specific hardware such as a webcam or microphone). Devices and software applications enabling electronic communications should implement technical mechanisms such as the Do Not Track standard to ensure that users' privacy is protected by default and that users are given genuine choice and control.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Children merit specific protection with regard to their online privacy. They usually start using the internet at an early age and become very active users. Yet, they may be less aware of the risks and consequences associated to their online activities, as well as less aware of their rights. Specific safeguards are necessary in relation to the use of children's data, notably for the purposes of marketing and the creation of personality or user profiles.
Amendment 162 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In this Regulation, direct marketing refers to any form of advertising by which a natural or legal person sends or presents direct marketing communications directly to one or more identified or identifiable end-users using electronic communications services, regardless of the form that such marketing takes. In addition to the offering of products and services for commercial purposes, this should also include messages sent by political parties that contact natural persons via electronic communications services in order to promote their parties. The same should apply to messages sent by other non-profit organisations to support the purposes of the organisation.
Amendment 175 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Each supervisory authority should be competent on the territory of its own Member State to exercise the powers and to perform the tasks set forth in this Regulation. In order to ensure consistent monitoring and enforcement of this Regulation throughout the Union, the supervisory authorities should have the same tasks and effective powers in each Member State, without prejudice to the powers of prosecutorial authorities under Member State law, to bring infringements of this Regulation to the attention of the judicial authorities and engage in legal proceedings. Member States and their supervisory authorities are encouraged to take account of the specific needs of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the application of this Regulation. Supervisory authorities should cooperate with the relevant authorities in other enforcement areas as appropriate.
Amendment 410 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Article 10 – title
Amendment 414 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. SThe default settings of hardware and software placed on the market permitting electronic communications, including the retrieval and presentation of information on the internet, shall offer the option to prevent third parties from storing information on the terminal equipment of an end-user or processing information already stored on that equipmentbe configured to provide the highest level of privacy protection and protect users' against unauthorised interferences. In particular, default settings shall prevent the tracking of users' online behaviour by other parties. For this purpose, privacy settings shall include a signal which is sent to other parties to inform them about the users' settings. Such settings shall be binding on and enforceable against any other party.
Amendment 420 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Upon installation, the softwarefirst use or whenever any significant modifications are introduced, the user shall be inform the end-usered about the default privacy settings options and, to continue with the installation, require the end-user to consent to a settingand other available options, if any. Information shall be presented in an easily visible and intelligible manner. It shall not incentivise users to select lower privacy settings and shall include relevant information about the risks associated with each setting. Settings must be easily accessible and modifiable at any time during the use of the device or software.
Amendment 427 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Hardware and software which enables electronic communications and is specifically intended for children's use or targeted at children shall not allow tracking of its user's behaviour and activities for profiling, marketing or advertising purposes.
Amendment 479 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Unsolicited marketing communications shall be clearly recognisable as such and shall indicate the identity of the legal or natural person transmitting the communication or on behalf of whom the communication is transmitted. Such communications shall provide the necessary information for recipients to exercise their right to refuse further written or oral marketing messages.
Amendment 483 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may provide by law that the placing of direct marketing voice-to-voice calls to end-users who are natural personusers shall only be allowed in respect of end- users who are natural persons who have not expressed their objection to receiving those communications. Member States shall provide that users can objection to receiving thosee unsolicited communications via a national Do Not Call Register, thereby also ensuring that the user is only required to opt out once.
Amendment 486 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. Any natural or legal person using electronic communications services to transmit direct marketing communications shall inform end-users of the marketing nature of the communication and the identity of the legal or natural person on behalf of whom the communication is transmitted and shall provide the necessary information for recipients to exercise their right to withdraw their consent, in an easy manner that is as easy as giving the consent and free of charge, to receiving further marketing communications.
Amendment 9 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to report back to the Parliament no later than one year after adoption of the final report of the Committee of Inquiry on the follow-up actions taken by the Commission and Member States on the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the US practice of random off- production-line and in-service testing and to draw the necessary conclusions with regard to improving their market surveillance activities;
Amendment 133 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to make an assessment of potential shortcomings in EU consumer law, including Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive and Unfair Commercial Practises Directive, in order to make sure that if the rules are breached, consumers are entitled to fair compensation;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. Calls on the European Commission to verify and oversee the impact of the recall programmes, already in place in many Member states, and to ensure that the recalled cars conform to the legal requirements set out in the EU legislation.
Amendment 149 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 36 c (new)
36c. Calls on the Commission to review the existing rules on consumer protection in order to create consistent standards across the Union and the possibility for class action against fraudulent companies; urges the European Commission to review all relevant EU legislation in order to support the establishment of a common compensation scheme and proper rules to compensate European consumers;
Amendment 157 #
2016/2908(RSP)
Paragraph 36 j (new)
36 j. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to ensure that no worker from the automotive sector should suffer from the emissions scandal; to this end, Member States and car manufacturers should coordinate and promote vocational training plans to guarantee that workers, whose employment situation has been negatively affected by the emission scandal, remain in employment in the future, for example in the field of alternative motorisations;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the own initiative report 2015/2005(INI) of the European Parliament adopted 09 September 2015, entitled “Implementation of the 2011 White Paper on transport: taking stock and the way forward towards sustainable mobility”;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 23 February 2017 on the “Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A European Strategy for Low- Emission Mobility” of 20 July 2016,
Amendment 74 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that low-emission mobility not only requires technical solutions but also behavioural change of transport users; Key to enable a majority of citizens to switching to more sustainable modes of transport is an affordable, well-developed and multimodal public transport system that covers urban nodes and connects with rural areas;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to review the EU approach to aviation connectivity; stresses that one main goal of enhancing connectivity should focus on connecting remote and disadvantaged regions of the Union; underscores that this should be combined with investments in green alternatives such as cross-border (night) trains;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that autonomous vehicles can be an important asset in improving the efficiency of transport; insists, however, thatindividual and commercial transport; to enhance sustainability gains autonomous vehicles should be electriclow- or zero-emission vehicles, shared, and include smart measures to mitigate increasing use;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Asks the Commission to develop a comprehensive political strategy to cope with systemic changes that the paradigm of “mobility as a service” will have on consumers, workforce and industry; especially in the context of an ongoing digitalisation and automatisation of the transport sector;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the EU approach to sustainable energy should be technology neutral and the goal of EU sustainability policies should focus on reducing climate- and health-damaging emissions
Amendment 299 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the Commission to strengthen the networks of front-runners among cities who prioritize sustainable modes of transport like walking, cycling, public transport, car pooling and sharing in city planning and to share success stories in both GHG emission reductions and clean air strategies;
Amendment 387 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports strongly the new Commission calls for proposals on missing cross-border rail links at regional level and welcomes the perspective of minimising or reducing the climate impact; calls in this connection on the Commission to take account, in the framework of the amendment to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight, of past experience with implementing the Regulation and to lay down conditions for the operation of freight trains on a defined network in such a way that in prioritising the different types of rail transport, account is taken of their real effectiveness in terms of impact on energy efficiency in the transport sector;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees that deployment of 5G networks is a necessary condition for the development of existing and new business models in the transport sector; in this regard, recalls the need to raise further public awareness of the benefits of internet use for passengers and for businesses, as it enhances economic and social opportunities, while fostering inclusion and creating opportunities for less developed areas of the EU; underlines that effective use of the potential of very high-capacity internet networks is key to the process of digitisation of transport services and the wide use of innovative means of transport for people and goods, such as increasingly connected and autonomous vehicles or drones; notes that 5G will enable new high-quality services and will improve passengers' experience for increasingly sophisticated and demanding digital users, such as those who are using online platforms in relation to transport and tourism services;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. points out that the standardisation process in Europe must include standards that help to make transport and transport services more accessible to people with disabilities and older people;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- by urging that priority be given to repairing goods which are stillgranting consumers throughout the EU the freedom in choosing the remedy of their preference in cases of contractual non-conformity of goods under guarantee, except withere therough repair is not expedient or would come at a proven additional cost, of the defect, through price reduction or termination of the contract or through replacement of the defective product;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
- by encouraging and facilitating measures that makes the choice of repair attractive to the consumer
Amendment 69 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 2
Paragraph 4 – indent 2
- by guaranteeing that the guarantee canshould be extended by a period equivalent to the time required to carry out the repair,
Amendment 131 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 1
Paragraph 10 – indent 1
- to consult with the relevantall stakeholders concerned in order to develop a usage- based sales model which benefits everyone,
Amendment 163 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
- mandatory labelling to indicate a product’'s expected useful life, on the basis of standardised criteria set by selected stakeholders,;
Amendment 196 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 2
Paragraph 17 – indent 2
- by considering extending the length of the EU-level legal guarantees of conformity beyond the current two-year minimum for families of energy-using products on the basis ofthose products for which the reasonably expected lifespan of the product is longer, such as families of energy-using products or movable fixed assets, taking into account among others the product life cycle study carried out as part of the eco-design process, and introducing a while leaving the Member States free to mainimum period of five years for large household appliances and movable fixed assets gradually, so that companies can comply,tain or introduce more stringent provisions; highlights in this context the strong consumer protection measures taken already in some Member States;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 17 – indent 4 a (new)
- by reversing the burden of proof of non-conformity of a product from the consumer to the manufacturer
Amendment 6 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on ‘Digitising European Industry’ (COM(2016)0180); recalls the objective of raising the contribution of industry to EU GDP to 20 % by 2020; underlines the important role that digitalisation can play in this context and the urgent need to establish an ambitious EU strategy that coordinates national and regional efforts, avoids fragmentation and maximises opportunities for consumers, workers and businesses;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for adequate investment in research and innovation, infrastructures, cybersecurity and digital skills in order to ensure a well- functioning digital single market where industries can benefit from all its opportunities; stresses also that the EU is lagging behind its competitors in this respect and substantial additional resources are urgently needed for these investments; regrets that the communication fails to meet adequately the challenges ahead in this regard;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that citizens’ and businesses’ trust in the digital environment is necessary for unlocking the full potential of industry digitalisation; calls on Member States to timely transpose the "NIS Directive" and to engage in effective cooperation in order to guarantee a safe environment in the EU for citizens and businesses; asks a series of new and concrete initiatives to strengthen resilience of businesses, especially SMEs, against cyber-attacks and welcomes the new public-private partnership on cybersecurity recently launched by European Commission;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that digitalisation should provide consumers with more choice, more user-friendly and customised products and more information, in particular on the quality of the products or services, as well as on their social and environmental impacts;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point b
Paragraph 3 – point b
(b) improve accessibility and awareness of alternative mobility solutions, above all in urban areas;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) support the deployment of modern information technologies which can be utilised to organise traffic management in urban areas so as to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Considers interoperability necessary in particular in the domain of Internet of Things to ensure that the development of new technologies improves the opportunities for consumers, who should not be locked-in with certain specific providers; stresses the challenges relating to safety, security and liability with regard to IoT, apps and non- embedded software and calls on the Commission to put forward enhanced efforts on these issues, including in order to raise consumers' awareness and promote a safe use of these instruments;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point c
Paragraph 3 – point c
(c) reduce transport costs, such as maintenance costs, and increase infrastructure capacity (e.g. platooning and C-ITS);
Amendment 50 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Urges the Commission to develop comprehensive statistics which complement existing ones, such as the DESI index, in order to better evaluate digitalisation processes in different areas and sectors;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the very important consequences of industry digitalisation for society, business models, working conditions and jobs demand; regrets the lack of analysis on the part of the Commission of the social effects of the digitisation of industry; calls on the European Commission to carry on an in depth analysis on these issues, focusing also to the consequences of industry digitisation on the number and the quality of jobs, and to present it to the European Parliament by the end of 2017;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. While recognising the opportunities of industry digitalisation, stresses also certain challenges it is posing to job demands, working conditions and workers' rights, in particular in non-standard employment relationships, and highlights the necessity to ensure the full respect of employment rights and adequate social security coverage in the digital world of work; believes it is necessary to involve social partners in the definition of European and national initiative on industry digitalisation; welcomes the proposals to hold high-level roundtables and an European stakeholders forum on digitalisation; believes workers' representatives' involvement to be necessary with regard to companies' decisions over externalisation and digitalisation;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) ensure the provision of real-time traffic information for travellers;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 3 – point g b (new)
(gb) improve the accessibility of means of transport for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that digitisation is not just a technological issue, but it has wider social, work and economic implications; highlights therefore the need for a massive up-skilling of the workforce at all levels, in the transport and tourism sectors, focusing on new multidisciplinary and digital skills;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas, the Commission has defined unfair trading practices as "practices that deviate grossly from good commercial conduct, are contrary to good faith and fair dealing and are unilaterally imposed by one trading partner on another"1a; _________________ 1a"Tackling unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain", COM(2014)472.
Amendment 32 #
2016/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas the "fear factor" comes into play in commercial relationships, with the weaker party being unable to make effective use of their rights and unwilling to lodge a complaint about unfair trading practices imposed by the stronger party, for fear of compromising their commercial relationships;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that for the completion of the single market in the retail sector, franchising can play an important role, provided that effective protection of both franchisors and franchisees against unfair trading practices is offered throughout the EU; however, this is not currently the case, as different measures exist between Member States, leading to a high degree of divergence and diversification between Member States in terms of the level, nature and form of legal protection;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Envisages that in view of the strong-border component in franchising, a uniform approach to correct unfair trading practices at EU level is advisable;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that Parliament has repeatedly asked the Commission to set up an EU legislative framework banning unfair trading practices in the food supply chain; urges the Commission to submit such a proposal without delay;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes the potential risks of new payment solutions, such as fraud risk, misuse of consumer´s data, weak authentication requirements and lack of transparent and clear terms and conditions; therefore, asks the Commission and Member States to ensure that an adequate level of safeguards and effective remedies are provided for consumers who might face the aforementioned risks;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Notes the need to promote digital and financial education amongst consumers and operators across the EU; underlines the importance of adequate competences and new digital skills and encourages the Commission, Member States and Fintech industries to enable life-long learning training and skills development which are the key requirements to enable as many individuals as possible to have full access to financial services and Fintech tools;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Available eEmission control technologies (ECTs) available at the time of adoption of the Euro 5 and 6 NOx emission limits, when properly applied, already allowed diesel cars to meet the Euro 5 NOx emission limit of 180 mg/km and the Euro 6 NOx emission limit of 80 mg/km by the date of their respective entry into force, in real world conditions and not only in laboratory tests.
Amendment 16 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. The existence of the discrepancies, and their significant negative impact on attaining air quality objectives, in particular with regard to urban areas, had been known to the Commission, to the responsible authorities of the Member States and to many other stakeholders since at least 2004-2005 when the Euro 5/6 Regulation was being prepared. The discrepancies have been confirmed by a large number of studies by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) since 2010-2011 and other researchers since 2010-201104.
Amendment 18 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Although less so than for NOx emissions, there are also significant differences in the measured values of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption between laboratory tests and tests on the road;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Over half of the RDE-LDV working group participants consisted of experts from car manufacturers and other automotive industries. This can inter alia be attributed to the lack of sufficient technical expertise in the Commission departments. While the Commission consulted a wide range of stakeholders and ensured open access to the RDE-LDV group, it should have taken further steps to “"as far as possible, ensure a balanced representation of relevant stakeholders, including NGOs, consumers associations and civil society, taking into account the specific tasks of the expert group and the type of expertise required”", as required by the horizontal rules for Commission expert groups of 10 November 2010.
Amendment 71 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Defeat devices were generally not considered among the possible reasons behind the discrepancies between laboratory and on-road NOx emissions and it was not generally suspected that they could be in actual use in any passenger car produced in the EU before the Volkswagen revelations in September 2015, despite the fact that such devices were found in the US in light-duty vehicles in 1995 and in heavy-duty vehicles in 1998.
Amendment 124 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. The Commission should have ensured that the JRC’'s research findings and concerns discussed among the Commission services with regard to possible illegal practices by manufacturers reached the higher levels of the hierarchy. This constitutes maladministration.
Amendment 126 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. The Commission should have shown more initiative and diligence as regards the possible use of illegal defeat devices by car manufacturers given the general suspicion and numerous indications thereof. The JRC should have received the mandate from the Commission to investigate whether the reported suspicious behaviours of certain vehicles have any illegal connotations.
Amendment 133 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. There is an evident lack of control after type-approval, which is partly due to the current rules and partly due to uncertainty as to which authority is in charge of market surveillance. Effective conformity of production, in-service and end-of-lifecycle conformity checks to uncover cases where production vehicles and vehicles in use do not conform to the type-approved vehicle are often not in place or verified only through documents instead of physical tests carried out in the presence of the authorities. despite the fact that technology allowing vehicles to be measured in real world conditions on a large scale, and without being damaged, already exists
Amendment 136 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. In-service testing for emissions is mostly conducted in the laboratories of car manufacturers and is currently limited to the NEDC laboratory tests required for type-approval, without considering alternatives like remote sensing technology for monitoring emissions in real driving conditions.
Amendment 162 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. One of the structural weaknesses of the current type-approval framework in Europe is that it is only the type-approval authority that granted a type-approval to a given vehicle that can effectively withdraw the certificate of conformity that was given to the vehicle concerned.
Amendment 166 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. The European legal framework does not foresee the possibility to compensate consumers if corrective measures such as mandatory recalls imposed by type approval authorities have an adverse impact on the original vehicles' performance (such as its durability, fuel economy or engine performance).
Amendment 168 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. TheVery few Member States were very reluctantwilling to share the results of their investigations and the technical test data with the Commission and this committee of inquiry.
Amendment 191 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52 a. Whilst the collection of written evidence via submission of written questions and questionnaires to both institutional and non-institutional parties was generally an effective means of evidence gathering, the written replies - essential for the committee to prepare each hearing - were often sent very late with little time left before the hearing to read and analyse the replies.
Amendment 194 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Delays in the delivery of requested documentation represented a major obstacle in the work of the committee. The documents were of varying quality, some of them were very hard to read and, therefore, to use. The lengthy internal procedure in the Commission, which requires the College’'s approval to react to requests from the committee, together with gaps in its archiving system, delayed the collection of evidence during the time available. Furthermore, the transmission of the information requested was not structured in a user-friendly way, which made it more complicated to retrieve the information.
Amendment 197 #
2016/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. The procedure followed to grant access to the minutes of the regulatory committee (based on explicit consent by the 28 Member States) was unnecessarily cumbersome, lengthy and based on a very narrow interpretation of the law. The access to those documents was too limited, which led to possible mistakes or important information not being taken into account. It should not be followed again in the future.
Amendment 19 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to earmark appropriate funding for sustainable urban mobility under the European Regional and Development Fund.
Amendment 27 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to use European Structural and Investment Funds to complement the gaps and remove the bottlenecks that exist between completed infrastructure projects, particularly in cross-border regions;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that in order to complete the missing cross-border sections, transport master plans need to be coordinated between neighbouring Member States;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need to fund projects for sustainable, accessible, safe and intermodal public transport and transport terminals;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the main features of long- term investments in transport infrastructures. Underlines that investments in sustainable transport infrastructures require a substantial public intervention and might be less attractive for the private sector as they yield too low or uncertain return on investment.
Amendment 14 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the Commission’s intention to remove barriers to the free movement of data and data services and disproportionate data localisation requirements by linking the European Cloud Initiative to the free flow of data proposal; considers that, in order to achieve a digital society, the free flow of data must be regarded as the fifth freedom within the Single Market, for which we need to ensure secure and broad connectivity, optimum speed and quality, and strengthen confidence and reliability. Notes that fundamental rights, including privacy and data protection obligations relating to such data, regardless of their location, must be respected;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that a clear legal framework, sufficient skills and resources related to the management of macro data are prerequisites to unleash the full potential of cloud computing; asks the Commission for the prompt adoption of the free flow of data removing legal and technical obstacles to the free movement;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the positive results achieved by existing pan-European structures and the open data available in the national data storage facilities; calls on the Commission and Member States to examine the potential of already available data while securing adequate levels of cybersecurity regardless where this data are located;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to identify best certification schemes and commonly used standards for data sharing across Member States, to lay out a market-driven pan-European set of standards with involvement of relevant stakeholders to facilitatinge data sharing, and to prefer open and global standards over proprietary standards whenever justified;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Supports the European Open Science Cloud as it facilitates the sharing of research data from research financed by public funds and supports the creation of a virtual environment where scientists and professionals can store, share, manage, analyse and reuse their research data across disciplines and borders, ending fragmentation and segmentation;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Highlights the potential benefits of the European cloud for businesses such as professional offices in terms of savings in investments on equipment and software as well as operating expenses such as document storage, office management applications accounting, databases;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Believes that with cloud computing, the EU must maintain high standards of data protection, cyber security and interoperability, and that upholding high standards should be regarded as a competitive advantage for offering cloud services of the highest quality;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Notes that Europe is the largest producer of scientific knowledge in the world so this leadership should entail that data generated by research and industry in the European Union can be processed in the EU as means that can help to stop the brain drain;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the underrepresentation of key stakeholders in the discussions and in Large Scale Pilot projects; stresses that the European Cloud Initiative should involve and benefit not only the scientific community, the industry and public administrations but also SMEs and consumers at European, national, regional and local levels, so as to make full use of the potential of this initiative.
Amendment 8 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission and Member States that competitiveness is a measure of economic ability to provide the European citizens with high and rising standards of living and high rates of employment on a sustainable basis1a ; __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52002DC071 4
Amendment 10 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing field for businesses and a real choice for consumers in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and acceleratedeffective enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search services and mobile internet sector, in order to remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer; stresses that the Commission should also ensure that the digital economy e.g. platform economy are not being misused to undermine consumers and worker's rights on the single market. This can lead to resistance to developing a fair digital single market;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that EU transport legislation is often poorly implemented by Member States; believes that proper implementation of existing EU legislation would bring additional benefits to business and industryis key to the proper functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the Commission action on anti-cartel enforcement, such as recent actions in retail food and optical disc drive sectors, to guarantee fair prices to consumers;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that ending roaming charges in the EU is not sufficient and that intra-EU calls must be also regulated on the same level as local calls; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for regulating intra-EU calls;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission to not only focus its efforts for fair competition on the high profile cases against large well-known companies, reminds the Commission that the enforcement of fair competition is also of importance towards SMEs;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Reiterates that all market players should pay their fair share of tax; Welcomes the Commission's in-depth investigations into anti-competitive practices such as selective tax advantages or excess profit ruling systems;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to devote sufficient attention to completing cross-border infrastructural projects and to coordinate their most important transport plans with neighbouring Member States
Amendment 84 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need to finance sustainable, accessible, safe transport projects that could help to improve the functioning of the whole European transport system ;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that transport operators and service providers will engage in finding intermodal and multimodal solutions if, through a EU regulatory framework, clarification and legal certainty are provided as concerns passenger rights, accessibility for persons with disabilities, liability, delays, security services and open data;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the aviation sector is contributing, directly and indirectly, to the creation of jobs; believes that maintainensuring decent working conditions and preventing unfair practices contribute to the sustainability of the aviation sector; acknowledges the necessity to bring clarity on the ‘home base’ criterioncertain problematic provisions such as ‘home base’ and ‘principal place of business’, and welcomes the Commission’s decision to have guidelines issued on the applicable labour law and competent courts;
Amendment 325 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. (new) Recalls that high-quality training and adherence to rules on rest periods for aircrew contribute to aviation safety;
Amendment 331 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. (new) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor and ensure the proper enforcement of applicable social legislation and collective agreements for airlines operating on EU territory;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that transport infrastructures are fundamental to the freedom of movement of persons, goods and services on which the single market is based, and that this freedom of movement is both a powerful catalyst for EU integration, jobs and tourism and is a key factor in the performance of European trade and industr, industry and for inclusion of the European society;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that Union transport policy, in particular with regard to the Tran-European transport Network, is one of the most successful Union policies; points out that the TEN-T network plays a fundamental role in commercial exchanges within the Union, contributing to the wealth of its citizens; recalls therefore the importance of financingadequate financing for completing of missing and cross- border links and removing bottlenecks of the TEN-T network;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the goals set by COP 21 with regard to transport in order to combat climate change; underlines that financial means should be available to ensure a modal shift from road to rail and waterborne transport and encouraging Member States to invest in smart, sustainable, accessible integrated public transport; recommends also paying attention to noise reduction in transport to provide citizens with an environment of high quality;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the key role of digital technology in the development of efficient , safe, intermodal and sustainable transport; encourages the Commission to support innovation and the development of innovative solutions for all transport sectors to the benefit of all Union citizens and tourists;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to support various possibilities of financing measures to achieve the accessibility of the transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs and other measures to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Encourages the Commission to support initiatives aiming at improving road safety and that can help to achieve the goal to reduce road deaths by half until 2020 and significantly reduce serious injuries;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of cooperation between public authorities at all levels in the enforcement of consumer protection law; emphasises the contribution of coordinated inspection actions (sweeps) in the context of the internal market and calls for appropriate budgetary resources to be provided for them, not just in the online environment;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out the need to improve the accessibility of public transport infrastructure and remove barriers on board means of transport so as to make it easier for parents with children to use;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that safety issues should play an important part in urban planning, for example the provision of adequate lighting at night at bus and tram stops and on paths to and from them;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the growth in employment opportunities in the parcel delivery sector; underlines the benefits of quality and sustainable jobs in postal and delivery services, including on providing high and consistent standards of service to consumers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that decent rights for workers in this sector are guaranteed, irrespective of employment status;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries can be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is convinced that consumers should be able to easily compare the performance of different postal operators, including price, coverage and speed of delivery;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recalls that the European Parliament invited the Commission to explore the possibilities of creating a Pan-European Trustmark for e-Commerce, and whether such a Trustmark could also contribute to ensuring quality and reliability for integrated delivery services;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to launch measures in the first half of 2016 to improve price transparency and regulatory oversight of cross-border parcel delivery; Calls on the Commission to address properly all problems that consumers and businesses face in the delivery market, in particular unsatisfactory delivery times, lack of information or lack of clarity concerning liability for loss or damage;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CRecognises that postal networks and services are of general public interest; calls on the Member States to use State aid tools in a transparent and non- discriminatory manner and to ensure that customers continue to have access to postal services, by maintaining a minimum number of services at the same access point;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that parcel delivery is a highly competitive, innovative and fast- growing sector, and; notes the importance of affordable and reliable parcel delivery services in realising the full potential of the Digital Single Market; believes that any new regulation in the parcel delivery market must therefore be proportionate and supported by souwhilst effectively addressing the problems faced by retailers and economic evidencesumers, protecting employment rights, tackling social exclusion and encouraging environmental sustainability;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of improving consumer confidence and trust in cross-border delivery; considers that greater transparency as regards prices, delivery options, modalities and quality/performance (speed, geographical coverage, delays and the handling of damaged or lost items), as well as trust labels, could address the lack of confidence;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of consumer awareness when using VCs while noting the growing use of VC micropayments foand transparency when using VCs; calls on the Commission, after conline purchases of goods; calls on the VC industry, in cooperation with the Commission and the Member States, to develop voluntary standards and to address the opportunities and challenges of VCs for consumers with the aim ofsulting the Member States and the VC industry, to develop specific EU guidelines with the aim of guaranteeing that a correct, clear and complete information is provided for existing and future VC users, to allow them to make a fully informed choice, thus enhancing the transparency of VC schemes for consumers in terms of how they are organised and operated and how they distinguish themselves from regulated and supervised payment systems,; in terms of consumer protection, in order to allow existing and future VC users to makeparticular, underlines that the consumers and users, before using VCs, shall be informed about the high volatility and informed choicstability of their value.
Amendment 41 #
2016/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks the Commission to ensure that an adequate level of safeguards and effective remedies are in place for consumers who might face some of the risks linked to the use of VCs, such as hacking, malfunctioning of the software/hardware, scams and fraudulent schemes; calls the Commission to consider the possibility to set up specific, concrete and effective measures at the EU level in order to ensure the users are fully protected and safeguarded in relation to these risks.
Amendment 60 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In the absence of specific provisions harmonising the requirements on access to a regulated profession or its pursuit laid down in Union law, it is the Member States’ prerogative to decide whether and how to regulate a profession within the limits of the principles of non- discrimination, justification and proportionality.
Amendment 69 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The right to determine the level of protection that Member States wish to provide to public health as well as the means and methods to reach that level lies solely with the Member States and health and life of humans rank foremost among the interests protected by the TFUE. The measures regarding the assessment of non-discrimination, justification and proportionality, as set out in specific provisions of this Directive, should therefore not apply to requirements concerning the regulation of professions providing healthcare services whether or not these are provided via healthcare facilities, and regardless of the way in which they are organised and financed at national level or whether they are public or private. Notwithstanding, provisions pertaining to consultation, exchange of information and transparency as set out in this Directive should remain applicable for such requirements. Requirements concerning the regulation of professions providing healthcare services remain as well subject to Directive 2005/36/EC, including the principles of non- discrimination, justification and proportionality and the procedures defined in Article 59 of that Directive.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7 b) This Directive is without prejudice to national education and training structures and to the competence of Member States to define the organisation and the content of their systems of education and professional training;
Amendment 82 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Regulation of professions plays a key role in protecting public interest objectives and should, inter alia, contribute to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health and to environmental and consumer protection; effective professional regulation is furthermore of paramount importance in order to ensure high quality products and services;
Amendment 145 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) It is essential for the proper functioning of the internal market to ensure that Member States provide information to citizen, before introducing new, or amending existing, measures restricting access to or pursuit of regulated professions, publicly disclose the relevant information on the provisions, adequately consult citizens, service recipients, including consumers, representative associations or, social partners and other relevant stakeholders before introducing new measures restricting access to or pursuit of regulated, including those who are not members of the professions, and give them the opportunity to make known their views.
Amendment 150 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To facilitapromote the exchange of best practices, each Member Statethe Commission should encourage the relevant competent authoritiMember States to share adequate and regularly updated information with other Member States on the regulation of professions and facilitate such exchange.
Amendment 171 #
2016/0404(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Articles 4, 4(a), 5 and 6 of this Directive shall not apply to requirements concerning the regulation of professions providing healthcare services whether or not these are provided via healthcare facilities, and regardless of the way in which they are organised and financed at national level or whether they are public or private.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) Member States should ensure that end-users with disabilities enjoy equal access and choice to electronic communication services, in respect to the obligations enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and according to the UNCRPD Committee General Comment nº 2 on Accessibility on the application of Universal Design approach. Member States should therefore take the necessary measures, including ex ante conditions, to ensure that electronic communication service providers and related equipment manufacturers make their services and products accessible for end-users with disabilities following a Universal Design approach.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 196
Recital 196
(196) A fundamental requirement of universal service is to ensure that all end- users havefollow a Universal Design approach in order to ensure that all end-users, including end-users with disabilities, have equal access ato an affordable price toand available functional internet access and voicetwo-way communications services, at least at a fixed location to all citizens, especially for socially disadvantaged communities. Member States should also have the possibility to ensure affordability, availability and accessibility of services not provided at a fixed location butlso to citizens on the move, where they deem this necessary to ensure their full social and economic participation in society. There should be no limitations on the technical means by which the connection is provided, allowing for wired or wireless technologies, nor any limitations on the category of operators which provide part or all of universal service obligations.
Amendment 217 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 200
Recital 200
(200) Affordable price means a price defined by Member States at national level in the light of specific national conditions, and may involve special tariff options or packages to deal with the needs of low- income users or users with special social needs, including the elderly, the disabled and the end-users. These end-users may include older people living in rural or geographically isolated areas. These offers should be provided with basic features, in order to avoid distortion of the functioning of the marketensure their right to access publicly available electronic communication services. Affordability for individual end- users should be founded upon their right to contract with an undertaking, availability of a number, continued connection of service and their ability to monitor and control their expenditure.
Amendment 223 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 206
Recital 206
(206) Member States should introduce measures to promote the creation of a market for affordabased on a Universal Design approach for affordable and accessible products and services incorporating facilities for disabled end- users, including equipment with assistive technologi with disabilities, including when necessary assistive technologies interoperable with publicly available electronic communication equipment and services. This can be achieved, inter alia, by referring to European standards, or by introducing requirements in accordance with Directive xxx/YYYY/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services38 Member States should define appropriate measures according to national circumstances, which gives flexibility for Member States to take specific measures for instance if the market is not delivering affordable and accessible products and services incorporating facilities for disabled end- users with disabilities under normal economic conditions. __________________ 38OJ C […], […], p. […]. 38 OJ C […], […], p. […].
Amendment 259 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 254
Recital 254
(254) In line with the objectives of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the regulatory framework should ensure that all users, including disabled end- users, the elderly with disabilities, older people, and users with special social needs, have easy and equal access to affordable and accessible high quality services. Declaration 22 annexed to the final Act of Amsterdam provides that the institutions of the Union shall take account of the needs of persons with a disabilityies in drawing up measures under Article 114 of the TFEU.
Amendment 260 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 255
Recital 255
(255) End-users should be able to access emergency services through emergency communications free of charge and without having to use any means of payment, pre- registration or pre-installation of any kind of software, from any device which enables number-based interpersonal communications services, private telecommunications networks, relay services and total conversation services and where applicable through internal emergency services, including when using roaming services in a Member State. Emergency communications are means of communication, that include not only voice communications but also SMS, messagingreal-time text, video or other types of communications, including through the use of third party relay services, that are enabled in a Member State to access emergency services. Emergency communication can be triggered on behalf of a person by the eCall in-vehicle system as defined by Regulation 2015/758/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council41 . __________________ 41 Regulation 2015/758/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC(OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77)
Amendment 269 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 257
Recital 257
(257) Member States should take specific measures to ensure that emergency services, including ‘112’, are equally accessible to disabled end-userend-users with disabilities, in particular deaf, hearing-impaired, speech- impaired and deaf-blind users through real time text or the use of third party relay services interoperable with the telephony networks across the EU. This could also involve the provision of special terminal devices for hearing-impaired users, text relay services, or other specific equipmentpeople with disabilities when the abovementioned ways of communication are not suitable for them.
Amendment 275 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 261
Recital 261
(261) In order to ensure that disabled end-userend-users with disabilities benefit from competition and the choice of service providers enjoyed by the majority of end-users, relevant national authorities should specify, where appropriate and in light of national conditions, consumer protection requirements for disabled end-userend-users with disabilities to be met by undertakings providing publicly available electronic communications services. Such requirements can include, in particular, that undertakings ensure that disabled end-userend-users with disabilities take advantage of their services on equivalent terms and conditions, including prices, tariffs and quality, as those offered to their other end- users, irrespective of any additional costs incurred by these undertakings. Other requirements can relate to wholesale arrangements between undertakings. In order to avoid creating an excessive burdeNational regulatory authorities should verify in consultation with service providers national regulatory authorities should verifyand representative organisations of persons with disabilities, whether the objectives of equivalent access and choice can actually be achieved without such other measures.
Amendment 277 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 262
Recital 262
(262) In addition to the affordability measures for disabled userusers with disabilities set out in this Directive, Directive xxx/YYYY/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services sets out several compulsory requirements for the harmonisation of a number of accessibility features for disabled userusers with disabilities of electronic communications services and related consumer terminal equipment. Therefore the corresponding obligation in this Directive that required Member States to encourage the availability of terminal equipment for disabled userusers with disabilities has become obsolete and should be repealed except for the provision of assistive technologies interoperable with publicly available electronic communication terminal equipment and services, when the latter do not meet the needs of specific groups of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 305 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
On the other hand, it is to ensure the provision throughout the Union of good- quality, affordable, publicly available services through effective competition and choice, to deal with circumstances in which the needs of end-users, including disabled useraccess to services on an equal basis with other end- users by users with disabilities, are not satisfactorily met by the market and to lay down the necessary end- user rights.
Amendment 318 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) ‘call’ means a connection established by means of a publicly available interpersonal communications service allowing two-way voice communication, through voice, video and/or real time text and through text relay and video relay services;
Amendment 332 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) promote access to, and take-up of,the availability and affordability of and access to very high capacity data connectivity, both fixed and mobile, by all Union citizens and businesses;
Amendment 335 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) promote the interests of the citizens of the Union, cultural diversity and media pluralism and including in the long term, by ensuring widespread availability and take- up of very high capacity connectivity, both fixed and mobile, and of interpersonal communications services including through video, real time text, and relay services for end-users with disabilities, by enabling maximum benefits in terms of choice, price and quality on the basis of effective competition, by maintaining security of networks and services, by ensuring a high and common level of proteclevel of consumer protection through minimum harmonisation for end- users through the necessary sector-specific rules and by addressing the needs, such as for affordable prices, of specific social groups, in particular disabled users, elderly users and users with special social needs.
Amendment 341 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 6
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 6
– ensuring consumer protection and end-user rights in the electronic communications sector, including equal access and choice for end-users with disabilities;
Amendment 356 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure as far as appropriate that national regulatory authorities take account of the views of end-users, consumers (including, in particular, disabled consumers)consumers with disabilities, manufacturers and undertakings that provide electronic communications networks and/or services, as well as their representative organisations, on issues related to all end-user and consumer rights, including equivalent access and choice for end-users with disabilities, concerning publicly available electronic communications services, in particular where they have a significant impact on the market.
Amendment 361 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that consumers, including persons with disabilities have access to transparent, non- discriminatory, simple, fast, fair and inexpensive out-of-court procedures for their unresolved disputes with undertakings providing publicly available electronic communications services other than number-independent interpersonal communicationsnetworks and services, arising under this Directive and relating to the contractual conditions and/or performance of contracts concerning the supply of those networks and/or services. Providers of publicly available electronic communications networks and services shall not refuse consumer's request to resolve a dispute with the consumer through an out-of-court dispute resolution on the basis of clear and efficient procedures and guidelines. Member States shall enable the national regulatory authority to act as a dispute settlement entity. Such procedures shall comply with the quality requirements set out in Chapter II of Directive 2013/11/EU. Member States may grant access to such procedures to other end-users, in particular micro and small enterprises.
Amendment 372 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) numbering, including number ranges, portability of numbers and identifiers, number and address translation systems, and access to 112 emergency servicinteroperability of total conversation services and access to 112 emergency services, including for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 413 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
National regulatory authorities shall, acting in pursuit of the objectives set out in Article 3, encourage and where appropriate ensure, in accordance with the provisions of this Directive, adequate access and interconnection, and the interoperability of services, including total conversation services, exercising their responsibility in a way that promotes efficiency, sustainable competition, the deployment of very high capacity networks, efficient investment and innovation, media pluralism, and gives the maximum benefit to end-users. They shall provide guidance and make publicly available the procedures applicable to gain access and interconnection to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises and operators with a limited geographical reach can benefit from the obligations imposed among other remedies.
Amendment 420 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) to the extent that is necessary to ensure accessibility for end-users to digital radio and television broadcasting, including for end-users with disabilities, to digital radio and audiovisual media services as well as related complementary services specified by the Member State, obligations on operators to provide access to the other facilities and to provide access to radio and audio or audiovisual media services referred to in Annex II, Part II on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.
Amendment 451 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 79 – paragraph 1
Article 79 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all end-users in their territory have access at an affordable price, in the light of specific national conditions, to available functionalbroadband internet access and voice communications services at the quality specified in their territory, including the underlying connection, at least at a fixed location. The available, accessible and affordable universal service is indispensable for enabling social inclusion and providing a social safety net by establishing a right to a basic internet access service. (Horizontal amendment: the word "functional" should be deleted throughout the text)
Amendment 471 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 2
Article 80 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States establish that, in the light of national conditions, retail prices for services identified in Article 79(1) are not affordable, because low-income or special social needs end- users are prevented from accessing such services, they may require undertakings which provide such services to offer to those end-users tariff options or packages different from those provided under normal commercial conditions. To that end, Member States mayshall require such undertakings to apply common tariffs, including geographic averaging, throughout the territory. Member States shall ensure that end-users entitled to such tariff options or packages have a right to contract with an undertaking providing the services identified in Article 79(1) and that such undertaking provides them with an adequate period of availability of a number and avoid unwarranted disconnection of service.
Amendment 474 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 4
Article 80 – paragraph 4
4. Member States mayshall, in the light of national conditions, ensure that support is provided to low-income or special social needs end-users in view of ensuring affordability of functional internet access and voicetwo- way communications services at least at a fixed location.
Amendment 477 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 5
Article 80 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure, in the light of national conditions, that support is provided as appropriate to end-users with disabilities, orand that other specific measures are taken, in view of ensuring that accessibility related terminal equipment, and specific equipment and specific services, including text and video relay services, enhancing equivalent access are affordable. Average cost of relay services for the end-user shall not exceed the average cost of voice communication services.
Amendment 483 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 81 – paragraph 1
Article 81 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State has duly demonstrated, account taken of the results of the geographical survey conducted in accordance with Article 22(1), that the availability at a fixed location of functional internet access service as defined in accordance with Article 79(2) and of voicetwo-way communications service cannot be ensured under normal commercial circumstances or through other potential public policy tools, it mayshall impose appropriate universal service obligations to meet all reasonable requests for accessing those services in its territory.
Amendment 500 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that it is possible to make emergency calls from public pay telephones and two-way communication access points using the single European emergency call number '112' , '116'and other national emergency numbers all free of charge.
Amendment 520 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 90 – paragraph 2
Article 90 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that disabled end-userend-users with disabilities are able to access services provided under the number ‘116000’ to the greatest extent possible'116000' numbering on equal basis with other end- users, in particular through the use of two-way communication services and available relay services. Measures taken to facilitate disabled end- users' with disabilities access to such services whilst travelling in other Member States shall be based on compliance with relevant standards or specifications published in accordance with Article 39.
Amendment 528 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92a Intra-Union communication 1. Providers of electronic communication services to the public shall not apply tariffs for intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State different from tariffs of services terminating in the same member state, unless the provider demonstrates that the existence of different costs is objectively justified. 2. By (six months after the entry into force of this Directive), BEREC after consulting stakeholders and in close cooperation with the Commission shall adopt guidelines on the recovery of such objectively justified different costs pursuant to paragraph 1. Such guidelines shall ensure that any differences are strictly based on existent direct costs that provider incur by providing the cross- border services; 3. By (one year after the entry into force of this Directive and annually thereafter), the European Commission shall provide a report on the application of the obligations of paragraph 1, including an assessment of the evolution of intra-Union communication tariffs.
Amendment 536 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 95 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 95 – paragraph -1 (new)
–1. The pre-contractual information provided in this article including the contract summary shall constitute an integral part of the final contract and is without prejudice to the requirements laid down in Directive 2011/83/EU. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in this Article is provided in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible manner. On a request made by the consumer or other end-users, a copy of the information can also be provided on a durable medium and in accessible formats for end-users with disabilities.
Amendment 603 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 96 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point g b (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point g b (new)
(gb) be accessible for persons with disabilities
Amendment 610 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 96 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that there is at least one available comparison tool which functions according to the above principles.
Amendment 676 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 2
Article 102 – paragraph 2
2. Member States, in consultation with national regulatory authorities and emergency services and providers of electronic communications services, shall ensure that undertakings providing end- users with number-based interpersonal communications service provide access to emergency services through emergency communications including where technically feasible through total conversation services, to the most appropriate PSAP. In case of an appreciable threat to effective access to emergency services the obligation for undertakings if technically feasible may be extended to all interpersonal communications services in accordance with the conditions and procedure set out in Article 59 (1) (c). Prior to extending the scope to all interpersonal communication services, the Commission, shall assess in close consultation with industry, Member States PSAPs, standardisation bodies and other relevant stakeholders, the feasibility to provide accurate and reliable access to emergency service, including location data, and of the Public Safety Answering Points to be capable of receiving such communications through number- independent interpersonal communications services.
Amendment 694 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 4
Article 102 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that access for disabled end-userend-users with disabilities to emergency services is available through emergency communications and equivalent to that enjoyed by other end-users. Measures taken to ensure that disabled end-users are able to access emergency services through including through total conversation services and available third party relay services. The Commission and the national regulatory and other competent authorities shall take appropriate measures to ensure that end-users with disabilities can access emergency services on equal basis with other end-users whilst travelling in other Membergency communications whilst travelling in o States in particular through the use of total conversation services and available relay services. These measures shall ensure interoperability across ther Member States and shall be based to the greatest extent possible on European standards or specifications published in accordance with the provisions of Article 39, and they shall not prevent Member States from adopting additional requirements in order to pursue the objectives set out in this Article.
Amendment 699 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 5
Article 102 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that caller location information which includes both network based location information and where available enhanced handset caller location information is available to the PSAP without delay after the emergency communication is set up. Member States shall ensure that the establishment and the transmission of the caller location information respect data privacy and security rules and are free of charge for the end-user and to the authority handling the emergency communication with regard to all emergency communications to the single European emergency number ‘112’, including calls from private telecommunications networks and roaming calls. Member States may extend that obligation to cover emergency communications to national emergency numbers. Competent regulatory authorities shall layBy 6 months after the entry into force of the Directive at the latest, BEREC, having consulted the stakeholders and in close collaboration with the Commission, shall set up guidelines laying down the criteria for the accuracy and reliability of the caller location information to be provided. to the emergency services in order to improve the accuracy and reliability of the caller location information of a 112 call.
Amendment 707 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 102 – paragraph 6
Article 102 – paragraph 6
6. Member States and the Commission shall ensure that citizens are adequately informed about the existence and use of the single European emergency number ‘112’, as well as its accessibility features, including in particular through initiatives specifically targeting persons travelling between Member States. and persons with disabilities. The Commission shall support and supplement the actions of Member States.
Amendment 727 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities specify, where appropriate, and after consulting with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, requirements to be met by undertakings providing publicly available electronic communications services to ensure that disabled end-userend-users with disabilities:
Amendment 728 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) have access to electronic communications services equivalent to that enjoyed by the majority of end-users; and
Amendment 729 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) enjoy, on an equal basis with others, cross border two-way communications across Member States by voice, video and real-time text, singly or in combination in the same call (Total Conversation services), namely on number-based interpersonal communications services;
Amendment 731 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) can make use of text based relay services and video based relay service, within the entire territory of the Member State and continuously, and that these relay services are interoperable with telephony services across the EU;
Amendment 733 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 103 – paragraph 2
Article 103 – paragraph 2
2. In taking the measures referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall encouragsure compliance with the relevant accessibility and interoperability standards or specifications published in accordance with Article 39.
Amendment 748 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States may impose reasonable ‘'must carry’' obligations, for the transmission of specified radio and television broadcast channelaudiovisual media services and related complementary services, particularly accessibility services to enable appropriate access for disabled end-users and data supportingto content and electronic programming guides for end-users with disabilities and data supporting and enabling end-users access to connected TV services and electronic programme guides, on undertakings under their jurisdiction providing electronic communications networks and services used for the distribution of radio or television broadcast channelaudiovisual media services to the public where a significant number of end- users of such networks use them as their principal means to receive radio and television broadcast channeland services use them to receive radio and audiovisual media services. Such obligations shall only be imposed where they are necessary to meet general interest objectives as clearly defined by each Member State and shall be proportionate and transparent.
Amendment 254 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. BEREC shall carry out its tasks independently, impartially, transparently and in a timely manner. BEREC shall ensure that the public and any interested parties are given appropriate, objective, reliable and easily accessible information, in particular with regard to the results of its work.
Amendment 256 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. BEREC shall promote cooperation between NRAs, and between NRAs and the Commission.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In order to realise the objective of ensuring good functioning of the internal market, as an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of inter alia goods and services is ensured, it is not sufficient to abolish, as between Member States, only State barriers. Such abolition can be undermined by private parties putting in place obstacles inconsistent with internal market freedoms. That occurs where traders operating in one Member State block or limit the access to their online interfaces, such as websites and apps, of customers from other Member States wishing to engage in cross-border commercial transactions (a practice known as geo-blocking). It also occurs through other actions by certain traders involving the application of different general conditions of access to their goods and services with respect to such customers from other Member States, both online and offline. Whereas there may sometimes be objective justifications for such differential treatment, in other cases traders deny consumers wishing to engage in cross- border commercial transactions access to goods or services, or apply different conditions in this regard, for purely commercial reasons.
Amendment 107 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation aims at preventing discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment, including geo-blocking, in cross-border commercial transactions between traders and customers relating to the sales of goods and the provision of services within the Unioninternal market. It seeks to address direct as well as indirect discrimination, thus also covering unjustified differences of treatment on the basis of other distinguishing criteria which lead to the same result as the application of criteria directly based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment. Such other criteria can be applied, in particular, on the basis of information indicating the physical location of customers, such as the IP address used when accessing an online interface, the address submitted for the delivery of goods, the choice language made or the Member State where the customer's payment instrument has been issued.
Amendment 145 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 192 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) This Regulation should apply also to cases where a trader advertises a product as being the same in several Member States but at the same time deliberately reduces the quality of that product in some of these countries compared to others.
Amendment 237 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) With a view to facilitating the effective enforcement of the rules laid down in this Regulation, the mechanisms to ensure cross-border cooperation among competent authorities provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 should also be available in relation to those rules. However, as Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 only applies with respect to laws that protect consumers' interests, those measures should be available only when the customer is a consumer. Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 30 Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (the Regulation on consumer protection cooperation) (OJ L 364, 9.12.2004, p. 1).
Amendment 251 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principle recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular this Regulation seeks to ensure full respect of Articles 16, 17 and 1738 thereof,
Amendment 319 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The traders shall not, for reasons related to the nationality, place of residence or place of establishment of the customer, redirect custo redirect the consumers to a version of theirits online interface that is different from the online interface which the custoonsumer originally sought to access, by virtue of its layout, use of language or other characteristics that make it specific to custoonsumers with a particular nationality, or place of residence or place establishment, unless the custoonsumer gives his or her explicit consent prior to such redirection.
Amendment 327 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In the event of such redirection with the custoonsumer's explicit prior consent, the original version of the online interface the consumer originally sought to access shall remain easily accessible for that custoonsumer.
Amendment 339 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Where athe trader blocks or limits access of custothe consumers to an online interface or redirects custothe consumers to a different version of the online interface in compliance with paragraph 4, the trader shall provide a clear and explicit justification. That justification shall be given in the language of the online interface that the custoonsumer originally sought to access.
Amendment 369 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) where trader advertises a product as being the same in several Member States.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Due to the international nature of postal and parcel sector, the further development of European and international technical standards is important for the benefit of users and the environment, and to broaden market opportunities for businesses.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2 b) Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that everyone whose rights under Union law are violated shall have the right to an effective remedy and Article 16 of the Charter recognises the freedom to run a business in accordance with Union and national law and practices;
Amendment 109 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) As markets for parcel delivery services are changing fast, the Commission should re-assess the efficiency and effectiveness of this Regulation and submit a regular report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report should be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals for review to the European Parliament and the Council. That report should be produced following consultation with all appropriate stakeholders including the social dialogue committee for the postal sector.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the obligation for parcel delivery providers to submit information to national regulatory authorities, implementingdelegated powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish a form for the submission of such information. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council50 . _________________ 50 Regulation (EU) 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13 - 18).
Amendment 117 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to establish the regulatory principles and rules necessary to improve regulatory oversight, to improve transparency of prices and establish certain principles as regardsfoster better user accessibilty to efficient and affordable cross-border parcel delivery services that should support competition, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 120 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 128 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) information and price transparency for users of cross-border parcel delivery services;
Amendment 129 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) promotion of further harmonisation of relevant quality of service and technical standards.
Amendment 131 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Member States may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions than those laid down in this Regulation for the benefit of users and where such provisions foster better user accessibility to efficient and affordable cross-border parcel delivery services.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the number of persons working for theboth directly and indirectly for the parcel delivery services provider and involved in the provision of parcel delivery services in the Member State in which the provider is established inover the previous calendar year; this information shall include quarterly breakdowns by reference to employment status, including whether full-time, part-time, temporary, on a non- guaranteed hours basis or self-employed and shall also cover persons working for subcontractors or companies to which the parcel delivery services provider outsources clearance, sorting, transport or distribution of parcels.
Amendment 285 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Provision of information to users by traders All traders concluding sales contracts with users that include the sending of cross-border parcels shall make available to users at the pre-contractual stage the following information, online or by other accessible means: (a) prices charged by them to users for cross-border parcel delivery including any relevant alternative or discounted rates or breakdown of charges; (b) cross-border delivery options offered, including track and trace, and mechanisms allowing the user to intervene throughout the delivery process, including regarding returns and to arrange redelivery or collection times or locations where applicable; (c) details of their own and relevant parcel service provider complaints processes and of the European Consumer Centre network for cross-border complaints.
Amendment 287 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b Harmonisation of quality of service and technical standards The harmonisation of quality of service and technical standards for cross-border parcel deliveries shall be prioritised further in accordance with the provisions of Directive 97/67/EC, through the European Committee for Standardisation and otherwise, taking into account in particular the interests of users, and efficiency and environmental considerations.
Amendment 288 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Before XX/XX/2019, and thereafter every fourthree years, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the application of this Regulation accompanied where appropriate by a legislative proposal for its review. The report shall be produced following consultation with all appropriate stakeholders, including the Social Dialogue Committee for the postal sector.
Amendment 291 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) whether the efficiency and affordability of cross- border parcel delivery services has improved, including for users located in remote or sparsely populated areas;
Amendment 294 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the impact on cross-border parcel delivery levels and prices, including data on delivery fees charged to both traders and users;
Amendment 295 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) progress on quality of service and technical standard development on cross- border parcel deliveries.
Amendment 363 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Provision of information to users by traders 1. All traders concluding sales contracts with users that include the sending of cross-border parcels shall make available to users at the pre-contractual stage, the following information: (a) Cross-border delivery options offered, including any choice of providers, track and trace, and mechanisms allowing the user to intervene throughout the delivery process, including to opt-out of non- attended delivery and to arrange redelivery or collection times where applicable; (b) Details of their own and relevant parcel service provider complaints processes, of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms including the EU online platform established by Regulation 524/13/EU and of the European Consumer Centres Network; (c) Prices charged by them to users for cross-border parcel delivery; 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall form an integral part of the contract and shall not be altered unless the contracting parties expressly agree otherwise.
Amendment 365 #
2016/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a Confidentiality provision Any information regarding terminal rates provided in accordance with this Regulation to national regulatory authorities and to the Commission shall be treated in the strictest confidence as falling within the obligations of professional secrecy under Article 339 TFEU, and undertakings providing such information shall be entitled to require specific written guarantees to this effect in advance of its provision.
Amendment 384 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The requested authority shall regularly inform the applicant authority about the steps and measures taken and consult the applicant authority about the steps and measures the requested authority intends to taken. The requested authority shall notify through the database set out in Article 43 the applicant authority, the competent authorities of other Member States and the Commission of the measures taken and their effect on the intra-Union infringement without delay, including the following:
Amendment 397 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) criminal investigations or judicial proceedings have already been initiated or final judgment has already been given in respect of the same intra-Union infringement and against the same trader before the judicial authorities in the Member State of the requested or applicant authority.
Amendment 405 #
2016/0148(COD)
4. In the event of a disagreement between the applicant and the requested authority, the applicant authority or the requested authority shall without delay refer the matter to the Commission which shall without delay issue an opinion. Where the matter is not referred to it, the Commission may of its own motion issue an opinion.
Amendment 411 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Where a competent authority or the Commission has a reasonable suspicion that a widespread infringement or a widespread infringement with a Union dimension is taking place, it shall notify the competent authorities of the other Member States concerned by the widespreadat infringement and the Commission, where applicable, without delay.
Amendment 413 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. After receiving the notification as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, in the case of a widespread infringement, the competent authorities concerned by the widespread infringemenit shall, acting by consensus, designate the competent authority that shall coordinate the actioncide whether to launch a coordinated action. The notifying competent authority shall coordinate the action unless the competent authorities concerned by the widespread infringement agree that another competent authority or the Commission is to do so.
Amendment 417 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. After receiving a notification as referred to in paragraph 1, in the case of a widespread infringement with a Union dimension, the Commission, after verifying preliminary evidence regarding the existence of that infringement with the single liaison offices of the Member States, shall launch a coordinated action. The Commission shall notify its decision to launch the coordinated action to the single liaison offices of the Member States concerned by that action. The Commission shall coordinate the action.
Amendment 422 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Unless otherwise agreed between the competent authorities concerned, the coordinator shall communicate the common position to the trader responsible for the infringement, who shall be given the opportunity to be heard on the matters forming part of the common position.
Amendment 427 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. TOn the basis of a common position adopted pursuant to Article 17, the competent authorities concerned may invite the trader responsible for the widespread infringement to proposeor the widespread infringement with a Union dimension to propose, within a set time limit, commitments to cease the infringement and where appropriate to compensate, or take other measures facilitating the compensation of, consumers that have suffered harm. The trader may also, on hits own initiative, propose commitments to cease the infringement and to compensate such consumers.
Amendment 430 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The competent authorities concerned shall monitor the implementation of the commitments. They shall in particular ensure that the trader responsible for the infringement regularly reports to the coordinator about the progress of the implementation of the commitments.
Amendment 456 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) maintain contact with the traders and other parties concerned by the surveillance, investigation and enforcement measures, unless otherwise agreed upon by the competent authorities concerned and, the coordinator and, where applicable, the Commission;
Amendment 457 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authorities shall coordinate their market surveillance activities and their investigation and enforcement measures to address widespread infringements pursuant to sections I and I I. They shall exchange all necessary information and provide each other and the Commission with any other assistance needed without delay.
Amendment 460 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Amendment 470 #
2016/0148(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authorities may invite designated bodies, Commission officials and other accompanying persons authorised by the Commission to participate in sweeps.
Amendment 477 #
2016/0148(COD)
Amendment 215 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In accordance with Article 80 of the Treaty, Union acts should, whenever necessary, contain appropriate measures to give effect to the principle of solidarity. A voluntary corrective allocation mechanism should be established in order to ensure a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection in situations when a Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is responsible under this Regulation.
Amendment 256 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) A Member State of allocation may decide not to accept the allocated applicants during a twelve months-period, in which case it should enter this information in the automated system and notify the other Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum. Thereafter the applicants that would have been allocated to that Member State should be allocated to the other Member States instead. The Member State which temporarily does not take part in the corrective allocation should make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per applicant not accepted to the Member State that was determined as responsible for examining those applications. The Commission should lay down the practical modalities for the implementation of the solidarity contribution mechanism in an implementing act. The European Union Agency for Asylum will monitor and report to the Commission on a yearly basis on the application of the financial solidarity mechanism.
Amendment 783 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The allocation mechanism referred to in this Chapter shall be applied voluntarily for the benefit of a Member State, where that Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is the Member State responsible under this Regulation.
Amendment 884 #
Amendment 898 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Amendment 910 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Amendment 914 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 5
Article 37 – paragraph 5
Amendment 988 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. The competent asylum authorities of the Member States referred to in Article 47 shall have access to the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) for entering the information referred to in Article 20(7), Article 22(1), (4) and (5), Article 37(1) and point (h) of Article 39.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. When necessary for ensuring safety of navigation, Member States may identify stretches of inland waterways with specific risks, except for inland waterways of a maritime character referred to in Article 7, and only based on strict criteria established by the Commission with the participation of experts and professional associations from the Member States, where such risks are due to:
Amendment 244 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.6 – indent 2
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.6 – indent 2
- ensure good communication at all times, which includes the use of standardised communication phrases in situations with communication problems;, in a similar vein to the requirements stipulated in Directive 2008/106, where English goes together with other languages.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Regulation lays down the substantive technical and administrative type-approval requirements for motor vehicles of categories M and N and their trailers (category O), and for the systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles with a view to ensuring an adequate high level of safety and environmental performance. These categories cover motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers, motor vehicles for the carriage of goods, and their trailers, respectively.
Amendment 225 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) For the purposes of compliance with this Regulation, regard should be had to the provisions of Directive 2014/45 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a . __________________ 1aDirective 2014/45 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 51).
Amendment 321 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Member States should lay down rules on penalties for the infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are implemented. Those penalties should be effective, proportionate and, dissuasive and guarantee that the consumer receives a fair compensation. Member States shall report the imposed penalties to the Commission annually, to monitor the coherence of the implementation of these provisions.
Amendment 459 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10
Article 8 – paragraph 10
Amendment 544 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each year representatives of the Forum shall present to the European Parliament a general report on the Forum's activities. The European Parliament or the Council may also ask at any time for a hearing of representatives of the Forum on any subject related to the Forum's activities.
Amendment 550 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Its advisory tasks shall comprise inter alia the promotion of good practices, the exchange of information on enforcement problems, cooperation, development of working methods and tools, development of an electronic information exchange procedure, evaluation of harmonised enforcement projects, penalties and joint inspections.:
Amendment 551 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) the promotion of good practices, the exchange of information on enforcement, evaluation of harmonised enforcement projects.
Amendment 552 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b (new)
(b) the development of a portal for civil society and consumer organisations to report their concerns and complaints about motor vehicle performance characteristic. Such information should also be used by the agency for assessing which vehicles should undergo conformity and verification checks.
Amendment 553 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c (new)
(c) the exchange of information and advice with regard to state-of-the art technologies for the purpose of ensuring that Member States, type approval authorities and technical services are fully up to date on new technology available on the market.
Amendment 554 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d (new)
(d) informing Member States of the conformity and verification checks undertaken by the agency as described in Article 5b.
Amendment 555 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e (new)
(e) All recommendations agreed upon by the Forum shall be made public. They shall be agreed on by a simple majority.
Amendment 727 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Article 30 – title
National fee structure for type-approvals and market surveillance costs
Amendment 730 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall establish a national fee structure to cover the costs for their type-approvals and market surveillance activities as well as for the type- approval testing and conformity of production testing and inspections carried out by the technical services they have designated.
Amendment 757 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 5
Article 30 – paragraph 5
Amendment 790 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. The granting of EU type-approvals exempting new technologies or new concepts shall be subject to authorisation by the Commission. That authorisation shall be given by means of an implementing act. That implementing delegated act. That delegated act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2)8.
Amendment 792 #
2016/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. Where the necessary steps to adapt the regulatory acts referred to in paragraph 1 have not been taken, the Commission may authorise the extension of the provisional EU type-approval by means of a decision and at the request of the Member State that granted the provisional EU type-approval. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2)8.
Amendment 22 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a strong social market - which turns the focus back to the people, directed towards the fight against unemployment, poverty, inequalities, social exclusion and wage dumping, promoting respect of fundamental social rights, fair mobility and improvement of living and working conditions in Europe - is an important factor to increase solidarity and cooperation among Member States;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the single market must not be seen in isolation from other horizontal policy areas, particularly the digital single market, health, social and consumer protection, labour law and mobility of citizens, the environment, sustainable development, energy, transport and external policies;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the strategy’s focus on aspects aimed at helping businesses, in particular SMEs, micro- enterprises and start-ups, to scale up their activities, grow and stay in the single market, thus facilitating their innovation and job creation; considers that all initiatives for SMEs and start-ups should be treated as a priority, but reminds that these initiatives should not provide opportunities for dishonest businesses to circumvent existing rules, lower workers’ and consumer standards, increase the risk of corporate fraud, criminal activities and letterbox companies;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onDraws attention to the Commission’s initiative to ask the REFIT platform to address unjustified barriers to innovation and put forward proposals for ways to reduce or remove them; calls on the Commission to assess in the REFIT process not only the costs but also the benefits and values of legislation, as well as to take into account its broader social and environmental impact and not only the economic one;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to actively involve all stakeholders, in particular social partners and consumers organisations to assess impacts of draft legislation and better regulation activities in the single market, run the proportionality and subsidiarity check (at ex-ante stage), and monitor implementation (ex-post stage); stresses, furthermore, that any exemptions for SMEs and micro entities must be assessed on a case-by-case basis for each proposal, while ensuring that exemptions do not lead to circumvention of social, labour or environmental legislation;
Amendment 172 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission’s announced initiative on the European agenda for the collaborative economysharing economy including the guidance on how EU law applies to this new sector, and its intention to look at that economy in order to assess what needs to be done in order to taccompanykle the challenges it poses, to support its growth and its major contribution to the economic system; welcomes the Commission approach to examine the extent to which the provisions of the Services Directive, the e-Commerce Directive and the EU consumer protection acquis are applicable to the sharing economy and if there is need for further regulation, calls on the Commission to go beyond these provisions and examine the issue of social security and employment rights of workers, health and safety norms, taxation and licensing;
Amendment 207 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission, being responsible for competition in the EU internal market, in cooperation with national surveillance authorities, to ensure a level playing field among competitors serving the market;
Amendment 233 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to present awithout delay a legislative proposal for the protection of geographical indications for non-agricultural products in the EU with the aim of establishing a single European system putting thus an end to a inadequate and highly fragmented situation in Europe, and offering many and varied positive effects for citizens, consumers, producers and the whole European economic and social fabric;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Is convinced that in order to reduce the unfair trading practices in the food supply chain across the single market effectively, the Commission should suggest concrete measures to create common binding rules and develop enforcement standards at the EU level;
Amendment 243 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Notes that consistent uniform application and proper enforcement of EU rules combined with regular monitoring and evaluation on the basis of qualitative and quantitative indicators, benchmarking and sharing of best practices is urgently needed to achieve more homogeneous implementation of existing single market legislation; recalls, therefore, the need to fully and thoroughly transpose and implement European rules concerning the functioning of the single market in all Member States;
Amendment 245 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that many measures have already been adopted but are not yet appliedproperly enforced thus undermining the level playing field in the single market; points out, furthermore, that according to data provided by the Commission in mid- 2015, around 1 090 infringement proceedings were pending in the area of the single market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure thatwith a view to improve transposition, application and enforcement of single market legislation, to ensure that administrative coordination, cooperation and enforcement isare prioritised at all levels (EU, between Member States and national, local and regional authorities);
Amendment 261 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Stresses that the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee must strengthen its ties with national parliaments in order to coordinate and address issues in relation to transposition and implementation of single market rules;
Amendment 262 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls on the Commission to also strengthen the role of the institutional consultation of the social partners through the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions;
Amendment 274 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes note of the Commission proposal, as part of strengthening the single market for goods, to improve mutual recognition through action to increase awareness of the mutual recognition principle and through the revision of the Mutual Recognition Regulation; is sceptical with the Commission’s proposal for a traders’ self-declaration to legally bring a product into the market, as this might increase non-compliant products, threaten consumers’ health and safety and damage competition in the single market; calls instead on the Commission to ensure better market surveillance system by developing a European market surveillance framework and wider access to information about dangerous products which should help reduce non-compliant products in the single market; furthermore calls on European and national market surveillance authorities to investigate all claims of fraud vigorously;
Amendment 293 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its call for the rapid adoption of the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package by the Council and calls on the Commission to fully engage in its role as a solution facilitator in this respect; underlines the importance of the indication of country of origin, which is crucial to protect consumers and to strengthen the fight against counterfeiting;
Amendment 301 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that regulatory differences between Member States regarding differing labelling or quality requirements for the same products in different Member States create unnecessary obstacles to the activities of suppliers of goods and discriminate against different consumers; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a mandatory scheme for the provision of key information for furniture, established at EU levellabelling and quality scheme for products, established at EU level, for providing consumers with key information and ensuring equality in products’ quality in the different Member States; considers that such an initiative would be beneficial for consumers, industries and trade operators, ensuring transparency, adequate recognition of European products and harmonised rules for operators in the single market;
Amendment 346 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Calls on the Commission to adopt a clear single market legislative agenda to strengthen workers’ rights, improve working conditions, promote equal treatment, prevent social dumping and exploitation of workers and ensure fair competition among the Member States;
Amendment 348 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 e (new)
Paragraph 27 e (new)
27e. Disapproves that the Commission did not adopt any specific measures in the Single Market Strategy to address the needs of people and consumers with disability, elderly people and people living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 355 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. SEmphasises that the genuine single market should provide benefits and protection for citizens, consumers and businesses in terms of better quality, greater variety, reasonable prices, and safety of goods and services; stresses that unjustified discrimination against service recipients (consumers and entrepreneurs) on the basis of nationality or place of residence, in both online and offline environments, is not acceptable within the single market;
Amendment 358 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recalls the Commission the appeal of the Parliament to carry out a meaningful investigation about possible differences in the quality of products with the same brand and packaging which are distributed in the single market, that would enable to evaluate whether there is a need for adjustment of existing legislation; calls also on the Commission to confront this issue with the provisions of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive;
Amendment 360 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Agrees that when purchasing goods and services in the single market, consumers need transparent information and a set of modern and solid rights to protect their interests; is of the opinion that any review, merger or consolidation of consumer law directives should provide for a truly high level of consumers’ protection and enforceable rights, recognising existing best practices from national legislation;
Amendment 361 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Stresses the need of putting enforcement of consumer rules among priorities for the single market policies as well as seeking new ways to strengthen and improve enforcement of consumer acquis across the EU and Member States; emphasises the importance of the review of Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) in this regard;
Amendment 362 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Commission to analyse the current legal uncertainties affecting consumers and if necessary to resolve them through clarification and supplements to the legal framework of consumers rights; reiterates its commitment to the principle of flexible harmonisation for any proposed EU legislation concerning consumers and that full harmonisation is only applied when it sets a very high level of consumer protection and provides clear benefits for consumers;
Amendment 363 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Stresses that consumers must be able to exercise their rights easily; welcomes the implementation of the ADR Directive and Commission’s new online dispute resolution (ODR) platform; notes that redress mechanisms applicable across the Union have yielded limited results and therefore urges the Commission to bring forward a legislative proposal to ensure implementation of an affordable, expedient and accessible Europe-wide collective redress system;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of coordinated project planning byamong Member States based on national mastertransport plans, realistic assessment of transport needs, cost-benefit analysis and stakeholder consultation;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the disparities in terms of infrastructure developments and quality between the CEE region and the rest of Europe can only be reduced through a clear, concrete and integrated EU-wide strategy;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission to provide Member States in the CEE region with technical assistance, in light of the fact that some of these countries have little experience in working with financial instruments and with involving the private sector in large projects;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Stresses that the development of combined transport in central and eastern Europe requires improving the characteristics of freight rail corridors and supporting the construction of publicly accessible intermodal terminals;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the urgent need to enhance the road infrastructure network along the eastern border of the EU, starting in Estonia, passing through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria and ending in Greece; considers that such efforts should build on the long-standing planning done already under the Via Carpatia project; believes that the possibility of opening the Rhine-Danube corridor to the north of the EU through the Via Carpatia should be exploited;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that the quality of road infrastructure has a direct impact on road safety; feels, therefore, that traffic safety should also be assessed when constructing road infrastructure; is concerned that road fatalities remain relatively high in many central and eastern Member States; underlines that measures to improve road safety should be further promoted at Member State and EU level;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of further developing rail transportconstructing and modernising railway lines for coherent, sustainable growth of rail transport and cohesion in the central and eastern parts of the EU; expects such efforts to have positive impacts on industrial development, freight logistics and passenger mobility; calls on the Member States to eliminate cross-border and national bottlenecks and to expand operational capacities;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Criticises the lack of mature projects and underinvestment in cross- border railway lines an, which consequently lead theo low level oftraffic levels for passenger rail services in many border areas; calls on the Member States to (re-)establish missing connections;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets that travel times between the main cities in Eastern and Central Europe are still inordinately long, which undermines railway competitiveness;
Amendment 156 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Draws attention to the supplements that are commonly used in central and eastern Europe in cross- border regional passenger rail transport, which are often imposed by rail companies as a part of international rail fares, resulting in a decrease in the attractiveness of using cross-border rail links;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the need to ensure the interconnection of the countries of central and eastern Europe with the high-speed rail network in western Europe in order to increase the competitiveness of the rail transport sector and support economic growth in that region;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of inland waterway transport as a cost-effective and sustainable means for multimodal transport and for logistics across the EU; reminds also the necessity for Member States to maintain the operability of the inland waterways which are under their responsibility;
Amendment 174 #
2015/2347(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the Member States to increase their efforts to restorimprove and maintain class IV navigability of other inland waterway infrastructures, in particular river sections in the TEN-T core network;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, more than 20 years after the launch of the single market, unjustified non-tariff barriers (NTBs) continue to bedevil tradecause difficulties for the movement of goods and services between Member States;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas for consumers, gaps in the single market lead to less product choice and, to goods and services being more expensive or to differences in product choice caused by unjustified reasons;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Realises that despite the removal of tariff barriers since 1 July 1968, the free movement of goods and services has continued to be hampered by unjustified non-tariff barriers (NTBs) such as national technical rules and requirements governing products and service providers;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 37 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Understands an NTB as being a cost introduced byunjustified regulatory action which must be bornecan create a cost by a firm which seeks to enter a market, and which is not borne by firms already in the market, or a cost which accrues to non- national firms which is not borne by domestic firms;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that where such NTBs can be justified as proportionate or due to the protection of consumers, environment or workers’ rights, information on differing national regulatory requirements should be easily accessible; considers that the present system built around a diverse range of contact points, including Product Contact Points and Single Points of Contact, is deeply unsatisfactory; urges the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on streamlining and improving these systems, understanding that by being more open and accessible as regards regulatory requirements their Member State becomes more attractive for inward investment;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds that this debate on NTBs should not be used as a cover-up for a political agenda on deregulation;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that national regulatory measures sometimes are the result of missing legislative proposals from the Commission;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the issue of ‘gold- plating’, i.e. the tendency of national governments to load transposed directives with additional rules that add to business burdens and costscan lead to legal uncertainty;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that unequal application of the same rules in different Member States has the potential to create new unjustified NTBs; considers that transposition workshops should be held in order to minimise divergences at an early stage;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes the Commission should increase their use of guidelines in regards to the implementation of directives since this can be a useful tool to ensure a larger degree of uniform implementation;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that many national administrative practices also give rise to NTBs, including requirements for formalising of documents by national bodies or offices; considers that Member States should concentrate on e-governance as a way to reduce barriers,; building on examples such as those in Estonia and Denmark, where a transition to digital services has simplified administration for businesses and citizenelieves that the use of e-governance is an important tool for companies however this should not lead to further burdens for citizens especially those who do not possess the necessary skill to use the digital services;
Amendment 186 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 204 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to deepen its work on enforcement and the principles which underpin the single market; believes that early intervention with regard to national measures or implementation procedures which constitute unjustified NTBs may be effective and results more readily achieved than through infringement proceedings; underlines, nevertheless, that for serious or persistent failures or misapplication of Union law, particularly in areas of single market and economic interest, the Commission may prioritise infringement actions;
Amendment 205 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Regrets that the Parliament's access to relevant information relating to pre- infringement and infringement procedures is still limited and calls for improved transparency in this regard, with due respect to confidentiality rules;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2346(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to view the single market as a joint initiative which requires coordinated and collective maintenance; believes that those who ultimately suffer the consequences of unjustified NTBs are domestic consumers, who are denied access to new entrants to domestic markets, and face higher costs and reduced choice; considers that Member States should dedicate further time to horizontal single market concerns and to identifying areas requiring priority action by one or more Member States, in order to maintain and further the single market;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication ‘Delivering a New Deal for Energy Consumers’; agrees with the Commission that the barriers preventing consumers from managing their consumption properly and reducing their energy costs must be broken down;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that measures are urgently needed to make sure that reductions in the wholesale price of energy products are properly reflected in the retail price;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further measures to be taken immediately to make switching between providers easier and faster, including a shortened switching period, the abolition of fines and charges for switching providers, a clear and comprehensible method for comparing offers and effective data portability, in order to prevent the lock-in of consumers;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of access to real time or near real time information on energy consumption and related costs; calls therefore so that consumers have greater control over their consumption and efficient energy use; calls for the rapid deployment of ICT, e.g. mobile applications, online platforms, data hubs and smart meters within a clear framework on data protection, security, and access to data for all market participants, thereby ensuring that consumers retain control over their data;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take further action to improve the frequency of energy bills and their clarity and transparency as regards types of energy sources, consumption and price structure; calls for EU guidelines on price comparison tools, e.g.in particular on transparency and reliability and the possibility of easily comparing the offers of individual providers, and for access for all consumers to at least one price comparison tool for energy services;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission, when implementing the new energy consumer policy, to take account of vulnerable consumer groups, improve the collection of data on energy poverty and lay down common minimum criteria for the identification of vulnerable consumers and energy poverty;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes the growing number of collective energy switching campaigns in the Member States; recognises the advantages collective switching can bring to consumers; stresses that the organisers of collective switching campaigns must be independent and act transparently;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Supports the introduction of fair metering and billing on the basis of real individual consumption, especially in buildings with multiple residential units or in multi-purpose buildings; stresses that consumers should not have to bear an excessive proportion of the cost of installing smart meters;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) requires the Union to combat discrimination based on disability when defining and implementing its policies and activities (Article 10) and gives it the power to adopt legislation to address such discrimination (Article 19);
Amendment 8 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU explicitly prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability, and provide for equal participation of the persons with disabilities in society;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas in its reactions to the European Parliament's resolution on "Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe", adopted by the Commission on 13 December 2011, the Commission acknowledged the need to ensure a seamless chain of accessible services to all (transport, accommodation, catering, and attractions), and to this end, it has started to put in place actions to raise awareness, improve the skills in the touristic sector, and ultimately increase the quality of tourist facilities for those with special needs or disabilities;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas disability is a cause and consequence of poverty and approximately 30% of the homeless population have a disability and are at risk to be overlooked;1a __________________ 1aVan Straaten et al (2015). Self-reported care needs of Dutch homeless people with and without a suspected intellectual disability: a 1.5-year follow-up study, In: Health Soc Care Community 2015 Oct 1. Epub 2015 Oct 1.
Amendment 19 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport) and tackle the obstacles to a barrier-free Europe by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation; acknowledges the benefits of the European Disability Forum to promote all efforts and goals achieved in this regard;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1; including much stronger EU-wide guarantees of accessibility of transport services especially as regards interchanges and step-free access on all public metro and railways; regrets that the mid-term assessment of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, due in 2015, has been delayed and calls the Commission to complete and communicate this assessment as soon as possible; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0615.
Amendment 32 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. calls on the Commission to propose the ratification by the EU of the optional protocol to the Convention so that disabled people can enforce their rights better, especially as regards their lack of access to transport services and aspects of the built environment including tourist facilities and accommodation;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should include availability of alternative communication systems, such as easy-to- read language for travel information, booking and ticketing, while making use of more than one sensory channel; urges the Commission with regard to transport facilities and services to establish the appropriate monitoring and controlling mechanisms that will ensure that accessibility and assistive devices for people with disabilities will also be offered in public transport services, in all Member States;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should include availability of alternative communication systems, such as easy-to- read language or pictograms for travel information, booking and ticketing, while making use of more than one sensory channel;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to proceed with the European Disability Card pilot project, takingWelcomes the European Disability Card pilot project; Calls on the involved Member States and the Commission to take into consideration and usingto use where appropriate the latest technological developments, particularly in the fields of intermodality, interconnectivity and interoperability; Encourages all Member States to join the European Disability Card initiative and calls on the Commission to allocate the necessary financial resources to develop the European Disability Card as an EU-wide project;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRecognises that small and medium businesses will benefit from complying with standard EU requirements, rather than having to adjust to divergent national rules; however, regrets that touristic products and services were not included in the European Accessibility Act list; underlines that no further actions were taken at EU level regarding the touristic facilities and services, in order to harmonise gradually the accommodation classification (hotel, B&B, etc.), taking into account accessibility criteria; calls on the Commission to provide an overview of data on accessibility to tourism services for people with disabilities, as provided for in the two annexes to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 on tourism statistics;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasizes that tourism services must take into account special needs of people with disabilities such as easy access to information, communication and facilities such as rooms, bathrooms, toilets and other interior spaces;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to facilitate transport staff’s training in awareness and disability equality especially for those members of staff that are in direct contact with passengers.
Amendment 94 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the lack of accessibility of the EU-wide 112 emergency number, which is at national level and when roaming, causing unnecessary deaths and injuries; highlights the need for implementing measures at national level ensuring inter alia compatibility across Member States, including accessible national emergency points;
Amendment 180 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the EU institutions to make their internet-based content and apps, including their intranets and all documents and audiovisual content, accessible while equally ensuring physical accessibility of their buildings;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls for a Social Progress Index measuring social inequalities and inequalities in opportunities to be integrated into the AGS with binding targets.
Amendment 66 #
2015/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls for the creation of a living wage index in the context of the AGS, which will set the basis for binding targets for Member States.
Amendment 131 #
2015/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for an immediate abolition of unjustified territorial restrictions known as geo-blocking and for, in particular throughout full implementation of Article 20 of the Services Directive, thus ending unjustified price discrimination in access to goods and services as well as price discrimination based on geographical location or nationality;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Recognises the importance of better regulation principles and the REFIT initiative, and the need for regulatory security and predictability, when designing new legislative initiatives;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the job-creating potential in the EU transport and tourism sectors; firmly believes that employment in the EU transport sector should be made more attractive for future generations; stresses the need to support adequate education and professional training, and to provide appropriate working conditions; considers in particular that women’s participation must be boosted;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for secure parking spaces to be provided and for their standards of quality and hygiene to be improved;
Amendment 233 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to set minimum training requirements for control staff;
Amendment 236 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses that the award criteria for public procurement contracts in the area of public transport should include a tender price established on the basis of a negotiated collective agreement from the company that is submitting the bid;
Amendment 646 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to recommend that Member States reduce or eliminate differences in taxation and social security contributions between self- employed persons and employees;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), ratified by the EU on 23 December 2010 (2010/48/EC),
Amendment 43 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of well- defined and transparent passenger rights in transport; urges therefore the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a Charter of Passengers' Rights covering all forms of transport, including a clear and transparent protection of passengers' rights in the multimodal context;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises that comprehensive, reliable real-time information enabling travellers to be informed about possible disruption and alternative travel options before and during the journeys is of outmost importance and calls thereby for more attention to be paid to the needs of people with disabilities or limited mobility as well as to the special requirements of elderly people;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses that costumers should be able to make ticket reservations and payments online for national and cross-border journeys and is therefore of the opinion that existing fragmentation and limitations have to be set aside and geo- blocking should not be permitted;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. recalls, as written in the report on delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe, the need to ambitiously promote the multi-modal travel information, planning and ticketing services with the vision of seamless door- to-door mobility;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that ICT tools should be accessible and easy to use for all users, including people with disabilities and ageing population, not to create new barriers;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasizes that for full use of the digitalization capacity in transport sector, it is necessary to eliminate the practice of restricting access to content based upon the user's geographical location (known as a "Geo-blocking");
Amendment 93 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated strategy on connectivity in transport sector and assess its impact on road safety, efficient use of infrastructure, taking into account important issues such as privacy, security and accessibility of data;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there is significant increase in the use of online platforms for comparing products and prices by consumers;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas consumer organisations confirm significant consumer detriment to buy online due to problems with parcel delivery;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas proper implementation and enforcement of consumer rights for online purchases and consumer redress are important for the effective functioning of the digital single market;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure and accessible online environment;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Agrees with the Commission that the governance and timely delivery of the Digital Single Market is a shared responsibility of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission; encourages the Commission to engage with societal and social stakeholders and to involve them in the decision making process to the widest extent possible;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study which explores the wider impact of digitalisation on European societies in order to establish how and to which degree the phenomena has altered life in each and every Member State and to share these findings with all EU institutions and Member States; on this basis to assess whether and to which extent further action in the respective policy fields is required;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
- Points out that the impacts of the digital revolution on social standards and labour conditions have to be taken into account while adapting current laws and regulations in order to protect citizens and companies alike; encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the quantitative and qualitative effects of digitalisation on employment conditions;
Amendment 334 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that the Commission's strategy neglects the accessibility aspect; reminds the Commission that there are 80 million EU citizens with disabilities and an aging population of 190 million of 50+; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure an appropriate level of accessibility in all legislative and non- legislative proposals related to the Digital Single Market; emphasises that accessibility is best achieved and cost- effectively introduced when incorporated from the outset;
Amendment 335 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the need to swiftly adopt a proposal on the accessibility of public bodies' websites; regrets that the Council is not proceeding on this proposal and calls on the Commission to facilitate the finding of a common agreement;
Amendment 376 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated, particularly with regard to guarantee rights, defective content and specific unfair terms in digital services; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline;
Amendment 422 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies and provided that it aims at the highest level of consumer protection, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;
Amendment 428 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Draws attention to the need for equivalent legal remedies for intangible digital goods and services which are offered to consumers ostensibly for free;
Amendment 432 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Is concerned that the implementation of legislation applicable to B2C online sales contracts, which would give priority to the national law of the seller's seat or residence (country of origin principle) is inconsistent with Article 6 of the Rome I Regulation;
Amendment 442 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases, which is in contradiction to the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 467 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Requests an ‘Active Consumers’ strategy to assess in particular whether consumer switching is facilitated in the online world, and whether action is needed to make consumer switching easier, in order to boost competition in online markets; points further to the need to ensure accessible e-commerce services through the whole value chain, including accessible information, accessible payment mechanisms and customer service;
Amendment 480 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales and quality;
Amendment 498 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes a review of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation announced by the Commission; considers that extension of competencies of supervisory authorities and strengthening of their mutual cooperation is a prerequisite for the effective enforcement of consumer rules for online shopping;
Amendment 501 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls for the introduction of guidelines on limiting excessive aggressive advertisement of abusive lending practices and amendment of the regulations on assessments of creditworthiness of consumers; welcomes the upcoming revision of the EU Directive on Misleading and Comparative Advertisement;
Amendment 502 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Calls on the Commission to come forward with the proposal for a European Accessibility Act, which it has been preparing for several years and which would improve accessibility of goods and services in the single market, including the digital single market;
Amendment 520 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce and increasing consumers’ willingness to buy online; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;
Amendment 523 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to assess properly any other possible problems that consumers and businesses, notably SMEs, face in the delivery market, in particular unsatisfactory delivery times, lack of information or lack of clarity concerning liability for loss or damage;
Amendment 565 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ambitious and concrete actions are needed to improve access to both legal digital content and tangible goods and to enforce the prohibition of discrimination, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location, including price discrimination;
Amendment 586 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that creation of artificial or unjustified barriers in the online environment for consumers when accessing websites, services or goods has no justification;
Amendment 588 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Supports the Commission's plan to address geo-blocking in an effective manner by supplementing the existing e- commerce framework; considers it vital to focus on technological measures and technical practices resulting in unjustified limitations on access to information society services provided across border, on the conclusion of cross-border contracts to buy goods and services, but also on adjacent activities, such as payment and delivery;
Amendment 690 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Highlights in this context the need for the Commission to closely cooperate with the Member States, in order to establish performance indicators and guidelines pertaining the quality of the 112 service, paying particular attention to the need for interoperability between emergency services, for multilingualism and for timely and qualitative interventions by emergency services; emphasises that in this context the importance of accessibility to 112 services for all citizens and underlines the necessity of 112 access per SMS or comparable means for people with special needs; further calls on the Commission to promote knowledge of the EU-wide, universal and multilingual 112 system;
Amendment 793 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that measures leading to the ability to easily switch service providers for end users as well as transparency of contracts between service providers and users are of the utmost importance;
Amendment 833 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses that the reliability, transparency and independence of information provided to consumers through online platforms is essential;
Amendment 868 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the up- coming Internal Market Sstrategy and urges the Commission to also focus on identifying possible gaps in terms of consumer protection;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that customers on the single market are being sold products containing different ingredients under the same brand name and in the same packaging; calls on the Commission to determine whether, in the context of EU competition policy, this is a practice that has negative repercussions for suppliers of local and regional produce, in particular small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Agrees that, when traders decide to provide goods and services only to certain Member States, consumer choice is more limited and prices are higher due to the lower levels of competition on the internal market; calls on the Commission to eradicate all forms of discrimination on the basis of nationality or place of residence;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the relationship between competition policy and consumer protection; points towards the consumer markets scoreboards and their findings;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 70 % of Europeans live in cities and calls for targeted measures from the Member States towards smooth, cost- effective and, energy-efficient and affordable public urban transport;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for comprehensive legislation that stimulates investments in a technology- neutral waylong-term public and private investments in research, production and distribution of renewable fuels and modern engine technology as well as European transport network infrastructures focusing on sustainable and greener modes of transport; emphasises the need to reduce emissions by replacing fossil fuels by renewable fuels, electricity or low carbon alternatives; considers that support for the early deployment of liquefied natural gas is needed; recalls that opening up the market to renewable fuels in aviation would help the EU maintain its leading role in renewable energy;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports the development of sustainable urban and rural mobility plans to reduce traffic pollution, congestion, noise and road accidents. Those plans should aim to eradicate inequalities in terms of disabled users and costs;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesStresses the importance of the Commission’'s pledgecommitment that no trade agreement will lower EU consumer protection standard, labour and environmental standards , which constitute the core of the European social model, while guaranteeing full compliance with the EU acquis;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers; Calls for progress in the negotiations on the agreements of TiSA and TTIP to be consistent with the lines set out in the European Parliament's resolutions of 8 July 2015 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)1a and Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)1b especially as regards to the exclusion of services of general interest and services of general economic interest; a high level of consumer protection and labour and environmental standards; and also what concerns to a new public system for resolving disputes; ____________________ 1aP8_TA-PROV(2015)0252 1bP8_TA-PROV(2016)0041
Amendment 65 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the current and future exclusion of services of general interest and services of general economic interest from trade agreements (including, but not limited to, water, health, social services, social security systems and education, waste management and public transport); welcomes the commitment by the Commission upon which it will not require governments to privatise any service nor prevent them from renationalising once privatised services, nor expanding the range of public interest services they offer to citizens;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the highest level of transparency, dialogue and accountability; keeping the European Parliament fully and immediately informed at all stages of the negotiations, ensuring the serious and continuous engagement of the EU institutions with all relevant stakeholders throughout the whole negotiation process as well as with national parliaments and regional and local authorities; furthermore calls on the Commission to encourage EU negotiating partners to equally act in widening transparency thus ensuring the democratic foundation of trade policy, strengthening EU citizens trust and preventing misinformation;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to take note of the ongoing development of automation in rail, air and waterborne transport;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. calls on the Commission and Member States to conduct further research to assess the safety and environmental implications of automated vehicles in all transport modes, and invites them to create a knowledge-sharing system to record the outcomes of tests and pilot schemes;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2103(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. underlines that automated carvehicles in all transport modes will require a high level of safe interaction with the transport infrastructure and that the high volume of data will need to be securely transferred in real time between automated vehicles and such infrastructure;
Amendment 245 #
2015/2103(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the need to ensure a high level of security for the sharing of data in all forms of transport, between automated vehicles and transport infrastructure, that will be capable of securely transmitting large volumes of data;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the proper transposition, implementation and enforcement of consumer rights and law is essential in order to achieve a high level of consumer protection in the EU;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas one of the main priorities of the European Consumer Summit 2015, an annual forum gathering key European and international policy-makers and stakeholders, was the importance of better implementation and enforcement of the law;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that improving single market regulation should be both a priority and a shared responsibility of the Union institutions; believes that good legislation should contribute to competitiveness, the creation of jobs and growth, a high level of consumer protection, and must do so in a way that stimulates, rather than frustrates, the European economy;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that single market legislation should be to the benefit of competitiveness, citizens and consumers, innovation and growth, and views effective impact assessments as an important tool for informing policymakers on how best to design regulation to achieve these aims and their single market objectives;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Believes that by making public consultations available in all of the official languages, improving their accessibility and intelligibility, the higher corresponding participation and more transparent access to the consultation process will be achieved;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Believes that a systematic screening of consumer markets at EU level would detect in a more timely manner emerging trends and threats to consumers and businesses; highlights in this context a positive role of all involved stakeholders, including consumer organisations;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to undertake timely and faster infringement proceedings where evidence exists to demonstrate a failure of implementation and where reasonable efforts to solve problems through tools such as EU Pilot or SOLVIT have failed; considers that while action should be taken in all applicable cases, the Commission could further prioritise action to tackle those infringements that are most significant in economic terms;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Stresses that in its resolution on the implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC, the European Parliament called on the Commission to compile and analyse data on penalties applied by Member States as well as on the efficiency of enforcement regimes in particular with regard to the complexity and length of enforcement procedures; calls repeatedly on the Commission to provide the Parliament with results of these analyses;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Considers that the enforcement remains primarily national whilst an increasing share of businesses operate across borders; stresses that cross-border situations that can affect consumer in several, if not all, Members States at the same time, are arising in the Single Market; believes that in case of an EU- wide infringement, the direct enforcement action at EU level is needed in order to ensure coherent enforcement of consumer rights throughout the EU;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25 c. Notes that cooperation between enforcement authorities is essential to ensure that consumer rights legislation is equally applied cross the internal market and to create a level playing field for businesses; stresses the importance of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) in this area; stresses that following Article 21a of the CPC Regulation, the Commission shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and submit report to the EP by 31 December 2014; urges the Commission to fulfil this commitment as soon as possible;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Acknowledges a positive role of the EU sweeps actions, launched by the Commission in order to enhance enforcement throughout coordinated control actions in the online environment; believes that EU sweeps could be broaden also into the offline sector;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2089(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers, however, that analysis should be improved as regards to whether the legislative steps taken so far have contributed effectively to achieving an aim, and whether they still remain necessary; believes, in this context, that a rolling target for administrative and regulatory burden reduction can make a positive contribution to ensuring that aims are met in the most efficient way possible;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the growing fragmentation of rules governing UTPs and the enforcement of these rules in individual Member States; emphasises that the fragmentation of rules and of market conditions could lead to imbalance and have negative repercussions for suppliers, traders and consumers and the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Strongly believes that the EU needs a unified approach in the enforcement of rules if it is to guarantee greater legal certainty, facilitate cross-border trade, establish universal norms and promote an exchange of best practices across the EU;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. ConfirmsIs troubled by the existence of UTPs in the food supply chain and acknowledgemphasises that they are contrary to the basic principles of law;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that UTPs imposed by parties in a stronger bargaining position clearly have a negative impact; stresses that UTPs can hamper investment and product innovation and push companies to make savings at the expense of salaries, working conditions or the quality of raw materials;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that that the impact UTPs have on consumers has not been thoroughly investigated at EU level, in particular the quality and quantity of food and agricultural products and distribution margins;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that there is a need to rebalance bargaining power across the supply chain, placing particular emphasis on guaranteeing customers high-quality food products; draws particular attention to the issues surrounding margin share and the impact these have on the consumer end-price; insists on the need to increase the competitiveness of individual market players and make prices more transparent across the food supply chain;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges, nonetheless, that voluntary and self-regulatory schemes are not enough to put an end to UTPs once and for all, owing to the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms and the fact that they do not apply to the whole supply chain and do not have the power to impose effective penalties;
Amendment 219 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that on the single market products containing different ingredients are being sold to customers under the same brand name and in the same packaging; calls on the Commission to decide if this is an unfair practice with negative repercussions for suppliers of local and regional produce, in particular small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Suggests that work should begin on EU rules on the establishment or recognition of national public agencies with responsibility for enforcing laws to combat unfair practices in the food supply chain; takes the viewstresses that public agencies of this kind shouldmust be empowered to conduct investigations on their own initiative and on the basis of informal information and complaints dealt with on a confidential basis (thus overcoming the fear factor), as well as to imposto act as a mediator between the parties involved and to impose effective and dissuasive penalties;
Amendment 313 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is very concerned about recent findings that one of the early signatories of the SCI operating across Europe has been found guilty of unreasonably delaying payments to its suppliers; regrets that neither the Commission nor the SCI has directly reported this finding in their reports;
Amendment 318 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is concerned about the Commission report which does not take into account many findings of the study, notably with regard to the assessment of voluntary approaches;
Amendment 322 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Regrets that no concrete case has been examined to assess the SCI role in tackling unfair trading practices;
Amendment 323 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Regrets that some of the dispute resolution options promoted by the SCI have not yet been used in practice and the assessment of their effectiveness has been based more on "theoretical" judgments rather than on empirical observation;
Amendment 324 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Rather than simply encouraging some improvements in the SCI, stresses that study evaluating the effectiveness of the SCI highlights a broad range of its shortcomings – lack of trust from external experts and organisations, weaknesses in governance, under-representation of SMEs, limitations in transparency and no enforcement measures and penalties;
Amendment 325 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Stresses the evaluation of the study which concludes that SCI has very limited powers to directly enforce measures to address UTPs, notably due to the lack of effective deterrents against unfair behaviour;
Amendment 326 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Believes, that current voluntary framework's dispute resolutions should remain available for all suppliers who are not concerned about their anonymity and may usefully evolve as an educational and best practices sharing platform;
Amendment 327 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Regrets that study assessed only 4 national voluntary initiatives; points out that only one of those is generally considered as effective and adequate; on the contrary, another one has been negatively affected by serious weaknesses and no disputes have been brought before the board to date;
Amendment 328 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Points out that recent study findings do not bring the evidence for the Commission's evaluation statement that voluntary initiatives seem to work better in some countries than in others, and that the Commission should seriously take into account several rather negative national experiences with voluntary agreements in order to move towards establishing concrete legislative and enforcing measures to prevent unfair trading practices;
Amendment 339 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out, following the recent Commission study main findings on the Supply chain initiative, that more than 20 Member States have introduced legislation to combat UTPs or are planning to do so in the near future; welcomes that Commission report identifies a number of specific areas to be improved in this regard; believes, that this set of best practices should serve as a basis for effective and transparent framework of legislative and enforcement measures in the EU;
Amendment 372 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes results of the study, where survey respondents indicated as the most preferred approaches in tackling UTPs the combination of voluntary initiatives and public enforcement (33% of total answers) or a specific legislation at EU level (32%); on the other side, reliance on voluntary initiatives alone at national (4%) or EU level (9 %) resulted to be the less preferred approach;
Amendment 373 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that in order to reduce UTPs effectively, the Commission should take concrete measures to create common binding rules and should establish or appoint a network of national enforcement authorities which operate according to minimum principles and enforcement standards developed at the EU level;
Amendment 374 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Questions the Commission's vague statement that different approaches in Member States do not seem to have negative consequences for the Single market; points out that previous study accompanying Commission's communication recommended to address the fragmentation of legal rules and approaches in the EU in order to prevent a negative impact of fragmentation on the EU Single Market; Is convinced that fragmentation and different legislative approaches in MS contribute to legal uncertainty, additional costs for businesses, notably SMEs, and raise difficulties to the cross-border market access and cooperation;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Welcomes that the Commission finds it necessary to ensure that UTP legislation covers operators from non-EU countries; Believes that clear and transparent rules at the EU level would facilitate fair trading practices towards third countries traders;
Amendment 378 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is convinced that functioning enforcement mechanisms should be accessible to all market operators in the food supply chain, regardless of geographical origin;
Amendment 379 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that the scope of enforcement should cover entire supply chain both inside Europe and overseas in order to positively contribute to the overall sustainability of the food production; suggests coordinated enforcement across the EU to discourage market players from moving their purchasing department to low-enforcement countries to continue with UTPs;
Amendment 380 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on Member States without a competent enforcement authority to consider establishment of enforcement authority and provide it with the power to supervise and enforce measures necessary to tackle UTPs;
Amendment 381 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Points out that existing fragmented and low enhanced cooperation within different national enforcement bodies is not sufficient to address cross-border challenges regarding UTPs;
Amendment 382 #
2015/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Highlights that the enforcement authorities should have a number of different enforcement measures and different range of sanctions at their disposal to allow, according to the gravity, flexibility of response; believes that these measures should aim at changing behaviour and deterrence;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that this system should be based on the general principles governing the system in force for agricultural and food products, and calls on the Commission to learn the necessary lessons from the experience gained in that sector, with the aim of creating a system based on best practices and transparent and non- discriminatory principles, and which is effective, responsive and free of unnecessary administrative burden and deterrent costs for the operators involved;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
- protect consumers more effectively, enhance consumers' trust in the labelled products and help them to make better informed choices about buying products, increasing transparency, furnishing more information about quality and origin and ensuring traceability;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 5 a (new)
- bring a positive impact in the EU trade relations with third countries;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes, that effects of a single European system of protection of geographical indications for non- agricultural products will depend on whether all necessary information concerning this system will reach producers and consumers; stresses that informed consumers, promotion and accessible protection will play an important role in this regard;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to check and monitor whether the specific characteristics, quality and origin of a geographical indications for non- agricultural products are maintained during the whole period of protection in this system, believes that producers would be also motivated to maintain the given quality standards;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls the importance of regular checks on defence and security equipment by the relevant supervisory authorities, including checks on proper accounting;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that ensuring the maximum protection and security of the civilian populace must be taken into account during procurement procedures for defence and security equipment;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport is a sector where Europe is a world leader, in both manufacturing and transport operations, and it is crucial that European transport continues to develop and invest to maintain its competitive position in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is essential to ensure the successful development of the Trans- European Transport Network (TEN-T), effectively link the transport networks of all EU regionsEU central regions to those of the periphery and eliminate disparities between the levels of infrastructure development and maintenance;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas multimodal networks and the integration of different transport modes and services are potentially beneficial for improving passenger and freight transport connections and efficiency, thus helping to reduce carbon and other harmful emissions;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there has for many years been a serious under-investment in public transport infrastructures across the EU as a whole and, furthermore, improved facilities for pedestrians, elderly and passengers' with reduced mobility are part of European Union goals and require additional funds,
Amendment 57 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there is an urgent need to break the structural gender inequalities hampering the development of the EU transport sector, specifically through the gathering of better differentiated statistics, tackling pay-gaps, achieving gender balance representation in decision making, and by improving equal participation of women and men in all aspects of transport;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas further market opening needs to go hand in hand with quality jobs and, working conditions and high standard of services;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the aviation market is facing challenges with the increase of unfair business practices such as ‘flags of convenience’ and the use of atypical employment practices which give rise to social dumping and have a negative effect on aviation safety;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Sees the enabling of fair and equal access to multimodal travel and traffic data as a prerequisite for the development of integrated multimodal ticketing systems; calls hence on the Commission to analyse the limitations of current legislation and make proposals to break down existing barriers;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network remains one of the preconditions for a more sustainable and efficient transport system and a more balanced distribution of freight and passengers among transport modes; stresses that the selection of projects eligible for EU funding must focus on the completion of missing links, the upgrading of existing infrastructure and the development of multimodal terminals, putting greater emphasis on European added value; considers that the Connecting Europe Facility instrument and other means of financing should stimulate investment in rail and inland waterways as a priority; emphasises that co-funded projects should reflect the need for infrastructure that improves the safety of users and maintenance of the existing infrastructure; stresses also that those projects minimises the impact on the environment, that is resilient to the possible impact of climate change and that improves the safety of users; stresses also the need for proper maintenance of the existing infrastructure;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the quality of road infrastructure, which has a direct impact on road safety, differs significantly across the EU and more than 70 percent of road accident deaths in the Member States occur on the urban and rural roads; stresses that efficient financing into this type of infrastructure has to be further promoted in line with the principles of social and territorial cohesion and the goal of sustainable and safe transport;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) proposed by the Commission as part of the Juncker Investment Plan for Europe should give priority to transport infrastructure projects in line with the European transport policy goals and consistent with the TEN-T priorities for funding that deliver high societal and economic value, stronger cohesion and target projects that promote job creation, long-term growth and competitiveness across all EU regions;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the deployment of intelligent transport systems is necessary to allow a more efficient use of the existing infrastructure and provide additional capacity without the time, cost and land- take required for the construction of new infrastructure;
Amendment 211 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises that sustainable mobility and modal shift are also related to the perspective of purposes of journeys;
Amendment 224 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of promoting electro-mobility and electric public transport systems, coupled with the introduction of renewable energy sources in the electricity sector, giving priority to the electrification of the rail network, tramways, trolleybuses, electric cars and e- bikes; stresses the potential of modern aerial tramways (cable cars), as an inexpensive and easy-to-build means of transportation, to expand the capacity of urban public transport systems;
Amendment 237 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that public transport usage in urban areas is not clearly stated among the ten goals of the White Paper; believes that a new goal should be set of doubling public transport use in urban areas by 2030, while providing for facilities and infrastructure to facilitate door-to-door mobility ofensuring safe mobility for pedestrians, cyclists and, elderly or handicapped people and for public transport users; a clear goal should be also set to double cycling by 2025;
Amendment 242 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that public transport usage in urban areas is not clearly stated among the ten goals of the White Paper; believes that a new goal should be set of doubling public transport use in urban areas by 2030, while providing for facilities and infrastructure to facilitate door-to-door mobility of pedestrians, cyclists and elderly or handicapped people; a clear goal should be also set to double cycling by 2025; stresses that these goals require investments, in particular for the reliable and timely maintenance and building of urban public infrastructure, and therefore calls on the Commission to establish an adequate funding scheme;
Amendment 251 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for better optimisation of the supply chain in urban areas; urban freight vehicles contribute disproportionally to air and noise pollution and have a negative impact on congestion; urban logistics should foster the optimisation of transport and cost- effective introduction of new types of operations, technologies and business models; better selection of modes and vehicles can ensure that a transport solution is optimally matched with the specific requirements of the shipment and the city in question;
Amendment 254 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is key to the development of a more sustainable transport system; calls for initiatives that motivate users, especially young people, to choose more sustainable means of transport (walking, cycling, public transport, car sharing); the existence of safe infrastructure is a prerequisite for such initiatives;
Amendment 267 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for better investment in public transport services, with the focus on integrated ticketing, to ensure improved public transport use between city centres and suburban areas in agglomerations across the EU;
Amendment 273 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
– the adoption of a 2020 target of a 35 % reduction in the number of people seriously injured, accompanied by a fully-fledged EU strategy, including a vision for zero casualties in traffic, based on the Swedish model,
Amendment 292 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
– greater application in new passenger cars and commercial vehicles of overridable innovative technologies such as Automated Emergency Braking and Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) systems;
Amendment 302 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to recognise that the provision of travel information and travel planning contributes to road safety by promoting alternatives of mode and route choice;
Amendment 303 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that road safety goes hand in hand with respectful behaviour of road users which should be recognised and promoted as respect to human life; education in families and schools plays an important role towards achieving the Vision Zero objective;
Amendment 305 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for a review of the General Safety Regulation 661/2009;
Amendment 306 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that although significant improvements have been reached, much still needs to be done to achieve the Vision Zero objective; notes that significant differences in road safety record between Members States still persist;
Amendment 318 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to complete the established legislative framework for passenger rights with measures covering passengers on multimodal journeys; calls for initiatives to promote and facilitate integrated traveller information and intermodal ticketing; asks for measures to improve the quality and accessibility of transport for elderly people, passengers with reduced mobility and disabled passengers, including better accessibility of infrastructure; calls furthermore for better consideration to be taken of women and men's differing travel patterns;
Amendment 331 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that market competition should not be considered as being the best model for delivering collective public transport and better services; underlines that it is necessary to leave the choice on how to organise collective public transport to the local, regional and national levels, also as part of the subsidiarity principle; insists that, in any case, it is necessary to prevent social dumping in relation to the public transport workforce, and that regulation and monitoring is necessary to avoid unacceptable reductions of labour costs through out-sourcing, sub- contracting or worsening of working conditions;
Amendment 345 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UrgesDemands that the Commission to ensure that proposals onprevent the opening-up of services in all transport markets do notfrom leading to social dumping, poorer-quality services, monopolies or oligopolies, in order to safeguard fair competition for the benefit of workers and businesses in all Member States; underlines the importance of targeting social dumping and unfair competition where it already exists;
Amendment 371 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission and the Member States to explore the potential and support the deployment of tube freight transportation and cycle logistics as a promising concept for a sustainable transport system;
Amendment 390 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that the EU must maintain its leading role in the global efforts to reduce transport emissions in the framework of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) by promoting the use and development of public transport and other sustainable transport modes;
Amendment 472 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
– an overall 40 % increase by 2020, as compared with 2010 figures, in the numberimprovement of the quality and hygiene standards of secure parking spaces for heavy-duty vehicles on the Trans-European Transport Network and improvements in their quality and hygiene standardsby 2020,
Amendment 514 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 6 b (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 6 b (new)
- proposals to create better legal clarity and implementation of rules covering working conditions, wages and social responsibility in order to ensure competition-neutral entrepreneurship in road haulage across the EU;
Amendment 537 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 27 – indent 1 a (new)
- the removal of international railway tariffs especially between cross-border stations,
Amendment 74 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Article 169(1) and point (a) of Article 169(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provide that the Union is to contribute to the attainment of a high level of consumer protection through measures adopted pursuant to Article 114 TFEU.
Amendment 75 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) Article 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that Union policies are to ensure a high level of consumer protection and Article 47 of the Charter provides that everyone whose rights under Union law are violated shall have the right to an effective remedy. Article 16 of the Charter recognises the freedom to run a business in accordance with Union and national law and practices.
Amendment 79 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the achievement of a genuine digital singleand well-functioning internal market, the harmonisation of certain aspects concerning contracts for sales of goods, taking as a base a high level of consumer protection, is necessaryjustifiable.
Amendment 87 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) This Directive should guarantee a high level of consumer protection, to provide consumers with appropriate reassurance when they are wishing to enter into cross-border contracts. These rules should maintain or improve upon the level of protection that consumers enjoy at present under national or Union law.
Amendment 104 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) This Directive should establish a set of clear common rules for the contractual rights of consumers when buying goods and help to provide a stable trading environment for sellers. This set of rules should recognise that consumers and sellers are not on an equal footing so that the legal framework must be just and fair to ensure a high level of consumer protection whilst still recognising the concerns of businesses, including small businesses.
Amendment 107 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Fully harmonisedA clear framework of harmonisation for consumer contract law rules will make it easier for traders to offer their products in other Member States. Businesses will have reduced costs as they will no longer need to take account of different consumer mandatory rules. They will enjoy more legal certainty when selling at a distance to other Member States through a more stable contract law environment.
Amendment 124 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) This Directive should not apply to goods like DVDs and CDs incorporating digital content in such a way that the goods function only as a carrier of the digital content. However, this Directive should apply to digital contentdigital content or digital services integrated in goods such as household appliances, toys or stoyrage devices where the digital content is embedded in such a way that its functions are subordinate to the main functionalities of the goods and it operates as an integral part of the goods and cannot be uninstalled easily by the consumer, unless the seller proves that the lack of conformity lies in the hardware of the goods.
Amendment 129 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) This Directive should not affect contract laws of Member States in areas not regulated by this Directive. Member States should also be free to provide more detailed conditions in relation to aspects regulated in this Directive to the extent those are not fully harmonised by this Directive: this concerns limitation periods for exercising the consumers' rights, commercial guarantees, and the right of redress of the seller, and its implementation should under no circumstances constitute grounds for the reduction of protection for consumers in fields covered by the scope of Union law.
Amendment 141 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to provide clarity as to what a consumer can expect from the goods and what the seller would be liable for in case of failure to deliver what is expected, it is essential to fullyjustifiable to harmonise rules for determining the conformity with the contract. Applying a combination of subjective and objective criteria should safeguard legitimate interests of both parties to a sales contract. Conformity with the contract should be assessed by taking into account not only requirements which have actually been set in the contract - including in pre-contractual information which forms an integral part of the contract - but also certain objective requirements which constitute the standards normally expected for goods, in particular in terms of fitness for the purpose, durability, packaging, installation instructions and normal qualities and performance capabilities.
Amendment 160 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to allow businesses to rely on a single set of rules across the Union, it is necessary to fully and to provide a high level of consumer protection, it is justified to harmonise the period of time during which the burden of proof for the lack of conformity is reversed in favour of the consumer. Within the first two years, in addition to a short-term right to reject goods, in order to benefit from the presumption of lack of conformity, the consumer should only establish that the good is not conforming, without needing to demonstrate that the lack of conformity actually existed at the relevant time for establishing conformity. In addition, in order to increase legal certainty in relation to the available remedies for lack of conformity with the contract and in order to eliminate one of the major obstacles inhibiting the Digital Single Market, a fully harmonised order in which remedies can be exercised should be provided for. In particular, the consumer should enjoy a choice between repair or replacement as a first remedy which should help in maintaining the contractual relation and mutual trust. Moreover, enabling consumers to require repair should encourage a sustainable consumption and could contribute to a greater durability of products, the principle of free choice of remedies should be harmonised.
Amendment 198 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to contribute to the functioning of the internal market by tackling in a consistent manner contract law-related obstacles for the online and other distance sales of goodimprove the conditions for the establishment and the functioning of the internal market, to ensure a high level of consumer protection and confidence and to help provide a level playing field for traders cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 208 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. This Directive aims to improve the conditions for the establishment and the functioning of the internal market, to ensure a high level of consumer protection and confidence and to help provide a level playing field for traders.
Amendment 213 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive shall not apply to any durable medium incorporating digital content where the durable medium has been used exclusively as a carrier for the supply of the digital content to the consumergoods in which digital content or digital services are embedded unless the seller or producer proves that the lack of conformity lies in the hardware of the goods, nor to tangible media the main function of which is to carry digital content.
Amendment 232 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ‘free of charge’ means free of the costs necessarily incurred in order to brincurred specifically for the purpose of bringing the goods into conformity, particularly the cost of postage, labour and materials.
Amendment 237 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Member States shall not maintain or introduce provisions diverging from those laid down in this Directive including more or less stringent provisions to ensure a different level of consumer protection. may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions than those laid down in this Directive for the protection of consumers, and the implementation of this Directive shall under no circumstances constitute grounds for the reduction of protection for consumers in fields covered by the scope of Union law.
Amendment 240 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Directive shall be without prejudice to general substantive and procedural rights which consumers may invoke under national laws governing contractual or non-contractual liability.
Amendment 249 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 255 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The goods shall, where relevantapplicable:
Amendment 258 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) possess qualities, durability and performance capabilities which are normal in goods of the same type, including in relation to appearance, safety and freedom from all defects, which are satisfactory and which the consumer maycan expect given the nature of the goods and taking into account any public statement made by or on behalf of the seller or other persons in earlier links of the chain of transactions, including the producer, unless the seller shows that:
Amendment 262 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) by the time of conclusion of the contract the statement had been corrected and the consumer could not reasonably have been unaware of that correction; or
Amendment 265 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Pre-contractual information Where the provisions of Directive 2011/83/EU require the seller to provide information to the consumer before the contract becomes binding, any of that information that was provided by the seller other than information about the main characteristics of goods shall be deemed to be included as a term of the contract.
Amendment 266 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 272 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 288 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. In the case of a lack of conformity with the contract, the consumer shall be entitled to havechoose any of the following remedies: (a) having the goods brought into conformity by the seller, free of charge, by repair or replacement in accordance with Article 11; (b) being granted a proportionate price reduction in accordance with Article 12; (c) terminating the contract in accordance with Article 13.
Amendment 290 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. A repair or replacement shall be completed within a reasonable time, and in any case within 30 days from the moment the seller has acquired physical possession of the goods, and without any significant inconvenience to the consumer, taking account of the nature of the goods and the purpose for which the consumer required the goods.
Amendment 339 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The consumer shall in the event of lack of conformity with the contract exercise the right to terminate the contract by notice to the seller given by any means.
Amendment 342 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Where the lack of conformity with the contract relates to only some of the goods delivered under the contract and there is a ground for termination of a contract pursuant to Article 9, the consumer may terminate the contract only in relation to those goods and any other goods, which the consumer acquired as an accessory to the non-conforming goods. In the case of sets or suites of goods supplied for a single price, the contract shall always be terminated for the whole set or suite of goods.
Amendment 355 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 356 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 358 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Short-term right to reject Without prejudice to any other rights under this Directive or otherwise, the consumer shall have a right to reject goods for non-conformity with the contract by returning them within 30 days of receipt.
Amendment 373 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The time limits referred to in Article 14 shall restart from the beginning in the event of replacement of goods or components.
Amendment 385 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Commercial guarantees for lifespan 1. The producer of technical or other durable goods shall indicate to the seller and the consumer the lifespan of the goods. The indicated timeframe shall reflect the reasonable expectations of the consumer and shall not be shorter than two years unless justified by the particular nature of the goods concerned. 2. Where goods do not conform to their lifespan as specified in accordance with paragraph 1, this shall be construed as a breach enforceable by the consumer directly against the producer as a contractual guarantee, which may give rise to remedies for non-conformity.
Amendment 396 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that adequate and effective means exist to ensure compliance with this Directive, taking account in particular of the need for consumers to be informed about their rights and enabled and facilitated to enforce those rights in practice. Such means shall include legal mechanisms to enable two or more natural persons or their representative entities to claim remedies collectively where appropriate.
Amendment 409 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Review 1. The Commission shall keep the application and implementation of this Directive under close scrutiny and review. This process shall include meaningful and detailed consultation and involvement of the Member States and of consumer, legal and business organisations at Union level. 2. No later than (...), the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council taking full account of the process of scrutiny and review referred to in paragraph 1. That report shall include, inter alia, a detailed analysis of the impact of provisions of this Directive on the burden of proof in Member States.
Amendment 418 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the good functioning of the internal market, the harmonisation of certain aspects concerning contracts for sales of goods, taking as a base a high level of consumer protection, is necessarywhile recognising Member States’ competences, is justifiable. Keeping in mind the evolving and complex European case law on this subject matter, and in order to provide a greater degree of legal certainty to businesses and consumers alike, Member States should be able to maintain or introduce more stringent provisions for the protection of consumers in so far as provided for, or not expressly regulated otherwise in this Directive.
Amendment 420 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) TheCertain Union rules applicable to the sales of goods are still fragmented althoughhave already been harmonised, including rules on pre- contractual information requirements, the right of withdrawal for distance contracts and delivery conditions have already been fully harmonised. Other key contractual elements such as the conformity criteria, the remedies and modalities for their exercise for goods which do not conform to the contract are currently subject to minimum harmonisation inregulated at a minimum level by Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council46. Member States have been allowed to go beyond the Union standards and introduce rules that ensure even higher levelIn practice, therefore, national provisions transposing the Union legislation ofn consumer protection. Having done so, they have acted on different elements and to different extents. Thus, national provisions transposingcontract law, in particular Directive 1999/44/EC, significantly diverge today on essential elements of what constitutes a sales contract, such as the absence or existence of a hierarchy of remedies, the period of the legal guarantee, the period of the reversal of the burden of proof, or the notification of the defect to the seller. __________________ 46 Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees OJ L 171, 7.7.1999, p.12.
Amendment 421 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While online sales of goods constitute the vast majority of cross-border sales in the Union, differences in national contract laws equally affect retailers using distance sales channels and retailers selling face-to-face and prevent them from expanding across borders. This Directive should cover all sales channels, in order to create a level playing field for all businesses selling goods to consumers. By laying down uniform rules across sales channels, this Directive should avoid any divergence that would create disproportionate burdens for the growing number of omni-channel retailers in the Union. The need for retaining consistent rules on sales and guarantees for all sales channels was confirmed in the Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law, which also covered Directive 1999/44/EC.48 __________________ 48 Commission Staff Working Document{SWD(2017) 208 final}, Report of the Fitness Check on Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’); Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts; Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers; Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees; Directive 2009/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests; Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertisingAt the same time, this Directive should also ensure a very high level of consumer protection in accordance with Union law in order to provide consumers with the confidence to buy cross-border and in order to enhance the functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 423 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) This Directive should not affect contract laws of Member States in areas not regulated by this Directive. In addition, its implementation should under no circumstances constitute grounds for reducing the level of protection afforded to consumers in fields that fall within the scope of Union law. Furthermore, in certain areas regulated by this Directive Member States should also be free to lay down rules in relation to those aspects which are not regulated in this Directive: this concerns limitation periods for exercising the consumers' rights and commercial guarantees. Finally, in relation to the right of redress of the seller, Member States should be free to provide more detailed conditions on the exercise of such right.
Amendment 425 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to allow businesses to rely on a single set of rules across the Union, it is necessary to fully and to provide a high level of consumer protection, it is justified to harmonise the period of time during which the burden of proof for the lack of conformity is reversed in favour of the consumer. Within the first two years, in addition to a short-term right to reject goods, the consumer should, in order to benefit from the presumption of lack of conformity, the consumer should onlyonly have to demonstrate that the good is not conforming, without also needing to demonstrate that the lack of conformity actually existed at the relevant time for establishing conformity. In addition, in order to increase legal certainty in relation to the available remedies for lack of conformity with the contract and in order to eliminate one of the major obstacles inhibiting the internal market, a fully harmonised order in which remedies can be exercised, provision should be provimaded for. In particular, the consumer should enjoy a choice between repair or replacement as a first remedy which should help in maintaining the contractual relation and mutual trust. Moreover, enabling consumers to require repair should encourage a sustainable consumption and could contribute to a greater durability of product harmonised rules that enshrine the principle of a free choice of remedies.
Amendment 426 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to ensure transparency, certain transparency requirements for commercial guarantees should be provided. Moreover in order to improve legal certainty and to avoid that consumers are misled, this Directive should provide that where commercial guarantee conditions contained in advertisements or pre- contractual information are more favourable to the consumer than those included in the guarantee statement the more advantageous conditions should prevail. Finally, this Directive should provide rules on the content of the guarantee statement and the way it should be made available to consumers. Member States should be free to lay down rules on other aspects of commercial guarantees not covered by this Directive, provided that those rules do not deprive consumers of the protection afforded to them by the fully harmonised provisions of this Directive on commercial guarantees. This Directive should ensure that consumers continue to enjoy a high degree of consumer protection in accordance with Union law with regard to commercial guarantees.
Amendment 430 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 432 #
2015/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. A repair or replacement shall be completed within a reasonable time, and in any event within 30 days from the moment the seller has acquired physical possession of the goods or the consumer has handed over the goods to the carrier chosen by the seller. Such repair or replacement shall be without any significant inconvenience to the consumer, taking account of the nature of the goods and the purpose for which the consumer required the goods.
Amendment 79 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Article 169(1) and point (a) of Article 169(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provide that the Union is to contribute to the attainment of a high level of consumer protection through measures adopted pursuant to Article 114 TFEU.
Amendment 110 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to remedy these problems, both businesses and consumers should be able to rely on fully harmonised rulehigh common standards for the supply of digital content and digital services setting out Union-wide contractual rights which are essential for this type of transactioncreate an equal playing field for various actors.
Amendment 120 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Fully harmonised consumer contract law rules in all Member States will make it easier for businesses to offer digital content cross-border. They will have a stable contract law environment when selling online and otherwise at a distance to other Member States. Fully harmonised rules specific for digital content throughout the EUMinimum standards on a high level of consumer protection will premove the complexity caused by the different national rules that currently apply to contracts for the supply of digital content. They will also prevent legal fragmentation that otherwise would arise fvent obstructions of the four freedoms in the area of the supply of digital content and digital services while leaving room newfor national legisldeviations regulating specifically digital content matters and without endangering the harmony of national contractual law.
Amendment 168 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to meet the expectations of consumers and ensure a clear-cut and simple legal framework for suppliers of digital content offered on a duratangible medium, in relation to conformity requirements and remedies available to consumers for non-conformity, this Directive should apply to goods such as DVDs and CDs, incorporatingdigital content integrated in goods such as household appliances, toys and storage devices where that digital content is embedded in such a way that the goods function only as a carrier of the digital content. Theit operates as an integral part of the goods and cannot easily be un- installed by the consumer, unless the seller proves that the lack of conformity lies in the hardware of the good. To the same avail, this Directive should also apply to the digital content supplied on a durable medium, independently whether it is soldgoods such as DVDs and CDs, incorporating digital content in such a way that the goods function only ats a distance or in face-to-face situations, so as to avoid fragmentation between the different distribution channels. Thecarrier of the digital content, unless the seller proves that the lack of conformity lies in the hardware of the good. Directive 2011/83 should continue to apply to those goods, including tohe obligations related to the delivery of goods, remedies in case of the failure to deliver and the nature of the contract under which those goods are supplied. Theis Directive is also without prejudice to the distribution right applicable to theose goods under copyright law.
Amendment 272 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) The supplier should be liable to the consumer for the lack of conformity with the contract and for any failure to supply the digitalany failure to supply the digital content or a digital service and for the lack of conformity with the contenract. Moreover, given that digital content or digital services may be supplied over a period of time, it is justified that the supplier should be liable for any lack of conformity which occurs during that period.
Amendment 280 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) A failure ofWhere the supplier fails to supply the digital content or a digital service to the consumer in accordance with the contract is a serious breach of the main contractual obligatthe consumer should call to make the supply within an additional and appropriate periond of the supplier, whichime. Any failure to supply within this additional period of time should allow the consumer to immediately terminate the contract. Where the supplier has initially not failed to supply the digital content or digital services, interruptions of the supply making the digital content or digital services not available or accessible to the consumer over a short period of time should be treated as non-conformity with the contract, and not a failure to supply. In particular, the requirement of proper continuity of the digital content should also cover more than negligible short term interruptions of the supply.
Amendment 290 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) This Directive should grant consumers throughout the European Union a new and unrivalled freedom in choosing remedies. A consumer should be able to require the seller to bring the digital content or digital service into conformity with the contract either through repair of the defects in the digital content or digital service or the smart good in which they are embedded or through replacement of the defective good with a conforming one. But more importantly, the consumer should be able to turn down any offer by the supplier to cure so as to require price reduction or termination of the contract. The consumer should be able to decide whether or not to give the supplier a chance to cure the defects, and in which way the supplier should cure the defects, according to his own preference. Repair or replacement might be preferable if a consumer thinks the value of the defective product is great, for example because the products are unique or the market prices of the products have gone up.
Amendment 364 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
Amendment 369 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive lays down certain requiremene purpose of this Directive is the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content or digital services to consumers, in particular rules on conformity of digital content with the contract, remedies in case of the lack of such conformity and the modalities for the exercise of those remedies as well as on modification and termination of such contracts.
Amendment 452 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to any contract where the supplier supplies digital content to the consumer or undertakes to do so and, in exchange, a price is to be paidor undertakes to supply digital content or a digital service to the consumer in exchange for payment of a price and/or personal data or othe consumer actively provides counter-pr data provided by the consumerf ormance other than money in the form of personal data or any other data collected by the supplier or a third party.
Amendment 464 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. With the exception of Articles 5 and 11, this Directive shall apply to any durable medium incorporating digital content where the durable medium has been used exclusively as carrier of digital contentgoods in which a digital content is embedded unless the supplier proves that the lack of conformity lies in the hardware of the good. This Directive shall also apply to tangible media which serve exclusively as carrier of digital content, unless the supplier proves that the lack of conformity lies in the tangible medium.
Amendment 617 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. At the time tThe digital content is supplied to the consumer, theor digital contentservice shall be free ofrom any restriction resulting from any right of a third party, including based on intellectual property, so that rights, that may prevent the consumer using the digital content can be usedor digital service in accordance with the contract.
Amendment 635 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8 b Commercial guarantees for lifespan 1. The producer of a technical good in which digital content or a digital service is embedded shall guarantee to the consumer the fitness of the product for its foreseeable minimum life span and indicate how long this life span is. The indicated timeframe shall not be shorter than the legal prescription period of the Member State where the consumer has his habitual residence and shall reflect the expectations of a reasonable and typical consumer. 2. When the producer does not fulfil his obligations according to paragraph 1, he shall have the same obligations to the consumer as the supplier.
Amendment 699 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a In the case of a lack of conformity of the digital content or digital service with the contract, the consumer shall be entitled to choose between the following remedies: (a) have the digital content or digital service brought into conformity with the contract, in accordance with Article 12a; (b) be entitled to a price reduction, in accordance with Article 12b; (c) terminate the contract, in accordance with Articles 13, 13a and 13b.
Amendment 700 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Amendment 706 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In the case of a lack of conformity with the contract, the consumer shall be entitled to have the digital content or digital service brought into conformity with the contract free of charge, unless this is factually or legally impossible, disproportionate or unlawful.
Amendment 769 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b Price reduction 1. As an alternative remedy to bringing into conformity, in the case of a lack of conformity of the digital content or digital service with the contract, the consumer shall be entitled to an appropriate reduction of the price in the manner set out in paragraph 2 where the digital content is supplied in exchange for a payment of a price. 2. The reduction in price shall be proportionate to the decrease in the value of the digital content or digital service which was received by the consumer compared to the value of the digital content or digital service would have if it were to be in conformity with the contract. 3. Where the digital content or digital service is to be supplied over a period of time, and for a certain period the digital content or digital service did not conform to the contract, the consumer shall be entitled to a price reduction proportionate to the period during which the digital content or digital service did not work conform to the contract. 4. The supplier shall reimburse the consumer without undue delay, and in any event within 14 days from the day on which the supplier was informed of the consumer's decision to invoke his right for a price reduction. The supplier shall give the refund using the same means of payment as the consumer used to pay for the digital content or digital service, unless the consumer expressly agrees otherwise. The supplier shall not impose any fee on the consumer in respect of the refund.
Amendment 770 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – title
Article 13 – title
Termination of the contract for lack of conformity
Amendment 772 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The consumer shall exercise the right to terminate the contract by notice to the supplier given by any meansAs an alternative remedy to bringing into conformity or price reduction, in the case of a lack of conformity of the digital content or digital service with the contract, the consumer shall be entitled to terminate the contract if the lack of conformity with the contract is not minor and causes or may cause a substantial effect on the consumer's use or enjoyment of the digital content or digital service. The burden of proof that the lack of conformity with the contract does not have substantial effect on the consumer's use or enjoyment of the digital content or digital service shall be on the supplier.
Amendment 786 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 969 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that adequate and effective means exist to ensure compliance with this Directive, taking account in particular of the need for consumers to be informed about, enabled and facilitated to enforce their rights in practice. Such means shall include legal mechanisms to enable two or more natural persons or their representative entities to claim remedies collectively where appropriate.
Amendment 982 #
2015/0287(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, not later than on [the date of five years after entry into force] review the application of this Directive and submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee taking full account of the process of scrutiny and review on the application and implementation of this Directive. The review process shall include meaningful and detailed consultation and involvement with Member States and consumer, legal and business organisations at Union level. The report shall examine, inter alia, the case for harmonisation of rules applicable to contracts for the supply of digital content against counter-performance other than that covered by this Directive, in particular supplied against advertisement or indirect collection of data.
Amendment 20 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Since the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers relying, inter alia, on the free movement of services and persons, it is necessary to provide that consumers canGuaranteeing permanent access to online content services for consumers throughout the European Union based on subscriptions contracted in the Member State of residence is an important element for the completion of the Single Market and the effective enforcement of the principles of free movement of persons and services. Consumers should be able to use online content services which offer access to content such as music, games, films or sporting events not only in their Member State of residence but also when they are temporarily present in other Member States of the Union for purposes such as business or leisure travel, periods of study. Therefore, barriers that hamper access and use of such online content services cross borders should be eliminated.
Amendment 32 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The technological development leading to a proliferation of portable devices such as tablets and smartphones increasingly facilitates the use of online content services by providing access to them regardless of the consumers' location. There is a rapidly growing demand on the part of consumers for access to content and innovative online services not only in their home countryMember State of residence but also when they are temporarily present in another Member State of the Union.
Amendment 36 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Consumers increasingly enter into contractual arrangements with service providers for the provision of online content services. However, consumers that are temporarily present in another Member State of the Union often cannot continue accessing and useing the online content services that they have acquired the right to use in their home countryMember State of residence.
Amendment 50 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Therefore, increasingly, online content services are marketed in a package in which content which is not protected by copyright and/or related rights is not separable from content which is protected by copyright and/or related rights without substantially lessening the value of the service provided to consumers. This is especially the case with premium content such as sporting or other events of significant interest to consumers. In order to enable service providers to deliver to consumers full access to their online content services for the duration of the temporary stay in a Member State other than the Member State of residence, it is indispensable that this Regulation also covers such content used by online content services and therefore that it applies to audiovisual media services in the meaning of Directive 2010/13/EU as well as to transmissions of broadcasting organisations in their entirety.
Amendment 58 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the objective of this Regulation is to adapt theprovide a legal framework in order to ensure that the licensing of rights no longer presents barriers to cross-border portability of online content services in the Union and that the cross- border portability can be ensuredfor the provision of online content services based on a robust enforcement mechanism underpinning a legal fiction designed to permit portability of online content services to consumers who are temporarily present in a Member State other than that of residence without additional costs.
Amendment 78 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Regulation should apply only to online content services which subscribers can effectively access and use in their Member State in which they habituallyof residence without being limited to a specific location, as it is not appropriate to require service providers that do not offer portable services in their home country to do so across borders.
Amendment 111 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Service providers should not be liable for breach of any contractual provisions contrary to the obligation to enable their subscribers to use the service in the Member State of their temporary presence. Therefore clauses in contracts designed to prohibit or limit the cross- border portability of online content services across the Union should be unenforceable.
Amendment 145 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation introduces a common approachlegal framework to ensuring that subscribers to portable and legally acquired online content services in the Unionir Member States of residence, when temporarily present in a Member State other than that of residence, can access and use these services.
Amendment 154 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) "Subscriber" means any consumer who, on the basis of a contract for the provision of an online content service with a provider, mayhas access and use such service in the Member State of residence;
Amendment 163 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "Member State of residence" means the Member State where the subscriber is habituallyhas his or her actual and stable residingence;
Amendment 169 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "Temporarily present" means a in a Member State" means a non-permanent presence of a subscriber in a Member State other than the Member State of residence;
Amendment 243 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Article 6
The processing of personal data carried out within the framework of this Regulation including, in particular, for purposes of verification of the Member State of residence under Article 5(2)3b, shall be carried out in compliance with Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC.
Amendment 249 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, and at three-year intervals thereafter, the Commission shall assess the application of this Regulation and submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of this Regulation. The report shall include, inter alia, an assessment of the effectiveness of the verification means of the Member State of residence, including newly developed industry standards and practices, and, if necessary, on the need for a review. The Commission's report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative or non-legislative proposal(s).
Amendment 33 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by approximating laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States, by eliminating barriers to the free movement of certain accessible products and services This will increase the availability of accessible products and services on the internal market.
Amendment 35 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The demand for accessible products and services is high and the number of citizens with disabilities and/or functional limitations will increase significantly with the ageing of the European Union's population. An environment where products and services are more accessible allows for a more inclusive society and facilitatesis a prerequisite for independent living.
Amendment 37 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The disparities between the laws and administrative measures adopted by the Member States in relation to accessibility of products and services for persons with functional limitations includingand persons with disabilities create barriers to the free movement of such products and services and distort effective competition in the internal market. Economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are particularly affected by those barriers.
Amendment 39 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The approximation of national measures at Union level is therefore necessary for the proper functioning of the internal market in order to put an end to fragmentation in the market of accessible products and services, to create economies of scale, to facilitate cross-border trade freedom of movement of products and services, as well as the free movement of persons and mobility, as well as to help economic operators to concentrate resources on innovation instead of using those resources for complying with fragmented legal requirements across the Union.
Amendment 41 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) whereas in its reactions to the European Parliament's resolution on "Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe", adopted by the Commission on 13 December 2011, the Commission acknowledged the need to ensure a seamless chain of accessible services to all (transport, accommodation, catering, and attractions), and to this end, it has started to put in place actions to raise awareness, improve the skills in the touristic sector, and ultimately increase the quality of tourist facilities for those with special needs or disabilities;
Amendment 42 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) requires the Union to combat discrimination based on disability when defining and implementing its policies and activities (Article 10) and gives it the power to adopt legislation to address such discrimination (Article 19);
Amendment 44 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Directive seeks to ensure full respect for the rights of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community and to promote the application of Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, explicitly prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability, and provide for equal participation of the persons with disabilities in society.
Amendment 45 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Directive seeks to ensure full respect for the rights of persons with disabilities, with a perspective of gender equality, to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community and to promote the application of Article 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Amendment 52 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The entry into force of the Convention in the Member States’ legal orders entails the need to adopt additional national provisions on accessibility of products and services and the built environment related to the provision of goods and services which without Union action would further increase disparities between national provisions.
Amendment 60 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Products and services falling within the scope of this Directive are the result of a screening exercise, carried out during the preparation of the Impact Assessment that identified those relevant products and services for persons with functional limitations, including older persons and persons with disabilities and older persons, for which Member States have adopted or are likely to adopt diverging national accessibility requirements.
Amendment 66 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is necessary to introduce the accessibility requirements which enable all people to fully use the products and services and infrastructure including built environment covered by this Directive in the least burdensome manner for the economic operators and the Member States, notably by only including in the scope the products and services which have been thoroughly selected.
Amendment 68 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is therefore necessary to specify accessibility requirements for the placing on the market of products and services as well as the built environment connected to the provision of those products and services which fall within the scope of this Directive in order to ensure their free circulation in the internal market.
Amendment 69 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is therefore necessary to specify accessibility requirements for the placing on the market of products and services which fall within the scope of this Directive in order to ensure their free circulation in the internal market and tackle the obstacles to a barrier-free Europe.
Amendment 81 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In some situations,Without common accessibility requirements of the built environment would facilitate the free movement of the related serviceconnected to products and services, any accessibility standards of services cannot be effective in ensuring accessibility for persons with functional limitations and of persons with disabilities. Therefore, this Directive enablobliges Member States to include the built environment used in the provision of the services under the scope of this Directive, ensuring compliance with the accessibility requirements set in Annex X.
Amendment 98 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In the absence of harmonised standards and where needed for market harmonisation purposes, the Commission should be able adopt , in cooperation with organisations representing persons with disabilities, implementing acts establishing common technical specifications for the accessibility requirements set in this Directive.
Amendment 110 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) The deployment of applications providing information based on spatial data services contributes to the independent and safe movement of persons with functional limitation and persons with disabilities. The spatial data for these applications should provide the content of information adapted to the specific needs of persons with functional limitation and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 114 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) payment terminals.
Amendment 121 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) air, bus and coach, rail and waterborne passenger transport services; including urban transport: (i) the built environment (ii) self-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines and payment terminals, with at least one easily accessible machine operating in each defined station area; (iii) websites, mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information
Amendment 125 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services, including urban transport and step-free access on all public stations;
Amendment 127 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) accommodation services.
Amendment 135 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) transport infrastructure in accordance with Regulations (EU) No 1315/2013 and 1316/2013 45a of the European Parliament and of the Council.46 __________________ 45aRegulation (EU) No 1316/2013 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). 46 Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p.1).
Amendment 153 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21a) "spatial data services" as referred to in Article 3 of the Directive 2007/2/EC means the operations which may be performed, by invoking a computer application, on the spatial data contained in spatial data sets or on the related metadata;
Amendment 154 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 b (new)
(21b) "accommodation services" means services that provide short-term lodging and other hospitality services such as hotels, hostels, campsites and apartments for rent as well as other private accommodation facilities.
Amendment 157 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The following self-service terminals: Automatic Teller Machines, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines shall comply with the requirements set out in Section II of Annex I.
Amendment 161 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Air, bus and coach, rail and waterborne passenger transport services including urban transport, built environment, the websites, the mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information including those that can use spatial data services and Self- service terminals, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services shall comply with the corresponding requirements set out in Section V of Annex I.
Amendment 164 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
Having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Article 26 thereof,
Amendment 165 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by approximating laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States, by eliminating barriers to the free movement of certain accessible products and services This will increase the availiability of accessible products and services on the internal market.
Amendment 170 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The disparities between the laws and administrative measures adopted by the Member States in relation to accessibility of products and services for persons with functional limitations includingand persons with disabilities create barriers to the free movement of such products and services and distort effective competition in the internal market. Economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are particularly affected by those barriers.
Amendment 172 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
10. Member States may decidshall ensure, in the light of national conditions, that the built environment used by clients of passenger transport services including the environment that is managed by service providers and by infrastructure operators as well as the built environment used by clients of banking services, and customer services centres and shops under the scope of telephony operators as well as any other service or place for purchase of any of the products included in this Directive shall comply with the accessibility requirements of Annex I, section X, in order to maximise their use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 174 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The approximation of national measures at Union level is therefore necessary for the proper functioning of the internal market in order to put an end to fragmentation in the market of accessible products and services, to create economies of scale, to facilitate cross-border trade, freedom of movement of products and services, free movement of persons and mobility, as well as to help economic operators to concentrate resources on innovation instead of using those resources for complying with fragmented legal requirements across the Union.
Amendment 175 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Accommodation services shall comply with the requirements set out in Sections VIII and X of the Annex I.
Amendment 179 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The entry into force of the Convention in the Member States’ legal orders entails the need to adopt additional national provisions on accessibility of products and services and the built environment related to the provision of goods and services which without Union action would further increase disparities between national provisions.
Amendment 182 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Products and services falling within the scope of this Directive are the result of a screening exercise, carried out during the preparation of the Impact Assessment that identified those relevant products and services for persons with functional limitations, includingolder persons and persons with disabilities and older persons, for which Member States have adopted or are likely to adopt diverging national accessibility requirements.
Amendment 189 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is necessary to introduce the accessibility requirements which enable all people to fully use the products and services and infrastructure, including the built environment, covered by this Directive in the least burdensome manner for the economic operators and the Member States, notably by only including in the scope the products and services which have been thoroughly selected.
Amendment 189 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the estimated costs and benefits for the economic operators in relation to the estimated benefit for persons with disabilities, taking into account the frequency and duration of use of the specific product or servicefunctional limitation and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 193 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is therefore necessary to specify accessibility requirements for the placing on the market of products and services as well as the built environment connected to the provision of those products and services which fall within the scope of this Directive in order to ensure their free circulation in the internal market.
Amendment 194 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States are encouraged to provide incentives and guidelines to facilitate the implementation of this Directive. Acknowledging the benefits of their contribution to promote all efforts and goals achieved in this regard, the procedures and guidelines shall be developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
Amendment 195 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States are encouraged to provide incentives and guidelines to facilitate the implementation of this Directive. The procedures and guidelines shall be developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
Amendment 197 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Relevant stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, should be consulted systematically as part of the procedure for the adoption of implementing acts.
Amendment 198 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission’s proposal for a DirectiveDirective (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 includes accessibility requirements for a specific set of public sector bodies’' websites. In addition, it proposes to establishes the basis for a monitoring and reporting methodology of the compliance of the relevant websites and mobile applications with the requirements listed in that Directive. Both the accessibility requirements and the monitoring and reporting methodology included in that Directive are to apply to the public sector bodies' websites and mobile applications. With the purpose of, notably, ensuring that relevant authorities implement the same accessibility requirements independently of the type of regulated website and mobile applications, the accessibility requirements set out in this Directive should be aligned to those of the proposed Directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websitesDirective (EU) 2016/2102. Activities of ecommerce of public sector websites and mobile applications which are not covered by that Directive, fall under (EU) 2016/2102 fall within the scope of this proposalDirective, in order to ensure that the online sale of products and services is accessible for persons with disabilities and older persons, irrespective of their public or private sale. __________________ 34 Proposal for a DirectiveDirective (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites COM(2012) 721the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 1) .
Amendment 199 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall establish, implement and periodically update adequatetailed procedures in order to:
Amendment 202 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In some situations,Without common accessibility requirements of the built environment would facilitate the free movement of the related services and ofconnected to products and services, any accessibility standards of goods and services cannot be effective in ensuring accessibility for persons with disabilities. . Therefore, this Directive enablesshould oblige Member States to include the built environment used in the provision of the products and services under the scope of this Directive, ensuring compliance with the accessibility requirements set in Annex X.
Amendment 214 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the estimated costs and benefits for the competent authorities concerned in relation to the estimated benefit for persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities, taking into account the frequency and duration of use of the specific product or service;
Amendment 217 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. Where a competent authority has used the exception provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for a specific product or service it shall notify the Commission thereof. The notification shall include the assessment referred to in paragraph 2 and it shall be made available to the public in accessible format.
Amendment 225 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) For reasons of proportionality, accessibility requirements should only apply to the extent that they do not impose a disproportionate burden on the economic operator concerned, or require a change in the products and services which would result in their fundamental alteration in accordance with the specified criteria. Only legitimate reasons should be taken into account in any assessment of the extent to which the accessibility requirements cannot be met because they would impose a disproportionate burden. Lack of priority, time or knowledge should not be considered as legitimate reasons.
Amendment 228 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) This Directive should follow the principle of 'think small first' and shouldbe wide- reaching, while also takeing account of the administrative burdens that SMEs are faced with. It should set lightprecise and effective rules in terms of conformity assessment and should establish safeguard clauses for economic operators, rather than providing for general exceptions and derogations for those enterpriseseconomic operators could invoke safeguard clauses under exceptional circumstances only, rather than providing for general exceptions and derogations for those enterprises. Exceptions to the rules of conformity assessment should be interpreted restrictively. Consequently, when setting up the rules for the selection and implementation of the most appropriate conformity assessment procedures, the situation of SMEs should be taken into account and the obligations to assess conformity of accessibility requirements should be limited to the extent that they do not pose a disproportionate burden on SMEs. In addition, market surveillance authorities should operate in a proportionate manner in relation to the size of undertakings and to the small serial or non-serial nature of the production concerned, without creating unnecessary obstacles for SMEs and without compromising the protection of public interests.
Amendment 228 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from [… insert date - sixthree years after the entry into force of this Directive]; For the built environment shall be applied from [... insert date ten years after the entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 232 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In the absence of harmonised standards and where needed for market harmonisation purposes, the Commission should be able adopt or to specify needs of persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities, the Commission should be able adopt, in cooperation with organisations representing persons with disabilities, implementing acts establishing common technical specifications for the accessibility requirements set in this Directive.
Amendment 237 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2
2. User interface and functionality designFunctionality requirements for user interface and design of the product: In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (d) and (e) of point 1 they mustshall be designed, where applicable, as follows:
Amendment 238 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channel including:
Amendment 239 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) where the product provides visual modes of communication and operation, the product shall provide at least one mode of information and operation that does not require vision,
Amendment 240 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point a – point i b (new)
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point a – point i b (new)
(ib) where the product provides auditory modes of information and operation, the product shall provide at least one mode of information and operation that does not require hearing;
Amendment 241 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) provide for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation. Where the product requires vocal input from users, the product shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require the users to generate orally- generated sounds like speech, whistles or clicks;
Amendment 242 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) provide for flexible magnification and contrastwhere the product provides visual modes of communication and operation, provide for features that enable users to make better use of their limited vision, including by providing flexible magnification without loss of content or functionality, flexible contrast and brightness, and where possible, it should include flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background visual elements and flexible control over the field of vision required;
Amendment 243 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 by affixing the CE marking to a product, the manufacturer declares that the product is in conformity with all applicable accessibility requirements and that he takes full responsibility therefor. The manufacturer should add a clear reference to accessibility next to the CE marking in order to better inform consumers.
Amendment 243 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point d
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide for an alt visual mode of opernative colour to convey informationon that does not require user perception of colour;
Amendment 244 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point e
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarityuser control of volume and enhanced audio features to improve audio clarity, including flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background sound where voice and background are available as separate audio streams;
Amendment 245 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point f
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) provide for user control of volume; sequential control and alternatives to fine motor control, including where the product requires manual actions, the product shall provide features that enable users to make use of the product through alternative modes of operation not requiring fine motor control like manipulation or hand strength, nor operation of more than one control at the same time;
Amendment 246 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point g
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) provide for sequential contromodes of operation with limited reach and strength including where product is free-standing or installed, the informational and altopernatives to fine motor controlonal elements shall be located within standard accessible reach ranges or it shall be possible for a user to place it within reach;
Amendment 247 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point h
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) provide for modes of operation with limited reach and strengthwhere the product provides visual modes of information, the product shall provide at least one mode of information that minimizes the potential for provide avoidance of triggering photosensitive seizures;
Amendment 248 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) provide avoidance of triggering photosensitive seizures.for features that make its communication and user operation simpler and easier to use;
Amendment 249 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) where the product provides features that are provided for accessibility, the users’ privacy shall be maintained when using those features.
Amendment 250 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) A safeguard procedure should be set up which applies only in the event of disagreement between Member States over measures taken by a Member State under which interested parties are informed of measures intended to be taken with regard to products not complying with the accessibility requirements of this Directive. It should allow market surveillance authorities, in cooperation with organisations representing persons with disabilities and the relevant economic operators, to act at an earlier stage in respect of such products.
Amendment 250 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex I – section I – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the product and its compatibility with assistive technologies, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities.
Amendment 251 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – title
Annex I – section V – title
Air, bus and coach, rail and waterborne passenger transport services; websites used for provision of passenger transport services built environment; mobile device- based services, smart ticketing and real time information; Self- service terminals, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services
Amendment 252 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1
1. The provision of services in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities, shall be achieved by:
Amendment 254 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the information content shall be made available in text formats that can be used to generate alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways by the users and via more than one sensory channelaccessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust in accordance with point (b),
Amendment 255 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) alternatives to non-text cshall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the service including accessibility of vehicles and surrounding infrastructure and built environtment shall be provided;as well as information about assistance provided according to Regulation 1107/2006, Regulation 1177/2010, Regulation 1371/2007, and Regulation 181/2011,
Amendment 257 #
Amendment 257 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) the shall be provided on alternative non-electronic information, including the related online applications needed in the provision of the service shall be provided in accordance with point (b)s upon request. The alternative non-electronic formats may include large print, Braille, or easy-to- read.
Amendment 258 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. In order to improve the functioning of the internal market, this Directive aims at approximating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States, by eliminating barriers to the free movement of certain accessible products and services.
Amendment 259 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) making websites including online applications needed for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level;
Amendment 261 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) including functions, practices, policies and procedures and alterations in the operation of the service targeted to address the needs of persons with functional limitations.making mobile-based services including mobile applications needed in the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level;
Amendment 262 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) including functions, practices, policies and procedures and alterations in the operation of the service targeted to address the needs of persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities: (i) smart ticketing (electronic reservation, booking of tickets, etc.); (ii) real-time passenger information (timetables; information about traffic disruptions, connecting services, onwards travel with other transport modes, etc.); (iii) additional service information (e.g. staffing of stations; lifts that are out of order or services that are temporarily unavailable).
Amendment 263 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) the following self-service terminals, including:
Amendment 263 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the built environment needed for the provision of the service shall comply with Section IX of this Annex
Amendment 264 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – section V – part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities.
Amendment 265 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part B
Annex I – section V – part B
Amendment 267 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part B – point a
Annex I – section V – part B – point a
Amendment 268 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) payment terminals.
Amendment 271 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C
Annex I – section V – part C
Amendment 273 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1
Amendment 274 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 276 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 277 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point da (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point da (new)
(da) e-book readers.
Amendment 278 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 283 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Amendment 284 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – section V – part C – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 290 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – title
Annex I – section V – part D – title
D. Self-service terminals, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services:
Amendment 291 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1
The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by complying with making accessible the following accessibility requirements:
Amendment 293 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) banking and payment services;
Amendment 293 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) mustshall be available by more than one sensory channel;
Amendment 295 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) mustshall be understandable;
Amendment 297 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) e-books and e-book readers;
Amendment 297 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) mustshall be perceivable;
Amendment 299 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) shall list and explain how to activate and use the accessibility features of the product and its compatibility with assistive technologies;
Amendment 301 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) shall have an adequate size of fontsand type of fonts with sufficient contrast between the characters and their background in order to maximise its readability in foreseeable use conditions;
Amendment 302 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) websites and mobile device-based services of postal, energy and insurance providers.
Amendment 303 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the interfacing of the product with assistive devicesproduct shall provide compatibility with assistive devices and technologies, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices. The product shall also allow for the use of personal headsets.
Amendment 304 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the interfacing of the product with assistive devicesproduct shall provide compatibility with assistive devices and technologies, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices. The product shall also allow for the use of personal headsets.
Amendment 306 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – title
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – title
2. User interface and functionality designFunctionality requirements for user interface and design of the product
Amendment 308 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – paragraph 1
In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (b) and (c) of point 1 they must be designed, where applicable, as followin accordance with Section I Point 2 as well as:
Amendment 310 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channelIt shall not require that an accessibility feature be on in order for a user who needs the feature to turn it on;
Amendment 312 #
2015/0278(COD)
(b) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channelwhere a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted visually, as well as by touch or sound, and shall be given the possibility to extend the time permitted;
Amendment 314 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) provide for flexible magnification and contrastthe product shall be operable, including the operable parts of the product, such as keys and controls, shall have an adequate contrast between the keys and controls and their background, and shall be tactilely discernible;
Amendment 316 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point d
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide for an alternative colour to convey informationwhere keys, tickets, or cards are provided, these shall have an orientation that is tactilely discernible if orientation is important to further use of the key, ticket or card;
Amendment 318 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point e
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarity;where the product uses biological characteristics of the user, it shall not rely on the use of a particular biological characteristic as the only means of user identification or for control of the product.
Amendment 320 #
2015/0278(COD)
Amendment 321 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point g
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point g
Amendment 322 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point h
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point h
Amendment 323 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex I – section V – part D – paragraph 2 – point i
Amendment 324 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point a– point i
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point a– point i
(i) the information content shall be made available in text formats that can be used to generate alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways by the users and via more than one sensory channel,accessible web format by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust in accordance with point (b)
Amendment 325 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point a– point ii
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point a– point ii
(ii) alternatives to non-text content shall be provided;shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the service and its complementarity with a variety of assistive technologies.
Amendment 326 #
2015/0278(COD)
Amendment 327 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) making websites and online applications needed for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level;
Amendment 328 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
(1) “accessible products and services” are products and services that are perceptible, operable and, understandable and robust for persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others;
Amendment 328 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) making mobile-based services including mobile applications needed for the provision of ecommerce services accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level;
Amendment 329 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) Electronic identification, security and payment methods needed for the provision of the service shall be understandable, perceivable, operable and robust without undermining the security and privacy of the user.
Amendment 330 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – section VIII – part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 332 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section VIII a (new)
Annex I – section VIII a (new)
Amendment 333 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX – part A – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – section IX – part A – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by complying with making accessible the following accessibility requirements:
Amendment 334 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – section IX – part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) mustshall be available by more than one sensory channel;
Amendment 335 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) “universal design” referred to also as “design for all” means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialised design; “universal design” does not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities where this is needed;
Amendment 335 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) mustshall be understandable;
Amendment 336 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) mustshall be perceivable;
Amendment 337 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) shall have an adequate size of fontsand type of fonts with sufficient contrast between the characters and their background in order to maximise its readability in foreseeable use conditions;
Amendment 338 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iva) shall be made available in accessible web format and electronic non- web documents by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust
Amendment 339 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal); which:
Amendment 340 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
(i) shall meet the requirements laid down in Point 1(a)
Amendment 341 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) shall in a simple and precise way inform the users that the product incorporates accessibility features and its compatibility with assistive technologies;
Amendment 342 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) the product instructions for use, installation and maintenance, storage and disposal of the product , whether provided separately or integrated within the product, which shall comply with the following:
Amendment 343 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Amendment 344 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Amendment 345 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) shall be made available in accessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust
Amendment 346 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii b (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii b (new)
(iib) shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the product and its compatibility with a variety of assistive technologies available at Union and international level
Amendment 347 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 a (new)
Article 2 – point 21 a (new)
(21a) "assistive technology" means any item, piece of equipment, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with functional limitations, and persons with disabilities and older people;
Amendment 347 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii c (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii c (new)
(iic) shall be provided on alternative non-electronic formats upon request. The alternative non-electronic formats may include large print, Braille, or easy-to- read text.
Amendment 348 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the interfacing of the product withproduct shall provide compatibility with a variety of assistive devices and technologies available at Union and international level, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices.
Amendment 349 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 b (new)
Article 2 – point 21 b (new)
(21b) "specific access service" means a service such as audio description, subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, and signing that improves the accessibility of audiovisual content, namely programs, for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 349 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – title
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – title
Amendment 350 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 c (new)
Article 2 – point 21 c (new)
(21c) "Subtitles for deaf persons and hard of hearing (SDH) persons" means synchronized visual text alternatives for both speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the media content;
Amendment 350 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the product and its compatibility with assistive technologies, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities.
Amendment 351 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 d (new)
Article 2 – point 21 d (new)
(21d) "audio description" means additional audible narrative, interleaved with the dialogue, which describes the significant aspects of the visual content of audiovisual media that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone;
Amendment 351 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channel including;
Amendment 352 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 e (new)
Article 2 – point 21 e (new)
(21e) "spoken subtitles or audio subtitles" means read aloud of subtitles in the national language when the audio speech is in a different language;
Amendment 352 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point a – point i (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point a – point i (new)
(i) where the product provides visual modes of communication and operation, the product shall provide at least one mode of information and operation that does not require vision,
Amendment 353 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 f (new)
Article 2 – point 21 f (new)
(21f) "relay services" means phone services operated by interpreters that enable people who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have a speech impairment, to communicate by phone through an interpreter with a person who can hear in a manner that is "functionally equivalent" to the ability of an individual without a disability;
Amendment 353 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii (new)
(ii) where the product provides auditory modes of information and operation, the product shall provide at least one mode of information and operation that does not require hearing;
Amendment 354 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 21 g (new)
Article 2 – point 21 g (new)
(21g) "real time text" means communication using the transmission of text where characters are transmitted by a terminal as they are typed in such a way that the communication is perceived by the user as being continuous;
Amendment 354 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) provide for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation. Where the product requires vocal input from users, the product shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require the users to generate orally- generated sounds like speech, whistles or clicks;
Amendment 355 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) provide for flexible magnification and contrastwhere the product provides visual modes of communication and operation, provide for features that enable users to make better use of their limited vision, including by providing flexible magnification without loss of content or functionality, flexible contrast and brightness, and where possible, it should include flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background visual elements and flexible control over the field of vision required;
Amendment 356 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point d
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide for an alt visual mode of opernative colour to convey informationon that does not require user perception of colour;
Amendment 357 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point e
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarityuser control of volume and enhanced audio features to improve audio clarity, including flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background sound where voice and background are available as separate audio streams;
Amendment 358 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point f
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) provide for user control of volume; sequential control and alternatives to fine motor control, including where the product requires manual actions, the product shall provide features that enable users to make use of the product through alternative modes of operation not requiring fine motor control like manipulation or hand strength, nor operation of more than one control at the same time;
Amendment 359 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. General purpose computer hardware and operating systems and e- books readers shall comply with the requirements set out in Section I of Annex I.
Amendment 359 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point g
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) provide for sequential control and alternatives to fine motor controlmodes of operation with limited reach and strength, including where product is free-standing or installed, the informational and operational elements shall be located within standard accessible reach ranges or it shall be possible for a user to place it within reach;
Amendment 360 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point h
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) provide for modes of operation with limited reach and strengthwhere the product provides visual modes of information, the product shall provide at least one mode of information that minimizes the potential for triggering photosensitive seizures;
Amendment 361 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) provide avoidance of triggering photosensitive seizures.for features that make its communication and user operation simpler and easier to use;
Amendment 362 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Annex I – section IX– part A – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) where the product provides features that are provided for accessibility, the users' privacy shall be maintained when using those features;
Amendment 365 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The following self-service terminals: Automatic Teller Machines, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines shall comply with the requirements set out in Section II of Annex I.
Amendment 365 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX – part B – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex I – section IX – part B – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) making websites and online applications needed for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level;
Amendment 366 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX – part B – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Annex I – section IX – part B – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) making mobile-based services including mobile applications needed for the provision of the services accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users' perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level.
Amendment 367 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section IX – part B – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex I – section IX – part B – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) providing accessible information to facilitate complementarities with assistive services; and technologies, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices.
Amendment 368 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section X – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – section X – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) use of related outdoor areas and facilities under the responsibility of the service provider;
Amendment 369 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section X – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – section X – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) approaches to buildings under the responsibility of the service provider;
Amendment 370 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – section X – paragraph 1 – point g
Annex I – section X – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) use of equipment and facilities used in the provision product of the service;
Amendment 376 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. Banking services,and payment services, including the websites, the mobile device- based banking and payment services, self- service terminals, including payment terminals and Automatic Teller machines used for provision of banking and payment services shall comply with the requirements set out in Section VI of Annex I.
Amendment 381 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 8
Article 3 – paragraph 8
8. E-books and e-book readers shall comply with the requirements set out in Section VII of Annex I.
Amendment 387 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
10. Member States may decide, in the light of national conditions,shall ensure that the built environment used by clients of passenger transport services including the environment that is managed by service providers and by infrastructure operators as well as the built environment used by clients of banking services, and customer services centres and shops under the scope of telephony operators as well as any other service or place for the purchase of any of the products included in this Directive shall comply with the accessibility requirements of Annex I, section X, in order to maximise their use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 404 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where compliance of a product with the applicable accessibility requirements has been demonstrated by that procedure, manufacturers shall draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking. They shall include an additional clear reference to accessibility.
Amendment 413 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Manufacturers shall ensure that the product is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and end-users, as determined by the Member State concerned. The provision of instructions and safety information to consumers should be done in accessible and multiple formats.
Amendment 424 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
9. Manufacturers shall, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide it with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the product, in a language which can be easily understood by that authority. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by products which they have placed on the market and to ensure compliance with the requirements referred to in Article 3.
Amendment 446 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 9
Article 7 – paragraph 9
9. Importers shall, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide it with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a product in a language which can be easily understood by that authority. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by products which they have placed on the market.
Amendment 463 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Distributors shall, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide it with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a product. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by products which they have made available on the market.
Amendment 464 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Distributors shall ensure proper and continuous training of personnel to be knowledgeable in how to use accessible products and deliver accessible services. That training shall cover issues such as information provision, advice and advertising.
Amendment 470 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Service providers shall, further to a reasoned request from a competent authority, provide it with all information necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the service with the accessibility requirements referred to in Article 3. They shall cooperate with those authorities, at their request, on any action taken to bring the service in conformity with those requirements.
Amendment 472 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Even if a service, or part of a service, is subcontracted to a third party, the accessibility of that service should not be compromised and the obligations of this Directive shall apply.
Amendment 473 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Service providers shall ensure proper and continuous training of personnel to be knowledgeable in how to use accessible products and services. That training shall cover issues such as information provision, advice and advertising.
Amendment 477 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the estimated costs and benefits for the economic operators in relation to the estimated benefit for persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities, taking into account the frequency and duration of use of the specific product or service.
Amendment 491 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. Where the economic operators have used the exception provided for in paragraphs 1 to 5 for a specific product or service they shall notify the relevant market surveillance authority of the Member State in the market of which the product or service is placed or made available. Notification shall include the assessment referred to in paragraph 3. Microenterprises are exempted from this notification requirement but must be able to supply the relevant documentation upon request from a relevant market surveillance authority. The market surveillance authority shall systematically verify the assessment for such an exemption to be granted.
Amendment 495 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. A structured dialogue shall be established between relevant stakeholders, including organisations representing persons with disabilities and the market surveillance authorities to ensure that adequate principles for the assessment of the exemptions are established to make sure they are coherent.
Amendment 497 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Member States are encouraged to provide incentives and guidelines to microenterprises and SMEs to facilitate the implementation of this Directive. The procedures and guidelines shall be developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including organisations representing persons with disabilities.
Amendment 499 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Relevant stakeholders, including organisations representing persons with disabilities, shall be consulted systematically as part of the procedure for the adoption of implementing acts.
Amendment 502 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In addition to the EU declaration of conformity, a notice on the packaging shall inform consumers in a simple and precise way that the product incorporates accessibility features.
Amendment 543 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the estimated costs and benefits for the competent authorities concerned in relation to the estimated benefit for persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities, taking into account the frequency and duration of use of the specific product or service;
Amendment 547 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. Where a competent authority has used the exception provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for a specific product or service it shall notify the Commission thereof. The notification shall include the assessment referred to in paragraph 2 and it shall be made available to the public in accessible formats.
Amendment 555 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) provisions whereby a comprehensive and adequately resourced complaints mechanism for consumers is established to complement a system of implementation and monitoring.
Amendment 561 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive enough to not constitute an alternative for the economic operators from not conforming their products or services to the accessibility requirements laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 568 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from [… insert date - six years after the entry into force of this Directive].:
Amendment 569 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) ... [three years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] for products and services referred to in Article 1;
Amendment 570 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
(b) ... [ten years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] for provisions linked to the built environment referred to in Article 3(10).
Amendment 571 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. Member States using the possibility provided for in Article 3(10) shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt to that end and shall report to the Commission on the progress made in their implementation.
Amendment 575 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The report shall, based on the notifications received, assess whether this Directive has achieved its objectives, in particular with regard to enhancing the free circulation of accessible products and services. It shall, inter alia, address in the light of social, economic and technological developments and the level of compliance with this Directive, the evolution of the accessibility of products and services and the need to include or exclude new products and services under the scope of the Directive. The Commission shall also evaluate the functioning of Articles 12 and 22 and their impact on economic operators and persons with disabilities, identifying where possible, areas for burden reduction, with a view to assessing the need to review this Directive.
Amendment 578 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section I – title
Annex I – Section I – title
General purpose computer hardware and operating systems and e-book readers
Amendment 581 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section I – point 1
Annex I – Section I – point 1
1. Design and production: The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by making accessible the following: (a) the information on the use of the product provided on the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) must be available by more than one sensory channel; (ii) mustshall be understandable; (iii) mustshall be perceivable; (ivii) shall have an adequate size of fonts in foreseeable conditions of use; (b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal)and type of fonts with sufficient contrast between the characters and their background in order to maximise its readability in foreseeable conditions of use; (iv) shall be made available in accessible web format and electronic non- web documents by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust; (b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal) which: (i) shall meet the requirements laid down in point (a); (ii) shall in a simple and precise way inform the users that the product incorporates accessibility features and its compatibility with assistive technologies; (c) the product instructions for use, installation and maintenance, storage and disposal of the product, whether provided separately or integrated within the product, which shall comply with the following: (i) the content of instruction shall be made available in text formats that can be used for generating alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways and via more than one sensory channel, and (ii) the instructionsaccessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust (ii) shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the product and its compatibility with a variety of assistive technologies available at Union and international level (iii) shall be provided on alternatives to non-text content; non-electronic formats upon request. The alternative non-electronic formats may include large print, Braille, or easy-to- read text (d) the user interface of the product (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (e) the functionality of the product by providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, in accordance with point 2; (f) the interfacing of the product with assistiveproduct shall provide compatibility with a variety of assistive devices and technologies available at Union and international level, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices.
Amendment 582 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section I – point 2
Annex I – Section I – point 2
2. User interface and functionality designFunctionality requirements for user interface and design of the product: In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (d) and (e) of point 1 they mustshall be designed, where applicable, as follows: (a) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channel; including: (bi) provide for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation; (c) provide for flexible magnification and contrast; (d) provide for an alternative colour to convey information; (e) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background nwhere the product provides visual modes of communication and operation, the product shall provide at least one mode of information and operation that does not require vision, (ii) where the product provides auditory modes of information and operation, the product shall provide at least one mode of information and operation that does not require hearing; (b) provide for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation; Where the product requires vocal input from users, the product shall provide at least one mode of operation that does not require the users to generate orally- generated sounds like speech, whistles or clicks; (c) where the product provides visual modes of communication and operation, provide for features that enable users to make better use of their limited vision, including by providing flexible magnification without loss of content or functionality, flexible contrast and brightness, and where possible, it should include flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background visual elements and flexible control over the field of vision required; (d) provide for a visual mode of operation that does not require user perception of colour; (e) provide for user control of volume and enhanced audio features to improve audio clarity, including flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background sound where voisce and improve clarity; (f) provide for user control of volume; (g) provide for sequential control and alternatives to fine motor control; (h) provide for modes of operation with limited reach and strengtbackground are available as separate audio streams; (f) provide for sequential control and alternatives to fine motor control, including where the product requires manual actions, the product shall provide features that enable users to make use of the product through alternative modes of operation not requiring fine motor control like manipulation or hand strength, nor operation of more than one control at the same time; (g) provide for modes of operation with limited reach and strength, including where product is free-standing or installed, the informational and operational elements shall be located within standard accessible reach ranges or it shall be possible for a user to place it within reach; (ih) provide avoidance of triggering photosensitive seizures.where the product provides visual modes of information, the product shall provide at least one mode of information that minimizes the potential for triggering photosensitive seizures; (i) provide for features that make its communication and user operation simpler and easier to use; (ia) where the product provides features that are provided for accessibility, the users’ privacy shall be maintained when using those features;
Amendment 583 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section I – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – Section I – point 2 a (new)
2a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the product and its compatibility with assistive technologies, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 585 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section II – title
Annex I – Section II – title
Self-service terminals: Automatic Teller Machines, ticketing machines and check- in machines; and payment terminals
Amendment 589 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section II – point 1
Annex I – Section II – point 1
1. Design and production: The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by making accessible the followingcomplying with the following accessibility requirements: (a) the information on the use of the product provided on the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) mustshall be available by more than one sensory channel; (ii) mustshall be understandable; (iii) mustshall be perceivable; (iv) shall have an adequate size of fonts in foreseeable conditions of use;foreseeable conditions of use; (iv) shall list and explain how to activate and use the accessibility features of the product and its compatibility with assistive technologies maximise its readability in (v) shall have an adequate size and type of fonts with sufficient contrast between the characters and their background in order to (b) the user interface of the product (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (c) the functionality of the product by providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, in accordance with point 2; (d) the interfacing of the product with assistive devices. product shall provide compatibility with assistive devices and technologies, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices. The product shall also allow for the use of personal headsets.
Amendment 590 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section II – point 2
Annex I – Section II – point 2
2. User interface and functionality designFunctionality requirements for user interface and design of the product: In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (b) and (c) of point 1 they must be designed, where applicable, as follows: (a) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channel; (b) proviin accordance with point 2 of Section I as well as: (a) shall not require that an accessibility feature be on in order for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation; (c) provide for flexible magnification and contrast; (d) provide for an alternative colour to convey information user who needs the feature to turn it on; (b) where a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted visually, as well as by touch or sound, and shall be given the possibility to extend the time permitted; (ec) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarity; (f) (g alternatives to fine motor controlthe product shall be operable, including the operable parts of the product, such as keys and controls, shall have an adequate contrast between the keys and controls and their background, and shall be tactilely discernible; (d) where keys, tickets, or cards are provided, these shall have an orientation that is tactilely discernible if orientation is important to further use of the key, ticket or card; (he) with limited reach and strength; (i) provide avoidance of triggering photosensitive seizures.here the product uses biological characteristics of the user, it shall not rely on the use of a particular biological characteristic as the only means of user identification or for provide for user control of volume; provide for sequential control and provide for modes of operation
Amendment 595 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section III –Part A – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Section III –Part A – point 1 a (new)
1a. Support Services Where available, support services (helpdesks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 596 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section III –Part B – point 1
Annex I – Section III –Part B – point 1
1. Design and production : The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by making accessible the followingcomplying with the following accessibility requirements: (a) the information on the use of the product provided ion the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) one sensory channel;must be available by more than (ii) mustshall be understandable; (iii) mustshall be perceivable; (iv) shall have an adequate size of fonts in foreseeable use conditions; (b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal)and type of fonts with sufficient contrast between the characters and their background in order to maximise its readability in foreseeable conditions of use; (iva) shall be made available in accessible web format and electronic non- web documents by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust; (b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal) which: (i) shall meet the requirements laid down in point (a); (ii) shall in a simple and precise way inform the users that the product incorporates accessibility features and its compatibility with assistive technologies; (c) the product instructions for use, installation and maintenance, storage and disposal of the product, whether provided separately or integrated within the product, which shall comply with the following: (i) content of instruction shall be made available in text formats that can be used for generating alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways and via more than one sensory channel, and (ii) instructionsaccessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust; (ii) shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the product and its compatibility with a variety of assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (iia) shall be provided on alternatives to non-text content; non-electronic formats upon request. The alternative non electronic formats may include large print, Braille, or easy to read; (d) the user interface of the product (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (e) the functionality of the product by providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, in accordance with point 2; (f) the interfacing of the product with assistiveproduct shall provide compatibility with a variety of assistive devices and technologies available at Union and international level, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices.
Amendment 597 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section III –Part B – point 2
Annex I – Section III –Part B – point 2
2. User interface and functionality designFunctionality requirements for user interface and design of the product: In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (d) and (e) of point 1 they must be designed, where applicable, as follows: (a) provide for communication and orientation via more in Section I. Point 2, as well as: (a) the product shall be able to encode and decode two-way voice communication with high-fidelity audio; (b) the product supporting two-way voice communication shall also allow a user to communicate with an onother user by Real Time Text(RTT), so RTT can be usensd standalone ory channeombined with voice on the same call; (bc) provide for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation; (c) provide for flexible magnification and contrast; (d) provide fwhere the product interoperates for two-way voice communication within a specific network, it shall also interoperate in real-time text on the same voice call using the real-time text format specified for that network; (d) where the product that provides two-way voice communication includes real-time video functionality, the product shall support an alternative colour to convey information; (e) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarity; (f) (g) alternatives to fine motor control; (h) with limited reach and strength; (i) photosensitive seizures. video resolution that allows users to communicate using sign language and lip-reading; (e) where the product delivers output by an audio transducer, the product shall provide a means for effective wireless coupling to hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices, and shall reduce interferences with these hearing technologies to the lowest possible level. provide for user control of volume; provide for sequential control and provide for modes of operation provide avoidance of triggering
Amendment 598 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section III – Part B – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – Section III – Part B – point 2 a (new)
Amendment 602 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV – Part A – point 1
Annex I – Section IV – Part A – point 1
1. The provision of services in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities, shall be achieved by: (a) ensuring the accessibility of the products they use in the provision of the service, in accordance with the rules laid down in point B "Related consumer equipment with advance computing capability"; (b) providing information about the functioning of the service and about its accessibility characteristics and facilities as follows: (i) the information contentwhich: (i) shall be made available in text formats that can be used to generate alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways byaccessible web format and within the electronic programming guides (EPG) by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust, in accordance with point (c); (ii) shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the users and via more than one sensory channelvice in combination with the related terminal equipment, and its compatibility with assistive technologies; (iii) alternatives to non-text content shall be provided; (iii) the electronic information, including the relateshall provide accessible information to facilitate complementarities with other access services provided by a third party. (c) making websites and online applications needed infor the provision of the service shall be provided in accordance with point (c).accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (ca) making websitesmobile-based services including mobile applications needed for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (d) providing accessible information to facilitate complementarities with assistive services; (e) policies and procedures and alterations in the operation of the service targeted to address the needs of persons with functional limitations.. including functions, practices,
Amendment 605 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV – Part A – point 1 – point e a (new)
Annex I – Section IV – Part A – point 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) including functions, practices, policies and procedures and alterations in the operation of the service targeted to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, and persons with disabilities. In order to meet this requirement, the service provider shall provide at least the following access services: (i) Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) (ii) Audio Description (iii) Spoken Subtitles (iv) Sign Language interpretation;
Amendment 606 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV –Part A – point 1 – point e b (new)
Annex I – Section IV –Part A – point 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) Where an audiovisual content includes access services, these shall be clearly indicated in the content information, as well as in the EPG;
Amendment 607 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV –Part A – point 1 – point e c (new)
Annex I – Section IV –Part A – point 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) In consultation with users’ organisations, including organisations representing persons with disabilities, audiovisual media service providers shall ensure the quality of the access services: (i) Service providers shall ensure that SDH are well synchronised with the video, readable, accurate and comprehensible in order to effectively reflect the audio information. This includes setting up quality specifications covering at least the font type, font size, contrast and use of colours as well as, where possible, the necessary requirements to ensure users’ control over the SDH; (ii) Service providers shall ensure that audio description and spoken subtitles are well synchronized with the video. This includes setting up quality specifications related to audio placement and clarity of the audio description and spoken subtitles, as well as the necessary requirements to ensure users’ control over them; (iii) Service providers shall ensure that sign language interpretation is accurate and comprehensible in order to effectively reflect the audio information. This includes setting up professional requirements for the interpreters and quality specifications for the way the signing is provided. Where technically possible, requirements to ensure users’ control over the signing provision shall be adopted.
Amendment 608 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV – Part A – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Section IV – Part A – point 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 609 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV – Part B – point 1
Annex I – Section IV – Part B – point 1
1. Design and production: The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by making accessible the followingcomplying with the following accessibility requirements: (a) the information on the use of the product provided ion the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) one sensory channel;must be available by more than (ii) mustshall be understandable; (iii) mustshall be perceivable; (iv) shall have an adequate size of fonts in foreseeable use conditions; (b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal)and type of fonts with sufficient contrast between the characters and their background in order to maximise its readability in foreseeable conditions of use; (iva) shall be made available in accessible web format and electronic non- web documents by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust (b) the packaging of the product including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal) which: (i) shall meet the requirements laid down in point (a) (ii) shall in simple and precise way inform the users that the product incorporates accessibility features and its compatibility with assistive technologies; (c) the product instructions for use, installation and maintenance, storage and disposal of the product, whether provided separately or integrated within the product, which shall comply with the following: (i) content of instruction shall be made available in text formats that can be used for generating alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways and via more than one sensory channel, and (ii) instructionsaccessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust; (ii) shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the product and its compatibility with a variety of assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (iia) shall be provide d on alternatives to non-text content non-electronic formats upon request. The alternative non-electronic formats may include large print, Braille, or easy to read; (d) the user interface of the product (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (e) the functionality of the product by providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, in accordance with point 2; (f) the interfacing of the product with assistiveproduct shall provide compatibility with a variety of assistive devices and technologies available at Union and international level, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices.
Amendment 611 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV – Part B – point 2
Annex I – Section IV – Part B – point 2
2. User interface and functionality DesignFunctionality requirements for user interface and design of the product In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (d) and (e) of point 1 they must be designed, where applicable, as follows: (a) provide for communication and orientation via more than one sensory channel; (b) provide for alternatives to speech for communication and orientation; (c) provide for flexible magnification and contrast; (d) provide for an alternative colour to convey information; (e) provide for flexible ways to separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarity; (f) provide for user control of volume; (g) provide for sequential control and alternatives to fine motorin point 2 of Section I, as well as: (a) where the product displays audiovisual content, it shall have a mode of operation to display available SDH to the default video channel; (b) where the product displays audiovisual content, it shall provide a mechanism to select and play available audio description to the default audio channel; (c) where the product displays audiovisual content, it shall provide a mechanism to select and play available spoken subtitles to the default audio channel; (d) where the product displays audiovisual content, where technically possible it shall provide a mechanism to select and display available sign language interpretation to the default video channel; (e) the product shall support the provision of the available access services singly and within combination with each other; (f) the product shall allow the personalisation of the access services to the greatest extent possible, including by accessing the access services through other means like synchronisation with other device; (g) user controls to activate access services shall be provided to the user at the same level of prominence as the primary media controls; (h) provide for modes of operation with limited reach and strength; (i) photosenthe product shall provide a means for effective wireless coupling to hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive seizureslistening devices. provide avoidance of triggering
Amendment 612 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IV – Part B – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – Section IV – Part B – point 2 a (new)
2a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the product and its compatibility with assistive technologies, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 616 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section V – Part A – point 1
Annex I – Section V – Part A – point 1
1. The provision of services in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities, shall be achieved by: (a) providing information about the functioning of the service and about its accessibility characteristics and facilities as follows: (i) the information content shall be available in text formats thashall be made available in accessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust in accordance with point (b), (ii) shall list can bed explain how to used to generate alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways by the users and via more than one sensory channelhe accessibility features of the service including accessibility of vehicles and surrounding infrastructure and built environment as well as information about assistance provided in accordance with Regulation 1107/2006, Regulation 1177/2010, Regulation 1371/2007, and Regulation 181/2011, (iii) shall be provided on alternatives to non-text content shall be provided, (iii) the electronic formats upon request. The alternative non-electronic information,s may including the relatede large print, Braille, or easy to read. (b) making websites including online applications needed infor the provision of the service shall be provided in accordance with point (b).accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (ba) making websitesmobile-based services including mobile applications needed in the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (c) including functions, practices, (c) policies and procedures and alterations in the operation of the service targeted to address the needs of persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities: (i) smart ticketing (electronic reservation, booking of tickets, etc.), (ii) real-time passenger information (timetables; information about traffic disruptions, connecting services, onwards travel with other transport modes, etc.), (iii) additional service information (e.g. staffing of stations; lifts that are out of order or services that are temporarily unavailable); (ca) the built environment needed for the provision of the service shall comply with Section X of this Annex.
Amendment 619 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section V – Part A – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Section V – Part A – point 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 620 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section V – Part B
Annex I – Section V – Part B
Amendment 624 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section V – Part C
Annex I – Section V – Part C
Amendment 627 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section V – Part D
Annex I – Section V – Part D
D. Self-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services: 1. The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities and those with age related impa shall comply with the requirements, shall be achieved by making accessible the following: (a) product provided in the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) must be available by more than one sensory channel; (ii) (iii) (iv) fonts in foreseeable use conditions; (b) (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (c) providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons wi laid down in Section II. Design and production: the information on the use of the must be understandable; must be perceivable; shall have an adequate size of the user interface of the product the functional limitations, in accordance wiity of the point 2; (d) assistive devices. 2. design In order to make accessible the designroduct by the interfacing of the products and their u with User interface as referred to in points (b) and (c) of point 1 they must be designed, where applicable, as follows: (a) orientation via more than one sensory channel; (b) for communication and orientation; (c) and contrast; (d) convey information; (e) separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noisend functionality provide for communication and provide for alternatives to speech provide for flexible magnification provide for an alternative colour to provide for flexible ways to provide for user control of volume; provide for sequential control and improve clarity; (f) (g) altide for modes of opernatives to fine motor control; (h) with limited reach and strength; (i) photosensitive seizures.on provide avoidance of triggering
Amendment 630 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VI – Part A – point 1
Annex I – Section VI – Part A – point 1
Amendment 632 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VI – Part A – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Section VI – Part A – point 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 633 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VI – Part B
Annex I – Section VI – Part B
Amendment 635 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VI – Part C
Annex I – Section VI – Part C
Amendment 636 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VI – Part D
Annex I – Section VI – Part D
D. Self-service terminals, including Automatic Teller machines used for provision of banking services: The design and production of products in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons and payment terminals shall comply with funSectional limitations, including persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by making accessible the following: (a) product provided in the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) must be available by more than one sensory channel; (ii) (iii) (iv) fonts in foreseeable use conditions; (b) the user interface of the product (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (c) providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, in accordance with point 2; (d) assistive devices. II. the information on the use of the must be understandable; must be perceivable; shall have an adequate size of the functionality of the product by the interfacing of the product with
Amendment 640 #
Amendment 641 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VII – Part A – point 1
Annex I – Section VII – Part A – point 1
1. The provision of services in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities, shall be achieved by: (a) ensuring the accessibility of the products they use in the provision of the service, in accordance with the rules laid down in point B "Products"; (b) providing information about the functioning of the service and about its accessibility characteristics and facilities as follows: (i) the information content shall be made available in text formats that can be used to generate alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways byaccessible web format and electronic non- web document by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust in accordance with point (c), (ii) shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the users and via more than one sensory channelvice in combination with the related terminal equipment, and its compatibility with assistive technologies, (iii) shall be provided on alternatives to non-text content shall be provided; (iii) the electronic formats upon request. The alternative non-electronic information,s may including the relatee large print, Braille, or easy to read. (c) making websites and online applications needed infor the provision of the service shall be provided in accordance with point (c).accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (ca) making websitesmobile-based services including mobile applications needed for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (d) providing accessible information to facilitate complementarities with assistive services; (e) including functions, practices, policies and procedures and alterations in the operation of the service targeted to address the needs of persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities, by ensuring the navigation throughout the document, dynamic layouts, the possibility to synchronize text and audio content, text-to-speech technology, allowing alternative renditions of the content and its interoperability with a variety of assistive technologies in such a way that can be perceivable, understandable, operable and maximizes compatibility with current and future user agents.
Amendment 645 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VII – Part A – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Section VII – Part A – point 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 646 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VII – Part B
Annex I – Section VII – Part B
B. ¨Products" 1. The d shall comply with Section I. Design and production of productsthe in forder to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities and those with age related impairments, shall be achieved by making accessible the following: (a) product provided in the product itself (labelling, instructions, warning), which: (i) must be available by more than one sensory channel; (ii) (iii) (iv) fonts in foreseeable use conditions; (b) including the information provided in it (opening, closing, use, disposal); (c) installation and maintenance, storage and disposal of the product which shall comply with the following: (i) available in text formats that can be used for generating alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways and via more than one sensory channel, and (ii) alternatives to non-text content; (d) (handling, controls and feedback, input and output) in accordance with point 2; (e) providing functions aimed to address the needs of persons with functional limitations, in accordance with point 2; (f) assistive devices. 2. design: In order to make accessible the design of the products and their user interface as referred to in points (d) and (e) of point 1 they must be designed, where applicable, as follows: (a) orientation via more than one sensory channel; (b) for communication and orientation; (c) and contrast; (d) convey information; (e) separate and control foreground from background including for reducing background noise and improve clarity; (f) (g) provide for sequential control and alternatives to fine motor control; (h) with limited reach and strength; (i) provide avoidance of triggering photosensitive seizures.mation on the use of the must be understandable; must be perceivable; shall have an adequate size of the packaging of the product the product instructions for use, content of instruction shall be instructions shall provide the user interface of the product the functionality of the product by the interfacing of the product with User interface and functionality provide for communication and provide for alternatives to speech provide for flexible magnification provide for an alternative colour to provide for flexible ways to provide for user control of volume; provide for modes of operation
Amendment 650 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VIII – title
Annex I – Section VIII – title
E-commerce, including website and mobile device-based services of postal, energy and insurance providers
Amendment 653 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VIII – Part A – point 1
Annex I – Section VIII – Part A – point 1
1. The provision of services in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities, shall be achieved by: (a) providing information about the functioning of the service and about its accessibility characteristics and facilities as follows: (i) the information content shall be available in text formats thashall be made available in accessible web format by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust in accordance with point (b), (ii) shall list can bed explain how to used to generate alternative assistive formats to be presented in different ways byhe accessibility features of the service and its complementarity with a variety of assistive technologies. (b) making websites and online applications needed for the provision of the users and via more than one sensory channel, (ii) alternatives to nvice accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of con-texnt content shall be provided; (iii) the electronic information, including the related online applications needed in the provision of the service shall be provided in accordance wipresentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (ba) making mobile-based services including mobile applications needed for the point (b). (b) making websitrovision of ecommerce services accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’ perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level; (bb) electronic identification, security and payment methods needed for the provision of the service shall be understandable, perceivable, operable and robust without undermining the security and privacy of the user.
Amendment 656 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section VIII – Part A – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Section VIII – Part A – point 1 a (new)
1a. Support services Where available, support services (help desks, call centres, technical support, relay services and training services) shall provide information on the accessibility of the service and its compatibility with assistive technologies and services, in accessible modes of communication for users with functional limitations and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 659 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IX – Part A – point 1
Annex I – Section IX – Part A – point 1
Amendment 660 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IX – Part A – point 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Annex I – Section IX – Part A – point 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Amendment 675 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IX – Part A – point 2
Annex I – Section IX – Part A – point 2
Amendment 687 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IX – Part B – point 1 – point e
Annex I – Section IX – Part B – point 1 – point e
(e) making websites and online applications needed for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users’' perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level;
Amendment 688 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IX – Part B – point 1 – point e a (new)
Annex I – Section IX – Part B – point 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) making mobile-based services including mobile applications needed for the provision of the services accessible in a consistent and adequate way for users' perception, operation and understanding, including the adaptability of content presentation and interaction, when necessary providing an accessible electronic alternative; and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level.
Amendment 689 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section IX – Part B – point 1 – point f
Annex I – Section IX – Part B – point 1 – point f
(f) providing accessible information to facilitate complementarities with assistive services; and technologies, including hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, telecoils, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices.
Amendment 692 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section X – title
Annex I – Section X – title
SECTION X - ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 3(10) CONCERNING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES UNDER THE SCOPE OF THIS DIRECTIVE ISARE PROVIDED
Amendment 693 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section X – point a
Annex I – Section X – point a
(a) use of related outdoor areas and facilities under the responsibility of the service provider;
Amendment 694 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section X – point b
Annex I – Section X – point b
(b) approaches to buildings under the responsibility of the service provider;
Amendment 695 #
2015/0278(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section X – point g
Annex I – Section X – point g
(g) use of equipment and facilities used in the provision of the product or service;
Amendment 249 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) A high and uniform level of civil aviation safety and environmental protection should be ensured at all times through the adoption of common safety rulesand environmental rules based on the precautionary principle and by measures ensurguaranteeing that anyll goods, persons and organisations involved in civil aviation activity in the Union comply with such rules and with those adopted to protect the environment.
Amendment 363 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) supporting passenger confidence in the safety, security and efficiency of civil aviation within a framework of effective passenger rights legislation.
Amendment 731 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 955 #
2015/0277(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 2
Article 104 – paragraph 2
2. When the Agency, pursuant to Article 65(1) and (3), develops opinions, certification specifications, acceptable means of compliance and guidance material, it shall establish a procedure for the prior consultation of the Member States. To that effect, it may create a working group in which each Member State is entitled to designate an expert. When consultation relating to military aspects is required, the Agency shall also involve the European Defence Agency. When consultation relating to the possible social impact and/or occupational health and safety of those measures of the Agency is required, the Agency shall involve stakeholders, including the EU social partners.
Amendment 115 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The definition of the term "firearm" should be clarified and the control of essential components enhanced by including in the definition any device which shares an essential component with a firearm. An essential component contained in any such device should be considered capable of being used in a firearm when the essential component can be transferred from that device to the firearm without substantial modification.
Amendment 128 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Essential components should be defined as those components which are necessary for the operation of a firearm and are constructed to withstand high pressure of firing. Accessories, such as devices designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm, should not fall within the definition of an essential component, as the firearm can still be operated without them.
Amendment 134 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) It should be specified in this Directive that the activities of a dealer include not only the manufacturing but also the modification or conversion a firearm, such as the shortening of a complete firearm, and in addition the modification or conversion of parts of firearms and of ammunition, provided that it affects the category of such a firearm or ammunition, and that, therefore, only authorised dealers should be permitted to engage in those activities.
Amendment 140 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
Recital 3 d (new)
Amendment 167 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 185 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Taking into consideration the high risk of reactivating badly deactivated weapons and in order to enhance security across the Union, dDeactivated firearms should not be covered by this Directive. Additionally, for the most dangerous firearms stricter rules should be introduced in order to ensure that those firearms are not allowed to be owned or traded. Those rules should also apply to fire if they have been deactivated in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 or in accordance with prior national standarmds of that category even after they have been deactivated. Where those rules are not respected, Member States should take appropriate measures including the destruction of thoseand procedures recognised as resulting in the firearms being rendered permanently unfit for use, inoperable and incapable of being converted into functioning firearms.
Amendment 195 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The acquisition and possession of firearms should only be permitted if, inter alia, there is good cause. It should be possible for Member States, whilst not being under any obligation in that regard, to find that the acquisition and possession of firearms for the purpose of, for example, hunting, target shooting, various scientific, technical or testing activities, or self-defence and re-enactment of historical events, filmmaking or historical study can constitute good cause.
Amendment 207 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensurincrease the traceability of deactivatedfirearms and essential components and to facilitate their firearms, they should be registered in national registriese movement, the provisions of Directive 91/477/EEC should be clarified to ensure that both an assembled firearm and all essential components, whether included in an assembled firearm or not, are marked irremovably at the time of their being manufactured or imported, unless the firearm has been deactivated in accordance with that Directive.
Amendment 229 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Some semi-automatic firearms can be easily converted to automatic firearms, thus posing a threat to security. Even in There is a risk that any firearms converted to firing blanks, irritants, other absective substances of conversion to category "A", certain semi-automatic firearms may be very dangerous whenr pyrotechnic ammunition can be converted back in such a way as to make theirm capacity regarding the number of rounds is high. Such semi-automatic weapons should therefore be banned for civilian useble of firing live ammunition. Such firearms should therefore remain in the categories in which they were classified prior to their conversion.
Amendment 306 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -a a (new)
Article 1 – point -a a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1a
Article 1 – paragraph 1a
Amendment 312 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, framechamber, frame, body, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firingor other locking and cartridge-head supporting mechanism for containing the pressure of discharge at the rear of the chamber of a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
Amendment 362 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Amendment 387 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) the manufacture, including modification or conversion, trade, exchange, hiring out, or repair or conversion of parts of firearmf essential components;
Amendment 410 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forcesnational defence forces, encompassing all units and persons under their command or in their reserves, including the military, the police, or other public authorities. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of war.
Amendment 425 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any assembled firearm or part placed on the market has been markedessential component, when manufactured or imported, has been marked with an irremovable mark and registered in compliance with this Directive, or that it has been deactivated in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 10b and registered in compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 449 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm and each essential component, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import and each essential component, or at the time of its being manufactured or imported into the Union, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark.
Amendment 471 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the purposes referred to in the first subparagraph, Member States may choose to apply the provisions of the United Nations Convention for the Reciprocal Recognition of Proof Marks on Small Arms of 1 July 1969.
Amendment 475 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Furthermore, Member States shall ensure, at the time of transfer of a firearm from government stocks to permanent civilian use, the unique marking permitting identification of the transferring government. Firearms classified in category A must first have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 10b or converted to semi-automatic firearms, save in the case of transfers in accordance with authorisations granted pursuant to the first or the second subparagraph of Article 6.
Amendment 512 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 539 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish rules on appropriate storage of firearms, their essential components and ammunition, including when under transport, ensuring a level of security proportionate to the risk of unauthorised access and to the nature and category of the firearms concerned.
Amendment 582 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 2(2), Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those firearms and ammunition held in violation of this provision and seized. A competent authority of a Member State may under strict conditions grant authorisation for such firearms and ammunition provided that there is a legitimate purpose and provided that such authorisation is not contrary to public security, public order or national defence.
Amendment 606 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired beforchoose to grant authorisations to legal or natural persons dedicated to the gathering, study and conservation of firearms and associated artefacts for historical, cultural, scientific, technical, educational, aesthetic or heritage purposes and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are for firearms and ammunition classified in category A, provided that such persons demonstrate [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)at measures are in place to address any risks to public security or public order and that the firearm or firearms concerned are stored with a level of security proportionate to the risks associated with unauthorised access to such firearms.
Amendment 676 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10
Article 10
(7a) Article 10 is replaced by the following: "The arrangements for the acquisition and possession of ammunition shall be the same as those for the possession of the firearms for which the ammunition is intended." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:01991L0477- The acquisition and possession of ammunition shall be permitted only for persons who are allowed to possess a firearm of a respective category." Or. en 20080728&from=CS)
Amendment 707 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. TFor the purposes of the efficient application of this Directive, the competent authorities of the Member States shall exchange information on theby electronic means via a data-exchange platform or interoperable data-exchange platforms to be operational by ... [insert date], including information on authorisations granted for the transfers of firearms to another Member State as well as information with regard to refusals to grant authorisations as defined in Article 7. The Member States shall, upon request by another Member State, exchange information relevant to an assessment of the criminal history, if any, of persons who apply for or who have been granted exceptions pursuant to Article 6 or authorisations pursuant to Article 7. That information shall include the entire text of the corresponding judicial decision or decision of a relevant public authority.
Amendment 716 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13a concerning the modalities of exchange of information on authorisations granted and on refusalsor refused for the transfer of firearms to another Member State. The Commission shall adopt the first such delegated act by ... [24 months after publication of this Amending Directive in the Official Journal of the European Union].
Amendment 750 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
6. Automatic firearms which have been converted into semi-automatic firearms, provided that the technical conversion procedure was not previously authorised by a relevant authority of a Member State and provided that the converted firearm in question was inspected and marked;
Amendment 772 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
7. Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons withwhich have been converted into automatic mechanisfirearms;
Amendment 782 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 8
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 8
8. FAny firearms under points 1 to 3 and 6 to 7 after having been deactivatedconverted to firing blanks, irritants, other active substances or pyrotechnical ammunition.
Amendment 793 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Amendment 803 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7 a (new)
(iia) in Category B, the following point is added: "7a. Any firearm previously classified under points 1 to 7 after having been converted to firing blanks, irritants, other active substances or pyrotechnic ammunition."
Amendment 812 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
5. Alny firearm aund signal weapons, salute and acoustic weapons as well as replicas; er points 1 to 4 after having been converted to firing blanks, irritants, other active substances or pyrotechnic ammunition;
Amendment 821 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 6
Amendment 825 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 - point a - indent iii a (new)
Article 1 – point 13 - point a - indent iii a (new)
Amendment 833 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – Part III – point a
Annex I – Part III – point a
(a) point (a) is deletedreplaced by the following: "(a) have been rendered permanently unfit for use by deactivation, ensuring that all essential parts of the firearm have been rendered permanently inoperable and incapable of removal, replacement or modification in a way that would permit the firearm to be reactivated in any way, provided that such deactivation has been done: (i) in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 10b(1); or (ii) pursuant to prior national standards and procedures for deactivation recognised under Article 10b(2); or (iii) prior to 8 April 2016 such that a slot has been cut through the chamber wall of a minimum of 4mm width and into the barrel along at least 50% of the barrel length and the barrel has been securely pinned or welded to the receiver/frame, and conversion to expel a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant is not possible; or (iv) prior to 8 April 2016 and the deactivated object is not transferred to another Member State or placed on the market by a dealer or broker";
Amendment 12 #
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 market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects and competitivenessinternal and external competitiveness. Investment is a crucial component that will not only stimulate rapid economic and social recovery from the crisis, but also stimulate the creation of more and better jobs across the EU.
Amendment 21 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value addeand social value added, promoting quality jobs and innovation, integrating and completing the Single Market, boosting the competitiveness of the EU and contributing to achieving Union policy objectives.
Amendment 65 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructurethe Single Market and its infrastructures, especially with regard to all its digital and IT components, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure with the purpose of minimising the urban-rural divide;
Amendment 70 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, digital skills, training and literacy, culture, health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;
Amendment 83 #
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, shall promote the creation ofestablish 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 84 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the EIB shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular, transparent and structured basis, information on current and future investments which significantly contribute to achieving EU policy objectives.
Amendment 86 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular, transparent and structured basis, information on current and future investment projects in their territory.
Amendment 87 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) an assessment of the quality and effectiveness of EIB financing and investment operations;
Amendment 88 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The EIB and the Commission shall assess whether the redirection of funding from the Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmes has led to a more effective use of public money and higher volumes from the private sector than under the EU budget.
Amendment 119 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 124 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of Transport infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres accordance with Regulation (EU) 1316/2013 (CEF) and Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 (TEN-T Guidelines (both core and comprehensive networks); energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure;
Amendment 181 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the EIB shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular, transparent and structured basis, information on current and future investments which significantly contribute to achieving EU policy objectives.
Amendment 183 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular, transparent and structured basis, information on current and future investment projects in their territory.
Amendment 26 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU-wide personal mobility is a prerequisite for the exercise of basic freedoms and that people should therefore be able to access comprehensive information about multimodal and cross- border transport links for seamless door-to- door travel and to make the necessary reservations and payments online. Notes that in most of the Member States the option of purchasing tickets for national, cross-border and international journeys within the EU via the Internet or mobile application is still lacking. Geo-blocking should not be permitted;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Sees the enabling of fair and equal access to multimodal travel and traffic data as a prerequisite for new integrated ticketing systems to be developed, hence the limitations of existing legislation has to be considered and necessary proposals to update and/or complement existing legislation put forward;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that consumers should at all times be given transparent pricing information; stresses therefore that reservation and payment systems should clearly indicate the total ticket price for any selected journey, including compulsory elements such as taxes and charges; underlines the importance of allowing for a variety of payment options for purchasing travel tickets; calls upon the EU and Member States to do more to restrict fees for the use of credit cards or other reasonable forms of payment for public transport services;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need for data formats and data exchange protocols to become more consistent, as these standards have to be interoperable, produced and shared in machine-readable formats, as a minimum measure;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
– to ensure that, by 2023 at the latest, all forms of local public transport are equipped with intelligent systems relaying real-time information about position of the transport vehicle and that the inclusion of such systems is a specification in calls for tender,
Amendment 85 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges that a platform be established, involving all the stakeholders, to develop feasible arrangements inter alia for the phased introduction of EU-wide interoperable electronic ticketing systems and for addressing the problems of distributing ticket-sales income and of cost-sharing in the event of disputes between contracted parties;
Amendment 104 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the crucial importance, in terms of social mobility, of transport being accessible, and of equal access to transport for all; calls for more attention to be paid to the needs of people with disabilities or limited mobility in relation to access to travel information before and during journeys, ticketing options and reservation and payment systems, including the ability to reserve wheelchair spaces; welcomes the Commission's European Accessibility Act Roadmap and the potential for legislative action to remove economic and social barriers facing people with disabilities; urges the Commission to tackle barriers to transport as part of its efforts to improve accessibility;
Amendment 124 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underscores the importance of data protection, and calls for clear conditions to be laid down for the use and transmission of data, particularly in respect of personal data, which should be processed and used only in ‘anonymised’ form. The purchase and payment of tickets via mobile and internet applications should be available without need of registration into the system;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the importance of safe- guarding different options of travel planning and payment so as to ensure that all groups in society, including elderly and people with low-income, have access to travel services in the EU;
Amendment 129 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Stresses the need for more and better promotion and showcasing of the more than a hundred multimodal journey planners that are already available in cities, regions and on the national level in the EU, calls also for efforts promoting the interconnection of these services;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the impact of RPAS on manned traffic is limited due to the small ratio of RPAS to manned aircraft; recognises, however, that air traffic management (ATM) pressures may increase due to the welcome growth of sports and recreational RPAS, butwhich may in some circumstances pose a threat to air traffic safety; calls for this factor to be taken into account by the relevant authorities in order to ensure a continued efficient standard of ATM across Member States;
Amendment 63 #
2014/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the fact that in the long term, technical and regulatory solutions should preferably enable RPAS to use the airspace alongside any other airspace user without imposing on the latter new equipment requirements; notes that that there are a large number of small RPAS operating below 500 feet, together with manned aircraft, which means that the flight level at which unmanned aircraft may be operated should be clearly delimited; stresses that although ANSPs do not provide ATC services at these altitudes, they do have a responsibility to provide sufficient information for both types of aircraft to coexist in the same airspace; notes that EUROCONTROL is supporting states in creating a common understanding of the issues involved and in driving harmonisation as much as possible;
Amendment 76 #
2014/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that rules at EU and national level should clearly indicate the provisions applicable to RPAS in relation to the internal market and international commerce (production, sale, purchase, trade and use of RPAS); believes also that privacy, data protection and any other applicable law, such as criminal, intellectual property, aviation and environmental law, including those which relate to the many different risks and responsibilities associated with flying RPAS, should be specified in a notice for purchasers;
Amendment 105 #
Amendment 151 #
2014/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Warns that the fact that drones are getting ever smaller and will eventually be difficult to spot in the air could give rise to problems in future.
Amendment 18 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas cities are often very unequal places, with extreme divisions between rich and poor, and with inadequate attention given to the needs of disabled people, the elderly, children and others who are vulnerable;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas supporting and promoting walking and cycling in and around urban areas, and providing sustainable, affordable and integrated public transport can play a key part in creating fairer, healthier and more socially equal cities while tackling unregulated "urban sprawl";
Amendment 36 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas urban transport accounts for about 25 % of the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change and harmful levels of air pollution in urban areas are related to direct NO2 emissions from the use of light and heavy vehicles;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas multimodal networks and the integration of different transport modes and services in and around urban areas are potentially beneficial for improving passenger and freight transport efficiency, thus helping to reduce carbon and other harmful emissions;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas congestions in the EU are often located in and around urban areas and cost nearly 100 billion Euro annually;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas 73% of European citizens consider road safety to be a serious problem in cities and more than 30 % of road fatalities and serious injuries happening in urban areas, caused mainly by ca are mainly caused by cars; often involving Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and moped riders;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas improved facilities for pedestrians, elderly and passengers with reduced mobility are part of European Union goals and require additional funds;
Amendment 75 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas urban public transport operators in the EU provide around 1.2 million jobs, while fair treatment of transport workers and those in related sectors in cities, and the important role that they play in ensuring the quality and safety of public transport, is often overlooked;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to establish, taking full account of appropriate local considerations and variations, minimum standards to be applied to all urban areas related to urban infrastructure, at least for pedestrian, cyclists and vulnerable users; recognises that it is hard to benchmark sustainable urban mobility effectively because cities and urban areas frequently have very specific characteristics and problems;
Amendment 108 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasizes that barrier free infrastructure is crucial for quality of life in the cities for all citizens;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Member States to take preventive measures, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to improve air quality in cities and to guarantee pollutant concentrations below the levels set in the World Health Organisation guidelines, in particular by providing free public transport or by alternating traffic; Stresses that at this stage, while being still far from reaching the targets already set by the EU, special focus should be made on strengthening solutions related to public services and promotion of a modal shift to public transport, cycling, walking and car-sharing, including in deprived areas;
Amendment 223 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Insists that urban mobility should also be considered as a means to fight poverty and social exclusion, and that the European agenda on urban mobility should also focus on the social dimension; recalls that the objectives of the Commission's proposal can only be achieved if cities' representatives and key stakeholders participate in the decision process and the exchange of experiences and best practices; urges Member States to encourage citizen's participation, through innovative communication strategies and methods, in the conception and planning of sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP), and including encouraging representatives and stakeholders from areas on urban outskirts and areas facing economic and social challenges to participate actively;
Amendment 230 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) are the backbone of sustainable cities with adequate mobility provision for all citizens, including enhanced walking and cycling infrastructure and smoother and safer services network; calls on the Member States to focus especially on road safety as an essential element of the SUMP including specific strategies and targets to at least halve the numbers of the most seriously injured individuals, to prioritise the protection of pedestrians and the most vulnerable people, including adequate public transport schemes, education and communication campaigns;
Amendment 236 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Public transport planning must be based on cooperation between public transport authorities, urban planning and local citizens needs taking into account different habits and behaviours;
Amendment 268 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that affordable public transport is an essential element for inclusive public services and for securing access to jobs; recalls that due to high housing costs many workers must live in more suburban areas and face long and expensive commutes; calls on the Commission to promote initiatives such as "single and multimodal mobility passes" for all means of transport within a coherent territorial level, such as an urban agglomeration, metropolitan city or at a regional level, and with progressive or flat rate fares where appropriate; in this regard, underlines the lack so far, of a strong EU position on the importance of public transport in all Member States;
Amendment 275 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is convinced that decent public transport services play important role in tackling problems of congestion and noise in the cities by promoting a shift from individual private vehicles to public transport;
Amendment 278 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for better accessibility and the public transport services between suburban areas and city centres, where the largest number of urban activities is located;
Amendment 306 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘Car-free Sunday' events each month and to organise an ‘EU Bicycle Day' and continue supporting the European Mobility Week Campaign;
Amendment 337 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that shoppinge importance of effective and comprehensive urban planning policies and standards to achieving an integrated sustainable transport system, and that major construction areas and shopping or other retail centres are focal points for increased road traffic and congestion problems, and believes that they should be linked up to efficient public transport and home delivery services;
Amendment 348 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for better optimization of the supply chain in urban areas; urban logistics should focus on optimizing transport and cost effective introduction of new types of operations, technologies and business models;
Amendment 360 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that is necessary modify locations with high accident rates, to improve the horizontal and vertical traffic signs, to support traffic calming on local roads and building of safe pedestrian crossings can contribute to reduction of accidents in urban areas;
Amendment 364 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that it is necessary to build safe infrastructure with adequate space for the most vulnerable road users, so they can feel safe while moving in urban areas;
Amendment 496 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Promotes the development and implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to further improve road safety and decrease congestion such as e.g. intelligent traffic signal systems;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission's Digital Tourism Platform and its objectives of boosting the innovation capacity of tourism-related SMEs for the purpose of activating the tourism sector and of generating suggestions for how to adapt and shape policies aimed at furthersustainable, competitive and consumer-focused developing the tourism sector;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Acknowledges the opportunities and potential offered by digitalization of services and products in the tourism sector; stresses the importance of creating a fully functioning internal market for these services and products, which should offer inclusiveness and legal certainty to all actors, including SMEs and consumers;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls that complaints about all forms of journey, together with complaints about package travel, time shares and a growing proportion of complaints about car rentals every year make up between 30-35% of all complaints processed by the European Consumer Centres Network;
Amendment 101 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that travellers still have to face to different prices, terms and conditions when booking accommodation or means of transport online; welcomes therefore the Commission Communication A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe; calls on the Commission to adopt a comprehensive proposal to end the unjustified geo- blocking of access to goods, services and the best available rate on the basis of geographic location or country of residence;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Believes that coordinated promotion of integrated electronic ticket sales systems for various means of transport would simplify travelling and remove obstacles to the completion of the internal market;
Amendment 105 #
2014/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses that tourism services should bear in mind the needs of people with disabilities and people with reduced mobility, in particular with regard to the accessibility;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the joint acquisition of travel passes and tickets should be simplified as support for cultural campaigns;
Amendment 138 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes furthermore that targeted tourist products which offering a specific tourism experience care more promising in helping to overcome seasonality in Europe than tourism products targeting specific age groups (e.g. seniors and young people); calls on the Commission, therefore, to review the objectives for action under the COSME programme;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. European tourism should be affordable for all groups of tourists, including tourists from low-income groups and persons with a reduced capacity for orientation and movement;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to finalise the European Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism and to continue giving financial support to important initiatives and networks such as EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) or European cultural trails;
Amendment 257 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the responsible authorities and operators to make a stronger effort to promote the European cycling networks, such as the Iron Curtain Trail, in combination with all cross-border rail services, including high-speed and night trains and to eliminate increased fares on border stretches, which is one of the barriers to the more widespread use of railways by tourists in border areas;
Amendment 325 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses that information provided about public transport can speed up travel in tourist destinations and simplify access to it;
Amendment 337 #
2014/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Member States to identify and support EU-wide initiatives that foster the use of the digital infrastructure (such as the elimination of roaming charges and ‘geo-blocking’ and access to Wi-Fi) and interoperability among different platforms;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Demandsto ensure that the main outcome of the negotiations be an ambitious and comprehensive agreement, bringing a significant market opening for EU companies, including SMEsbenefits for the citizens, consumers, workers and EU companies, including SMEs; is convinced that these benefits shall be delivered equally;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced, however, that TTIP should not only cut down barriers but alsoto ensure that TTIP negotiations aim at promoting European high levels of consumeritizens protection, including health, safety, the environment, consumer and worker's rights; observes that in most sectors EU and US standards and regulatory environments ensure this high level; considers, therefore, that approximating our regulations represents a unique chance to establish high-quality standards and laws for consumers which will be the de facto international standards;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. to ensure that equal access to information for all interested stakeholders during all stages of the negotiations is guaranteed;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. to ensure that discrimination towards consumers based on their nationality or place of residence is not allowed;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. to assess properly the prospects for mutual job creation but also where job losses might occur;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. to safeguard the EU's exclusive competence on vehicle type-approval with respect to the EU's vehicle safety legislation;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the EU should allow harmonization with the U.S. standards only under the condition that in each case the EU vehicle safety standards will be matched or improved taking into consideration their serious impact on road safety.
Amendment 75 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that during the TTIP negotiations, the European Commission should safeguard the EU's exclusive competence on vehicle type-approval with respect to the EU's vehicle safety legislation.
Amendment 162 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the aim to continue to guarantee a high level of product safety within the Union, including the use of the EU's precautionary principle; considers that TTIP should not question this requirement, but should eliminate unnecessary duplication of testing that causes a waste of resources, in particular on low-risk products; demands the recognition by the US of self- declaration of conformity on products, where allowed by EU law;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that swift actions by regulators and enforcement authorities against misleading and unfair practices are essential for implementation of competition and consumer protection policies
Amendment 68 #
2014/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission against international car rental companies to end practices preventing consumers from accessing best available prices on the basis of their country of residence; stresses that consumers should not be prevented from making use of the best available rate when purchasing goods or services within the Single market
Amendment 10 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it essential that energy poverty in Europe, its impact on households and the role it plays in the social exclusion of vulnerable consumers should be documented without delay; calls for unstinting efforts to combat energy poverty by means of consistent measures; calls on the Commission to publish a communication on energy poverty in Europe;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that, according to the latest edition of the Consumer Markets Scoreboard, the electricity market is one of the four most poorly functioning markets; stresses the importance of action to improve the provision of information to consumers about the breakdown of energy prices and about energy efficiency measures enabling them to be actively involved in regulating their energy use, including the option of changing their provider easily;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the tremendous potential of new digital technologies that give consumers more control over their energy use and allow them to make it more effective;
Amendment 58 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes it must be ensured, without fail, that reductions in the wholesale price of energy products are duly reflected in the end prices to consumers;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Europe is one of the world’s major cultural tourism destinations thanks to its rich heritage, and that cultural tourism accounts for about 40 % of European tourism; notes that good accessibility of tourist sights contributes significantly to promotion of cultural tourism;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Gives a clear political signal that any cultural tourism agenda must be based on European diversity, authenticity, sustainability and highest quality; This should not prevent affordability of cultural tourism to all income groups;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the potential for boosting cultural tourism in rural and island regions which offer intact nature and landscapes, traditional culture (folk arts, handcrafts, local festivals, gastronomic traditions), local products and authenticity; stresses, in this regard, the importance of intermodal connectivity as a means of enhancing the appeal of smaller and remote tourist destinations; at the same time accessibility to those destinations needs to be ensured, in particular for tourists with disabilities or reduced mobility or for elderly persons;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises, furthermore, the importance of developing interregional and cross- border tourist products, which are based on coordinated action, build on synergies, save resources, and strengthen the common cultural identity and the competitiveness of the entire region; underlines the importance of well-functioning cross border connections across all transport modes and removing cross-border barriers (i.e. unacceptable tariff conditions in the cross-border transport and simplify ticketing) for better accessibility to the tourist sites;
Amendment 132 #
2014/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Supports the Commission in its initiatives for the digitalisation of Europe’s rich cultural heritage as an important contribution to the promotion of its unique cultural wealth worldwide. Attention should be paid to protecting of the originals during and after the digitalization process;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the Commission to ensure that the right of every EU citizen to address the EU institutions in any official EU language is fully respected and applied in such a way that the Commission's public consultations are available in all official EU languages in order to ensure that all consultations are treated equally and that no discrimination occurs on the basis of language;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas according to the First Report on the application of Directive 2005/29/EC the aggressive practices reported by Member States and stakeholders in response to the consultation occur mainly in doorstep selling or other off-premises sales,
Amendment 11 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Lays stress on the effectiveness of the legislation established by the Directive and its importance in making consumers and traders more confident in regard to transactions within the internal market, particularly concerning cross-border transactions, and in guaranteeing businesses greater legal certainty and on the fact that the Directive has helped to enhance consumer protection;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that it would not be appropriate at this stage to remove limitation on the full harmonisation character of the UCPD in relation to financial services or in relation to immovable property;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that Member States may no longer, since 12 June 2013, maintain the provisions retained until that date as temporary derogations; calls as a consequence on Member States to comply with the Directive as swiftly as possiblethe European Commission to make an assessment of all national prohibitions on unfair practices not included in the Annex I of the Directive and precluded by the maximum harmonisation effect;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Commission that when assessing the revision of the directive and the extension of the Annex I, it should also make use of the database on unfair commercial practices by identifying practices considered unfair by national authorities or competent courts in application of the general clauses of the directive;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reasserts the importance and absolute necessity of the Directive being fully applied and properly implemented by Member States; Calls on the Member States to support enforcement on national level with all available means, in particular with sufficient resources;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reasserts the importance of enhanced cooperation between national authorities responsible for applying the Directive and the co-operation with national consumer associations; encourages the Commission in this respect to examine thoroughly the scope, effectiveness and operational mechanisms of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation (CPC Regulation) and to build up a structured and co- ordinated dialogue between public enforcers and consumer associations to address pan-European infringements of companies acting in more than one Member State, as it has committed itself to doing before the end of 2014;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the concept of cross- border infringement should be adapted to a pan-European dimension where one or several foreign companies established in different Member States infringe in a "domestic-like" scenario consumer rights;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the launch of the public consultation on the review of the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Regulation and that the consultation is available in all EU languages; calls on involved stakeholders and all those with an interest in enforcement of consumer rights across national borders within the Single Market to take a part in this consultation;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the penalties imposed for failure to comply with the Directive ought never to be lower in value than the profit made through a practice deemed to be unfair or misleading; reminds Member States that the Directive states that penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive; asks the Commission to compile and analyse data on penalties and enforcement regimes applied by Member States; in particular with regard to the complexity and length of enforcement procedures; calls on the Commission to provide the European Parliament with results of this analysis;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the database on unfair commercial practices developed by the Commission; regrets that it is only available in English; asks the Commission to increase progressively the number of languages in which the database is available and to enhance its visibility, particularly for economic operators; calls on the Commission to consider also additional instruments of awareness raising of SMEs with regard to unfair commercial practices;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of the guidance document produced by the Commission to assist in application of the Directive; welcomes the Commission s intention to revise this document by 2014calls on the European Commission to submit an evaluation of the application of the guidance document by national authorities and stakeholders in order to assess its usefulness in the enforcement of the directive and on aspects that need to be improved;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers that national authorities should exchange best practices on the implementation of the guidance document;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance for consumers of having effective, swift and inexpensive legal remedies; believes that not only penalties, but also effective remedies of particular consumer disputes arising out of the infringement of the Directive are necessary to increase consumer confidence in the Internal Market; emphasises that the UCPD does not include specific remedies for consumers in case of contracts concluded in breach of its rules; asks in this regard for Member States to implement fully the Directive on alternative dispute resolution methods and out-of-court settlement of online disputes;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Agrees that further efforts should be made to strengthen the enforcement of the UCPD in relation to vulnerable consumers, such as elderly persons, children/teenagers and other categories of citizens who find themselves in a situation of weakness;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Considers that, when the UCPD is to be reviewed in the future, provisions to specifically protect also the elderly from certain aggressive practices should be added;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Commission to co- ordinate with the Member States a sweep investigation on the off-premises sale of consumer goods as the aggressive practices occur mainly in doorstep selling or other off-premises sales as reported by the Member States;
Amendment 4 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to simplifying cross-border parcel delivery for consumers and undertakings by enhancing the transparency of the delivery process, enabling tracking and setting quality standards to create a common European delivery market;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to improve geographical coverage and accessibility to universal service for delivery of parcels in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 17 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is critical of the extremely high amount of outsourcing which delivery firms undertake outside the regular postal service and the frequently accompanying evasion of legal and remuneration requirements with regard to conditions of work and employment; highlights in this context the long-term social implications of precarious employment for the continued existence of the Member States' health and welfare systems;
Amendment 18 #
Amendment 19 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that increasing numbers of consumers use comparison websites to compare prices, features or terms of delivery of products and services, especially with regard to e-commerce; stresses that comparison websites do not always provide consumers with transparent, accurate and complete information; welcomes the work already done by the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Comparison Tools;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses in particular that comparison websites need to be transparent, reliable, and managed in an operationally independent manner in order to be beneficial for both businesses, notably SME, and consumers and to ensure that consumers are provided with transparent and accurate information;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses also that the slowdown in the growth of cross-border online trading cannot be blamed solely on shortcomings in delivery but is rather the result of uncertainties about consumer rights and rights protection in cross-border online trade; therefore calls on the Commission to take action in the field of consumer protection so as to further facilitate online trade;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 a. stresses the need to create an European e-Commerce Trustmark ensuring quality, reliability, environmental and social sustainability and adequate working conditions for integrated delivery services that could help improve consumer confidence in e- commerce, stimulate e-retailers and parcel firms to take more responsibility in the delivery chain, boost transparency as well as legal certainty for both consumers and businesses and increase competitive advantage of business, especially SMES, therefore contributing to sound economic growth and employment creation;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Ensuring responsible employment conditions in the European delivery sector
Amendment 29 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the parcel delivery sector is highly labour-intensive, with working conditions characterized by insecure contracts, long working hours, too high work load (insufficient time to provide good quality), stressful working conditions, low pay and few opportunities to access on-going vocational training;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses that ensuring responsible employment conditions in the delivery sector is an essential prerequisite for high-quality delivery services as well as social dimension of an integrated parcel delivery market;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that fair and decent working and pay conditions throughout the delivery sector are guaranteed, and to combat undeclared employment as well abuses of self- employed working status;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Is concerned at the fact that delivery operators often outsource delivery work to subcontractors and in some cases even sub-subcontractors; emphasizes that this might contribute to the increased working pressure notes that the competitive pressure and the large share of self- employed delivery workers can also to a large extent influence the quality of delivery;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on the Member States to increase controls of subcontractors in order to comply with the legal and collective terms of employment;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Considers that, to achieve an integrated parcel delivery market, high- quality jobs are needed with a sound, well-integrated social dimension allowing the redefinition of existing skills and reskilling;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9g. Criticises the Green Paper's lack of focus on issues of education and training opportunities, adequate salaries, and the involvement of the social partners; notes that any internal market regulation must take into account the social dimension, especially in terms of employment models based on self-employment, temporary employment and part-time employment;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9h. Highlights that there are delivery performance gaps deriving from delivery workers failing to comply with delivery instructions due to lack of training, calls on the delivery operators to support staff training and education;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the parcel delivery sector is highly labour-intensive, with working conditions characterized by insecure contracts, long working hours, too high work load (insufficient time to provide good quality), stressful working conditions, low pay and few opportunities to access on-going vocational training;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. (new) Recalls the objective of reducing the number of fatal accidents on European roads by half which the European Parliament set in its Resolution of 27 September 2011 on road safety 2011-2020; points out that, according to Commission data, tiredness is the main cause of between 10% and 20% of traffic accidents; notes, moreover, the growth in the use of vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes for commercial purposes over the past decade; proposes, therefore, that the rules on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport laid down in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should concern all types of vehicles used for delivery services;
Amendment 41 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that ensuring responsible employment conditions in the delivery sector is essential prerequisite for high- quality delivery services as well as social dimension of an integrated parcel delivery market
Amendment 43 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that track-and-trace should be part of a standard set of information about the order provided by e-retailer to consumer;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that fair and decent working and pay conditions throughout the delivery sector are guaranteed, and to combat undeclared employment as well as abuses of self- employed working status
Amendment 44 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that by all the stakeholders involved in cross-border parcel delivery, the parcel needs to be identified by the same track-and-trace code from the submission of parcel to its delivery to consumer;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Considers that an EU-wide e- commerce trust mark ensuring quality, reliability, environmental and social sustainability and adequate working conditions for integrated delivery services could help improve consumer confidence in the online marketplace, stimulate e- retailers and parcel firms to take more responsibility in the delivery chain therefore contributing to sound economic growth and employment creation;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses the need that trust mark is to be granted by competent national authorities to delivery operators who adhere to identified codes of conduct with respect to training and working conditions and environmental aspects; emphasizes that such a trust mark should cover whole delivery chain of operators as well as subcontractors
Amendment 46 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Notes that e-retailers who would like to display the trust mark to their customers would have to use accredited delivery operators only
Amendment 47 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines, technical standards and pre- conditions that should apply to EU-wide e-commerce trust mark, including requirements for procedures for complaints handling and dispute resolution, fair and decent working and pay conditions and environmental aspects,
Amendment 48 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Notes that so called „free delivery service" often means that the cost of delivery is not invoiced explicitly but is included in the final price of the product; emphasizes the need for sustainable and transparent tariffs provided to consumer that reflect the true costs of service
Amendment 49 #
Amendment 49 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Is concerned at the fact that delivery operators often outsource delivery work to subcontractors and in some cases even sub-subcontractors; emphasizes that this might contribute to the increased working pressure notes that the competitive pressure and the large share of self- employed delivery workers can also to a large extent influence the quality of delivery
Amendment 50 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need to create an European e-Commerce Trustmark ensuring quality, reliability, environmental and social sustainability and adequate working conditions for integrated delivery services that could help improve consumer confidence in e- commerce, stimulate e-retailers and parcel firms to take more responsibility in the delivery chain, boost transparency as well as legal certainty for both consumers and businesses and increase competitive advantage of business, especially SMES, therefore contributing to sound economic growth and employment creation;
Amendment 50 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7j. Calls on the Member States to increase controls of subcontractors in order to comply with the legal and collective terms of employment
Amendment 51 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to assess the appropriate legal framework and scale of a pan European E-commerce Trustmark by considering whether such a the accreditation and award of European e-Commerce Trustmark should be carried out by an EU institution or by MS institutions ensure accreditation at national level; Stresses the need that European e-Commerce Trustmark is to be granted to delivery operators who adhere to identified codes of conduct and who comply with obligations related to training and working conditions and environmental protection; emphasizes that such a trust mark should cover whole delivery chain of operators as well as subcontractors;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)
Paragraph 7 k (new)
7k. Highlights that there are delivery performance gaps deriving from delivery workers failing to comply with delivery instructions due to lack of training, calls on the delivery operators to support staff training and education
Amendment 52 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Notes that e-retailers who would like to display European e-Commerce Trustmark on a website as electronic labels would have to use accredited delivery operators only with the purpose to signal adherence to a set of rules ensured by European e-Commerce Trustmark;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)
Paragraph 7 l (new)
7l. Considers that, to achieve an integrated parcel delivery market, high- quality jobs are needed with a sound, well-integrated social dimension allowing the redefinition of existing skills and reskilling
Amendment 53 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines, technical standards and pre- conditions that should apply to European e-Commerce Trustmark; stresses that it is necessary for an European e-Commerce Trustmark in order to be effective to be based on a set of minimum features dealing with transparent provisions for consumer protection and information, as well as requirements for procedures for complaints handling and dispute resolution;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 m (new)
Paragraph 7 m (new)
7m. criticises the Green Paper's lack of focus on issues of education and training opportunities, adequate salaries, and the involvement of the social partners; notes that any internal market regulation must take into account the social dimension, especially in terms of employment models based on self-employment, temporary employment and part-time employment;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 n (new)
Paragraph 7 n (new)
7n. Emphasizes the necessity for the Member States to comply with the applicable driver's working hours and rest periods, the legally permissible working hours and the crediting of all with the work associated activities as working time, as well as the necessity to monitor the compliance with European standards of occupational health and safety protection, including the conditions inside vehicles for all persons responsible for the delivery
Amendment 55 #
2013/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 o (new)
Paragraph 7 o (new)
7o. Stresses the need to improve geographical coverage and accessibility to universal service for delivery of parcels in rural and remote areas.
Amendment 57 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the existing regulatory framework is fully transposed, implemented and enforced, with particular attention to the Postal Services Directive, EU competition law, the Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Consumer Rights Directive;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that the effective enforcement of the legal framework also depends on the surveillance by national regulators of the legal obligations of postal operators, in particular regarding the universal service obligation under Directive 97/67/EC;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to make full use of the European Youth Guarantee and of cohesion policy financing instruments as a support measure, and recalls that these types of temporary employment should act as stepping stones towards permanent work;
Amendment 121 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Urges the Member States to halt the decline in spending on support for youth employment and education; stresses that funds and instruments from the guarantee system should be used preferentially to this end; considers that the Member States should also use cohesion policy resources as a support measure, and that such resources should specifically target projects that support youth employment and education;
Amendment 127 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights that strong partnerships draw on synergies between financial and human resources and contribute to sharing the cost of lifelong learning which is particularly important in times of austerity, and which will help to halt the decline in public investment in youth employment and education; recalls that partnerships also have a positive impact on education and training by contributing to improving their quality and accessibility;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that the collective switching has already shown some positive benefits for consumers; calls on the Commission to explore study on the collective switching schemes and evaluate possible benefits of the collective switching in energy sector for consumers as well as risks that might be associated with it;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that measures enabling consumers to switch energy supplier without possibility of imposing penalties for the breach of contracts should be implemented at the EU level;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Notes that energy sector is very technical and quite complicated for consumers to understand; believes that, with regard to the Working Group Report on Transparency in EU Retail Energy Markets, the same price components should be present in the offer, the contract and the bill and the presentation of this data should be aligned
Amendment 40 #
2013/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Agrees with WG Report on Transparency in EU Retail Energy Markets that comparison tools and websites can be a good tool for consumers if run in independent, transparent and trustworthy manner; welcomes the idea of verifying the accuracy and objectivity of price comparison tools through on line trust mark; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of such trust mark for comparison tools and websites at the EU level
Amendment 12 #
2013/0302(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) With reference to the process of harmonising technical requirements for inland waterways in the EU and associated costs, systematic efforts must be made to even out the disparities in the state of inland waterway infrastructure between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ Member States, since the 'new' Member States’ infrastructure is clearly much less developed and consequently also less economically beneficial.
Amendment 57 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 113 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 8 – paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 114 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may exempt certain vehicles or classes of vehicles of categories M1 and N1 from the obligation to install eCall in- vehicle systems set out in Article 4, if following a cost/benefit analysis, carried out or mandated by the Commission, and taking into account all relevant safety aspects, the applicinstallation of those eCall in- vehicle systems proves not to be appropriate to the vehicle or class of vehicles concernedindispensable for further improving road safety, due to the fact that the class of vehicles concerned is designed primarily for off-road use or does not have an appropriate triggering mechanism. Those exemptions shall be limited in number.
Amendment 115 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 setting out the exemptions referred to in paragraph 1. Those exemptions shall cover vehicles such as special purpose vehicles and vehicles without airbags and be limited in number.
Amendment 123 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point 6
Annex – point 6
Directive /46/EC
Annex XI – appendix 1 – item 71
Annex XI – appendix 1 – item 71
Amendment 236 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 point a a (new)
(aa) a framework for the protection and recognition of safety, environmental and labour standards and Social Dialogue in the port services industry;
Amendment 348 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) social requirements, including but not limited to health and safety obligations, fair terms of employment, decent living and working conditions including social protection and professional training, and the respect of collective bargaining agreements.
Amendment 219 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 2 – point s
Article 2 – point s
' ticket price' means the full price paid for a ticket and including the air fare, and all applicable taxes, charges, surcharges and fees paid for all optional and non-optional services included in the ticket; Air carriers shall ensure that ticket price discrimination against passengers on the grounds of country of reservation is fully eliminated;
Amendment 447 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In Article 14, the following paragraph shall be inserted: 1a. The operating air carrier shall provide the passengers with clearly legible and transparent information about passenger rights and contacts for help and assistance on electronic tickets and electronic and printed versions of a boarding card.
Amendment 216 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a minimum number of recharging points for electric vehicles are put into place, at least the number given in set an indicative national target of public recharging points to be put into place by 31 December 2020. When doing so, Member State shall either tablke in Annex II, by 31 December 2020 at the to consideration Annex II or explain how and on the basis of which data and forecasts the indicative target has been calculatestd.
Amendment 223 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 233 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Slow public recharging points for electric vehicles shall comply with the technical specifications set out in Annex III.1.1. by 31 December 2015 at the latest.
Amendment 237 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Fast recharging points for electric vehicles shall comply with the technical specifications set out in Annex III.1.2. by 31 December 2017 at the latest. All fast recharging points that entered into operation before [the entry into force of this Directive] shall comply with the technical specifications set out in Annex III.1.1. and III.1.2. by 31 December 2027 at the latest.
Amendment 272 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall not explicitly prohibit electric vehicle users from buying electricity from any electricity supplier regardless of the Member State in which the supplier is registered. Member States shall ensdeavoure that consumers have the right to contract electricity simultaneously with several suppliers so that electricity supply for an electric vehicle can be contracted separately.
Amendment 275 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 10
Article 4 – paragraph 10
10. Member States shall ensure that prices charged at publicly accessible recharging points are reasonable and do not include any penalty or prohibitive fees for recharging an. Price reductions for electric vehicle by the user notusers having contractual relations with the operator of the recharging point must be clearly indicated and explained.
Amendment 8 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that protecting minors from exposure to online gambling should remain a major policy objective; underlines the need to implement EU-wide standards for age and identity verifications to prevent underage gamblers from accessing remote gambling products; points out that some national models for the adoption of identification measures show clear evidence of having reduced the negative impact of online gambling; stresses, therefore, the importance of sharing best practices between the Commission and the Member States;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to include in its recommendations on responsible gambling advertising a ban on advertising for online gambling services aimed at minors, in particular on social media;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to set up a common, EU-wide self-exclusion program whereby players can voluntarily and in a simple manner exclude themselves from all gambling websites operating in the EU; this feature should be made clearly visible on all websites offering online gambling services;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that almost 2 % of the European population suffers from gambling addiction; is concerned that easy access to online gambling websites is likely to increase this percentage, especially among young people; considers, therefore, that efficient preventive measures should be enforced, such as the implementation of strict deposit limitupper limits on deposit or bet amounts or maximum hourly limits on losses;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that online gambling, owing to its easy accessibility, poses much greater risks to vulnerable consumers and particularly young people, and that this form of addiction is less visible than is the case with traditional gambling;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the important role of education and awareness-raising on the subject of online gambling and its consequences among minors; calls for operators to be obliged to display clear, prominent and explicit warnings to minors stating that it is illegal for them to engage in online gambling;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for limits to be imposed on financial transfers from the accounts and credit cards of minors to the accounts of gambling companies;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that defining a non-harmful format for advertising and rules on its dissemination is key to preventing people under 18 from gambling and combating problematic and compulsive gambling;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Believes that advertising must be carried out in a socially responsible manner and should contain explicit warnings concerning the consequences of compulsive gambling;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges operators, as a compulsory requirement, to include, on the homepage of gambling websites, a link to online information about gambling addiction and opportunities to obtain related professional assistance;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for more cooperation at European level, under the coordination of the Commission, to identify and prohibit online gambling operators engaged in illegal activities such as match-fixing or betting on competitions involving minors;
Amendment 71 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to conclude an ambitious binding agreement with third countries in the framework of the Council of Europe in the fight against organised crime involved in match fixing to combat the manipulation of sports results; while considering the feasibility for a global body dealing with match fixing, where all relevant actors would meet, exchange information, coordinate actions;
Amendment 78 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the form taken by advertising for online gambling varies between the Member States or is not regulated at all;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the setting of ceilings, improved clarification, self-restricting instruments, information on programmes for prevention and treatment and the regulation of misleading advertisements create the conditions for early intervention in the event of problematic or pathological gambling;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas gambling is associated with serious negative social phenomena, the consequences and cost of which are more difficult to estimate than the economic benefit gained from the gambling sector;
Amendment 92 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a general ban to prevent sportspersons and organisers of sporting events from placing bets on their own matches or events; calls on sports associations to use education campaigns and codes of conduct to educate – from an early age – sportspersons, referees and officials on the illegality of manipulating sports fixtures;
Amendment 94 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a general ban on betting on events involving minors; believes that operators should not offer bets on tournaments or competitions involving minors;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Warns that sports betting on parts of events or matches poses a risk to the integrity of sports;
Amendment 98 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that cooperation and information exchange between Member States, their regulatory bodies, sports associations, international sporting organisations, Europol and Eurojust be reinforced to combat criminal activities in cross-border online gambling activities.
Amendment 105 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that negotiations concerning cooperation must be launched with third countries and international sporting organisations in order to combat match fixing;
Amendment 190 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission always to include experts who are specialised in problem and pathological gambling in expert groups and consultations;
Amendment 198 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Is of the opinion that cooperation and the exchange of best practice between national experts from the social and health spheres who specialise in pathological and problem gambling should be strengthened at European level;
Amendment 236 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 262 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to continue to explore measures at the EU levelin depth new ways to protect vulnerable consumers, including formalised cooperation between regulators, and the introduction of an online trustmark for legal operatorsthe setting of ceilings, improved clarification, self-restricting instruments, information on programmes for prevention and treatment, the regulation of misleading advertisements and the introduction of an online trustmark for legal operators; also calls on the Commission to evaluate the effectiveness of existing measures at EU level;
Amendment 281 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the unquantifiable scope of compulsive gambling points to the need for additional research and data, and therefore calls on all Member States to carry out further studies to understand problem gamblingCalls on all Member States to carry out further studies on research into and the occurrence, origins and treatment of gambling addiction and to use the available data to set a high level of consumer protection;
Amendment 293 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to consider legislation to create an EU-wide self- exclusion register, accessible by national authorities and licensed gambling operators, so that any customer who chooses to exclude him- or herself from one gambling operator has the opportunity to be automatically self-excluded from all other licensed gambling operators; stresses that the principle of self-exclusion must be supplemented by simple access to information on specialist help and special advisory agencies in the Member States;
Amendment 316 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. NotesIs of the view that the workshop agreement published in February 2011 by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)1 could serve as a basis forone of the ways of identifying the content of common standards;
Amendment 332 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the viewStresses that common standards for online gambling should address include, withe rights and obligations of both the service provider and the consumer, including by means ofegard to the development of problem or pathological gambling, measures to ensure a high level of protection for players, particularly minors and other vulnerable persons, and the prevention of misleading advertisementsing;
Amendment 337 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that restricting certain kinds and means of dissemination of advertising is crucial in order to stop people under 18 from gambling and prevent the rise of problem or pathological gambling;
Amendment 342 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for the introduction of common minimum requirements for advertising online gambling in order to protect vulnerable groups of consumers;
Amendment 343 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Takes the view that advertising must be carried out in a socially responsible way and should, inter alia, include a clear warning about the consequences of pathological gambling;
Amendment 345 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls on the Commission to work together with experts in problem and pathological gambling in order to investigate the possibility of restricting certain kinds of advertising; takes the view that a ban on misleading advertising, crediting bonuses or boosting demand by involving players who are already registered would help to protect minors and other vulnerable groups;
Amendment 356 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for customer support always to be made available in a player’s mother tongue and all texts to be written by native speakers of the relevant languages;
Amendment 125 #
2012/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasises that, due to the findings of various surveys, consumers are concerned on a long-term basis about possible differences in the quality of products with the same brand and the same packaging which are distributed in the Single Market;
Amendment 126 #
2012/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Considers that consumers in different Member States do not enjoy access to the same level of quality when buying products with the same brand and packaging in the Single Market; stresses the fact that any form of discrimination of consumers is not acceptable;
Amendment 127 #
2012/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Draws attention to the fact that issue may not relate only to food but also to other consumer goods;
Amendment 128 #
2012/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission to carry out a meaningful investigation into this issue that would enable to evaluate whether there is a need for adjustment of existing Union legislation; calls on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and consumers about outcomes of the investigation;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that the common criteria (non-discrimination, fulfilment of the transport contract, exact and accessible information in good time, and appropriate assistance without delay in the event of problems and possible compensation), together with the ten specific passenger rights listed in the Commission communication, form a core of rights cutting across modes;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the precondition to safety and security, including both the technical safety of the transport equipment and the physical safety of passengers has to remain the prerogative;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites public authorities, national consumer protection agencies, and organizations representing all passengers to launch similar campaigns;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on carriers to make greater efforts to inform passengers more fully; considers that information must be provided in time and be readily understandable, exact, and completaccurate, simple, neutral, complete and easily accessible, and that, as regards possible travel problems, passengers must be made aware of their rights at the outset, when they book a trip, having the possibility to choose from all the EU official languages;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on carriers to provide information about passenger rights on the travel ticket, especially the contacts for help and assistance;
Amendment 69 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that adequately staffed info points and help desks, whose staff is sufficient and adequately trained to respond to persons with reduced mobility needs, be set up at places of departure and arrival (airports, railway stations, bus terminals, and ports) and that both carriers and the operators of the above facilities provide more comprehensive assistance to passengers, including in the event of massive travel disruption;
Amendment 96 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to enable the current law on price transparency and unfair commercial practices to be implemented and enforced effectively, in accordance with Directive 2011/83/EC, and to ensure that the headline price corresponds exactly to the final price and that no unreasonable extra costs (e.g. handling charges or a charge for payment by credit card) are added just before a purchase is made;
Amendment 100 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that price discrimination against passengers on the basis of their country of residence is more thoroughly investigated and, where identified, fully eliminated;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that EU passenger rights law is still not being applied and enforced in the same way in all transport modes and in all parts of the EU, a fact which not only creates uncertainty for passengers wishing to exercise their rights, but also impedes fair competition among carriers;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that accessibility has direct impact on quality of health and social life of older persons who often face mobility, sensory or mental impairments affecting their ability to travel and to remain an active participant in society;
Amendment 112 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to use all its powers including the infringement procedure when necessary to make the national enforcement bodies work more closely together, adopt more uniform working methods, and exchange information intensively at national level and EU-wide with a view to networking and to implementing the relevant EU legislation more consistently;
Amendment 124 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to use its influence in order to provide joint complaint-handling machinery for the national enforcement bodies in the form of a central electronic clearing-house; believes that the clearing-house should advise passengers lodging complaints and, to save time and costs, refer them to the appropriate national enforcement body; recommends, as regards the information and advice to be obtained through the clearing-house, that a standard e-mail address be adopted and an inexpensiv free EU-wide hotline set up;
Amendment 146 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to ascertain where the structural and procedural flaws lie within the national complaint-handling services and eliminate them, and to ensure that the laws are implemented in conjunction with the planned EU measures in the area of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and effective collective redress mechanism to ensure that passengers can exercise their rights for an affordable, expedient and accessible Europe-wide system, with the proviso that passengers must continue to have the option of appealing to the courts;
Amendment 151 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points to the need, as far as all modes are concerned, for a clearersingle and unambiguous definition of the term ‘extraordinary circumstances’, as this would enable carriers and national enforcement authorities to apply the rules more consistently and ensure that citizens could be informed to more useful effect about their rights; calls on the Commission to draw up the necessary legislative proposals;
Amendment 164 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls onUrges the Commission to considerdeclare what action to take should airlines go bankruptit envisages to take to oblige the air carriers for a final guarantee to cover liabilities towards air passengers in the case of insolvency, bankruptcy or removal of an operating licence, and draws attention in this connection to its resolution of 25 November 2009;
Amendment 184 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on carriers to give the utmost attention to passenger safetysafety and security, including both the technical safety of the transport equipment and the physical safety of passengers and train their staff to cope with emergencies;
Amendment 195 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
21. (new) Notes that the category of persons with disabilities or reduced mobility is not homogeneous and that their accessibility and assistance needs are various;
Amendment 203 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Maintains that the transport infrastructure must be such as to enable people with disabilities or reduced mobility to have access without discrimination to all means of transport;and in accessible formats (e.g. Braille, easy-to- read) to all means of transport and at all stages of the travel, from being able to book a ticket, access the platform, get in the vehicles to being able to lodge a complaint if needed, as regards the cases in which unaccompanied people with disabilities are denied boarding on account of safety regulations, draws attention to the judgment handed down by a French court in January 2012;
Amendment 224 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission to create new models of communication embodying passenger representative bodies, carriers and transport stakeholders in order to promote the principle of intermodality in practice;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the eCall emergency call is generated automatically via the activation of in-vehicle sensors which, when activated, establish voice and data connection directly with the relevant Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs);
Amendment 10 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas eCall provides benefit to road users travelling abroad who may be unfamiliar with the roads and their exact location in the case of accident;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas eCall allows emergency calls to be made without language difficulties by virtue of the digital data enclosed in the Minimum Set of Data (MSD) message format, which is likely to reduce misunderstanding and stress, and helps to eliminate language barriers between the vehicle occupants and the PSAP operator, which is important in the European multi- language environment;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Directive 2010/40/EU includes "the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall" among its priority actions and sets the obligation for the Commission to adopt by the end of 2012 the common specifications for the upgrading of the PSAPs;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas Member States remain responsible on the type of organisation for the PSAPs receiving the eCalls, be it a public organisation or a private organisation acting under public delegation;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Realisation of Interoperable In-Vehicle eCall in Europe has been signed up to date by 22 Member States, 5 Associated States, and more than 100 organisations; whereas two more Member States have expressed their support to a mandatory deployment of eCall;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas numerous studies and projects based on scientific methodology carried out so far the positive safety effects of eCall;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's recommendation of 8 September 2011, and urges Member States and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to implement its measures at the latest by the end of 2014; regrets, however, that only 18 Member States responded in time; calls on remaining Member States to do so as soon as possible;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that if the introduction of eCall is left to market forces, eCall will only benefit people who can afford high- end vehicles, whereas a mandatory introduction of the system embedded in all vehicles would lead to lower costs and universal deployment EU-wide;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that the Commission's Impact Assessment shows that the adoption of regulatory measures with a view to a mandatory introduction of eCall is at present the only option to achieve all positive effects;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to propose any other regulatory measure necessary to avoid additional delays, which will result in fatalities that could have been prevented;
Amendment 78 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Considers that, while Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is an important method for taking complex decisions related to investments and technology take-up, this approach could also be criticised when an important part of the analysis involves estimating the value of human life;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration while assessing the impact of the deployment of the eCall in the EU not only the investment and operational costs but also the social benefits resulting from the deployment of the eCall;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Calls on the Commission to consider whether the eCall system should be extended to include other vehicles in the near future, such as Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs), buses and coaches and powered- two-wheelers (PTW);
Amendment 81 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls on the Commission to set up clear rules on liability of stakeholders involved in the eCall system;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Amendment 89 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the fact that establishment of a voice connection between vehicle occupants and PSAP operator in the case of emergency call enables due to mutual communication to eliminate unnecessary departures of emergency services , i.e. in case of a light accident;
Amendment 97 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Appreciates MNOs willingness to handle eCalls like any other 112 calls and suggests that they and also Member States should report on a yearly basis to the Commission on the progress made and the difficulties encountered, in particular in relation to the eCall flag;
Amendment 100 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Supports the intensive work done within the HeERO project (Harmonised eCall European Pilot) on the pilot cross- border authentication of the eCall and calls the Commission to provide adequate funding to the HeERO II project;
Amendment 118 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that appropriate rules should be included for the processing of personal data relating to eCalls, not only by MNOs but also by all other actors involved, including vehicle manufacturers, PSAPs and the emergency services and ensuring respect for the principles of privacy and data protection; stresses that any upcoming legislation should clarify the responsibilities under Directive 95/46/EC of the different actors involved in the eCall as well as the modalities for providing information to data subjects and for facilitating the exercise of their rights;
Amendment 124 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that the owner or leasee of the vehicle should decide, as an informed consumer, who gets access to its data regarding private eCall services;
Amendment 149 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Requests that a standard eCall interface, so called "eCall button", which is easily identifiable also for persons with disabilities, should be inserted in all vehicles in order to avoid misunderstanding and possible misuse of the system; calls on the Commission and European Standardisation Organisations to propose a harmonised standard for such manual triggering mechanism;
Amendment 150 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission to assess the possible impact of the eCall on the public health systems expenditures; in this regard, calls on the Member States to agree on a harmonised definition of serious injuries;
Amendment 96 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Cross-border distance sales of tobacco facilitate access to tobacco products of young people and risk to undermine compliance with the requirements provided for by tobacco control legislation and in particular by this Directive. Common rules on a notification system are necessary to ensure that this Directive achieves its full potential. The provision on notification of cross-border distance sales of tobacco in this Directive should apply notwithstanding the notification procedure set out in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of thshould be prohibited, as they facilitate Cyouncil of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services. Business to consumer distance sale of tobacco products is further regulated by Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts, which will be replaced by Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, as of 13 June 2014g people's access to tobacco products, and risk undermining compliance with the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 377 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending toprohibit outlets established on their territory from engageing in cross- border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:to consumers located in the Union.
Amendment 395 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 400 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 405 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Amendment 410 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Amendment 36 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A number of technical standards and, requirements on vehicle safety and environmental standards have been adopted within the Union. It is however necessary to ensure, through a regime of unexpected roadside inspections, that after being placed on the market, vehicles continue to meet safety standardsremain technically roadworthy throughout their lifetime.
Amendment 46 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Since the proper performance of tyres is closely linked to their inflation pressure, the extension of the mandatory fitment of tyre pressure monitoring systems as defined in UNECE1 Regulation 64.02 to commercial vehicles should be considered and, if appropriate, the function of these systems should be checked at technical roadside inspections. ___________ 1 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Amendment 49 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In the interests of keeping time wasted to a minimum and increasing overall efficiency, we should call for the establishment of a roadworthiness test in compliance with social legislation on road transport activities, i.e. Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport1, Directive 2006/22/EC, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport2, Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods and the European Agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR). ______________ 1 OJ L 102, 11.04.06, p.1. 2 OJ L 370, 31.12.85, p.8.
Amendment 66 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘commercial vehicle’ means a motor vehicle and its trailer intended for the transport of goods or passengers for professional purposesthe carriage of goods by road in vehicles for reward;
Amendment 76 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
14a)‘operator’ means an individual or legal entity which operates the vehicle as its owner or is authorised to operate the vehicle by its owner;
Amendment 99 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 106 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
When identifying vehicles to be subject to a technical roadside inspection, inspectors shall select as a priority vehicles operated by undertakings or operators with a high- risk profile as referred to in Article 6(2). Other vehicles may be selected for inspection when there is a suspicion that the vehicle presents a risk to road safety.
Amendment 111 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
a) check the roadworthiness certificate and roadside inspection report, where available, kept on board in accordance with Article 7(1); , where available, and its validity on the basis of the proof of test referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No … of XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC. the inspector shall also check the roadside inspection report, where available;
Amendment 113 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
b) carry out a visual assessment of the technical condition of the vehicle and of its cargo. (This amendment applies to the text as a whole. If it is adopted, the phrase ‘assessment of the condition of the vehicle’ will have to be replaced with ‘assessment of the technical condition of the vehicle’ throughout the text.)
Amendment 123 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- the weight of the vehicle and how its cargo is stowed
Amendment 133 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Mobile inspection units shall include appropriate equipment for carrying out a roadside inspection, including at least the equipment necessary to assess the condition of the brakes, steering, suspension and, emissions and weight of the vehicle.
Amendment 139 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The inspector mashall systematically subject a vehicle to an inspection of the cargo securing in accordance with Annex IV, except in cases where this is technically impossible. The follow-up procedures referred to in Article 14 shall also apply in case of major or dangerous deficiencies related to cargo securing.
Amendment 141 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Any major deficiency revealed by an initial or a more detailed inspection shall be rectified without delay and in the vicinity of the inspection spoa location with the requisite equipment as close as possible to the place in which the initial or more detailed inspection was carried out.
Amendment 152 #
2012/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Rules laid down in accordance with paragraph 1 shall include penalties for failure by a driver or operator to cooperate with the inspector and to rectify deficiencies detected during an inspectionfor the illegal use of a vehicle resulting from non- compliance with Article 14.
Amendment 204 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For the purpose of implementing, applying and enforcing Directive 96/71/EC the competent authorities shall take into account factual elements characterising the activities carried out by an undertaking in the State in which it is established in order to determine whether it genuinely performs substantial activities, other than purely internal management and/or administrative activities. Such elements may include inter alia:
Amendment 215 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 234 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that the information on the terms and conditions of employment referred to in Article 3 of Directive 96/71/EC which are to be applied and complied with by service providers are made generally available in a clearfree of charge in a clear, comprehensible, comprehensive and easily accessible way at a distance and by electronic means, in formats and by web standards that ensure access to persons with disabilities and to ensure that the liaison offices or the other competent national bodies referred to in Article 4 of Directive 96/71/EC are in a position to carry out their tasks effectively.
Amendment 134 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Strongly believes that major regional airports with consistent year-round traffic, which make a demonstrable contribution to economic development, revitalisation of industry and employment in their region, should be included in the TEN-T Core Network, especially those with high- volume connectivity with third countries and intra-European traffic, and which contribute to the multimodal character of transport in their region, and those regional airports which can serve to relieve bottlenecks;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2182(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the awareness on the part of the Commission that citizens have insufficient access to information and help; calls therefore on the Commission to adapt communication to the needs of ordinary citizens to the fullest extent possible, for instance by making all public consultations by the Commission available in all EU official languages.
Amendment 5 #
2011/2180(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that employability and the development of a broader range of skills suitable for the labour market must be a top priority in order to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity goals; Strongly supports university exchanges involving students and lecturers, the University- Business dialogue, apprenticeships and the skills passport in this regard;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2180(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that mobility among university lecturers broadens the education and experience of not only the lecturers themselves, but also, indirectly, of their students, and that it enables them to collaborate in the preparation of study materials;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2180(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that ECTS conditions may vary at individual universities; takes the view that these variations in conditions could discourage students from participating in university exchanges; notes, therefore, that clear, uniform rules should be put in place with a view to ensuring that students are better informed, for example by fixing the number of credits required to register for the subsequent term;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2180(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Takes the view that students should be clearly informed, before the beginning of the exchange, of the number of eligible credits required to successfully complete the course;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that there is still a group of citizens, particularly those of retirement age, who have insufficient access to online services; therefore highlights the difficulties faced by this group of citizens in accessing eGovernment services; is of the opinion that the use of eGovernment services should not deepen the digital divide or increase social disparities;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, in developing infrastructures and services under the eGovernment Action Plan, optimum levels of protection for personal data must be ensured in order to prevent any unauthorised tracking of personal information such as medical status, data on shopping habits or health records;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that supporting an increase in basic information and communications technology (ICT) literacy and overcoming the accessibility gap and differences in the technical equipment used by citizens are basic requirements for ensuring that all citizens can use ICT;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that complete information detailing passengers’ rights should be communicated in the language used during the booking of the ticket, and in a simple, appropriate and, understandable and neutral way throughout the key stages of the journey, starting from when the passenger is considering whether to book a ticket, and that the Commission should establish for this purpose a central internet site accessible in all the languages of the European Union and including a version for passengers with disabilities;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers it essential to this end that airlines make their contact details available so that passengers may submit complaints by telephone, e-mail or post;
Amendment 67 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to propose the obligation for air carriers to provide for a final guarantee to cover the liabilities of air carriers towards passengers, including compulsory insurance for airlines, voluntary insurance for passengers, which airlines would be obliged to offer, and the establishment of a guarantee fund in the case of insolvency, bankruptcy or removal of an operating licence;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to draft a proposal, the specific aim of which would be to provide compensation to passengers in the event of the bankruptcy of an airline, and which would establish financial and administrative arrangements – including the principle of the mutual responsibility for passengers of all airlines flying the same route with available seats – to ensure that passengers stranded at non-home airports could return home; further calls on the Commission to propose, when reviewing Council Directive 90/314/EEC on package travel, package holidays and package tours, the extension of measures for the return or re-routing of affected passengers;
Amendment 73 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of extending such measures to airlines which have ceased operations and caused passengers similar inconvenience to that caused by airlines which go into bankruptcy;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective implementation and enforcement of the existing legislation on price transparency and to require that the advertised price is a fair reflection of the final price and that price discrimination against passengers on the basis of their country of residence is more thoroughly investigated and, where identified, eliminated;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. In this regard, further calls on the Commission to develop a unified, complete and detailed system to assess the probative value of evidence submitted by airlines in order to demonstrate the existence of 'exceptional circumstances';
Amendment 41 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- whereas the quality of road infrastructure, which has a direct impact on road safety, differs significantly across the EU and whereas more than 70 percent of road accident deaths in the Member States occur on the urban and rural roads, stresses that efficient financing from the Cohesion Fund into this type of infrastructure has to be further promoted in line with the principles of social and territorial cohesion and the goal of sustainable and safe transport;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission should, as soon as possible, submit a coherent, quantitative analysis of the present situation with respect to the level of infrastructure, the density of the transport network and the quality of transport services in all EU Member States, which will provide an overview of the present situation in EU27, the main outputs from this analysis being appended to the White Paper;
Amendment 57 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. The Commission should, by 2013, submit an analysis of the present situation with respect to employment in transport and an impact study on the development of the labour market, including the quality of jobs, in relation to the changes planned by 2020, since a sustainable labour market and adequate preparation in the field of training and retraining are an important aspect of sustainable transport;
Amendment 110 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that efficient co-modality in passenger and goods transport – measured in terms of economic efficiency, environmental protection, social and employment conditions and safety aspects, and geared to existing and planned infrastructure in individual countries and regions – should be the guiding idea for future transport policy, and that these parameters should be used to determine modal distribution in countries and regions rather than retaining the proposed 300 km threshold for goods transport by roadtaken into consideration when applying the 300 km threshold for goods transport by road, while use of sustainable means of transport should be systematically promoted also on short and medium distances;
Amendment 194 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is decisive and calls for the creation of incentives to choose sustainable and physically active means of transport, where proposalsthe Commission should, be made by 2013y 2013, submit a strategy for the systematic support of non- motorised transport, which should include proposals to develop safe infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in towns, tosystematically to increase the attractiveness and double the number of cyclists and passengers on public transport, which mainly uses alternative sources of energy, and to establish e-tickets for multi- modal travel, and where pricing policy should be considered as an incentive and emphasis should be placed on accessibility (physical, temporal and financial) for users, especially in towns and conurbations;
Amendment 195 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is decisive and calls for the creation of incentives to choose sustainable means of transport, where proposals should be made by 2013 to develop infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in towns, to double the number of passengers on public transport, which mainly uses alternative sources of energy, and to establish e- tickets, including integrated pricing management systems, for multi-modal travel, and where pricing policy should be considered as an incentive;
Amendment 208 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the basic rules on passenger rights should be laid down in a Charter of Passengers’ Rights for all forms of transport, and therefore expects, by 2013, such a proposal which takes into account the specific characteristics of carriers and past experience, while the rights of disabled passengers should be covered by a separate chapter in the Charter;
Amendment 221 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Calls for a research and development programme which is specifically aimed at sustainable and safe mobility to be established and financially supported, with the aim of:
Amendment 228 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 2
Paragraph 11 – indent 2
– creating intelligent, interoperational and linked systems for transport guidance, supporting SESAR, Galileo, ERTMS, PIDS, SafeSeaNet, LRIT and ITS and, providing the required funding and creating an effective control mechanism for their efficient use;
Amendment 252 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the fact that direct improvementchanges to, and the standardisation of, loading units and the dimensions of transport vehicles wshould optimisedemonstrate benefits in terms of fuel savings, emission reductions and increased road safety while facilitating multi- modal transport;
Amendment 263 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Amendment 275 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
– a 40% increase in the number ofby 2014, a plan to be submitted for an increase in the number and quality of existing parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles on the Trans-European Road Network (TERN), according to the specific conditions in each Member State compared with 2010 figurvalues;
Amendment 297 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 4
Paragraph 15 – indent 4
– an improvement in the initial and further training of persons employed in the transport sector, and in access to those professions, in order to harmonisimprove the working conditions and salariesmake the sector more attractive;
Amendment 346 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Amendment 27 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas market fragmentation not only makes it difficult for regulated providers to supply legal offerings on a cross-border basis, but also makes it virtually impossible to protect consumers, guard against the negative effects of compulsive gambling and combat the crime associated with gambling,
Amendment 51 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Internet gambling and betting involve a greater risk of addiction and dangers than, and whereas the onset of addiction is less visible than is the case with traditional physical, location- based gambling,
Amendment 58 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the latest authoritative theories on compulsive gambling assert that the availability and accessibility of gambling services are – alongside an individual's personal inclinations – important factors in the formation of an addiction,
Amendment 63 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 94 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 7
Paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) that a considerable proportion of government revenue from gambling is used for publicly beneficial and charitable purposes, including for the prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling, the costs of which are currently covered by public health insurance;
Amendment 109 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 148 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists, however, that Member States which open up the Iinternet gambling market must ensure complete transparency and make non-discriminatory competition possible; suggests, in this instance, to the Member States that they introduce a licensing model which makes it possible for any European gambling provider meeting the conditions imposed by Member States to apply for a licencnon-discriminatory licensing procedures under which licences are not granted automatically and are revocable at any time;
Amendment 212 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges, in this context, the adoption of common standards to protect persons under the age of 18, entailing the imposition of mandatory restrictions on financial transactions conducted using payment facilities, on the basis of information regarding the customer's identity (the blocking of transfers from accounts or payment cards belonging to persons under the age of 18), and on transfers of funds between gambling accounts on Internet sites hosting on-line gambling, as well as other measures;
Amendment 213 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Urges, in this context, the adoption of common standards legally requiring operators to place notices on on-line gambling sites stating that it is illegal for persons under the age of 18 to gamble, to provide information on high-risk behaviour and compulsive gambling and to provide links to national specialist advice bodies and to healthcare institutions offering treatment for compulsive gambling;
Amendment 217 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus on research examining the incidence, formation and treatment of gambling addiction, to collect and publish statistics on Internet gambling markets and gambling addiction in the EU;
Amendment 219 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls, at the same time, on national regulatory bodies to cooperate with the Commission in conducting a preliminary comparative economic and legal study of the situation in individual EU Member States that examines the impact of on-line gambling on public health, budgets and the rights of third persons (in particular co-dependents and creditors);
Amendment 224 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Draws attention to the direct costs borne by health systems in connection with the treatment of compulsive gambling, and therefore calls on Member States to provide specialist follow-up outpatient treatment in order to reduce as much as possible the rate of relapse into gambling addiction;
Amendment 234 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that betting on, in particular, minor-sports competitions and sections of matches may represent a risk to the integrity of sport; is therefore of the view that sport fraud and betting fraud should be penalised throughout Europe;
Amendment 270 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers, at the same time, that advertising of gambling poses a problem in that it increases supply and stimulates consumption, thereby increasing the risk of addiction; recommends, therefore, that explicit warnings on the dangers of compulsive gambling be included in such advertisements;
Amendment 271 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Expresses its concern at the presence of advertisements for on-line loans on Internet gambling sites; recommends, therefore, restricting access to such on- line loans;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the CAP reform of 2003 and the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy of 2008 have substantially increased the transparency and efficiency of the CAP and farmers’ own responsibility and market orientation; whereas this process must be continued and, as a counterpart, the administration of the CAP must be significantly further simplified, and this must be applied in practice too, in order to reduce the burden on farmers and administrations,
Amendment 109 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas a two-pillar CAP should be retained, and both pillars should be complementary,
Amendment 161 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the agricultural sector and farmers, besides providing for food security, also have other multifunctional roles to play in creating new opportunities in the rural economy, maintaining the landscape, and influencing biodiversity, the environment, water management and the impacts of climate events and climate change; whereas their social function and their role in creating social values in rural areas should be taken into account,
Amendment 165 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas rural development ias an important instrumen horizontal issue is an essential part of the CAP and whereas the new programmes should be geared even more strongly to the priority objectives of rural development and of farmers (employment, added value, the agricultural environment, water, climate change, cooperation, innovation and education),
Amendment 190 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas activities in rural areas must be diversified for agriculture to become more efficient and competitive; whereas economic activities in rural areas should be spread so that rural areas do not suffer from depopulation,
Amendment 434 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition to a uniform area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region;
Amendment 449 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that Member States which currently apply the simplified Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) should switch to the single farm payment system with entitlements; calls for support in making the conversionhave the option of continuing to do so;
Amendment 551 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and, suckler cows, pigs, poultry, hops and potato starch), for area-based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up10% to 105% of direct payments;
Amendment 587 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 30 June 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and, extremely remote areas and frontier areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture land;
Amendment 598 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be made only to active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tconsiders that, in this respect, current EU legislation already incorporates the instrumendts it in orneederd to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and variousaddress the problems of granting direct payments for farmland, but the existing laws must be better enforced in practice; considers that if a narrower definition of ‘active farmer’ is necessary, the decision should be left to the Member States to take in accordance with their national needs and specificities, subject to a pre-defined degrees of part- time) are classified as active farmingflexibility;
Amendment 685 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly either by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedures or by the voluntary greening of direct payments up to a rate of 10%;
Amendment 711 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the resources allocated to greening to be reserved, in connection with direct payments, for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greening;
Amendment 722 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 743 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Realises that resources from the first pillar (as for a top-up model) should be used to pay for this environmental component; believes, however, that Member States where direct payments lie below the EU average should be given the option of making the payment by means of cofinancing from the first pillar or instead by means of financing entirely from the second pillar; observes that the Member States must notify the Commission of their decision on thConsiders that the green component of direct payments should be funded from a single source financing by 31 July 2013; notes that individual Member States’ modulation resources should be used all Member States;
Amendment 903 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that the use of these instruments which have been described should be triggered only by a political assessment by the EU legislaturein justified cases of crisis in the market and, where possible, on the basis of predetermined criteria;
Amendment 1000 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Acknowledges that in the WTO negotiations the EU has offered to abolish export refunds, albeit with the proviso that other trading partners (particularly the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) also bring their export support into line with WTO rules; calls for the EU likewise to formulate a systemcorresponding system, for example for export credits, which complies with WTO rules;
Amendment 1068 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Is aware ofEmphasises the importance and the horizontal role of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, for agriculture and related sectors and balanced territorial development, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growth, employment and climate, added value and climate improvement measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers;
Amendment 1099 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Calls for a strong, well funded, second pillar of the CAP that will reflect the current needs of rural development;
Amendment 1117 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decided by the Member States in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should applmust be coordinated with the cofinancing rules within the cohesion policy;
Amendment 1157 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing rate appears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to retain the existingconsider applying biophysical criteria for demarcation of disadvantaged areas in such a way as not to lead to undesirable changes;
Amendment 1165 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Welcomes the contribution of the second pillar to the implementation of the partnership principle and calls on the Member States to support it and apply it more widely when preparing targeted measures in the context of the second pillar;
Amendment 1185 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 1207 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 1220 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. CStresses the importance of real simplification of the CAP, reduction of the administrative burden and interconnection of the administrative and implementing rules across the EU funds (e.g. VAT eligibility for certain types of beneficiaries); calls for simplification and a review of the cross-compliance rules for the second pillar, considers simplification of the current indicator system to be necessary and takes a critical view of the introduction of quantitative targets;
Amendment 1230 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes greater coordination at EU level of EU funds; advocates, however, that the fundscalls for this coordination to be preserved as politically autonomous instrumentsflected in real terms in mechanisms for drawing on the EU funds, namely in measures targeted at rural development support;
Amendment 1254 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Observes that there is a need for action with regard to national tax law applicable to farms in order to distribute the tax burden more evenly over a period of years and to consider the introduction of uniform rules for taxing payments, grants and subsidies from the CAP;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2044(INI)
D. whereas the EU legal framework protecting passengers’ rights needs to guarantee a minimum standard of consumer protection that is able to withstand evolving commercial practices such as add-on charges, and to include cases of bankruptcy and insolvency of airline companies; whereas the Union should react to new multimodal mobility patterns;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the coherent and harmonised implementation and enforcement of passenger protection throughout the Union is of key importance for travelling citizens, including people with reduced mobility, as well as for ensuring a level playing field for transport operators;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that open, transparent and regular dialogue is a basic precondition for greater involvement of civil society in the process of shaping legislation and governance;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to give greater support to dialogue and communication with civil society in the form of public consultations and urges it to adapt this form of communication as much as possible to the needs of the ordinary citizen;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration, in its review of the public consultation mechanism, the fact that most public consultations are conducted only in English, which discriminates against other EU citizens who do not speak English; requests the Commission to make all public consultations available in all EU official languages;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration, in its review of the public consultation mechanism, the wholly inadequate level of participation by civil society in these consultations; requests the Commission to adopt measures to ensure that substantially more European citizens take part in future public consultations than have done hitherto;
Amendment 307 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4d paragraph 5
Article 4d paragraph 5
5. Where tThe host Member State fails to take a decision within the time limits set out in the paragraphs 2 and 3 or to request additional information within one month from the date of receipt of the European Professional Card by the home Member State, the European Professional Card shall be deemed to be validated by the host Member State and to constitute recognition of the professional qualification to the regulated profession concerned in the host Member Stateshall acknowledge receipt of an application for validation of the European Professional Card within a period of five days.
Amendment 333 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 (new)
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4f – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4f – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the professional is fully qualified to exercise in the home Member State the professional activity for which partial access may be granted in the host Member State;
Amendment 438 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point e
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 7
Article 14 – paragraph 7
7. The aptitude test referred to in paragraph 1 shall be organized at least twice a year and aMember States shall ensure that applicants have the possibility of sitting the aptitude test referred to in paragraph 1 no later than 6 months after the date of imposition of a compensatory measure on a specific applicant for recognition. Applicants shall be authorized to resit a test at least once if they failed a first test.".
Amendment 681 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 43
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 43
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 57 – paragraph 4
Article 57 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and the Commission shall take accompanying measures in order to ensure that points of single contact make the information provided for in paragraph 1 available in oall ther official languages of the home state and also, as a minimum, in the procedural languages1 of the Union. This shall not affect the legislation of Member States on the use of languages in their territory. __________________ 1 Procedural languages of the Union = English, French, German
Amendment 688 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 57 a – paragraph 4
Article 57 a – paragraph 4
4. All procedures shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2006/123/EC relating to the points of single contact. Any time limits for Member States to be compliedy with procedures or formalities set out in this Directive shall commence at the point when an complete application has been submitted by a citizen to a point of single contact.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 4
Business-as-usual is therefore not an option. Research and innovation, driven by policy objectives and focused on the key challenges, shall contribute substantially to achieve the Union's targets of limiting global temperature increase to 2ºC, and cutting 60 % of CO2 emissions from transport, drastically reduce congestion and accident costs, and virtually eradicating. In order to achieve those targets by 2050, it is essential to lay down more specific, concrete provisions for the period up to 2020. That requires, first and foremost, an ambitious reduction in emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases from transport (compared with 2009 figures). Such emission reductions will be determined for each mode of transport, in accordance with the 20-20-20 targets. Research and innovation must also lead to the internalisation of external costs by 2020, drastically reduce congestion and accident costs, and make every effort to make progress towards the target of zero fatalities in road transport by 2050 and halve the number of road deaths by 20520.
Amendment 90 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b – paragraph 2
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b – paragraph 2
The focus of activities shall be to reduce congestion, improve accessibility and match user needs by promoting integrated door-to-door transport and logistics; to enhance inter-modality and the deployment of smart planning and management solutions; adapting road infrastructure to unprotected road users and the needs of an ageing society; identifying benefits that ITS and cooperative systems can bring for infrastructure safety management; and to drastically reduce the occurrence of accidents and the impact of security threats.
Amendment 92 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b a (new)
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b a (new)
(ba) Safety needs shall be addressed in order to maintain a balance between high-tech solutions and other solutions, including innovative road design and new techniques and technologies for enforcement.
Amendment 93 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b b (new)
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b b (new)
(bb) The Commission should encourage the Member States to monitor normal traffic through a set of performance indicators and make use of the results of the EU-funded SafetyNet research project.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b c (new)
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b c (new)
(bc) Safe walking and cycling should be one of the objectives of safety management, supported by research and development into new innovative approaches.
Amendment 487 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) – title (new)
Article 5 a (new) – title (new)
Article 5a Specific objectives in the field of education and training
Amendment 488 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) – introductory wording (new)
Article 5 a (new) – introductory wording (new)
In addition to the objectives of the programme set out in Articles 4 and 5, the programme shall pursue the following specific objectives in the field of education and training:
Amendment 489 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) – point 1 (new) – introductory wording (new)
Article 5 a (new) – point 1 (new) – introductory wording (new)
1. In the field of Comenius (school education), the programme shall aim to:
Amendment 490 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) – point 1 (new) – point a (new)
Article 5 a (new) – point 1 (new) – point a (new)
(a) To enhance and increase partnerships between schools, including cooperation through partnerships between educational establishments in the European Union and in third countries.
Amendment 537 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) IT support platforms, including e- in particular eTwinning, covering all educational sectors and youth allowing peer learning, virtual mobility and exchanges of best practices and opening access for participants from neighbourhood countries. These instruments cannot of course replace learning mobility, which forms the basis for the programme.
Amendment 545 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) – introductory wording (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) – introductory wording (new)
1a. In the field of Comenius (school education), the actions described in paragraph 1 shall include inter alia:
Amendment 546 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) – point a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) – point a (new)
(a) mobility of pupils in the context of the partnerships described in points (a) and (ba) of paragraph 1 and point (a) of this paragraph, including long-term mobility for a period of up to one year ;
Amendment 146 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience with the current financial framework shows that many Member States, which are eligible to the Cohesion Fund, are facing significant obstacles in delivering on time complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects with a high Union added value. Therefore, in order to improve the delivery of transport projects, in particular cross-border ones, with a high Union added value, part of the Cohesion Fund allocation (EUR 10 billion) should be transferred to finance transport projects on the transport core network in the Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facility. The Commission should support Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund to develop an adequate pipeline of projects in order to give greatest possible priority to the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund. The Commission should ensure that no distortion of the national allocations is possible. The Commission should at the same time provide necessary coordination and assistance to the eligible Member States in order to remove administrative and bureaucratic barriers and ensure transparent process of selection of the projects.
Amendment 125 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Projects of common interest should demonstrate a clear European added value. Cross- border projects typically have high European added value, but may have lower direct economic effects compared to purely national projects. Therefore, they are likely not to be implemented without Union intervention.
Amendment 198 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'European added value' means, in relation to a project, the value resulting from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would otherwise have been created by Member State action alonein terms of the project's contribution to achieving the objectives set out in Article 4;
Amendment 431 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) rivers, canals and lakes comply with the minimum requirements for class IV waterways as laid down in the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) on the new classification of inland waterways and ensure continuous bridge clearance in full compliance with the provisions laid down in Article 42.
Amendment 437 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) Rivers, canals and lakes shall guarantee good navigation status through close coordination and standards on minimum service levels as regards the navigation function, waterway infrastructure maintenance and safety across waterways.
Amendment 761 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 2023 at the latest, the Commission shall carry out a review of the implementation of the core network, evaluating compliance with the provisions laid down in this Regulation and the progress in implementation. At the duly justified request of two or more Member States concerned, a partial review, including a change to or an extension of the core TEN-T network in accordance with the appropriate methodology, may be carried out by the Commission within three months of receipt of such a request.
Amendment 839 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
To transfer the Prague-Lovosice high- speed rail link from the comprehensive to the core TEN-T network;
Amendment 840 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
To add Karlovy Vary airport to the comprehensive TEN-T network;
Amendment 841 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Amendment 860 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
To transfer the Prague-Lovosice high- speed rail link from the comprehensive to the core TEN-T network;
Amendment 861 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
To add Karlovy Vary airport to the comprehensive TEN-T network;
Amendment 862 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
To transfer the Prague-Linz rail corridor from the comprehensive to the core TEN- T network;
Amendment 42 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
Recital 88
(88) In order to supplement and amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of a code of conduct on the objectives and criteria to support the implementation of partnership, the adoption of a Common Strategic Framework, additional rules on the allocation of the performance reserve, the definition of the area and population covered by the local development strategies, detailed rules on financial instruments (ex ante assessment, combination of support, eligibility, types of activities not supported), the rules on certain types of financial instruments set up at national, regional, transnational or cross- border level, rules concerning funding agreements, transfer and management of assets, the arrangements for management and control, the rules on payment requests, and establishment of a system of capitalisation of annual instalments, the definition of the flat rate for revenue generating operations, the definition of the flat rate applied to indirect costs for grants based on existing methods and corresponding rates applicable in Union policies, the responsibilities of Member States concerning the procedure for reporting irregularities and recovery of sums unduly paid, the modalities of exchange of information of operations, the arrangements for the adequate audit trail, the conditions of national audits, the accreditation criteria for managing authorities and certifying authorities, the identification of commonly accepted data carriers, and the criteria for establishing the level of financial correction to be applied. The Commission should also be empowered to amend Annex V in order to address future adaptation needs. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
Recital 90
(90) The Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, as regards all CSF Funds, decisions approving the Partnership Contracts, decisions on the allocation of the performance reserve, decisions suspending payments linked to Member States' economic policies, and, in the case of decommitment, decisions to amend decisions adopting programmes; and as regards the Funds, decisions identifying the regions and Member States fulfilling the Investment for growth and jobs criteria, decisions setting out the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations to the Member States, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's CF allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Structural Funds allocation for food for deprived people, decisions adopting and amending operational programmes, decisions on major projects, decisions on joint action plans, decisions suspending payments and decisions on financial corrections.
Amendment 114 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2 Technical assistance and research measures implemented at the initiative of, or on behalf of, the Commission may be financed at the rate of 100%.
Amendment 115 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Net revenue generated after completion of an operation over a specific reference period shall be determined in advance by one of the following methods:
Amendment 116 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 117 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The eligible expenditure of the operation to be co-financed shall not exceed the current value of the investment cost of the operation less the current value of the net revenue, determined according to one of thesethis methods.
Amendment 118 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 119 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The Commission shall adopt the methodology under point (b) by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 143(3).
Amendment 136 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt a decision by implementing actdecision setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Cohesion Fund allocation for the whole period shall be adopted by the ordinary legislative procedure. The Cohesion Fund allocation of each Member State shall be reduced accordingly.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Support from the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be implemented in accordance with Article [13] of Regulation (EU) […]/2012 on establishing the Connecting Europe Facility35 in respect of projects listed in Annex 1 to that Regulation, giving greatest possible priority to projects respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund and assuring that no distortion of the national allocations is possible. The Commission shall provide necessary coordination and assistance to the eligible Member States in order to remove administrative and bureaucratic barriers and ensure transparent process of selection of the projects.
Amendment 33 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 176 of the Treaty provides that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is intended to help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union and thus enhance the principle of territorial cohesion. The ERDF therefore contributes to reducing the gap between the levels of development of the various regions and the extent to which the least favoured regions, including rural and urban areas, declining industrial regions, areas with severe and permanent natural and demographic handicaps, such as islands, mountainous areas, sparsely populated areas and border regions, are lagging behind.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The ERDF should contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy, thus ensuring greater concentration of ERDF support on the priorities of the Union. According to the category of regions supported, the support from the ERDF should be concentrated on research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises and, climate change mitigation and sustainable transport infrastructure development. The degree of concentration should take into account the level of development of the region as well as the specific needs of regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Within the framework of sustainable urban development, it is considered necessary to support integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social, social and mobility challenges affecting urban areas and to define a procedure to establish the list of cities covered by such actions and the financial allocation set aside for such actions.
Amendment 41 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) A shift towards sustainable mobility - based on multimodal transport, integrated transport systems and diversion of international and transit traffic out of the city centres - is crucial to achieve its EU 2020 targets, given that transport accounts for 24 % of all CO2 emissions in the Union and transport in the Union has seen its emissions increase by 34 % since 1990. The sustainable mobility will require major investments, e.g. in bypassing urban areas, promotion of modern and environmentally friendly public transport, intelligent traffic management systems as well as public logistic platforms or intermodal terminals.
Amendment 64 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In more developed regions, the ERDF shall not support investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of environment, transport, and ICT., with the exception of climate-friendly, cross-border and cohesion-boosting links;
Amendment 76 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 50% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in out in point 1, 3, 4 and 47 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] .
Amendment 101 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
(e) promoting low-carbon strategiesand sustainable mobility strategies, intermodal transport systems and their interoperability, research and planning for urban areas;,
Amendment 116 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) supporting a multi-modal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) network, while not underestimating the basic physical infrastructure needs in line with the principle of solidarity and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 125 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
(c a) d) completing basic transport infrastructure in less developed regions in order to improve territorial and social cohesion, boost employment, create sustainable and interoperable transport system, deploying environmentally efficient transport and improving transport safety, convenience and accessibility for Europe´s citizens;
Amendment 130 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) e) developing comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railway and inland waterway systems;
Amendment 139 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For programme-specific result indicators, baselines shall use the latest available data and targets shall be fixed for 2022, but mayand shall be expressed in both quantitative orand qualitative terms.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF shall support, within operational programmes, sustainable urban development through strategies setting out integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social, social and mobility challenges affecting urban areas.
Amendment 148 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the existence of a strategy for integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social, social and mobility challenges affecting urban areas.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Trans-European transport network projects financed by the Cohesion Fund are to comply with the guidelines adopted by Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network9. In order to concentrate efforts, priority should be given to projects of common interest as defined in that Decision after their precise definition and delimitation of their key objectives.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to address the specific needs of the Cohesion Fund, and in line with the Europe 2020 strategy that cohesion policy should support the principle of territorial cohesion and the need to deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth11 , it is necessary to set out investment priorities within the scope of the thematic objectives laid down in Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].
Amendment 36 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) basic transport infrastructure in order to improve territorial and social cohesion, boost employment, create sustainable and interoperable transport system, deploying environmentally efficient transport and improving transport safety, convenience and accessibility for Europe’s citizens;
Amendment 41 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a – point v
Article 3 – point a – point v
(v) promoting low-carbon strategiesand sustainable mobility strategies, intermodal transport systems and their interoperability, research and planning for urban areas;,
Amendment 47 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point i
Article 3 – point d – point i
(i) supporting a multi-modal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network, while not underestimating the basic physical infrastructure needs in line with the principle of solidarity and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 56 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point iii
Article 3 – point d – point iii
(iii) developing comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railway and inland waterway systems;
Amendment 59 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – point e a (new)
(e a) strengthen the Commission’s coordination role (MOVE and REGI DG´s) in order to contribute to better funding efficiency and stimulate the full potential of the Cohesion fund;
Amendment 61 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. For programme-specific result indicators, baselines shall use the latest available data and targets shall be fixed for 2022, but mayand shall be expressed in both quantitative orand qualitative terms.
Amendment 140 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) ‘recording equipmenttachograph’ means the equipment intended for installation in road vehicles to display, record, print, store and output automatically or semi-automatically details of the movement of such vehicles and of certain work periods of their driversthe activities of drivers, as well as of data recorded by the tachograph;
Amendment 149 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j
j) ‘daily work period’ means the period comprising the driving time, all other periods of work, the periods of availability, breaks in work and periods of rest not exceeding nine hours.
Amendment 160 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 3a (new)
Article 3a (new)
Article 3a Essential requirements 1. Tachographs, tachograph cards and record sheets must meet stringent technical, functional and other requirements so as to ensure that they fulfil the essential requirements set out in paragraph 2 and that the objectives of this Regulation are achieved. 2. In order to ensure effective monitoring of compliance with applicable social legislation, the tachograph must meet the following basic requirements: a) it must record and produce accurate and reliable data on the activities of the driver and of the vehicle; b) It must be secure in order to guarantee the integrity and origin of data recorded by and retrieved from vehicle units, motion sensors and tachograph cards; c) It must be interoperable; d) it must be user-friendly; 3. Tachographs must be produced and used in such a way as to ensure privacy and the protection of personal data. 4. Tachographs shall be positioned in the vehicle at driver’s eye level and in such a way as to allow the driver to access the necessary functions from his seat. 5. Downloading of data shall be performed with an acceptable delay to transport undertakings or drivers. 6. Downloading of data may not alter or delete stored data. The downloading of the detailed speed file may not be necessary to ensure compliance with Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, but it may be used for other purposes, such as monitoring compliance with speed limits, investigating road traffic accidents and transport research.
Amendment 200 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The data may only be stored by the control authorities for the duration of a roadside check, and shall be deleted at the latest two hours after this has concluded, provided that no offence has been detected. The deletion shall apply to the personal data of the driver, whereas the vehicle identification and other technical parameters may be used subsequently in drafting statistics for the needs of national control authorities or of the European Commission.
Amendment 218 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. For the purpose of certifying that the installation of the recording equipmenttachograph took place in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation, an installation plaque affixed as provided in Annexes I and IB shall be used. Furthermore, the European Commission must add rules on the position of such plaques in buses and coaches.
Amendment 228 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall withdraw approval, either temporarily or permanently, from fitters and workshops failing to meet their obligations under this Regulation. In the event that they repeatedly fail to meet their obligations under this Regulation, the European Commission shall impose a lump-sum penalty on the offending workshops.
Amendment 271 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. An authoris certified inspecting officer may check compliance with Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 by analysis of the record sheets, of the displayed or, printed or downloaded data which have been recorded by the recording equipmenttachograph or by the driver card or, failing this, by analysis of any other supporting document that justifies non-compliance with a provision, such as those laid down in Articles 24(2) and 33(2) of this Regulation.
Amendment 28 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Directive 2009/39/EC foresees that specific provisions could be adopted regarding the two following specific categories of food falling within the definition of foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses: ‘food intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, especially for sportsmen’ and ‘food for persons suffering from carbohydrate metabolism disorders (diabetes)’. With regard to food intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, no successful conclusion could be reached as regard the development of specific provisions due to widely diverging views among Member States and stakeholders concerning the scope of the specific legislation, the number of sub-categories of the food to be included, the criteria for establishing composition requirements and the potential impact on innovation in product development. ‘Food intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, especially for sportsmen’ should therefore be regulated under Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements1 in order to improve the functioning of the internal market and to provide a higher level of consumer protection. It is necessary to support innovations while maintaining a high level of consumer protection. As regards special provisions for food for persons suffering from carbohydrate metabolism disorders (diabetes), a Commission report concludes that the scientific basis for setting specific compositional requirements is lacking. ____________________ 1 OJ L 183, 12.7.2002, p. 51.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Taking into account relevant technical and scientific progress, the Commission should be empowered to update the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation. This should foster innovation in the sector of food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes, which must not occur at the expenses of product safety.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
Amendment 121 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In order to allow for an efficient and safety-oriented monitoring, food business operators that are placing foods referred to in Article 1(1) on the market shall notify the competent authority of the Member State(s) where the product is being marketed by providing a sample/model of the label prior to the placing on the market of their products; the competent authority of the respective Member State(s) shall make their rules of procedure for notification available to the public.
Amendment 134 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 142 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Milks intended for young children By ...*, the Commission shall, after consulting the European Food Safety Authority, present to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the desirability of special provisions regarding the composition and labelling of milks intended for young children. In the light of the conclusions of that report, the Commission shall either: (a) decide that there is no need for special provisions regarding the composition and labelling of milks intended for young children; (b) present, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 114 TFEU, any appropriate proposals for amendments to this Regulation and amend the relevant delegated acts to include the special provisions concerned, in accordance with Article 15 of this Regulation. ____________ * OJ: please insert the date: 2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation
Amendment 12 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of the EU- China High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue; calls for the EU and China to meet twice each year to strengthen their dialogue, in particular on investments, provision of services, intellectual property rights, standards, public procurement, product safety, compliance with rules on the registration and use of trademarks and access to raw materials;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned that due to the lack of a freely accessible commercial register there is a shortage of trustworthy information about commercial partners in China; emphasises the importance of reliable information as an essential condition for a good business climate;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that not all Chinese firms are authorised to trade in foreign currency; supports China in taking further steps towards full convertibility of the Chinese yuan;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the efforts made by China in aligning national standards with international standards; is concerned, however, that ever more specific national standards and certification procedures are being introduced, creating new technical barriers to trade;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the need for simplification of the procedure for obtaining a mandatory business certificate for European enterprises; is concerned at the risk of disclosure of information and know-how during this procedure; regrets that the procedure is still unclear, untransparent and liable to divergent interpretations;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises the untapped potential of the Chinese market for the provision of services from the EU; notes also that tourism represents an important aspect of mutual relations between the two markets in the service sector; calls therefore for the removal of barriers to the provision of services and for the promotion of tourism;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to increase consultation and dialogue with civil society; calls on the Commission to adapt dialogue and communication to the needs of ordinary citizens to the fullest extent possible, for example by making all its public consultations available in all EU official languages or by using language in such a way that the ordinary citizen can understand;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to achieve the Single Market need to concentrate on the concerns and rights of citizens, consumers and SMEs, and in particular to present and to communicate these issues to the public more effectively, in order to overcome the current ‘European fatigue’;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls upon the Member States and the Commission to promote communication with citizens to ensure their rights are widely understood and enforceCommission and the Member States to adapt communication to the needs of ordinary citizens to the fullest extent possible, for example by making all public consultations by the Commission available in all EU official languages or by using language in such a way that the ordinary citizen can understand;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of training civil servants in Single Market rules, market surveillance and product safetyCalls for support for training programmes for public authorities and consumers in the field of EU legislation underpinning the Single Market which aim to ensure they acquire a better understanding of their rights and corresponding responsibilities;
Amendment 178 #
2010/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the programme does not sufficiently analyse the causes of market fatigue or the expectations of Europe’s citizens from a revived Single Marketcauses of market fatigue and the expectations of Europe’s citizens from a revived Single Market are not sufficiently analysed, and that the Commission’s communication with citizens, whether at central level or through regional representations in the EU Member States, is unsatisfactory both in its form of language and in the communication channels employed;
Amendment 255 #
2010/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point d
Paragraph 17 – point d
d) to develop an effective communication policy on the Single Market Act, based on a policy audit assessing its tangible benefit (tangibility) to citizensimprove the communication strategy towards end users so that citizens will be better informed about the benefits of the Single Market, the focus being mainly on the advantages offered them by the Single Market and on the resolution of their everyday problems (such as, for example, bank charges, comparison of the prices of goods, and so on);
Amendment 177 #
2010/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to push forward the key Smart Regulation elements (such as cutting administrative burdens by 25% in 2012 and planning a post 2012 strategy) and implement systematic application of independent assessment and SME test both at EU and national level;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it crucial that the Member States keep up their efforts to involve Roma children and youth in education, and to ensure their long-term participation therein, for instance by offering special training for school staff and providing after-school support and scholarships; this process should actively involve local authorities in the Member States and give a signal to the non-profit sector to include in its activities programmes to integrate Roma people into society;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the EU budget for actions in the field of road safety in recent years has been reduced significantly, and calls on the Commission to counteract this trend;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers it necessary in this connection to harmonise the often divergent methods of monitoring and evaluating direct and indirect road safety indicators in the various Member States, as a result of which the results derived from these indicators may vary;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recommends in the context of the European Charter that the role of the newly created position of National Correspondent be used to bring about more effective coordination of national road safety strategies;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission in this connection to provide greater support for the introduction of so-called black boxes for road vehicles, which have a proven positive impact on road safety;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to draw up within two years definitions of the terms ‘critically injured’, ‘seriously injured’ and ‘slightly injured’ with a view to making comparisons of measures and their impact in the Member States possible, and to standardise the monitoring of direct and indirect road safety indicators, which has a direct influence on the quality of monitoring and evaluation of the impact of measures taken;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the development of a genuine EU road safety monitoring centre whose task it would be to collate data from existing databases and the knowledge gained through the implementation of EU projects such as SafetyNet or DaCoTa and make it available to everyone in a readily comprehensible, annually updated form;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that care, consideration for others and mutual respect and observance of rules, which is directly related to the need for systematic improvement in the quality of training by driving schools and the quality of the procedure for issuing driving licences, are fundamental to road safety;
Amendment 65 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights that the behaviour of road users is directly linked not only with traffic education in period of obtaining a driving license, but from awareness and education of road users from childhood onwards in general;
Amendment 68 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that greater importance should be attached to the concept of lifelong learning starting at school including cycling and walking in the area of road transport as well;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that greater importance should be attached to the concept of lifelong learning in the area of road transport as well; , and therefore supports the activity of safe driving centres as an effective form of systemic training of drivers in all occupational and leisure- time contexts;
Amendment 75 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for education of road users that driver training shall take into account learning/teaching of defensive driving as obligatory;
Amendment 141 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Wholeheartedly supports the Commission’s proposal to make EU funding available as a matter of principle only to infrastructure projects which comply with EU directives on road safety and tunnel safety, including the construction of lower-class roads;
Amendment 252 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for greater account to be taken of the protection of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists, children and elderly people, as an integral aspect of road safety, which must be included as one of the significant types of activity in society, such as education in the family or in school;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that a highly skilled and educated labour force is one of the most significant of competitive advantages and, that high-quality vocational education and training contributes fundamentally to the creation of a functioning single internal market, and that these should be constantly adjusted to the needs and developments of the European labour market by cooperation and more dynamic exchanges among all stakeholders;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to reinforcexamine the interaction between the existing qualification systems, such as Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications, the Bologna Pprocess in higher education and the European Qualifications Framework;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that it is important to remove all barriers to labour mobility from anfacilitate mobility of workers within the internal market perspective; points out the significance of the Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications and calls on the Commission to take account, on the basis of the ongoing review of the directive in order to strengthen European vocational education and training, to reform the existing systems for the recognition of professional qualifications;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European Parliament to support and broaden European programmes for the mobility of learners, in particular the Leonardo da Vinci programme, with a view to promoting greater mobility of trainees in the single market;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for support to be given to cross- border links and communication platforms between educational institutions and employers for the purpose of exchanging best practices in the context of the Services Directive;Does not affect English text.
Amendment 27 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls therefore for an increase in the overall funds available for TEN-T through earmarking cohesion funding for transport projects (currently 23.7% of cohesion resources) and the dedication of an amount within this for the core TEN-T network, thus increasing EU added value, and for TEN-T funding to be made conditional upon the concentration of national funding on, and the systematic application of the tools of Directive 2008/96/EC to, the TEN- T core network;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for improvements in the mutual recognition of professional qualifications in the tourist industry in order to make it easier for both skilled workers and people changing careers to find work in the industry, but only on condition that the removal of these barriers does not result in a deterioration in the quality of the services provided, including the provision of tourist services by workers from third countries;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to support the proposal by the hotel industry to harmonise the classification of hotels andonsiders a harmonised classification of hotels throughout the EU to be a key element in the development of tourism, and therefore calls on the Commission to take the legislative action if such harmonisation cannot beneeded to achieved throughout the EUis;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. At the same time, calls for efficient follow-up and management of existing EU programmes, enabling them to reach their full potential by providing sufficient resources, and for support for an integrated approach to tourism;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to support barrier-free and age-adapted tourism and introduce a European quality label for tourist destinations which make barrier- free travel possible for the elderly and the disabled; notes that with this aim in view the Calypso programme should be assessed, in conjunction with stakeholders, and, if appropriate, continued..
Amendment 60 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of collaborating with non-EU countries, including through partnerships, and in particular with the BRIC countries which represent a market of several million potential new tourists; , and of supporting, as a follow-up to that collaboration, the creation of combined tourism products thanks to which Europe will be perceived by tourists from more distant countries as a more homogeneous region (for example, collaboration at the level of the Visegrád Group countries, the states of the Baltic region or the Mediterranean countries);
Amendment 68 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to consider alternative ways of simplifying the issue of touristreview the current policy on the issue of tourist visas and to propose a long-term strategy presenting alternative ways of simplifying and harmonising the procedure for issuing these visas, such as ‘group tourism visas’ for group organisers, which would facilitate travel to EU countries not only from countries with which so-called facilitation agreements have been concluded, but also from other rapidly developing economies;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks for improved mutual recognition of professional qualifications in the tourist industry so as to allow both those already working in the sector, and those planning to do so, to find the best job opportunities; in this context, recommends in particular that instruments be developed to assist small and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism sector, especially with regard to the vocational training of their employees and the creation of new jobs;
Amendment 185 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Emphasises, moreover, the potential of social tourism (‘tourism for all’), which promotes social inclusion with the possibility of mobility by providing intercultural exchanges for all social groups, including young people, families, elderly people and people with reduced mobility;
Amendment 226 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Encourages the Commission to foster a progressive reduction in the seasonal nature of tourism by continuing to build on the results, so far positive, of the preparatory action ‘Calypso’; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to press ahead with an exchange programme allowing specific categories of people, starting with the most disadvantaged, such as the elderly, the disabled and low- income families, to take holidays, particularly during the low season and even travelling across national borders;
Amendment 237 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses the importance, under a new EU strategy on disability, of taking access for the disabled into account, and not just in regard to transport but also in regard to accommodation, catering and tourist services in general, and of subsequently providing clear information about the measures taken;
Amendment 75 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages cooperation with practitioners, in both Member States and third countries, in drawing up and implementing external cultural policies which will respect and support the values of European cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the early years of childhood are critical for brain, physical and cognitive development, and language acquirement, and also lay the foundations for lifelong learning, and notes that ECEC supports the healthy mental and physical development of children;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RecogniStresses that parents, both mothers and fathers, are collaboratoequal partners in ECEC; recognises that ECEC services should be fully participative, involving all staff, parents and, where possible, children themselves;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages Member States to integrate ECEC services, withproviding support for their development and activities and, at the same time, better coordination between the different ministries working on early childhood policies and programmes;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of an efficient, safe, affordable and sustainable transport network in achieving lasting urban regeneration and points out that carefully considered regional and urban planning also forms an essential element in this, as a basic precondition for a well- functioning and sustainable transport system;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly supports the use and promotion of integrated urban mobility plans (urban travel plans), corporate and school mobility plans) taking account of key criteria such as safety and the impact on residents' quality of life, the environment and economic efficiency;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers integrated ticketingransport systems to be vital for urban mobility and calls on the Commission to promote best practice with regard to existing schemes within the Union;
Amendment 36 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the vital importance of safe transport infrastructure to the regions and cities of Europe and calls on the Commission to provide innovative financing solutions for its development, taking account of key criteria such as safety and the impact on residents' quality of life, the environment and economic efficiency;
Amendment 48 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. in view of the proven, unequivocally positive influence of systematic support for non-motorised forms of transport in towns and cities, recommends further that particular attention be paid, in line with the impact on human health and the sustainable development of transport systems, to these forms of transport in urban areas;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Further notes the potential of the Cohesion Fund for possibly reducing the marked differences in road transport safety levels in towns and cities in the different Member States; in view of the number of deaths and injuries on the roads each year, considers that safety should be a criterion in planning, funding and other activities connected with sustainable mobility.
Amendment 37 #
2010/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the need to further analyse price differences in the EU, in order to ensure price transparency for consumers, without prejudice to national fiscal and labour market rules; stresses that maximising consumer information should play a key role in comparisons of prices of products and services throughout the EU;
Amendment 48 #
2010/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a fragmented payment system is an obstacle to trade; calls on the CommissionNotes with concern that interchange fees currently act as a hidden tax both on traders and above all on consumers; calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures without delay in order to improve SEPA in orderand to develop a basic payment service available for all cards, increasing transparency in transaction costs and reducing interchange fees, and to ensure faster bank transfers within the EU;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes with concern that existing legal instruments are not being fully used, especially by SMEs, to uphold their rights, due to economic dependency and concern of losing business; asks the Commission, Member States and business federations to identify ways to restore confidence and facilitate access to judicial systems, including the possibility of anonymous complaints;
Amendment 134 #
2010/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that, rather than proposing legislation, alternative and informalalls on the Commission to take the necessary steps without delay to introduce Europe-wide alternative dispute resolution and redress mechanisms should be explored and their effectiveness evaluated, which would be an effective means of resolving disputes both for consumers and for retailers;
Amendment 145 #
2010/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Expresses concern at the pressure exerted by supermarket chains to drive foodstuff prices down to the lowest levels at the expense of quality, which may be a contributory factor in the deteriorating health of the population and the consequent increased health service expenditure in various Member States; considers that consumer ínformation and education should play a key role in resolving this problem;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to continue improving the accessibility, both person- to-person and electronic, of PSCs and the quality and relevance of the information given to service providers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the information given by PSCs is available in several languages;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the PSCs are still barely known by service providers; calls on the Commission andto earmark appropriate funds in its draft budget for 2012 for an information campaign on this service; calls on the Member States to launch information campaigns as soon as possible directed at all those concerned;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to provide the Commission and the European Parliament on a regular basis with the statistical data required to evaluate the work of the PSCs and their impact at European level; calls on the Commission to lay down clear criteria for the evaluation of the PSCs. These criteria should be based on both quantitative and qualitative indicators;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a new
Paragraph 22 a new
22a. Calls on the Commission to consider tourism as a very important tool of European integration and recognition of all forms of cultural heritage including industrial heritage, traditional culture and customs. Tourism has also a great impact on health and healthy life style of European citizens and their social life. Suggests also to build on ongoing project of social tourism - Calypso and extend its focus on family with children to promote children friendly tourism in Europe. Therefore urges the Commission to prepare the flagship projects in this budget;
Amendment 2 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Since 2005, Directive 2000/25/EC foresees in Article 4(8) the evaluation of the possible need for additional flexibilities in relation to Stage III B and IV limit values. In order to provide a temporary relief to industrysmall and medium-sized undertakings in the industrial and agricultural sectors which are affected by these changes when moving to the next stage, it is necessary to adapt the conditions for applying the flexibility scheme.
Amendment 552 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Infrastructure managers may levy an appropriate charge for capacity that is allocated but not used. This charge shall provide incentives for efficient use of capacity. If there is more than one applicant for awo or more applicants request overlapping train paths to be allocated under the annual timetable exercise, a reservation charge shall be levied on the applicant to which the entire train path or a part of it was allocated but not used.
Amendment 552 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Infrastructure managers may levy an appropriate charge for capacity that is allocated but not used. This charge shall provide incentives for efficient use of capacity. If there is more than one applicant for awo or more applicants request overlapping train paths to be allocated under the annual timetable exercise, a reservation charge shall be levied on the applicant to which the entire train path or a part of it was allocated but not used.
Amendment 26 #
2010/0242(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – introductory part
The overall purpose of the European Year shall be to encourage and support the efforts of Member States, their regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society to promote active ageing and to do more to mobilise the potential of the rapidly growing population in their late 50s and above, thereby preserving solidarity between generations, promoting the perception of older people as a natural and integral part of society and highlighting the contribution that the invaluable experience they have gained over the course of their lives makes to society as a whole. Active ageing means creating better opportunities and working conditions to enable older workers to play their part in the labour market, combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in society, and encouraging healthy ageing. On this basis, the objectives shall be:
Amendment 6 #
2010/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a a (new)
Directive 97/68/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1a – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1a – subparagraph 2
Amendment 13 #
2010/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 97/68/EC
Annex XIII – section 1 - point 1.4
Annex XIII – section 1 - point 1.4
1.4 As regards engines for use in propulsion of locomotives, during the transition period between Stage III A and Stage III B an OEM may seek permission for his engine suppliers to place on the market a maximum of 1240 engines for use in propulsion of locomotives under the flexibility scheme, of which at least 20 shall be designed to be capable of operating on the UK rail network.
Amendment 26 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It is important to initiate effective campaigns to promote public debate of current initiatives. Their aim should be to build a European public space; in this context, an important role will be played both by the existing programmes which promote mobility and active citizenship and by the new forms of communication in the shape of social networking sites, which promote public debate amongst young people.
Amendment 27 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The European Commission representations and the European Parliament's information offices in the Member States together with the Commission's information networks should have a permanent role in the provision to citizens of all necessary information regarding the citizens´ initiative.
Amendment 30 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It is necessary to establish the minimum number of Member States from which citizens must come. In order to ensure that a citizens' initiative is representative of a Union interest, this number should be set at one thirdquarter of Member States.
Amendment 47 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) TWithin a period of four months, the Commission should examine a citizens' initiative and, set out its conclusions and the actions it envisages to take in response to it, within a period ofindicate which legal act or measure it considers to be appropriate to achieving the aim of the initiative. Within the same period the European Parliament shall submit a proposal four months. a hearing in its competent committee with the organising committee of the initiative.
Amendment 48 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Commission should report on the implementation of this Regulation fivthree years after its entry into force.
Amendment 53 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. “"Organiser” means a natural or legal person or organisationing committee" means a group of at least seven citizens of the Union, coming from at least seven Member States, which is responsible for the preparation and submission of a citizens’' initiative to the Commission. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 58 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 62 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 68 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In order to be eligible to support a proposed citizens' initiative, signatories shall be citizens of the Union and shall be of the age to be entitled to vote in the European electionsat least 16 years old.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The signatories of a citizens' initiative shall come from at least one thirdquarter of Member States.
Amendment 89 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In one thirdquarter of Member States, signatories shall comprise at least the minimum number of citizens set out in Annex I.
Amendment 62 #
2010/0044(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2
Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision, ‘sites’ shall mean monuments, natural, industrial or urban sites, cultural landscapes, places of remembrance, cultural goods and objects, intangible heritage attached to a place, including contemporary heritage.
Amendment 5 #
2009/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of integrating the Baltic Sea region more closely into the TEN-T priority axes, in particular with regard to the Motorways of the Sea (TEN-T 21), extension of the rail axis from Berlin to the Baltic coast (TEN-T 1) and more rapid progress in developing the Rail Baltica axis; also emphasises the need to support the interconnection of the Baltic Sea Region with other European regions via the Baltic-Adriatic corridor;
Amendment 37 #
2009/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 52 #
2009/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for this Agencye European Commission to be made responsible for drawing up European minimum standards for the training of inspection bodies and for coordinating cooperation between the inspection bodies; also considers that this Agencye European Commission should contribute to improving the collection of statistical information so as to enable more meaningful analysis of the effectiveness of enforcement and promote a harmonised approach by the Member States to enforcement issues;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the economic, social and financial consequences of the implementation of measures to combat climate change in the transport sector are still not adequately known or anticipated, like the effects of the reorganisation of this sector (for example, under the impact of modal shift); stresses that, in the light of the contribution expected to be made by the transport sector to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Commission should develop the collecting of data regarding the development of this sector, and define vulnerability indicators for its various component parts (road, rail, air and maritime transport) and specify by 2011 the costs and benefits of options for adapting this sector;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to invest in research for adapting transport to the effects of climate change and, at the same time, for green car programmes, intelligent transport systems and traffic management;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the Commission should evaluate the effectiveness of different modes of transport for the distribution of goods and ways of increasing intermodality between different modes in our cities in a new sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for European cities, based on adapting our cities to the effects of climate change;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the technologies and engineering of the transport sector need to be adapted to be able to respond to extreme climate events; asks, therefore, that the Commission invests in research to address these problems;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, with regard to instruments and financing, the action proposed in the White Paper is very vague; stresses that companies in the transport sector are already heavily taxed and that users of modes of transport also make a large contribution to the necessary financial outlay; calls on the Commission, therefore, to favour modes of financing which would not increase the costs on transport companies or the costs for usersare in line with the "polluter pays" principle, for all modes of transport;
Amendment 68 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growth, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport in terms of safety and capacity, and that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard and that the transport safety must be priority in ensuring sustainable mobility; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and collective transport, inter alia, are the way ahead for urban areas;
Amendment 182 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that in order to achieve greater effectiveness in transport policy consists in evaluat, we should assess the results of ongoing programmes (such as Galileo and ITS) and then reori, in relation to the proposed objectives. Depentding or further continuing them, as appropriate; sees a consequent need,n the results, strategy and programming should be reoriented as appropriate putting emphasis on transport safety: for example, for a new road traffic safety programme, a mid-term review of NAIADES, implementation of the Open Sky Programme and the continuation of Marco Polo in a simplified form;
Amendment 247 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises, that it is necessary to focus on research and the next steps in road safety, which should contribute to a significant improvement of the situation;
Amendment 349 #
2008/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The consumer should not bear any costs for remedying the lack of conformity, particularly the cost of postage, labour and materials, nor any costs for remedying the lack of conformity if this remedy is effected by a technically competent trader other than the final seller or the appointed service agent. Furthermore, the consumer should not compensate the trader for the use of the defective goods.
Amendment 368 #
2008/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Consumer contracts should be drafted in plain, intelligible language an, in a single font size, and should be legible. Traders should be free to choose the font type or size in which the contract terms are drafted. The consumer should be given an opportunity to read the terms before concluding the contract. This opportunity could be given to the consumer by providing him with the terms on request (for on-premises contracts) or making those terms otherwise available (e.g. on the trader's website in respect of distance contracts) or attaching standard terms to the order form (in respect of off-premises contracts). The trader should seek the consumer's express consent to any payment in addition to the remuneration for the trader's main contractual obligation. Inferring consent by using opt-out systems, such as pre-ticked boxes online should be prohibited.
Amendment 453 #
2008/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
8) 'off-premises contract' means:contract concluded away from permanent business premises' means: (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 540 #
Amendment 545 #
2008/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 and paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 and paragraph 1 a (new)
1. Member States may not maintain or introduce, in their national laws, provisions diverging from those laid down in this Directive, including more or less stringent provisions to ensure a different level of as long as they guarantee a higher degree of consumer protection. 1a. The rights resulting from this Directive shall be exercised without prejudice to the provisions of another Community act governing consumer protection.
Amendment 1303 #
2008/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. The consumer shall be entitled to have the lack of conformity remedied free of any cost. The trader who is the final seller must refund to the consumer the cost of remedying the lack of conformity where this is effected by a technically competent trader other than the appointed service agent.