Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1

Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point ii

technical problems ~~which are not inherent in the normal operation of the aircraft, such as the identification of a defect during the flight operation concerned~~such as the identification of a defect after the aircraft has been released to service and which prevents the ~~normal~~safe continuation of the operation; or a hidden manufacturing defect revealed by the manufacturer or a competent authority and which impinges on flight safety;

2013/10/09
Committee: TRAN

2013/0029(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)

(19a) In order to ensure that a new open access passenger service contributes, on balance, to the positive development of the sector, such a service should be allowed to access the market unhindered provided that it is mainly revenue-generating rather than revenue-abstracting for the rail sector, and provided that the revenue loss for the operator under the relevant public service contract is not substantial. In that context, a mainly revenue- generating service should be understood as a service whose net benefit in terms of new rail sector revenues exceeds any losses of revenues incurred by the operator under the relevant public service contract. New rail sector revenues should be understood as revenues deriving from passenger flows that are either taken from other modes or that constitute entirely new travel flows. When estimating the revenue loss of the operator under the public service contract, the regulatory body should estimate the total decrease in revenue under the public service contract assuming the new open access entry, as compared to a baseline without the open access entry, other things assumed equal. For this assessment, the regulatory body may define a threshold. In addition, total rail passenger volume, e.g. in terms of passenger-kilometres, may also be defined as a criterion in the assessment. The competent authority that awarded the public service contract should compensate the railway undertaking performing the public service contract for the losses of revenue it incurs as a result of a new open access service until the date of expiry of the PSO contract. Where the public service contract is a framework contract consisting of several individual lots, the analysis should focus on individual lots rather than on the framework contract as a whole.

2013/09/26
Committee: TRAN

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)

8i. The Commission shall adopt a legislative proposal establishing a single European regulatory body and rendering it operational by 31 December 2019. That body shall replace the network of national regulatory bodies referred to under Article 57.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

2013/0029(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. Points 5 to 8 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 20187 [in time for the working timetable starting on 14 December 20198]. The provisions of this Directive shall not require a Member State to grant, before that date, the right of access referred to in Article 10 of this directive to railway undertakings and their directly or indirectly controlled subsidiaries, licensed in a Member State where access rights of a similar nature are not granted. For the purposes of this paragraph, control shall be constituted by rights, contracts or any other means which, either separately or in combination and having regard to the considerations of fact or law involved, confer the possibility of exercising decisive influence on an undertaking, in particular by: (a) ownership or the right to use all or part of the assets of an undertaking; (b) rights or contracts which confer decisive influence on the composition, voting or decisions of the organs of an undertaking.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

2013/0028(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) To ensure sound financing to meet the objectives of public transport plans, competent authorities need to design public service obligations to attain public transport objectives in a cost-effective manner taking account of the compensation for the net financial effect of those obligations and they need to ensure long- term financial sustainability of public transport provided under public service contracts. That includes avoiding both over- and under-compensation caused by the substance of the public service obligations or the failure of the competent authority to meet its financial commitments. Public service obligations may include networks in which some services can be operated with a fair profit without financial compensation; the inclusion of such services should not result in compensation payments exceeding the amount necessary for providing the whole range of services.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

2013/0028(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) The principle of reciprocity is an important way to combat distortion of competition; this principle should be applied not only to Member States, to enable them to exclude from competitive tenders organised by the relevant authorities any firms that are registered or located in a country that does not allow the relevant authorities in its territory to award public service contracts through competitive tendering procedures, but also to companies in third countries that wish to take part in tender procedures within the Union.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. These countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) N° 539/2001. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II.

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0309(COD)

Mário DAVID, Antonio CANCIAN, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Krzysztof LISEK, Roberta METSOLA, Tunne KELAM, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Paulo RANGEL, Niccolò RINALDI, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Ismail ERTUG, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Nirj DEVA, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Arnaud DANJEAN, Adrian SEVERIN, Ivo VAJGL, Filip KACZMAREK, Elena Oana ANTONESCU, Monica MACOVEI, Dimitrios DROUTSAS, David CASA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Anne DELVAUX, Paul RÜBIG, Inese VAIDERE, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Eduard KUKAN, Kristiina OJULAND, Paweł Robert KOWAL, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Cristian Dan PREDA, Seán KELLY, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Kinga GÁL, Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS, Burkhard BALZ, Oldřich VLASÁK, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Davor Ivo STIER, Norica NICOLAI, José Manuel FERNANDES, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Bogusław SONIK, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Tiziano MOTTI, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Diogo FEIO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0309(COD)

Mário DAVID, Antonio CANCIAN, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Krzysztof LISEK, Roberta METSOLA, Tunne KELAM, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Paulo RANGEL, Niccolò RINALDI, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Ismail ERTUG, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Nirj DEVA, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Arnaud DANJEAN, Adrian SEVERIN, Ivo VAJGL, Filip KACZMAREK, Elena Oana ANTONESCU, Monica MACOVEI, Dimitrios DROUTSAS, David CASA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Anne DELVAUX, Paul RÜBIG, Inese VAIDERE, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Eduard KUKAN, Kristiina OJULAND, Paweł Robert KOWAL, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Cristian Dan PREDA, Seán KELLY, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Kinga GÁL, Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS, Burkhard BALZ, Oldřich VLASÁK, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Davor Ivo STIER, Norica NICOLAI, José Manuel FERNANDES, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Tiziano MOTTI, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Diogo FEIO, Bogusław SONIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a

(a) in point 1, the references to Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South-Sudan is inserted;

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0309(COD)

Mário DAVID, Antonio CANCIAN, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Krzysztof LISEK, Roberta METSOLA, Tunne KELAM, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Paulo RANGEL, Niccolò RINALDI, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Ismail ERTUG, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Nirj DEVA, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Arnaud DANJEAN, Adrian SEVERIN, Ivo VAJGL, Filip KACZMAREK, Elena Oana ANTONESCU, Monica MACOVEI, Dimitrios DROUTSAS, David CASA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Anne DELVAUX, Paul RÜBIG, Inese VAIDERE, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Eduard KUKAN, Kristiina OJULAND, Paweł Robert KOWAL, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Cristian Dan PREDA, Seán KELLY, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Kinga GÁL, Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS, Burkhard BALZ, Oldřich VLASÁK, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Davor Ivo STIER, Norica NICOLAI, José Manuel FERNANDES, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Bogusław SONIK, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Tiziano MOTTI, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Diogo FEIO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references

"Tuvalu*", "United Arab Emirates*" and "Vanuatu*"

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0288(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and could negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordingly. To this should be added the potential adverse effect on food product prices and the security of food product supply.

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2012/0288(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage in-depth studies and research aimed at ascertaining the potential beneficial effects of greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with low estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2012/0288(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication "Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe"11 and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe12, promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic value for other uses than biofuels or which do not impact on the environment in such a way as to compromise local ecosystems by depriving food crops of land and water.

2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE

2011/2157(INI)

Mario MAURO, Sergio BERLATO, Potito SALATTO, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Licia RONZULLI, Marco SCURRIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that full and effective respect for the freedom of religion (at individual, collective, public, private and institutional level) should be identified as a priority, particularly for all religious minorities present in the region, together with the need to provide specific assistance for these groups;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2148(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the GMES programme must guarantee continuous access to information on the environment and security issues, based on permanent space-based observation and in-situ infrastructures and making the best possible use of the resources available in Europe;

2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2011/2148(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the relevance of the GMES programme for the sustainable development of transport and transport safety, especially in the context of maritime transport and maritime surveillance and believes that the European Union must continue to play an active role in the financing and development of that programme, while also pinpointing innovative means of financing and making use of project bonds;

2011/09/14
Committee: TRAN

2011/2148(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need for clear governance in relation to space policy, making optimal use of the skills available in Europe, with effective supervisory and coordination mechanisms, in order to harmonise priorities and resources derived from national funding and from the European Union, the ESA and other European agencies dealing with space and of significance to the EU, such as the EDA;

2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2011/2148(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Points out that EGNOS is a real, operational programme; is convinced of the necessity to fully exploit this programme and make use of its applications in practice, ensuring coverage ~~of both Europe~~not just of Europe but also of the Arctic region and Africa;

2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2011/2148(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to propose a long-term financing plan that provides for the utilisation of innovative financial instruments and using project bonds and public-private partnerships and to establish an operational organisation responsible for the management and provision of data in order to enable the actual success of the programme; believes it is important to establish the agreements to be put in place with national agencies in order to maximise the interoperability and governance of the system; considers it necessary to ensure that a distinction is made between scientific use and commercial use, which requires specific structures and competences; hopes that the programme achieves its objective of being fully operational from 2014;

2011/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas EU funding for R&D&I has different degrees of significance and local impact within Europe and this variability depends both on the different scientific and technological specialisations of the Member States and on inequalities within the EU in terms of national funding capacities for R&D, industrial structures and higher education systems,

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the European Commission Green Paper defining a Common Strategic Framework (CSF) for funding in research and innovation, and considers that the new CSF core should be the articulation of ~~the EU research programmes and~~existing Community research and innovation policies and the relevant funding ~~sche~~programmes;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that EU research funds and programmes and the Structural and Cohesion Funds have different aims and, as such, should be kept separate, although on a complementary basis; they should also have synergistic goals, such as the promotion of excellence and of relations between academia, public research centres and industry in the various regions;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Draws attention to the importance of maintaining convergence policies, and asks the Commission to build stairways to excellence for those MS and regions that are underrepresented in the FP, on the basis of their respective strengths and value they could bring to the EU, by developing appropriate instruments to intensify cooperation between MS with a strong participation and those with a weaker participation, and to substantially increase human capacity building and infrastructure in the latter;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to complement its annual and multiannual work programmes with ex-ante assessments that estimate the territorial impact of the various research and innovation topics that could obtain funding, in order to ensure greater geographical balance with regard to access to funding;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that although excellence is considered one of the main general criteriona for research funding, it must be borne in mind that the nature of excellence differs with the type of participant ~~or the very nature of the research and innovation project~~ (the excellence criterion for a research institution is not the same as for an individual researcher or for an SME~~, and also differs between fundamental and applied project~~) or the very nature of research and innovation (innovation related activities such as demonstrations and large-scale pilot projects need different criteria for success);

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for a better articulation between local and regional, national and European research and innovation strategies, respecting the specificities of the different contexts and, at the same time, reinforcing the possibilities for complementarity ~~and~~, cooperation, integration and adaptation between them; believes that access to and sharing of information and results is of key importance here, and is vital also for research infrastructure, also through electronic channels;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the fact that at the core of the CSF should be the idea that the differing nature and scale of R&D&I projects, together with the multiplicity of funding schemes, must be organised in such a way that coherence, articulation ~~and~~, complementarity, fitness for innovation and simplification are ensured;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for a CSF that goes beyond a better articulation of the existing various financial instruments and underpins a new political approach and governance system that simultaneously incentivises innovation and cooperation at various crucial stages of the value chain (from material provider to end-user product) throughout Europe;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is convinced that different tasks within the CSF should be tackled separately but in close articulation: the European Institute of Technology (EIT) to operate mainly as a network of Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) to concentrate on its strength in supporting innovative SMEs and therefore not necessarily to be included in the next FP; the next FP to embrace research and innovation as a whole; and the structural/cohesion funds to be used in closer cooperation but kept separate;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the fact that more room for large-scale pilot projects and demonstration activities should be devoted in the new CSF;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for clarification, simplification and reorganisation of the different EU programmes and instruments in existence, for a clear definition of the overall funding system, and for the EU research and innovation programmes budget for the next financial period to be doubled as of 2014 (excluding the budget devoted to Structural Funds and the EIB) as the appropriate response to the current economic crisis and to the great shared challenges; reiterates the need to strengthen and develop the innovation friendly role of all EU instruments, also by means of closer cooperation with the EIB and by simplifying procedures for access to funding; suggests, therefore, a new organisational model based on three different layers of funding aimed at stability and convergence:

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Highlights the importance of maintaining appropriate instruments with which to support the development of the institutional capacity of the regions with regard to research and innovation policy, since the regional government level is a strategic link for effectively integrating FP funding with that of the Structural Funds;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. This layer is the space for overall research, fundamental and applied, and social sciences and humanities; ~~coordination participants are universities and research centres/institutes, although the industrial sector should be encouraged to participate~~encourage the cooperation between academy, public research centres and the industrial sector;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. The key words here are originality~~, quality and potential of~~ and innovativeness of the idea, scientific value of the projects, and ~~not only the possible marketed results~~of the research consortia, quality of the business plan and market potential of the product;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. The funding scheme within this layer is covered by the EU FP grants system and cooperation with Structural Funds associated with R&D&I; calls on the Commission to strengthen instruments such as the ERA-NET scheme which can help these two sources of funding to work in synergy;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recalls that the European Research Council (ERC) has proved to be successful and a strengthening element of the European Research Area (ERA); stresses the need to increase the proportion of the budget dedicated to grants to young researchers and innovative SMEs, as well to strengthen Marie Curie actions and initiatives, thus reinforcing mobility, in particular among female researchers; hopes that, in the context of Marie Curie actions and initiatives, particular attention will be paid in future to the proposals concerning research collaboration between academia, public research institutes and industry, as well as access to major research infrastructures; also calls for incentives for industrial firms to become involved in doctoral and postdoctoral research programmes; calls for the implementation of the necessary measures to cope with the precarious conditions of scientific workers, in particular female researchers, in the EU as a means to attract and retain researchers, bearing in mind that precarious working conditions (which are still more prevalent for women) constitute a bottleneck on the way to achieving excellence in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to facilitate rapid mutual recognition of academic curricula;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. This layer is the space for marketing of products and services and generation of public wealth; ~~innovative SME~~the EU strengths lies on the network of big and small and medium enterprises: innovative SMEs as well as existing innovative industrial sectors play a pivotal role here in developing novel products, technologies and services;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Takes the view that not all innovation is research-based and that not all research has innovation as its goal; believes in consequence that the proposed reorganisation should cover the full innovation cycle, from concept to market, including non-technological, eco- and social innovation and innovation in respect of services, processes and organisational aspects, promoting the implementation of mechanisms – in the field of public procurement, for example – that facilitate the widespread dissemination of innovative practices;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Believes that the future Common Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation must, above all, reflect the new approach outlined in the Europe 2020 strategy, thereby promoting more integrated governance, better coordination between the various EU institutions and greater coherence between EU policies and national and regional policies; also considers it essential that the new Innovation Partnerships receive the necessary support for their full implementation;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Considers it essential to involve firms more fully in a transparent process of setting priorities, drafting calls for tenders and assessing the projects submitted, especially in those areas that clearly offer added value for EU firms, including in the context of public-private partnerships; believes, lastly, that it is essential to step up the manufacturing sector’s involvement in research infrastructures by making them available for use by all firms, in particular SMEs;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2107(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for consolidation of multidisciplinary research and recognition of the social dimension of research; in this context, recalls that great societal challenges (such as climate change, demographic ageing and resources sustainability) ~~cannot~~should be dealt with ~~only through~~ technological responses a~~nd that therefore~~s well as with European research in social sciences and humanities ithat remains a pivotal asset in successfully addressing them;

2011/06/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that reducing administrative burdens is essential if there is to be full interoperability on Europe's railways; in particular, the authorisation procedure for rolling stock needs to be made more effective and standardised throughout the EU;

2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Recognises that Europe's railway industry is increasingly vulnerable to competition on the EU market from third- country suppliers; expresses concern at the substantial barriers in existence that block EU suppliers from bidding for public contracts in non-EU countries;

2011/09/13
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2

– a 20% reduction in noise and energy consumption for ~~rail~~unit transported by rail;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 bis (new)

- the extension of the principle of eco- bonuses to the motorways of the sea, providing incentives for a reduction in emissions achieved through maritime transport of road vehicles;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6 bis (new)

- account to be taken, within the framework of liberalisation of port services, of the special characteristics of technical maritime services, which have a direct impact on sea transport safety and environmental protection; it is hoped that any future initiative by the Commission will be preceded by careful consultation of the parties involved and will be discussed with the full involvement of all of the relevant institutions;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2096(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 3 a (new)

- the opening of the competition to all railway services, including the provisions of domestic passenger services, together with the harmonisation of the national regulatory frameworks on rail infrastructure access;

2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE

2011/2094(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Georges BACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that, in view of the level of indebtedness of companies in the railway sector in the new Member States, debt cancellation should continue to be permitted under certain conditions and in particular if such cancellation helps to ease the way to an open rail market, though distortions of competition should always be avoided;

2011/09/21
Committee: TRAN

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Patrizia TOIA, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 6 October 2010 on the flagship initiative 'Innovation Union' and to the relevant objectives,

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas a better relationship between the academic world, public research institutions and industr~~ial worlds~~y is essential for research results to be converted into products and services generating economic growth,

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes that ~~research be accelerated~~the requisite evaluation be carried out with a view to the subsequent development of research in the sectors identified in the ‘Cooperation’ chapter of FP7: health, medicine, food, biotechnology, ICT, nanosciences and nanotechnologies, materials, pollution, energy, environment (including climate change, woods and forests), ecotechnologies, CO2 capture, transport, socio-economic sciences and humanities, space and security; water research should also be a priority; all this should be carried out on a basis of full respect for Member States' legislation, in view of the ethical implications of the issues concerned; these options should not lead to direct or indirect discrimination between Member States in terms of (more or less generous) EU funding;

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes that research be accelerated in the sectors identified in the ‘Cooperation’ chapter of FP7: health, medicine, food, biotechnology, ICT, nanosciences and nanotechnologies, materials, pollution, energy (with particular reference to the SET-PLAN initiative), environment ~~(including~~and climate change, ~~woods and forests),~~ ecotechnologies, CO2 capture, transport, socio-economic sciences and humanities, space, cultural goods, space and security; water research should also be a priority;

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)

7a. Believes that, given, notably, the 2020 strategy and the objective of 'intelligent growth', it is necessary to identify common research areas among those which appear most promising in terms of concrete applications enabling the highest extent of sharing in an ethical context; such areas could form part of a common research platform financed by the EU and supported by a common network for data exchange, which should be treated as being of major importance and priority interest;

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes, in the ‘Ideas’ chapter, promising results obtained by the European Research Council (ERC) and its role aimed at enhancing the visibility and attracti~~veness~~on capacity of European research bodies; ~~stresses the need to make the ERC an independent legal entity with decision- making power, directly responsible for its own scientific strategy~~expects, therefore, the confirmation of the existing legal status of the ERC, in a context of full transparency in terms of procedures and administrative management;

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Supports, within the framework of the ‘People’ chapter, the Marie Curie Actions, which are of great value to researchers in their career; hopes that among these, particular attention will be paid in future to the proposals concerning research collaboration between the public sector (universities and public research institutes) and industry, as well as access to major research infrastructures; also hopes that there will be incentives for doctoral and postdoctoral research programmes in an industrial context;

2011/03/23
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Patrizia TOIA, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Maintains that SME clustering and cooperation between networks of SMEs, universities and public research institutes should be facilitated in order further to promote the participation of small-, medium-sized and micro-enterprises;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Proposes that research and ~~development policies be territorialised~~innovation policies should take account of the scientific expertise, industries and research institutes already present in a given region, and should help to connect them with one another, inter alia by means of structural funding;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls for recognition at regional level of the important role played by intermediary organisations (such as chambers of commerce, the Enterprise Europe Network and regional innovation agencies) as a link between innovative SMEs in each region and the Commission;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that financing of research infrastructures and demonstration projects should be better coordinated between FP7, EIB instruments, the Structural Funds and national and regional policies;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Jean-Pierre AUDY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Proposes that the concept demonstration phase be funded in future calls for projects under FP7 in the field of innovation ;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Is of the opinion that ~~commercialisation~~potential market impact assessment, technology transfer and commercial exploitation of research findings should be included ~~in the~~among the main parameters of future calls for projects under FP7 in the field of innovation, with a view to bringing the entire innovation chain together to form a coherent whole;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Reiterates that innovation must be understood to cover both products and processes and the organisation of services;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Jean-Pierre AUDY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Is of the opinion that the key players in the value chain should be considered in future calls for projects under FP7 in the field of innovation;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Expresses concern, however, in the light of the derisory sums allocated to research infrastructures, universities and research bodies and SMEs, in particular innovative SMEs, and also given the acknowledged geographical and sectoral imbalance in loans allocated; supports, therefore, the specific recommendations made by the expert group aimed at improving participation of certain under- represented target groups, and endorses the European Council’s conclusions of 4 February 2011, especially its call for all possible options to be explored with a view to the valorisation of intellectual property rights at the European level, in particular to ease SMEs’ access to the knowledge market;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2043(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Believes that the remaining sums should not be diverted from research and used for other programmes or instruments that do not come within the research and innovation sector or the objectives and scope of FP7;

2011/03/24
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Patrizia TOIA, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

– whereas building energy infrastructure is of strategic importance with a view to meeting the SET Plan (Strategic Energy Technology Plan) targets,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard of Regulation EC n. No 663/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas our major energy challenges are confronting climate change, strengthening energy ~~autonom~~security while reducing fossil fuel ~~imports~~dependency, achieving a competitive internal energy market and ensuring universal access to sustainable, affordable and secure energy,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Lisbon Treaty provides a specific legal basis for developing an EU energy policy which promotes the interconnection between member States of energy networks necessary to achieve the other EU energy policy objectives (functioning of the energy market, energy efficiency and renewable energy, security of supply),

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the availability of interconnection capacity between Member States remains generally insufficient, and whereas certain regions remain isolated,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas energy infrastructures planned today must be consistent with market needs and long-term EU climate and energy objectives,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas market-based ~~tools~~criteria must remain the basis for ~~financing~~putting in place financing instruments for energy infrastructure, and whereas a limited amount of public finance may be required to ~~fund~~address and mitigate non-commercial risks for certain projects which are not strictly commercially viable, taking into account the need to avoid distortions amongst projects and destination markets,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that a EU approach is needed in order to fully exploit the benefits of new infrastructure and stresses the need to develop a ~~harmonised method~~method in line with development and the rules of the internal market for the selection of infrastructure projects,. This method should be based on a European and regional perspectives and on the optimisation of socio-economic and environmental effects;

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, with a view to ensuring better governance of future EU electricity and gas infrastructure planning, to present a concrete proposal to improve transparency and public participation in determining EU priorities within a broader stakeholder participation process involving the ~~power~~industry sector, independent experts, consumer organisations and NGOs;

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Endorses the importance of efficient gas infrastructures in enhancing diversification and security of supply and reducing energy dependence; ~~highlights the need for additional~~in this light it welcomes the priority given to a swift opening of the Southern Corridor paving the way to the progressive development of a new import route towards the EU. Highlights the need for correctly implementing flexibility requirements in gas infrastructures as set in Regulation 994/2010, in particular with a view to ensuring reverse flows, and stresses that gas infrastructure should be developed, with full account being taken of the contribution of LNG/ CNG terminals;

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Welcomes the priority corridors identified by the Commission building upon the achievements of existing initiatives and agrees on the need to optimise limited funds; calls for a clear and transparent methodology leading to the identification of priority projects that meet pressing European needs in terms of upholding the principles of security, sustainability and competitive development of the internal market;

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 a (new)

- the project should be commercially and technically feasible,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 2

– their necessity must be demonstrated on the basis of the infrastructure ~~hierarch~~efficiency,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 3

– they must be in line with climate and environmental objectives as well as security and diversification of supplies,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2 a (new)

- technical and commercial soundness,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2 b (new)

- minimal impact on public financing,

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2034(INI)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Stresses that the fullest possible use should be made of market-based tools, including project bonds, loan guarantees, risk-sharing facilities, incentives for funding public-private partnerships, partnerships with the EIB (provided that commercial risks are addressed by the market) and the use of ETS revenue, in accordance with EU energy and climate objectives;

2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE

2011/2020(BUD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for significantly improved access to finance in innovation and infrastructures, notably for green technologies, the Trans-European Networks (TEN) and other projects with proven European added value ~~financed by Cohesion and Structural Funds~~, using the various sources of European funding efficiently and by way of complement, also taking into consideration innovative financing schemes providing for contributions from private capital;

2011/07/29
Committee: TRAN

2011/0439(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) The notion of special or exclusive rights is central to the definition of the scope of this Directive, since entities which are n~~either contracting authorities nor public undertakings~~ot within the meaning of this Directive are subject to its provisions only to the extent that they exercise one of the activities covered on the basis of such rights. It is therefore appropriate to clarify that rights which have been granted by means of a procedure based on objective criteria, notably pursuant to Union legislation, and for which adequate publicity has been ensured do not constitute special or exclusive rights for the purposes of this Directive. This legislation should include Directive 98/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service, Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons and Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70.

2012/07/19
Committee: TRAN

2011/0439(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point D – point 1

Rail ~~Freight~~ transport

2012/07/19
Committee: TRAN

2011/0439(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point D – point 2

~~Rail passenger transport None~~deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Concessions are contracts for pecuniary interest concluded between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities or entities and having as their object the acquisition of works or services where the consideration consists, normally, in the right to exploit the works or services that are the subject of the contract. The execution of these works or services are subject to specific binding obligations defined by the contracting authority or entity which are legally enforceable. By contrast, certain State acts such as authorisations or licences whereby the State or a public authority establishes the conditions for the exercise of an economic activity, should not qualify as concessions. The same applies to certain agreements having as their object the right of an economic operator to exploit certain public domains or resources, such as ~~land lease contracts~~contracts concerning rights in rem over immovable property, including public property, whereby the State or contracting authority or entity establishes only general conditions for their use without acquiring specific works or services. .

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Given that concessionaires bear a substantial operating risk, they must be free to select what they consider to be the best ways of performing the contract, that is to say directly by them, or in collaboration with sister companies, or by subcontracting freely to third parties.

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37 a (new)

(37a) In line with the case law established by the Court of Justice of the Union, this directive applies to concessions awarded after its entry into force.

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) ~~a 'public~~ (a) a 'works concession' means a contract for pecuniary interest concluded in writing ~~between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities and having as their object the execution of work~~, under which one or more contracting authorities or bodies entrust the execution of the works for which they are responsible to one or more economic operators, where the consideration for this delegation consists either solely in the right to exploit the works that are the subject of the contract or in that right together with payment; (b) ‘’services concession’ means a contract for pecuniary interest concluded in writing by means of which one or more contracting authorities or bodies entrusts the operation of a service for which they are responsible to one or more economic operators, where the consideration for th~~e the works to be carried out~~is delegation consists either solely in the right to exploit the ~~work~~services that are the subject of the contract or in that right together with payment. The right to exploit the works or services shall imply the transfer to the concessionaire of the substantial economic risk in exploiting these works or services, defined as the risk of exposure to the vagaries of the market. The concessionaire shall be deemed to assume the substantial operating risk where, under normal conditions of exploitation, it is not guaranteed to recoup the investments made or the costs incurred in operating the works or the services which are the subject-matter of the concession.

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1

1. In the concession documents, the ~~contracting authority or contracting entity~~grantor may ask or may be required by a Member State to ask the tenderer to indicate in its tender any share of the contract it may intend to subcontract to third parties and any proposed subconcessionaires. The selection of subcontractors shall be updated in the course of the concession contract, subject to replacements and changes.

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – title

2. A modification of the provisions of a concession during its term shall be considered substantial within the meaning of paragraph 1, where it renders the concession substantially different from the one initially concluded. In any case, without prejudice to paragraph 3 and 4, agranted after entry into force of this directive shall require a new procurement procedure under this directive. A modification shall be considered substantial where one of the following conditions is met:

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0437(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)

.2a. Provided the overall nature of the concession remains the same, modification of the concession shall not be considered substantial where: a) the modification has been provided for in the original concession contract in clear, precise and unequivocal review clauses or options which state the scope and nature of possible modifications as well as the conditions under which they may be used; b) the value thereof does not exceed the threshold set in Article 6 and is below 5 % of the updated value of the original contract. Where several successive modifications are made, the value shall be assessed on the basis of the updated cumulative value of the successive modifications. Or. it

2012/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2011/0402(CNS)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point 4.1.2 – paragraph 1

This will help optimise transport operations and reduce resource consumption. The focus will be on the efficient use and management of airports, heliports, ports, logistic platforms and surface transport infrastructures, as well as on autonomous and efficient maintenance and inspection systems. Particular attention will be given to the climate resilience of infrastructures, cost-efficient solutions based on a life- cycle approach, and the wider take-up of new materials allowing for more efficient and lower cost maintenance. Attention will also be paid to accessibility and social inclusiveness.

2012/07/17
Committee: ITRE

2011/0402(CNS)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point 4.3.1 – paragraph 1

It will help enhance European leadership in aircraft, rotorcraft, regional and business aircraft, high speed trains, (sub) urban rail transport, road vehicles, electromobility, passenger cruise ships, ferries and specialised high technology ships and marine platforms. It will also spur the competitiveness of European industries in upcoming technologies and systems and support their diversification towards new markets, including in sectors other than transport. This includes the development of innovative safe aircraft, vehicles and vessels that incorporate efficient propulsion units, high performance and intelligent control systems.

2012/07/17
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3

3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to around 1520 % of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ going to SMEs.

2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

For the purposes of point (a), top-up funding shall be conditional on a ~~significant level of prior~~prior indicative financial commitments in cash or in kind of the participating entities to the joint calls and actions. The ERA-NET instrument may include an objective to harmonise rules and implementation modalities of the joint calls and actions. It may also be used in order to prepare for an initiative pursuant to Article 185 TFEU.

2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b

(b) ~~clear~~indicative financial commitments of the participating countries, in cash or in kind including prior commitments to ~~pool~~align national and/or regional investments for transnational research and innovation and, where appropriate, to pool resources;

2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 15

All the activities shall take a challenge- based approach, focusing on policy priorities without predetermining the precise choice of technologies or solutions that should be developed. The emphasis shall be on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines in order to address the challenges as it can be done through the setup of Institutional public-private partnerships. The activities shall cover the full cycle from research to market, with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, social innovation and market take-up of innovations.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.6 – point 1.6.3 – point d a (new)

(da) Securing a return on investment in Galileo and EGNOS and European leadership in downstream applications The Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation systems are of strategic importance for Europe. In order to achieve the goal of disseminating the social and economic benefits of those systems, it is essential to develop innovative downstream applications. The key sectors are agriculture, geodesy and timing. Europe needs to become an industry leader in these areas so as to be able to involve SMEs and research and innovation stakeholders right from the early operational stages of the Galileo project.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 9

The Debt and Equity facilities, supported by a set of accompanying measures, will support the achievement of Horizon 2020‘s policy objectives. To this end, they will be dedicated to consolidating and raising the quality of Europe's science base; promoting research and innovation with a business- driven agenda; and addressing societal challenges, with a focus on activities such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds and market uptake. Specific support actions such as information and coaching activities for SMEs should be provided. Regional authorities, SMEs associations, chambers of commerce and financial intermediaries should be involved in the programming and implementation of these activities.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1

The goal is to improve access to debt financing - loans, guarantees, counter- guarantees and other forms of debt and risk finance - for public and private entities and public-private partnerships engaged in research and innovation activities requiring risky investments in order to come to fruition. The focus shall be on supporting research and innovation with a high potential for excellence. Focus shall be more on the risk related to the project than on the risk related to the company especially for SMEs.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 7

The in-built complexity of these challenges and the evolutions of demands thus make it essential to develop innovative research and new smart technologies, processes and methods, social innovation mechanisms, coordinated actions and policies that will anticipate or influence major evolutions for Europe. It calls for understanding the underlying trends and impacts at play in these challenges and rediscovering or reinventing successful forms of solidarity, coordination and creativity that make Europe a distinctive model of inclusive, innovative and secure societies compared to other world regions. It requires a more strategic approach to cooperation with third countries. It is also essential to exploit Europe's vast cultural heritage as a means of bringing EU citizens closer together and strengthening the cohesion of European society. Finally, as security policies should interact with different social policies, enhancing the societal dimension of security research will be an important aspect of this challenge.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 1

The aim is to foster the development of innovative societies and policies in Europe through the engagement of citizens, enterprises and users in research and innovation ~~and~~, the promotion of coordinated research and innovation policies in the context of globalisation and the study and exploitation of Europe’s cultural heritage, placing particular emphasis on the importance of national and regional traditions and identities and the interaction between them. Particular support will be provided for the development of the ERA and the development of framework conditions for innovation.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) study, preserve and exploit the tangible and intangible cultural heritage and national and regional traditions, as well as the interaction between them and the opportunities they provide to enhance social cohesion and develop a shared European identity;

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0401(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

*Including EUR 8975 million for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of which EUR 1795 million for photonics and micro-and nanoelectronics, EUR 4293 million for nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, EUR 575 million for biotechnology and EUR 1737 million for space (which shall include adequate funding for Galileo and its applications). As a result, EUR 6663 million will be available to support Key Enabling Technologies.

2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Antonio CANCIAN, Jean-Pierre AUDY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

(1a) 'action' means project;

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)

(15a) "SMEs" means micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission recommendation of 6 May 2003 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises1; __________________ 1 OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p36

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. For the purposes of this Regulation an entity which does not have legal personality under the applicable national law is assimilated to a legal entity provided that the conditions set out in Article 114(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No XX/2012 [the Financial Regulation] and Article 174a of the implementing rules therefore are complied with.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

In actions under the activity ‘Secure societies’ within the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’, the Commission may make available to Union institutions and bodies or Member States' national authorities any useful information inat its ~~possession~~disposal on results of a participant that has received Union funding.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) synergies with other public funding at national, regional and local level.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Jean-Pierre AUDY, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4

4. The award of subcontracts for carrying out certain elements of the action shall be limited to the cases provided for in the grant agreement except for those that can not be clearly foreseen at the time of its entry into force. A previous approval of the Commission shall be requested; such an approval can not be unreasonably denied.

2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3

3. ~~A singl~~The reimbursement rates of the eligible costs s~~hall be applied per action for all activities funded therein. The maximum rate shall be fixed in the work programme or work plan~~et out in paragraphs 4 and 5 below shall be applied per action depending on the nature of the activity being funded.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. All management costs (coordination, logistics, organisation, management consulting and supervision) shall constitute a specific component and shall be reimbursed at the same rate as the direct costs of the relevant action. Reimbursement of such costs shall not exceed 7% of the total budget for the action.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Indirect eligible costs shall be determined by applying a flat rate of 20% of the total direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary, as well as financial support to third parties. Such a flat rate shall increase to 40% in case of actions primarily consisting of those activities mentioned in Article 22(5).

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Indirect eligible costs shall be determined by applying a flat rate of 230% of the total direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary, as well as financial support to third parties.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Financial instruments may take any of the forms referred to in and shall be implemented in accordance with [Title VIII] of Regulation (EU) No XX/XX [the Financial Regulation] and may be combined with grants funded under the Union budget, including under Horizon 2020 and COSME. Financial instruments may be combined also with Structural Funds, national and regional financial instruments and funds.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Lara COMI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. Independent experts shall be chosen on the basis of skills, experience and knowledge appropriate to carry out the tasks assigned to them. When appointing independent experts, the Commission shall seek to achieve a balanced composition within the expert groups in terms of various skills, experience and knowledge, depending on the field of the action and a strong involvement of experts coming from the industry sector. In cases where independent experts have to deal with classified information, the appropriate security clearance shall be required before appointment.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. Where participants in an action have jointly generated results and where their respective share of the work cannot be ascertained, they ~~shall~~can decide to attribute ownership of those results to one of the participant or they can have joint ownership of those results. TIn case of joint ownership, the joint owners shall establish an agreement regarding the allocation and terms of exercise of that joint ownership in accordance with their obligations under the grant agreement.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

With regard to dissemination through research publications, open access shall apply under the terms and conditions laid down in the grant agreement. With regard to dissemination of other results, including research data, the grant agreement may lay down the terms and conditions under which open access to such results shall be provided~~, in particular in ERC frontier research or in other appropriate area~~. Open access to research results shall be kept limited to ensure IPRs are respected, in particular with regard to third countries.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2

2. Provided that any access rights to the results can be exercised ~~and~~, that any additional exploitation obligations are complied with, ~~the~~and that the results are transferred to a legal entity established within a Member State or associated country, participant who owns results may grant licences or otherwise give the right to exploit them to any legal entity, including on an exclusive basis. Where a participant intends to transfer a result to a legal entity established in a country not associated to Horizon 2020, that participant shall seek the approval of all the other participants in the action. Where participants intend to exploit the results through an exclusivity scheme they shall indicate it in their submitted proposal.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN, Jean-Pierre AUDY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

In such cases, the transfer of ownership or grant of exclusive licence shall not take place unless the Commission or funding body or the participant in the action is satisfied that appropriate safeguards will be put in place.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0399(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

Where appropriate, the grant agreement shall provide that the Commission or funding body or any participant in the action is to be notified in advance of any such transfer of ownership or grant of an exclusive licence. The grant agreement shall lay down time-limits.

2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE

2011/0397(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. ~~The managing body of the airport shall be in charge of the proper coordination of groundhandling activities at its airport.~~ As ground coordinator, the managing body of the airport shall ~~in particular~~ ensure that the operations of suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users comply with the airport rules of conduct as defined in Article 31. The managing body of the airport shall be authorised to enforce compliance with airport regulations. The measures adopted shall be transparent, proportional and non-discriminatory.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0397(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) ~~the managing body of the airport shall ensure that~~ the operations of suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users arshall be coordinated, where possible, through an airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) and through a proper contingency plan.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0397(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3

3. Suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users shall respect these minimum quality standards. In addition, airport users and suppliers of groundhandling services shall respect the minimum quality standards in their contractual relations. The public authority concerned shall either directly or upon notification by the managing body of the airport impose appropriate penalties where the minimum quality standards laid down in the Airport Regulations and referred to in Paragraph (2) are not complied with. To ensure suppliers of groundhandling services comply with minimum requirements, the managing body of the airport shall have access to information on the parameters for groundhandling services laid down in the Service Level Agreements (SLAs). If the managing body finds that the SLAs do not comply with the airport’s minimum quality standards, it may ask the supervisory authority to take the appropriate action. These standards must be objective, proportional and non- discriminatory.

2012/10/10
Committee: TRAN

2011/0394(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The Programme should particularly address SMEs, as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Particular attention should be paid to micro ~~enterprises,~~and craft enterprises ~~engaged in craft activities and social enterprises~~in any sector of activity. Attention should also be paid to the specific characteristics and requirements of young entrepreneurs, new and potential entrepreneurs and female entrepreneurs, as well as specific target groups, such as migrants and entrepreneurs belonging to socially disadvantaged or vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities. The Programme should also encourage senior citizens to become and remain entrepreneurs and promote second chances for entrepreneurs.

2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2011/0394(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) The Programme should also support SME policy development and cooperation between policy makers, SME representative organisations, regional authorities and financial intermediaries, also by funding meetings, reports and databases. Such activities should focus on facilitating SMEs' access to programmes and reducing overall regulatory burden, in particular administrative burdens. An ambitious business centred approach should be applied to ensure that reducing regulatory burden, including administrative burden, targets the practical needs identified by business, in particular SMEs.

2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2011/0394(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) The Programme should indicate actions for the objectives, the total financial envelope for pursuing those objectives, different types of implementing measures, and the arrangements for monitoring and evaluation and for protection of the Union's financial interests. Particular attention should be paid on financial instruments monitoring. A new set of performance indicators should allow flexibility on the implementation of such financial instruments.

2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2011/0394(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5

5. A set of key performance indicators shall be developed in cooperation with experts and relevant stakeholders, including SME representative organisations, regional authorities and financial intermediaries, as a basis for assessing the extent to which the objectives of the actions supported under the Programme have been achieved. They shall be measured against pre-defined baselines reflecting the situation before implementation of the actions.

2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2011/0394(COD)

Amalia SARTORI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Financial instruments under the Programme shall be operated with the aim of facilitating access to finance for growth- oriented SMEs, also focusing on their start-up and transfer phases. The financial instruments shall include an equity facility and a loan guarantee facility. The allocation of funds to different facilities shall be based on market demand and take into account the opinions of SME representative organisations, regional authorities and financial intermediaries.

2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE

2011/0392(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. The Galileo and EGNOS programmes shall cover the development of applications and all the activities needed to define, develop, validate, construct, operate, renew and improve the two European satellite navigation systems, namely the system established under the Galileo programme and the EGNOS system, and to ensure their security.

2012/06/27
Committee: ITRE

2011/0392(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d

(d) an exploitation phase comprising infrastructure management, maintenance, ongoing improvement, renewal and protection of the system, certification and standardisation operations associated with the programme, the supply and marketing of services, the development of applications and all other activities needed to develop the system and ensure that the programme runs smoothly; the aim is for this phase to begin progressively between 2014 and 2015 with provision of the initial services.

2012/06/27
Committee: ITRE

2011/0392(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) i~~n the context of the operation of the systems, it shall contribute to~~t shall perform the marketing of the services, including the necessary market analysis;

2012/06/27
Committee: ITRE

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) Non-scheduled air transportation contributes to regional cohesion and competitiveness. Where air carriers have regularly used slots for such transportation at an airport falling within the scope of this regulation, even where these slots do not always involve the same routes, priority should be given to requests for continued usage of such slots.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) The progress made in implementing the Single European Sky has a major impact on the slot allocation process. The imposition of performance plans, which make the airports, the air navigation service providers and airspace users subject to performance improvement and monitoring measures, and the network management function, based on the establishment of a European network of routes and a central air traffic management, means it is necessary to update the slot allocation rules. It is therefore necessary to create an adequate framework allowing the network manager, the performance rewview body and the national supervisory authorities to participate in the procedure of setting the airport capacity and coordination parameters. ~~A new category of airports of importance to this network should also be created with a view to allowing the network to react better in crisis situations.~~

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The flight plans and the slots should be better matched to better exploit airport capacity and improve flight punctuality. The flight plans can be rejected in a "no slot" situation.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The period of validity for a series of slots should be limited to the schedule planning period for which the series is granted. The priority for allocating a series of slots, even historical slots, should come from the allocation or confirmation by the coordinator.deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Michael GAHLER, Corien WORTMANN-KOOL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) To allow air carriers to adapt to imperative situations of urgency, such as a marked decline in traffic or an economic crisis that severely affects the activity of air carriers, affecting a larger part of the scheduling period, the Commission should be allowed to adopt urgent measures to ensure the consistency of measures to be taken at coordinated airports. These measures will allow air carriers to retain priority ~~for the~~in allocati~~on of~~ng the same series for the following scheduling period even if the 850% rate has not been met.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a

a) an air carrier requesting, as part of a series of slots, a slot at an airport on any day, where, if the carrier's request were accepted, it would in total hold fewer than ~~fiv~~nine slots at that airport on that day; or

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3

3) ‘'scheduling period’' shall mean either the summer or winter season as used in the schedules of air carriers , in accordance with the rules and guidelines established by the air transport sect~~ion~~or on a global basis ;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

6) ‘g'Group of air carriers’' shall mean two or more air carriers which together perform joint operations, franchise operations or, code-sharing, or a consortium in the case of non-scheduled operators for the purpose of ~~operat~~utilising a specific ~~air service~~slot;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Corien WORTMANN-KOOL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13

13) ‘'series of slots’' shall mean at least 15 slots ~~for a summer scheduling period and 10 slots for a winter scheduling period~~having been requested for the same time on the same day of the week ~~for consecutive weeks~~regularly in the same scheduling period and allocated by the coordinator on that basis or, if that is not possible, allocated at approximately the same time, unless agreed otherwise through a local rule under the conditions as referred to in Article 9, paragraph 8 of this Regulation;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18

18) ‘~~programmed~~ non-scheduled air service’ shall mean a ~~series of~~ flights which does not meet all the conditions of Article 2(16) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008~~, but which operate so regularly or frequently that they constitute a recognisably systematic series~~;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point ii

(ii) upon request from the Commission, in particular where new entrants encounter serious problems in securing landing and take off possibilities at the airport in question , or when the network manager considers it necessary to ensure that the airport's network's operational plan is consistent with the network's airport's operational plan, in accordance with Article 6(7) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011.;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

~~The analysis is based on methods determined by a Commission~~ delegated ~~act, in accordance with Article 15 of this Regulation. The methods take account of the requirements of the network operational plan, as required by Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 677/2011.~~

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4

4. On the basis of the analysis, the Member State shall consult on the capacity situation at the airport with the managing body of the airport, the air carriers using the airport regularly, their representative organisations, representatives of general aviation ~~using the airport regularly~~ and air traffic control authorities.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission can ask the network manager to deliver an opinion on how the capacity is set in relation to the network operating needs. ~~The Commission can make recommendations. The Member State shall give reasons for any decision that does not follow these recommendations. The decision shall be communicated to the Commission.~~

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7

7. By way of derogation from paragraph 6(b), Member States may, in exceptional circumstances, designate as coordinated the airports affected for the appropriate period , which can be less than a scheduling period . By way of derogation from paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6, Member States may, in emergency situations, designate as coordinated the airports affected for the appropriate period.deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new)

(iia) that the composition of the coordinator's board or supervisory function shall also be independent of the direct interests of the airport managing body, the airline users of that airport and any other entity representing a user or service provider, however this does not preclude representatives from such organisations being members of a board or supervisory function provided that voting rights are balanced.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. A~~t the end of each scheduling period,~~nnually the coordinator or schedules facilitator shall submit to the Member States concerned ~~and~~, to the Commission, as well as to any other interested party upon request, an activity report describing the general slot allocation and/or schedules facilitation situation, examining , in particular, the application of Article 9(5) and Articles 13 and 18, as well as any complaints regarding the application of Articles 9 and 10 submitted to the coordination committee and the steps taken to resolve them. The report shall also cover the cost efficiency and effectiveness of the coordinator and contain the results of a survey conducted among the interested parties on the quality of services provided by the coordinator.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Air carriers operating or intending to operate at a schedules facilitated or coordinated airport ~~belonging to the network~~ shall submit to the schedules facilitator or coordinator, respectively, all relevant information requested by them. If this information changes, the air carriers shall inform the schedules facilitator and the coordinator as soon as possible. All relevant information shall be provided ~~in the format and~~ within the time-limit specified by the schedules facilitator or coordinator. In particular, an air carrier shall inform the coordinator, at the time of the request for allocation, whether it would benefit from the status of new entrant, in accordance with Article 2(2), in respect of requested slots.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

For all other airports with no particular designation status, the ~~air carriers operating or intending to operate from that airport, the managing body of the airport, the groundhandling service providers and the air navigation service providers~~managing body of the airport shall provide, when requested by a coordinator, any information in ~~their~~its possession about the planned services of air carriers.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Where an air carrier fails to provide the information referred to in paragraph 1, unless it can satisfactorily demonstrate that mitigating circumstances exist, or provides false or misleading information, the coordinator shall not take into consideration the slot request or requests by that air carrier to which the missing, false or misleading information relates. It shall ~~withdraw the series of slots if they were already allocated and/or~~ recommend that penalties be imposed by the competent body under national law. The coordinator shall give that air carrier the opportunity to submit its observations.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The format and scope of the information referred to in this article is determined in an agreed worldwide industry standard. The information provided shall be used for the purpose of this Regulation only.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

At a coordinated airport, the Member State responsible shall ensure that a coordination committee is set up. The same coordination committee may be designated for more than one airport. Membership of this committee shall be open at least to the air carriers using the airport(s) in question regularly and their representative organisations, the managing body of the airport concerned, the relevant air traffic control authorities, the representatives of general aviation ~~using the airport regularly, the network manager, the performance review body~~ and the national supervisory authority of the Member State concerned.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point vii a (new)

(viia) any issues concerning the tasks and organization of the coordinator and the efficiency, costs and effectiveness of the coordinator.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The coordination committee shall draw up written rules of procedure covering, inter alia participation, elections, the frequency of meetings, voting and language(s) used.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Any member of the coordination committee may propose local guidelines as provided for in Article 9 (8). ~~At the request of the coordinator, t~~The coordination committee shall discuss and vote on suggested local guidelines. A report of the discussions and any agreed actions in the coordination committee shall be submitted to the Member State concerned with an indication of the respective positions stated within the committee. This report shall also be communicated to the performance review body and the network manager.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. The coordinator shall set up a pool, which shall contain all the slots not allocated on the basis of Articles 10(2), (3). All new slot capacity determined pursuant to Article 3 (3) ~~sha~~will be placed in the pool.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Without prejudice to Article 10(2) and (3) of this Regulation and without prejudice to Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, slots placed in the pool shall be distributed among applicant air carriers. 50 % of these slots shall first be allocated to new entrants unless requests by new entrants are less than 50 %. ~~The preference given to new entrants shall be respected during the entire scheduling period.~~ The coordinator shall treat the requests of new entrants and other carriers fairly, in accordance with the coordination periods of each scheduling day.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

~~Among requests from new entrants, preference shall be given to air carriers qualifying for new entrant status under Article 2(2)(b)~~deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

In the case of services operated by a group of air carriers, only one of the participating air carriers can apply for the required slots. The air carrier operating such a service accepts responsibility for meeting the operating criteria required to ~~benefit from the priority~~maintain historical precedence referred to in Article 10 (2).

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8

8. The coordinator shall also take into account additional guidelines established by the air transport industry ~~Union~~ world-wide or ~~world~~Union-wide as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the Member State or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question, provided that such guidelines do not affect the independent status of the coordinator, comply with Union law, aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity ~~and have been notified in advance to and pre-approved by the Commission. The local guidelines may only concern the monitoring of the use of slots allocated or t~~. Local Rules concern the allocation and monitoring of slots. These can be applied only where it can be proved that an airport reaches a~~mendment of the definition of a series of slots to reduce its length below 10 slots for the winter scheduling period or below 15 slots for the summer scheduling period, bu~~n alarming level of congestion and therefore performance or throughput improvements can be delivered through locally applied rules. These must be transparent uander no ~~circumstances below 5 slots. The reduction of the length of the series of slots appl~~n-discriminatory. Local rules must be agreed and voted on in the coordination committee after agreement of all parties con~~ly at airports where demand for air services is highly seasonable~~cerned, as referred to in Article 8 paragraph 3 of this Regulation.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Without prejudice to Articles 7~~, 12, 13~~ and 172, ~~priority~~historical precedence is to be given to the air carrier concerned for the allocation of the same series during the following equivalent scheduling period, if that air carrier so requests within the time-limit mentioned in Article 7(1), if the following conditions are satisfied:

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Michael GAHLER, Corien WORTMANN-KOOL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) that air carrier can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the coordinator that the series of slots in question has been operated, as cleared by the coordinator, by that air carrier for at least 850 % of the time during the scheduling period for which it has been allocated.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

3. Re-timing of a series of slots before the allocation of the remaining slots from the pool referred to in Article 9 to the other applicant air carriers shall be accepted only for operational reasons such as, changes in the type of aircraft used or route operated by the air carrier or, in the case of slots originally allocated to new entrants as defined in Article 2, if the slot timings of such applicant air carriers would be improved in relation to the timings initially requested. It shall not take effect until expressly confirmed by the coordinator.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Slots allocated to an air carrier ~~before 31 January~~ on or before the ~~following summer season, or before 31 August for the following winter season~~agreed Industry Historics Baseline Date, but which are returned to the coordinator for reallocation before those dates, shall not be taken into account for the purposes of the usage calculation, provided that the remaining allocated slots c~~onstitute~~an be recognised as being part of a series within the meaning of Article 2(13).

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

~~Slots coinciding with public holidays shall be incorporated into the series for the following season without any need to justify their non-use.~~deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Michael GAHLER, Corien WORTMANN-KOOL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

If the 850 % usage of the series of slots cannot be demonstrated, the ~~priority~~historical precedence provided under paragraph (2) shall not be given , unless the non- utilisation can be justified on the basis of any of the following reasons:

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii

(iii) serious disturbance of operations at the airports concerned, including those series of slots at other ~~Union~~ airports related to routes which have been affected by such disturbance, during a substantial part of the relevant scheduling period;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) serious financial difficulties ~~of the Unio~~for an air carrier concerned, resulting in the granting of a temporary licence by the licensing authorities pending financial reorganisation of the air carrier in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7

7. If the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) are not met, the Commission may however decide that priority for the allocation of the same series should be awarded to the air carriers for the following scheduling period, if this is justified on imperative grounds of urgency linked to exceptional ~~events~~operational disruption requiring coherence in the application of measures to be taken in these airports. The Commission shall adopt the necessary measures, the application of which shall not exceed the length of one scheduling period. It shall adopt these immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 16(3).

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Michael GAHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11

1. The managing body of a coordinated airport may decide to use the airport charge system with the aim of dissuading air carriers from belatedly returning slots to the pool referred to in Article 9 and to hold them liable for having reserved airport infrastructure without using it. The following principles shall be respected: (a) the procedure set out under Article 6 of Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council shall be observed before this decision is taken. The coordinator shall also be consulted. For coordinated airports not covered by Article 1(2) of Directive 2009/12/EC, the airport managing body shall consult the coordination committee and the coordinator; (b) this decision shall not affect the non- discriminatory and transparent character of the slot allocation process and the system of airport charges; (c) this decision shall not discourage air carriers from developing services or entering the market and it shall be limited to covering the costs incurred by the airport for reserving the airport capacity corresponding to the slots which remained unused; (d) air carriers shall not be held liable for having reserved airport infrastructure without using it for slots allocated but returned to the pool before 31 January for the following summer scheduling period or before 31 August for the following winter scheduling period, for slots coinciding with public holidays and returned to the pool before the same dates and for slots for which the non-use can be justified on the basis of Article 10(5); (e) this decision shall be communicated to the coordinator, the interested parties and the Commission at least six months before the start of the scheduling season concerned. 2. The coordinator shall send the airport managing body all the information necessary for the implementation of the decision referred to in the first paragraph.Article 11 deleted Slot reservation

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) transferred by an air carrier or between air carriers within a consortium from one route or type of service to another route or type of service operated by that same air carrier;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) airport operations would not be prejudiced, taking into account all technical, operational~~, performance~~ and environmental constraints;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

Slots that have been newly allocated to incumbent airlines may not be transferred or exchanged for compensation or monetary gain for at least one equivalent scheduling season.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)

Article 13a Member States may set measures to allocate a portion of proceeds from slots trading to a fund for supporting the airports infrastructure expansion, including infrastructure to access the airport.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – title

~~Consistency between the slots and the flight plans~~Rejection of a flight plan in a "no slot" situation

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. When an air carrier submits a flight plan, it shall include a reference to the slot allocated. The network manager shall reject an air carrier's flight plan if the air carrier intends to land or take off at a coordinated airport, during the periods for which it is coordinated, without having a slot allocated by the coordinator. Business aviation operators shall not be deemed to have been allocated a slot if they would have to operate outside the time-band offered by the slot and if the delay is not attributable to air navigation services.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. When an air carrier submits a flight plan, it shall include a reference to the slot allocated. The network manager ~~shall~~, after having heard the air carrier concerned, may reject an air carrier's flight plan if the air carrier intends to land or take off at a coordinated airport, during the periods for which it is coordinated, without having a slot allocated by the coordinator. Business aviation operators shall not be deemed to have been allocated a slot if they would have to operate outside the time-band offered by the slot and if the delay is not attributable to air navigation services.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. The coordinator shall withdraw the series of slots provisionally allocated to an air carrier in the process of establishing itself and place them in the pool on ~~31 January for the following summer season or on 31 August for the following winter season~~the agreed industry Historics Baseline Date if the undertaking does not hold an operating licence or equivalent on that date or if it is not stated by the competent licensing authority that it is likely that an operating licence or equivalent will be issued before the relevant scheduling period commences. The competent licensing authorities shall give regular information updates to the coordinator and respond to its requests within a reasonable period of time.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Air carriers that repeatedly orand intentionally, or General Aviation / Business aviation that intentionally, operate air services at a time significantly different from the slot allocated as part of a series of slots or use slots in a significantly different way from that indicated at the time of allocation ~~shall lose their priority~~and thereby cause prejudice to airport or air traffic operations shall lose their historical precedence as referred to in Article 10(2). The coordinator may decide to withdraw from that air carrier the series of slots in question for the remainder of the scheduling period and place them in the pool after having consulted the air carrier concerned and after issuing a single warning. If the air carrier then requests equivalent slots, the coordinator is not obliged to allocate them.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Member States shall ~~ensure tha~~implement effective, proportionate and dissuasive ~~sanctions are availabl~~financial penalties and/ or appropriate san~~d are~~ctions that are effectively applied to deal with

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1

– Air carriers that repeated orly and intentional ~~operation of~~ly, or General Aviation / Business aviation that intentionally, operates air services without a corresponding slot or at times significantly different from the allocated slots or with the use of slots in a significantly different way from that indicated at the time of allocation;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2

– the return of slots after 31 January for the following summer season or after 31 August for the following winter season, or the retention of unused slots; the penalty should in any case take account of the possible use of the mechanism provided by Article 11nd/or slot series after the industry agreed Historics Baseline Date, or the retention of unused slots and/or slot series for commercial reasons;

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Michael GAHLER, Corien WORTMANN-KOOL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Without prejudice to Article 10(5), if the 850 % usage rate as defined in Article 10(2) cannot be achieved by an air carrier, the coordinator may decide to withdraw from that air carrier the series of slots in question for the remainder of the scheduling period and place them in the pool after having consulted the air carrier concerned.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Michael GAHLER, Corien WORTMANN-KOOL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Without prejudice to Article 10(5), if after an allotted time corresponding to 1520 % of the period of the series validity no slots of that series of slots have been used, the coordinator shall place the series of slots in question in the pool for the remainder of the scheduling period, after having consulted the air carrier concerned. The coordinator may decide to withdraw the series of slots before the end of a period corresponding to 1520 % of the period of validity of the series if the carrier does not show that it intends to use them.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0391(COD)

Carlo FIDANZA, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1

1. Without prejudice to rights of appeal under national law, complaints regarding the application of Articles 7(2), 9, 10, 13, 17 and 18(1),(2), (3) and (4) shall be submitted to the coordination committee. The committee shall, within a period of one month following submission of the complaint, consider the matter and if possible make proposals to the coordinator in an attempt to resolve the problem. If the complaint cannot be settled, the Member State responsible may, within a further two month period, provide for mediation by an air carriers‘' or airports’' representative organisation or other third party.

2012/09/17
Committee: TRAN

2011/0302(COD)

Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) In the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Commission pledged to mobilise Union financial instruments ~~as part of~~with sufficient resources to support a consistent funding strategy, that pulls together Union and national public and private funding for infrastructures. This is based on the rationale that in many cases sub-optimal investment situations and market imperfections may be more efficiently tackled by financial instruments than by grants.