1182 Amendments of Catherine GRÈZE
Amendment 1 #
2013/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of EP delegations visiting prisons and other places of detention where there is reason to believe that defendants may have been subjected to torture or ill-treatment and ask for information on and the independent investigation of individual cases;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to systematically raise the issue of torture and ill-treatment in their dialogues with third countries and supports in this respect regional torture prevention mechanisms, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa, and also supports the role of the African Union Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention and the Rapporteur on Persons Deprived of their Liberty in the Americas;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS in their political dialogue with third countries, including ACP countries, to encourage them to ratify the Optional Protocol Against Torture and to put in place National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs);
Amendment 2 #
2013/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU to uphold the indivisibility of human rights, which includes the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in conformity with art. 21 of the Lisbon Treaty; General Provisions on the Union's External Action;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is of the view that national parliaments and civil society organisations play an important role in implementing effectively human rights provisions and stresses that favourable conditions are necessary for their participation in decision making in order to reinforce genuine ownership of development strategy policy choice;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses upon the need to ensure, as a priority, that developed countries cut their own emissions first and fast and provide necessary financial flows to developing countries for adaptation and mitigation; but warns against using instead offsetting mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) considering that such mechanisms have not proven to be effective tools for reducing greenhouse emissions, and that they delay essential structural change in developed country economies;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to adopt three binding targets for 2030: a 50 t least 60% reduction in GHG emissions, at least 405 % share of renewable energy and at least 305 % increase in energy efficiency;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NEmphasises the need to reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector; in this respect, notes that biofuels are failing to live up to expectations as regards GHG emission reductions, drive up food prices by competing for land and threaten access to vital resources, including land and water, of local and indigenous communities in developing countries; takes the view that no biofuel targets or subsidies should exist after 2020 andin order to avoid negative impacts on the right to food, public incentives for the production of crop- based biofuels (such as the binding 10% EU target for renewable energy in transport or subsidies) must be reduced and removed no later than 2020; in particular, calls for effective measures to prevent harmful social and environmental impacts of biomass production for European marketsfor energy production;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses upon the need to reduce energy consumption in the transport sector as a percentage target for energy from renewable sources is likely to become increasingly difficult to achieve sustainably if overall demand for energy for transport continues to rise;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses upon the need to reconcile development and climate change goals; underlines that climate change threatens the ability of entire regions to feed themselves, thereby demonstrating the links between the aim of global poverty eradication underlying the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals process launched by the Rio+20 conference; calls for these two processes to be integrated into a single, overarching post-2015 framework;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CEmphasises the critical role of finance in enabling developing countries to take ambitious climate action; hence, insists upon the need to build up a coherent financial architecture for climate change; calls for greater efforts by the Member States to help fulfil the commitment made by developed countries to provide USD 100 billion per year in climate financing, additional to Official Development Assistance, by 2020;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2135(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses upon the need to address the growing impact of airline emissions on climate change; accordingly, deplores the fact that the EU has temporarily frozen the implementation of the EU emissions trading scheme for non-intra EU flights, stresses the need for an expanded, better- functioning Emissions Trading System which ensures a meaningful price for CO2, reflects the true cost of fossil fuels; provides effective incentives for GHG emission reductions and raises climate finance.
Amendment 5 #
2013/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the EU's long term resilience approach should address the deterioration of the ecosystem, particularly agriculture, water, biodiversity and fish resources, and calls on the EU to adopt a coherent policy to reduce vulnerability through its risk reduction strategy, which can be achieved by adopting sustainable agricultural production methods and systems, such as crop-rotation, agro-ecology, agro-forestry, organic agriculture and small-holder farming;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Insists that disaster prone countries should play a leading role and should be the main actor in defining their priorities and transition strategies from humanitarian aid to a long- term development strategy, as they are better placed to know the local reality to define what is best for their own communities;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the EU to draw lessons from past decades of its cooperation policy and to put forward proposals to promote Policy Coherence for Development in practice by linking development aid and other EU policy areas, such as agriculture, trade, taxations, climate change and investment;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Urges the Commission to integrate the land grabbing issue in its policy dialogue with developing countries in order to make Policy Coherence the corner stone of development cooperation at national level as well as at international level and to avoid the expropriation of small farmers, further vulnerability of the poor in rural areas and unsustainable use of land and water;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Is of the view that the EU's Action plan for resilience should aim at implementing Policy Coherence for Development and address issues relating to food security and climate resilience by eliminating unsustainable practices such as dumping of agricultural products and unfair trade rules ; calls on the EU to address sustainable agriculture in a holistic manner at national and international level;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the need to support mechanisms which will allow for a proper and transparent usedistribution and management of oil revenues ; calls on the South-Sudanese authorities and the National Legislative Assembly, as well as international partners and companies present in South Sudan to contribute to greater transparency in the generation and use of those revenues; welcomes the recent passing of the Petroleum Revenue Management Bill by the National Legislative Assembly; calls for the quick adoption into law by the President and quick implementation of all modalities of the Act;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that ensuring human security for all South-Sudanese people requires a renewed effort by the Government of South Sudan and its international partners to follow through with the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of armed groups and to undertake broader security sector reform (SSR) leading to a reduction in the size of the standing army, as well as its professionalisation, full respect for civilian control and the chain of command, as well as greater respect for human rights among the armed forces; Stresses the need to engage constructively and frequently with South Sudanese civil society and women's associations to deal with the problem of insecurity and promote respect for human rights including women's rights;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union states that EU action on the international scene must promote fundamental principles and objectives such as respect for human rights and the eradication of poverty in developing countries;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy adopted in 2012 states that the EU will work in favour of human rights in all areas of its external action without exception;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas PCD is now recognized as an obligation and regarded as a tool of a comprehensive policy and a process which seeks to incorporate the multiple dimensions of development at all stages of policy formulation;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Union, the Member States and their partner institutions to ensure that the new ‘post- 2015’ framework includes a PCD objective which makes it possible to develop reliable indicators to measure the progress of donors and southern partners and to assess the impact of the various policies on development, in particular by applying a ‘PCD lens’ to key issues such as population growth, global food security, illicit financial flows, migration, climate and green growth;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to maintain its commitment to the field of development and to the respect for economic, social and human rights of the populations, and recalls the Commission’s role in imparting impetus to the Union’s policies and coordinating them; considers that the Commission should actively promote a coherent and modern vision of human development in order to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the follow-up post-2015 framework and the human rights, and honour the commitments given;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 36 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for systematic assessment of the impact of the common agricultural policy on the local economies of developing countriesand Trade policies, including the ongoing negative effects of current EU biofuel policy on food security, on the local economies of developing countries as well as on social, economic, environmental and human rights of the population;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. While recognizing the attention paid to several aspects of policy coherence for development within the annual report on the implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative, calls upon the Commission to include in this report also information on the impact of new agreements, programs and initiatives on resource rich developing countries, with special attention to economic diversification and social and environmental aspects of natural resources exploitation;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that in the light of PCD, the EU should take concrete steps in combatting tax evasion and tackling tax havens, in order to support their efforts to raise domestic resources;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the UN-Habitat Study "Secure Land Rights for All" of 2008 and UN-Habitat guide on "How to Develop a Pro-Poor Land Policy: Process, Guide and Lessons";
Amendment 3 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter on the Right to Food "Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: a set of core principles and measures to address the human rights challenge" of 11 June 2009;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas property rights can be defined as the rules that regulate the terms by which individual stakeholders, communities, public and private actors acquire and maintain access to tangible and intangible assets through formal law or customary provisionsaccording to the UN-Habitat, land tenure and property rights can be formal (freehold, leasehold, public and private rental), customary or religious in origin; they can also include various types of unauthorised/informal tenure or settlement;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU Land Policy Guidelines 2004 defines land tenure as a "system of access to and control over land and related resources", and that land rights are not limited to private ownership in the strict sense, but can be a very diverse balance between individual rights and duties, and collective regulations at different levels;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas 1.2 billion people worldwide inhabit property for which they do not hold formal rights and live without permanent homes or access to land; in particular, whereas more than 90% of the rural population in sub-Saharan Africa (of which 370 million people are considered to be poor) access land and natural resources via legally insecure customary and informal tenure systems;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas efforts to achieve MDG7 (Target 11), which is aimed at improving the lives of 100 million slum inhabitants by 2020, is drastically behind schedule; whereas Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights recognises a universal right to housing and to continuous improvement of living conditions; whereas the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) estimates that as many as one billion people live in slums, and it is thought that an estimated three billion people will reside in slums by 2050;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in rural areas, some 200 million people (almost 20 per cent of the world's poor) have no access to sufficient land to make a living; whereas rural land is coming under multiple pressures: they include population growth, land use conversion, commercial investments, environmental degradation due to drought, soil erosion and nutrient depletion, as well as natural disasters and conflicts; and whereas securing land rights is needed to promote social stability by reducing uncertainty and conflicts over land;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas private investors and governments have shown a growing interest in the acquisition or long-term lease of large portions of arable land in countries, mostly in developing countries in Africa and Latin America;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas by setting mandatory targets and subsidizing biofuels, the EU contributes at least indirectly to land- grabbing in developing countries, given that it encourages speculation on arable land, particularly the most fertile ones and those located nearby ports or roads; whereas consequently, the threats to the security of tenure for small-holders are further increased, with potential negative consequences on the food security of local communities;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) states that women and spouses shall have equal rights in respect of the ownership and acquisition of property; but whereas many land tenure and property rights regime discriminate against women either formally or in practise;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas providing secure land rights for women is important for poverty reduction, in view of women's roles as food producers in rural and peri-urban areas, their responsibilities for feeding family members; whereas women, who represent 70 % of Africa's farmers, formally own as little as 2 % of the land; whereas recent programmes throughout India, Kenya and Honduras show that low- income female-headed households have better nutrition figures than higher-income households headed by men;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the rights of everyone to own property either alone or in association with others, and that no one should be arbitrarily deprived of their property;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas access to land for indigenous people has been given specific forms of protection under the 1989 ILO Convention (n° 169) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas Article 10 of the UN Declaration on the Right to Indigenous People guarantee to indigenous people the right not to be forcibly removed from their lands or territories, and no relocation shall take place without their free, prior and informed consent and after agreement on just and fair compensation and, where possible, with the option of return;
Amendment 35 #
Amendment 38 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that securing land rights and greater equity in land access provide a secure foundation for livelihoods, economic opportunities, and in rural areas, for household food production;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that besides individual land titling a variety of alternative tenure options, including building on customary tenure systems to legally secure rights to house plots, farmland and natural resources, should be recognised, as advocated by UN-Habitat;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that in rural and peri-urban areas in many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and in parts of South-east Asia, customary tenure is the main way of accessing land; but notes that land titling has been popular with many international agencies, as a way to provide land security; points out however that various studies, such as those of UN- Habitat or UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food, demonstrates that giving priority to such tenure policy entails limitations: it distorts land and housing markets unless granted on a large scale; it entails risks of abuse and nepotism if granted on a small scale; it may stimulate litigation over competing claims, and undermines pre-existing land rights; it does not necessarily improve access to bank loans and may expose poor residents to unaffordable property taxes and service charges.
Amendment 41 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Points out equally that the EU Land Policy Guidelines 2004 also states that land titling is not always the best way of increasing tenure security, and nor does it automatically lead to greater investment and productivity;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that cultural traditions often leave women dependent on male relatives for tenure security and without legal protection; stresses upon international obligations of States to ensure minimum economic social and cultural rights, which includes government's obligation to ensure that land management is not discriminatory, particularly with regard to women and the poor, and does not violate other human rights;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the fact that EU biofuel policy as enshrined in the Renewable Energy Directive forms an (indirect) impetus for land-grabbing activities.
Amendment 50 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the removal of public incentives for the production of crop- based biofuels and subsidies is one way to combat land grabbing;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes also with concern that the EU trade policy may contribute to land- grabbing; in particular, regrets that the Everything but Arms (EBA) trade initiative, which confers unlimited, duty- free and quota-free access, triggered for instance land grabbing in Cambodia for sugar cane exports or that EU's FTA with Central America increase land pressures and land conflicts in Central America;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Recalls that when land rights are not secure and governance is weak, they bring high risks for local communities, in terms of food security, risk of displacement and eviction of farmers and herders; urges accordingly the EU Member States to support the national capacity of developing countries to strengthen their governance system;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
The negotiations of large-scale leases or acquisitions of land through investment agreement and the rights of local people.
Amendment 54 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Highlights that both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognize the right to self-determination, defined as the right of all people to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources, and that both stipulate that no people may be deprived of its own means of subsistence; accordingly, stresses that the negotiation of large-scale leases or acquisition of lands must duly reflect the right to development, which entails transparency, adequate and informed participation of the local communities concerned by land leases or purchases and accountability in the use of revenues, that should benefit local population;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Highlights the fact that EU investment policies may contribute to land grabbing, as international investment agreements usually define investment very broadly, thereby applying to agricultural investment and land acquisitions; recalls that Bilateral Investment Treaties usually provide extensive legal protection to investment against adverse host state action; believes that full environmental and social impact assessment of land use changes should be implemented before any land sale or lease takes place; calls on the EU to upgrade its assistance to developing countries related to the framing of investments agreements so as to enable the host country to regulate in the public interest in the remit of land deals;
Amendment 56 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Stresses that investment agreements on large-scale land acquisitions or leases should duly take into account the right of current land-users, as well as the rights of workers employed on the farms; takes the view that the obligations of investors should be defined in clear terms and should be enforceable, for instance by the inclusion of sanction mechanisms in cases of non-compliance of human rights; considers that all land deals should also include a legal obligation that a certain minimum percentage of crops produced should be sold on the local market.
Amendment 58 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Roadmap to formal propertysecure land rights and sustainable land governance in the developing world
Amendment 60 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the fact that land reform requires flexibility, tailored to local, social and cultural conditions, and should be focused on empowering the most vulnerable, regularising tenure security for urban squatters and bringing pastoralist societies into the scope of formal property law;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that land tenure reform should begin with accurate land data collection and with systematic titling by means of cadastral mapping using low- cost technologieWarns against applying a one-size-fits- all approach to achieve land security; underlines that formal land administration services are most effective when provided at local level; takes the view that effective delivery of secure land rights may therefore depend on reform of centralised State land agencies with a view to devolving responsibilities to local and customary institutions; considers that land registration can then be improved by computerization of land records and cadastral systems;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that agriculture remains a fundamental source of livelihood, subsistence and food security for rural people; but notes that rural land is coming under multiple pressures, because of population growth, land use conversion, commercial investments, environmental degradation due to drought, soil erosion and nutrient depletion, as well as natural disasters and conflicts; believes in this context that securing land tenure for rural people is essential to achieve MDGs; takes the view that a range of policy instruments can help address these challenges, and they must be adapted to meet local conditions;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers that government officials should first identify those land management and tenure systems that already exist; secondly, they should build on these systems for the benefit of the poor and vulnerable groups.
Amendment 70 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that any shift in land use should only take place with the free, prior and informed consent of the local communities concerned; recalls that indigenous people have been granted specific forms of protection of their rights on land under international law; in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, insists that States shall provide effective mechanisms for prevention of, and redress for, any action which has the aim or effect of dispossessing indigenous peoples of their lands, territories or resources;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CRecalls that tenure security can be safeguarded under various forms provided the rights of land users and owners are clear: in addition to formal titles, security can be achieved through clear, long-term rental contracts, or formal recognition of customary rights and informal settlements, with accessible and effective dispute settlement mechanisms; calls for the EU to channel support towards capacity development and training programmes in land management, with the aim to secure land rights for the poor and vulnerable groups, including through cadastral surveying, registration, and efforts to equip educational institutions in developing countries;
Amendment 77 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the fact that building sound fiscal policies in developing countries by strengthening land registration and delineating valuation functions significantly increases annual land transaction revenue, such as in Thailand where it increased six-fold over a period of 10 yearsthe design of sound land taxation systems in developing countries must be coherent with poverty reduction and social equity objectives; hence takes the view that land taxes should be a means to promote social and environmental objectives, discourage under-utilisation of land and prevent tax speculation;
Amendment 81 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Placing propertyland rights at the heart of EU development policy
Amendment 82 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the fact that large-scale land acquisitions are among others a direct consequence of weak land governance in developing countries; emphasises that empowering people through clear and secure property rights will open contractual arrangementEU aid should contribute to building the institutional capability required for the granting of secure land rights, so as to tackle rent-seeking, bureaucratic inertia as well as corrupt, unaccountable practices tso scrutiny andas to prevent land grabbing;
Amendment 85 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that an update be made toUrges the EU to activate the EU 2004 EU Land Policy Guidelines in coordination with Member States in order to assess current tenure challenges and assist with the implementation of new low-cost technologies in land mapping and administrationand push for redistributive types of land policies;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT);
Amendment 87 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to set a clearly defined budget line for property rights, shifting from a small-scale perspective to long-term land governance reform, with a view to streamlining land tenureStresses that the challenge of providing secure land rights for displaced people and refugees is likely to increase under climate change; stresses equally that the establishment of legitimate institutions governing access to land for re-settlement of migrants and refugees is essential, as is the case of restitution to original owners; hence, urges the EU to upgrade its assistance regarding the inclusion of land rights in humanitarian and development response to disasters or civil conflicts, whereby land policies must guarantee secure land rights to different ethnic, social or generational groups in an equitable way;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that securing land rights for all are best achieved where they are nested within coherent governance frameworks; recommends that an overarching legal accountability mechanism be developed under the auspices of the UN with the express purpose of supporting land reform, monitoring land governance in a transparent and accountable fashion and encouraging states to respect and pursue land claims made by individuals and communities;
Amendment 28 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to respect developing country ownership, all EIB investments should be aligned to country owned development strategies. Against this background, in order to enhance the coherence and the focus of the EIB external financing activity on supporting Union policies, and for the maximum benefit of beneficiaries, Decision No 1080/2011/EU set out general objectives for EIB financing operations across all eligible regions and countries, i.e. local private sector development, in particular in support of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), social and economic infrastructure and climate change mitigation and adaptation, building on the comparative strengths of the EIB in areas where it has a well-proven track record. These objectives should be maintained in this Decision.
Amendment 29 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Improving access to financing for SMEs, including SMEs from the Union investing in the regions covered by this Decision, can play an essential role in stimulating economic development and in combating unemployment. ITo ensure that investments in the private sector have the greatest development impact, they should be targeted towards domestic entreprises owned and domiciled with developing countries. To this end, in order to effectively reach out to SMEs, the EIB should cooperate with local financial intermediary institutions in the eligible countries, in particular to ensure that part of the financial benefits is passed on to their clients and provide added value compared to other sources of finance. The reliance on financial intermediaries must be complemented by increased transparency to ensure that they are engaging in programmes with clear development impacts. In particular, the EIB should work with financial intermediaries that have substantial local ownership, and ensure that the projects financed through intermediaries support sustainable development and that the operations are done in a transparent manner. The EIB should also ensure that financing to the private sector goes where it is most needed, taking into account the priorities of the partner countries.
Amendment 30 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) When operating under the Community guarantee, the EIB should only cooperate with financial intermediaries not operating in offshore financial centres, which have substantial local ownership and are equipped to implement a pro-development approach supporting the specificity of SMEs in the countries of operation.
Amendment 31 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11 b) The EIB shall not cooperate with financial intermediaries with negative track record in terms of transparency, fraud, corruption and environmental and social impacts. A stringent list of criteria for selection of financial intermediaries shall be established by the EIB jointly with the European Commission and be publicly available.
Amendment 33 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EIB should also continue to finance investment projects in support of climate change mitigation and adaptation, to further the promotion of the Union's climate goals on a global scale. To this end, priority should be given to small- scale, off-grid decentralised renewable energy projects, to ensure energy access to rural areas, while avoiding potential negative social and environmental impact of large-scale energy infrastructure.
Amendment 35 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Union external relations should be supported by new instruments from 2014, including an umbrella Regulation establishing common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action. With a view to enhancing the coherence of overall Union support in the regions concerned, and provided that blending activities have a clear sustainable development impact, that can be effectively monitored, opportunities should be seized to combine EIB financing with Union budgetary resources when and as appropriate, in the form of financial instruments provided for in Title VIII of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and technical assistance for project preparation and implementation, through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance II (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries, the Instrument for the promotion of Democracy and Human Rights worldwide, the Instrument for Stability, and the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation. Following Decision No 1080/2011/EU, the Commission established an EU Platform for Blending in External Cooperation with a view to optimising the functioning of mechanisms for the blending of grants and loans outside the Union.
Amendment 36 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) IThe mechanism of blending loans and grants must be evaluated particularly in terms of development and financial additionality, transparency and accountability, local ownership and debt risk. Provided that it has a clear sustainable development impact, the EIB should, in its financing operations outside the Union that fall within the scope of this Decision, the EIB should endeavour further to enhance coordination and cooperation with European Financial Institutions and International Financial Institutions, notably those participating in the EU Platform for Blending in External Cooperation. This cooperation includes, where appropriate, cooperation on sector conditionality and mutual reliance on procedures, use of joint co-financing and participation in global initiatives, such as those promoting aid coordination and effectiveness. Such coordination and cooperation should strive to minimise possible duplication of costs and unnecessary overlap. The tripartite Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission, the EIB Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in respect of cooperation outside the Union, which allows the EIB Group and the EBRD to act in a complementary way by relying on their respective comparative advantages, was updated in 2012 to cover the extension of EBRD's geographical scope to the Mediterranean region and should continue to be applied. The principles set out in this Decision should also be applied when EIB financing is implemented through cooperation agreements with other European Financial Institutions and International Financial Institutions, including regarding consistency with Union's development objectives, aid effectiveness principles, transparency and democratic scrutiny.
Amendment 38 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a EIB financing operations implemented through the Union guarantee granted to the EIB in developing countries, shall have as primary objective the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty. In particular, EIB financing operations shall be consistent with: - EU commitments and obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as well as the attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); - social, labour and environmental standards as embodied in international agreements.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. EIB financing operations supporting the objectives provided for in paragraph 1(a) mayTo ensure that investments in the private sector have the greatest development impact, EIB financing operations supporting the objectives provided for in paragraph 1(a) shall target domestic companies owned and domiciled within developing countries whenever possible, but may also include support to investment projects by SMEs from the Union.
Amendment 41 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. EIB financing operations supporting the objectives provided for in paragraph 1(b) shall support investment projects in the areas of transport, energy, including decentralised off-grid renewable energy, energy systems transformation enabling a switch to lower carbon intensive technologies and fuels, energy security and energy infrastructure, including for gas production and transportation to EU energy market, environmental infrastructure, including water and sanitation and green infrastructure, information and communication technology, including telecommunications and broadband network infrastructure, health and education. Compliance with the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters should be ensured by the EIB at the different relevant stages of projects.
Amendment 42 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. EIB financing operations supporting the objectives provided for in paragraph 1(c) shall support investment projects in climate change mitigation and adaptation which contribute to the overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in particular by avoiding or reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transport, or by increasing resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change on vulnerable countries, sectors and communities. To this end, an analysis of the carbon footprint ought to be included in the environmental assessment procedure to determine whether project proposals maximize energy-efficiency improvements. Over the period covered by the Decision, the volume of these operations shall represent at least 25% of total EIB financing operations.
Amendment 43 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a In its financial operations, the EIB must ensure that all companies and financial institutions involved in the transaction disclose information regarding beneficial ownership of any legal structure directly or indirectly related to the company, including trusts, foundations and bank accounts.
Amendment 44 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to be eligible for EIB financing and investment, all companies and financial institutions involved in the transaction must disclose reliable annual information related to sales, employees, profits made and taxes paid in the country.
Amendment 45 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The EIB shall inform OLAF immediately when, at any stage of the preparation, implementation or closure of projects subject to the EU guarantee, it detects a potential case of fraud, corruption or other illegal activity that may affect the financial interests of the EU. In such cases, the disbursement of loans should be immediately suspended until OLAF investigation findings are available. Where corruption is proven, the EIB shall assist asset recovery efforts by disclosing to the relevant authorities any assets held by the EIB that relate to such corruption or that derive from it.
Amendment 48 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The contracts signed in relation to projects subject to the EU guarantee shall include stringent clauses enabling the suspension of financing support from the EIB to project's promoters and financial intermediaries where fraud, corruption or other illegal activity are under formal investigation, and its cancellation in the event of such illegal activity being proven.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that biodiversity and ecosystems deliver collective benefits and must be considered as common goods; recalls that when properly managed and governed, biodiversity based assets can yield significant economic benefits; laments however that many policy-makers see little economic gain from conserving or investing in biodiversity; stresses therefore the value of "ecosystem services" and their contribution to economic and social development;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that no system for generating wealth can be sustainable if it degrades its resource base; underlines that, in parallel to the market oriented functions, the bio- economy sustains also a wide range of public goods functions, not currently rewarded by the market, that should be preserved, such as agricultural and forested landscape, farmland and forest biodiversity, water quality and availability, soil functionality, climate stability, air quality and resilience to flooding and fire;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Takes the view that the transition to a sustainable bio-based economy will only be successful if resource efficiency is the pillar of the economy and if genetic engineering is not the driver of this economy;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Believes that any bio-economy strategy should adopt the guiding principle of a biomass hierarchy and support a 'cascade utilization' of biomass first directed to ensure basic services not rewarded by the market and then to high value applications like materials (rather than bioenergy which has a lower value);
Amendment 6 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that a sustainable bio-based economy must be built on modal transport and reduction of the overall consumption of biofuels to the strict minimum; in particular, underlines that in order to assess whether a specific bio-based process or product is reducing direct and indirect greenhouse gases emissions, all the stages from the extraction of the raw material to the end-use-state should be considered; stresses that the EU and national policies should promote clean alternatives to fossil fuels, such as vehicles that run on renewable electricity as well as solar and wind energy, instead of stimulating the shift to biomass in sectors where lower value is added to it (like in the production of biofuels and other bioenergy);
Amendment 9 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the amount of sustainable biomass from EU sources will never be enough to meet current energy demand and increasing and competing uses of biomass, and that the EU will therefore be increasingly dependent on imports from developing countries, where biomass exploitation represents a major challenge in terms of governance, as in the case of forest conservation and sustainable management of forest resources, thereby making it difficult to fulfil EU sustainability criteria and measures for imported biomass or to check their implementation through monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that the EU has a duty to reduce its dependency on fish from developing countries for food, as well as for feed in aquaculture, stresses that in the current reform of the CFP, priority should be given to measures that underpin an environmentally sustainable management of fisheries and the use of non-carnivorous species in aquaculture;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 14 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of mangrove, seagrass meadows, salt marshes and kelp forests as highly performing carbon sinks, warns of the rapid destruction of these coastal ecosystems due inter alia to increasing demand for seafood from aquaculture; calls for a marine equivalent of the REDD scheme to safeguard coastal and marine ecosystems as carbon sinks;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the protection of biodiversity is a key component to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (among which Goal 1 on Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger and Goal 7 on Ensuring Environmental Sustainability); in particular, stresses upon the importance of healthy biodiversity and ecosystems for primary production like agriculture, forestry and fisheries; accordingly, deems that production of biomass shall be analysed in respect with its impact on ecosystem services;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2295(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Fears that growing demand for biomass exacerbates food insecurity in developing countries, through land grabbing and volatile food pricesdiversion of crops and lands away from food production, deprivation of land-use rights and impoverishment as a result of land-grabs and exacerbation of food price volatility; points out that the demand for biofuels is already one of the drivers for land acquisitions in developing countries, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa; recalls that due to these land acquisitions, indigenous people loose their access to land, and thereby their access to food and water; also underlines that while MDGs set a target of cutting by half the number of people without safe access to water by 2015, water-consuming bio-economy activities can aggravate water stress in developing countries and thereby contribute to widespread food scarcity; urges the EU to follow the recommendation of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on agro- ecology to achieve food security, while addressing climate change;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, defining what constitutes discrimination against women and setting up an agenda for national action to put an end to those discriminations,
Amendment 7 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Human rights legal framework,
Amendment 10 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Commission communication of 12 April 2005 entitled ‘Policy Coherence for Development’ (COM(2005)0134), and the Council conclusions entitled 'Policy Coherence for Development', 3166th Foreign Affairs Council meeting of 14 May 2012,
Amendment 19 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, two years from the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there has been significant progress the MDGs have raised awareness of ending global poverty as an urgent challenge and a priority for global action; whereas, two years from the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there has been significant progress; whereas, however, the current MDGs do not address the root causes of poverty and in particular fail to adequately address issues such as inequalities within and among countries, social exclusion, biodiversity and governance;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the MDGs have helped to define poverty as a multidimensional deprivation in people's lives, covering education, health, environment, food, employment, housing and gender equality; whereas, however, there is little evidence that the existence of MDGs has had any significant impact in shaping national policies in developing countries;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas global challenges remain – hunger, lack of proper and safe sanitation, insufficient levels of primary education, high unemployment – particularly youth unemployment, lack of social protection and gender inequality;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas nearly one billion people in the world are undernourished and more than 200 million are unemployed; whereas only 28% of the global population is covered by comprehensive social protection systems, reflecting high degrees of informal employment and whereas an estimated 1.4 billion people lack access to sufficient energy services, hampering their ability to overcome poverty;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas three-quarters of the world's poor people live in middle income countries and, according to the World Development Indicators 2008 of the World Bank, income and wealth inequalities within countries have increased since the early 1980s, including in high-income countries; whereas income and job insecurity have also increased owing to patterns of globalisation based on outsourcing and weaker labour protection;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the global food, energy and financial crisis of 2007 - 2010 highlighted the fragility of global food supply systems and exposed systemic failures in the workings of financial and commodity markets and major weaknesses in the mechanisms of global governance;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas sustainability concerns, regarding inter alia the urgent need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and to achieve more equitable and sustainable management and governance of natural resources, represent the key challenge for a transformative agenda;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is projected that in 2015 more than 600 million people will still be using unimproved water sources and that one billion people will be living on less than USD 1.25 per day; and, if present trends continue, the MDG target to halve the proportion of people living without basic sanitation services will not be met until 2049; whereas currently almost 200 million people are unemployed – about 74 million of those are between the ages of 15 and 24 and only 20% of the world's population has adequate social security coverage, while more than half lack any coverage at all;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development affirms development as a fundamental human right; whereas the Declaration commits to a "human rights based" approach, characterized by the realisation of all human rights (economic, social, cultural, civil and political) and whereas the Declaration commits equally to strengthen international cooperation;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the fact that the MDG framework has put the fight against poverty at the forefront of the global development agenda; regrets, however, that MDGs failed to address systemic issues that create unequal opportunities for people and countries, including the impact of the liberalisation agenda on poverty and inequality; recalls, for instance, that in a largely globalised economy, labour's bargaining power has been reduced through liberalisation, which jeopardises in return fulfilment of the rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Decent Work Agenda; against this background, regrets that the consensus on poverty as a policy priority has not led to fundamental debates about policy alternatives for reaching this global goal but that the dominant underlying economic/development strategies continue to be driven by the Washington Consensus agenda aimed at liberalisation and privatisation;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that environmental degradation jeopardises the achievement of MDGs, among which the objective of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; in particular, recalls that persistent inequalities and struggles over scarce resources are among key drivers of conflict, hunger, insecurity and violence, which in turn are key factors that hold back human development and efforts to achieve sustainable development; calls for the adoption of a more holistic approach that reflects the outcome and follow-up of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that inequality hampers economic development and poverty reduction efforts; in particular, recalls that high levels of inequality make it difficult to construct broad-based, redistributive and fiscally sustainable social welfare systems that are grounded on principles of social solidarity, while high levels of inequality may raise crime levels or cause violent conflict, especially in multi-ethnic societies; believes that the structural causes of poverty need to be addressed to enable a transformative change of society;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CAcknowledges the ways in which development and poverty eradication are intertwined with the challenges of peace and security, environment, human rights, democracy and good governance; hence, calls for a renewed approach to poverty eradication which takes into consideration the importance of inclusive growtheconomic development, environmental sustainability, human rights and good governance;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the "post-MDG agenda" to be anchored to the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, which not only affirms development as a fundamental human right but addresses development as a process;
Amendment 92 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that inclusiveness is a dynamic concept that goes beyond a "pro- poor" strategy, and implies broadening the focus to include vulnerable populations in precarious livelihoods, which calls for anchoring development strategy into the macroeconomic framework; considers that defining qualitative indicators will be critical to monitor both the degree to which development progress is inclusive and sustainable, and the extent to which the needs of the most deprived and vulnerable groups are being addressed;
Amendment 96 #
Amendment 99 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that thealth multidimensionality of human well-being needs to be fully acknowledged; recalls, in this respect, that health, social protection and education are key drivers of poverty eradication and economic growthinclusive economic development;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that universal health coverage (UHC) and quality educationquality education, universal health coverage (UHC) and universal access to adequate nutritious food should be considered to be major goals ofin the pPost- 2015 agenda;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for full and productive employment and decent work to be a central goal of the post-2015 development agenda and calls for this goal to be supported through the implementation of well-designed national social protection floors for poverty reduction and resilience;
Amendment 126 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that climate change, the recent food price crisis and the global financial crisis can all be linked to the lack of adequate global governance; hence, stresses that global governance should be a key ingredient of the post- 2015 Development Agenda;
Amendment 127 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Deplores the lack of coherence between institutions of global governance, in particular regarding the multilateral trade, finance and environmental architectures; considers that, while global governance deficits have led countries to seek regional solutions as a way to respond to region-specific development needs, such arrangements require coordination to avoid policy fragmentation and incoherence with multilateral regimes and international standards; more broadly, deems that action at the global level is required to supplement national efforts;
Amendment 128 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Notes that, although the format of the MDG framework enabled the setting of concrete and time-bound goals and targets that could be monitored by statistically robust indicators, there is a lack of ownership of these goals; against this background, warns against imposing a one-size-fits-all approach and believes that global goals and targets must be tailored and adapted to national and regional contexts and initial conditions;
Amendment 142 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that the post-2015 UN development agenda shall respond to a human-rights based approach, which encompasses social and economic rights, while also including civil and political rights related to peace and security, as well as the right to development;
Amendment 144 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the EU to support, within the post-2015 agenda, the adoption of binding clauses on individual rights, especially women and girls' rights, including sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 147 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the EU to support developing countries in building up their political will and in increasingappropriate social protection floors, to increase support to efforts to improve the level of implementation of legal human rights instruments;
Amendment 152 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that armed conflict and post- conflict situations are some of the main obstacles to development and poverty reduction; stresses equally that peace and security, development and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing;
Amendment 166 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. REmphasises that sustainability is an overriding challenge, where failure is likely to threaten all dimensions of human development; in particular, recognises the inseparable links between food, energy, water, sustainable land use, natural resources efficiency, marine and other ecosystem protection and biodiversity, deforestation and climate change mitigation, sustainable production and consumption, social inclusion and decent work in the anti- poverty framework;
Amendment 196 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the EU to promote the financial transaction tax and to ensure that a significant part of the revenue be used for financing for development and the fight against climate change;
Amendment 197 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that the EU should promote an integrated and complementary approach to financing, including through public- private partnerships for development;
Amendment 200 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Reiterates its call for making corruption, money laundering, the fight against tax havens, illicit flows of capital and harmful tax structures an overriding priority of the EU's agenda in international finance and development institutions so as to enable developing countries to raise domestic revenues;
Amendment 202 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the EU to improve and continueproperly evaluate the mechanism of blending loans and grants – particularly in terms of development and financial additionality, transparency and accountability, local ownership and debt risk - before continuing to develop blending loans and grants to boost financial resources for development, based and focu that are based on harmonised poverty reduction strategies and that have a clear sustainable development impact;
Amendment 209 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. CRecognises the urgent need for increased domestic resource mobilisation and therefore calls on the EU to continue toincrease its support to developing countries infor establishing effective fiscal policy and strengthening the capacity, skills and qualifications of their administrations with a view to tackling illicit financial flows, tax evasion and fraud, fraud and tax avoidance;
Amendment 211 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. URecalls that the quality of financial reporting is crucial to combat tax evasion effectively; hence, underlines the importance of increasing transparency in corporate reporting of profits and taxes paid, especially by companies involved in the exploitation of natural resources; therefore asks the Commission to promote the inclusion of a requirement within the International Financial Reporting Standard of the IASB that multinational corporations report their income and tax paid on a country-by-country basis; recalls that this request is consistent with the need to improve the corporate social responsibility of multinational enterprises;
Amendment 218 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Points out that a new set of indicators other than GDP is necessary in order to overcome new social and environmental challenges, and should therefore include i.a. the human development index, the poverty headcount ratio, the poverty gap index and, the Gini coefficient, the carbon footprint and the ecological footprint;
Amendment 222 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. CStresses upon the need to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, against this background, calls on developing countries to establish a genuine business regulatory framework focusing on a business code of conduct, respect for human rights, and environmental protection;
Amendment 227 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Urges EU-based companies with production facilities in developing countries to comply with their obligations to respect human rights and freedoms, social and environmental standards, gender equality, core labour standards, international agreements and payment of taxes in a transparent manner;
Amendment 234 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises that economic growthdevelopment should contribute to decent job creation and social inclusion; calls for the establishment of anationally defined social protection mechanismfloors in developing countries;
Amendment 243 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Takes the view that, while MDGs have certainly been a success in putting a stronger spotlight on development aid, a mere focus on aid is too narrow; considers that a new approach is needed that embraces global governance, with a strong focus on policy coherence for development and the provision of global public goods;
Amendment 244 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Believes that a post-2015 agenda for development needs to identify essential global public goods, set how they are financed and specify which global institutions can be held accountable for their provision;
Amendment 245 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35 c. Takes the view that policy coherence should move beyond a "do no harm" perspective, both in Europe and beyond, towards a more integrated approach where international trade, environment and international financial architecture are understood as global public policies that help to enhance global development objectives; supports, in this context, the idea of establishing a Global Economic Council in the context of the United Nations System;
Amendment 246 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the future development framework should contain a reference to the concept of ‘'development effectiveness’'; in particular, takes the view that turning "aid effectiveness" into a "development effectiveness" agenda implies a combination of development aid, assistance for the provision of global public goods and adaptation of existing global governance structures in order to increase their capacity to respond to global challenges;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the recent policy evolutions at EU and international level which are focused on a more ambitious partnership with CSOs and LAs, founded on a human rights-based approach to development, including economic, social and cultural rights as well as international treaties on environment and biodiversity protection; and on a clear engagement to strengthening the democratic process and accountability;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that creating accountable, human rights-based, and inclusivedemocratic relations among governments, LAs, CSOs, and citizens offers a unique opportunity for the EU to establish transparent and sustainable partnerships with developing countries;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that Policy Coherence for Development must be the guiding principle of the EU cooperation with local authorities aiming at developing local economy to provide decent livelihood to the population at community level,
Amendment 21 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to promote institutionalised mechanisms for multilevel and multiple stakeholder dialogue among CSOs, LAs and partner governments in decent work agendas, and sustainable and inclusive growth with redistribution of revenue through government budget;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to allocate adequate resources in the future programming period, to allow CSOs and LAs from partner countries to raise awarenessmonitor and analyse progress towards policy coherence for development (PCD) at local, national and international level;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the important role that local authorities and civil society organisations can play in fighting corruption at all level including tax evasion and illicit financial flow from developing countries ;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2288(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Is of the view that tax revenues are essential for local economic development and considers that priority should be given to put in place effective and viable tax collection systems to ensure sustainable source of development financing,
Amendment 9 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the link between trade liberalisation and poverty reduction is not automatic; but whereas opening up trade can be one of the most effective drivers of economic growth and development, if and when the right conditions are in place;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU's trade policy towards developing countries seeks to better integrate them into the international trading system, but lacks clearly defined development objectives; and whereas despite significant liberalization efforts, some developing countries, notably LDCs, have not been able to diversify production and exports;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the impact of globalisation on poverty reduction is uneven; whereas a large proportion of the population in developing countries still live in extreme poverty, and particularly in the LDCs: in 1990, only 18% of the extremely poor were living in LDCs, while by 2007, that share had doubled to 36%;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements have raised major difficulties for developing countries (in terms of fiscal revenue losses, regional integration, etc.); whereas the high number of countries effectively leaving the negotiations indicates the lack of a development agenda within the Interim EPAs: some of the countries which effectively leave believe that the such EPAs would lead them towards a less favourable situation than the trade provisions of the Cotonou Agreement; whereas EPA negotiations are far behind schedule, overall progress is still weak and more than a time limit is needed to remedy this situation;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas poor countries have difficulties in compensating for the decline in trade taxes as a result from the current global context of trade liberalisation; and whereas there is a danger that customs tariffs on processed goods which exceed those on raw materials may help to consign developing countries to the role merely of exporters of raw materials;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the expansion of agrofuels has relied overwhelmingly on the expansion of large-scale industrial monoculture, thereby extending agricultural practises that are harmful for the environment, biodiversity, soil fertility and water availability; and whereas the expansion of agrofuels may have dramatic consequences in terms of violation of land rights, loss of access to vital natural resources, deforestation and environmental degradation;
Amendment 27 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Aid for Trade (AfT) is critically needed in modesigned to assist developing countries to assist in building among others trade capacity, promoting processing and diversification of production, reducing administrative barriers to trade, putting in place an efficient infrastructure for the transport of goods, and strengthening local businesses to prepare them for competition and allow them to benefit from new market opportunities; whereas Aid for Trade should help promoting processing and diversification of production; assist regional integration; technology transfers, and help facilitate the establishment or development of domestic productive capacity and reducing income inequality;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas regional integration is an effective means of achieving prosperity, peace and security; and whereas, in a context of climate change, intraregional trade shall be supported, especially in a context where the development benefits of better functioning internal and regional trade may be as significant as those of increased external trade;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas "conflict resources" are natural resources whose systematic exploitation and trade in a context of conflict contribute to, benefit from or result in the commission of serious violations of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law or violations amounting to crimes under international law;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the focus on the business environment, regional integration and world markets, as well as on social protection, health, education and jobs in the Agenda for Change (COM(2011)0637);
Amendment 48 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that investment policy raises two main challenges for developing countries: at the national level, investment policy needs to be included into development strategy, incorporating sustainable development objectives; at the international level, it is necessary to strengthen the development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs) and balancing the rights and obligations of States and investors;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets that, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2012, some International Investment Agreements (IIA) concluded in 2011 keep to the traditional Treaty model that focuses on investment protection as the sole aim of the Treaty; however, welcomes the fact that some new IIAs include provisions to ensure that the Treaty does not interfere with, but instead contributes to countries' sustainable development strategies that focus on the environmental and social impacts of investment;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes with concern the growing number of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases filed under International Investment Agreements (IIA) whereby investors have challenged core public policies, claiming that these policies have negatively affected their business prospects; underlines, in this context, that the World Investment Report (2012) of the UNCTAD indicates that IIAs are becoming increasingly controversial and politically sensitive, primarily owing to the spread of IIA- based investor-State arbitrations which provoke growing discontent (e.g. Australia's trade-policy statement announcing that it would stop including ISDS clauses in its future IIAs), and which reflect, among others, deficiencies in the system (e.g. wide scope of provisions such as expropriation, concerns regarding the qualification of arbitrators, lack of transparency and high costs of the proceeding, and the relationship between ISDS and State- State proceedings); insists accordingly that any future European investments agreements must not contain international investor-state dispute settlement;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Recalls that mobilizing investment for sustainable development remains a major challenge for developing countries, particularly for LDCs; underlines, in this context, that UNCTAD has developed a comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD) that puts a particular emphasis on the relationship between foreign investment and sustainable development;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the link between international trade and poverty reduction is not automatic; notes, in this respect, that UNCTAD states that the average level of trade integration of the LDCs, measured by the ratio of exports and imports of goods and services to GDP, has actually been higher than that of the advanced economies since the early 1990s; hence, considers that the persistence of mass poverty in the LDCs is not due to lack of integration into the global economy, insufficient trade liberalisation or insufficient policy reforms, but is rather the consequence of underdevelopment and the failure of these countries to promote structural transformation, build productive capacity, and create productive employment at the national level;
Amendment 58 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines equally that UNCTAD argues that the premature and rapid trade liberalisation that many low-income developing countries were encouraged to undertake in the 1980s and 1990s led to de-industrialisation and a form of integration that intensified their dependence on and vulnerability to external markets; in reverse, the countries that have benefited the most from trade liberalisation and have experienced the largest reductions in absolute poverty are those that have opened their economies moderately, gradually in line with the development of their productive capacities, and have made progress towards structural transformation;
Amendment 69 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. SRecalls that there is considerable heterogeneity in the welfare impacts of trade and trade reforms, with both winners and losers in the process; hence, stresses the importance of combining trade reforms with well-designed public policies, notably social protection; more broadly, stresses the importance of timely and well-prepared National Development Strategies and prior impact assessments; of existing trade policy on poverty;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the EU to always ensure that its broad approach to trade negotiations, with the inclusion of issues like investment, government procurement, competition, trade in services and intellectual property rights, is in line with the respective needs and development strategies of partner countries; in particular, points out that the introduction of the reciprocity principle regarding public procurement can be extremely harmful for developing countries, as it will among others hamper the development of infant industries and processing; urges therefore the EU to define its policy in full respect of the "special and differential treatment" granted to developing countries; reasserts equally that governments and parliaments must retain the right to regulate investment, both so as to be able to discriminate in favour of investors that support the country's development and to ensure that there are obligations and duties on all investors, including foreign, so that labour, environmental, human rights and other standards are respected;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the fact that a broad range of industries for TNCs set supplier codes of conduct detailing the social and environmental performance standards for their global supply chains; recalls however that the proliferation and heterogeneity of CSR codes present challenges, in particular, notes that owing to the heterogeneity of the concept of (CSR), with different companies having developed different standards on accounting, auditing and reporting, levels of CSR are hard to compare; hence, calls once more on the EU to strive for a clear international legal framework over the responsibilities and obligations of business with regard to human rights;
Amendment 105 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for stronger EU efforts in relation to tax havensRecalls that tax fraud and tax evasion are limiting the capacity of EU Member States to raise revenues and to carry out their economic policy; calls for stronger EU efforts in relation to tax havens; in particular, calls for the adoption of an international convention with the purpose of eliminating harmful tax structures (on the model of a multilateral mechanism for automatic tax-information exchange), that would include sanctions both for non-cooperative jurisdictions and for financial institutions that operate within tax havens (i.e. by considering the possibility to withdraw banking licences from financial institutions that operate with tax havens on the model of the US Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act);
Amendment 111 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the flaws inat after the implementation and follow-up of the regulations laid down for the ‘Kimberley Process’; emphasises the urgent need for a solid, transparent and reliable tracking system for gems and valuable minerals, such as coltan, so as to more efficiently prevent products that contribute to systematic breaches of human rights, or fuel conflict or unrest in developing countries, from entering the EU marketof the Kimberley Process for the certification of conflict diamonds', trade in natural resources is still fuelling rebels and human rights abuses are still taking place in mining areas, therefore emphasises the urgent need for a system of due diligence for gems and valuable minerals, such as so- called conflict minerals, takes the view that such a measure could contribute to addressing the overriding challenge of the resource curse and increase the benefits for developing countries to trade their commodities; welcomes, in this context, that the Commissions plans to publish a Communication on conflict minerals;
Amendment 114 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that natural resources raise two main challenges for developed and developing countries: the environmental challenge to cope with impacts from using resources along their lifecycle and the socio-political challenge to cope with human rights and poverty internationally;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Strongly supports the legislative proposal for country-by-country reporting in the remit of the revision of the Accounting and Transparency Directive, in order to discourage corruption and prevent tax avoidance; calls on European extractive industries operating in developing countries to set an example of social responsibility and the promotion of decent work;
Amendment 116 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Points out that the governance problem in the resource sector has been addressed almost entirely by voluntary initiatives, the most prominent one being the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, that attempts to improve information transparency; observes however, that that although being necessary, EITI is not sufficient to address the wider problem of corruption and bribery in the extractive sector; likewise, notes that the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights (protect, respect, access to remedy) is not yet specific with regard to extractive industries and resources; in this respect, takes the view that there is a need to add specific provisions on extractive industries to the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights: a first step might be to appoint a special rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on that issue, with a mandate to assess and develop recommendations;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Takes the view that standards for transparency and certification need to be enlarged over time to fully address bribery and corruption in the extractive sector and beyond, while global overuse of natural resources ought to be addressed as well; more broadly, calls on the EU to support stronger governance mechanisms to address the environmental dimensions and human rights of resource exploitation; in particular, takes the view that an international convention for sustainable resource management is essential to lay down fundamental legal principles for sustainable resource management;
Amendment 118 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Stresses that sustainable mining requires approaches that address the whole lifecycle of resources; points out that the complexity of the global supply chains hinder transparency; accordingly, takes the view that existing transparency initiatives should be accompanied by certification efforts in the form of product labelling along mineral supply chains;
Amendment 119 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Ddemands that European private actors involved in trade with or refinement of products from extractive industries take steps to ensure the regular, thorough and strict follow-up of CSR principles along the supply chain;
Amendment 121 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Takes the view that bilateral trade and investment policies should refer to common principles such as those provided by the Natural Resource Charter; in line with due diligence supply chain efforts, considers that this could be accompanied by sectoral provisions in areas relating to smelters and refineries, metal and recycling industries;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Reiterates its concern about the Commission's objective to secure unrestricted supply of raw materials for EU companies; points out that such strategy is not consistent with the overarching goal of eradication of poverty and policy coherence as enshrined in Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty, as it is likely to prevent countries from diversifying production, while reinforcing their dependence on unprocessed raw material exports; reasserts that the main priority of the EU should be to reduce its own consumption of raw materials;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Points out that the EU's attempts to ban or curb the use of export taxes on raw materials goes against the objective of enabling countries to generate sufficient public revenue to meet MDGs and more broadly, to secure endogenous development; hence, urges the EU to acknowledge that export restrictions can be part of some countries' development strategies or justified for environmental protection;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the activities and reports of the WIPO Inter Governmental Committee on IP and GR, TK and Traditional cultural expressions;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas biopiracy usually refers to a situation in which biological resources are taken from local communities or indigenous people and are privatised through patenting while the resulting profits do not benefit the communities which originated the resources;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the CBD requires from bioprospectors to obtain "prior informed consent" (PIC) from and reach "mutually agreed terms" (MAT) with countries of origin or local and indigenous communities and to share benefits from bioprospecting with countries and communities of origin;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the evolving ABS regime under the CDB operates within a complex multi-institutional governance architectures including the WTO with its Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO-TRIPS); the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), the World Health Organisation (WHO); and whereas, in addition, the Antarctic Treaty (AT) and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) provide relevant frameworks for ABS governance in areas outside national jurisdiction;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas ABS governance is also reflected in a number of human-rights instruments, including the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas biodiversity provides a great range of ecosystem services, such as local water, food provision, materials for sustaining livelihoods and climate regulation; and whereas environmental degradation pose new challenges for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of a wide range of species and GR as a base for food security and sustainable agricultural development;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), that was negotiated within the ambit of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), aims at the conservation and sustainable use of plant GR for food and agriculture and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the CBD;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the OECD members rely strongly on genetic resources for imported food and agricultural productsrom abroad for plant and animal breeding, thereby making international cooperation on the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources essential;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas estimates indicate that three- quarters of the world's population depend on natural traditional medicines and that approximately half of synthetic drugs have a natural origin;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas several international conventions and agreements address the subject of traditional knowledge, including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIPS), the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas article 8 (j) of the CBD commits parties to respect, preserve and maintain TK and to "encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilisation" of such knowledge;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas in 2009, the WIPO General Assembly instructed the IGC to develop an international instrument to protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol constitute the main global framework for governance of access and benefit sharing (ABS); notes that governance related to IPRs, genetic resources and poverty alleviation also concern the WTO, FAO, WHO and WIPO, thereby raising challenges in terms of ensuring a coherent approach in their support of the CBD regime; insists that these international institutions should be supportive of and not run counter to the CDB regime;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that the achievement of MDG 1 depends among others on how we manage agricultural ecosystems; stresses, in this context, that while reducing the negative impact that agriculture may have on the environment requires a wide range of crop genetic diversities to ensure better ecosystem service provision, crop diversity enables specifically poor and small-holder farmers to diversify their diets and incomes; stresses equally that crop genetic diversity confers resilience regarding climate change;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that "farmer exception", under the UPOV Convention, is especially important for developing countries as it allows farmers to save seeds deriving from new varieties and to re-sow them for usual food purposes (thereby enhancing food security); regrets however that, while it is in developing countries' interest to keep and extend exemptions from plant breeder's rights, farmers' rights have become weakened in consecutive reforms of the UPOV Convention;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Notes that FAO is taking a leading role in developing specialised ABS regimes relevant for food and agriculture, calls on the EU to support developing countries' requests to ensuring appropriate BS in any new sectoral mechanisms/instruments under the FAO as well as ensuring consistency with and enhancing synergy with the CDB and its Nagoya Protocol;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Recalls that GR contribute significantly to pharmaceutical R&D and access to medicine; reasserts that IPRs should not hinder access to affordable medicines, especially where such IPRs rely on GR that originate from developing countries;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls on the EU to refrain from pushing developing countries, especially LDCs, through bilateral agreements to accept far-reaching IP standards regarding i.e. seeds and medicines;
Amendment 27 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that fighting biopiracy entails the implementation and upgrading of the existing arrangements for multilateral access and benefit sharing in the areas of agriculture and health, such as the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), i.e. by considering new ways to raise resources for the Benefit-Sharing Fund; or the WHO's Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that three quarters of the plants used in modern medicine come from traditional medicine; believes that biopiracy means there is a strong case forthe existence of biopiracy makes it essential to protecting traditional knowledge, particularly when it is associated with genetic resources of economic value to the pharmaceuticals industry;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is not covered by any of the Nagoya Protocol's monitoring measuresNotes with concern that some difficulties of TK holders include monitoring and enforcement, i.e. learning that violations have taken place and obtaining timely remedies; regrets in this context that traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is not covered by any of the Nagoya Protocol's monitoring measures: there is no obligation to disclose to the "checkpoint" information on the TK used while the internationally recognised certificate of compliance does not cover TK associated with GR, which limits possibilities of tracing biopiracy related to such TK; takes the view that the EU should grant traditional knowledge at least the same level of protection as genetic resources when implementing the Nagoya Protocol;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that regulations taken to protect GR and their associated TK must comply with international commitments taken on the promotion and respect of the rights of indigenous peoples as enshrined in the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the 1989 ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (No 169);
Amendment 36 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Notes that one important difference between the US-American and the European System is the understanding of novelty; takes the view that the international order regulating IP, GR and TK should make a clear distinction between invention and discovery and by applying a standard of absolute novelty;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that biopiracy can be attributed to the lack of national regulations and enforcement mechanisms in developing countries and the lack of a compliance mechanism in developed countries, ensuring that GR have been acquired in accordance with PIC and MAT in compliance with provider countries' national ABS legislation; welcomes, in this context, the draft regulation submitted by the Commission whose objective is to implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing; insists equally upon the importance to provide effective recourse mechanisms in case of disputes and access to justice;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recalls that effective implementation of the Protocol depends on actions to be taken both in developing and developed countries; notes that the elaboration of ABS legislation in developing countries is a precondition for the obligation of user countries to comply with Prior Informed Consent (PIC) requirements; points out however that this request poses a real challenge for them as it requires substantial legal and institutional capacity building;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets the lack of clear statistics on biopiracy and misappropriation, and calls on the EU to support the setting up of an independent body to remedy this situation; stresses also that better data is needed on the number and content of ABS contracts: considers that this could be gathered by setting up a notification and database system through the CBD Clearing-House Mechanism;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that an international instrument comprising disclosure requirements and databases for genetic resources protection is not a substitute for an effective access and benefit sharing mechanism at the national level;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Takes the view that direct notification of companies using genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge, utilisation of certificates compliance and exploration of litigation options within and outside the national jurisdiction, can also effectively contribute to curb potential biopiracy cases;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists that WTO-TRIPS should be compatible with the CBD-Nagoya Protocol, and therefore considers it crucial to establish mandatory requirements on disclosing the origin of genetic resources during patent proceedings, and thus to allow to check whether they were acquired legally in accordance with PIC and MAT;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that such requirements could be introduced via an amendment of the WTO- TRIPS Agreement or under WIPO; likewise takes the view that the EU should establish a clear mandatory requirement to disclose the o, within the context of the ongoing discussions on the setting-up of a new international legal instrument(s) for the effective protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions; in particular, calls on the EU to support, in line with PCD, the request of developing countries to amend the WTO-TRIPS Agreement by inserting a new Article 29 bis on Disclosure of Origin of any gGenetic rResources and a/or Associated tTraditional kKnowledge in patent applications in EU legislation in the absence of an international agreementaccordance with the Nagoya Protocol; welcomes in this context, that the EU Draft regulation on Access to Genetic resources and Benefit sharing foresees mandatory requirement to disclose the origin of any genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in patent applications;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Agrees with the Commission that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) must cover human rights, labour and employment practices, environmental issues (such as biodiversity, climate change, resource efficiency) and combating bribery and corruption, i.e. through good tax governance (namely transparency, exchange of information and fair tax competition);
Amendment 9 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that CSR is essential to achieving the objective of policy coherence for development (PCD); welcomes the Commission’s commitment to promote CSR in full consistency with current international guidelines, inter alia the recently updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact, the ISO 26000 Guidance Standard on Social Responsibility, the ILO Tri-partite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights; regrets, however, that the language of CSR is mostly voluntary;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that investment by the petroleum industry in Nigeria is a good example of the limitations of CSR as currently implemented, where companies have failed to take CSR initiatives to create sustainable business practices, or contribute to the development of their host states;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to take further initiatives that aim to unlock and strengthen the potential of CSR in tackling climate change (by linking it to resource and energy efficiency), e.g. in companies' raw materials purchasing process;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that, in order to have a real impact on poverty reduction, the CSR agenda shall also put focus on SMEs as their cumulative social and environmental impacts are significant;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that EU companies should be legally liable in their home countries for violations committed abroad by their subsidiaries and entities they control; points out that the US Alien Tort Claims Act provides the option of suing a corporation or natural person for violating the law of nations or a Treaty of the US irrespective of the nationality of the accused or place in which the crime was committed; calls on the Commission to consider initiatives along this line;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that better implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights will contribute to EU objectives regarding specific human rights issues and core labour standards; hence, calls on the EU to strive for a clear international legal framework over the responsibilities and obligations of business with regard to human rights;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the fact that the number of companies disclosing information on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance has grown significantly in recent years; points out, however, that reporting companies still constitute only a small share of global business; notes that, while the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive 2003/51 ensures a minimum level of disclosure of both financial and non- financial key performance indicators, it does not stipulate any requirements in relation to the type of indicators to be included in annual reports; calls on the Commission to investigate further possible measures to strengthen disclosure of ESG information at the European level, e.g. by complementing the Modernisation Directive through a comply or explain mechanism, instead of permitting companies the option of not reporting;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of CSR clause in EU trade and investment agreements; in particular recommends the implementation of the CSR principle inter alia by export credit and development finance agencies and other institutions involved in foreign direct investment;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses that EU assistance to governments of third countries in implementing social and environmental regulation together with effective inspection regimes, is a necessary complement to advancing the CSR of European business worldwide;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Stresses that Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) is part of the implementation process of CRS in investment decisions; notes that there is currently no universal definition of SRI but it usually combines investors' financial objectives with their concerns about social, environmental, ethical (SEE) and corporate governance issues;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Urges the EU and its Member States to take further policy initiatives that aim to raise awareness and strengthen the development of SRI, inter alia by considering legal formulation of an SRI minimum standards setting, especially within the scope of its investment and trade agreements with developing countries;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Agrees with the Commission that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) must cover human rights, labour and employment practices, environmental issues (such as biodiversity, climate change, resource efficiency) and combating bribery and corruption, i.e. through good tax governance (namely transparency, exchange of information and fair tax competition);
Amendment 9 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that CSR is essential to achieving the objective of policy coherence for development (PCD); welcomes the Commission’s commitment to promote CSR in full consistency with current international guidelines, inter alia the recently updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact, the ISO 26000 Guidance Standard on Social Responsibility, the ILO Tri-partite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights; regrets, however, that the language of CSR is mostly voluntary;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that investment by the petroleum industry in Nigeria is a good example of the limitations of CSR as currently implemented, where companies have failed to take CSR initiatives to create sustainable business practices, or contribute to the development of their host states;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to take further initiatives that aim to unlock and strengthen the potential of CSR in tackling climate change (by linking it to resource and energy efficiency), e.g. in companies' raw materials purchasing process;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that, in order to have a real impact on poverty reduction, the CSR agenda shall also put focus on SMEs as their cumulative social and environmental impacts are significant;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that EU companies should be legally liable in their home countries for violations committed abroad by their subsidiaries and entities they control; points out that the US Alien Tort Claims Act provides the option of suing a corporation or natural person for violating the law of nations or a Treaty of the US irrespective of the nationality of the accused or place in which the crime was committed; calls on the Commission to consider initiatives along this line;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that better implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights will contribute to EU objectives regarding specific human rights issues and core labour standards; hence, calls on the EU to strive for a clear international legal framework over the responsibilities and obligations of business with regard to human rights;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the fact that the number of companies disclosing information on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance has grown significantly in recent years; points out, however, that reporting companies still constitute only a small share of global business; notes that, while the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive 2003/51 ensures a minimum level of disclosure of both financial and non- financial key performance indicators, it does not stipulate any requirements in relation to the type of indicators to be included in annual reports; calls on the Commission to investigate further possible measures to strengthen disclosure of ESG information at the European level, e.g. by complementing the Modernisation Directive through a comply or explain mechanism, instead of permitting companies the option of not reporting;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of CSR clause in EU trade and investment agreements; in particular recommends the implementation of the CSR principle inter alia by export credit and development finance agencies and other institutions involved in foreign direct investment;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses that EU assistance to governments of third countries in implementing social and environmental regulation together with effective inspection regimes, is a necessary complement to advancing the CSR of European business worldwide;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Stresses that Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) is part of the implementation process of CRS in investment decisions; notes that there is currently no universal definition of SRI but it usually combines investors' financial objectives with their concerns about social, environmental, ethical (SEE) and corporate governance issues;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Urges the EU and its Member States to take further policy initiatives that aim to raise awareness and strengthen the development of SRI, inter alia by considering legal formulation of an SRI minimum standards setting, especially within the scope of its investment and trade agreements with developing countries;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Notes that the expansion of agrofuels has relied overwhelmingly on the expansion of large-scale industrial monoculture, thereby extending agricultural practises that are harmful for the environment, biodiversity, soil fertility and water availability; expresses its concern that, by encouraging concentration of land ownership, the expansion of agrofuels may have dramatic consequences in terms of violation of land rights, loss of access to vital natural resources, deforestation and environmental degradation;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5b (new)
Paragraph 5b (new)
5b Recalls that biomass production for energy purposes can compete with current agricultural (arable and pasture) land; and thereby affecting food availability; in particular, points out that large wood use may contribute to deforestation, degradation of land and even desertification in some regions;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2029(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5c (new)
Paragraph 5c (new)
5c. Expresses its concern about the absence of any binding sustainability criteria for biomass production within the framework of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED); consider, under those circumstances, that bioenergy could play a negative role in the fight against climate change as well as becoming a major additional driver of land grabs, food insecurity, deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, accordingly, urges the Commission to develop legally binding sustainability criteria that prevent negative climate, environmental and social impacts from the use and production of biomass for energy;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the Agenda for change failed to put forward proposals to implement Policy Coherence for Development in practice by linking development aid with other EU policy areas, such as agriculture, fisheries, trade, tax, climate change, investment, access to raw materials;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Observes that the blending mechanism, as it stands now, is proposed to mix public grants with financial institutions loans and other risk-sharing mechanisms, in a time of financial crisis implying budget constraints for development; therefore requests the Commission to provide clear information on how this mechanism serves the purpose of a development policy based on ODA criteria and how the scrutiny power of the EP will be exercised;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that the Commission maintained its inclusive growth policy, while evidence has shown that economic growth can take place in a country without having a real impact on poverty reduction; requests the EU to review this policy in favour of sustainable development policies including fair trade, redistribution of wealth and social justice so as to improve the living and working conditions of the whole population, both in urban and in rural areas;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that the Agenda for change should bring a real policy shift, by focusing on a rights based policy approach fulfilling individual and collective rights of the population in developing countries, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Right to Development, as well as the Treaties to protect the environment;
Amendment 66 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. While recognising the development- security nexus, is convinced that the EU budget for development should remain separate from the financing of security related issues, which is a matter of home affairs;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Requests the Commission to clarify the development-migration nexus and insists that development budgets in this field should only support the purpose of an integrated regional development plan on the main immigration areas, such as job creation, installation of infrastructure for drinking water, electricity, health centres, schools ...etc;
Amendment 71 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Insists that national parliaments play a leading role, as they are the best placed to identify priority sectors for budget allocation, demands therefore that national parliaments adopt Country Strategy Papers and multiannual budget allocations in consultation with civil society, prior to a policy dialogue with EU in order to empower parliamentary scrutiny and to make ownership a reality;
Amendment 98 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Is of the view that sustainable development implies effective domestic tax collection; automatic disclosure of transnational corporations’ profit and tax payment in each individual developing countries where they operate; fight against abuses of tax havens, tax evasion and illicit capital flights; welcomes in this regard the EU draft legislation on country by country and project by project reporting, which should be included in the EU Agenda for Change policy;
Amendment 100 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Believes that the EU Aid for Trade and trade facilitation instruments, which currently target only the export sectors, need to change in order to facilitate trade for local markets;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Reiterates its demand to include in the Agenda for Change the obligations and the duties of foreign investors operating in developing countries to respect human rights, environmental and ILO core labour standards; considers that EU companies should be legally liable in their home countries for violation of these obligations and duties by their subsidiaries abroad and for the entities they control;
Amendment 116 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls on the EU to recognise the right of developing countries to regulate investment, favour investors who support the partner country’s development strategy, give preferential treatment to domestic and regional investors to promote regional integration;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Regrets that the Agenda for Change has not addressed the issue of land leasing in developing countries, which threatens local food security; expresses its deep concern about the current farmland acquisition by government backed foreign investors including from the EU, which risks undermining the EU policy to combat poverty;
Amendment 10 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Given the proven negative impacts of the Union's biofuels policy on the enjoyment of the right to food in a number of developing countries, the obligation under Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/777/EC and 2003/30/EC that requires Member States to ensure that the share of energy from renewable energy sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10% of their final energy consumption. The blending of biofuels is one of the methods available for Member States to meet this target, and is expected to be the main contributor should be removed.
Amendment 11 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The need to reduce energy consumption in the transport sector is imperative because a percentage target for energy from renewable sources is likely to become increasingly difficult to achieve sustainably if overall demand for energy for transport continues to rise. The use of electricity from renewable energy sources and blending of zero and low iLUC biofuels are other methods available for Member States to meet this target.
Amendment 12 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of the Union's objectives to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the significant contribution that road transport fuels make to those emissions, Article 7a(2) of Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EC requires fuel suppliers to reduce by at least 6% by 31 December 2020 the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy (‘"greenhouse gas intensity’") of fuels used in the Union by road vehicles, non-road mobile machinery, agricultural and forestry tractors and recreational craft when not at sea. The blending of zero or low direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions biofuels is one of the methods available for fossil fuel suppliers to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the fossil fuels supplied.
Amendment 14 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
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 couldwill negate some or all of theany 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 orderdirect land-use changes therefore need to be taken into account so as to preduce such emissionsvent these potential sources of emissions from undermining efforts to meet the Union's renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission targets. In order to reduce indirect land-use change and land grabbing, it is appropriate therefore to distinguish between crop gland-based energy croups such as (oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordingly) on the one hand, and non-land-based biofuels on the other hand. Furthermore, EU public subsidies for the biofuels industry (10 billion EUR per year) incentivise land-use change and land-grabbing and should be phased out by 2020 at the latest.
Amendment 18 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
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 greater production of suchome 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.
Amendment 20 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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’' and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe , 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. It is also essential to make sure that EU waste policies remain consistent and that the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC is applied. No negative incentives that could jeopardise proper implementation of this directive should be created.
Amendment 21 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The use of biomass resources involves significant opportunity costs linked to the depletion or loss of ecosystem services. Member States should refrain from subsidizing or mandating energy use of feedstocks where their diversion from existing uses would have a negative impact on land rights, food rights, biodiversity, soil or overall carbon balance. Policies should also ensure a cascade of biomass use, with safeguards to ensure that resources are not diverted from high societal added value applications to low value energy use.
Amendment 22 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The minimumtotal greenhouse gas saving threshold foremissions from biofuels and bioliquids produced in new installations should be increased with effect from 1st July 2014progressively decreased in order to improve their overall greenhouse gas balance as well as discouraging further investments in installations with low greenhouse gas savings performance. This indecrease provides for investment safeguards in biofuels and bioliquids production capacities in conformity with Article 19(6) second subparagraph.
Amendment 23 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimiseminimise the negative impacts on land rights and land speculation, food rights and food commodities prices, biodiversity, soil and the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food and other energy crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar and oil. The share of land- based biofuels and bioliquid crops that can be counted towards the targets ofransport fuel target under Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and bioliquids consumed in 2011progressively reduced until 2020, when this share will be equal to zero.
Amendment 24 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The 50% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliancey with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.
Amendment 26 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The estimatedIn order to make sure that Union targets for greenhouse gas emission savings and biofuels are meaningful and effective, indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reportaken into account when calculating ofthe greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under savings required under the sustainability criteria set out in Directive 2009/28/EC and Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Indirect land-use change emissions should also be counted towards the target set in Article 7a (2), in order to offer incentives for the production of biofuels with a low indirect land-use change impact. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor. .
Amendment 32 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact, which could include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1st January 2021.
Amendment 35 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 5a (new)
Article 7 b – paragraph 5a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is inserted "5a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from wastes, unless independently verified as conforming to the waste hierarchy, namely prevention, preparation for re-use and recycling before recovery for energy purposes, as outlined in Directive 2008/98/EC."
Amendment 36 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/CE
Article 7d – paragraph 1
Article 7d – paragraph 1
(-a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. For the purposes of Article 7a and Article 7b(2), life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated as follows: (a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission savings for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex IV and where the el value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex IV is equal to or less than zero, and where the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex V, by using that default value; (b) by using an actual value calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex IV adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V; (c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formula referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex IV, where disaggregated default values in part D or E of Annex IV may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex IV, for all other factors, adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V."
Amendment 40 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – first subparagraph
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – first subparagraph
(-i) The first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "Each Member State may ensure that energy from renewable energy sources in all forms of transport in 2020 represents a share of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State."
Amendment 41 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i a(new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i a(new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – second sub–paragraph (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – second sub–paragraph (new)
(-ia) after the first subparagraph, the following subparagraph is inserted: "For the purposes of the first subparagraph, each Member State shall ensure that the share of: (a) electricity from renewable energy sources used in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 2% of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State (b) energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar crops, oil crops and non-food energy crops shall be 0% of the final consumption of energy in transport by 2020."
Amendment 42 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point i a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point i a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – second subparagraph – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – second subparagraph – point c
Amendment 43 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – second subparagraph – point d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – second subparagraph – point d (new)
"(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and crops, oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transportand non-food energy crops shall equal zero in 2020."
Amendment 46 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e –subpoint i (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e –subpoint i (new)
Amendment 47 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – subpoint ii (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – subpoint ii (new)
(ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content after prior scientific assessment of their environmental and social sustainability;
Amendment 48 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – subpoint iii
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – subpoint iii
Amendment 49 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – second subparagraph (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – second subparagraph (new)
Member States shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii)aterials that have been intentionally modified to count as waste shall not be covered by categories (i) to (iii). Member States shall ensure that when fraud is detected, the feedstock or biofuel in question shall not be counted towards the target referred to in Article 3 paragraph 4 and shall ensure that appropriate action is taken in order to prevent any further fraudulent action.
Amendment 51 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 5a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is inserted "5a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from wastes, unless independently verified as conforming to the waste hierarchy, namely prevention, preparation for re-use and recycling before recovery for energy purposes, as outlined in Directive 2008/98/EC."
Amendment 54 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – second subparagraph
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – second subparagraph
"The Commission mayshall decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 17(2) or demonstrate that consignments of biofuel or bioliquid comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(3) to (5a), and that no materials have been intentionally modified in order to be covered by Article 3(4)(e)(i) to (iii). The Commission may decide that those schemes contain accurate data for the purposes of information on measures taken for the conservation of areas that provide, in critical situations, basic ecosystem services (such as watershed protection and erosion control), for soil, water and air protection, the restoration of degraded land, the avoidance of excessive water consumption in areas where water is scarce and on the issues referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 17(7). The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 17 (3)(b) (ii)."
Amendment 55 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
(-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. For the purposes of Article 17(2), the greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuel and bioliquids shall be calculated as follows: (a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex V and where the el value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex V is equal to or less than zero, and where the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex VIII, by using that default value; (b) by using an actual value calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII; (c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formula referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex V, where disaggregated default values in part D or E of Annex V may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V, for all other factors, adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII."
Amendment 57 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 2
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex V – Part A – additional line in the table (new)
Annex V – Part A – additional line in the table (new)
an additional line is added to the table in Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuel and bioliquid feedstocks: Feedstock Group: Non-food energy crops Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2eq/MJ): 15
Amendment 58 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 2
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex V – part B – point b (new)
Annex V – part B – point b (new)
(b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the followingnot taken place on cropland, perennial cropland or land in any other IPCC land cover categories; y (forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or other land, to cropland or perennial cropland . In such a case a “direct land use change emission value (el)” should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex IV) used for food production, whether managed or unmanaged, such as agricultural and silvopastoral systems.
Amendment 59 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – point 2
Annex 2 – point 2
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII – Part A – additional line in the table (new)
Annex VIII – Part A – additional line in the table (new)
an additional line is added to the table in Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuel and bioliquid feedstocks: Feedstock Group: Non-food energy crops Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2eq/MJ): 15
Amendment 60 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – point 2
Annex 2 – point 2
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII – Part B – point b (new)
Annex VIII – Part B – point b (new)
(b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the followingnot taken place on cropland, perennial cropland or land in any other IPCC land cover categories; y (forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or o) used for food production, whether lmand, to cropland or perennial cropland. Inaged or unmanaged, such a case a “direct land use change emission value (el)” should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex Vgricultural and silvopastoral systems.
Amendment 61 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – point 3
Annex 2 – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX (new)
Annex IX (new)
Amendment 62 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – point 3
Annex 2 – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX (new)
Annex IX (new)
'Annex IX Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy content (a) Algae. (b)shall be considered to be twice their energy content A. Sustainability safeguards Member States shall put safeguards in place for the use of any waste or residues, to ensure that the use as transport fuel conforms to the waste hierarchy, namely prevention, preparation for re-use and recycling before recovery for energy purposes, as outlined in Directive 2008/98/EC, and to ensure a cascade of use. For the use of biotic sources, Member States shall introduce safeguards to protect biodiversity and against the depletion or loss of ecosystem services, and to prevent any diversion from existing uses that would have a negative indirect or direct impact on biodiversity, soil or overall carbon balance. Subject to sustainability safeguards adopted by Member States, the following feedstocks are eligible for advanced biofuels: B. List of feedstock : - Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. (c)- Biomass fraction of industrial waste. (d)- Straw. (e)- Animal manure and sewage sludge. (f) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches. (g)- Tall oil pitch. (h)- Crude glycerine. (i)- Bagasse. (j)- Grape marcs and wine lees. (k)- Nut shells. (l)- Husks. (m)- Cobs (n) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings. Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content (a) Used cooking oil. (b) Animal fats classified as category I and II in accordance with EC/1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption. (c). - Used cooking oil - Non-food cellulosic material. (d)- Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.'
Amendment 5 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that unconventional gas is associated with major risks, related to the use of chemicals; water contaminated with radioactive substances such as radon and uranium; high amount of water used for the fracturing of fluid; potentially high emissions of methane, etc.;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the use of shale gas and other fossil fuels must be consistent with UNFCCC Article 2, which calls for the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system" and underlines that substantial lock-in to fossil fuel infrastructures such as shale gas would put this international objective out of reach;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas resources could hamper the achievement of ‘MDG 7 on Environmental Sustainability’, while jeopardising commitments taken regarding climate change, that already affect poor countries the most; furthermore, stresses that in addition to direct health and environmental effects, impacts of unconventional gas or oil extraction on livelihoods pose a particular threat among others in African countries where local communities largely depend on natural resources for agriculture and fisheries;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that lessons must be drawn from the USA on exploitation of shale gas; in particular, notes with concern that shale gas extraction necessitates very large volumes of water, which will jeopardise the achievement of MDG 7 on access to clean water and food security, especially in poor countries facing already a huge scarcity of water;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that land acquisitions for oil and gas mining are a major driver of land- grabbing globally and pose a significant threat to the world's indigenous communities, farmers and poor people in terms of access to water, fertile soil and food; notes that, following the 2008 collapse of financial markets, there has been a marked acceleration of global investments in extractive industries from hedge and pension funds investors, with the effect of further driving their extractions;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that the current regulatory framework of EU legislation does not provide an adequate guarantee against the risks to the environment and human health resulting from shale gas activities; is worried, therefore, about any potential investment by European companies in unconventional oil or gas resources in developing countries, bearing in mind that the effects of oil companies' activities on the environment, health and development i.e. in Sub-Sahara Africa already demonstrate that implementation and enforcement of law represent a main constraint;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that, in hosting companies investing in extractive activities, the EU has a responsibility to influence their behaviour as regards more sustainable practices, i.e. by strengthening corporate governance standards and regulations applied to the banks and funds that finance them, including through Equator Principles, the Principles of Responsible Investment, the European Investment Bank and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that in addition to regulations in the countries where they operate, international oil companies are also subject to the jurisdictions where they are listed on a stock exchange; considers that home country regulation should provide an effective means of protecting human rights in situations where accountability gaps exist, on the model of the United States Alien Tort Claims Acts;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that many instruments exist that could address the negative social and environmental impacts of the activities of extractive industries, such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; points out, however, that voluntary guidelines are insufficient to mitigate the negative impact of extraction; hence, stresses upon the need to further consider the question of imposing direct legal obligations on business entities under international human rights law and how such obligations might be monitored;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 7 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the communication on the reformed Common Fisheries Policy CFP and reiterates that the track record of the present CFP is cause for concern. It has left fish stocks on the brink of collapse, coastal communities in insecure positions, low profitability in the fishing industries despite being heavily subsidies and a degraded marine environment. Therefore the reform of the CFP is long overdue and must not fail to deliver solutions to the problems;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the CFP must ensure sustainable exploitation of marine resources that restores and maintains fish stocks to levels above those capable of producing maximum sustainable yield (MSY), a pre-condition for long-term viable fishing communities, profitable fishing industries. By ensuring that marine resources are exploited sustainably as outlined in the resource- efficient Europe flagship initiative, the reform will contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out the importance of efficient Maritime Spatial Planning for the sustainable management of fisheries resources in the context of the spatial claims on the marine and coastal environment of other sectors, such as, inter alia, wind farms, biodiversity protection, aquaculture, ports, maritime transport, tourism, defence and extractive industries;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that meaningful de- centralisation is based on long term management plans, which has the potential to adapt to regional specificities with the active participation of all relevant stakeholders in local and regional co- management, while respecting that overarching fisheries management objectives in the CFP is the competence of the European Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the regions must assume greater responsibility in fisheries management, without detracting from the principles of subsidiarity and regionalisation, and encourage dialogue among the various entities involved in the sector, both upstream and downstream, by providing incentives and support to establishin particular the responsibility to cooperate across regions including on the international clusterslevel;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that fisheries management shouldmust be based on scientific knowledge and expert advice, making use of partnerships between the research field and stakeholders such as the fisheries sector, and calls for reinforced regional data collection programmes and national research programmes providing for regional coordination among Member States;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that all development in marine and coastal areas must respect environmental legislation, such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the biodiversity protection Directives, as good environmental status should be a pre-condition for all activities in the marine and coastal regions;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the importance of the multifunctionality of fisheries for coastal regions; stresses the need for specific measures for certain regions, such as the outermost regions, for example support for small-scale fishing fleets and promotion ofenvironmentally and socially sustainable fishing while avoiding any increase of capacity; stresses the need for environmental sustainability in aquaculture operations; advocates measures to restructure the labour market, support measures for training and, retraining and fisheries control, and incentives for producer and interbranch organisations;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for implementing the reformed policy and for the balanced and inclusive territorial development of fishing areas and stresses that its funding must be commensurate with the Europe 2020 strategy and the Common Strategic Framework; reminds of EU commitments to ending environmentally harmful subsidies, particularly the target 3 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 of the COP 10 Decision X/2 from the Convention on Biological Diversity and the point 24 of the G20 summit declaration of Pittsburgh in 2009.
Amendment 2 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the EU's development cooperation strategy towards Latin America, as designed in the Regional Strategy Programme 2007-2013, is based on the assumption that open markets, trade liberalisation and investment will promote economic growth, which in turn will reduce poverty; underlines however that the links between growth, trade, development and poverty reduction are neither simple nor automatic; in light of this, encourages the European Commission in the context of the debate on the future development cooperation policy of the EU to undertake a broad and deep reflection on the current development model it aims to promote to alleviate effectively poverty;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Urges the Commission prior to definition of its cooperation towards Latin America to assess the actual impact of EU policies on development goals; in particular, calls on the Commission to draw lessons from the past decades, in particular from Latin America's experience in implementing policies under the so-called Washington Consensus that generated economic growth but had negative impacts in most countries in terms of increasing inequality, while reducing and limiting policy space;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that while social cohesion is considered to be a central objective in EU cooperation with Latin America, the EC's call for inclusive growth fails to provide concrete measures to ensure that economic growth will contribute to the overall objective of poverty reduction;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. CStresses that social cohesion is closely linked to other policies such as trade, investment and finance; considers that the DCI must integrate social cohesion objectives more efficiently in its thematic, national and regional programming, mainly by supporting fairer fiscal, tax and social policies which promote equality, access to public services and decent work;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes with concern that the EU's Association/Free Trade Agreements with Central America, Colombia and Peru include less binding multilateral standards on social, labour and environmental rights than the GSP+; in particular, deplores that these Agreements do not include effective mechanisms to condition commercial preferences on the fulfilment of these rights, thereby making it more difficult to confront their violations;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Points out that the EU's Association/Free Trade Agreements with Central America, Colombia and Peru shall in no circumstances conflict with the objective of Policy Coherence for Development; accordingly, urges the Commission to rebalance its agreements with Latin America to specifically ensure that development needs and concerns are properly reflected in trade-related chapters such as financial services, government procurement and intellectual property rights, be it in any ongoing negotiation process (Mercosur), before its ratification (Central America, Columbia/Peru) or at the moment of its revision (Mexico, Chile);
Amendment 53 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the EU to ensure that resources earmarked for development are not diverted to the promotion of other EU interests, such as security and trade;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. REmphasises that the new DCI should foster the regional integration process; in this respect, recalls that the Association Agreements arcan be a powerful incentive in regional integration;, but argues that the lack of coherence between policies jeopardises this process; notes also that while interregional relations have decreased for the benefit of bilateral relations, this shift towards bilateralism tends to increase the fragmentation and rivalry within Latin America´s regional blocs;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Is therefore appalled, that in the newly negotiated Association Agreement and FTA with Latin American countries, civil society consultation is explicitly limited to issues related to the Sustainable Development chapter;
Amendment 69 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Asks the Commission to strongly support consultation processes of the local communities concerned by extractive projects, such as the new law on prior consultation in Peru and to play an active role in preventing criminalization of protests; reiterates also, in this context, the importance of ensuring country-by- country reporting of extractive industries, as foreseen in the proposal of the Directive on accounting and Transparency, as a tool to clamp down on corruption, bribery and tax evasion;
Amendment 73 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Asks the EU to make the fight against impunity an absolute priority of its development with Latin America, and to present by the end of 2012 a Communication on that topic with chapters on judicial cooperation, on financial cooperation and information exchange, and on victims' protection;
Amendment 74 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Expresses its concern about increased violence against women; asks the Commission to establish clear responsibilities within the EEAS and coordinate relevant actions of EU delegations with those of Member States' embassies in the countries at stake to convert the Declaration of the High Representative Catherine Ashton on feminicide of June 2010 into concrete policies allocated with sufficient resources;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Asks the Commission to provide political and financial support to the work of the Inter-American System of Human Rights in the issue of feminicide and contribute to the implementation of its sentences;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18 e. Invites the Commission to actively take part in and regularly raise the topic within political dialogues, and in particular the existing human rights dialogues, and offer cooperation in the search for remedies to eliminate violence against women and feminicide in the context of the bi-regional partnership.
Amendment 77 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Insists that the EU does not promote or support large scale agrofuel production through its development cooperation, due to its negative impacts on food security, deforestation, access to land and the environment;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. EmpNotes that mechasnises the importance of the Investment Mechanism for Latin Americams such as the Latin American Investment Facility are meant to become increasingly important in EU development cooperation, the priorities of which are energy efficiency, renewable energy, transport, protection of biodiversity and support for SMEs, and; highlights its important role in regional integration and in the region's international competitiveness agendathat civil society plays a central role of scrutiny of development policies; but notes that there is no mechanism foreseen within the LAIF structure to ensure civil society representation and participation; accordingly, calls on the Commission to ensure that civil society representation and participation is guaranteed in order to ensure effective monitoring and follow-up of EC development cooperation funds;
Amendment 118 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU, by means of the Association Agreements and its development aid, continues toshall provide significant support for the development and stabilisation process in the region; whereas the possibility that it may no longer do so when the results of this process are consolidated is a cause for serious concern;
Amendment 129 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the fight against poverty, inequality, exclusion and discrimination, – especially of women and minority ethnic groups–, as well as the promotion of social cohesion and human rights, shall continue to be a key priority of the EU-LA strategic partnership;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the EEAS to appoint a special envoy for the protection of women in conflict zones, with the task to see to it that all efforts of the EU’s external action are coherent with this essential objective of respecting the rights of women; insists that this special envoy should additionally address gender identity and non- discrimination;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Nagoya protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity signed on 23 June 2011 by the EU,
Amendment 56 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the major challenge for the economies of the ORs is to transform their constraints into growth potential and opportunities,he recovery of their internal market through sustainable agriculture to deal with food dependancy and whereas new global challenges, such as globalisation, climate change, energy supply and the development of renewable energy, the preservation of biodiversity, social inclusion and combating poverty and demographic pressures, require coordination of EU policies and instruments;
Amendment 82 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that other criteria should be used to determine the eligibility of ORs for the allocation of structural funds, such as GDP growth (GDP per inhabitant and Gini coefficient) and the demographic vulnerability index as defined in Regions 2020, given that the per capita GDP criterion does not provide an accurate reflection of their specific situation and is contrary to the spirit on which ‘outermost region status’ is based and the Treaty itself; stresses, therefore, that the co-financing rates in respect of the ORs should be 85 % for all instruments providing aid for those regions; calls for an extension of the period of implementation of these funds in the ORs with a view to more effective implementation;
Amendment 92 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Criticises the fact that, within the additional ERDF funding, the amounts to be allocated to the ORs have been reduced in the proposals for the financial period from 2014 to 2020 and considers that the financial arrangements for the implementation of EU 2020 should provide for access to EU funding that is at least equal to that available for the current financial framework; proposes that other criteria be used for the allocation of funding with a view to a more equitable distribution between these regions, as a fixed component to be uniformly allocated amongst them;
Amendment 109 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that regional policy investments in ORs to combat climate change are relatively weak; specifies that these regional policy investments in ORs which are allocated to activities that increase the negative effects on climate change are higher than those granted to repair the damages caused by climate change; therefore to meet the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy as best as possible, supports the proposal made in the study of July 2011 by the Regional Development Committee, to include a category related to climate change for each project funded by cohesion policy with the aim of assessing the effects of the project on the climate.
Amendment 112 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for agricultural support measures in the POSEI arrangements to be strengthened in order to compete with producers who benefit from lower production costs and calls for the exemptions granted to the ORs within the CAP to be maintained; recalls therefore that the conclusion of trade agreements between the EU and third countries must take into account the impact of these on the local production of ORs; emphasises the fact that EU policies should favour food production in the ORs for products to be exported.
Amendment 127 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the ORs wish to invest in a research and innovation strategy and in the growthdevelopment of their business structure; argues for the creation of technological infrastructures and innovation hubs, the development of projects and partnerships with Scientific and Technological System organisations and the exchange of ideas and good practices through European innovation support networks;
Amendment 131 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that a single European transport area should contribute towards the inclusive growth of the ORs and, reduce their access gap and combat climate change; calls for the establishment of a specific framework to provide transport subsidies in the ORs particularly for public transport and to develop maritime transport between the islands, the establishment of logistical platforms and supports the implementation of projects such as Motorways of the Sea; highlights the possibilities of the Marco Polo programme for the ORs, calls on the Commission to increase the programme'’s flexibility and extend it after 2013 and calls for the Connecting Europe Facility to include specific references to the ORs;
Amendment 137 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that the ORs'’ dependence on imported fossil fuels results in substantial additional costs; proposes strengthening the renewable energy sector, energy efficiency, promoting the reduction of fuel consumption and setting up a specific programme in the field of energy to reduce the costs due to remoteness, infrastructure and provision of services;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Tunis Consensus "Targeting Effective Development" of 4 - 5 November 2010 on African agenda for development effectiveness,
Amendment 4 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 15 March 2007 on local authorities and development cooperation,
Amendment 7 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the principles set out in the Paris Declaration remain valfocus primarily on the mechanisms of aid, despite the problems created by the financial crisislivery rather than to successful development policy-making; and whereas the Accra Agenda for Action on Aid Effectiveness has been hampered by several factors: the financial crisis, reduced level of ODA, the policy changes by some donors wanting to see more short- term results, and the emergence of new public and private donors not belonging to the DAC and whose approach is not governed by consensual cooperation standards,
Amendment 11 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas transparency and accountability are vital conditions for aid effectiveness andnot only between donors and receiving governments but between the State and society ; whereas donors and partner countries agreed in the Accra Agenda for Action to provide detailed information on current and future aid flows in good time to enable developing countries to draw up their budgets and audit their accounts more accurately,; likewise, whereas it remains of primary importance for donor countries to support the strengthening of the institution of parliament as well as the involvement of local authorities and Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) to firmly anchor development policy in the democratic process;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is important in the context of the fourth Forum to remind donors of their commitment to devote 0.7% of their GNP/GNI to development aid, define PDA more rigorously and comply with the principles of the Accra Agenda for Action, which still remain valid, whereas there is a need to move beyond official development assistance to build development partnerships to support a vision of development that is owned and driven by countries themselves,
Amendment 18 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Tunis Consensus on African agenda for development calls for refocusing attention from aid effectiveness to the broader agenda of development effectiveness; and whereas the six elements identified as being central to Africa for development effectiveness are: building capable states; developing democratic accountability; promoting south-south cooperation; thinking and acting regionally; embracing new development partners; outgrowing aid dependence,
Amendment 21 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that one basic condition to fulfil the "aid effectiveness agenda" is to embrace fully the principle of "democratic ownership", implying that development strategy are country-driven and reflect the commitment of all national stakeholders;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that while donors did not provide developing countries enough political space to choose their own path of development, governments in developing countries did not give their parliament and civil society the room of manoeuvre necessary to enable effective ownership; urges upon the EU to strengthen the Paris and Accra commitments through promoting democratic ownership of development policies, planning and actions through full engagement with, and accountability to, all development stakeholders;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. BRecalls the policy coherence for development, development "ownership" following a bottom-up approach, and non fragmentation of aid are essential for ensuring aid effectiveness; believes that HLF-4 will be a success if it reflects upon these principles and results in a strong commitment to aid effectiveness, reflected in clear and measureable objectives with a precise timetable for their realisation;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that despite deepening crisis of global finance, climate change and food insecurity, the responses of the international community are characterised by profound incoherencies between aid and development policies and those policies related to trade, investment, debt or climate finance, which are key pillars for enhancing development, and to end global poverty; accordingly, urges for enlarging the agenda of "aid effectiveness" into a "development effectiveness" agenda, and to address, in this way, the urgency of policy coherence for development;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that a broader approach of "aid effectiveness" should lead to genuine development effectiveness, that entails that aid architecture is accompanied by a series of reforms beyond aid encompassing trade, investment, migration, debt, taxation, intellectual property, climate change and security;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls that effective aid entails enabling poor countries to mobilise domestic revenues; accordingly, urges once more the EU to make the fight against tax havens, tax evasion its utmost priority, while promoting alternative sources of development finance, i.e. through the setting up of a Financial Transaction Tax; likewise, urges upon the EU to provide enhanced support for assisting developing countries in tax reforms with the aim to support effective, efficient, fair and sustainable tax systems, which should lead to the reduction of poverty and of aid dependency;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the donor countries and the beneficiary countries to take immediate measures to meet their commitments under the Paris Declaration and the AAA, the only obstacles to which are political will and bureaucracy, for example as regards the untying of aid, aid predictability, conditionality and transparencyin particular, stresses upon the need to put into practice the Accra commitment to use country systems as the first option by donors in bilateral government-to- government cooperation and to address the unpredictability of aid flows; urges also donor countries to end all formal and informal practices of aid tying, including technical assistance, and give preference to local and regional procurement;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that aid should serve as a lever for growthsustainable development, taking into account the individual characteristics of each country while strengthening aid effectiveness in those where the need is greatest;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CStresses that the involvement of local authorities and CSOs in development policies is essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and ensuring good governance; notes with concern that in spite of their recognition in Accra as "development actors in their own right", many CSOs are facing policies and practices that are undermining their role as development actors; more broadly, calls on the donors and partner countries to place the emphasis on greater recognition of participation by parliaments, local authorities and civil society, more transparent use of national systems, and on adjusting the Paris Declaration indicators to reflect the need for more democratic ownership of aid;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that all governments - donor and recipient - are bound by human rights obligations; stresses that these commitments and accountability to international human rights law is central for achieving development effectiveness; accordingly, urges the EU to commit in Busan to introduce binding measures to ensure that aid respects human rights agreements and empowers poor and vulnerable communities to claim their rights;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of striking a balance between meeting certain political and fiscal conditionalities and approaches based on performance indicatat conditionality of aid contradicts the principle of democratic ownership; thereforse, so as to ensure that strict political and perftresses also upon the impormtance requirements do not deter partner country governments from implementing their own policies, and even experimenting with new and more adventurous approaches, rather than simply following donors' prescriptionsin Busan to commit donor countries to phasing out economic conditions attached to aid and disbursement as the scope for alternative and nationally developed policy choices should be guaranteed;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the national parliaments to adopt country strategy documents and annual budgets in consultation with civil society and local authorities, in advance of any political dialogue with donors, so as to give full weight to democratic control;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CNotes with concern that donor division of labour can lead to the marginalisation of cross-cutting issues since division of labour efforts are organised around sectors (such as agriculture, transport or health) rather than around development policy goals; accordingly, calls on the European Union to review its policies on labour division so as to ensure that horizontal issues such as human rights, gender equality and climate change are not overlooked;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Commission is pushing for a comprehensive investment liberalisation framework with the aim of achieving maximum protection for EU investors; underlines that different case studies show how international investment rules may inhibit governments from putting in place policies aimed at protecting public health, regulating access to land and water or ensuring adequate standards of living for a vulnerable social group; recalls that it is vital that investment treaties provide a better balance between the rights and obligations of investors and host governments; urges the EU not to ban the use of performance requirements (local content, technology transfer, environment sustainability, etc.) as they are often prerequisites to ensure that foreign investment benefits the domestic market;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Commission is pushing for a more assertive approach to ensure that European companies gain access to third country markets, especially in emerging countries, in the ambit of services, investments, public procurement markets, intellectual property rights and the supply of raw materials;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that access to land and water is essential for ensuring food security and poverty reduction; but notes that in many developing countries, domestic laws are not well suited to guaranteeing the sustainable management of natural resources or affording vulnerable groups adequate protection; recalls that, in line with the principle of policy coherence for development, the EU must strive to promote the equitable and sustainable use of the world’s natural resources and design its trade policy accordingly;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes with concern that the EU is pushing for investment liberalisation that would increase the rights of foreign companies to tap raw materials; recalls that foreign investment in the extraction of mineral resources in Africa has generated few development benefits, as foreign investment has been characterised by secret tax deals and concessions depriving African governments of important mining revenue, low levels of technology transfer and repatriation of profits out of the countries; considers that in the absence of regulations governing natural resources extraction, increased openness to foreign investment can accelerate unsustainable use of natural resources;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Condemns the fact in several African countries, especially in DR Congo, income from extraction of minerals have contributed to enriching rebel groups and fuelling civil wars and other armed conflicts; reiterates its call for addressing effectively ‘conflict minerals’ in Africa that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people; urges the Commission to propose a legislative initiative on conflict minerals on the line of the US Dodd-Frank Act;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CRecalls that many African countries are trapped in commodity dependence, relying heavily on a few primary commodities for most of their export earnings; calls on the EU to ensure that trade agreements and the raw materials initiative reflect developing countries’ need to break away from commodity dependence and to diversify their economies; stresses that fair agreements on investment entail allowing developing countries to discriminate among types of investment based on their contribution to development objectives;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that export taxes are one of the few remaining trade policy tools at the disposal of developing countries with which to pursue development goals; in particular, underlines that export taxes are permitted under the WTO rules, and that the majority of WTO members using export taxes are developing and least developed countries; recalls that low income developing countries are more dependent on trade taxes than other countries and it is often very difficult for them to replace revenues lost due to tariff reductions, because of the narrow existing domestic tax bases; accordingly, calls on the EU to fully respect the right of developing countries to regulate or use export taxes in their public interest; henceforth, urges the EU to refrain from attempting to ban the use of export taxes at the WTO and in bilateral trade agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), as it would limit their policy space to use this tool for value-addition, diversification, infant industry protection, food security, revenue and environmental considerations;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. SNotes with concern that the EU is seeking liberalisation commitments from developing countries on intellectual property that go well beyond what they could agree to in multilateral fora; stresses that higher intellectual property (IP) standards negotiated within bilateral trade agreements erode the flexibilities available to developing countries under the multilateral IP protection regime; calls on the EU fully to respect TRIPS flexibilities, especially those relating to public health and access to medicines, so as to leave the developing countries policy space to address public interest concerns; urges equally the EU to identify the salient barriers to technology transfer allowing developing countries to benefit from the innovation and hence facilitating societal progress, i.e. in the ambit of environment and climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of opposition from developing countries, the EU is pushing for binding liberalisation commitments in General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations, regardless of their concerns that it could lead to harmful import surges, thereby undermining the development of the developing countries’ domestic services; calls on the EU fully to respect flexibility mechanisms in the GATS; highlights the fact that without a comprehensive assessment of trade in services, developing countries are unable to assess the costs and benefits of GATS liberalisation;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that the introduction of the reciprocity principle regarding public procurement is purely theoretical, while being harmful for developing countries, as it will i.e. hamper the development of infant industries and processing; urges therefore the EU to respect fully the ‘special and differential treatment’ granted to developing countries;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the World Commission on Dams: "A new framework for decision-making", 16 November 2000,
Amendment 4 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas worldwide about 1.3 billion people – 84 % of whom live in rural areas – have no access to electricity and whereas, furthermore, 2.7 billion people are without clean cooking facilities4 , a situation that creates indoor smoke which is responsible for over 1.4 million premature deaths per year, making it, after HIV/Aids, the second most frequent reason for premature deaths worldwide5; whereas the current lack of access to modern energy services in many poor countries has led to gender inequality and particularly disadvantages women and children,
Amendment 5 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas access to energy is essential to the realisation of several of the rights contained within the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international human rights and environmental legal instruments,
Amendment 6 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas renewable energy sources, and especially small decentralised solutions, have huge potential for providing reliable, sustainable and affordable energy services for the poor, particularly in rural areas of developing countries; whereas developing countries are situated in areas with access to abundant renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar; but whereas many challenges remain to ensure their expansion in developing countries, including financing, capacity building, technology transfer and governance reform,
Amendment 7 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the use of renewable energy technologies is essential for developing countries to reduce their dependence on fossil fuel imports and related price volatility; but whereas large-scale renewable projects (such as hydro or energy crops) can also have severe social and environmental consequences to local population, i.e. on water or food security; whereas a careful assessment of the environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies is therefore an important prerequisite for donor finance,
Amendment 8 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the report of the World Commission on Dams of 16 November 2000 concludes that, while large dams have failed to produce as much electricity, provide as much water, or control as much flood damage as foreseen, they have had huge social and environmental impacts, and efforts to mitigate these impacts have been largely unsuccessful,
Amendment 9 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas the expansion of agrofuels has relied overwhelmingly on the expansion of large-scale industrial monoculture, thereby extending agricultural practises that are harmful for the environment, biodiversity, soil fertility and water availability; and whereas, by encouraging concentration of land ownership, the expansion of agrofuels has had dramatic consequences in terms of violation of land rights, loss of access to vital natural resources, deforestation and environmental degradation,
Amendment 10 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas biomass production for energy purposes can compete with current agricultural (arable and pasture) land; and thereby affecting food availability; and whereas large wood use may contribute to deforestation, degradation of land and even desertification in some regions,
Amendment 11 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas in Sub-Sahara Africa, nearly 70% of the total inhabitants do not have access to electricity; and whereas population growth has outpaced electrification and the number of people without access to electricity increased,
Amendment 14 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance ofat although there is no Millennium Development Goal specifically related to energy, (delete) access to modern, sustainable energy services for all (hereinafter ‘universal energy access’) ais a prerequisite for achieving the MDGs, andbelieves therefore that energy should move to the forefront of the debate on eradication of poverty, while ensuring that increased access to modern energy services is consistent with sustainable development; urges the Commission to issue a communication on development cooperation in support of universal energy access for the year 2012, which has been dedicated to this issue by the UN;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CUnderlines that maximising the use of renewable energy resources represents the ideal path for the international community to take in achieving universal access to modern energy services, while combating climate change; calls on the Commission to develop an action plan to mainstream the objective of universal energy access into relevant EU policies, as well as into all sectors of development policy, such as agriculture, industry, trade, health and water, and to ensure there is coherence across policies and sectors for the universal energy access objective;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance ofNotes that experiences have shown that centralised power capacity and grid extension targets have often failed to improve energy services for the poor; in particular, underlines that conventional rural electrification programmes financed by the World Bank have globally failed to reach the rural poor; hence, stresses upon the need to support renewable decentralised solutions, such as small- scale, off-grid and mini-grid energy solutions, to reach all parts of developing countries'’ populations, particularly poor and rural populations; calls on the EU to target its efforts, financially and technically, towards these small-scale solutions to energy poverty in remote areas;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Deplores that a large part of international donor funding for energy are directed at fossil fuel-related projects, particularly coal-fired power generation; in particular, notes that fossil fuel lending continues to play a dominant role in the World Bank's overall energy portfolio,as in the case of Export Credit Agencies of EU Member States;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Notes with concern that large hydropower infrastructure remains a strong focus for the World Bank and the EIB; recalls that experiences have shown that such projects do not necessarily increase access for the poor, but that this aim is better served through mini hydro or micro hydropower units for local demand, thereby avoiding the social and environmental drawbacks of larger projects;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Reiterates its calls on bilateral aid agencies, multilateral development banks, Export Credit Agencies and the EIB to ensure that any dam option results from an agreed process of ranking of alternatives and respect recommendations of the World Commission on Dams;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Stresses that implemented correctly, the use of renewable sources to provide energy services can offer an economic solution in developing countries with benefits to health, the environment and local development; however, stresses upon the need to take into account the environmental impact of the use of renewable energy to improve universal access to energy, especially in the case of hydropower, biomass or agrofuels;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to develop clear guidelines on environmental sustainability criteria for renewable energy projects financing; Calls on the Commission to make the use of decentralised renewable energy or low- carbonsustainable/high energy efficiency a priority condition for support of new energy projects;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Points out that the development of clean technologies in poor countries is linked i.e. to technology transfer, which implies to identify the salient barriers to the dissemination of green technologies in developing countries and to consider new flexibilities in terms of intellectual property rights, especially within the ambit of TRIPS;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to support, through development cooperation, the transfer of technologies, including technical knowledge, training programs, information, and good practices, appropriate for the delivery of modern energy services to poor people, between partner countries in the South and between Europe and the South, as well as the development of capacity in partner countries to assess and absorb technological options;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. CUnderlines that effective partnerships between the public sector, the private sector, communities and local governments will be necessary to expand access to sustainable energy services; calls on the Commission to use, wherever possible, a market approach to new/innovative energy solutions, for example by fostering local production, facilitating their introduction onto the market or providing market information, in order to ensure local ownership and sustainability; in particular, calls on the Commission to promote governance capacity building to enable replicability of small scall energy service projects through promotion of SMEs;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the importance of private investors and market-oriented reforms in the energy sector; underlines, however,at the public sector alone will not be able to provide all the financing needs required to expand energy access; points out, in this respect, the importance of private investors and market-oriented reforms in the energy sector; underlines, however, that increasing focus on the use of public- private partnerships and attracting funds from private financiers may adversely diminish the financial attractiveness of local renewable energy projects, since such projects are less "bankable" than major, grid-connected projects, which often serve large industries; therefore, underlines that the ultimate responsibility for ensuring access to universal services, especially affordable energy for poor and remote populations, remains that of the state;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 5
Paragraph 14 – indent 5
Amendment 44 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Notes with concern that the Africa- EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) and its sub-programme for renewable energy seems primarily to focus on large projects and interconnectors with less emphasis to local energy solutions; urges the EU to refrain from developing a top-down approach on developing energy infrastructure, bearing in mind that large scale infrastructures may not suit the economic an social structure of the country and fail to provide energy access to the poor, for whom smaller local energy sources are usually be more appropriate;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that current GHG emissions of the poorest countries, notably in Sub-Sahara and in rural areas of many developing countries, are negligible due to the low levels of industrialisation; Urges the Commission and the Member States to recognise that energy consumption by the poor in developing countries does not, and for the foreseeable future will not, contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (1.3 % of global emission by 2030, according to the IEA),; points out that the rise of per capita level of CO2 emissions would still remain at low levels compared to those in high-income countries and that in order to achieve a minimum acceptable standard of living their per capita consumption of modern energy services should increase without being constrained by climate change mitigation measures;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. CTakes the view that the Rio+20 summit in June 2012 is an opportunity to propose concrete targets on how to abolish energy poverty and a roadmap on how to achieve them as a global strategy for greening the economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include universal energy access in the Rio+20 process;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a (new) Whereas 40% of the global greenhouse gases are emitted in the agriculture sector; whereas agriculture is the main source of methane and nitrous oxide, and both of these greenhouse gases have a much larger warming potential than carbon dioxide; and whereas climate change affects especially poor people in developing countries and diminish farming opportunities;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b (new) Whereas liberalisation of trade in agriculture has opened the developing countries' doors to low-price imports from Europe, Asia and United States, thereby subjecting locally produced foodstuff to unbearable competition; and whereas these surges of low-priced imports impoverish the domestic farmers and agricultural workers considerably;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2051(INI)
A c new Whereas rural inhabitant in developing countries account for between 70% and 80% of the undernourished; and whereas eradicating extreme poverty and hunger is dependent on improving the living conditions of farmers and agricultural workers in developing countries;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d (new) Whereas the report by the UN special rapporteur for the right to food "Agroecolgy and the Right to Food” shows that agroecology can double food production in entire regions within 10 years while mitigating climate change and alleviating rural poverty; recognizes that long term productivity and food security, especially resilience of agricultural systems to climatic disturbances, depends on due care for natural resources, particularly soil, water use and biodiversity;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e (new) Whereas higher agricultural productivity in Europe goes hand in hand with the use of more soil, feed etc. from developing countries; whereas about 80% of Europe's demand for protein feed crops is met by imports, thereby accounting for an area of 20 million hectares of land use outside Europe; whereas duty-free imports of protein crops and oilseeds in Europe has contributed to deforestation, displacement of communities, loss of biodiversity and increasing food insecurity in South America;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the widespread concern on the decreasing but accumulatived negative impacts of the CAP on developing countries; regrets that the Commission communication on the CAP towards 2020 does not mention such impacts; asks the Commission to launch a thorough evaluation of the CAP and its impact on developing countries, and calls for the new CAP to include the principle of "‘do no harm"’ to developing countries as a core objective; more broadly, urges the Commission to ensure that CAP legislative proposals respond to the objective of Policy Coherence for Development, as prescribed in article 208 in the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a (new) Calls for the EU to ensure consistency between the CAP and its development and trade policies; in particular underlines the need for safeguard clauses in trade agreements and the right for developing countries to protect their agricultural markets;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (-new)
Paragraph 1 b (-new)
1 b (new) Highlights that European export subsidies seriously hampered the agricultural development of poor countries by generating unfair competition with their local agriculture, especially in case of absence of effective import protection in the importing country or region (e.g. customs barriers, import quotas, subsidies for local producers, etc.); notes equally that EU agricultural export subsidies has contributed to import surges, and therefore, has made a host of developing countries more dependent on imports, thereby jeopardizing the self- supply of food in these countries and the ability of those populations to feed themselves;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to eliminate all export subsidies and to decouple direct payments from production, so as to create a level playing field between EU and developing countries' agricultural products; asks the Commission to finance transitional schemes for crops affected by this decoupling, aimed at promoting organic and sustainable farming practice; points out however that banning export subsidies leave unchanged economic distortions resulting from other direct or indirect subsidies, which enable the EU agricultural sector to export agricultural commodities below their average production costs; calls on the EU to support developing countries' demands to protect their food production and to protect their population from the potentially destructive effects of cheap imports;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a (new) Recommends, in line with the conclusions of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, that the EU develops a new food and agriculture policy that supports organic farming and other agro-ecological practises; in particular, calls also on the Commission to reform the CAP by linking direct payments to social and environmental conditions;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that food is not merely a commodity buand that access to food is foremost a universal human right; a universal human right; underlines in this context that Europe's responsibility towards global food security is primarily an issue of allowing and supporting developing countries to increase and diversify their own production to become more food secure and to meet demands on their local markets, rather than a matter of raising its agricultural exports to developing countries;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a (new) Expresses its concern that the EU, through its promotion of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) and other bilateral free trade agreements is trying to force a food liberalisation agenda on developing countries and open up agricultural markets; recalls that, while unprotected imports of animal feedstuffs has resulted in high dependency of the EU on animal protein feed sector, food security in Europe was, in contrast, achieved through protection of the agricultural markets; hence, urges the EU to refrain from forcing developing countries to open up their agricultural market;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b (new) Notes with concern that EU dependence on imported animal feed, particularly soy, has contributed to the growing demand for land abroad, leading to deforestation, the displacement of communities and an expansion of genetically modified soy in South America; accordingly, calls on the Commission to make the reduction of dependency of imported protein feed, i.e. through development and expansion of sustainable protein crops in the EU, one of its main priority;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. THighlights that price fluctuations of agricultural commodities hit poor countries the hardest; takes the view that, in the context of tackling international speculation in agricultural commodity prices, the new CAP should establish appropriate mechanisms and rules to govern trade in agricultural commodity derivatives and enhance transparency; believes that the EU should lead by example, by establishing within its territory local auctioning agricultural markets and local distribution systems, which increase the bargaining power of smallholders in the food supply chain;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points up the fact that, without additional sources of funding, the Member States will be unable to honour the commitments entered into in connection with the Millennium Development Goals; advocates establishing a European tax on financial transactions with a view to funding global public goods, i.e. poverty eradication and climate change; recalls that innovative financing for development is not designed to be a substitute for ODA, but is complementary; reiterates its conviction that the introduction of a FTT should therefore be linked with a more binding commitment of all member countries to achieve the 0.7% objective of ODA spending;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges that expenditure committed to mitigate the impact of climate change on developing countries come from an additional financial injection and not be the result of reclassifying funds originally allocated for development purposesReiterates its conviction that environment issues must be better mainstreamed and financed throughout all external policies, as the environment, natural resources and healthy ecosystems play an essential role to human development and eradication of poverty; supports in this context the proposal to increase the thematic programme on environment and natural resources as a step to fulfil EU's commitments taken at the climate conference in Cancun in 2010; but urges that expenditure committed to mitigate the impact of climate change on developing countries come from an additional financial injection and not be the result of reclassifying funds originally allocated for development purposes; recalls that for this principle to be secured, separate accounting for climate finance is needed; reiterates that in order to make climate funding effective, there is a need to better mainstream climate change concerns into EU development cooperation, while enforcing Policy Coherence for Development;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the emerging economies - India, China and Brazil - should no longer be reliant on official development assistance, given that poverty in those countries can be combated with own resources generated by high-growth economies; urges the EU, during the phasing-out period, to target its assistance on capacity-building for the establishment of tax collection, social security and other redistribution systems, while combating equally against tax havens, tax evasion and illicit capital flights, so as to enable countries to raise their domestic revenues, which should lead to the reduction of poverty and of aid dependency;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that, owing to the efforts of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, substantial progress has been made in combating these evils; regards the amount allocated to the Global Fund for this purpose as insufficient, however; but recalls that both the horizontal and vertical approaches are necessary and complementary; therefore, urges the EU and Member States to support in developing countries the improvement of basic health systems to be accessible to everyone;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 10 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) This Regulation establishes a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries to advance and promote EU and mutual interests, based on respect for all human rights. The Partnership Instrument shall support measures that respond in an effective and flexible manner to objectives arising from the Union's bilateral, regional or multilateral relationships with third countries and address challenges of global concern.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) implementing the international dimension of the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy by supporting Union's bilateral, regional and inter-regional cooperation partnership strategies, by promoting policy dialogues and by developing collective approaches and responses to challenges of global concern such as energy securitsustainable energy, climate change and environment. This objective shall be measured by the uptake of the ‘Europe 2020’ policies and objectives by key partner countries;
Amendment 15 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) improvmoting market access and developingfair and equitable trade, and investment and business opportunities for European companies by me, founded on a rights-based approach which takes into account the International Covenanst of en Economic partnerships and business and regulatory coop, Social and Cultural Rights as well as respect for international treaties on the environment. This objective shall be measured by the Union's share in foreign trade with key partner countries and by trade and investments flows to partner countries specifically targeted byreference to the above- mentioned rights-based policy for the implementation of actions, programmes and measures under this Regulation;
Amendment 24 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
(4) In implementing this Regulation, the Union shall aim to ensure policy coherence and consistencyfor development with other areas of its external action, in particular the Development Cooperation Instrument for developing countries, and with other relevant Union's policies when formulating policy, strategic planning and programming and implementing measures.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
(5) Measures financed under this Regulation shall be based, where appropriate, on cooperation policies set out in instruments such as agreements, declarations and action plans between the Union and the third countries and regions concerned, and shall also relate to areas linked to the Union's specific interests,mutual policy priorities and strategies of interest to the Union and the partner country concerned.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Preparatory actions such as business dialogues,socially and ecologically responsible business dialogues, fair and equitable trade promotion and scientific exchanges were set up to strengthen and deepen cooperation in areas outside the scope of the Development Cooperation Instrument with India and China and with middle- income group countries in Asia and Latin America.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is in the Union's interest to deepen its relations with partners who are playing an increasingly important role in the international economy and trade, in south- south trade and cooperation, in multilateral fora including Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G 20), in global governance and in addressing challenges of global concern. The Union needs to build comprehensive partnerships with new players on the international scene, in order to promote a stable and inclusivefair international order, pursue common global public goods, defend core interests of the Union based on core values of human rights including economic, social and cultural rights and on major treaties relating to the environment, to pursue common global public goods and to increase knowledge of the Union in these countries.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Notwithstanding the specific focus on global players, the scope of this Regulation should be worldwide enabling to support cooperation measures with developing countries where the Union hasre are significant mutual interests in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0411(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Union should be able to respond in a flexible and timely manner to evolving and /or unforeseen needs in order to make its commitment to promote itsmutual interests in its relations with third countries more effective, by adopting special measures not covered by multi-annual indicative programmes.
Amendment 222 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Consensus on Development and Commission communications ‘Increasing the impact of EU development Policy - An Agenda for Change’, and ‘The future approach of EU budget support to third countries’, as well as any future communication establishing basic orientations and principles for the Union's development policy, and their subsequent conclusArticle 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Unions, provide the general policy framework, the orientations and the focus to guide the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 223 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union is founded on the values of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equalityuniversality and indivisibility of human rights (Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union), the principle of equality and solidarity and respect for the principles of the UN Charter and international law. Respect for human dignity and gender equality, including individual and scolidarity and respect for the principles of the UN Charter and international law. Itlective political and civic rights; respect for economic, social and cultural rights; respect for the rights of women, children and minorities; respect for international treaties on environment and biodiversity will guide the Union's cooperation policy. Cooperation from the Union's side seeks to develop and consolidate commitment to these values in partner countries and regions through dialogue and cooperation. .
Amendment 227 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union also aims to ensure the coherence withof other areas of its external action. This should be ensured when formulating the Union's development cooperation policy and its strategic planning programming and implementation of measures policies with development policy, and aims at guaranteeing peace and stability. This should be ensured when formulating the Union's external action policies in the field of trade, investment, agriculture, fisheries etc. and aligning them with development cooperation policy.
Amendment 228 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The Union's policy aims at strengthening the domestic accountability of partner countries through Country/Regional Strategy Papers. Policy priorities shall be set by the respective national/regional parliaments in consultation with their civil society organisations, prior to policy dialogue with the Commission.
Amendment 235 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Union and the Member States should improve the consistency and the complementarity of their respective policieslement Policy Coherence in all their policy areas in support onf development cooperation, in particular by responding to partner countries' and regions' priorities at country and regional level. To ensure that the Union's development cooperation policy and that of the Member States complement and reinforce each other, it is appropriate to provide for joint programming procedures which should be implemented whenever possible and relevant.
Amendment 239 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Union's policy and international action for development cooperation are guided by Policy Coherence for Development and the MDGs, such aiming ast the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, including any subsequent modifications thereto, and by the development objectives and principles approved by the Union and, its Member States, and the European Parliament, including in the context of their cooperation within the United Nations (UN) and other competent international organisations in the field of development cooperation.
Amendment 241 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Union should promote a comprehensive approach in response to crisis and disaster and to conflict-affected and fragile situations, including those of transition. This should in particular build on the Council conclusions on Security and Development on an EU response to situations of fragility on conflict prevention as well as any relevant subsequent conclusions. This should provide the necessary mix of approaches, responses and instruments in particular by ensuring an appropriate balance between the security-oriented, development and humanitarian approaches, and by linking short-term reaction with the long term supportbuild on the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid. To ensure that short-term reaction ties in with long-term support, the link between Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD) should be developed. Each country analysis and programming should contain a conflict analysis.
Amendment 245 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Union assistance should focus where it has more impact, having regard to its capacity to act on a global scale and respond to global challenges, such as poverty eradication, sustainable and inclusive development and and inequality, to promote sustainable development and its capacity regarding the worldwide promotion of democracy, good governance, human rights and the rule of law, its long-term andsocial and economic rights in its long-term and having regard to its predictable commitment to development assistance and its role in coordinating with its Member States. To ensure such impact, the principle of differentiation should be applied not only at the level of funds allocation, but also at the level of programming, to ensure that bilateral development cooperation targets partner countries most in need, including fragile states and states with high vulnerability, and with limited capacity to have access to other sources of financing for supporting their own development, having regard to the potential impact of the Union assistance in partner countries. As a consequence, bilateral programming would target such countries, pursuant to the application of objective criteria based on the needs and capacities of these countries, as well as the impact of EU assistance.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This Regulation should provide an enabling framework for programming, allowing enhanced consistency between Union policies by using a joint framework documentherence in favour of sustainable development between Union policies as a basis for programming. It should enable full alignment with partner countries and regions by relying, where appropriate, on national development plans or similar comprehensive development documents, adopted by partner countries or regions in consultation with their respective parliaments and civil societies; and pursue a better coordination amongst donors, in particular between the Union and its Member States, through joint programming.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In a globalised world, different internal EU policies such as environment, climate change, employment (including decent work for all), gender equality, energy, water, transport, health, education, justice and security, research and innovation, information society, migration, agriculture and, fisheries, trade and investment are increasingly becoming part of the EU's external action. Commission Communication ‘Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ underlines the commitment of the Union to promote in its internal and external policies smart, inclusive and sustainable growth bringing together three pillars: economic, social and environmentalThey should be in conformity with the principles of Policy Coherence for Development, as enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Union is committed to promote in its internal and external policies smart, inclusive and sustainable growth bringing together three pillars: economic, social and environmental. To fulfil these three pillars, the Union's internal and external policies aim at eliminating obstacles to development by formulating policies with respect to the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as well as international treaties and agreements on environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 251 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Fighting climate change and protecting the environment are among the great challenges which face the Union and where the need for international action is urgent. In accordance with the intent stated in Commission Communication ‘A budget for Europe 2020’ of 29 June 2011, this Regulation should contribute to the objective of addressing at least 20% of the EU budget to low carbon and climate resilient society, and the global public goods and challenges programme should use at least 25% of its funds to cover climate change and environment. Adeveloping countries where the need for national and international actions in these two areas should, wherever possible, be mutually supportive in order to reinforce their impactss urgent.
Amendment 254 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Commission communication ‘Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change’EU Development Policy envisages continued support for social inclusion and human developmentservices through at least 20% of the Union's development aid. To contribute to that end, at least 20% of the global public goods and challenges programme should support that area of development.
Amendment 255 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The lists of partner countries under this Regulation should be adapted on the basis of possible changes to their status as established by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), as well as important changes in human development, aid dependency, crisis situations, vulnerability and other aspects including the dynamics of the development process. Such updates, reviews of the partner countries eligible for bilateral development cooperation and modifications in the definitions of detailed areas of cooperation and activities, and adjustments of the indicative financial allocation per programme, constitute non- essential elements of this Regulation. Consequently, in order to adapt its scope to the rapidly evolving reality in third countries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission for updating the Annexes of this Regulation which includes the list of partner countries and regions eligible for Union financing, the definition of detailed areas of cooperation under geographic and thematic programmes and the indicative allocations per programme. It is of particular importance that the Commission should carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should further ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 258 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 260 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a Pan-African programme to support the Joint Africa-EU Strategy in the countries, territories and regions covered by that Strategy.
Amendment 266 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the primary objective of cooperation under this Regulation shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty;. To achieve this objective, the EU focuses on structural causes of poverty by implementing a rights-based approach to development in all its policies.
Amendment 267 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) cooperation under this Regulation will also contribute to the achievement of other objectives of EU external action, in particular:
Amendment 268 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) promoting democracy, the rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights including economic, social and cultural rights as well as international treaties on environment and biodiversity protection and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and mitigation..
Amendment 270 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The achievement of these objectives shall be measured using relevant indicators, in particular MDG 1 for subparagraph (a) and MDGs 1 to 8 for subparagraph (b),the human development index and other indicators agreed by the Union and its Member States.
Amendment 275 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 276 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Union seeks to promote, develop the universality and indivisibility of human rights, and consolidate the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for humanall aspects of human rights including social, economic and cultural rights and fundamental freedoms on which it is founded, through dialogue and cooperation with partner countries and regions.
Amendment 283 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The following cross-cutting issues shall be mainstreamed in all programmes: the promotion of human rights - including economic, social and cultural rights - , gender equality, women empowerment, non- discrimination, democracy, good governance, the rights of the child and indigenous peoples' rights, social inclusion and the rights of persons with disabilities, environmental sustainability including addressing climate change and combating HIV/AIDS.
Amendment 288 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Particular attention shall be given to strengthening the rule of law, improving access to justice and supporting civil society, trade and sustainable development, access to ICTs, health and food security, as well as promoting dialogue, participation and reconciliation, and institution-buildingcivic and political rights, promoting dialogue with civil society and participation of the population in decision-making, peaceful resolution of conflict and democratic institution-building; improving access to justice, ICTs, health care, education and to quality and sufficient food.
Amendment 292 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. In implementing this Regulation, consistency shall be ensured with other areas of Union external action and with other relevant Union policies. To this end, measures financed under this Regulation, including those managed by the EIB, shall be based on the cooperation policies set out in instruments such as agreements, declarations and action plans between the Union and the third countries and regions concerned, and on the Union's decisions, specific interests, policy priorities and strategiesMeasures financed under this Regulation, including those managed by the EIB, and action plans, policy priorities and strategies in the field of development policy between the Union and the third countries and regions concerned shall be based on the cooperation policies set out in this instrument.
Amendment 295 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission and, the Member States and the European Parliament shall seek regular and frequent exchanges of information, including with other donors, and to promote better donor coordination and complementarity by working towards joint multiannual programming, based on partner countries' poverty reduction or equivalent strategies, by common implementation mechanisms including shared analysis, by joint donor- wide missions and by the use of co- financing and delegated cooperation arrangements.
Amendment 297 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. The Union shall promote effective cooperation with partner countries and regions in line with international best practice. It shall increasingly align its support with partners' national or regional development strategies, reform policies and procedures. It shall contribute to strengthening the process ofapproved by the respective national/regional parliament. It shall contribute to strengthening the process of partner countries' domestic accountability to their citizens as well as mutual accountability between partner governments and institutions and donors and promote l. Local expertise and local employment will also be promoted. To that end, it shall promote :
Amendment 299 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) a development process that is partner country or region led and owned;Ownership: a partner country or region government shall identify, in consultation with their respective national/regional parliaments and civil society organisations concerned, priority sectors to be financed by the Union.
Amendment 301 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) inclusive and participatory approaches to development andthe empowerment of the population of partner countries, the strengthening of domestic accountability, the provision of participatory and transparent decision- making processes and of a mechanism for a broad involvement of all segments of society in the development process and in national and regional dialogue, including political dialogue;
Amendment 302 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point c
Amendment 305 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Article 3 – paragraph 9
9. The Union will support inter alia the implementation of bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation and dialogue, partnership agreements and triangular cooperation.
Amendment 310 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Geographic programmes and the Pan- African Programme may be drawn from the areas of cooperation contained in the ‘"European Consensus’", with the agreement of partner countries, amongst others, in order to attain the objectives provided for in Article 2(1).
Amendment 312 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Within each country programme, the Union will in principle concentrate its assistance on three sectors, agreed by the partner country.
Amendment 313 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the actions address global initiatives supporting internationally agreed goals on development policy or in developing countries, or global public goods and challenges, in which case, by way of derogation from Article 9 of the Common Implementing Regulation, they may include actions in Member States, candidate countries and potential candidates and other third countries, as envisaged in the relevant thematic programme, provided these actions are eligible as ODA according to the OECD/DAC;
Amendment 314 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 4
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 4
– actions which reflect a Union policy priority in the field of development cooperation or an international obligation or commitment of the Union; in the field of development cooperation, and
Amendment 319 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the programme on civil society organisations and local authorities in development shall be to organise a policy dialogue with civil society and local authorities from the North and the South on the Union's development policy and to finance initiatives in the area of development by or for civil society organisations and local authorities originating from partner countries, the Union, candidate countries and potential candidates.
Amendment 321 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Conflict prevention and peacebuilding 1. The objective of the thematic programme on conflict prevention and peacebuilding shall be to finance initiatives in the area of conflict prevention and peacebuilding in partner countries, including mediation activities. 2. The programme on conflict prevention and peacebuilding shall be subject to specific financial regulations guaranteeing rapid reaction and increased flexibility in programation and implementation of the initiatives, in line with the requirements of effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
Amendment 322 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8 b (new)
Amendment 323 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 325 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The multiannual indicative programme for the Pan-African programme shall be drawn up on the basis of a strategy paper based on the Joint Africa- EU Strategy and its Action plans.
Amendment 326 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For geographic programmes and the Pan- African Programme, multiannual indicative programmes forshall be drawn up by partner countries and regions shall be drawn upand submitted to the Union for financing on the basis of an agreed strategy document with the partner country/region, as provided for in Article 11.
Amendment 331 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Strategy papers are documents drawn up by the partner country and agreed with the Union to provide a coherent framework for development cooperation between the Union and the partner country or region concerned, consistent with the overall purpose and scope, objectives, principles and policy of the Unionpartner country and Union in the field of development.
Amendment 332 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
To that end, strategy papers shall, in principle, be based on a dialogue between the Union and the partner country or region, involving where appropriate, the relevant Member States, and the partner country or region, involvingso as to ensure that the country or region concerned prepares the strategy paper with the involvement of the national/regional parliament and in consultation with its respective civil society and regional and local authorities, so as to ensure that the country or region concerned takes sufficienttake full ownership of the process and to encourage support for national development strategies, particularly those for reducing poverty.
Amendment 334 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Strategy papers shall be drawn up forby the relevant partner countries or regions, unless a joint framework document laying down a comprehensive Union strategy, including development policy, has been drawn up fortogether with the partner country or region concerned and with the involvement of national/regional parliaments.
Amendment 335 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) countries having a national development strategy in the form of a national development plan or a similar development document accepted by the Commission as a basis for the corresponding multiannual indicative programme, when adopting of the latter document;
Amendment 336 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) countries or regions for which a joint multiannual programming document, including a chapter on development cooperation, between the Union and Member States and partner countries/regions has been agreed;
Amendment 337 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) regions having a jointly agreed strategydevelopment strategy, involving regional parliaments, with the EU.
Amendment 338 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Multiannual indicative programmes shall be drawn up for each of thetogether with each countriesy or regions receiving an indicative allocation of Union funds under this Regulation Except for countries or regions mentioned in paragraph 4, these documents shall be drawn up on the basis of the strategy papers or similar documents referred to in this Article.
Amendment 339 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Multiannual indicative programmes shall set out the priority areas selectedagreed with partner countries/regions for Union financing, the specific objectives, the expected results, the performance indicators and the indicative financial allocation, both overall and per priority area. Where appropriate, this allocation may be given in the form of a range and/or somea limited amount of funds may be left unallocated.
Amendment 341 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5
Pursuant to the principle of mutual accountability in the pursuit and fulfilment of agreed objectives, including those referring to good governance, democracy and respect for human rights and to the rule of law, social, economic and cultural rights as well as respect for the environment and biodiversity, indicative allocations may be increased or decreased as a result of reviews, particularly in the light of special needs such as those resulting from a crisis, post-crisis or fragility situation, or where performance has been exceptional or unsatisfactory.
Amendment 344 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual indicative programmes for thematic programmes shall set out the Union's and partner country/region's strategy for the theme concerned, the priorities jointly selected for financing by the Union, the specific objectives, the expected results, the performance indicators, the international situation and the activities of the main partners. Where applicable, resources and intervention priorities shall be laid down for participation in global initiatives. Multiannual indicative programmes shall be consistent with the documents referred to in Article 11(3).
Amendment 345 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The multiannual indicative programmes shall give the indicative financial allocation, both overall and by priority area. Where appropriate, this allocation may, be given in the form of a range, and/or somea limited amount of funds may be left unallocated. Multiannual indicative programmes should be adjusted where necessary for an effective policy implementation, taking into account any mid-term or ad hoc reviews.
Amendment 349 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Strategy papers shall be approved and multiannual indicative programmes shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedureby way of delegated acts as referred to in Article 15(3)290 of the Common Implementing RegulatTreaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This procedure shall also apply to substantial reviews which have the effect of significantly modifying the strategy or its programming.
Amendment 352 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The indicative minimum amounts allocated to each programme referred to in Articles 5 to 9 for the period 2014-2020 are laid down in Annex VII. The amounts may be reallocated between programmes by a delegated act in accordance with Article 18. The amounts within the global public goods and challenges programme may be reallocated between subheadings by Commission decision which shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council within one month of its adoption.
Amendment 361 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point a
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point a
(a) Democracy, human rights and the rule of law; - promoting political pluralism and protecting political, civil, social, economic, cultural and minority rights, in line with international agreements and in accordance with a human rights-based approach to development, - strengthening the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary systems and ensuring access to justice, - supporting and strengthening democratic institutions, including the role of parliaments and audit institutions, - supporting transparent and accountable institutions and their functioning, promoting decentralisation; promoting dialogue with social partners.
Amendment 372 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point d
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point d
(d) Tax policy and administration; - supporting the building up or strengthening of fair, transparent, effective, progressive and sustainable domestic tax systems which promote equity, poverty reduction and social cohesion, - strengthening monitoring capacities in developing countries in the fight against illicit financial flows, - supporting national oversight bodies, parliaments and civil society organisations, to produce and disseminate work on tax fraud and its impact, to ensure public scrutiny of public financial management, including tax governance performance and to assist in policy formulation, where appropriate and feasible, - supporting multilateral and regional initiatives on tax administration and tax reforms, - supporting developing countries to participate more effectively in international tax cooperation structures and processes, allowing them to negotiate relevant agreements, improve tax information exchange, - promoting country by country reporting on EU publicly-listed companies as well as large unlisted companies active in the extractive industry and the logging of primary forests to report the payments they make to local, regional and national governments in third countries.
Amendment 375 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point f
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point f
(f) Civil society and local authorities; - supporting capacity building of civil society organisations, in order to strengthen their voice and active participation in the development process and to advance political, social and economic dialogue, - supporting local authorities, and mobilising their expertise to promote a regional and local approach to development, e.g. through networks of excellence or twinning exercises, - promote an enabling environment for citizen participation and civil society action.
Amendment 378 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point g
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point g
(g) Natural resources; and- supporting oversight processes and bodies and backing governance reforms that promote the sustainable and transparent management and preservation of natural resources, including raw materials, maritime resources and forests, and ecosystem services, with particular attention to the dependence of vulnerable groups on them, especially smallholder farmers and indigenous groups, while ensuring a gender-sensitive approach and active participation of local communities, - promoting sustainable patterns of production and consumption and the safe and sustainable management of chemicals and waste, taking into account their impacts on health.
Amendment 381 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point h
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point h
(h) Development-security nexus. - addressing the root-causes of violent conflict, including poverty, degradation of environment, exploitation of resources and unequal distribution of wealth as well as access to land and natural resources, weak governance, human rights abuses and gender inequality as a means of supporting conflict prevention, resolution and peace building, - promoting dialogue, participation and reconciliation with a view to promoting peace and preventing outbreaks of violence in accordance with international best practice as defined by the OECD/DAC, - fostering the independence of justice, the fight against drugs and other trafficking including trafficking in human beings, corruption and money laundering, with a specific focus on protecting poor and vulnerable groups and assisting them in building secure and sustainable livelihoods;
Amendment 382 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – title
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – title
II. Inclusive and sustainable growth forSustainable human development
Amendment 384 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point a
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point a
(a) Social protection, health, education and jobs; health, education, employment and social protection and jobs; - supporting sector reforms that increase access to basic social services, in particular quality health and education services, with a central focus on the related MDGs , and on access to such services by lower income population groups and marginalised groups, including women and children, persons belonging to groups subject to ethnic, religious or any other discrimination and persons with disabilities, - strengthening local capacities to respond to the challenge that the country /regions face, through sectoral budget support with intensified policy dialogue, - strengthening access to health systems in order to promote better health care, addressing the qualified human resource crisis of health providers, fair financing for health and making medicines more affordable for the poor, promoting policy coherence and increasing protection against global health threats so as to improve access to health care for all, - supporting the full implementation of strategies to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, while linking this with the fight against HIV/AIDS, - ensuring an adequate supply of sufficient and affordable good quality drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene to every human being, - enhancing support for and equal access to quality education to give young people, and in particular girls and women, the knowledge and skills to be active members of an evolving society; supporting vocational training for employability and capacity to carry out and use the results of research in favour of sustainable development, - supporting national social protection schemes including social insurance systems, which contribute to reducing inequalities, preventing social exclusion and combating discrimination against all groups, while paying particular attention to gender issues, the rights of indigenous peoples, children and the condition of disabled people, - supporting the decent work agenda , and promoting social dialogue, - encouraging policies to facilitate regional labour mobility.
Amendment 390 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point b
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point b
(b) Business environment, regional integration and world markets; and Regional integration - supporting the development of the local private sector, including promoting SMEs and cooperatives, - promoting the development of local and regional markets through Union Aid for Trade and trade facilitation instruments, - supporting legislative and regulatory framework reforms and their enforcement, including for the use of modern means of communication, facilitating access to business and financial services, such as micro-credit and micro-finance and reducing excessive regulatory burden; supporting the enforcement of internationally agreed labour rights, promoting corporate social responsibility and social dialogue, - promoting agricultural, industrial and innovation policies which contribute to sustainable and development in favour of the poorest regions and sectors of the society; foster cooperation in the area of science, research and technology , in particular for development-related research, - promoting investments that generate local employment and support human resources development; improving infrastructure in support of efforts to eradicate poverty with full respect for social and environmental standards; supporting national, regional and local public authorities and parliaments to enable them to regulate markets effectively, - engaging with the private sector, with a focus on financing for domestic and regional companies, in particular at SME level, in order to enhance socially responsible and sustainable development for the benefit of the population, - assisting developing countries through fostering equitable and environmentally sustainable development, supporting partners' policies in areas such as building local and regional markets, infrastructure and cross-border cooperation regarding access by the poor to water, sustainable energy and human security with a view to supporting social justice, - promoting a sustainable transport sectoral approach, meeting partner countries' needs, ensuring transport safety, affordability, efficiency, and minimising negative effects on the environment, - supporting more generalized access to information and communication technologies to bridge the digital divide.
Amendment 396 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point c
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point c
(c) Sustainable agriculture and energy. , food security and sustainable energy. - supporting the development of infrastructures to commercialize food from the surplus to the deficit area and putting in place storage for food at local and regional level, - supporting sustainable agricultural practices and relevant agricultural research, including the safeguarding of ecosystem services, giving priority to locally-developed practices and focusing on smallholder agriculture and rural livelihoods, formation of producer groups, the supply and marketing chain and supporting women in agriculture, - encouraging government efforts to facilitate socially and ecologically responsible private investment and assess the impact of large scale land-acquisitions on food security, - supporting strategic approaches to food security, with a focus on food availability, - addressing food insecurity in situations of transition and fragility, by supporting interventions to protect, maintain and recover productive and social assets vital for food security, to facilitate economic integration and longer-term rehabilitation, - supporting country-led, participatory, decentralised and environmentally sustainable local and regional development, aimed at involving beneficiaries in the identification of investments, - supporting transparent and effective institutional and financial environments to improve access to modern, affordable, sustainable and efficient renewable energy services, with a priority for local and regional sustainable energy solutions, and decentralised energy production, so as to bring development priorities in line with environmental concerns.
Amendment 400 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph III – point b
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph III – point b
(b) Migration and asylum; and - supporting targeted efforts to fully exploit the interrelationship between migration, mobility, employment and poverty eradication, so as to make migration a positive force for development, - putting in place a program to deal with brain drain and to address the shortage of skilled persons in different fields, in support of development, - support developing countries in adopting long-term policies for managing migratory flows, including human trafficking, which respect the human rights of migrants and their families and enhance their social protection
Amendment 407 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter B – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Annex IV – Chapter B – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Assisting Latin-American states to fulfil their obligation of due diligence in the prevention, investigation, legal prosecution, sanction and reparation of and attention to feminicide; among others through: - Strengthening the investigation and prosecution of feminicide, by providing training for judges and members of the security forces on feminicide; providing assistance for the establishment of unified protocols for cases of feminicide; providing training and advisory assistance and supporting scientific developments, documentation and dissemination with regard to Latin-American forensic anthropology, - Providing technical and financial support to the work of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, in particular on the issue of feminicide and contributing to the implementation of its sentences, - Supporting the establishment of data bases on feminicides, - Supporting governmental and non- governmental local, national and regional organisations in developing preventive measures against feminicide.
Amendment 424 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – introductory part
Annex V – Chapter A – introductory part
In compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6, the Global public goods and challenges programme aims at strengthening cooperation, exchange of knowledge and experience and partner countries' capacities. The programme may with a view to adopting policies which contribute to poverty eradication and sustainable development. The programme, while ensuring an adequate contribution to supporting access to basic social services, shall be drawn inter alia from the following areas of cooperation, ensuring a maximum synergy amongst them in light of their strong interconnection:
Amendment 427 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promoting implementation ofing the Union initiatives and agreed commitments at international and regional level and/or of a transboundary character particularly in the areas of climate change through the promotion of climate resilient strategies especially adaptiongiving priority to strategies withto promote biodiversity co-benefits, biodiversity and ecosystems services, forests including, protection of ecosystems and natural resources, sustainable management including oceans, land, water, fisheries and forests (e.g. through mechanisms such as FLEGT), desertification, integrated water resource management, natural resource management, sound chemical asound waste management, resource efficiency and the green economy;
Amendment 428 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 1 – point c
(cd) contributing to increasing the integration and mainstreaming of climate change and environmental protection objectives in EU aiddevelopment cooperation policy through policy coherence including support for methodological and research work in and by developing countries, including monitoring, reporting and verification mechanisms, ecosystem mapping, assessment and evaluation, enhancing environmental expertise and promoting innovative actions and policy coherence;
Amendment 432 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) promoting access to secure, and affordable, clean and sustain renewable energy services as a key driver for poverty eradication and inclusive growth, with a special emphasis on the use of local energy sources and of ensuring access for poor people in remote areas;
Amendment 437 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) promoting energy security for partner countries and local communities through e.g. diversification of sources and routes, considering price volatility issues, emission reduction potential, improving markets and fostering energy interconnections and trade.
Amendment 438 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) Growth, jobs and private sector engagement Promoting actions aiming at creating more and better jobs, by developing a socially and ecologically responsible local private sector and improving the business environment, supporting local industries, supporting regional integration efforts through the promotion of the green economy: resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production processes. Promoting the use of electronic modern means of communication as a tool to support pro-poor growth across all sectors in order to bridge the digital divide between developing and industrialized countries and inside developing countries, to achieve an adequate policy and regulatory framework in this area and promoting the development of the necessary infrastructure and the use of services and applications based on ICT.
Amendment 440 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point a
Promoting actions aiming at creating more and better jobs, in areas such as developing the competitiveness and resilience of local MSMEs and their integration into the global economy, assisting developing countries to integrate into the multilateral trading system, developing the private sector and improving the business environment, supporting the definition and implementation of industrial innovation and technology policies and of trade policies and agreeby developing a socially and ecologically responsible local private sector and improving the business environment, supporting local added value and industrial developments, supporting regional integration efforts, promoting investment relations between the EU and partner countries and regions and leveraging private and public investment and cooperation through innovative financial instruments. Promoting through the promotion of the green economy,: resource efficiency and, sustainable consumption and production processes. Promoting the use of electronic modern means of communications as a tool to support pro- poor growth across all sectors in order to bridge the digital divide between developing and industrialized countries and inside developing countries, to achieve an adequate policy and regulatory framework in this area and promoting the development of necessary infrastructure and the use of services and applications based on ICT.
Amendment 442 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
(i) Supporting high levels of productive and decent employment notably with support for sound employment policies and strategies, vocational training for employability relevant to local labour market needs and perspectives, working conditions including in the informal economy, promotion of decent work, based on the labour standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO), including fight against child labour, andpromoting social dialogue, as well as facilitation of labour mobility while respecting and promoting migrants' rights;
Amendment 444 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point i a (new)
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) Promoting the WHO code of conduct on the international recruitment of qualified health personnel from developing countries to curb the shortage of health personnel and the brain drain,
Amendment 449 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point c – point i
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point c – point i
(i) Supporting country and regional level programmes to promote women's economic and social empowerment and political participation;
Amendment 452 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii
(ii) supporting national, regional and global initiatives to promote the integration of this issue ingender equality and women's empowerment into policies, plans and budgets, including in international, national and regional development frameworks and into the aid effectiveness agenda.
Amendment 467 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) Children and youth (i) combating trafficking of and all forms of violence against children, and promotion of policies taking into consideration youth's and children's particular vulnerability and potentials, protection of their rights and interests, education, health and livelihoods, starting with participation and empowerment; (ii) enhancing developing countries' attention and capacity to develop policies benefiting youth and children and promoting the role of children and youth as actors for development. (iii) supporting the development of concrete strategies and interventions to address particular problems and challenges affecting youth and children taking their best interests into account in all relevant action.
Amendment 468 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point e b (new)
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point e b (new)
(eb) Culture (i) promotion of inter-cultural dialogue, cultural diversity and respect for the equal dignity of all cultures; (ii) promotion of international cooperation to stimulate the contribution of cultural industries to economic growth in developing countries to fully exploit its potential for fighting poverty, including addressing issues such as market access and intellectual property rights; (iii) promotion of respect for the social, cultural and spiritual values of indigenous peoples and minorities to enhance equality and justice in multi- ethnic societies, in compliance with universal human rights to which everyone is entitled, including indigenous peoples and persons belonging to minorities; (iv) supporting culture as a promising economic sector for development and growth.
Amendment 469 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – introductory part
The programme will strengthen cooperation, exchange of knowledge and experience and partner countries' capacities on the fourive pillars of food security, with a gender-sensitive approach: food availability (production), access (including markets,land, infrastructure for food transport from surplus to deficit area, local and regional market building, establishing domestic food reserves for safety nets and gender awareness), utilisation (nutrition interventions in socially aware ways) and stability, while prioritising four dimensions: smallholder agriculture, governance, regional integration andfood processing to create added value, governance (participation of farmers in policy making) , regional integration and providing public support to household farmers including assistance mechanisms for vulnerable populations.
Amendment 471 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) Promoting the development of sustainable smallholder agriculture through ecosystem-based, low carbon and climate- resilient secure access to technology (including information and communication technologies), and through extension and technical services, rural development schemes, productive and responsible investment measures, land and natural resource management, protection of genetic diversity, in an enabling economic environment;in accordance with international guidelines, sustainable land and natural resource management, guaranteeing, by law, land rights of the population in its various form and provide access to land for local populations, protection of genetic diversity,
Amendment 474 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – point b
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) supporting environmentally and socially responsible aware policy making and governance of the relevant sectors, the role of the public and non-public actors in its regulation and the use of public goods, its organisational capacity, professional organisations and institutions;
Amendment 476 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Migration and Asylum The programme, funded on a human rights based approach to migration, will address the challenges of migration flows, and in particular South-South migration, the situation of vulnerable migrants such as unaccompanied minors, victims of trafficking, asylum seekers, migrant women, and the condition of children, women and families left in the countries of origin.
Amendment 477 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 5 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) Promoting migration governance at all levels, with a particular focus on the social and economic consequences of migration, and recognising the key role of civil society organisations, including diaspora, and local authorities in addressing migration as an essential component of the development strategy;
Amendment 478 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 5 – point b
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) ensuring better management of migratory flows in all their dimensions, in line with respect for human rights and improving the integration of migrants in countries of destination;
Amendment 480 #
2011/0406(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter B – paragraph 3 – point c
Annex V – Chapter B – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) raising public awareness of development issues and promoting formal and informal education for development in the Union, in candidate and potential candidate countries, to anchor development policy in European societies, to mobilise greater public support for action against poverty and for more equitable relations between developed and developing countries, to raise awareness of the issues and difficulties facing developing countries and their peoples, and to promote the social dimension of globalisation;
Amendment 33 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) With the aim of deepening the relationship between science and society and reinforcing public confidence in science, Horizon 2020 should favourHorizon 2020 should: promote active participation and informed engagement of citizens and civil society oin the process of research and innovation matters by promoting science education, by making scientific knowledge more accessible, by developing; promote science education; guarantee the respect of ethical legislation and promoting the emergence of, and adherence to, the highest ethical standards worldwide; increase the accessibility and re-use of the results of publicly funded research, in particular scientific publications and data; develop responsible research and innovation and governance framework agendas that meet citizens' and civil society's concerns and expectations and by facilitatreinforcing their participation in the setting of research priorities of Horizon 2020 activities.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Research and innovation activities supported by Horizon 2020 should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 TFEU and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, with a view ultimately to replacing animal use. All activities should be carried out ensuring a high level of human health protection in accordance with Article 168 TFEU. Ethical principles, such as the Helsinki Declaration, require that scientific data produced or collected by publicly funded research conducted on humans are made public, irrespective of where they take place in Europe or elsewhere in the world.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Ethical principles, including the Helsinki Declaration, require that scientific data produced or collected by publicly funded research conducted on humans, for instance in the context of clinical trials, are made public and accessible.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Targeted actions with the objective of promoting cooperation with specific third countries or groups of third countries shall be implemented on the basis of common interest and mutual benefit, taking into account their scientific and technological capabilities and market opportunities, and the expected impact. They include actions dedicated to the reinforcement of research capacities in developing countries and cooperation actions centred on their specific needs in domains such as health, including research on neglected diseases and epidemics, agriculture, fisheries and environment.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
The European Commission shall implement information and communication actions concerning Horizon 2020, including communication measures concerning supported projects and results. In order to increase the circulation and exploitation of knowledge and maximize the efficiency of research efforts, free open online access to scientific publications, already embraced in the Seventh Framework Programme, shall be the general principle for scientific publications of research receiving public funding from Horizon 2020. Free open access to scientific data produced or collected through research funded by Horizon 2020 shall be promoted and tested with the objective of making it mandatory in 2020. Budget allocated to communication under Horizon 2020 shall also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the Union's political priorities as far as they are related to the general objective of this Regulation.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 15
Annex I – 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. 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, the use of innovative research funding tools such as innovation awards – particularly in cases where the market fails to fulfil its proper function and where Europe and the rest of the world are confronted with major challenges – social innovation and market take-up of innovations.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Annex I – part I – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to support short- term exchanges of research and innovation staff among a partnership of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic groups, both within Europe and worldwide. This will include fostering cooperation with third countries, and, in particular, strengthening scientific partnerships between the Union and developing countries.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, diabetes, neurological and mental health disorders, overweight and obesity and various functional limitations are major causes of disability, ill-health and premature death, and present considerable social and economic costs. Innovative models for funding and disseminating the results of research work, such as innovation awards, are of essential importance in addressing these societal challenges and enabling researchers in Europe and the rest of the world to play an active and effective part in doing so.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Disease and disability are not stopped by national borders. An appropriate European -level research and innovation response in partnership with third countries can and should make a crucial contribution to addressing these global challenges, thus helping to a achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to deliver better health and well-being for all, and to position Europe as a leader in the rapidly expanding global markets for health and well-being innovations.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 2
The response depends on excellence in research to improve our fundamental understanding of health, disease, disability, development and ageing (including of life expectancy), and on the seamless and widespread translation of the resulting and existing knowledge into innovative, scalable and, effective and accessible products, strategies, interventions and services. Furthermore, the pertinence of these challenges across Europe and in many cases, globally, demands a response characterised by long term and coordinated support for co- operation between excellent, multidisciplinary and multi-sector teams.
Amendment 81 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Specific activities shall include: understanding the determinants of health (including environmental and climate related factors), improving health promotion and disease prevention; understanding disease and improving diagnosis; developing effective screening programmes and improving the assessment of disease susceptibility; improving surveillance and preparedness; developing better preventive vaccines; using in-silico medicine for improving disease management and prediction; treating disease; transferring knowledge to clinical practice and scalable innovation actions; better use of health data; active ageing, independent and assisted living; individual empowerment for self-management of health; promotion of integrated care; improving scientific tools and methods to support policy making and regulatory needs; and optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems and reducing inequalities by evidence based decision making and dissemination of best practice, and innovative technologies and approaches, in particular in relation to funding research and disseminating research results in order to share knowledge that will facilitate and speed up innovation in these areas.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The participant Guarantee Fund set up under Regulation No 1906/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universitie, universities and civil society organisations in actions under the Seventh Framework Programme and for the dissemination of research results (2007- 2013)14 and managed by the Commission has proved to be an important safeguard mechanism which mitigates the risks associated to the amounts due and not reimbursed by defaulting participants. Therefore, a new participant Guarantee Fund (the Fund) should be established. In order to ensure a more efficient management and a better coverage of participants' risk, the Fund should cover actions under the programme set up under Decision No 1982/2006/EC, under the programme set up by Council Decision of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and training activities (2007 to 2011)15 , under the programme set up by Council Decision […] of X 2011 establishing the Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2012-2013) as well as actions under Regulation (EU) No XX/XX [Horizon 2020] and Regulation (Euratom) No XX/XX of the Council on the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing the Horizon 2020- the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation [Euratom H2020]16 . Programmes managed by entities other than Union bodies should not be covered by the Fund.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Rules governing the exploitation and dissemination of results should be laid down to ensure that the participants protect, exploit and disseminate those results as appropriate, in particular the possibilityrules for open access to results and data, ofr additional exploitation, dissemination or licensing conditions in the European strategic interest, or where predominant global public interests are at stake.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) Specific licensing models based on social obligations that are linked to taxpayer-funded research should be promoted for results concerning technologies with potential for tackling major societal challenges, for example the development into a novel medical technology (e.g. drug, diagnostic or vaccine) or technologies for fighting climate change.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19 b) In the selection process of proposals, the impact criterion should include the potential extent of dissemination and public availability of research results and data, assigning priority to projects potentially entailing a wider dissemination and exploitation of results.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 c (new)
Recital 19 c (new)
(19 c) The setting-up of patent pools should be encouraged in order to allow the sharing of patented scientific data and increase collaborative efforts and R&D cooperation on specific technological needs, particularly in the context of European or global societal challenges. This mechanism would be particularly suitable for technologies that are both complex and expensive, allowing to avoid the blocking of research brought about by patent thicket situations.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) 'dissemination‘ means the public disclosure of the results by any appropriate means (other than resulting from protecting or exploiting the results), including by publishing, in any medium, articles presenting the result of research such as scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals;
Amendment 53 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Amendment 54 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
(7 b) 'fair and reasonable conditions' means terms, including royalty-free conditions, which take into account the specific circumstances of the request for access and/or the scope, duration or other characteristics of the use envisaged;
Amendment 55 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) 'legal entity’ means undertakings, research centres and universities, encompassing any natural person, or any legal person created under national law, Union law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations, including non-profit and civil society organisations;
Amendment 56 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In actions under the activity ‘Secure societies’ within the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’ies of the Societal Challenges pillar, the Commission may make available to Union institutions and bodies or Member States' national authorities any useful information in its possession on results of a participant that has received Union funding.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant work programme mayshall restrict and exclude the participation in Horizon 2020 or parts thereof of legal entities established in third countries where conditions for the participation of legal entities from Member States in the third country's research and innovation programmes are considered prejudicial to the Union's interests.:
Amendment 58 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) legal entities (including any affiliated entities) whose participation, by the objectives they pursue, their place of establishment, the nature or the location of their activities, would cause the Union to recognize as lawful, or would render aid or assistance in maintaining, a situation created by a serious breach of international law (including international humanitarian law), where such breach has been established by a resolution of the United Nations Security Council or by a judgment or advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice;
Amendment 59 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
(b) undertakings established in a third country where that third country promotes itself as an off-shore financial centre or in which there are no or only nominal taxes, where there is a lack of effective exchange of information with foreign tax authorities, where there is a lack of transparency in regard to legislative, judicial or administrative provisions, or where there is no requirement for a substantive local presence;
Amendment 60 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c (new)
(c) legal entities established in third countries where conditions for the participation of legal entities from Member States in that third country's research and innovation programmes are considered prejudicial to the Union's interests.
Amendment 61 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Where appropriate, proposals shall include a draft plan for the exploitation and dissemination of the resultsof the results, whenever exploitation is expected or required as part of the call, as well as a plan for the dissemination of the results, including a data management and sharing plan.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The impact criterion shall include the potential extent of dissemination and public availability of research results and data, assigning priority to projects potentially entailing a wider dissemination and exploitation of results.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Appropriate measures shall be taken to seek a balance between all interests involved and to seek gender balance and geographical diversity when appointing independent experts. In particular, the Commission shall ensure that no special interest represents more than one third of non-governmental experts. Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent the capture of expert groups by private and/or commercial interests.
Amendment 64 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission or the relevant funding body shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the expert is not faced with a conflict of interests in relation to the matter on which the expert is required to provide an opinion, including through the publication of their full declaration of professional activities and financial interests, such as patents and shareholdings. Stakeholders or persons with conflicts of interests shall be prohibited from sitting 'in a personal capacity'.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) compensation shall be fair and reasonable, if compensation shall be provided to the ois requested from the joint owners for granting non- exclusive licences to third parties to exploit ther jointly ownerd results.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. Where results are capable of commercial or industrial application, the participant owning these results shallmay examine the possibility for protection and, if possible and justified given the circumstances, shallmay adequately protect them for an appropriat reasonable period of time and with an appropriate territorial coverage, having due regard to the public interest, its legitimate interests and the legitimate interests, particularly the commercial interests, of the other participants in the action.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where a participant that has received Union funding intends not to protect results generated by it for reasons other than impossibility under Union or national law or the lack of potential for commercial exploitation, and unless the participant intends to transfer them to another legal entity established in a Member State or associated country in view of their protection, it shall inform the Commission or funding body before any dissemination relating to these results takes place. The Commission on behalf of the Union or the funding body may assume ownership of these results and take the necessary steps for their adequate protection, having regard to the public interest and with a view of maximising dissemination of results.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Subject to any restrictions due to the protection of intellectual property, security rules or legitimate commercial interests, each participant shall through appropriate means disseminate the results it owns as soon as possible. The grant agreement may lay down time-limits in this respect. In the field of major societal challenges (health, climate, biodiversity), licensing of results to third parties shall by default take place on non- exclusive terms so as to enable immediate competition, thereby fostering global accessibility.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
With regard to dissemination through research publications, open access shall apply as a default policy, with the aim of free of charge, on-line public access to Union-funded research publications as soon as possible, and in any event within six months of publication, in a peer- reviewed scientific journal and under the terms and conditions laid down in the grant agreement. With regard to dissemination of other results, including research data, the grant agreement mayshall 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 areaspublic interest areas such as public health, environment or other major societal interest.
Amendment 73 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Proposals shall contain a management plan and a plan on sharing of data and other results to ensure that they are made available as widely and freely as possible, while acknowledging the possible need for a limited period of exclusive use of the research results.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. Each participant shall report to the Commission or funding body on its exploitation and dissemination related activities. For the purposes of monitoring and dissemination by the Commission or funding body, participants shall provide any information and documents useful in accordance with the conditions laid down in the grant agreement. To ensure transparency, these reports shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 75 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
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 participant who owns results may grant licences or otherwise give the right to exploit them to any legal entity, including on an exclusive basis. The possibility to grant licenses on an exclusive basis shall be exceptional and shall not conflict with the objective of maximum dissemination and exploitation of results. The conditions for such licenses shall be laid down in the grant agreement.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. In case of innovation that is highly relevant to developing countries' needs, including in the field of global health, the Commission shall include, in the grant agreement, licensing conditions to improve access and affordability of biomedical products in developing countries by means of 'humanitarian use licensing conditions'.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Specific provisions regarding ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination including licensing provisions, shall be laid down in the conditions governing a prize award, to ensure maximum uptake of the results and affordable and widespread access to the results.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall submit an annual report to Parliament and the Committee set up under Article 19 of the DCI Regulation, listing and detailing the Erasmus for All actions for which the funding is derived from the DCI and their compliance with the objectives and principles as set out in Articles 2 and 3 of that Regulation. For actions under Article 7 for which the funding is derived from the DCI or the EDF, the evaluation shall also include a follow-up with the nationals of developing countries following expiry of their periods of study or research in the Union to assess their subsequent contribution to the economic development and welfare of their country of origin.
Amendment 414 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point e – introductory part
Article 5 – point e – introductory part
(e) To improve the teaching and learning of languages and, including co-official, regional and minority languages, with a view to promoteing linguistic diversity;
Amendment 22 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In order to provide for enhanced transparency of payments made to governments, all large undertakings and public interest entities which are active in the extractive industry or logging of primary forests should disclose in a separate report on an annual basis material payments made to governments in the countrishould disclose as part of the annual report of financial statements a report on material payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate, as well as additional financial information regarding their activities in third countries. The disclosure of these data aims at enabling investors to make better-informed decisions, improving corporate governance and accountability and contributing to containing tax evasion. The report should incorporate disclosures ion which they operate. Sa country basis. Furthermore, where such undertakings are active in countries rich inthe extraction of natural resources, in particular minerals, oil, natural gas as well as primary forests. The report should include types of payments comparable to those disclosed by an undertaking participating in, as well as in fisheries activities, reporting shall also specify the specific project or projects to which those payments have been attributed. The report should accordingly build upon the disclosure requirements of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The initiative is also complementary to the EU FLEGT Action Plan (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the Timber Regulation which require traders of timber products to exercise due diligence in order to prevent illegal wood from entering into the EU market.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The reports should serve to facilitate governments to be accountable to their citizens for payments such governments receive from undertakings operating within their jurisdiction. Where such undertakings are active in the extraction of natural resources, the reports should serve to facilitate governments of resource-rich countries in implementing the EITI Principles and Criteria and account to their citizens for payments such governments receive from undertakings active in the extractive industry or loggers of primary forests operating within their jurisdiction. The report should incorporate disclosures on a country and project basis, where a project is considered as the lowest level of operational reporting unit at which the undertaking prepares regular internal management reports, such as a concession, geographical basbasis and in the case of undertakings active in the extractive industries, fishery sector or the logging of primary forests, the report should also specify the specific project or projects to which those payments have been attributed, a project being considered equivalent to the contract, licence, lease, concession or other legal agreement which gives rise to a company's tax and revenue liabilities in, etc and where payments have been attributed to such projects. In the light of the overall objective of promoting good governance in these countries, the materiality of payments to be reported should be assessed in relation to the recipient government. Various criteria on materiality could be envisaged such asach country where it operates. Where any payment liabilities are incurred on a different basis, reporting shall be on that basis. In the light of the overall objective of promoting good governance in these countries, payments shall be considered material if any one payments of an absolute amount, or a percentage threshold (such as payments in excess of a percentage of a country's GDP) and these can be defined through a delegated actr set of payments of the same type amounts to more than EUR 15 000. The reporting regime should be subject to a review and a report by the Commission within fiveour years of the entry into force of the Directive. The review should consider the effectiveness of the regime and take into account international developments including issues of competitiveness and energy security. The review should also take into account the experience of preparers and users of the payments information and consider whether it would be appropriate to include additional payment information such as effective tax rates and recipient details, such as bank account information.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘Undertaking active in the extractive industry’ means an undertaking with any activity involving the exploration, discovery, development, and extraction of minerals, oil and natural gas deposits, as referred to in Section B-Divisions 05 to 08 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Councilmeans the highest level parent company publishing accounts within the European Union where the group of companies for which that parent company prepares consolidated financial statements includes subsidiary companies, branches, permanent establishments, joint ventures and associate undertakings.
Amendment 33 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. ‘'Government’' means any national, regional or local authority of a Member State or of a third country. It includes a department, agency or undertaking controlled by that authority as laid down in Article 23 (1) to (6) of this Directive, or any government entity, [state undertaking, companies belonging to government members, their relatives and close relations], that receives any payment of the type noted in Article 38 from any constituent member of an undertaking.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. "Constituent entities" means those subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures, permanent establishments and other trading arrangements that shall in whole or in part be considered members of the Undertaking to the extent that they are consolidated in the annual financial statements of that Undertaking.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall require large undertakings and all public interest entities active in the extractive industry or the logging of primary forests to prepare and make public a report on payments made to governments on an annu, including joint-venture undertakings, and all public interest entities to prepare and make public a report on payments, including payments in kind, made to governments on an annual basis as part of the annual report of financial statements. In this report, the undertaking shall also publish additional financial information regarding their activities in third countries. In particular, the report shall include activities of subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures, permanent establishments and other trading arrangements to the extent that they are consolidated in the annual financial statements of the undertaking or entity in question. The report shall basis. e part of the notes to the financial statements.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) taxes on profits, and the effective tax rate applied;
Amendment 40 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) royalties, and the effective tax rate applied;
Amendment 45 #
2011/0308(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) The report shall also specify the following additional financial information on a country-by-country basis: (a) net turnover broken down by main categories of activity; (b) quantities produced sale or exchange; (c) profit or loss before taxation; (d) total number of people employed and their aggregate remuneration. (e) expenditure on fixed asset investment during the course of the period.
Amendment 3 #
2011/0307(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to provide for enhanced transparency of financial activities in third countries, in particular payments made to governments, issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and which have activities in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries should disclose in a separate report on an annual basis payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. The report should include types of payments comparable toshould disclose, as part of the annual report on financial statements, payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate on a per-country basis. The disclosure of such data is intended to enable investors to make better-informed decisions, thereby improving corporate governance and accountability and contributing to the containment of tax evasion. The report should incorporate disclosures on a country basis. For issuers active in the extractive industry, fisheries or the logging of primary forests, the report should also specify the specific project or projects to which those payments have been attributed, building on those disclosed underure requirements of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) andto provide civil society with information to holdwhereby governments of resource-rich countries can be held to account for their receipts from the exploitation of natural resources. The initiative is also complementary to the EU FLEGT Action Plan (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the Timber Regulation, which require traders of timber products to exercise due diligence in order to prevent illegal wood from entering into the EUthe Union market. The detailed requirements are defined in Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 12 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The LEADER approach for local development has, over a number of years, proven its utility in promoting the development of rural areas by fully taking into account the multi-sectoral needs for endogenous rural development through its bottom-up approach. LEADER should therefore be continued in the future and its application should remain compulsory for all rural development programmes. Further exploration of synergies through cooperation with local development actors in developing countries should be encouraged, with full respect for the recognition of traditional knowledge as embodied in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim to promote sustainable farming practices, compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, soil and genetic diversity.
Amendment 13 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Implementation of innovative projects in the context of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability should ensure effective interdisciplinarity and be undertaken by operational groups bringing together farmers, researchers, advisors, businesses and other actors concerned by innovation in the agricultural sector with the aim to promote advanced sustainable farming systems, thereby minimizing the adverse environmental impact of agricultural activity, while increasing small-scale farm diversification. Cooperation with innovation networks in developing countries, which pursue similar objectives, should be encouraged, with full respect for the principles related to the protection of traditional knowledge as embodied in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. In order to ensure that results of such projects profit to the sector as a whole, their results should be disseminated.
Amendment 6 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The reform should ensure that, in accordance with Article 208 TFEU, objectives of development cooperation, including those approved in the context of the United Nations and other international organisations, are taken into account by the CAP. In particular, measures taken under this regulation should neither undermine the right of people and sovereign states to democratically determine their own agricultural and food policies nor jeopardize the food production capacity and long term food security of developing countries, in particular least developed countries (LDCs), and such measures should contribute to achieving the Union's commitments on mitigating climate change.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘"greening’" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversificed crop rotation, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas, or production of crops which are beneficial to the climate and the environment, help lower production costs and stimulate local markets in animal feed. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘'Natura 2000’' areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘'greening’' component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘'greening’' component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR].
Amendment 8 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Member States should be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in clearly defined cases. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 5 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010- 2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States should be allowed to use more than 10 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions or increase levels of production in the case of leguminous crops in rotation. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 10 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Article 30 – title
Crop diversificationrotation, crop diversification, and cover crops
Amendment 12 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 310 hectares and is not entirely used for grass productionpasture (sown or natural), entirely left fallow, cultivated with permanent crops or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main onecrop rotation including at least four crops and including at least one regionally appropriate leguminous plant on a minimum of 10% of the eligible hectares. None of those four crops shall not exceed 750 % of the arable land.
Amendment 13 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the arable land of the farmer covers less than 10 hectares and is not entirely used for pasture or grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow, cultivated with permanent crops or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation of the arable land shall consist of crop diversification of at least three crops, including leguminous plants on a minimum of 5% of the eligible hectares.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grasslandpasture on their holding; and
Amendment 64 #
Amendment 66 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grasslandpasture the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 20141, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland’pasture'.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grasslandpasture, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grasslandpasture in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture in case of transfer of land.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such aspasture, is used for ecological infrastructure including landscape elements such as hedges, stone walls, land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii)maintained terraces and semi-natural habitats. There shall be no reseeding, ploughing, fertiliser or pesticide use. Harvesting, mowing and grazing at densities which do not lead to degradation of the sward may take place. When areas of mixed grassland, pasture or meadow are being newly established, appropriate leguminous crops can be incorporated into the species mix in pastures or meadows for grazing or mowing purposes.
Amendment 171 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, particular attention shall be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions.. Article 175 of the Treaty requires that the Union would support the achievement of these objectives by action it takes through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Investment Bank and other instruments.
Amendment 182 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, a Member State should organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting gender equality and non- discrimination. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors, as well as non- governmental organisations promoting social inclusion and organisations active in the areas of culture, education and youth policy. Specific attention should be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may have difficulties to influence them. The cooperation with the partners should follow the best practices. Each Member State should ensure an adequate level of technical assistance in order to facilitate their involvement and participation in all stages of the programming process. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors. Therefore the partners should represent the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States. The partners should select and appoint their members representing them in the monitoring committee. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts providing for a code of conduct in order to ensure that partners are involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Partnership Contracts and programmes in a consistent manner.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the context of its effort to increase economic, territorial and social cohesion, the Union shouldall, at all stages of implementation of the CSF Funds, aim at eliminating inequalities and promoting equality between men and women, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in form of a twofold approach, both through systematic integration of gender aspects into all stages of the programming and the implementation process and through additional specific actions. Methods of Gender-budgeting assessment should be used to include the horizontal principal of gender equality in the preparation and implementation of programmes of all Funds.
Amendment 197 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In the context of its effort to increase economic, territorial and social cohesion, the Union should, at all stages of implementation of the CSF Funds, aim at eliminating inequalities and promoting equality between men and women, taking into account the EU gender equality strategy1, the pact for gender equality2 and implementation acts and further policies at Union, national and regional level implementing Article 8 of the Treaty, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age or sexual orientation, and disability, in particular taking into account the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which is in force since 3 May 2008 and EU policies to implement the UN Convention. _________ 1 COM(2010)0491 final. 2 European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) adopted by the Council on 7 March 2011.
Amendment 202 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of the CSF Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment as set out in Article 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising future external costs. The Member States should provide information on the support for climate change objectives in line with the ambition to devote at least 20% of the Union budget to this end, using a methodology adopted by the Commission by implementing act.
Amendment 205 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to achieve the targets and objectives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the CSF Funds should focus their support on a limited number of common thematic objectives. The precise scope of each of the CSF Funds shouldall be set out in Funds- specific rules and may be limited to only some of the thematic objectives defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 208 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in order to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regionsa Common Strategic Framework contains a non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions supported by each CSF Fund for the funding period 2014-2020, which helps Member States to achieve the objectives of the Union, to ensure coherence and consistency of programming under the CSF Funds with the economic and employment policies of the Member States and the Union, while acknowledging the different needs of regions ensuring the necessary flexibility for their development. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial and coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds and, including multifund-approaches and integrated territorial approaches, and coordination with other relevant Union policies and instruments.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 219 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commission, eEach Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, and in dialogue with the Commission, a Partnership Contract. The Partnership Contract should translate thecontain selected elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework and put them into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
Amendment 230 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi- country character,The Commission shall allocate to each Member State there should be noare of its performance reserve for ‘European Territorial Cooperation’ programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones othat corresponds to the share of successful programmes in the total allocation of the Member Stargets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend payments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient wayte. Thereby, the Commission shall take duly into account whether unforeseeable external factors on which the concerned programme could not take influence have caused failures to attain milestones. The Member States shall attribute the performance reserve equally to all programmes having attained their milestones. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for 'European Territorial Cooperation' programmes.
Amendment 236 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 246 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Territorial cohesion has been added to the goals ofis the main instrument to achieve economic and social cohesion as provided for by the Treaty, and it is necessary to address the role of cities, urban areas, functional geographies and sub-regional areas facing specific geographical or demographic problems. To this end, to better mobilise potential at a local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate community-led local development by laying down common rules and close coordination for all CSF Funds. Responsibility for thherefore, the integrated territorial approach as laid down in article 99 of this regulation should be the main tool to achieve a successful sustainable development of such areas and to promote iempleoymentation of l, social development strategies should be given to local action groups representing the interests of the community, as an essential principleinclusion and prosperity of citizens living in those areas.
Amendment 249 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) In order to better mobilise potential at a local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate community-led local development by laying down common rules and close coordination for all CSF Funds. Responsibility for the implementation of local development strategies should be given to local action groups, including existing LEADER- groups, representing the interests of the community, as an essential principle.
Amendment 254 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Financial instruments supported by the CSF Funds should be used to address specific market needs in a cost effective way, in accordance with the objectives of the programmes, and should not crowd out private financing. The decision to finance support measures through financial instruments should be determined therefore on the basis of an ex ante analysis and be subject to democratic scrutiny at the appropriate level.
Amendment 265 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to improve the quality and design of each programme, and verify that objectives and targets can be reached, an ex ante evaluation of each programme should be carried out. For each programme, the ex-ante evaluation should include an evaluation of the horizontal principles relating to compliance with Union and national law, promotion of equality between men and women and non-discrimination, and sustainable development, as defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 267 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) It is useful to specify the types of action that may be undertaken at the initiative of the Commission and of the Member States as technical assistance with support from the CSF Funds. Member States should ensure that an adequate level of technical assistance is allocated to the partners referred to in Article 5 in order to facilitate their involvement and participation in the preparation and implementation of the Partnership Contracts and in the whole programming process. Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission should support thematic umbrella organizations, non-governmental organizations, social and economic partners and networks and associations representing local, urban and regional authorities working at EU-level on cohesion policy.
Amendment 293 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
(55 a) The modulation of the co-financing rate from the Funds to a priority axis shall take into account the coverage of areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, of island Member States eligible under the Cohesion Fund and other islands except those on which the capital of a Member State is situated or which have a fixed link to the mainland, of mountainous areas as defined by the national legislation of the Member State, and of sparsely and very sparsely populated areas and other areas with severe demographic handicaps.
Amendment 294 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Objective criteria should be fixed for designating eligible regions and areas for support from the Funds. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) .It shall be possible to adapt this classification for specific areas such as island regions.
Amendment 316 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) It is necessary to lay down additional provisions concerning the programming, management, monitoring and control of operational programmes supported by the Funds. Operational programmes should set out priority axes corresponding to thematic objectives and to the horizontal principles relating to compliance with Union and national law, promotion of equality between men and women and non- discrimination, and sustainable development, as defined in this Regulation, elaborate a consistent intervention logic to tackle the development needs identified, and set out the framework for performance assessment. They should also contain other elements necessary to underpin the effective and efficient implementation of these Funds.
Amendment 322 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
(72) With a view to strengthening accessibility and transparency of information about funding opportunities and project beneficiaries, and explaining more clearly the thinking behind the European integration process in the areas of regional development and cross- sectoral action, in each Member State a single website or website portal using clear and comprehensible language and providing information on all the operational programmes, including the lists of operations supported under each operational programme, should be made available.
Amendment 360 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2
(2) ‘'Common Strategic Framework’' (CSF) means the document translating the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth into key actions for the CSF Funds, establishing for each thematic objective the key actions to be supported by each CSF Fund and theAnnex to this Regulation containing a non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions supported by each CSF Fund for the funding period 2014- 2020, which help Member States to achieve the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and particularly the thematic objectives laid down in Article 9 of this Regulation. The document also contains mechanisms forthat help ensuring the coherence and consistency of the programming ofunder the CSF Funds with the economic and employment policies of the Member States and of the Union; the Union with other relevant Union policies and instruments, and coordination among the CSF Funds. In recognition of the different needs of regions and in order to ensure the necessary flexibility for regional sustainable development, the selection of actions from the proposed non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions should be the responsibility of the Member States and regions.
Amendment 361 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 4
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 4
(4) ‘programming’ means the process of organisation, decision-making and allocation of financial resources in several stages, with the involvement of partners and in line with the multi-level governance approach in accordance with Article 5, intended to implement, on a multi- annual basis, the joint action by the Union and the Member States to achieve Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 368 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 16
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 16
(16) ‘'local development strategy’' means a coherent set of operations to meet local objectives and needs and aims at an integrated sustainable development at local level, which contributes to meeting the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and which is implemented in partnership at the appropspecific sub- regional territoriatel levels;
Amendment 373 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) ‘'Partnership Contract’' means the document prepared by the Member State with the involvement of partners in line with the multi-level governance approach as laid down in Article 5 of this Regulation, which sets out the Member State's strategy, priorities and arrangements for using the CSF Funds in an effective and efficient way to pursue the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth while recognizing the different needs of the regions, and guarantees the necessary flexibility for the sustainable regional development, and which is approved by the Commission following assessment and dialogue with the Member State;
Amendment 379 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The CSF Funds shall provide support, through multi-annual programmes, which complements national, regional and local intervention, to deliver the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as well as to fulfil the specific missions of the Funds pursuant to their Treaty-based objectives, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines, the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty.
Amendment 381 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that support from the CSF Funds is consistent with the policierelevant policies including the horizontal targets and priorities of the Union and complementary to other instruments of the Union.
Amendment 385 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and the bodies designated by them for that purpose shall be responsible for preparing and implementing programmes and carrying out their tasks under this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the Member State and subject to compliance with this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 387 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Arrangements for the implementation and use of the CSF Funds, and in particular the financial and administrative resources required for the implementation of the CSF Funds, in relation to the reporting, evaluation, management and control shall take into account the principle of proportionality having regard to the level of support allocated and the size of the beneficiary.
Amendment 394 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 9
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure the effectiveness of the CSF Funds, in particular through monitoring, reporting and evaluation, informing the potential beneficiaries about funding opportunities and making publicly known the role and the achievements of cohesion policy.
Amendment 417 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non- governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination, and non- governmental organisations promoting social inclusion and organisations active in the areas of culture, education and youth policy.
Amendment 422 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A Member State shall include those institutions, organisations and groups in the Partnership that might influence or might be affected by the implementation of the programmes. Specific attention shall be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may suffer difficulties to influence them, in particular the most vulnernable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 425 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the multi-level governance approach, the partners representing the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States shall be involved by Member States in all stages of the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in all stages of the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes. The partners shall participate in the monitoring committees for programmes.
Amendment 433 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, following comprehensive consultation of the partners referred to in paragraph 1 at Union level, delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to provide for a European code of conduct, based on best practices, that lays down objectives and criteria to support the implementaensure the implementation of partnership during the preparation, implementation monitoring and evalution of pPartnership Contracts and programmes, and to facilitate the sharing of information, experience, results and goodbest practices among Member States.
Amendment 451 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 2
The Member States and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender identity during the preparation and implementation of programmes by paying particular attention to those who face multiple discriminations. The accessibility for disabled persons shall be one of the criteria to be observed in defining operations co-financed by the Funds and to be taken into account during the various implementation stages.
Amendment 461 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 1
The objectives of the CSF Funds shall be pursued in the framework of integrated sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment, as set out in Articles 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising future external costs for the European society.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 8 – paragraph 2
The Member States and the Commission shall, based on existing environmental legislation, ensure that environmental protection requirements, resource efficiency, biodiversity and ecosystem protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and ecosystem-based disaster resilience and risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation and implementation of Partnership Contracts and included as objectives in the programmes. Member States shall provide information on the support for climate change and biodiversity objectives using the methodology adopted by the Commission. The Commission shall adopt this methodology by means of an implementing act. The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 143(3). Sustainability shall also be ensured in terms of maintaining and creating employment.
Amendment 480 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) supporting the shift towards a low- carbon economy in all sectors; climate- compatible, energy-saving economy in all sectors including urban development
Amendment 484 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) promoting ecosystem-based climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management;
Amendment 487 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) protecting the environment and, biodiversity and ecosystems, promoting resource efficiency; and cultural resources.
Amendment 492 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility, while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and filling in missing trans-border links;
Amendment 495 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) promoting quality employment and supporting labour mobility;
Amendment 500 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) promoting social inclusion ands well as combating poverty and discrimination;
Amendment 506 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills, training and lifelong learning;
Amendment 509 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) eEnhancing institutional capacity and an efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, non- governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [CPR...].
Amendment 520 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 10 – paragraph 1
In order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the Union, a Common Strategic Framework shall translate the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth into keya non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions for the CSF Funds.
Amendment 522 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for each thematic objective, the key actions to be supported by each a non- exhaustive menu of recommended actions for the CSF Fund;s.
Amendment 530 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) priority areas for cooperation activities for each of the CSF Funds, where appropriate, taking account of macro- regional and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 538 #
Amendment 542 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3one months of the adoption of this Regulation.
Amendment 543 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 548 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 559 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Partnership Contract shall be drawn up, at all stages of its preparation, by Member States in close cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5. The Partnership Contract shall be prepared in dialogue with the Commission.
Amendment 563 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall transmit its Partnership Contract to the Commission within 36 months of the adoption of the Common Strategic Frameworkentry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 570 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) an analysis of disparities and sustainable development needs with reference to the thematic objectives and key, to the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation and the recommended actions defined in the Common Strategic Framework and, taking into account, the targets set in the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty;
Amendment 581 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) the indicative allocation of support by the Union by thematic objective at national level for each of the CSF Funds, as well as the total indicative amount of support foreseen for climate change and biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 590 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) the main priority areas for cooperation, taking account, where appropriate, of macro-regional and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 594 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) an integrated approach to sustainable territorial development supported by the CSF Funds setting out:
Amendment 615 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an integrated sustainable approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, where appropriate, including the indicative financial allocation for the relevant CSF Funds;
Amendment 622 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 623 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) a consolidated table of measurable qualitative and quantitative milestones and targets established in programmes for the performance framework referred to in Article 19(1), together with the methodology and mechanism to ensure consistency across programmes and CSF Funds;
Amendment 628 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) the actions taken to involve the partnersmplement the multilevel governance approach and to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 and their role of the partners in the preparation of the Partnership Contract and the progress report as defined in Article 46 of this Regulation and in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the programmes, in accordance with the European Code of Conduct, including a list of the partners involved, description of the way they have been selected and of their responsibilites, as well as their views on the content of the Partnership Contract and on the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 634 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iv a) an identification of the legal and administrative barriers to the implementation of partnership in the national context and actions envisaged to address these obstacles;
Amendment 636 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv b (new)
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv b (new)
(iv b) an identification of relevant existing national/regional/local partnership and multilevel governance structures and ways to take them into account;
Amendment 639 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) an assessment of whether there is a need to reinforce the administrative capacity of the authorities and, where appropriate, beneficiaries, beneficiaries and partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, and actions to be taken for this purpose;
Amendment 648 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where a Member State experiences temporary budgetary difficulties or a severe economic downturn, the Commission may request the Member State concerned to assess whether reviewing and amending its Partnership Contract is appropriate and necessary for achieving the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the fund-specific missions pursuant to their Treaty-based objectives.
Amendment 651 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value while minimising future external costs for the European society in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs and the horizontal principles.
Amendment 664 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall assess whether the applicable ex ante conditionalities are fulfilled. The assessment shall be based on a common methodology and involve the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Amendment 701 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 18 – paragraph 1
5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocatedremain with the Commission and to be allocated to the Member States in accordance with Article 20.
Amendment 717 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the review undertaken in 2019, the Commission shall adopt, by 30 June 2019, a decision, by means of implementing acts, to determine for each CSF Fund and Member State the programmes and priorities which have attained their milestones. The Member State shall propose the attribution ofCommission shall allocate to each Member State only the percentage of its performance reserve corresponding to the share of the concerned successful programmes and priorities in the total allocation of a Member State for the concerned Fund or Funds. The Member State shall attribute the performance reserve for theequally to all programmes and priorities set out in thate Commission decision. The Commission shall approve the amendment of the programmes concerned in accordance with Article 26. Where a Member State fails to submit the information in accordance with Article 46(2) and (3), the performance reserve for the programmes or the priorities concerned shall not be allocated.
Amendment 719 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the review undertaken in 2019 reveals that a priority of a programme has failed to attain its milestones set for the year 2018, the Commission shall duly consider whether this failure was caused by unforeseeable external factors on which the concerned programme could not take influence, such as an unexpected severe economic downturn, in which cases the performance reserve shall not be retained but allocated to the Member State on whose territory the concerned programme is carried out. The Member State shall attribute the performance reserve then either to the concerned priorities, provided that these are still viable, or, with a due justification, to other priorities of the concerned programme or other programmes.
Amendment 720 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Amendment 723 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 727 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – chapter 4 – title
Part 2 – chapter 4 – title
Amendment 732 #
Amendment 736 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 22 – title
Part 2 – article 22 – title
Increase in payments for Member States with temporary budgetary difficulties and experiencing a severe economic downturn as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1467/97.
Amendment 738 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 2 – article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Where the Member State concerned experiences a situation of severe economic downturn as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Amendment 741 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or any authority designated by them, in cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation. This cooperation shall follow the best practices forming the basis of the European Code of Conduct referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 5.
Amendment 751 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Programmes shall be submitted by the Member States at the same time aswithin three months of the adoption of the Partnership Contract, with the exception of European territorial cooperation programmes, which shall be submitted within sixnine months of the approval of the Common Strategic Framework. All programmes shall be accompanied by the ex ante evaluation as set out in Article 48.
Amendment 761 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Each priority shall set out measurable qualititative and quantitative indicators to assess progress of programme implementation towards achievement of objectives as the basis for monitoring, evaluation and review of performance. These shall include:
Amendment 764 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For each CSF Fund, the Fund-specific rules shall set out common measurable qualitative and quantitative indicators and may provide for programme-specific indicators.
Amendment 765 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. indicators referring to the horizontal principles in Article 7 and 8
Amendment 766 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Each programme, except those which cover exclusively technical assistance, shall include a description of themeasurable qualitative and quantitative targets and milestones for the indicators relating to the horizontal principles set out in Articles 7 and 8, which shall, where appropriate, be added to the programme-specific indicators and specific actions to be taken into account order to comply with the principles set out in Articles 7 and 8.
Amendment 768 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Each programme shall set out the actions taken to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 at all stages of the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the programme, in accordance with the European Code of Conduct referred to in Article 5, including a list of the partners involved, how they have been selected, their responsibilites and the views they expressed regarding the content of the programme and regarding the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 770 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Each programme shall set out evidence that the competent regional and local authorities and the population on whose territory the programme is carried out have been closely involved into the preparation and approval of the programme, their opinions regarding the content of the programmes have been duly considered and a substantiated justification is provided for in cases where the programme is submitted despite serious concerns raised by one or more of the concerned regional, local authorities or the civil society of this territory.
Amendment 771 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Amendment 772 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each programme, except those where technical assistance is undertaken under a specific programme, shall set out the indicative amount of support to be used for climate change objectives be based on a carbon-proofing assessment, in accordance to the targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The Commission shall define a common methodology for these assessments according to the procedure indicated in Article 143.
Amendment 776 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Each programme, plan and project related to transport and mobility shall be based on an assessment of the effects on safety and on the avoidance of accidents in accordance with the EU's target to reduce heavy accidents by 50% by 2020.
Amendment 779 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the consistency of programmes with this Regulation, the Fund-specific rules, their effective contribution to the thematic objectives and the Union priorities specific to each CSF Fund, the Common Strategic Framework, the Partnership Contract, the relevant country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, taking account of the ex ante evaluation. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the programme strategy, the corresponding objectives, indicators, targets and the allocation of budgetary resources.
Amendment 784 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Requests for amendment of programmes submitted by a Member State shall be duly substantiated and shall in particular set out the expected impact of the changes to the programme on achieving the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and sustainable development and the specific objectives defined in the programme, taking account of the Common Strategic Framework and the Partnership Contract. TheyRequests shall be accompanied by the revised programme and, where appropriate, a revised Partnership Contractmade according to the requirements laid down in Article 24, in particular those related to the horizontal principals including the Partnership principle and the multi-level governance approach referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 789 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 1
1. The EIB may, at the request of Member States, participate in the preparation of the Partnership Contract, as well as in activities relating to the preparation of operations, in particular major projectslarge and small-scale projects which offer significant potential for innovation, financial instruments and public-private partnerships.
Amendment 791 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may request the EIB to examine the technical quality and economic and, financial viability and sustainability of major projects and to assist it as regards the financial instruments to be implemented or developed.
Amendment 799 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) community-led, by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, where at the decision-making level neither the public sector nor any single interest group shall represent more than 49 % of the voting rights; local action groups include existing LEADER-groups already qualified under Leader II1 or Leader+2 or Article 62 of COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1698/2005 (EAFRD)3; _____________ 1 Commission notice to the Member States laying down guidelines for global grants or integrated operational programmes for which Member States are invited to submit applications for assistance in the framework of a Community initiative for rural development (Leader II) (OJ C 180, 1.7.1994, p. 48). 2 Commission notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying down guidelines for the Community initiative for rural development (Leader+) (OJ C 139, 18.5.2000, p. 5). Notice as last amended by Commission communication amending the notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying down guidelines for the Community Initiative for rural development (Leader+) (OJ C 294, 4.12.2003, p. 11). 3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Amendment 804 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area-based local sustainable development strategies taking into account the long term effects;
Amendment 805 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) designed taking into consideration local needs and potential, and include innovative and socio-cultural features in the local context, networking and, where appropriate, cooperation.
Amendment 809 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A local sustainable development strategy shall contain at least the following elements:
Amendment 816 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a description of the strategy and its objectives, a description of the integrated and innovative character of the strategy and a hierarchy of objectives, including clear and measurable targets for outputs or results. The strategy shall be coherent with the relevant programmes of all the CSF Funds involved and with the horizontal targets laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation;
Amendment 820 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall define criteria for the selection of local sustainable development strategies. The Fund-specific rules may set out selection criteria.
Amendment 822 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Local sustainable development strategies shall be selected by a committee set up for this purpose by the relevant managing authorities of the programmes. The partners referred to in Article 5 shall be appropriately represented in this committee.
Amendment 823 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The selection and approval of all local development strategielocal sustainable development strategies designed and implemented by existing local action groups shall be completed by 31 December 2015 at the latest, the selection and approval for local development strategies proposed by newly established local action groups shall be completed by 31 December 20156 at the latest.
Amendment 825 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The decision to approve a local sustainable development strategy by the managing authority shall set out the allocations of each CSF Fund. It shall also set out the roles of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the relevant programmes for all implementation tasks relating to the strategy.
Amendment 829 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Local action groups shall design and implement the local sustainable development strategies.
Amendment 837 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point b
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) drawing up a gender equality-based, non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedure and criteria for the selection of operations, which avoid conflicts of interest, that shall ensure that at least 50% of the votes in selection decisions are from the non-public sector partners, providing for the possibility of appeal against selection decisions and allowing selection by written procedure;
Amendment 839 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point c
Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) ensuring coherence with the local sustainable development strategy when selecting operations, by prioritising them according to their contribution to meeting the strategies' objectives and targets;
Amendment 848 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Financial instruments may be combined with grants, interest rate subsidies, microcredits and guarantee fee subsidies. In this case, separate records must be maintained for each form of financing.
Amendment 851 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down detailed rules concerning the ex-ante assessment of financial instruments, the combination of support provided to final recipients through grants, interest rate subsidies, guarantee fee subsidies, microcredits and financial instruments, additional specific rules on eligibility of expenditure and rules specifying the types of activities which shall not be supported through financial instruments.
Amendment 860 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) invest in the capital of existing or newly created legal entities, including those financed from other CSF Funds or other EU instruments, dedicated to implementing financial instruments consistent with the objectives of the respective CSF Funds, which will undertake implementations tasks; the support to such investments shall be limited to the amounts necessary to implement new financial instruments consistent with the objectives of this Regulation; or
Amendment 920 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 39 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the capital resources and gains and other earnings or yields attributable to the support from the CSF Funds to financial instruments are used in accordance with the aims of the programme for a period of at least 10 years after the closure of the programme. The amount left over after 10 years after the closure of the programme shall be transferred to the budget of the European Union.
Amendment 926 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 1 (new)
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 1 (new)
- (d) identification of the beneficiaries and the amount of public funding allocated to them;
Amendment 931 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The specific report shall be made public in its entirety.
Amendment 934 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The monitoring committee shall be composed of representatives of the managing authority and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 5, in particular considering partners involved in the preparation of the concerned programmes. Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a voting right. Member states shall ensure the gender equality at this body.
Amendment 942 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The partners shall select and appoint their members representing them in the monitoring committee.
Amendment 943 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The list of members of the monitoring committee shall be published.
Amendment 946 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 1
1. The monitoring committee shall meet at least once twice a year and shall review implementation of the programme and progress towards achieving its objectives and the implementation of the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation. In doing so, it shall have regard to the financial data, common and programme- specific indicators, including changes in result indicators and progress towards quantified target values, and the milestones defined in the performance framework.
Amendment 948 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The monitoring committee shall examine in detail all issues that affect the performance of the programme, including the performance review.
Amendment 953 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The monitoring committee shall approve the annual reports on the implementation of the programmes referred to in Article 44 and the progress reports referred to in Article 46.
Amendment 959 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 2
2. Annual implementation reports shall set out information on implementation of the programme and its priorities by reference to the financial data, common and programme-specific indicators and quantified target values, including changes in result indicators, and the milestones defined in the performance framework. The data transmitted shall relate to values for indicators for fully implemented operations and also for selected operations. All personal data has to be broken down by gender. They shall also set out actions taken to fulfil the ex-ante conditionalities and any issues which affect the performance of the programme, and the corrective measures taken, and actions taken for administrative simplification.
Amendment 965 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The annual implementation report shall assess the role of the partners referred to in Article 5 in the implementation of the programme, including a list of the partners involved, their responsibilities and the opinions they expressed regarding the implementation of the programme and of the partnership principle and how these views have been taken into account;
Amendment 971 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 8
Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 8
8. A citizen's summary of the contents of tThe annual and the final implementation reports shall be made public in their entirety.
Amendment 978 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) progress towards achievement of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular in respect of the measurable qualitative and quantitative milestones set out for each programme in the performance framework including for the indicators referring to the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 7 and 8 and the support used for climate change objectives;
Amendment 989 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point h
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the role of the partners referred in Article 5 in the implementation of the Partnership Contract. , including a list of the partners involved, their responsibilities and their view on the implementation of the programme and of the partnership principle and how these views have been taken into account;
Amendment 994 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission determines, within threone months of the date of submission of the progress report that the information submitted is incomplete or unclear, it may request additional information from the Member State. The Member State shall provide to the Commission the information requested within three months and, where appropriate, shall revise the progress report accordingly.
Amendment 996 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 5
5. In 2018 and 2020, the Commission shall include in its Annual Progress Report to the spring meeting of the European Council a section summarising the strategic report, in particular with regard to progress made towards Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the targets of the flagships within the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Amendment 998 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 47 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Evaluations shall be carried out to improve the quality of the design and implementation of programmes, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency and impact. Impact of programmes shall be evaluated in accordance with the mission of the respective CSF Funds in relation to the targets for the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth33 as well as in relation to the climate targets, to the indicators relating to horizontal principles, to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and unto the employment, where appropriate. and qualitative jobs targets, where appropriate. Member States may use additional indicators, including indicators related to the social or environmental impact of programmes.
Amendment 1011 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point a
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, having regard to the selected thematic objectives, the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7, 8 of this Regulation and priorities, taking into account national and regional needs;
Amendment 1014 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point d
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the consistency of the selected thematic objectives, the priorities and corresponding objectives of the programmes withand the horizontal principles laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation, the Common Strategic Framework, the Partnership Contract and the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty;
Amendment 1021 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point l
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point l
(l) the adequacsuitability of planned measures to promote equal opportunitiesity between men and women and to prevent discrimination, including measures to remove barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1025 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m
(m) the adequacsuitability of planned measures to promote sustainable development and the prevention of additional future external costs to the European society in accordance with Article 8 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1027 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m a (new)
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m a (new)
(ma) the suitability of planned or taken measures to involve partners referred to in Article 5 in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the Partnership Contract and the programmes.
Amendment 1029 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 4
4. The ex-ante evaluation shall incorporate, where appropriate, the requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment set out in implementation of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment34 and shall include assessments of the effects of programmes on climate change..
Amendment 1035 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 50 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 50 – paragraph 1
The ex post evaluations shall be carried out by the Commission or by the Member States, in close cooperation. Ex post evaluations shall examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the CSF Funds and their contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in accordance with the targets of the flagships of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the specific requirements established in the Fund-specific rules. Ex post evaluations shall be completed by 31 December 2023.
Amendment 1039 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) actions to disseminate information, support networking, carry out communication activities, raise awareness and promote cooperation and exchange of experience, including civil society organisations, including with third countries. To bring about greater efficiency in communication to the public at large and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication actions under this Regulation shall also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union as far asprovided that theyse are related to the general objectives of this Regulation;
Amendment 1044 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j a (new)
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j a (new)
(j a) assistance to thematic umbrella organizations and non-governmental organizations, economic and social partners and networks and associations representing local, urban and regional authorities, working at EU-level on cohesion policy, to support the networking with national and regional partners in the monitoring committee and to promote a structured dialogue among them and with the Commission. Moreover, the assistance may include the promotion of exchanges of views and of cooperation between partners working on specific themes issues in existing and new thematic networks.
Amendment 1045 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j b (new)
Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j b (new)
(j b) assistance to support exchanges of views and cooperation in existing and new thematic networks of composed by local actions groups referred to in Article 30 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1049 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the CSF Funds may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. The CSF Funds may be used by the Member State to support actions for the reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of Member State authorities, partners referred to in Article 5 and beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds. Moreover, the exchange of views and of best practices amongst local actions groups referred to in Article 30 shall be promoted at national level. These actions may concern preceding and subsequent programming periods.
Amendment 1052 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each Member State shall ensure that an adequate level of technical assistance in its operational programmes is allocated to partners referred to in Article 5 paragraph 1 a), b) and c) of this Regulation in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation and implementation of the Partnership Contracts and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes.
Amendment 1057 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) calculation of the current value of the net revenue of the operation, taking into account the appinternalicsation of theexternal social and environmental costs for all modes of transport and polluter- pays principle and, if appropriate,s well as considerations of equity linked to the relative prosperity of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 1094 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
Part 2 – article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) value added tax. However, VAT amounts shall be eligible where they are not recoverable under national VAT legislation and are paid by a beneficiary other than non-taxable person as defined in the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC, provided that such VAT amounts are not incurred in relation to the provision of infrastructure.
Amendment 1100 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 60 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 60 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the total amount allocated under the programme to operations located outside the programme area does not exceed 10 % of the support from the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and EMFF at the level of the priority, or 35% of the support from the EAFRD at the level of the programme;
Amendment 1105 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
An operation comprising investment in infrastructure or productive investment shall repay the contribution from the CSF Funds if within fiveten years from the final payment to the beneficiary or within the period of time set out in the State aid rules, where applicable, it is subject to:
Amendment 1109 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 2
2. Operations supported by the ESF and operations supported by the other CSF Funds that are not investment in infrastructure or productive investments shall repay the contribution from the Fund only where they are subject to an obligation for maintenance of investment under the applicable State aid rules and where they undergo a cessation or relocation of a productive activity within the period laid down in those ruleten years.
Amendment 1110 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to contributions to or by financial instruments or to any operation which undergoes cessation of a productive activity due to a non- fraudulent bankruptcy.
Amendment 1196 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The three categories of regions are determined on the basis of how their GDP per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2006 to 2008the latest available three-year period of Union figures, relates to the average GDP of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 1201 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Cohesion Fund shall support those Member States whose gross national income (GNI) per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period 2007 to 2009the latest three-year period Union figures, is less than 90 % of the average GNI per capita of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 1210 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 83 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 83 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, setting out the annual breakdown of the global resources by Member State under the Objective "Investment for growth and employment", without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article and Article 84(7), and by cooperation programme under the Objective "Territorial Cooperation".
Amendment 1246 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The following criteria shall be used for the breakdown by Member State, based on gender-related sensitive statistics:
Amendment 1249 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity, net adjusted disposable income per inhabitant, and unemployment rate for less developed regions and transition regions;
Amendment 1260 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate, educational levelducational level, net adjusted disposable income per inhabitant, social fragility, demographic vulnerability and population density for more developed regions;
Amendment 1316 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 8
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 8
8. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,487 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 (i.e., a total of EUR 11 700 000 004)XX XXX XXX XXX). These resources will be deducted from the overall resources allocated to cohesion policy on the basis of a breakdown by cooperation programmes.
Amendment 1341 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
1. An operational programme shall consist of priority axes. A priority axis shall concern one Fund for aand one category of region, and shall correspond, without prejudice to Article 52, to a thematic objective and comprise one or more investment priorities of that thematic objective, in accordance with the Fund- specific rules. For the ESF, aA priority axis may combine investment priorities from different thematic objectives set out in Article 9(8), (9), (10) and (11) in order to facilitate their contribution to other priority axes, in duly justified circumstances., where necessary to increase impact and effectiveness in a thematically coherent integrated approach to pursuing the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth:
Amendment 1347 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) concern more than one category of region;
Amendment 1348 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(b) combine one or more complementary investment priorities from the ERDF, CF and ESF under one thematic objective;
Amendment 1349 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
(c) combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different thematic objectives up to 20 % of the EU contribution to an operational programme, in particular for those parts of the contribution that are dedicated to an integrated approach of territorial development;
Amendment 1350 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
(d) For the ESF [...] combine investment priorities from different thematic objectives set out in Article 9(8), (9), (10) and (11) in order to facilitate their contribution to other priority axes [...].
Amendment 1351 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point e (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – point e (new)
(e) Member States may set up a single priotity axis in an operational programme for the Technical Assistance as described in Article 52; these priority axis shall not apply to paragraph 2(b)(i), (ii), (iv), (c) (ii) - (via) and (e) (i)-(iia) of this Article;
Amendment 1352 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States may combine two or more of the options a)-d).
Amendment 1354 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) an identification of needs addressing the challenges identified in the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) and the Council recommendationand the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union under Article 121(2) and the Council recommendations and guidelines which the Member States shall take into account in their employment policies adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, andin particular taking into account the Integrated Guidelines and nationalneeds for sustainable development of the concerned Member States and/or regional specificities;s.
Amendment 1357 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) a justification of the choice of thematic objectives and corresponding investment priorities, having regard to the Partnership Contract and the results of the ex ante evaluation, according to the sustainable development needs of the Member States and/or regions, where appropriate;
Amendment 1361 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) the investment priorities and corresponding specific objectives, in accordance with the different options laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article;
Amendment 1363 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) the contribution to the integrated approach for territorial development set out in the Partnership Contract, including:
Amendment 1366 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the CSF-Funds, the EAFRD, the EMFF within one or in more than one priority axis and the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds and other Union and national funding instruments, and with the EIB;
Amendment 1369 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) where appropriate, a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29 and the mechanisms contributing to integrated territorial investment (ITI) referred to in Article 99 of this Regulation, including those under Article 12 Par.1 of Regulation (EU) No [ESF] including the indicative annual allocation of each Fund to integrated actions;
Amendment 1372 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
(iii) the list of citiesfunctional urban areas, where integrated actions for sustainable, inclusive urban development will be implemented, in accordance with article 7 of Regulation (EU) No (ERDF), provided that the local authorities or existing bodies managing the functional urban areas where the integrated actions are to be implemented have given their consent; the indicative annual allocation of the ERDF support for these actions, including the resources delegated to cities for management under Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No […] [ERDF] and the indicative annual allocation of ESF support for integrated actions shall be added;
Amendment 1379 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
(iv) the identification of the areas in which community-led local development will be implemented and of the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29, including the indicative annual allocation of each Funds for integrated actions;
Amendment 1381 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi
(vi) where appropriate, the contribution of the planned interventions towards all forms of macro regional strategies and sea basin strategies;
Amendment 1385 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi a (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vi a (new)
(vi a) the contribution to the integrated approach set out in the Partnership Contract to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, and the indicative financial allocation;
Amendment 1386 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 1392 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i a (new)
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i a (new)
(i a) the results of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the operational programme carried out in accordance with the Directive 2001/42/EC;
Amendment 1394 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
(iii) the actions taken to involve the partners in the preparation of the operational programme, and the role of the partners in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the operational programme, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the operational programme in accordance with the European code of conduct referred to in Article 5, including a list of the partners involved, information on how they have been selected, their responsibilites and their views;
Amendment 1397 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point i
(i) the planned use of the option laid down in paragraph 1 (e) of this Article on technical assistance including, and planned actions to reinforce the administrative capacity of authorities and beneficiaries, beneficiaries and partners referred to in Article 5 in accordance with the European code of conduct, with the relevant information referred to in paragraph 2 (b) for the priority axis concerned;
Amendment 1399 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point ii
(ii) an assessmentthe actions planned to achieve a reduction of the administrative burden for beneficiaries and the actions planned to achieve a reduction accompanied by targets;
Amendment 1403 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
(ii) a table specifying, for the whole programming period, for the operational programme and for each priority axis, the amount of the total financial appropriation of the support from the Funds and the national co-financing. For priority axes which concern more than one category of region, the table shall specify the different amounts from each Fund and the respective co-financed amounts for each category of region. For priority axes which combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different CSF Funds, the table shall specify the amounts from each Funds. Where the national co-financing is made up of public and private co-financing, the table shall give the indicative breakdown between the public and the private components. It shall show, for information purposes, the envisaged participation from the EIB;
Amendment 1409 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) a description of specific actions to take into account environmental protection requirements, resource efficiency, biodiversity protection, ecosystem-based climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster resilience and risk prevention and management, in the selection of operations;
Amendment 1413 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point ii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point ii
(ii) a description of the specific actions to promote equal opportunities and prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender identity during the preparation, design and implementation of the operational programme and in particular in relation to access to funding, taking account of the needs of the various target groups at risk of such discrimination and in particular the requirements of ensuring accessibility for disabled persons;
Amendment 1418 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point iii
(iii) a description of its contribution to the promotion of equality between men and women and, where appropriate, the arrangements to ensure the integration of gender perspective at operational programme and operation level and a description of the specific actions put in place to promote equality between men and women.
Amendment 1423 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall submit an opinion of the national equality bodies and partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, on the measures set out in points (i), (ii) and (iii), toghether with the proposal for an operational programme under the Investment for growth and jobs goal.
Amendment 1426 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 510% of Union funding for a priority axis of an operational programme in cases where the priority axis corresponds to the option laid down in paragraph 1 (b) of Art. 87 and to a limit of 20 % of Union funding for each a priority axis of an operational programme in cases where the priority axis corresponds to the option laid down in paragraph 1 (c) of Article 87, a part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that they are necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the operation and are directly linked to it.
Amendment 1440 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) information on the feasibility studies carried out, including the options analysis, the results, and independent quality review, the long-term social impact, the long-term impact for public budgets and coherence with regional und local sustainable development;
Amendment 1441 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) a cost-benefit analysis, including an economic and a financial analysis, an analysis of the application of the polluter- pays principle and of the internalisation of external environmental and social costs, and a risk assessment;
Amendment 1442 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) an analysis of the environmental impact in accordance with Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC, taking into account climate change adaptation and mitigation needs, biodiversity protection, resource efficiency and disaster resilience;
Amendment 1446 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) a description of how and to what extent the partners referred to in Article 5 are involved in the decision on major projects, including a list of the partners involved, how they have been selected, their responsibilites and their views on the content of the programme and on the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 1463 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 93 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 93 – paragraph 2
2. The public support allocated to a joint action plan shall be a minimum of EUR 10 000 000 or 20 % of the public support of the operational programme or programmes, whichever is lower. The public support allocated to one joint action plan per Member State may be a minimum of EUR 5 000 000.
Amendment 1470 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 94 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 94 – paragraph 2
2. A joint action plan shall cover the entire programming period or part of the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2022. The outputs and results of a joint action plan shall give rise to reimbursement only if attained after the date of the decision of approval of the joint action plan and before the end of the implementation period defined.
Amendment 1475 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) an analysis of the effects of the joint action plan on the promotion of equality between men and women and the prevention of discrimination; referred to in Article 7
Amendment 1478 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) an analysis of the effects of the joint action plan on the promotion of sustainable development, where appropriate referred to in Article 8;
Amendment 1481 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) measures taken or planned in order to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the joint action plan, including in their role as members monitoring committee.
Amendment 1489 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) consider and approve any proposal to amend the joint action plan in order to take account of any issues affecting its performance and transmit the results to the monitoring committee.
Amendment 1491 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 98 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 98 – paragraph 2
2. The financial management, control and audit of the joint action plan shall aim exclusively at verifying that the conditions for payments defined in the decision approving the joint action plan have been fulfilled. Besides that, concerned Member States or regions concerned may decide about stages of fulfillments of the requirements of a joint action plan and an annual or multiannual period for payments.
Amendment 1497 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 1
1. Where an urban development strategy or other territorial strategy or pact as defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation…...[ESF] requires an integrated approach as referred to in Art. 87 paragraphs 1 (b), (c) and (d), involving investments under more than onone or more priority axis of one or more operational programmes, the action shall be carried out as an integrated territorial investment (an ‘'ITI’').
Amendment 1501 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant operational programmes shall identify the ITIs planned and shall set out the indicative financial allocation from eachwithin each priority axis or within the priority axeis to eachinvolved to the planned ITI.
Amendment 1507 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State or the managing authority may designate one or more intermediate bodies, including local authorities, regional development bodies, or non-governmental organisations or local action groups referred to in Article 30, to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI. The coherence of the ITI with regional sustainable development strategies at regional level has to be ensured.
Amendment 1510 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 99 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State or the relevant managing authorities shall ensure that the monitoring system for the operational programme provides for the identification of operations and outputs of a priority axis contributing to an ITI.
Amendment 1514 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) actions to promotensure equality between men and women, equal opportunities, and non- discrimination, including accessibility for disabled persons;
Amendment 1519 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point i
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the implementation of financial instruments.
Amendment 1520 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the annual and final implementation reports and the progress reports in 2017 and 2019;
Amendment 1537 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point i
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) progress in the implementation of measures to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities including, where appropriate, the financial resources used;
Amendment 1569 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) informing the public about the timelines for programming and about the expected timelines of all related public consultation processes at all stages of the preparation of the Partnership Contract and the programmes;
Amendment 1571 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The EU institutions and the advisory bodies shall organise raising awareness actions in order to explain how cohesion policy works.
Amendment 1590 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 109 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 109 – paragraph 2
2. Technical assistance shall take the form of a mono-fundpart of a priority axis or a priority axis within an operational programme or of a specific operational programme.
Amendment 1593 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission decision adopting an operational programme shall fix the co- financing rate and the maximum amount of support from each Funds for each priority axis.
Amendment 1601 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1623 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 5
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 5
5. The maximum co-financing rate under paragraph 3 at the level of a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, where the whole of a priority axis is delivered through financial instruments, or through community-led local development.
Amendment 1625 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 7
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 7
7. AOnly in cases referring to Article 22 a separate priority axis with a co- financing rate of up to 100% may be established within an operational programme to support operations implemented through financial instruments set up at Union level and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission. Where a separate priority is established for this purpose, the support under this axis may not be implemented by any other means.
Amendment 1628 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the importance of the priority axis for the delivery of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, having regard to the specific gaps to be addressedin achieving the targets of the flagships initiatives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 1634 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
(c a) other areas with severe demographic handicaps.
Amendment 1664 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 7
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 7
7. The Member State or the managing authority may entrust the management of part of an operational programme to an intermediate body by way of an agreement in writing between the intermediate body and the Member State or managing authority (a ‘'global grant’)'), including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations. With the view of facilitating access to Structural Funds for small non- governmental organisations, the management authority shall promote the use of small and tailor-made global grants. The intermediate body shall provide guarantees of its solvency and competence in the domain concerned, as well as its administrative and financial management.
Amendment 1670 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support the work of the monitoring committee and provide itin particular ensure that the partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, in accordance with the European code of conduct, have the necessary capacity to participate in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Partnership Contract and the programmes, and provide the monitoring committee with the information it requires to carry out its tasks, in particular data relating to the progress of the operational programme in achieving its objectives, financial data and data relating to indicators and milestones;
Amendment 1671 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point e
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ensure that the data referred to in point (d) is collected, entered and stored in the system, and that data on indicators is broken down by gender where required by Annex I of the ESF Regulation.
Amendment 1673 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) together with the monitoring committee, draw up and, once approved, apply appropriate selection procedures and criteria that:
Amendment 1676 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 4 – point c
Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) put in place effective and proportionate anti-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified, such as an independent office receiving information by whistle blowers;
Amendment 1708 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) in 2015: 13 % of the amount of support from the Funds for the entire programming period to the operational programme;
Amendment 1715 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 124 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) in 2016: 13 % of the amount of support from the Funds for the entire programming period to the operational programme.
Amendment 1721 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 126 – paragraph 5
Part 3 – article 126 – paragraph 5
5. Subject to available funding, the Commission shall make thput in place effective and proportionate ianterim payment no later than 60 days after the date on which a payment application is registered with the Commission.i-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified, such as an independent office receiving information by whistle blowers;
Amendment 1755 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 1761 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 1808 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – indent 2
Annex I – point 3 – indent 2
– transparent, easily understandable, with objectively verifiable targets and the source data identified and publicly available;
Amendment 1809 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities –point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities –point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 2
– Adoption of measures necessary to establish a system of certification of the energy performance of buildings in accordance with Article 119.3 (B), Article 11 and Article 18 of Directive 2010/31/EU;
Amendment 1810 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 a new
– National Energy Efficiency Action Plans which translate energy saving objectives into concrete and coherent measures have been submitted in accordance with Directive 2006/32/EC, or equivalent reporting documents in application to the Directive on Energy Efficiency when it will be repealing Directive 2006/32/EC.
Amendment 1811 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Transposition into national law, once adopted, of the Energy Efficiency Directive (COM(2011)370 final).
Amendment 1812 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 2 – subparagraph 4 b (new)
Transposition into national law of Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast).
Amendment 1813 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.2 – column 3 – indent 1 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.2 – column 3 – indent 1 a new
– A Member State has put in place support schemes for the three renewable energy sectors until 2020: electricity, heat and transport;
Amendment 1815 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 b new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 4 – sub-point 4.1 – column 3 – indent 5 b new
– Market surveillance mechanisms in place in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2009/125/EC are in place.
Amendment 1816 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.1 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.1 – column 3 – indent 1
– A Member State has ensured contribution of the different water uses to the recovery of the costs of water services by sector in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC, guaranteeing equal, universal access to this common good.
Amendment 1817 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new)
Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new)
6.2a Biodiversity The Member State has submitted, and together with the European Commission has adopted a multi-annual plan for prioritization and budgeting of investments for Natura 2000 sites (Prioritised Action Framework) in accordance with Article 8 of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.
Amendment 1818 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
– The Member States has adopted a multi- annual plan for prioritization and budgeting of investments in accordance with Article 8 of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (National Prioritised Action Frameworks for financing Natura 2000), including: 1.A list of priority measures in Natura 2000 sites and respective EU co-financing needs; 2. an analysis of co-financing sought from different EU funds to realise those measures;
Amendment 1819 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new)
6.2b. Cultural heritage sector: Development of projects to safeguard, pass on, promote and develop tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Amendment 1820 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 a (new) – column 3 – indent 1 (new)
– Effective instruments are available at national, regional and local level , in particular in regions with specific characteristics;
Amendment 1821 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new) – column 3 – indent 2 (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 6 – sub-point 6.2 b (new) – column 3 – indent 2 (new)
– Measures designed to exploit cultural and linguistic diversity and all aspects of the living heritage of the Union are developed.
Amendment 1822 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1
7.1. Road: The existence of a comprehensive national transport plan which contains an appropriate prioritisation of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN- T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity (including public transport at regional and local level). Transposition and application of Directive 2011/76/EU on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
Amendment 1823 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1 – column 3 – sub- indent 5 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.1 – column 3 – sub- indent 5 a new
– National road user charging systems in place, in line with the provisions of 2011/76/EU, including recovery of costs for infrastructure, noise and air pollution, applied on all motorways since the beginning of their operation.
Amendment 1824 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – subindent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – subindent 2
3. a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan, including an assessment of the overall greenhouse gas impacts of implementation of the plan to 2030 and 2050, including, if appropriate an assessment of the trans-border section;
Amendment 1825 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new
7.2a. Transport maritime Incorporation of sea routes (‘motorways of the sea’ and maritime cabotage) into the comprehensive regional, trans- regional, national and transnational transport plan, with particular reference to the transport of goods.
Amendment 1826 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
– indent 1 (new)
Amendment 1827 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7. 2 a new – column 3
– indent 2 (new)
–a realistic and mature project pipeline (including a budgetary framework);
Amendment 1828 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
– indent 3 (new)
– a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan;
Amendment 1829 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 7 – sub-point 7.2 a new – column 3
– indent 4 (new)
– measures to strengthen the capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline.
Amendment 1830 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.1 – column 3 – indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.1 – column 3 – indent 2
– Employment services have set up networks with employers and education institutes, also crossing the sectors.
Amendment 1831 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 2
8.2. Self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation and business transfer: the existence of a comprehensive strategy for inclusive start- up support in accordance with the Small Business Act and in coherence with the Employment guidelines and the Broad Guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union, regarding the enabling conditions for job creation.
Amendment 1832 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3a (new)
– Actions for information and awareness raising at secondary education level;
Amendment 1833 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3b (new)
– Gender-related advice and preparation of new business start-ups;
Amendment 1834 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 –
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.2 – column 3 –
– Measures intended for the preparation and for the follow-up of business transfer.
Amendment 1835 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 8 – sub-point 8.4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– a Member State has measures in place to promote active ageing and to reduce early retirement.
Amendment 1837 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 4
– cuts across-sectors, and involves and coordinates all policy sectors and stakeholders, including the areas of culture, arts and sport, that are relevant to address ESL.
Amendment 1838 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– increase higher education participation among low income groups and other under-represented groups, with special consideration for the most vulnerable groups.
Amendment 1840 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
– gender-sensitive measures to increase employability and entrepreneurship that:
Amendment 1843 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
– measures to improve the relevance of education and training and to adapt it to the needs of identified target groups;, including the knowledge of regional, official and non-official languages.
Amendment 1844 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new)
9.3a Vocational education and training - The existence of national or regional strategies for a modern vocational education and training.
Amendment 1845 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
– indent 1 (new)
- Recognition of vocational education and training as engine for sustainable development and inclusive growth;
Amendment 1846 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
– indent 2 (new)
– Measures to improve the quality and efficiency of initial and continuous vocational training;
Amendment 1847 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3a (new) – column 3
– indent 3 (new)
- Measures to promote vocational education and training.
Amendment 1848 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– is in accordance withlays out concrete proposals designed to work towards the achievement of the national poverty and social exclusion target (as defined in the National Reform Programme and National Social Reports), which includes the extension of quality employment opportunities for disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 1849 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
– demonstrates that social partners and relevant stakeholders are involved in the design ofat all stages (design, implementation and evaluation) of the national anti-poverty strategies and active inclusion;
Amendment 1852 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
– is coherent with the National Reform Programme and National Social Reports;
Amendment 1855 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1
– Contains coordinated measures to improve access to quality health servicand affordable health services aiming at tackling the social determinants of health inequalities;
Amendment 1857 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 1
11. Enhancing institutional capacity and efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, nongovernmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [CPR...] (referred to in Article 9(11) )
Amendment 1858 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1
- A strategy for reinforcing a Member State's administrative efficiencyregional and local authorities' administrative efficiency and their skills to implement participative methods is in place and in the process of being implemented1. The strategy includes:
Amendment 1859 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 5
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 5
– the development of skills at all levels, including acquisition of methods ensuring participation of civil society in the decision making processes;
Amendment 1860 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6a (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6a (new)
– a strategy for capacity building for social partners, non-governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders;
Amendment 1861 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6b (new)
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 11 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub- indent 6b (new)
– a strategy of the effectiveness’s of the Partnership principle including a financial concept for sufficient capacity building for partners referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1862 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 2
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 2
The existence of a mechanism which ensures effective implementation and application of Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation1 and Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 1863 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1
– Effective implementation and application of the EU Directive 2000/78/EC and Directive 2000/43/EC on non- discrimination is ensured through: and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1864 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
– institutional arrangements for the implementation, application and supervision of the EU directives on non- discrimination and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1865 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 1 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
– Measures to strengthen administrative capacity for implementation and application of the EU directives on non- discrimination. and of Article 5 of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 1867 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1
Effective implementation and application of an explicit strategy for the promotion ofachieving the EU gender equality objectives is ensured through:
Amendment 1868 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– a plan and ex-ante criteria for the integration of gender equality objectives through gender equality standards and guidelines; for all CSF-funds;
Amendment 1869 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 3
– implementation mechanisms including involvement of a gender body or gender experts and the relevant expertise to draft monitor and evaluate the interventions.
Amendment 1870 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent
– Implementation of measures in line with Article 9 of the UN Convention to prevent, identify and eliminate obstacles and barriers to accessibility of persons with disabilities to all domains including infrastructure, services and goods;
Amendment 1874 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 5 a (new)
Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 4 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 5 a (new)
– a strategy for allowing and incentivising the development of Green Public Procurement (GPP).
Amendment 1875 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 1 –
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 1 –
paragraph 1 – indent 1
– Beneficiary name (only legal entities; no natural persons shall be named, including legal entities operating with financial instruments as laid down in Article 33);
Amendment 1876 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 2 - section 2.1 – paragraph 2– point d a (new)
Annex V – Information and communication on support from the Funds – part 2 - section 2.1 – paragraph 2– point d a (new)
da. publishing at least the percentage corresponding to the European Union's share in the amount of total funding attributed to publications about a funded project or funded action;
Amendment 1878 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new)
Annex -I (new)
All wording of "must" should be changed into "should". Except rules regarding the partnership (according to Art. 5), there "shall" should be kept. (overall amendment, that should be applied to the whole text of the CSF)
Amendment 1881 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Introductory part – Paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Introductory part – Paragraph 1 a (new)
In addition to the framework contained in this Annex, the Commission should support Member States and regions by adopting a non-exhaustive menu of recommended actions for the Funds covered by the CPR in the form of a delegated act in accordance with Article 142. This non-exhaustive menu, as part of the CSF, should provide Member States and regions with guidance on how they can translate the thematic objectives laid down in Article 9 of this Regulation into programming, considering the different needs, challenges and opportunities of regions and the necessary flexibility for regional sustainable development. (to Introduction, Purpose of CSF)
Amendment 1883 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.2a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.2a (new)
1.1.2a In accordance with Article 5, Member States shall organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting gender equality, non- discrimination and non-governmental organisations promoting social inclusion and organisations active in the areas of culture, education and youth policy. Specific attention shall be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may have difficulties to influence them.
Amendment 1889 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4
1.1.4 At all stages of the implementation of the Funds covered by the CPR, partnership must be organised as following: The partners shall represent the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States and the partnership shall be established respecting the following minimal requirements:_ (i) the representation of the different partners is based on their respective responsibilities during the implementation of the programmes, (ii) partners select and appoint their own members representing them in the monitoring committees and other consultative bodies and working groups established within the framework of the funds, (iii) monitoring committees are gender-balanced and diverse in their composition, (iv) the list of members of the monitoring committees and other working groups are made public, (v) each selected partner is aware of his duties related to confidentiality and conflict of interest due to specific training and a formalisation of his duties in a signed statement. The partners shall be directly involved in the preparation of Partnership Contracts and into all stages of the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes. (changes and erasing parts of 1.1.4)
Amendment 1890 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4a (new)
1.1.4a The cooperation with the partners shall follow best practices. Each Member State shall ensure an adequate level of technical assistance in order to facilitate the partners' involvement and participation at all stages of the programming process.
Amendment 1891 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4 b (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.1 – Paragraph 1.1.4 b (new)
1.1.4b Member States shall establish a partnership respecting the following minimal requirements in terms of procedure: (i) timely disclosure of information during debates on strategic documents (ii) sufficient time for stakeholders to analyse documents, consult their members and constituencies and give feedback (iii) appropriate channels for stakeholders to ask questions or make suggestions and comments, (iv) transparency on the way proposals and comments by partners have been taken into account, including an explanation in case of rejection of comments; and (v) dissemination of the outcome of consultations. Moreover, accessibility for persons with disabilities to this process in terms of physical environment should be ensured.
Amendment 1892 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.1
1.2.1 The principle of sustainable development, as laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), relates to a concept of progress according to which social, economic and environmental considerations are to be integrated when considering well-being and a better quality of life for the present and future generations. Sustainable development requires compliance with the environmental acquis. Moreover, it should be demonstrated that overall investment results in net benefits for society. (Addition of the second phrase to Art. 1.2.1 at the end.)
Amendment 1893 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.2
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.2
Amendment 1896 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.3
1.2.3 In order to tackle the complex challenges they face, Member States and regions must deploy all available Union policy instruments. In particular, for the purposes of tackling climate change, resources must be focused on preventative and mitigating measures, while minimising external costs. Any new investment made with the support of the Funds covered by the CPR must be of a nature such that it is inherently resilient to the impact of climate change and natural disasters. (Add last four words to the second sentence in paragraph 1.2.3 of the Rapporteurs text.)
Amendment 1919 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.1
1.4.1 All products and services that are offered to the public and are co-financed by the Funds covered by the CPR must be accessible. In particular, accessibility to the built environment, transport, information and communication technologies, is essential for the purposes of inclusion for disadvantaged groups, including persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, in particular taking into account the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in force since 3 May 2008 and EU policies to implement the UN-Convention. (Changes and additions to 1.4.1)
Amendment 1920 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.2
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.2
1.4.2 It is crucial to appropriately address the needs of those who are furthest from the labour market, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, homeless people, and other groups at risk of poverty, children and young people, elderly people, ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups in order to allow them to better integrate into the labour market, and to fully participate in society. (Changes to 1.4.2)
Amendment 1922 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.4 – Paragraph 1.4.3
1.4.3 Member States and regions must continue to promote social cohesion, on an equal footing to economic and territorial cohesion, across all EU regions, if the EU 2020 Strategy is to achieve its targets. A minimum share for the ESF for each category of regions is established in accordance with article 84 paragraph 3 of Regulation (EU) No (...CPR), resulting in a minimum overall share for the ESF of 25% of the budget allocated to cohesion policy (excluding Connecting Europe Facility). (Addition of the last sentence at the end of the paragraph 1.4.3)
Amendment 1930 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.5 – Paragraph 1.5.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.5 – Paragraph 1.5.4
Amendment 1937 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.3
1.6.3 When developing their strategies and programmes with a view to identifying the most appropriate interventions, Member States and regions must pay particular attention to predominant territorial, structural and institutional features, such as connectivity of the region in question, employment patterns and labour mobility; rural-urban linkages and sustainable development; the local interdependencies between different sectors; cultural heritage; ageing and demographic shifts,; etc. (Changes to 1.6.3.)
Amendment 1942 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.4
Amendment 1947 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5
1.6.5 So as to foster good policies which are tailored to specific regional needs, Member States and regions must further develop an integrated territorial approach to policy design and delivery. The method of integrated territorial investment should be the main tool to achieve balanced sustainable development, with the potential to promote employment, social inclusion and prosperity, taking account of relevant contextual aspects but focusing on the basis of the following central elements: (Changes to 1.6.5)
Amendment 1948 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5 – point c a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.6 – Paragraph 1.6.5 – point c a (new)
(ca) the possibility to combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different thematic objectives in one priority axis or within one programme; (Add to 1.6.5 a new ca))
Amendment 1963 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.2 – Paragraph 2.2.5
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.2 – Paragraph 2.2.5
2.2.5 Joint support must be provided to national and regional authorities for the design and implementation of such innovation strategies, which may include: support to identify opportunities for joint financing of R&I infrastructures of European interest, the promotion of international collaboration, methodological support through peer reviews, open access strategies for publications and research data, exchange of good practice, and training across regions. (Changes to 2.2.5)
Amendment 1972 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.3 – Paragraph 2.3.8
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.3 – Paragraph 2.3.8
2.3.8 In addition, financing from the Funds covered by the CPR must be coordinated with the support from the NER 300 Programme, which uses revenue from auctioning allowances under the European Emissions Trading Scheme, in order to boost renewable energy sources and energy saving measures .[1] [1] OJ L 290, 6.11.2010, p. 39–48 2010/670/EU: Commission Decision of 3 November 2010 laying down criteria and measures for the financing of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies under the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2010/670/EU) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32–46. (Changes to 2.3.8)
Amendment 1973 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4
2.4. New education programme - "ERASMUS for All".
Amendment 1976 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.2
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.2
2.4.2 The Commission and Member States must ensure effective coordination between cohesion policy and ‘Erasmus for All’ through a clear distinction in the types of investment and target groups supported. ‘Erasmus for All’ shall focus its support on transnational projects including the mobility of students, youth and staff; on strategic partnerships between organisations and institutions across Europe and on actions supporting policy development and implementation. The primary investment priority targets for cohesion policy will respond to the need to ensure a complementary action to 'Erasmus for all" in the fields of: education (support of infrastructures of kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, universities), labour market training (to make sure all adults in search for work or a change in their career can be supported, (like it used to be under the sub-programme Leonardo da Vinci, action PLM People in the Labour Market) and adult learners in general.
Amendment 1978 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.3
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 – Paragraph 2.4.3
2.4.3 Furthermore, enhanced results will be achieved in adding up funds for mobility and activities that mainstream best practices and innovative projects identified at EU level under the new programme for education, youth and sports’, making sure a real , transparent and easily accessible communication towards the citizens is taken care of, at EU, national and regional level.
Amendment 1979 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a (new) – Paragraph 2.4 a 1 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a (new) – Paragraph 2.4 a 1 (new)
2.4a Programme for Social Chance and Innovation (PSCI) 2.4a.1 The synergies between the Funds covered by the CPR and the European Union Programme for Social Chance and Innovation (PSCI) should be increased, aiming to contributing to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, its headline targets, flagship initiatives, Integrated Guidelines and the Youth Opportunities Initiative by providing financial support for the European Union's objectives in terms of promoting a high level of high-quality employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty, improving working conditions and improving the employment and educational situation of young people.
Amendment 1980 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4. a 2 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4. a 2 (new)
2.4a 2 Member States should use the opportunity and deliver on complementary actions under the European Social Fund (ESF) consistent with activities carried out under the PSCI in areas such as social dialogue, fundamental rights, equal opportunities, education, vocational training, children's rights and well-being, youth policy, migration policy, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, health, working conditions, enlargement and external relations, as well as general economic policy.
Amendment 1981 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 3(new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 3(new)
2.4a 3 In border regions, EURES cross- border partnerships play an important role in developing a genuine European labour market. EURES cross-border partnerships should therefore continue to be supported through horizontal Union activities, which could be complemented by national resources or by the ESF.
Amendment 1982 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 4 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4a new – Paragraph 2.4a 4 (new)
2.4a 4 In order to ensure complementarity, actions under PSCI should be closely coordinated with those undertaken in the framework of cohesion policy. Member states should coordinate corresponding actions under the CSF Funds, in particular under the ESF and the ERDF, with actions of the PSCI-pillar microfinance, which aim at increasing access to and the availability of microfinance to persons who have lost or are at risk of losing their jobs, or having difficulties in entering or re-entering the labour market, as well as to persons who are at risk of social exclusion and vulnerable persons in disadvantaged positions with regard to access to the conventional credit market and wishing to start up or develop their own micro- enterprises, including self-employment, without any discrimination regarding age, as well as to micro-enterprises, especially in the social economy, and micro- enterprises which employ the furthest persons from the labour market.
Amendment 1983 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 a new – Paragraph 2.4a 5 (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.4 a new – Paragraph 2.4a 5 (new)
2.4a 5 At the initiative of the European Parliament, a 'Youth Initiative axis' within the PSCI supports actions for people aged under 25 years, inter alia actions to prevent early-school leaving especially through reintegration into training, to develop skills that are relevant to the labour market to bring together more closely the worlds of employment, education and training, to support a first work experience and on-the-job training in order to offer the opportunity to young people to acquire both the relevant skills and work experience and quality of traineeships and apprenticeships and to support their access to the labour market. In order to strengthening these actions, Member States and regions should set up corresponding actions in the programmes under the CSF Funds.
Amendment 1986 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 j (new)
Annex 1 j (new)
2.5.2 Just as national infrastructure needs to be planned coherently, both by taking into account the development of Union cross border links, and by developing links across regions within a Member State, plans must be based on real and projected transport demand and identify missing links and bottlenecks. Investment in regional connectivity to the comprehensive network and to the core Trans European Network of transport infrastructure (TEN-T) network must ensure that urban and rural areas benefit from the opportunities created by major networks and missing links of sustainable transport modes in trans-border connections. (Changes to 2.5.2.)
Amendment 1989 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.4
Amendment 1992 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.5
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.5
Amendment 1994 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.6
Annex -I (new) – Part 2 – Section 2.5 – Paragraph 2.5.6
2.5.6 With regard to maritime transport, ports must be developed as efficient entry and exit points through full integration with land infrastructure. Priority must be given to projects concerning port access and hinterland connections. The development of short sea shipping and of inland waterways must reinforce their contribution to sustainable European freight transport networks. (Changes to 2.5.6.)
Amendment 2003 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point a
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point a
a) identify areas of intervention where the Funds covered by the CPR can be combined in a complementary manner to achieve one or more the thematic objectives set out in this Regulation; (Changes to 3.2. a)
Amendment 2005 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point b
Annex -I (new) – Part 3 – Paragraph 3.2 – point b
b) promote the involvement by managing authorities responsible for one of the Funds covered by the CPR of other managing authorities and relevant ministries in the development of support schemes to ensure synergies and avoid overlaps and to promote a multifunds approach; (Change to 3.2. b)
Amendment 2008 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 4 – Section 4.3 – Paragraph 4.3 a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 4 – Section 4.3 – Paragraph 4.3 a (new)
4.3a. Cross-border Community-led local development (based on the experience of LEADER under rural development and the former "Small Project Fund") may complement and enhance the delivery of a successful territorial cooperation, aiming at increasing effectiveness and efficiency of cross-border programmes by delegating decision-making and implementation to a local partnership of public, private and civil society actors.
Amendment 79 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The ERDF should contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, thus ensuring greater concentration of ERDF support on the priorities of the Union. According to the category of regions supported, the support from the ERDF under the investment for growth and jobs goal should be concentrated on research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises and climate change mitigationinformation and communication technologies (ICT), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and promoting a low carbon economy. This concentration should be attained at national level allowing for flexibility at the level of operational programmes and in different categories of regions and should be adjusted, if appropriate, to take into account Cohesion Fund resources allocated to supporting the investment priorities referred to in Article 3(a) of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2013 [CF]. The degree of concentration should take into account the level of development of the region, the contribution of Cohesion Fund resources if applicable, as well as the specific needs of regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period, regions designated with the phasing-out status in the 2007- 2013 period and NUTS 2 level regions consisting solely of islands which are situated in Member States which receive support from the Cohesion Fund or which are outermost regions.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) In order to promote sustainable regional or local mobility or to reduce air and noise pollution, it is necessary to promote healthy, sustainable and safe modes of transport. It is necessary to ensure that investments in airport infrastructure supported by the ERDF promote environmental benefits inter alia when enhancing regional and local mobility through connecting secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure, including through multimodal nodes.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Criteria for selecting urban areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and indicative amounts for those actions should be set out in the Partnership Agreement with a minimum of 5% of the ERDF resources allocated at national level for that purpose. The scope of delegation to urban authorities should at least involve the selection of operations or, where appropriate, a global grant and be decided by the managing authority in close cooperation with the urban authority.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) investments in airport infrastructure other than those with demonstrable benefits for the environment.
Amendment 98 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) at least 202% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] ;
Amendment 99 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) in transition regions: (i) at least 60% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to two or more of the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2013 [CPR]; and (ii) at least 17% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2013 [CPR];
Amendment 105 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By derogation from point (a) and (aa), all NUTS 2 level regions consisting solely of islands which are situated in Member States which receive support from the Cohesion Fund, or which are outermost regions, shall be considered as less developed regions for the purpose of this Article.
Amendment 193 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) networking, cooperation and exchange of experience between regions, towns,local and regional authorities and relevant social, economic and environmental actors, including non- governmental organisations;
Amendment 641 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
(b) support for physical, social, environmental and economic regeneration of deprived urban and rural communitieareas, including by combating social exclusion while ensuring universal access to affordable energy efficient and quality housing, in particular for marginalized communities and low-income households;
Amendment 766 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) freight transportsustainable transport and mobility services and start-up aid for transporthese services;
Amendment 772 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the specific opportunities of sustainable tourism projects, based on the protection of natural, cultural, historic and social heritage;
Amendment 775 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
At least 50% of the specific additional allocation shall be allocated to actions contributing to the diversification and modernisation of the economies of the outermost regions, with a particular focus on the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 2 and 3 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]in line with sustainable territorial development.
Amendment 784 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Amongst enterprises, exclusively SMEs and micro-enterprises may benefit from the specific additional allocation and from any investment financed under the ERDF.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Cross-border cooperation should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions (such as poor accessibility, inappropriate business environment, lack of networks among local and regional administrations, research and innovation and take-up of information and communication technologies, environmental pollution, risk prevention, negative attitudes towards neighbouring country citizens) and exploit the untapped potentials in the border area (development of cross-border research and innovation facilities and clusters, cross-border labour market integration, cooperation among universities or health centres)education systems particularly universities or health centres), promotion of cross- border regional cultures, while enhancing the cooperation process for the purpose of the overall harmonious development of the Union. In the case of any cross-border programme between Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in support of peace and reconciliation, the ERDF shall also contribute to promoting social and economic stability in the regions concerned, notably by actions to promote cohesion between communities.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
a) exchange of experience on thematic and territorial objectives among partners throughout the Union on the identification and dissemination of good practice with a view to its transfer to operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal;
Amendment 108 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
b) exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practice on sustainable urban and rural development and the consideration of particular territorial features including permanent natural and geographical handicaps;
Amendment 113 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States, in duly justified cases, and , in order to ensure the coherence of cross border areas, may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacentre included to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the request. Pursuant to Article 174 of the TFEU, islands situated in the same sea-basin are eligible for these programmes without any restrictions concerning NUTS level or distance. At the request of those Member States concerned, in order to facilitate cross- border cooperation on maritime borders for outermost regions, and without prejudice to the provisions of the first subparagraph, the Commission my include in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph as cross border areas which may receive support from the corresponding allocation of those Member States, NUTS level 3 regions in outermost regions along maritime borders separated by more than 150 km.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacent to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph or in NUTS level 2 are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the requesttake account of Euroregions and Working Communities and the geographical scope of their structuring projects. Pursuant to Article 174 of the TFEU, islands situated in the same sea-basin are eligible for these programmes without any restrictions concerning NUTS level or distance.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For transnational cooperation, the Commission shall adopt the list of transnational areas to receive support, broken down by cooperation programme and covering NUTS level 2 regions while ensuring the continuity of such cooperation in larger coherent areas based on previous programmes, by means of implementing acts. To improve programming efficiency, the transnational areas identified must rely on natural and human geography and consider large sea-basins, river basins and river basins in their breakdown. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2).
Amendment 155 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Population in the areas referred to in the 3rd sub-paragraph of Ar ticle 3(1) and the first sub-paragraph of Article (3)(3) shall be used as the criterion for the annual breakdown by Member Statcooperation programme.
Amendment 195 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Amendment 198 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i b (new)
i b) the promotion of sea routes (motorways of the sea and maritime cabotage);
Amendment 200 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i c (new)
i c) the promotion of regional cross- border cultures;
Amendment 243 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) under transnational and cross-border cooperation: development and implementation of macro-regional and sea- basin strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration).or mountain range strategies
Amendment 277 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point v
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point v
v) where appropriate, the contribution of the planned interventions towards macro regional strategies and sea basin or mountain range strategies;
Amendment 369 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Add the following rule to the ‘Transport' section of the table in the Annex: Sea routes tonnes-km Increase in goods transported by sea
Amendment 50 #
2011/0272(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 8 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 38 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 39 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The ESF should aim to promote quality employment with particular attention to those who are the furthest from the labour market and support labour mobility, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and, combat poverty and discrimination. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (and related EURES activities) especially the EURES cross-border partnerships in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross- border level, taking into account particularly cross border workers.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In addition to these thematic priorities, in the less developed of Article 9 in the Regulation [...] [CPR], in regions and Member States, and with a view to increasing economic growth and employment opportunities, the efficiency of public administration on the national and regional level and the ability of a public administration to act in a participative matter should be improved and the institutional capacity of stakeholders delivering employment, education, socio-cultural and social policies should be strengthened.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the on-going development and competitiveness of European micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including cultural and creative undertakings, in order to create quality jobs, and to ensure that people can adapt, through acquiring appropriate skills and through lifelong learning opportunities, to new challenges such as the shift to a knowledge-based economy, the digital agenda, and the transition to a low-carbon and more energy-efficient economy. By pursuing its primary thematic objectives, the ESF should contribute to addressing these challenges. In this context, the ESF should support the labour force transition towards greener skills and jobs, in particular in the energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transport sectors, taking into account the Union's intention to increase the proportion of the EU budget that is related to climate mainstreaming to at least 20%, with contributions from different policy fields.ESF should also contribute to cultural and creative skills in order to increase job opportunities.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, taking into account those who act at the regional and local levels, in particular the involvement of social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that by granting them a defined part of allocation which may take the form of a global grant. Member States encouragshall ensure the participation and activation of social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF. Besides that, Member States shall allocate an appropriate level of financial allocations of Technical Assistance of the ESF in Article 52 of the Regulation [...] [CPR] directly to all the partners of Article 5 in the Regulation [...] [CPR], in particular to social partners and civil society organisations, in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations and to support their capacity building in accordance with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The mobilisation of regional and local stakeholders is necessary to deliver the Europe 2020 Strategy and its headline targets. Territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies may be used and supported to involve more actively regional and local authorities, cities, social partners and non-governmental organisations in the preparation, implementation of programmes. , monitoring and evaluation whenever part of Operational Programmes. A Member State shall include those institutions, organisations and groups in the Partnership that represent the territorial level concerned and that might influence or that might be affected by the implementation of the Operational programmes. Specific attention shall be paid to groups that might be affected by the programmes and may suffer difficulties to influence them, in particular the most vulnerable and marginalised groups. The cooperation with the partners shall follow the best practices forming the basis of the code of conduct referred to in Article 5 (3). At least 5% of the ESF-resources allocated at national level shall be allocated for actions under the Integrated territorial Investments (ITI) as it is lay down in Article 99 of the Regulation [...] [CPR].
Amendment 73 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, mobility of workers, social inclusion and social entrepreneurshipf this helps to increase the effectiveness of actions or completes actions of other EU- instruments such as PSCI, the EGF and the ERDF.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment, job creation and job quality, facilitate their adaptation to change, support the voluntary geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change, provide support for workers made redundant, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 86 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants and those who are furthest from the labour market, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, homeless people, and other groups at risk of poverty, children and young people, elderly people, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities or communities at risk of marginalisation and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, to microenterprises and to cooperative enterprises which promote the interests of their members and users as well as solutions to societal challenges, and are in the social economy. The ESF shall also provide support to organisations, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, educsocio- cultural and cultural activity, employment, education, non- discrimination and social policies.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Under the thematic objectives listed below, and in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]in Article 9 paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11) of Regulation (EU) No [...],listed accordingly below in (a), (b), (c) and (d), and in accordance with its mission, the ESF shall support the following investment priorities:
Amendment 108 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) Equality between men and women in the labour market and equality in career progression, economic independence of women and men and reconciliation between work and private life;
Amendment 118 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
(vi) Active and healthy ageing for workers by improvement of the working conditions and environment, occupational health and actions of promoting elderly workers;
Amendment 121 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii
(vii) Modernisation and strengthening of labour market institutions, including actions to enhance transnational labour mobilityorganisations, promotion of partnerships, pacts and initiatives through networking of relevant stakeholders, such as social partners and non-governmental organisations at the transnational, regional and local level in order to strengthen labour market inclusiveness, support of actions to enhance transnational labour mobility and to improve information services, counselling and job- matching for employers and mobile workers, including cross-border workers, seasonal workers, posted workers regardless of their status;
Amendment 126 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Investing in education, skills, training and life- long learning through:
Amendment 131 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) Enhancing access to lifelong learning, upgrading and retraining the skills and competences of the workforce and increasing the labour market relevance of education and training systemspersons and increasing their informal as well as non-formal learning as well as increasing the labour market relevance of training systems; promoting the transition between education, training and employment;
Amendment 152 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) Enhancing institutional capacity and efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, non- governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholder in particular those partners as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...], through:
Amendment 154 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – introductory part
(i) Investment in institutional capacity, and in the efficiency of public administrations and public services including local and regional level with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance;to increase their ability of good governance; This investment priority is only applicable throughout the territory of the Member States which have at least one NUTS level 2 region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No [...] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support.
Amendment 156 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i a (new)
(i a) Investment in institutional capacity on local and regional level with a view to reforms for increasing their ability of good governance;
Amendment 157 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) Capacity building for stakeholders, in particular social partners and non- governmental organisations including socio-cultural and environmental organisations, in the implementation of operational programmes which delivering employment, education, social and socio- cultural policies ands well as sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reform at national, regional and local level.
Amendment 162 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
(ii a) Investment in the partnership principle and in the capacity building for those partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...], in order to ensure the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Strengthening research, technological development and innovation including innovatory networks in the socio-cultural and creative sector, through the development of post-graduate studies, the training of researchers, networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises;
Amendment 168 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Enhancing the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises and workers and increased investment in human capital, increasing the investment in human capital and strengthening the inclusive labour market including the accessibility for people with disabilities, enhancing the training and learning schemes of SMEs, in particular for young people, promoting small and medium-sized cooperative enterprises, systems and structures which provide solutions to societal challenges.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective ‘promoting social inclusion and, combating poverty’ and discrimination set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […...].
Amendment 188 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate at least 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment prioritotal amount of the ESF resources at the national level to the thematic objectives set out in Article 3(1)point 8,9, and 10 in Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) No[...]/2012[CPR].
Amendment 193 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate at least 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment prioritotal amount of the ESF resources at the national level to the thematic objectives set out in Article 3(1)point 8,9, and 10 in Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) No[...]/2012[CPR].
Amendment 199 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate at least 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment prioritotal amount of the ESF resources at the national level to the thematic objectives set out in Article 3(1)point 8,9, and 10 in Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) No[...]/2012[CPR].
Amendment 208 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Common indicators as set out in the Annex to this Regulation and programme specific indicators shall be used in accordance with Article 24(3) and 87(2)(b)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. All indicators shall be expressed in absolute numbers and all data has to be broken down by gender.
Amendment 210 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Common and programme specific hard and soft output indicators relate to partially or fully implemented operations. Where relevant to the nature of the operations supported, cumulative quantified target values shall be fixed for 2022. Baseline indicators shall be set at zero.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The involvement of the social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations taking into account such, which act at the regional and local levels, in the implementation of operational programmes, also such partners as referred to in Article 5 under a), b) and c) of Regulation (EU) No […], may...], take the form of global grants as defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify thone part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it.
Amendment 217 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. To encourage adequate participation of the social partners in actions supported by the ESF, managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resourcesshall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources, minimum 2% of the total ESF resources in each Member State is allocated to capacity-building activities, in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners.
Amendment 220 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, notably in the fields of social and socio-cultural inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resourcesshall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources, minimum 2% of the total ESF resources in each Member State, is allocated to capacity-building and networking for non- governmental organisations.
Amendment 226 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equality between men and women through mainstreaming as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […...] and specific targeted actions as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iv), in particular with the aim of increasing the sustainable participation and progress of women in employment, reducing gender-based segregation in the labour market, combating gender stereotypes in education and training and, promoting reconciliation of work and personal life for men and women, addressing the feminisation of poverty by promoting equal share of care responsibility between men and women. The Member States shall ensure that gender equality and equal opportunities are promoted in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of operational programmes with methods of the Gender budgeting assessment. Member States shall further allow for a balanced participation of women and men in the management and implementation of operational programmes at local, regional and national level and report on progress in this matter.
Amendment 229 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, including accessibility for disabled persons through mainstreaming the principle of non-discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […...], and through specific actions within theall relevant investment priorities as defined in Article 3, and by paying particular Article 3(1)(c)(iii)attention to those who face multiple discriminations. Such actions shall target people at risk of discrimination and people with disabilities, with a view to increasing their labour market participation, in particular improving the accessibility for the concerned of the labour market, enhancing their social inclusion, reducing inequalities in terms of educational attainment and health status and facilitating the transition from institutional to community-based care.
Amendment 232 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote social innovation within all areas falling under the scope of the ESF, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, in particular with the aim of testing, evaluating and scaling up innovative solutions including bottom up solutions to address social needs.
Amendment 233 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall identify themes for social innovation, corresponding to their specific needs in their operational programmes, including matters relating socio-cultural innovation and corresponding to actions of other CSF funds, in particular the ERDF.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may select themes for transnational co-operation from a list after consultation with the partners proposed by the Commission and endorsed by the ESF Committee.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall facilitate transnational cooperation on the themes referred to in paragraph 2 through mutual learning and coordinated or joint action. In particular, the Commission shall operate an EU-level platform to facilitate the exchange of experience, capacity building and networking, as well as dissemination of the relevant outcomes. Member States shall be encouraged to build up social inclusion networks at transnational level including relevant stakeholders of the civil society. In addition, the Commission shall develop a coordinated implementation framework, including common eligibility criteria, types and timing of actions, and common methodological approaches for monitoring and evaluation, with a view to facilitating transnational cooperation.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 110 109(3) of Regulation (EU) No […...], the maximum co-financing rate for a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, but not exceeding 100%, where the whole of a priority axis is dedicated to social innovation or to transnational cooperation, or a combination of both or refer to Article 6, paragraph (1).
Amendment 261 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF may support community-led local development strategies, as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No […...], territorial pacts and local initiatives for employment, education and social inclusion, as well as including youth employment, education, social inclusion including promotion of regional cultures and languages. The ESF may be used as "lead" Fund for integrated social inclusion projects under Article 3 (c) combined with investment priorities or actions of the ERDF. At least 5% of the ESF shall support Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) as referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […]....]
Amendment 266 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Complementing ERDF interventions as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No [ERDF], the ESF may support sustainable urban development through strategies setting out integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental and soci, social and cultural challenges affecting urban areas of cities which are listed in the partnership contract.
Amendment 270 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall provide support for eligible expenditure, which, notwithstanding Article 109 110(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No […...], may include any financial resources collectively constituted by employers and workers.
Amendment 271 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. As established by article 52 (2) of the Regulation [...] [CPR], Member States shall allocate an appropriate level of financial allocation of Technical Assistance of the ESF directly to all the partners referred to in article 5 of the Regulation [...] [CPR], in order to facilitate the involvement and participation of these partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and operations and to support their capacity building in accordance with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
Amendment 278 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No […...], the ESF may support actions and policies falling within its scope through financial instruments, such as risk- sharing schemes, equity and debt, guarantee funds, holding funds, and loan funds and microcredits and -facilities.
Amendment 279 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
ESF may be used to enhance access to capital markets for public and private bodies at national and, regional and local levels implementing actions, in particular microcredits and -facilities. and policies falling within the scope of the ESF and the operational programme through ‘'ESF policy-based guarantees’' subject to Commission approval.
Amendment 286 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
- workers made redundant as a result of serious disruption of the local, regional or national economy caused by an unexpected crises or as result of a rapid declining in a given sector or a delocalisation of activities to non EU- member countries
Amendment 288 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
- inactive and furthest from the labour market
Amendment 289 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – indent 1 (new)
- vulnerable persons who are in a disadvantaged position with regard to access to the conventional credit market
Amendment 290 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – indent 1 (new)
- person below 25 years, either being in a job, education or (re-)training within four months after leaving school
Amendment 293 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 1 (new)
- persons above 54 years suffering from severe material deprivation
Amendment 295 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
· migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, people with a foreign background, minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)**
Amendment 296 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 1 (new)
- persons at risk of poverty
Amendment 297 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 2 (new)
- persons suffering from severe material depriviation
Amendment 298 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 3 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 3 (new)
- persons below 18 years living in households of long-term unemployed
Amendment 299 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 4 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 4 (new)
- Single parents
Amendment 300 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 5 (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – indent 5 (new)
- Homeless people
Amendment 305 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 1
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 1
· number of projects fully or partially implemented by social partners or non- governmental organisations or other stakeholders
Amendment 306 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 2
· number of projects targeting public administrations or public services on national, regional and local level
Amendment 307 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3
· number of supported micro, small and medium- sized enterprises supported, cooperative enterprises and enterprises of the social economy
Amendment 308 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
- number of supported micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperative enterprises, enterprises of the social economy which are under female leadership or having a majority of women in the executive or supervisory board
Amendment 309 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
These data are to be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 44(1) and (2) and Article101(1) of Regulation (EU) No […]. All data without specific gender relevance shall also be broken down by gender.
Amendment 310 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 1 (new)
- women remaining in precarious job situations
Amendment 311 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 2 (new)
- women becoming economically independent
Amendment 312 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 3 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 3 (new)
- increase of the number of women in the MINT-sectors
Amendment 313 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 4 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 4 (new)
- participants involved in voluntary work upon leaving
Amendment 314 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 5 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 5 (new)
- participants lifted above the relative poverty line
Amendment 315 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 6 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 6 (new)
- participants lifted out of severe material deprivation
Amendment 316 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 7 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 7 (new)
Amendment 317 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 8 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 8 (new)
- participants' assessments of the value of the intervention (in terms of increasing their emotional well-being, developing their skills...), rating of consultation process around the intervention
Amendment 318 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 9 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 9 (new)
- percentage of disabled participants in employment after getting support
Amendment 319 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 10 (new)
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 – indent 10 (new)
- percentage of disabled participants successfully transfered from institutional to community-based care
Amendment 322 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
These data are to be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 44(1) and (2) and Article 101(1) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. All data are to be broken down by gender. and should depend of the expected result of the investment priority show, if the persons or participants are below 25 years between 25 and 54 years and above 54 years old*
Amendment 323 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – introductory part
· participants in full-time employment 6 months after leaving
Amendment 326 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 1 (new)
- participants in part-time employment 6 months after leaving
Amendment 328 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 – indent 2 (new)
- participants in full-time employment 6 months after leaving
Amendment 329 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3
· participants with an improved labour market situation 6 months after leaving (nature of employment – full or part time, wages compared to minimum or national level, nature of contracts)
Amendment 332 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 1 (new)
- participants in full-time employment 1 year after leaving
Amendment 333 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 2 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 2 (new)
- participants actively involved in community and social networks
Amendment 334 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 3 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 3 (new)
- participants in part-time employment 1 year after leaving
Amendment 335 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 4 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 4 (new)
- participants in self-employment 1 year after leaving
Amendment 336 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 5 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 5 (new)
- participants with an improved labour market situation 1 year after leaving
Amendment 337 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 6 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 6 (new)
- Participants lifted and living above the relative poverty line 1 year after leaving
Amendment 338 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 7 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 7 (new)
- Participants lifted out of severe material deprivation remaining out of severe material deprivation 1 year after leaving
Amendment 339 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 8 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 8 (new)
- women remaining in precarious job situation 1 year after leaving
Amendment 340 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 9 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 9 (new)
- women becoming economically independent 1 year after leaving
Amendment 341 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 10 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 10 (new)
- increase of the number of women in the MINT-sectors 1 year after leaving
Amendment 342 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 11 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 11 (new)
- percentage of disabled participants in employment after 1 year of getting support
Amendment 343 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 12 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 12 (new)
- percentage of not any longer existent institutional based care in comparison to the original total number at the beginning of the measurement period
Amendment 344 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 13 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 13 (new)
- percentage of persons below 18 years living in households of long-term unemployed
Amendment 345 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 14 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 14 (new)
- percentage of persons above 54 years suffering from severe material depriviation
Amendment 346 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 15 (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – indent 15 (new)
- reduction of number of cases of discrimination registered by the designated body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination at work and occupation and in expected result of the investment priority in fields outside work and occupation
Amendment 348 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1
These data are to be provided in the annual implementation reports as specified in Article 44(4) of Regulation (EU) No […...]. They are to be collected based on a representative sample of participants within each priority axis or sub-priority. Internal validity of the sample should be ensured in such a way that the data can be generalised at the level of priority axis or sub-priority. All data are to be broken down by gender. and should depend on the expected result of the investment priority, show if the persons or participants are below 25 years between 25 and 54 years and above 54 years old*
Amendment 4 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The recent financial crisis has led to debates at all levels about a possible additional tax on the financial sector and in particular a financial transactions tax (FTT). This debate stems from the desire to ensure the financial sector contribute to covering the costs of the crisis and that it is taxed in a fair way vis-à-vis other sectors for the future; to curb speculation, in particular on commodity markets, thus limiting food price volatility and its impacts on food security; to dis-incentivise excessively risky activities by financial institutions; to complement regulatory measures aimed at avoiding future crises and to generate additional revenue for general budgets or specific policy purposes such as the financing of public goods and Union development policies especially towards the achievement of MDGs.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The revenue of the FTT, the objective of which is a more social and fair redistribution of wealth, should be additional to the national development aid commitments of 0,7% of GNI and allocated towards the financing of public goods such as Union development policies, poverty reduction and the fight against climate change in developing countries. These targets should remain an essential part of this new revenue.
Amendment 12 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In case no agreement amongst the EU 27 is found by September 2012, Member States willing to implement the FTT should advance by formally requesting enhanced cooperation under TFEU article 329. The EP should give its consent speedily, under the condition that the Member States in question commit to invoking TFEU article 333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision stipulating that they will act under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 13 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to all financial transactions, including spot currency transactions, on condition that at least one party to the transaction is established in a Member State and that a financial institution established in the territory of a Member State is party to the transaction, acting either for its own account or for the account of another person, or is acting in the name of a party to the transaction.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Enhanced Cooperation In case no agreement amongst the EU 27 is found by September 2012, Member States willing to implement the FTT shall advance by formally requesting enhanced cooperation under TFEU article 329. The EP shall give its consent speedily, under the condition that the Member States in question commit to invoking TFEU article 333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision stipulating that they will act under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Use of revenue as own resource for EU budget Part of the revenue arising from the FTT in the Union should be used as own resources for the EU Budget, of which a significant percentage should be invested in financing Union development cooperation policies and the fight against climate change in developing countries.
Amendment 1 #
2011/0249(NLE)
The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose that Parliament decline to give its consent.
Amendment 1 #
2011/0167(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
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The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose that Parliament decline to give its consent.
Amendment 7 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that Roma and travellers continue to be victims of persistent discrimination in many Member States and that this situation, which is indicative of the state of our societies, is exacerbated by the current economic and financial crisis; calls on those Member States which the EU Fundamental Rights Agency identified as having severe probneeding to face the challenge of integrating Roma and travellemrs to fully exploit the EU resources available under the Structural Funds, and in particular the ERDF and ESF;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that, in times of demographic change, the Roma population, which has been part of our common heritage for centuries, Roma and travellers should be given the means through good quality education, decent housing and job opportunities to fully integrate the work place and contribute to economic development as foreseen in the EU 2020 strategy; calls on the Member States, therefore, to increase their efforts now, by reinforcing their effective strategies for addressing the specific circumstances (deep poverty, lack of education, poor health condipolicies on the economic and social integrations) of marginalised communities, in order to ensure their social and economic integrationthe fields of education, culture, employment, health and particularly housing;
Amendment 36 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EmphasisWelcomes the opportunity created through the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 437/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010, providing up to 3% of the ERDF allocation to specific programmes or 2% of the overall allocated budget for the rehabilitation of housing for the benefit of marginalised communities; calls on the Member States, furthermore, to make quick and full use of this new possibility within the framework of the Structural Funds, in order to strengthen the prospects of effective social inclusion;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 40 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the primary prerequirement of successful integration is joint efforts made both by the mainstream society and by the Roma community; therefore urges Member States to help improve Roma people's housing and employment situation, provide inclusive school climate with actively involving parents, and calls for Roma communities' social commitment and appropriate participation in improving their housing, employment and educational situation in order to ensure their real, effective and sustainable integration.
Amendment 50 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises that the complexity of paperwork may constitute an obstacle to project organisers; stresses the need to step up work on simplifying grant procedures; stresses the under-utilisation of European funding in this field;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Maintains that part of the solution lies in the full commitment of Member States to provide effective support for project organisers and that Member States, in conjunction with the Commission, have a role to play in encouraging local authorities to select projects to integrate Roma people and travellers;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that forced migration is among others a result of failing economies, impoverishment of the population, human rights violations, environment degradation, the widening gap between rich and poor countries, civil war, wars for control of natural resources and political persecutions;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note that remittances represent the second-largest source of external finance for developing countries, and that they help to boost the financial sector, attract investment and create jobs; takes the view, therefore, that efforts to reduce transaction costs, create favourable economic and financial conditions and increase transparency should be continued; stresses that remittances must not be counted as ODA figures in any case
Amendment 16 #
2010/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the WHO Code of Conduct on the International recruitment of qualified health personnel and calls upon the EU Member States to respect it and avoid aggressively recruiting health personnel from developing countries, that faces shortage in this sector; is of the opinion that EU member states should invest training in their own country for health personnel rather than recruiting trained health workers from developing countries,
Amendment 18 #
2010/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Demands that Member States’ and the European Commission’s commitment to address the structural causes of migration by a holistic approach, based on Policy Coherence for Development, which gives policy space for developing countries to support their sustainable development needs guaranteeing decent income, peace and democracy for the population, which is an alternative to reduce clandestine immigration
Amendment 27 #
2010/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges to dissociate development flow management and do not make development aid conditional on return migration; stresses that the EU development aid should aim at eliminating the reasons for migration like poverty, climate change and hunger
Amendment 33 #
2010/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that the Commission should do more research about climate induced south south migration including the number of people affected, vulnerable regions, migration movements, hosting countries capacity ; calls also to foster research capacity of developing countries;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas in many areas in the world, ecological degradation is the root cause of human deprivation; and whereas a lack of consideration for the environmental foundation of development can considerably reduce or even jeopardize the effectiveness of aid, while addressing environmental issues can enhance its values,
Amendment 2 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. whereas the Leading Group on innovative finance estimates the funding gap to meet the MDGs by 2015, the Official Development Assistance (ODA) target of 0.7% of GNI, and Environmental crisis targets, to $324-336 bn per year between 2012 and 2017,
Amendment 3 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. whereas the growth of the global economy has not been matched with effective means to levy global economic activity to pay for global public goods,
Amendment 4 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas innovative financing are needed to meet MDGs and our commitment towards mitigation and adaptation to climate change,
Amendment 5 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
E. whereas EU's funding for international cooperation with Africa comes from three geographic instruments: the EDF for African-ACP countries, the TDCA for South Africa and the ENPI for five North African states; whereas fragmentation of instruments is detrimental to consistency and policy coherence, as enshrined in Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty,
Amendment 6 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital F (new)
Recital F (new)
F. whereas the Declaration on the European Development Fund, part of the Treaty of the EU, under the Final Act since the Maastricht Treaty, stipulating that the EDF should be outside the budget, has been removed in the Lisbon Treaty, thereby enabling the budgetisation of the FED,
Amendment 7 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the 2015 deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) falls within the next multiannual financial framework period and that there is a real risk that the EU will not meet its international commitment on development; recalls also that the MDGs are minimum aspirations and that, even if all targets are met, significant additional funding will still be required to fight poverty and improve health and education standards for the world's poor; therefore insists that a benchmark of 20% of the Commission’s allocated assistance under country programmes covered by the DCI will be dedicated to basic and secondary education and basic health;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls upon the need to develop global solidarity mechanism as a way to achieve the MDGs; but recalls also that the tax havens, trade mispricing and illicit capital flights represent a huge hindrance to development in poor countries; therefore, urges once more the EU to take initiatives with the ambit of the G20, the OECD and inside the EU to clamp down tax havens and harmful tax structure;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights that new financing instruments are needed to fund the provision of global public goods; welcomes in this respect the report of the Taskforce on Financial Transactions for Development commissioned by the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for development according to which the financial sector is best suited to levy such innovative financing mechanism, considering that it is the primary beneficiary of the growth of the global economy; stresses also that the report concludes upon the technical, economical and legal feasibility of an international levy on currency transactions and on a tax on all financial transactions;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the Commission to propose the introduction of a Financial Transaction Tax at the European level, in view of its numerous advantages: it can help to stabilise the markets, to raise funds for domestic fiscal consolidation as well as to face poverty eradication and climate change;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Recalls that innovative financing for development is not designed to be a substitute for ODA, but is complementary; takes the view that the introduction of a FTT should therefore be linked with a more binding commitment of all member countries to achieve the 0.7% objective of ODA spending and to provide additional climate adaptation funding;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Points out that one of the reasons why the MDGs are not fulfilled is the failure to recognise the contributions of the environment, natural resources and ecosystems to human development and poverty elimination; deplores in this context that current European Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocates only 3% of the total spending to environmental issues; urges the Commission to ensure that environmental issues are mainstreamed throughout all external policies and financial instruments, especially in the face of the current challenge of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Emphasises that the Multiannual Financial Framework should address: fulfilment of the MDGs, climate change, halting the decline of biodiversity and resource overconsumption; in particular, stresses that the next Multi-annual Financial Framework should support policy coherence, meaning for instance to ensure that some EU expenditures relating to agriculture, fisheries, trade and energy will not directly contradict development policy objectives;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty offers the opportunity to put in place a more coherent institutional framework within the EU to relate to the Joint Africa-UE Strategy and to ensure the strategic funding it needs to prosper;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that channelling funds to Africa through three different instruments is inefficient and does not respond to Africa's wish to develop as a unified continent; recommends, therefore, to developing a single financing instrument for Africa, taking into account the Africa-EU joint strategic partnership so as to reflect the "treating-Africa-as-one" principle enshrined in the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) and supporting the continental integration agenda; calls, in addition, for greater capacity-building assistance for the African Union institutions;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes with concern that EU Aid benefits proportionally more Middle Income Countries than low income countries; in particular, points out that EU aid programming that aims to enable developing countries to adapt to the requirement of international competition benefits especially Middle Income Countries, rather than Low Income Countries, which are less attractive to foreign investment;
Amendment 36 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. CRecalls that the Lisbon Treaty removed the formal obstacle to the integration of the EDF into the regular EU budget; therefore, calls once again for the budgetisation of the European Development Fund (EDF), so as to increase parliamentary scrutiny of development spending in ACP countries and make EU development policy more consistent and effective; insists, however, that incorporating the EDF into the EU budget must not lead to an overall reduction in development spending with respect to the two separate existing instruments and must guarantee predictability; stresses also on the need to secure the interests of ACP countries, i.e. through ring-fencing development funds for the ACP within the EU budget;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes with concern that EU Aid does not clearly focus on poverty eradication; recalls that the concept of "development", which refers to qualitative criteria that encompasses quality of life and the improvement of living conditions, should not be confused with the concept of economic growth, as measured by the rise of GDP; accordingly, urges the Commission to refrain from a simple "export-led" or "growth-oriented" development policy but to target its assistance on the most vulnerable, which entails the development of a pro-poor strategy, through the financing of long- term objectives, such as health, education, access to energy in rural areas, small farmers, etc.;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that observance of the core labour standards (CLS) and of the ILO's decent work agenda is essential in order to achieve the MDGhave a positive impact on the economy of a country, by guaranteeing the socio-political stability and by raising the skill levels of a country's workforce; believes in this context that the inclusion of a social clause in WTO agreements is of utmost importance since labour standards are essential to achieve the MDGs and to boost endogenous development in poor countries; expresses disappointment that the social provisions of EU preferential trade agreements are presented as objectives to be achieved rather than legal commitments to be enforced, as there is no provision for genuine enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that repeated infringements of core labour standards have been reported in several countries with GSP-Plus status, but did not lead to suspension of preferences; considers that the lack of enforcement of conditionality undermines the EU ambition of promoting social policy and core labour standards globally and contradicts the principle of Policy Coherence Development;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DRegrets that the EU does not have a homogenous formula for a "social clause" to be inserted in all bilateral trade agreements; deplores the fact that FTAs contain few references to social standards; urges the EU to incorporate a social clause reflecting ILO core labour standards into all EU external trade agreements, including those coming within the ambit of the WTO;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DNotes with concern that the EU tends to emphasise market integration and trade issues more than social issues in its external relations, thereby undermining third countries' alignment to the ILO; in particular, deplores the poor implementation and enforcement of social standards, especially the ILO conventions and CSR principles; emphasises that the ILO permits the imposition of trade sanctions on countries that do not comply with their international obligations; calls on the EU to pursue an approach based on incentives and sanctions in the context of bilateral and regional agreements, so as to ensure that the social provisions of EU preferential agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the GSP and the GSP + should be monitored coherently, while the process of monitoring should be made more transparent;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to mainstream social policy in the context of the External Action Service and to increase development aid to ensure the ratification and implementation of the CLS, while avoiding derogations from general regulations, e.g. in export processing zones, as such exceptions include a risk of a "race to the bottom", thereby undermining certain social standards;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that trade negotiations pursued within the WTO must not jeopardise social development; reasserts that the ILO should be allowed to submit expert reports to the WTO during trade disputes, and that there should be an appeal route to the ILO where a decision by the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body questions the findings of an ILO decision; considers that Article XX GATT, which enumerates the general exceptions that a WTO Member may invoke to restrict access to its market, should be interpreted as allowing the restriction of trade in goods produced in a manner violating human rights, including core labour standards;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the heterogeneity of the concept of CSR raises the issue of comparability, whereby different companies have developed different standards regarding social accounting, auditing and reporting, raises the issue of comparability; acknowledges the efforts made by the EU to apply more general guidelines for the definition and use of CRS; points out however that the diversity and heterogeneity of the concept still remain; urges the EU to move CSR away from a purely voluntary approach and to identify clear legal obligations on corporations as regards human rights and CLS, along with effective ways to hold them accountable in the event of breaches; considers for instance that when Member States are asked by multinational companies for investment guarantees, they should bind those guarantees to the implementation of the official CSR- guidelines.
Amendment 2 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convincedConsiders that investment can have a positive impact on growth and jobs, not only in the EU but also in developing countries; supports, therefore, an EU investment policy that promotes, and helps to foster the necessary conditions for, liberal, insofar that investors actively contribute to the development goals of the host states, i.e. by supporting its local economy thanks to technology transfer and by utilising local labour and inputs; in particular, stresses that investment agreement should not limit domestic policy options of the host state to make more stringent legislation of foreign direct investmentto achieve legitimate social or environmental goals;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Highlights that national treatment, i.e. foreign investors are treated at least as favourably as domestic companies, can be detrimental for the host country's economic development; stresses that a fair agreement on investment entails allowing developing countries to discriminate investment based on its contribution to development objectives;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes also that, given healthy growth rates and significant potential in many developing nations, many of which enjoy long-standing privileged relationships with Europe, the proposed improvements toPoints out that there is no guarantee that multilateral rules on investments would enhance investment flows; takes the view that while investment treaties and investment protection initiatives tend to be univocally directed at investment liberalisation and protection, an EU investment policy cshould be extremely beneficial both to the EU and to developing economiesinstead comprehend social, economic and environmental developments targets, that need to be regularly assessed and reviewed;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotTakes that the investment risk is generally higher in developing countries, and that good governance is a prerequisite for strong, effective investor protectione view that an investment framework based on investors's rights without obligations does not contribute to development; Iis of the opinion that investment treaties can help improve governance and bring about the stable, secure environment to encourage investment into these countries; Considers increased investment in developing countries essential for development, as part of an approach moving towards partnership agreements that bring about the reduction of poverty in line with MDG commitmentsif they contain provisions on obligations of the home country to promote sustainable investments, transfer technology, fight corruption,... as well as obligations on the investors regarding compliance with human rights, labour rights and corporate social responsibility;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is disappointed therefore that the Commission communication focuses very little on developing countries as potential investment partners; notes also that the primary concern of the Commission is to design an EU investment policy that reflects the corporate's objective of achieving maximum protection for EU investors; recalls in this respect that the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU obliges the EU to practise policy coherence for development, i.e. to "take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries";
Amendment 13 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Points out that the willingness to achieve legal certainty and maximum protection for EU investors contrasts with the approach of the Commission on Corporate Social Responsibility, whereby obligations of corporations should not be legally binding but remain on a voluntary-base through code of conduct;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4b (new)
Paragraph 4b (new)
4b. Warns against developing a double standard policy regarding the rights and obligations of corporations; recalls that the CSR approach has failed to tackle human rights and environmental abuses of Transnational Corporations; takes the view that corporate must be obligated to respect international and domestic law and be held accountable where they are found in breach;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of ensuring investment treaties are consistent with all other policies affecting developing countries, notably featuring clauses on human rights, the environment, decent work, transparency and the fight against illicit capital flows; accordingly, takes the view that Bilateral Investment Treaties should not serve as blueprints for the EU's future investment treaty model; but deems that BIT should be reviewed to broaden the objectives (including sustainable development), make provisions more precise (especially regarding the definition of FDI and indirect expropriation), build in limitations (to enable control of capital movement), and add obligations for investors and home country governments;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that EU investment policy should, particularly regarding developing countries, work to encourage foreign investment in activities and sectors with a clear and significant impact on sustainable development, in which they might otherwise not engage because of the risks involved; calls on the Commission to implement a full impact analysis of the risks involved and investment's impact on sustainable development ;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the EU to respect developing countries' ownership of their economic strategies and cooperate with them to reach investment agreements that are mutually beneficial even if this means the use of a different model of BIT;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes developing countries would benefit greatly from having the EU as a sole interlocutor regarding investment arrangements, rather than multiple agreements with individual member states., provided that the EU investment policy strikes a right balance between the objective of investor protection with the development goals of host states; Therefore sees as vital the establishment of an appropriate deadline by which time member state bilateral treaties must be replaced by EU level agreements.
Amendment 32 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10a (new)
Paragraph 10a (new)
Amendment 2 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the New Trade Strategy aims to reinforce an economic model based on export, hence, on increased transportation; recalls that the ongoing rise of CO2 emissions related to transport and international trade undermines the effectiveness of the EU climate change strategy; takes the view that, in line with the principle of policy coherence for development, a trade strategy should be designed to enable endogenous development consumption and production patterns;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that, in order to foster inclusive and pro-poor economic growth, the EU, in its trade policy, must strive for the conclusion within two years of a development-friendly Doha Round and give additional support for South-South trade and regional integration; Notes that the New Trade Strategy marks a clear shift away from multilateral trade talks towards new bilateral free trade agreements; reiterates its commitment to the multilateral approach to trade policy; stresses that an equitable outcome of the DDA implies taking into account the concerns of poorer WTO members to reach the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU to reduce certain non- tariff barriers, particularly Stresses that increasing technology transfer to developing countries will be a critical compon environmentt of a post-2012 climate regime; callys friendly products from developing countries which contribute both to economic and environmental sustainabilityor the removal of the salient barriers to the dissemination of technologies in developing countries to address climate change; considers that changes in WTO rules are needed to ensure coherence and consistency with the commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and multilateral environment agreements (MEAs);
Amendment 14 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that trade-related assistance can support developing countries in areas such as trade facilitation, the implementation of the Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and on Technical Barriers to Trade, and increase competitivenNotes with concern that the EU is seeking liberalisation commitments from developing countries on services, intellectual property and the so-called Singapore issues (investment, public procurement, competition policy and trade facilitation) that go well beyond what they could agree to in multilateral fora such as the WTO; urges the EU to refrain from imposing its agenda on TRIPS plus and the ‘Singapore issues’, considering that many developing countries have long made clear that they are opposed to negotiating enhanced patent protection and investment agreements both in the WTO and in other Free Trade Agreements with the EU; recalls that trade-related assistance should support developing countries to diversify their economiess and decreaseto reduce export dependencey on preferenceraw materials;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that the introduction of the reciprocity principle regarding public procurement can be extremely harmful for developing countries, as it will among others hamper the development of infant industries and processing; urges therefore the EU to define its new trade strategy in full respect of the ‘special and differential treatment’ granted to developing countries;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that the Commission is pushing for a comprehensive investment liberalisation framework with the aim of achieving maximum protection for EU investors; recalls that most successful developed and developing countries have restricted foreign investment to promote industrialisation; accordingly, urges the EU to refrain from exerting undue pressure on developing countries to conclude investment agreements that limit their ability to regulate in favour of social development objectives;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Reasserts that governments and parliaments must retain the right to regulate investment, both to discriminate in favour of investors that support the country’s development and to ensure that there are obligations and duties on all investors, including foreign, so that labour, environmental, human rights and other standards are respected;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to foster sustainable development by negotiating trade agreements and investment treaties that take into account the economic, environmental and social factors conducive to effective development and that allow policy space for partner countries to ensure food security, to build local and regional markets and; deems in this context that the implementation of the national treatment in investment treaties, whereby foreign investors will be accorded the same rights as domestic investors, will curb developing countries’ ability to give preferential treatment to domestic investors, such as small or infant enterprises; calls on the Commission to formulate a coherent strategy on the extraction of raw materials; considers that such a strategy can rendershould ensure that the extractive process is environmentally and socially sustainable by means of adherence to international standards and render itis economically sustainable by securing for those countries a fair amount of revenue and, if convenient, could also allow the preservation of commodities for later use;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expresses its deep concern about the Commission’s objective to secure unrestricted supply of raw materials for EU companies; points out that such a strategy on raw materials is not consistent with the overarching goal of eradication of poverty and policy coherence as enshrined in Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty, as it is likely to prevent countries from diversifying production, while reinforcing their dependence on unprocessed raw material exports; reasserts that the main priority of the EU should be to reduce its own consumption of raw materials;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that the EU’s attempts to ban or curb the use of export taxes on raw materials goes against the objective of enabling countries to generate sufficient public revenue to meet MDGs and more broadly, to secure endogenous development; hence, urges the EU to acknowledge that export restrictions can be part of some countries’ development strategies or justified for environmental protection;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the urgent need to improve EU coordination on wealth-creation measures in local markets and that the principal method of promoting innovative financing is not to be found in increasing taxation, but in augmenting domestic capital formation, best achieved through the implementation and protection of property rights and land mapping;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that major pandemic diseases – AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – which strike developing countries, sub-Saharan Africa in particular, constitute a major challenge for the Millennium Development Goals; recalls in this context that a solidarity contribution levied on air tickets is an important financial tool to address health problems that needs to be further developed; in particular, calls on the Commission to examine further financing mechanisms to address global health issue, and to facilitate access to medicine in poor countries;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that ODA will fail to eradicate poverty if G20, the EU and financial institutions do not take a determined stance in opposing corrupt administrations in recipient countries; stresses therefore upon the need to upgrade EU's assistance regarding the strengthening of tax authorities, judiciary and anticorruption agencies in developing countries; urges the EU Member States to combat bribery committed by companies domiciled in their jurisdictions but which have operations in developing countries;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. ConsiderStresses that the introduction of innovative financing mechanisms are essential for developing countries to meet Millennium Development Goals; but recalls that an estimated EUR 800 billion is lost annually from developing countries through illicit means, prevention of which could prove decisive in achieving MDGs; therefore, reiterates equally its call for making corruption, the fight against tax havens and harmful tax structures an overriding priority of the EU's agenda in international finance and development institutions so as to enable developing countries to raise domestic revenues;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the collective responsibility of the G20 to mitigate the impact of the crisis on developing countries, which have been hard hit by indirect effects of the crisis; recalls also that although the financial crisis of 2008 was triggered off by a lack of regulation and excesses in the financial sector, financial services are exempted from VAT; welcomes accordingly the proposal of the Commission to consider in its work programme 2011 a Financial Activities Tax (FAT) to respond to global and European challenges; however, takes the view that any initiative in favour of bank levies should be complementary, and not exclusive, to the setting-up of a Financial Transaction Tax, whose advantages are i.e.: to ensure that the financial sector will pay its part for the economic recovery; to roughly compensate for the distorting exemption of financial services from VAT; to stabilise financial markets by skewing incentives towards long term investments and away from short term speculation and to raise revenue for funding development and address climate change;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises that a Financial Transaction Tax has the potential to generate a lot of revenues at even low level of tax rate (0.05% or 0.01%), given the enormous volume of the tax base provided by all kind of financial assets; but insists upon the need to introduce a Financial Transaction Tax that will cover all transactions of financial assets, as a means not to discriminate against specific types of markets and to address tax avoidance through financial innovation;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Regrets that the Commission supports the idea of a Financial Transaction Tax provided that it is implemented at the global level; takes the view that a financial transaction tax, whose revenues should be allocated to meet development goals and climate change, should be introduced at the EU level as a first step; emphasises in this context that an EU financial transaction tax would solve the problems that individual EU Member States have with their national financial transaction taxes, considering that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tax financial transaction tax in an effective way nationally in the context of the single financial market;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation a (new)
Citation a (new)
a. having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the sea of 1982,
Amendment 7 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation b (new)
Citation b (new)
b. having regard to the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of 1995,
Amendment 8 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation c (new)
Citation c (new)
c. having regard to the FAO annual review The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture of 2010
Amendment 20 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas 85 % of the world’s assessed fish stocks are either fully exploited, overexploited or depleted and the dependency of fish as source of animal protein in low income food-deficit countries is at least 20 % according to ‘The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010’ of FAO,
Amendment 125 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the adoption of the FAO voluntary guidelines on land acquisitions, but also calls for strict binding national and international regulations on land acquisitions; stresses that contract negotiations should be made transparent allowing for the participation of parliaments and civil society;
Amendment 134 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Draws attention to the acquisition not only of land but also of fishing licences that is carried out by foreign investors; stresses the need of transparency and allowing of participation in the contract negotiations for national parliaments and civil society as well as the need of keeping a list of concluded agreements in the public domain;
Amendment 156 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Insists that the Commission make sure that the external dimension of the current reform of the Common Fisheries Policy will be mainstreamed with EU development policies.
Amendment 157 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries is being respected in countries where the EU has Fisheries Partnership Agreements, especially regarding the recommendation to grant preferential access for local artisanal fishers to resources
Amendment 158 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Insists that any and all access to fishing licences negotiated for EU-flagged vessels to fish in developing countries must be based on the principle of surplus stocks as described in the UN law of the Sea; in particular, that there must be a rigorous assessment for all stocks for which access is sought or which are likely to be caught as bycatch by the EU fleet; that any EU access must come from those quantities which are not to be caught by the local fleet; that if effort reductions are necessary the third country fleets (EU and others) causing the most environmental damage must reduce first
Amendment 159 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Emphasises that the fisheries sector in many countries is crucial for employment and food security and therefore all developing countries should be eligible for EU sector support to develop their own sustainable fisheries industry, research, control and enforcement to combat Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fisheries, independent of any fisheries access agreement with the European Union;
Amendment 167 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for developing countries’ governments and parliaments to enact policies and regulate foreign investment in public interest, in consultation with civil society, in a way that foreign investment benefit the local economy, creates domestic added value and foster development; calls also for an automatic disclosure of transnational corporation’s profit and tax payment in each individual countries where they operate in order to fight against tax abuses of tax havens, tax evasion and illicit financial flow
Amendment 5 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that an ‘EU industrial policy for the globalised era’ can achieve its aims only if it deals with the current regional disparities resulting from deindustrialisation, which is a consequence of globalisation; emphasises, in this connection, the crucial role played by EU regional policy, inter alia through the ESF;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that the challenge of climate change must give rise to a different kind of development based on new, non-polluting, energy-efficient industries; emphasises the leading role played by regions in promoting a genuine greening of industry and supporting the development of renewable energies;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the vast majority of our industrial market is made up of small and medium-sized enterprises, and that the most effective way to combat regional disparities is to make local development a priority: any integrated strategy on the future of European industries shouldwill therefore focus primarily on an enhanced approach toward SMEs as the key to territorial coheshave to focus on the idea of ‘re-localising’ the economy, so as to strengthen the local economic fabric evenly across all regions and encourage the creation of long-term jobs that are not vulnerable to relocation;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that research and innovation is most effectively addressed at regional level in the proximity of actors such as universities, public research organisations and industry, promoting partnership in knowledge transfer and the exchange of good practices between regions; in this regard, calls on the Commission to invest in small and medium-sized innovation clusters and networks, through enhanced cooperation with the European Investment Bank and within the framework of a permanent industrial policy task force;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of a well- balanced and sustainable resource efficiency plan as a tool for driving EU industries towards a competitive industrial strategy, thus enhancing the competitiveness of our industrial sector compared to other markets, such as the USA and China, which have set ambitious targets on environmental products; emphasises that environmental standards on raw and auxiliary materials, as well as on security of energy supplies, should lead to enhanced territorial cohesion instead of increasing the distance between central and outermost regions, taking special account of the peripheral regions and their needs;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that an integrated strategy for EU industries should focus on overcoming the skill shortages affecting SMEs and industries. I; in this respect, emphasises the need for coordinated initiatives to improve the teaching of STEM subjects (science, and technology, engineering and mathematics) at all levels, whilst promot subjects covering the fields of renewable energies, energy-efficient buildings additional coordinated and targeted higher qualificationnd clean industrial processes and transport; reaffirms that such investment will create jobs; calls on the Member States to include vocational qualifications for entrepreneurship in university programmes and other higher education courses; highlights the need to revise the European Social Fund in accordance with the revised skills requirements set by the industrial sector;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the need for such a strategy to include crucial support for those industrial sectors that will contract, at least in their present form, and emphasises that this can be achieved only with the help of regions which support the redeployment of workers by funding suitable training programmes;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that sustainable and fair growthdevelopment in the industrial sector can be better achieved by Member States through the principle of reciprocity of commercial policies; notes that regional network structures and competitive clusters should not be adversely affected by dissimilar commercial rules and provisions;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that achieving the Millennium Development Goal requires above all a radical change of policy in industrialised and developing countries in order to address the structural causes of poverty such as unfair world trade rules, unbearable debt payment and unfair distribution of wealth including in developing countries;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that the fight against poverty requires policy reform in view of establishing global fair and equitable trade rules, measures to foster access to land, water and the resources of biodiversity as well as measures to foster a policy of local support for sustainable smallholding agriculture;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on all Member States actively to crack down on tax havens and tax evasion, illicit financial flow within the G20 and UN framework, and to promote greater transparency andautomatic disclosure of profits made and taxes paid by multinationals in a country- by - country reporting by multinationals; system to enable developing countries to keep their own resources for the development of their countries';
Amendment 46 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EIB to review its policy on offshore financial centres on the basis of more stringent criteria than the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) listing for the definition of prohibited and monitored jurisdictions, and to ensure its implementation and provide annual reports on progress;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on all Member States to apply an interest-free debt moratorium on debt repayments until 2015 for developing countries and to make renewed efforts to write off debts of LDCsfor debt cancellation at least for LDC countries, as they are odious debts contracted by the dictators against the interest of their population and insist that any debt write off should not be counted as ODA;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that there is a need to an effective global response to the problem of climate change where industrialised countries should take their responsibility and take the lead in combating greenhouse gases effects, which threatens MDG goals if not addressed;
Amendment 61 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the EU to transform its fisheries partnership agreements so that they are fully coherent with EU development policy and take full account of social and economic development requirements in local communities; considers that the best way to do this is to create a distinction between the costs of access for the EU fleet (which should be covered by ship-owners and represent a fair part of the value of the catches) and the sectoral support provided by the EU to the third country through partnership agreements (for research, control, etc); such support must be long- term in nature and coherent with EU development policy objectives, in particular poverty alleviation;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a.Calls on the EU to take concrete action against poverty by adopting a coherent policy between Trade, Development Cooperation and its Common Agricultural and fisheries policies to avoid direct or indirect negative impacts on developing countries economy;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU and developing countries to promoteut in place the right policy for free access to health and education;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU to improve poor people's access to affordable medicines by showing flexibility in applying theproactively implementing the August 2003 flexibility agreement on TRIPS (trade- related aspects of intellectual property rights) in its trading relationships with developing countries;
Amendment 93 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Expresses its deep concern about the current farmland acquisition (particularly in Africa) by government-backed foreign investors, which, if not handled properly, threatens to undermine local food security and lead to serious and far-reaching consequences in developing countries;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Urges the UN and the EU to seriously address the adverse impacts of farm land acquisition, of (such as expropriation of small farmers and unsustainable use of land and water), at the occasion the UN high level meeting on MDGs in September, by recognising the right of the population to control farmland and other vital natural resources and by adopting guiding principles in this line;
Amendment 95 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the World Bank and IMF to allocate a fairer share of voting rights to underrepresented nations ensuring that borrowers and lenders have equal voting shares in the short term, and that lending shall not undermine principles of ownership as committed to in Paris and Accra;
Amendment 96 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Deplores that for the past 3 decades many public intervention instruments in the agricultural commodities sector, such as state marketing boards, have been dismantled as a result of IMF led structural adjustment programmes and that this policy has reduced the capacity of states to regulate the market; calls for regulatory measures, including price control to prevent that speculation undermines food availability and leads to insecurities for farmers;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the IMF to direct a higonsiders that the reform of Bretton Wood institutions are necessary aiming at reviewing IMF and world Bank conditionalities and calls therefore for a new financial architecture, which includes developing countries' representation through their proportion of its loans to LDCrespective regional organisations in order to address their legitimate sustainable development concerns;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a new
Paragraph 50 a new
50a. Welcomes the agreement of EUR2.4 billion a year for mitigation and adaptation to climate change but insists that this 'fast start' climate finance package must be genuinely additional and does not come at the expense of existing development cooperation programmes; requests confirmation that the EU share of this package — EUR 65 million proposed for 2011 — is not redeployed from the Development Cooperation Instrument and is therefore additional; is concerned that the draft budget for 2011 foresees over EUR 1 million less for the environment and sustainable management of natural resources than in 2010;
Amendment 133 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a new
Paragraph 51 a new
51a. Firmly rejects any attempts to finance the programme for ACP banana- producing countries through redeployment of development appropriations within heading 4, in particular from the budget lines for development cooperation; is particularly opposed to the proposal in the draft budget to redeploy for this purpose EUR 13 million from the Development Cooperation Instrument and EUR 5 million from the Civil Protection Financial Instrument;
Amendment 134 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 b new
Paragraph 51 b new
51b. Welcomes the proposal to amend the regulation creating an instrument for industrialised countries1 but resolutely opposes its being financed with appropriations programmed for use under the Development Cooperation Instrument; stresses that funds earmarked for development cooperation must target poverty alleviation; is extremely dissatisfied that of the EUR 70,6 million total appropriations earmarked for this new instrument in the draft budget, EUR 45 million are taken from the Development Cooperation Instrument; 1 Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation EC N° 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries and other high-income countries and territories
Amendment 141 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a new
Paragraph 52 a new
52a. Welcomes the recognition under the Treaty of Lisbon of humanitarian aid as a European policy in its own right; underlines the increasingly serious consequences of natural or man-made disasters, particularly those linked to climate change, to the changing nature of conflicts and to violations of international humanitarian law; calls therefore for an increase in humanitarian aid funding, incorporating disaster risk reduction;
Amendment 146 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a new
Paragraph 53 a new
53a. Is surprised at the reduction in appropriations, over 2010, proposed in the 2011 draft budget for Article 23 03 06 on civil protection in third countries when the recent disaster in Haiti clearly demonstrated the need to bolster the Community civil protection mechanism; calls in addition on the Commission to provide details of the specific measures it proposes to put in hand in setting up a preparatory action for a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 b new
Paragraph 53 b new
53b. Welcomes the proposed 30% increase in the contribution to the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria but considers that supporting basic health services is ultimately more effective than such than vertical health funds when it comes to improving health standards in developing countries;
Amendment 148 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 c new
Paragraph 53 c new
53c. Notes the vital contribution played by improved access to financial services, such as microfinance schemes, in helping smallholder farmers, particularly women, achieve food self-sufficiency and food security; welcomes the success of financing in the 2009 and 2010 budgets to support such schemes and stresses the need for this to be continued and extended;
Amendment 149 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 d new
Paragraph 53 d new
53d. Calls on the Commission to extend and increase funding for existing preparatory actions that target developing countries' specific needs, such as improving water management and combating the economic and financial crisis in non-ACP developing countries; asks the Commission, where necessary, to change the legal basis of these initiatives in order to give them permanent status;
Amendment 150 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 e new
Paragraph 53 e new
53e. Points out to the Council the increasing discrepancy between the chronic underfunding of heading 4 and the Council's new political commitments, particularly where development policy is concerned; demands a revision of the heading 4 ceiling for the years 2011-13;
Amendment 151 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 f new
Paragraph 53 f new
53f. Insists that the Commission and Council refrain from reducing heading 4 administrative spending budget lines, as these are necessary for full and effective implementation of the multiannual programmes; sincerely regrets that the Commission's draft budget proposes significant cuts to administrative expenditure for development programmes;
Amendment 50 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to achieve the objectives of the scheme promoting the Union’s outermost regions more effectively, the POSEI programmes must include measures which ensure the supply of agricultural products and the preservation and development of quality local agricultural production, taking into account climate change imperatives. The level of programming for the regions concerned needs to be harmonised and the policy of partnership between the Commission and the Member States needs to become more systematic.
Amendment 53 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order not to undermine the objectives of the POSEI programmes, the Commission should perform impact assessments whenever international trade agreements are being negotiated and these are liable to pose a threat to sectors supported under the POSEI programmes.
Amendment 54 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) IWithout prejudicing local production and its development, it is appropriate to introduce a specific supply arrangement in order to ensure the supply of essential agricultural products to the outermost regions and to compensate for the additional costs caused by their extreme remoteness, it is appropriate to introduce a specific supply arrangement. In fact, the exceptional geographical situation of the outermost regions imposes additional transport costs in supplying products which are essential for human consumption, for processing or as agricultural inputs. In addition, other objective factors linked to these regions’ extreme remoteness, namely their insularity and small surface areas, lead to further constraints on economic operators and producers in the outermost regions that severely handicap their activities. These handicaps can be alleviated by lowering the price of these essential products.
Amendment 55 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions andby mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU productnd to enable the supplying of those areas with the products vital to their inhabitants’ everyday lives, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost of transport to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.
Amendment 59 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Support for traditional sectors is all the more necessary because it enables them to maintain the quality of their products and to remain competitive on the European market in the face of competition from Latin American and ACP countries, and because new trade agreements posing a threat to these sectors have just been signed with Latin American countries and within the WTO. The Commission should, however, ensure that the support given to traditional sectors (bananas and sugar cane) does not serve to undermine the development of all the other livestock and crop diversification sectors.
Amendment 63 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Farmers in the outermost regions should be encouraged to continue to supply high- quality products and to prioritise their marketing. Use of the logo introduced by the Union may be useful to this end.
Amendment 64 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The plant health of agricultural crops in the outermost regions is subject to particular problems associated with the climate and the inadequacy of the control measures hitherto applied there. Programmes, including in the field of research and training, should therefore be implemented to combat harmful organisms, including by sustainable organic methods. The Union’s financial contribution towards such programmes should be defined.
Amendment 65 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The maintenance of vineyards, which are the most widespread type of cultivation in the regions of Madeira and the Canary Islands and a very important one for the Azores, is an economic, social and environmental imperative. To help support production, neither the abandonment premiums nor the market mechanisms provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should be applicable in these regions, but nonetheless, in the Canary Islands, it should be possible to apply crisis distillation measures in the event of exceptional market disturbance arising from quality problems. Similarly, technical and socio-economic difficulties have prevented complete conversion, within the time limits established, of the areas in the regions of Madeira and the Azores under vines of hybrid varieties prohibited by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The wine produced by such vineyards is intended solely for traditional local consumption.
Amendment 67 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Support for the production of cow’s milk in Madeira and Réunion has not been sufficient to maintain the balance between domestic and external supply, chiefly because of the serious structural difficulties affecting the sector and its poor capacity to adapt to new economic environments. Consequently, authorisation to produce UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder of EU origin should continue, in order to cover local consumption more fully, provided that this does not hinder locally-produced milk from being collected and finding outlets, nor hamper the efforts made to promote the development of local production, the medium-term aim of which, for Réunion, is self-sufficiency in milk production. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling.
Amendment 70 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation lays down specific measures for agriculture to mitigate the difficulties caused by extreme remoteness, specifically remoteness, isolation, small surface areas, terrain, difficult climate, the inevitable heightening of the impact of climate change, and economic dependence on a limited number of products of the regions of the Union referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as ‘outermost regions’.
Amendment 71 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) guaranteed supply to the outermost regions of products essential for human consumption or for processing and as agricultural inputs by mitigating the additional costs due to extreme remoteness, without harming local production and the growth thereof;
Amendment 72 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) preservation and development of sustainable agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local producthigh-quality local products so that these regions eventually become food self- sufficient, thereby avoiding needless transportation of goods.
Amendment 75 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) fostering of research and innovation, in particular with a view to developing sustainable, high value-added agricultural production.
Amendment 75 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 42, Article 43(2) and Article 43(2)349 thereof,
Amendment 76 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) specific measures to assist sustainable local agricultural production as provided for in Chapter IV.
Amendment 78 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) measures to develop research and innovation programmes which foster the emergence of sustainable, high value- added agriculture.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At the geographical level deemed most appropriate, the competent local authorities, the relevant organisations and the representative and/or professional organisations involved shall be consulted on the draft POSEI programmes before they are submitted to the Commission for approval.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions andby mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EUtheir products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost of transportarising from the transportation of the products in question to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.
Amendment 84 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point b
Article 10 – point b
(b) trade flows with the rest of the Union and the impact in terms of climate change;
Amendment 84 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Given that rice constitutes a staple of the diet of Réunion and that rice processing and polishing industries have been established there for many years, and since the island does not produce sufficient quantities of rice to meet local requirements, the import of this product to the island should continue to be exempt from any form of import tax.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point d
Article 10 – point d
(d) where applicable, the need not to obstruct the potential development of local products, in particular by carefully assessing the impact which the granting of aid for supply would have on other local products and on their development potential.
Amendment 95 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a description of the strategy proposed, the priorities selected, its quantified general and operational objectives, and an appraisal showing the expected economic, environmental and social impact, including employment effects, along with the quality of local products and the positive impact of the measures in terms of climate change;
Amendment 95 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Support for the production of cow’s milk in Madeira and Réunion has not been sufficient to maintain the balance between domestic and external supply, chiefly because of the serious structural difficulties affecting the sector and its poor capacity toroblems in adapting to new economic environments. Consequently, authorisation to produce UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder of EU origin should continue, in order to cover local consumption more fully. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling, provided that this does not pose an obstacle to the collection and marketing of all locally produced milk, or hamper efforts to promote the expansion of local production, the medium-term aim being to secure, for Réunion, self-sufficiency in milk production. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling. This provision should also be applicable in Martinique, French Guiana and Guadeloupe, should France make such a request citing the wish of local stakeholders to be covered by it and their ability to develop the milk sector.
Amendment 102 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) preservation and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local producsecuring the long-term future and development of the livestock and crop diversification sectors in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local products, while significantly improving the local population’s degree of self-sufficiency by increasing domestic production and reducing imports.
Amendment 104 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The budget earmarked for the French overseas departments shall be increased proportionally once the French overseas department of Mayotte has been granted outermost region status.
Amendment 105 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. The objectives set out in paragraph 1 must be achieved by taking a holistic approach to sustainable development which seeks both to safeguard the environment and to guarantee producers and farmers a decent income. This must also involve measures to provide farmers and processors with ongoing training in order to foster the development of high- quality, productive and sustainable agricultural sectors.
Amendment 106 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The POSEI programmes shall be established atby the geographical level which the Member State concerned deems most appropriate. It shall be prepared by the competentauthority or authorities designated by the said Member State, which shall submit it to the Commission for approval in accordance with Article 6 after the competent authorities and organisations at the appropriate regional level have been consulted concerned, at the geographical level deemed most appropriate.
Amendment 107 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. At the geographical level deemed most appropriate, the competent departmental or regional authorities, the relevant organisations and the representative and/or professional organisations involved must be consulted on the draft POSEI programmes before they are submitted to the Commission for approval.
Amendment 108 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. A single POSEI programme may be submitted for each Member State in respect of its outermost regionThe Member States shall submit to the Commission and to all the relevant organisations a clear organisational chart relating to the process of drawing up POSEI programmes.
Amendment 109 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Measures taken under POSEI programmes must comply with European Union law and be consistent with other EU policies and with the measures taken under such policies, without prejudice to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which grants the outermost regions special status with a view to fostering their development and their integration on a fair basis into the Union through the implementation of specific programmes and instruments tailored to their situation.
Amendment 110 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall submit a draft POSEI programme to the Commission in the light of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3). The draft programme shall be deemed admissible by the Commission only if it has been notified to the leaders of the elected departmental or regional authorities.
Amendment 111 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Depending on the annual evaluation of the implementation of measures included in the POSEI programmes, the Member States may, after consulting the elected departmental or regional authorities, submit to the Commission proposals for amendments thereto within the context of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3), to bring them more into line with the requirements of the outermost regions and the strategy proposed. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the uniform measures for the submission of proposals for amendments to the programme.
Amendment 18 #
2010/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The EU supports the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States on their path to poverty reduction and to sustainable economic and social development, and recognises the importance of their commodity sectors. It acknowledges that efforts are required to bring about a real improvement in the standard of living of the people concerned and to improve compliance with labour and safety standards and environmental regulations, particularly as regards pesticide use and exposure. The EU further acknowledges the need to distribute assistance in a way that does not distort competition in the market, while supporting growers (especially small-scale operations), who are at the bottom of the supply chain and receive only a very small percentage of the end price paid by EU consumers purchasing bananas grown in the ACP countries.
Amendment 31 #
2010/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 17a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. ACP banana supplying countries listed in Annex IIIa shall benefit from banana accompanying measures. Union assistance to these countries shall aim at fighting poverty by bringing about a real improvement in the standard of living of the peoples concerned, ensuring compliance with labour and safety standards and environmental regulations, particularly as regards pesticide use and exposure, and distributing assistance in a way that supports growers at the bottom of the supply chain, especially small-scale operations. Union assistance to these countries shall also aim at supporting their adjustment process following from liberalisation of the EU market for bananas in the framework of the World Trade Organisation. Union assistance shall take into account the countries’ policies and adaptation strategies and shall pay specific attention to the following areas of cooperation:
Amendment 37 #
2010/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 17a – paragraph 3
Article 17a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt multi- annual support strategies by analogy to Article 19, and in accordance with Article 21. It shall ensure that such strategies complement the geographic strategy papers of the countries concerned, and the temporary nature of these banana accompanying measures. The support strategies may be reviewed ad hoc, if necessary, but shall not be submitted to a mid-term reviewmulti- annual strategies for the banana accompanying measures must include: a) an environmental profile of the country – including pesticide use – with regard to the banana sector; b) a set of specifications stating when the banana accompanying measures were first implemented and the terms of reference for their review; c) the indicators to be used – such as compliance with International Labour Organisation (ILO) safety standards, and the impact of pesticides on workers’ health – to assess progress in relation to disbursement conditions, where budget support is chosen as the form of financing; d) the expected results in terms of reforms targeting the banana sector; e) a detailed timetable for the reforms, accompanied by estimates of expenditure, for each beneficiary country; f) a list of ILO standards that must be met in order to protect workers’ health. The support strategies shall be subject to an independent ex ante evaluation, and may be reviewed ad hoc if necessary.
Amendment 2 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 1
Article 1
1. Asks the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to redirectbase their cooperation towards human rights protection as a solution to the crisison the protection of human rights and redirect their dialogue on addressing and mitigating the effects of the economic, fincluding the three categories of fundamental rights: political, environmental and cultural rights; ancial, environmental and social crisis; acknowledges that a shared view on the fight against protectionism in developed countries and financial regulation and supervision would be conducive to such cooperation; calls for a reinforced dialogue in the area of the reform of international financial institutions in order to secure fairer representation for the countries involved;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an end to large mining, hydraulic engineering, agrofuels and GM crop projects, which destroy ecosystems, lead to people being driven off their land and threaten the internal security of countries;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 4
Article 4
4. Calls for the fight against climate change to become a key focus of the EU-LAC strategy, and suggests developing a new economic model based on the conservation of forests and natural resources and on sustainable agriculture; asks both regions to work towards a common negotiating position on the climate change talks leading up to the Mexico summit and to stay watchful and open to the proposals of the World People's Climate Summit to be held in Cochabamba in April 2010;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 6
Article 6
6. Emphasises the need to give priority to establishing and extending short transport circuits (for passengers, goods and energy) as part of the development of renewable energies and inter-connectivity in the context of the Latin America Investment Facility (LAIF); insists that the LAIF should not be included within the DCI programme, but should be given a new budget line;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 7
Article 7
7. Calls for an end to bifair and regulaterald agreements and multilateral trade agreements that focus solelybetween the two regions, based on free trade, to the detriment of human rights, or have the effect of fragmenting regional blocs such asspect for human rights, respect for the rule of law and the safeguarding of regional integration, especially in the Andean Communityregion;
Amendment 27 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 8
Article 8
8. Calls, in the context of the strategy developed with a view to arriving at a global interregional partnership agreement by 2015, for agreements and investment to be redirected to the poorest countries in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goalsonsiders the Millennium Development Goals to be one of the main important objectives to be achieved by 2015, by focusing investment on the poorest countries and most vulnerable peoples, and calls for both regions to find common ground ahead of the MDG high-level meeting to be held in September 2010;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for the full inclusion and involvement of all those concerned in the whole process of designing and screening programmes to combat poverty and climate change, by means of a detailed mechanism drawn up jointly by the parties involved;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
11b. Welcomes the recent ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Campo Algodonero feminicides in Mexico as a precedent for the whole region; calls on the governments of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean to use the ruling as a guideline for their future work, and that their strong condemnation of violence against women be accompanied by properly funded protection, prevention and restorative justice programmes; also calls for a strong commitment to combating gender violence in general, and appropriate investment in reproductive health and in programmes designed to promote gender equality, sex education and access to methods of family planning, in accordance with the ICPD Programme of Action (1994);
Amendment 13 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the deregulation of financial markets has caused a systemic crisis of global dimensions, which requires international compensation and burden sharing; whereas the privatisation and deregulation policies of the IMF and the World Bank also contributed to the acceleration of the economic and financial crisis,
Amendment 19 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is acutely aware that the past two years have seen a succession of global crises (food, fuelenergy, climate and financial) which have serious impacts on industrialised and emerging countries, but devastating implications for the poor population groups in developing countries, with over 200 million workers exposed to extreme poverty worldwide and more than a sixth of the world'’s population suffering from hunger;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores that all EU pledges (99%) are from existing commitments; 8.8bn are frontloaded, meaning there is a danger that in the coming years there will be less development aid climate finance; urges the EU to allocate additional money for its commitments;
Amendment 40 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Firmly believes that taxing the banking system to fund a deposit insurance or a resolution fund would not be a fair contribution from the financial sector to global social justice; calls insteadalso for an international levy on financial transactions to make the overall tax system more equitable and to generate additional resources for financing development and global public goods;
Amendment 44 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with great concern that developing countries are expected to face a financial gap of between USD 350 billion and USD 635 billion in 2009 and that mounting fiscal distress in the most vulnerable countries is imperilling USD 11.6 billion of core spending in education, health, infrastructure and social protection; advocates therefore a three-year moratorium on debt repayments, including capital and interest, to enabledebt cancellation – at least for least developing countries to– to enable them implement countercyclical fiscal policies to mitigate the severe effects of the crisis; proposes the establishment at international level of an independent and transparent body for debt arbitration;
Amendment 48 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States, within the European Union Emission Trading System framework, to devote a fair share100% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of carbon emission allowances to support developing countries in coping with climate change, in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC1; 1 Article 10 of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).Or. en
Amendment 53 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the creation of joint public- public and public-private initiatives for development, based on a public lead with private donors'’ support and in line with partner countries'’ priorities, as a means to increase direct investment in developing countries and facilitate technology transfer;
Amendment 58 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regards trade as a main driver of economic growth and poverty reductionfair and regulated trade as one of the sustainable economic development factors in the fight against poverty in developing countries and calls upon the EU and Member States to leverage their international influence for a successful, fair and development-oriented conclusion of the Doha Round, while enhancing the pro- poor focus of EU Aid for Trade policy;
Amendment 62 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reaffirms the fact that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) should be regarddesigned as a pro-development tool and urges the Commission to work towards a rapid conclusion of the negotiations,to foster ACP countries’ sustainable development while taking into account the ways in which EPA provisions may impact on the ability of developingACP countries to cope with the crisis;
Amendment 70 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that half of all illicit financial flows out of developing countries are related to the mispricing of trade and reinforces its call for a new binding, global financial agreement at EU as well as UN level which forces transnational corporations to automatically disclose the profits made and the taxes paid on a country-by-country basis, so as to ensure transparency about sales, profits and taxes in every jurisdiction where they are located;
Amendment 76 #
2009/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) enforcement of its existing policy towards Offshore Financial Centres; requests the EU, the Member States and the EIB to take up a vanguard role and make investment through tax havens less attractivein the fight against tax havens by adopting rules of public procurement and disbursement of public funds which prohibit any company, bank or other institution registered in a tax haven from benefiting from public funds;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 15 March 2007 on local authorities and development cooperation,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 d (new)
Citation 22 d (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the Commission of 8 October 2008 "Local Authorities: actors for development",
Amendment 6 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 f (new)
Citation 22 f (new)
- having regard to the Structured Dialogue launched in 2010 by the European Commission with the aim to involve civil society organizations (CSOs) & Local Authorities (LAs) in EC development cooperation,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the principles of ownership, participation and good governance call for a multi-stakeholder approach in which the various development partners, i.e. local authorities or non-state actors, act in a complementary and coherent manner; and whereas it is important, however, to make a clear distinction between the specific role of local authorities and that of non-state actors, in terms of their sphere of competence, legitimacy and democratic control, experience in the management of local affairs and involvement in the implementation of public policies,
Amendment 9 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas EU’s funding for international cooperation with Africa comes from three geographic instruments: the EDF for African-ACP countries, the TDCA for South Africa and the ENPI for five North African states; whereas fragmentation of instruments is detrimental to consistency and policy coherence, as enshrined in Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty,
Amendment 10 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Earth Summit 2012 aims to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development, to assess progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development and to address new and emerging challenges,
Amendment 12 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegDeplorets that severalmany of Parliament’s concerns and recommendations, raised during the democratic scrutiny process, in particular regarding a lack of poverty and MDG focus have not been sufficiently taken into account by the European Commission;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the EU programming leaves generally aside the question of distribution of revenues as an important tool to eradicate poverty but focuses instead on promoting export-oriented growth, achieved i.e. through the liberalisation of trade, on the assumption that it will automatically lead to the reduction of poverty; recalls in this context that a "pro-growth strategy" should not to be confused with a long term development strategy that entails the financing of long-term objectives, such as health, education, access to energy in rural areas, support of small farmers, etc.;
Amendment 16 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with concern that the substantive scrutiny work carried out by the Parliament did not receive any echo from the representatives of the Member States in the DCI Committee; regrets deeply that contrary to Parliament, Member States did not seem to focus on checking the compliance of Commission proposals with the legal provisions of the DCI;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that policy coherence for development, development "ownership" and non fragmentation of aid are essential for ensuring aid effectiveness;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that channelling funds to Africa through three different instruments is inefficient and does not respond to Africa’s wish to develop as a unified continent; recommends therefore, in line with the principle of development ownership, to develop a single financing instrument for Africa so as to reflect the "treating-Africa-as-one" principle enshrined in the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) and supporting the continental integration agenda;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that full compliance with ODA criteria, and in particular with the OECD/DAC requirement that ‘each transaction is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective’’12, must remain a condition for all measures to be funded under geographical programmes under the new instrument; calls for a more stringent ODA quota for thematic programmes than under the current DCI; 1 See OECD/DAC: 'Reporting Directives for the Creditor Reporting System' 2 See OECD/DAC: 'Reporting Direc, especially regarding thematic programmes on "migration and asylum", where the Commission did not demonstrate clearly how activitives for the Creditor Reporting System'unded in the context of border controls are DACable;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that achievement of the MDGs must remain the prime objective of the instrument for the period until 2015the support to sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimension is the only way to reduce poverty, by addressing the causes of impoverishment; accordingly, takes the view that while the achievement of the MDGs should remain an essential objective of the instrument for the period until 2015, the achievement of the objective of poverty eradication requires to reflect the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, while implementing fully the principle of policy coherence for development; urges the Commission to ensure that EU aid continues to be coherent with the internationally agreed objectives and targets for development which will be adopted by the United Nations and other competent international organisations for the post-2015 period;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Expresses its concern, at a time of serious public budget constraints, about the strong focus placed on private sector investments as a means to leverage more development finance resources; recalls that development cooperation is the only policy of external action (besides humanitarian aid) which has not been designed to serve EU interests, but to defend the interests of the most marginalised and vulnerable populations in this planet; therefore, urges the Commission to ensure that any public finance used to support private sector investment in the South is not diverted from already under-funded sectors (as in the case of the programmes for non-state actors and local authorities for instance), and that such support will effectively enable the development of the domestic private sector and small and medium enterprises in low-income countries;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Recalls furthermore that certain conditions must be put in place to ensure that private investments have a positive impact on the poor; accordingly, urges the Commission to conduct a thorough assessment of how publicly-supported private investments in the South have contributed to positive development outcomes (notably through creation of sustainable jobs), while establishing a strict and binding set of standards to ensure responsible financing (as a way to fight against illicit financial flows) and the deliverance of positive development outcomes;
Amendment 25 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Agrees that a differentiated approach to the diverse group of developing countries is needed, and that traditional financial aid may become less relev; considers that emerging countries have the potential to finance their own development and fight against poverty through transparent tax collection systems antd for emerging countries; considers that aid for emerging countries, while promoting sustainable economic growth, should still focus on reinforcing the partner country’s fiscal policy and promoting mobilisation ofair redistribution of wealth; calls therefore on the Commission to phase out traditional financial aid through the DCI, while combating against tax havens, tax evasion and illicit capital flight so as to enable countries to raise domestic revenues which should lead to the reduction of poverty and of aid dependency;
Amendment 26 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to provide enhanced support for assisting developing and emerging countries in tax reforms with the aim to support effective, efficient, fair and sustainable tax systems; calls on the Commission to effectively integrate the principles of good governance in tax matters into the programming, implementation and monitoring of country and regional strategy papers, while taking the necessary measures to enforce country-by-country reporting of transnational companies;
Amendment 30 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recalls that, according to the "European Consensus on Development" (2005), developing countries should be responsible for their own national strategies to achieve these goals; in this context, regrets that while the DCI emphasises the importance of ownership of the Country Strategy Papers, the involvement of national parliaments, as in the case of civil society, has been extremely poor in practice;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Stresses that the involvement of local authorities in development policies is essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and ensuring good governance; in particular, recalls that local authorities have a critical role to play in areas such as education, hunger, health, water, sanitation, social cohesion and local economic development, etc.; deems therefore essential to upgrade their role in the next financial instrument, in line with the principle of development ownership;
Amendment 34 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists on strict eligibility criteria for budget support; insists that the Commission must refrain from using this modality in countries where transparency in public spending cannot be assured, that bthe leading role that national parliaments of recipient countries and civil society organisations should play as they are best placed to identify priority sector, prepare Country Strategy Papers and monitor budget allocation; demands that national parliaments adopt Country Strategy Papers and multiannual budgets in consultation with civil society, prior to policy dialogue with donors on Budget sSupport must always be accompanied by actions to develop the receiving country’s parliamentary control and audit capacities and to increase transparency and public access to inform, in order to empower parliamentary scrutiny; thereafter, calls on the Commission to specify in the country strategy papers the involvement of the local authorities, their representative organisation,s and that civil society should be involved in its monitoring; partners in all phases of the cooperation process (dialogues and formulation of strategy papers, programming, implementation, reviews, evaluations);
Amendment 40 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. IPoints out that migration is an area where there is a clear need to prioritize policy coherence for development over short-term EU migration considerations, mostly aimed at fighting illegal immigration; highlights that development funds on migration should not be used for strengthening border management and combating illegal immigration; insists that any future thematic programme on migration must be fully aligned with the EU’s development objectives and that the core funding under this programme must fulfil the ODA eligibility criteria; in particular, stresses that projects dealing with South-South migration should be given priority within the Thematic programme;
Amendment 41 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. SUnderlines that basic education and alphabetization is the starting point of people’s awareness raising process and development ownership; stresses that a new thematic programme on ‘Investing in People’ must put a focus on culture as a tool for emancipation and participation, as well as on the achievement of those MDGs which are most off track and in countries with critical MDG indicators;
Amendment 44 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recalls that one of the reasons why the MDGs are not fulfilled is the failure to recognise the contributions of the environment, natural resources and ecosystems to human development and poverty elimination; notes with concern that while current European Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocates only 3% of the total spending to environmental issues, an additional problem is that a part of the EU and Member States’ funding to developing countries is invested in projects that foster climate change, rather than mitigate it; underlines that there is a need for improvement in policy coherence for development in the area of climate change, especially regarding climate funding and mainstreaming of climate change concerns into EU development cooperation;
Amendment 45 #
2009/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Points out that the Court of Auditors concluded in its ‘Special Report 6/2006’ that the EU made only limited progress since 2001 in mainstreaming the environment in its development cooperation, as Country Strategy Papers did not take sufficient account of environmental issues; accordingly, urges the Commission to ensure that environmental issues are better mainstreamed and systematically monitored throughout all external policies and financial instruments, especially in the face of the current challenge of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 7 #
2009/0138(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The second subparagraph of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 foreseesprovides for gradual elimination, by 31 December 2013, of vineyards planted with prohibited direct- producer hybrid vine varieties in the Azores and Madeira. The third subparagraph of Article 18(2) of that Regulation obliges Portugal to notify each year progress made in converting and restructuring areas planted with such vine varieties. These provisions are stricter than the rules laid down in Article 120a(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, namely that prohibited direct-producer hybrid vine varieties shall be grubbed up except when the resulting wine is intended exclusively for the wine producers’s family. Therefore the date of 31 December 2013 in Article 18(2) and 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 should be deleted in order to eliminate the disparity of treatment between the regions of the Azores and Madeira on one hand and the rest of the Community on the other and to allow the continuing conversion of vineyards planted with prohibited vine varieties.
Amendment 9 #
2009/0138(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The conditions for further extension of the local milk production of the outermost regions, which benefit from the waiver foreseen byprovided for in the first subparagraph of Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006, are very limited or still uncertain due to the topography of the islands concerned and the fact that these local dairy sectors have emerged only recently. Though the obligation to ensure the collection of, and outlet ofs for, the local milk production is maintained, it is appropriate to delete the Commission’s obligation, foreseen byas set out in the second subparagraph of that Article, to determine an incorporation rate for fresh milk produced locally.
Amendment 11 #
2009/0138(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 247/2006
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Notwithstanding Article 114(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the production in Madeira and in the French overseas department of Reéunion of UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder originating in the Community shall be authorised within the limits of local consumption requirements, in so far as this measure does not hinder that locally produced milk isfrom being collected and finds outletsing outlets or impede efforts to encourage the development of that production. This product shall be used for local consumption only.
Amendment 12 #
2009/0138(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 247/2006
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Notwithstanding Article 114(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the production in Madeira and in the French overseas department of Reéunion of UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder originating in the Community shall be authorised within the limits of local consumption requirements, in so far as this measure does not hinder that locally produced milk isfrom being collected and findsing outlets. This product, whose quality must be maintained, shall be used for local consumption only.
Amendment 15 #
2009/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) N°1080/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Expenditure on housing, except for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy as set out in paragraph 1a, shall be eligible only for those Member States that acceded to the European Union on or after 1 May 2004, where the following conditions are met: (a) expenditure shall be programmed within one of the following frameworks: (i) the framework of an integrated urban development approach for areas experiencing or threatened by physical deterioration and social exclusion; (ii) the framework of an integrated approach for marginalised communities. (b) The allocation to housing expenditure shall be either a maximum of 3 % of the ERDF allocation to the operational programmes concerned or 2 % of the total ERDF allocation.