1852 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ
Amendment 31 #
2018/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas discarded plastic releases into the water toxic compounds that are ingested and that can poison and kill fish, turtles, marine mammals and seabirdcause death to living marine resources;
Amendment 58 #
2018/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement a port reception scheme for end-of-life nets and to use the recommendations of the Best Practice Framework for the ManagementFAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear, liaising closely with the fishing sector to fight ghost fishing; invites the Commission to assess the viability of using biodegradable fishing nets;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the use of innovative fishing gear by encouraging fishermen to ‘trade in’ old nets and to adapt existing nets with net trackers and sensors linked to smart phone apps, radio frequency identification chips and vessel ‘creeptrackers’ so that skippers can keep more accurate track of their nets and retrieve them if necessary;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement an EU-wide mandatory digital reporting system for gear lost by individual fishing vessels in support of recovery action, using data from regional databases, to share information on the Global Ghost Gear Initiative data portal and to develop SafeSeaNet into a user-friendly, EU-wide system, allowing fishermen to signal lost gear;
Amendment 100 #
2018/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States must do more to encourage the fishing industry to apply for EMFF grants allowing them to make the changes necessary to their fishing gear to minimise their impact on marine ecosystems and wildlifethe EMFF grants should also be utilised for the collection of waste by fishermen from the sea such as the removal of lost fishing gear and marine litter.
Amendment 10 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that robust recovery and sustainable growth are key factors to creating quality jobs, increasing prosperity and boosting upward social convergence, and that the European structural and investment funds should be directed more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, fostering social and territorial cohesion and reducing inequalities;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of adequate funding for the programmes and initiatives within the 2014-2020 MFF that seek to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and especially those aimed at the most disadvantaged in society, such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the various axes of the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), the separate budget lines supporting European social dialogue and workers’ organisations, and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); insists, therefore, that the resources of these programmes should be increased in real terms for the 2019 budget, or at least maintained at the levels of the previous year;
Amendment 24 #
2018/0304(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Considering that certain provisions of the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures are being amended more frequently by NAFO Contracting Parties and are foreseen likely to be amended more in the future, in order to swiftly incorporateThe transposition into Union lLaw future amendments to the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should therefore be delegated to the Commission in respect of the following aspects: reporting time limits, deadlines for submission of reports; definitions; list of prohibited activities of research vessels; certain catch and efforts limitations; duties related to closures of fisheries; situations where species listed in the fishing opportunities shall be classified as bycatch, specified maxima for the retention on board for species classified as bycatch; certain obligations in case bycatch limits are exceeded in any one haul; measures related to skate fishing; measures related to Northern prawn fishing; change of fishery depths and references to restricted or closed areas; procedures concerning authorised vessels with more than 50 tonnes live weight total catch on board taken outside the Regulatory Area entering the area to fish for Greenland halibut, preconditions for beginning to fishing for Greenland halibut; geographical and time closures for Northern prawn; shark conservation measures, including reporting, prohibition of removal of shark fins on board, retention, transhipment and landing; technical characteristics of mesh sizes; references to Map of Footprint; and references to area restrictions for bottom fishing activities; provisions concerning definition of encounter with Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) indicator species and duties of an observer deployed; content of the electronic transmission, list of valid documents to be carried on board the vessels, the content of capacity plans; documentation to be carried on board of vessels on chartering arrangements; obligations concerning the utilization of fishing logbooks, production logbooks, stowage plans, including reporting and transmission duties; the VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) data; provisions on electronic reporting on the content of notifications; obligations of the master of a fishing vessel during inspection; duties of inspectors and of inspecting Member States; list of violations constituting a serious infringement; duties of the flag Member State and of the port Member State; obligations of the master of a fishing vessel; port entry requirements and inspections of non-contracting party parties; list of measures to be taken by Member State against IUU listed vessels; and annual reporting obligationsof any future Recommendations amending the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measure shall be done through the ordinary legislative procedure (co-decision).
Amendment 118 #
Amendment 124 #
2018/0304(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54
Article 54
Amendment 10 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph (AM 5)
Paragraph (AM 5)
Emphasises that a pre-condition for the Parliament to give its consent to the agreement is to ensure that there will be a mechanism in place to trace products, including fisheries products, from Western Sahara or its adjacent waters so that Member States customs authorities as well as consumers have a clear indication of their origin; calls on the EU and Morocco to swiftly presentswift implementation of mutual exchange of information on products, including fisheries products, from Western Sahara or its adjacent waters will establish a viable solution to this end; expectassess the scorrective measures laid down in the agreement to be used in that regardpe of the agreement and its impact on the local population;
Amendment 1120 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Core network corridor "Mediterranean" Alignment Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona Zaragoza – Teruel – Valencia/Sagunto Valencia – Madrid Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona/Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Marseille – Genova/Lyon – Torino – Novara – Milano – Bologna/Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper – Ljubljana – Budapest Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border Pre- Cross- Lyon – Torino: base tunnel and access Rail identified border routes sections Nice – Ventimiglia Trieste – Divača Ljubljana – Zagreb Zagreb – Budapest Budapest – Miskolc – UA border Lendava – Letenye Road Vásárosnamény – UA border Missing Perpignan – Montpellier Rail link Koper – Divača Rijeka – Zagreb Milano – Cremona – Mantova – Porto Inland Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste waterways
Amendment 85 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Amendment 89 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is necessary to establish a European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFF) for the 2021- 2027 period. That fund should aim to target funding from the Union budget to support the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the Union's maritime policy and the Union's international commitments in the field of ocean governance. Such funding is a key enabler for sustainable fisheries and the conservation of marine biological resources, for food security through the supply of seafood products, for the growth of a sustainable blue economy and for healthy, safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed seas and oceans.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The multiannual financial framework set out in Regulation (EU) xx/xx6 provides that the Union budget must continue to support fisheries and maritime policies. The EMFF budget should amount, in current prices, to EUR 6 140 000 000 to EUR 6 867 000 000 in 2018 constant prices (i.e. EUR 7 739 000 000 in current prices) and can be increased or complemented by other funds. EMFF resources should be split between shared, direct and indirect management. EUR 5 311 90 % of the total EMFF budget (EUR 6 965 1000 000 in current prices) should be allocated to support under shared management and EUR 829 the rest 10 % (EUR 773 9000 000 in current prices) to support under direct and indirect management. In order to ensure stability in particular with regard to the achievement of the objectives of the CFP, the definition of national allocations under shared management for the 2021- 2027 programming period should be based on the EMFF 2014-2020 shares. Specific amounts should be reserved for the outermost regions, control and enforcement and collection and processing of data for fisheries management and scientific purposes, while amounts for permanent cessation and extraordinary cessation of fishing activities should be capped. _________________ 6 OJ C […], […], p. […]. OJ C […], […], p. […].
Amendment 132 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The EMFF should be based on fourive priorities: fostering sustainable fisheries and the conservation of marine biological resources; contributing to food security in the Union through competitive and sustainable aquaculture and marketsfostering sustainable aquaculture; promoting competitive and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture markets and processing sectors contributing to food security in the Union; enabling the growth of a sustainable blue economy and fostering prosperous coastal communities; strengthening international ocean governance and enabling safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed seas and oceans. Those priorities should be pursued through shared, direct and indirect management.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The EMFF should also contribute to the other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the United Nations. In particular, this Regulation takes into account the following goals: SDG 1 – End Poverty: the EMFF will contribute to improving living conditions for the most vulnerable coastal communities jointly with the EAFRD, in particular those that depend on a fishing resource threatened by overfishing, global changes or environmental problems. SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-Being: the EMFF will contribute to combating the coastal water pollution responsible for endemic diseases jointly with the ERDF, and to guaranteeing good quality food from fisheries and aquaculture. SDG 7 – Clean Energy: the EMFF will promote the development of renewable marine energy by financing the blue economy jointly with the funds for Horizon 2020, and will ensure that this development is suitable for protecting the marine environment and preserving fishery resources. SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth: the EMFF will contribute to the development of the blue economy jointly with the ESF, as a factor for economic growth. It will also ensure that this economic growth is a decent source of employment for coastal communities. Furthermore, the EMFF will contribute to improving working conditions for fishers. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production: the EMFF will contribute to moving towards the responsible use of natural resources and limiting natural resources and energy wastage. SDG 13 – Climate Action: the EMFF will provide guidance on its budget for combating climate change.
Amendment 231 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) SAccording to the Union's definition lacking unanimous consensus and requiring revision to include new criteria, small-scale coastal fishing is carried out by fishing vessels below 12 metres and not using towed fishing gears, as well as fishing and shellfish harvesting on foot. That sector represents nearly 75% of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fishery sector. Operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are particularly dependant on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income. The EMFF should therefore give them a preferential treatment through a 100% aid intensity rate, including for operations related to control and enforcement, with the aim of encouraging sustainable fishing practices. In addition, certain areas of support should be reserved for small-scale fishing in fleet segment where the fishing capacity is balanced with the available fishing opportunities, i.e. support for the acquisition of a second- hand vessel and for engine replacement or modernisationor new vessel construction not intended to increase fishing capacity or effort. Furthermore, Member States should include in their programme an action plan for small-scale coastal fishing, which should be monitored on the basis of indicators for which milestones and targets should be set.
Amendment 238 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Small-scale coastal fishing is carried out, in principle, by fishing vessels below 12 metres and not using towed fishing gears. That sector represents nearly 75% of all fishing vessels registered in the Union and nearly half of all employment in the fishery sector. Operators from small- scale coastal fisheries are particularly dependant on healthy fish stocks for their main source of income. The EMFF should therefore give them a preferential treatment through a 100% aid intensity rate, including for operations related to control and enforcement, with the aim of encouraging sustainable fishing practices. In addition, certain areas of support should be reserved for small-scale fishing in fleet segment where the fishing capacity is balanced with the available fishing opportunities, i.e. support for the acquisition of a second- hand vessel and for engine replacement or modernisation. Furthermore, Member States should include in their programme an action plan for small-scale coastal fishing, which should be monitored on the basis of indicators for which milestones and targets should be set.
Amendment 268 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) It should be possible for the EMFF to support the promotion and the sustainable development of aquaculture, including freshwater aquaculture, for the farming of aquatic animals and plants for the production of food and other raw material, including by substantially increasing sustainable production and by fostering the acceptance of aquaculture by society. Complex administrative procedures in some Member States remain in place, such as difficult access to space and burdensome licensing procedures, which make it difficult for the sector to develop, to expand and to improve the image and competitiveness of farmed products. Support should be consistent with the multiannual national strategic plans for aquaculture developed on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. In particular, support for environmental sustainability, productive investments, innovation, acquisition of professional skills, improvement of working conditions, compensatory measures providing critical land and nature management services should be eligible. Public health actions, aquaculture stock insurance schemes and animal health and welfare actions should also be eligible. However, in the case of productive investments support should be provided only through financial instruments and through InvestEU, which offer a higher leverage on markets and are therefore more relevant than grants to address the financing challenges of the sector.
Amendment 334 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFF). It lays down the priorities of the EMFF, the budget for the period 2021- 2027, the forms of Union funding and the specific rules for providing such funding, complementing the general rules applying to the EMFF under Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions].
Amendment 350 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 12
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 12
Amendment 357 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 14
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 14
(14) ‘small-scale coastal fishing’ means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear as listed in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/200626, fishing on foot and shellfish gathering; _________________ 26 Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).
Amendment 382 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) Fostering sustainable aquaculture;
Amendment 384 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) Contributing to food security in the Union through competitive and sustainable aquaculture and marketsPromoting competitive and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture markets and processing sectors contributing to food security in the Union;
Amendment 402 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the EMFF for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 6 140867 000 000 in 2018 constant prices (i.e. EUR 7 739 000 000 in current prices).
Amendment 412 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under shared management as specified in Title II shall be EUR 5 311 06 965 100 000 in current prices in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex V.
Amendment 420 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 102 0023 340 000 for the Azores and Madeira;
Amendment 424 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) EUR 82 00104 110 000 for the Canary Islands;
Amendment 429 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) EUR 131 00058 407 000 for Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint-Martin.
Amendment 451 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management as specified in Title III shall be EUR 829 0773 900 000 in current prices.
Amendment 501 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) has committed serious and repeated infringements under Article 42 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/200828 or Article 90 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 or under other legislation adopted by the European Parliament and by the Council; _________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 (OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 508 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) has committed any of the environmental offences set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council29 , where the application is made for support under Article 23. _________________ 29 Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law (OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 28).
Amendment 527 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) a) operations that increase the fishing capacity of a fishing vessel or support the acquisition of equipment that increases the ability of a fishing vessel to find fish; capacity increases intended solely to improve liveability and safety on board shall not be considered as fishing capacity.
Amendment 537 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the construction and acquisition of fishing vessels or the importation of fishing vessels, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation;
Amendment 552 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) direct restocking, except explicitly provided for as a conservation measure by a Union legal act or in the case of experimental restocking or restocking associated with processes to improve the environmental and production conditions of the natural environment;
Amendment 554 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) with the exception of cases where the construction of new ports, new landing sites or new auction halls takes place in the ORs and peripheral and non-urban coastal areas;
Amendment 561 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 581 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) the replacement or modernisation of the main or auxiliary engine of the vessel if it results in an increase in power in Kw;
Amendment 585 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) the production of genetically modified organisms where it may adversely affect the natural environment.
Amendment 614 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) improvement of health, safety and working conditions on board fishing vessels and in fishing on foot and shellfish harvesting;
Amendment 623 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) participation in the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources and ecosystems in Natura 2000 areas and coastal habitats of particular interest to fisheries;
Amendment 627 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) In order to alleviate the administrative burden on members of the maritime-fishing sector applying for aid, in particular those belonging to the small- scale coastal fleet segment, it is appropriate to include in the action plans a single simplified application form for EMFF measures.
Amendment 651 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall be equipped for sea fishing and be between 5 and 320 years old.
Amendment 682 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the fishing vessel is registered as active and has carried out fishing activities at sea for at least 120 days in each of the last three calendar years preceding the year of submission of the application for support;
Amendment 723 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 751 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) owners of fishing vessels which are registered as active and which have carried out fishing activities at sea for at least 120 days in each of the last three calendar years preceding the year of submission of the application for support; or
Amendment 760 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) fishers who have worked at sea for at least 120 days in each of the last three calendar years preceding the year of submission of the application for support on board a Union fishing vessel concerned by the extraordinary cessation.
Amendment 806 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) compensations to fishers for the collection of lost fishing gears and marine litter from the sea by fishers, including compensations to said fishers;
Amendment 823 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) contributions to a better management or conservation of marine biological resources.
Amendment 833 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 2 – chapter 3 – title
Title 2 – chapter 3 – title
Priority 2: Contributing to food security in the Union through competitive andFostering sustainable aquaculture and markets
Amendment 856 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Productive aAquaculture investments under this Article may only be supported through grants and through the financial instruments provided for in Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions] and through InvestEU, in accordance Article 10 of that Regulation.
Amendment 860 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – title
Article 24 – title
24 CHAPTER III BIS (NEW)Priority 2 a (new): Promoting competitive and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture markets and processing sectors contributing to food security in the Union Article 24 Marketing of fishery and aquaculture products
Amendment 991 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee for the European Maritime and, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 . _________________ 38 Regulation (EU) 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.02.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 30 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) On 17 November 2017, the European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission as a response to social challenges in Europe. The twenty key principles of the pillar are structured around three categories: equal opportunities and access to the labour market; fair working conditions; social protection and inclusion. The twenty principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights should guide the actions under the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). In order to contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights the ESF+ should support investments in people and systems in the policy areas of employment, education and social inclusion, thereby supporting economic, territorial and social cohesion in accordance with Article 174 and 175 TFEU.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) With a view to supporting and unlocking the job creation potential in the social economy, the ESF+ shall contribute to improving the integration of social economy enterprises in national employment and social innovation plans, and in their National Reform Programmes. The understanding of what a social economy enterprise is shall follow the definitions in the Member States’ social economy laws and in Council Conclusions 15071/15 on the promotion of the social economy as a key driver of economic and social development in Europe.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, non- discriminatory, accessibility, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ and local and regional authorities’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In the light of persistently high levels of youth unemployment and inactivity in a number of Member States and regions, in particular affecting young people who are neither in employment, nor in education or training, it is necessary that those Member States continue to invest sufficient resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management towards actions to promote youth employment including through the implementation of Youth Guarantee schemes. Building on the actions supported by the Youth Employment Initiative in the 2014-2020 programming period targeting individual persons, Member States should further promote employment and education reintegration pathways and outreach measures for young people by prioritising, where relevant, long-term unemployed, inactive and disadvantaged young people including through youth work. Member States should also invest in measures aimed at facilitating school-to-work transition as well as reforming and adapting employment services with a view to providing tailor-made support to young people, and at delivering their service without discrimination of any kind, paying particular attention to the young people who are hardest to reach. Member States concerned should therefore allocate at least 105% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to support youth employability.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) With a view to rendering policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative solutions, support for social innovation and the social economy is crucial. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF+.
Amendment 199 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including with regard to the education, training, employment and accessibility of persons with disabilities. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 203 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) The ESF+ should support measures intended to protect and promote the rights of the child and to ensure equality of opportunities, measures which enable children to develop the skills that they need to become active members of society, improve their chances of entering the labour market and end the vicious circle of poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 215 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Lack of access to finance for microenterprises, social economy and social enterprises is one of the main obstacles to business creation, especially among people furthest from the labour market. The ESF+ Regulation lays down provisions in order to create a market eco- system to increase the supply of and access to finance for social economy enterprises as well as to meet demand from those who need it most, and in particular the unemployed, women and vulnerable people who wish to start up or develop a microenterprise. This objective will also be addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the social investment and skills policy window of the InvestEU Fund.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'accompanying measures' means activities provided in addition to the distribution of food and/or basic material assistance with the aim of addressing poverty and social exclusion such as referring to and providing social services or advice on managing a household budget;
Amendment 247 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, including children, families, households or groups composed of such persons, whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
Amendment 251 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – introductory part
(15) 'social enterprise' means an social economy undertaking, regardless of its legal form, or a natural person which:
Amendment 253 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
(a) in accordance with its Articles of Association, Statutes or with any other legal document that may result in liability under the rules of the Member State where it is located, has as its primary social objective the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts, including environmental impacts, rather than generating profit for other purposes, and which provides social services or goods that generate a social return, and/or employs methods of production of goods or services that embodies social objectives;
Amendment 256 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
(b) usesreinvests the majority of its profits first and foremost to achieve its primary social objective, and has predefined procedures and rules covering any distribution of profits that ensure that such distribution does not undermine the primary social objective;
Amendment 258 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
(c) is managed in an entrepreneurial, democratic, accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders impacted by its business activities;
Amendment 261 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15a) ‘social economy enterprise’ means a plurality of enterprises and entities falling within the social economy, such as cooperatives, mutuals, associations, foundations, social enterprises and other forms of enterprise regulated by the laws of the individual Member States and based on the primacy of the individual and social objectives over capital, democratic governance, solidarity and the reinvestment of the majority of profits or surpluses;
Amendment 279 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels, fair social protection, equal opportunities and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017, while promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 352 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
vi) promoting lifelong learning, notably flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all and formal and non- formal learning, taking into account digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitating career transitions and promoting professional mobility;
Amendment 368 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
ix) enhancing the equal and timely access to quality, sustainable and affordable services; modernising social protection systems, including promoting access to social protection, with particular focus on children; improving accessibility, effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services;
Amendment 379 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 1
1. a smarter Europe through the development of skills for smart specialisation, skills for key enabling technologies, industrial transition, sectorial cooperation on skills and entrepreneurship, the training of researchers, networking activities and partnerships between higher education institutions, vocational and educational training (VET) institutions, research and technological centres and enterprises and clusters, support to micro, small and medium sized enterprises and the social economy, taking into account the laws and frameworks of the social economy established in the Member States;
Amendment 383 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The total financial envelope for the ESF+ for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 101 1740 861 000 000 inconstant (2018) prices and EUR 113 778 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 387 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The part of the financial envelope for the ESF+ strand under shared management under the Investment for Jobs and Growth goal shall be EUR 100 00012 567 000 000 in current prices or EUR 88 646 194 5999 786 000 000 in 2018 prices of which EUR 200 000 000 in current prices or or EUR 175 000 000 in 2018 prices shall be allocated for transnational cooperation supporting innovative solutions as referred to in Article 23(i) and EUR 400 000 000 in current prices or EUR 376 928 934 in 2018 prices as additional funding to the outermost regions identified in Article 349 TFEU and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession.
Amendment 389 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The financial envelope for the Employment and Social Innovation strand and the Health strand for the period 2021- 2027 shall be EUR 1 174075 000 000 in 2018 prices or EUR 1 211 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 434 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States, taking into account regional specificities, shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the challenges identified in their national reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 503 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the programming and delivery of employment, education, anti- discrimination and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 598 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The delivery of food and/or material assistance mayust be complemented with re-orientation towards competent services and other accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.
Amendment 638 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to support networking at Union level and dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 4 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social economy enterprises and social economy;
Amendment 642 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to support the development of social economy enterprises and the emergence of a social investment market, facilitating public and private interactions and the participation of foundations and philanthropic actors in that market;
Amendment 658 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
(iii) support to microfinance and social economy enterprises, including through blending operations such as asymmetric risk sharing or reducing transaction costs, as well as support to the development of social infrastructure and skills;
Amendment 662 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
(iii) of participating countries administrations, social security institutions and employment services responsible for promoting labour mobility, of microfinance institutions and of institutions providing finance to social economy enterprises or other social investment actors, as well as networking;
Amendment 684 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
The Employment and Social Innovation strand and Health strand shall be implemented byCommission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 to establish work programmes as referred to in Article [108] of Financial Regulation. W in order to supplement the Employment and Social Innovation strand and the Health strand. Those work programmes shall set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations.
Amendment 746 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– participants aged under 18
Amendment 109 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In addition, investments under the ERDF should contribute to the development of a comprehensive high- speed digital infrastructure network, particularly in rural areas, and to promoting clean and sustainable multimodal urban mobility.
Amendment 163 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Trans-European transport networks projects in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 shall continue to be financed from the Cohesion Fund via both shared management and the direct implementation mode under the Connecting Europe Facility ('CEF'). These networks must prioritise investment in road transport networks in rural areas, especially in sparsely populated areas, in order to foster interconnectivity between cities and the countryside, promote rural development, and combat both rural depopulation and the overcrowding of urban centres.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to maximise the contribution to territorial development, actions in this field should be based on integrated territorial strategies including, especially in sparsely populated rural areas and in urban areas. Therefore, the ERDF support should be delivered through the forms set out in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] ensuring appropriate involvement of local, regional and urban authorities.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) reaping the benefits of digitisation for citizens, companies and governments at regional and local level, with a special focus on rural areas, mountainous areas, areas that are difficult to access, areas affected by industrial transition and regions that suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps;
Amendment 375 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iv a) providing support for physical, economic and social regeneration in deprived communities (in urban and rural areas).
Amendment 407 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
(ii) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental local development, cultural heritage and security, including for rural areas, mountain regions, sparsely populated areas, certain islands and coastal areas, alsos well as other types of territory, through community-led local development.
Amendment 424 #
2018/0197(COD)
(iib) supporting integrated territorial development for NUTS level 3 areas, areas with ageing populations and rural areas in order to improve their transport and telecommunications infrastructure, to bridge the digital divide (including between generations), and to improve public services, including eLearning, co- working and eHealth.
Amendment 768 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Areas facing demographic challenges In operational programmes that are co- funded by the ERDF and cover areas facing severe and permanent natural or demographic challenges such as those referred to in Article 174 TFEU, special attention must be paid to addressing the challenges facing those areas. In particular, NUTS level 3 areas or clusters of local administrative units (LAUs) with a population density of below 12.5 inhabitants per km2 for sparsely populated areas or below 8 inhabitants per km2 for very sparsely populated areas, or with an average population decrease of more than 1% between 2007 and 2017 shall be subject to specific regional and national plans to enhance attractiveness, increase business investment and boost the accessibility of digital and public services, including a fund in the cooperation agreement.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union is to aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, and that particular attention is to be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as those regions suffering depopulation or population dispersion problems. Article 175 of the TFEU requires that the Union is to support the achievement of these objectives by the 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. Article 322 of the TFEU provides the basis for adopting financial rules determining the procedure to be adopted for establishing and implementing the budget and for presenting and auditing accounts, as well as for checks on the responsibility of financial actors.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In accordance with Article 174 of the TFEU, the Member States and the Commission should ensure that the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund pay particular attention to these regions by making strategic investments with a view to improving their territorial structure, industrial fabric, provision of public services and competitiveness, thus contributing ultimately to retaining their populations.
Amendment 127 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Investment for jobs and growth in, including strategic investment in infrastructure in the worst affected Member States and regions, to be supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund, which help to ensure that adequate public services are provided, improving personal and professional perspectives in the area; and
Amendment 148 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Particular attention should be paid to rural areas, mountain areas, areas hard to reach, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 0,57 %;
Amendment 220 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 0,51 %;
Amendment 221 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 01,5 %;
Amendment 224 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0,52 %;
Amendment 226 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0,52 %;
Amendment 250 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The decline in the working population in relation to the population as a whole, coupled with an ever-increasing percentage of pensioners, and the problems associated with population dispersion are expected to impose continuing strains, especially on Member States’ education systems and social safety nets and hence on the Union’s economic competitiveness. Adaptation to these demographic shifts is one of the main challenges facing Member States and regions in the years ahead and should accordingly be a focus of particular attention in the regions most affected by demographic change.
Amendment 262 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7085 % for the less developed regions ;
Amendment 268 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 5560 % for the transition regions;
Amendment 274 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 450 % for the more developed regions.
Amendment 276 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The co-financing rates laid down in point (a) shall also apply to the outermost regions and those regions which have depopulation problems (less than 12.5 inhabitants per square kilometre at NUTS 3 level) and/or population dispersion problems.
Amendment 281 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The co-financing rate referred to in objective (xi) of Article [4] of the ESF+ Regulation shall not be less than 85% or more than 100%.
Amendment 435 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Investment for jobs and growth, including strategic infrastructure investments in the Member States and regions most affected, to be supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund, so as to help ensure the necessary public service provision, while improving personal prospects and employment opportunities in the area concerned; and
Amendment 622 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) where applicable, an integrated approach to address demographic challenges for the regions or the specific needs of geographical areas which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps as referred in Article 174 TFEU.
Amendment 973 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Programming in areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps In programmes covering areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, as referred to in Article 174 TFEU, particular attention shall be paid to the specific difficulties of those areas. In particular, NUTS level 3 areas or clusters of local administrative units (LAUs) with a population density below 12.5 inhabitants per km2 for sparsely populated areas or below 8 inhabitants per km2 for very sparsely populated areas, or with an average annual population decrease of more than 1% between 2007 and 2017, shall be subject to specific regional and national plans to enhance attractiveness, increase business investment, and promote social inclusion, through preparatory programmes for people living in declining regions, social and digital inclusion for women, young people, and older adults, and digital and public service accessibility, including dedicated funding under the partnership agreement1 a. NUTS level 3 areas where the fall in GDP has been above the national average since 2007 shall also be subject to regional and national plans to enhance economic attractiveness and build capacity within the existing labour force, and build and attract new capacities and workers, which shall be financed by dedicated funding under the partnership agreement. _________________ 1a As called for in the 2012 ESPON study entitled ‘Making the best of Europe’s sparsely populated areas on making geographic specificity a driver for territorial development in Europe’.
Amendment 1823 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
That decision shall also set out the annual breakdown of the global resources per Member State under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg). Therefore, the minimum overall allocation of the Funds, at both national and regional level, shall be equal to 76 % of the budget allocated to each Member State or region during the period 2014- 2020. In any case, no region which is downgraded in category shall receive less than what it receives in the 2014-2020 financial framework.
Amendment 1922 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7085 % for the less developed regions;
Amendment 1944 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 5570 % for the transition regions;
Amendment 1959 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 450 % for the more developed regions.
Amendment 1963 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) No region that is downgraded in category may have its co-financing rate cut by more than 10 points compared with the period 2014-2020.
Amendment 1965 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The co-financing rates set out underlaid down in point (a), shall also apply to outermost regions and those regions which have depopulation problems (less than 12.5 inhabitants per square kilometre at NUTS 3 level).
Amendment 1987 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The co-financing rate referred to in objective (xi) of Article [4] of the ESF+ Regulation shall not be less than 85% or more than 100%.
Amendment 2084 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 15 a (new)
Annex XXIV – point 15 a (new)
15a. No region which is downgraded in category shall receive less than what it receives in the 2014-2020 financial framework.
Amendment 180 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Small -scale fisheries play an important role in the Union, from a biological, economic and social perspective. Considering the possible impacts ofIn order to ensure the social and economic sustainability of the small- scale fisheries on stocks, it is important to control that fishing activities and fishing efforts of smaller vessels are in compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy. For this purpose it is necesscoastal fleet, and given its very specific characteristics, the fishing vessels in the fleet should be exempted from the most burdensome obligations imposed by this Regulation. In particulary, to obtain position data of those vessels. Therefore, Member States should be able to track all fishing vessels, including fishing vessels which are less than 12 metres’ length. For vessels 12 metres’ length ihe transmission of vessel position data should not be mandatory for the small-scale coastal fleet, as it does not fis now possible to use mobile devices which are less expensive and easy to useh for species covered by TACs and quotas.
Amendment 188 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the Parliament and Council31 in order to align certain of its provisions to the landing obligation set in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. In order to allow the proper control of the landing obligation, it is necessary to equip, on the basis of a risk assessment, for a certain percentage of fishing vessels should be equipped with continuous recording electronic monitoring devices including Close Circuit Televisions (CCTV). CCTV datato be able to carry observers on board. Data gathered by observers may be supplemented by data from other electronic monitoring devices. Data from theose devices, including from CCTV where carriage of such systems is permitted or required, will provide Member State officials with means to control compliance with the landing obligation at sea. The CCTV footage should only concern the gears and the parts of the vessels where fishery products are brought on board, handled and stored. Footage from CCTVsCCTV footage should be recorded locally and, should be made available exclusively to Member States officials or Union inspectors upon requests, in particular in the context of inspections, investigations or audits, and should guarantee the personal privacy of the crew and the confidentiality of corporate data. __________________ 31Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the landing obligation, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 (OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p. 1).
Amendment 196 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The submission of catch registration data on paper formats has led to incomplete and unreliable reporting and ultimately to inadequate catch reporting by operators to Member States and by Member States to the Commission, and has hampered the exchange of information between Member States. It is therefore considered necessary that masters record data concerning catches in a digital way and submit them electronically, in particular the logbooks, transhipment declarations and landing declarations. By way of derogation, masters of fishing vessels belonging to the small-scale coastal fleet with catches of less than 1 000 kg of TAC and quota species per year should not have to submit logbooks.
Amendment 200 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The absence of catch reporting obligations by masters of vessels less than 10 metres’ length led to incomplete and unreliable data for such vessels as the data collection for those vessels was based on sampling plans. Therefore it is important to require reporting of catches for all fishing vessels without regard to their size. In this way the rules will also be simplified and compliance and controls will be improvedSampling plans have proven to be an efficient and cost-effective way of collecting catch data. With that in mind this Regulation should maintain the option of weighing on the basis of sampling, which has produced excellent results and led to a significant reduction in the workload of operators and crews.
Amendment 206 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) For vessels of 12 metres’ length or morethat do not belong to the small-scale coastal fishing fleet, it is important that the information in the logbook isbe made more accurate and includes data on the catches by haul or by operation, as this will enhance the effectiveness of controls. In the case of vessels less than 12 metres’ lengththat belong to the small-scale coastal fishing fleet, the obligations pertaining to the completion and submission of the logbook should be simplified and masters should only be required to submit the information contained in logbook once, before arrival at port.
Amendment 213 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) TIn the provisions on the margin of tolerance in logbook estimates of quantities of fish retained on board should be amended to take into account the new rules pertaining to the reporting of catches below 50 kg in logbooks. In addition, the provisions on th, an accurate estimate of the weight of the species caught should be sought, while appropriate margins of tolerance should be amended in order to address the specificity of catches which are landed unsortare established.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) When a fishing vessel departs, it should immediately start an electronic logbook and a unique fishing trip identifier number is assigned for that trip. The logbook, transhipment declarations and landing declarations should include a reference to this unique fishing trip identifier number to allow enhanced controls and to improve the validation of the data by Member States and the traceability of fishery products in the supply chain. In order to improve and simplify the transmission of information on fishing gear losses to Member State competent authorities, the logbook format should include information on lost gears. By way of derogation, masters of Union fishing vessels belonging to the small- scale coastal fleet with catches of less than 1 000 kg of TAC and quota species per year should not have to start an electronic logbook.
Amendment 219 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Provisions concerning the verification of the tonnage of fishing vessels for the purposes of fishing capacity controls should be simplified and provisions concerning the verification of engine power should be clarified. If fishing vessels equipped with active fishing gears operate with, where such checks are necessary. In particular, if fishing vessels operating under a fishing-effort-based management system have engines that exceed the engine power stated in their registration, it is impossible to ensure compliance with the capacity ceilings laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Therefore it is important to effectively control the engine power of fishing vessels equipped with active fishing gearsoperating under a fishing- effort-based management system, using devices which continuously monitor the engine power.
Amendment 232 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 241 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The weighing should be performed on systems approved by the competent authorities and by operators registered by Member States to carry out that task. All products should be weighed per species upon landing, unless the Member State has adopted a sampling plan approved by the Commission and drawn up in line with the risk-based methodology adopted by the Commission, as this will guarantee a more accurate reporting of the catches. Furthermore, weighing records should be recorded electronically and kept for three years.
Amendment 249 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 – indent 7
Recital 64 – indent 7
– technical requirements and characteristics of electronic monitoring devices systems, including CCTV, where these are installed on a voluntary or mandatory basis;
Amendment 271 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 4 – point 28 b (new)
Article 4 – point 28 b (new)
(ib) the following point is inserted: ‘28b. “small-scale coastal fleet” means a fleet as defined in Article X of Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a;’ __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 284 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
The vessel monitoring systems shall also allow the fisheries monitoring centre referred to in Article 9a of the flag Member State to poll the fishing vessel at all times. The transmission of vessel position data and the polling shall either pass through a satellite connection, or may use a land- based mobile network when in reach of such network. The small-scale coastal fleet, which does not fish for species covered by TACs and quotas, shall not be subject to this obligation.
Amendment 286 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, masters of Union fishing vessels below 12 metres’ length overallnging to the small-scale coastal fleet that are not exempt from that obligation may carry on board a mobile device which allows the vessel to be automatically located and identified by a vessel monitoring system through recording and transmitting vessel position data at regular intervals. In casef the device is not within reach of a mobile network, the vessel position data shall be recorded during that period of time and shall be transmitted as soon as the vessel is in reach of such network and at the latest before or while it enterings port or docks.
Amendment 313 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The master of each Union catcfishing vessel shall keep an electronic fishing logbook for the purpose of recording fishing activities. Masters of fishing vessels belonging to the small-scale coastal fleet with catches of less than 1 000 kg of TAC and quota species per year shall not be subject to this obligation.
Amendment 337 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. When compared with the quantities landed or the result of an inspection, the permitted margin of tolerance in estimates recorded in the fishing logbook of the quantities in kilograms of fish retained on board exceeding 5 000 kg shall be 10% per species. For species retained on board that do not exceed 5 000 kg live weight equivalent, the permitted margin of tolerance shall be 2015% per species. For species retained on board that do not exceed 100 kg live weight equivalent, the margin of tolerance shall be 30%. For vessels operating within a regional fisheries management organisation, the margin of tolerance shall be the one laid down by that organisation.
Amendment 362 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Masters of Union catching vessels of less belonging to the small-scale coastal fleet with an 12 metres’ length overallnual catches exceeding 1 000 kg of TAC and quota species shall submit by simple mobile electronic means the information referred to in Article 14, to the competent authority of their flag Member State after the last fishing operation has been completed and before entering port, within not more than six hours from the start of landing of the catches in port. Masters of catching vessels belonging to the small-scale coastal fleet with catches of less than 1 000 kg of TAC and quota species per year shall not be subject to this obligation.
Amendment 401 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 17 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(ba) the following paragraph 1b is inserted: Where catches are made between the time of mandatory notification and arrival at port, these shall be notified additionally after they have been retained on board, before entering port.
Amendment 416 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 19 a – paragraph 1
Article 19 a – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels shall only be authorised to land in ports outside Union waters if they have notified by electronic means the competent authorities of their flag Member State at least 3 day24 hours before the estimated time of arrival at port of the information listed in paragraph 3 and the flag Member State has not denied the authorisation to land within this period of time.
Amendment 420 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 19 a – paragraph 4
Article 19 a – paragraph 4
4. Where, on the basis of the analysis of the information submitted and other information available, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the fishing vessel is not complying with the rules of the common fisheries policy, the competent authorities of the flag Member State shall request the cooperation of the third country where the vessel intends to land in view of a possible inspection. For this purpose the flag Member State may require the fishing vessel to land in a different port, or delay the time of arrival at port or of landing.”
Amendment 454 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 25 a – paragraph 1
Article 25 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure effective control of the landing obligation. For this purpose Member States may deploy observers on board a minimum percentage of fishing vessels fishing for species subject to the landing obligation and flying their flag established in accordance with paragraph 2, shall be equipped with continuously recording Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems incorporating data storage. The cost of deploying observers on board may not be passed on, in full or in part, to fishing operators.
Amendment 469 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 25 a – paragraph 3
Article 25 a – paragraph 3
3. In addition to the CCTV systemon-board observers referred to in paragraph 1, Member States may require the use of other electronic monitoring systems for the purpose of controlling the landing obligprovide, on a voluntary basis, offering incentives such as quota increases, or on a compulsory basis, where the rules governing the landing obligation have been repeatedly and seriously infringed, for the use of other electronic monitoring systems for the purpose of controlling the landing obligation, including CCTV systems. Both the installation of electronic monitoring systems and the storage and transmission of the data generated shall respect the confidentiality and privacy of personal information.
Amendment 477 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 25 a – paragraph 4
Article 25 a – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down detailed rules on the requirements, technical specifications, installation and functioning of the electronic monitoring systems for the control of the landing obligation, including continuously recording CCTV systems, to be installed either on a voluntary or on a compulsory basis, and may also provide for incentives for the installation of such systems.
Amendment 495 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
“1. Member States shall be responsible for carrying out the necessary checks in order to ensure that the total capacity corresponding to the fishing licences issued by a Member State, in GT and in kW, shall at any moment not be higher than the maximum capacity levels for that Member State established in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. The following shall be exempt from these checks: (a) fishing vessels that operate in geographical areas where fisheries exploitation is based on a TACs and quotas system; and (b) fishing vessels that operate under the governance of regional fishing organisations where fisheries exploitation is based on a TACs and quotas system;
Amendment 503 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 39a – paragraph 1
Article 39a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that vessels using the following active fishing gears: trawls, seines and surrounding nets,which have been sanctioned for a serious infringement involving the manipulation of engine power are equipped with permanently installed devices that measure and record engine power in cases where:
Amendment 569 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 1
Article 56a – paragraph 1
1. Fishery and aquaculture products from catching or harvesting shall be put into lots prior to placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. __________________ 1a Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs (OJ L 334, 16.12.2011, p. 1).
Amendment 571 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 2
Article 56a – paragraph 2
Amendment 572 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 3
Article 56a – paragraph 3
Amendment 576 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 4
Article 56a – paragraph 4
Amendment 578 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 5
Article 56a – paragraph 5
Amendment 580 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 56a – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 581 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 56a – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 582 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 56a – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 583 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 56a – paragraph 6
Article 56a – paragraph 6
Amendment 606 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 59a – paragraph 1
Article 59a – paragraph 1
1. A Member States shall ensure that procedures are in place to enable that all fishery products are weighed upon landing on systems approved by the competent authorities and that weighing is carried out by operators registered for the weighing of fisunless it has adopted a sampling plan approved by the Commission and based on the risk-based methodology adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 119, unless the Member State in question has adopted a sampling plan which has been approved by the Commission and follows the ries productssk-based methodology adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 119.
Amendment 610 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 59a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 59a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 612 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 59a – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 59a – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States may also permit fisheries products to be weighed after transport from the place of landing provided that they are transported to a destination on the territory of the Member State concerned and that this Member State has adopted a control plan approved by the Commission and based on the risk- based methodology adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 119.
Amendment 670 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) the quantities of each species transported in kilograms in product weight, broken down by type of product presentation or, where appropriate, the number of individuals and where appropriate by places of destination; a discrepancy margin of 5% above or below those quantities shall be permitted when the distance to be travelled is less than 500 km and 15% if the distance is longer than that;
Amendment 671 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 5
Article 68 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities of Member States may grant exemptions from the obligation set out in paragraph 1 if the fisheries products are transported within a port area or not more than 250 kilometres from the place of landing.
Amendment 672 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The transporter shall be exempt from the requirement laid down in this Article if: (a) the transport document is replaced by a copy of the declaration from the electronic logbook, or the landing declaration pertaining to the quantities transported, or any equivalent document, and (b) these documents contain the same level of information as indicated in paragraph 4.
Amendment 705 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 89a – paragraph 4
Article 89a – paragraph 4
4. Member States mayshall apply a system whereby a fine is proportionate to the turnover of the legal person, or to the economic benefit achieved or envisaged by committing the infringement. The financial situation of the natural person shall also be taken into account in determining the size of the fine.
Amendment 713 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) seriously obstructing the work of officials or observers, in the exercise of their duties; or
Amendment 718 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) engaging in directed fishing, retaining on board, transhipping, transferring or landing species which areis subject to a moratorium, a closed season or for which fishing is prohibited; or
Amendment 722 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 3
Article 90 – paragraph 3
3. The following activities shall constitute serious infringements depending on the gravity of the infringement in question which shall be determined by the competent authority of the Member State concerned taking into account one or more of the alternative criteria defined in accordance with Annex IV; in all cases, for an alleged infringement to be considered serious it shall be the second one detected in the preceding twelve months:
Amendment 736 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
– the minimum shall be at least threewo times the value of the fishery products obtained by committing the serious infringement, and
Amendment 740 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 91a–paragraph 2 – indent 1
Article 91a–paragraph 2 – indent 1
– the minimum shall be at least fiveour times the value of the fishery products obtained by committing the serious infringement, and
Amendment 744 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 91a–paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 91a–paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 745 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 91b–point 7
Article 91b–point 7
(7) tThe temporary or permanent ban on access to public assistance or subsidies; for the purposes referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council 1 a; __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 746 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 91b–point 10
Article 91b–point 10
(10) the temporary suspension of the economic activity of fishing or its permanent cessation;
Amendment 748 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92–paragraph 1
Article 92–paragraph 1
1. Member States shall apply as an ancillary sanction a point system for infringements referred to in Article 90, except for serious infringements referred to in paragraph 12 points (k) and (p) and in paragraph (2)3 points (g) and (h) of that Article.
Amendment 754 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92–paragraph 3
Article 92–paragraph 3
3. While remaining attachThe points assigned to the licence holder who sold the fishing vessel, points shall alsonot be assigned to any new holder of the fishing licence forif the fishing vessel concerned where the vessel is sold, transferred or otherwise changes ownership after the date of the infringement, unless there is an economic link or family relationship to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity between the seller and the buyer.
Amendment 758 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
6. When the total number of points equals or exceeds 1830 points, the fishing licence and/or the right to command a fishing vessel shall be automatically suspended for a period of at least two months. That period shall be four months if the suspension is occurring a second time and the number of points equals or exceeds 3650 points, eight months if the suspension is occurring a third time and the number of points equals or exceeds 754 points and one year if the suspension is occurring a fourth time and the number of points equals or exceeds 72100 points. In case the suspension is occurring for a fifth time and the number of points equals or exceeds 9120 points, the fishing licence shall be permanently withdrawn and the fishing vessel shall not be used anymore for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources.
Amendment 761 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92–paragraph 7
Article 92–paragraph 7
7. The accumulation of 9120 points by the holder of a fishing licensce or a master shall trigger automatically the permanent withdrawal of the fishing licence or of the right to command a fishing vessel as a master.
Amendment 763 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92 – paragraph 8
Article 92 – paragraph 8
8. If the holder of a fishing licence or the master does not commit a serious infringement withinOnce a period of three years has passed from the date of the committing of the lasta serious confirmed infringement, all points assigned by reason of this infringement shall be deleted.
Amendment 766 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92 – paragraph 9
Article 92 – paragraph 9
9. The coastal State is competent to determine under its national laws whether a serious infringement has been committed in its waters and to decide about the number of points to be assignforward relevant information to the flag States of a vessel that may have committed possible serious infringements in the waters of said coastal State. The flag State of the vessel shall notify the coastal State which forwarded the information that gave rise to disciplinary proceed in accordance with Annex IIIgs of the outcome of said proceedings.
Amendment 768 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92 – paragraph 10
Article 92 – paragraph 10
Amendment 774 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92 – paragraph 13 – point a
Article 92 – paragraph 13 – point a
Amendment 840 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Annex IV – table – row 1 – column 2 – indent 2 (criteria)
Annex IV – table – row 1 – column 2 – indent 2 (criteria)
Amendment 842 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 845 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Annex IV – table – row 3 – column 2 – indent 2 (criteria)
Annex IV – table – row 3 – column 2 – indent 2 (criteria)
– the gear used is one of the following: Fishing with explosive Prohibited drifting gillnets, not including ‘xeito’ nets
Amendment 846 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Annex IV – table – row 3 – column 2 – indent 4 (criteria)
Annex IV – table – row 3 – column 2 – indent 4 (criteria)
Amendment 849 #
2018/0193(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Annex IV – table – row 4 – column 2 – indent 2 (criteria)
Annex IV – table – row 4 – column 2 – indent 2 (criteria)
Amendment 3 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Underlines, furthermore, the importance of the horizontal principles that should underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; reaffirms, in this context, its position that the EU must deliver on its commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deplores the lack of a clear and visible commitment to that end in the MFF proposals; requests, therefore, the mainstreaming of the SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives of the next MFF; further emphasises the importance of implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights to create a resilient Social Europe and that the elimination of discrimination is vital to fulfil the EU’s commitments towards an inclusive Europe and deplores the lack of gender mainstreaming and gender equality commitments in EU policies, as presented in the MFF proposals; underlines also its position that, following the Paris Agreement, climate-related spending should be significantly increased in comparison with the current MFF and reach 30 % as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027;
Amendment 11 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
paragraph 14 vii
paragraph 14 vii
Amendment 16 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
paragraph 29
paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to present the relevant legislative proposals on top of those which it has already tabled, to be decided on under the ordinary legislative procedure; requests, in particular, a proposal for a Regulation establishing an energy transition fund; requests, furthermore, the introduction of the European Child Guarantee in the ESF+, a revision of the Regulation establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund and of the Regulation concerning humanitarian aid; considers that a revision of the Financial Regulation should also be proposed when the need arises as a result of the MFF negotiations;
Amendment 18 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Annex II – rows 40
Annex II – rows 40
European Social Fund+ (including a Child Guarantee) 96 216 89 688 106 30 861
Amendment 103 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Where scientific advice shows that the fishing effort regime is not sufficient to meet the objectives or targets of the plan provided for in this Regulation, management measures based on total allowable catchwhere appropriate, technical measures that allow for the improvement of the stock status by reducing the fishing mortality of the target species should be introduced in order to complement the effort regime.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to protect nursery areas and sensitive habitats, and safeguard small- scale fisheries, the coastal zone should be regularly reserved for more selective fisheries. Therefore, the plan provided for in this Regulation should establish a closure for trawls operating within the 100 m isobath for three months each year on a case-by-case basis, when necessary and justified by science, through regionalisation.
Amendment 152 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12a (new)
(12a) ‘co-management’ means the process of managing fisheries resources in which governments share power with local fishing communities, scientists and NGOs, and each party is given specific responsibilities and rights relating to disclosure and decision-making in the management of fisheries resources.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The target fishing mortality in line with the ranges of FMSY defined in Article 2 shall be achieved as soon as possible, and on a progressive, incremental basis by 2020in five years from the entry into force of this regulation for the stocks concerned, and shall be maintained thereafter within the ranges of FMSY. In the pursuit of this objective, account shall be taken of the economic and social impact of the calendar proposed as established in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. In accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, when the Council fixes fishing opportunitieffort measures, it shall establish those opportunitimeasures for the assemblage of stocks concerned, within the range of FMSY available at that time for the most vulnerable stock.
Amendment 176 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 3, fishing opportunitieffort measures may be set at levels that are lower than the ranges of FMSY.
Amendment 178 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 3 and 4, fishing opportunitieffort measures may be set above the range of FMSY available at that time for the most vulnerable stock, provided that all stocks concerned are above the BPA:
Amendment 181 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) in order to limit variations in fishing opportunitimeasures between consecutive years to a maximum of 210 % and up to 30 % of the cumulative effort in the first five years of the plan.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Where the scientific advice shows that the spawning biomass of any of the stocks concerned is below the precautionary reference point (BPA), remedial measures shall be adopted to ensure the rapid return of the stocks concerned to levels above those capable of producing MSY. In particular, by way of derogation from Article 4(3) and (5), fishing opportunitieffort measures shall be set at levels consistent with a fishing mortality that is reduced within the range of FMSY for the most vulnerable stock, taking into account the decrease in biomass.
Amendment 187 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the scientific advice shows that the spawning biomass of any of the stocks concerned is below the limit reference point (BLIM), further remedial measures shall be taken to ensure the rapid return of the stock to levels above those capable of producing MSY. In particular, by way of derogation from Article 4(3) and (5), those measures may include suspending the targeted fishery for the stock concerned and the adequate reduction of the fishing opportunitieffort measures.
Amendment 190 #
Amendment 204 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) for the first year of application of this Regulation, the baseline shall be calculated for each effort group as the average effortgeographical subarea expressed as the maximum number of proven fishing days between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2017 and take account only of vessels active during that periodthrough either VMS, sales notes, or logbooks in a reference period from2012 to 2016. A minimum threshold of days from which no further reduction will be permitted shall be set through regionalisation in accordance with article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
Amendment 217 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Where the scientific advice shows that recreational fisheries have a significant impact on the fishing mortality of a particular stock, the Council may limit recreational fisheries when setting fishing opportunitieffort measures in order to avoid exceeding the total target of fishing mortality.
Amendment 221 #
Amendment 225 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Where the best available scientific advice shows that the fishing effort regime is not sufficient to meet the objectives or targets set out in Articles 3 and 4, the Council shall adopt complementary management measures based on total allowable catchtechnical measures that allow for the improvement of the stock status by reducing the fishing mortality of the target species.
Amendment 234 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the total capacity, expressed in GT and kW, corresponding to the fishing authorisations issued in accordance with paragraph 4 is not increased during the period of application of the plan. An exchange of capacity between the different management areas shall be permitted, should the improvement in the state of the resources allows for it.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Where appropriate and with the aim to improve the state of stocks that are declining, Member States may establish co-management committees in order to ensure optimal adaptation of the plan to the local specificities of a fishery.
Amendment 241 #
2018/0050(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to what is provided for by Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, the use of trawls in the western Mediterranean Sea shall be prohibited within the 100 m isobath from 1 MaJuly to 31 JulySeptember each year, when necessary and justified by science, in accordance with article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 29 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas there is a need for the Commission and the Member States to reach a stronger commitment to applying Article 174 and 175 of the TFEU
Amendment 53 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to introduce policies designed to combat demographic decline and the dispersion of the population; stresses that the European Union’s cohesion policy should prioritise attention for regions suffering demographic decline; Therefore, calls for strategic investment, in particular broadband access, with a view to making them more competitive, improving industry and territorial structure
Amendment 59 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the job creation potential of Union funds is still insufficient and should therefore be further strengthened through more efficient and results-based policy-making and implementation; considers, moreover, that access to funding should be eased for all beneficiaries, especially SMEs and self- employed;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2266(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the previous protocol to the fisheries agreement with the Comoros expired on 30 December 2016 and whereas it was not renewed, because the Comoros had failed to give any undertaking to combat IUU fishing;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2266(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the EU is firmly committed to combating illegal fishing and any form of business stemming from it, and that commitment is set out in the EU regulation to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2266(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the Comoros has failed to take the corrective measures needed to resolve the problems identified and to combat IUU fishing, despite being warned by the EU;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2266(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the inclusion of a clause whereby, should the Comoros remedy its shortcomings, the procedure would be stopped and the red card withdrawn, thus enabling the EU fleet to return;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2266(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate steps to bring about a return to normal by improving the effectiveness of measures to combat IUU fishing and letting the EU fleet go back to the fishing zone once the terms of a new protocol have been renegotiated;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas demographic challenges include factors such as depopulation and population dispersion hampering the growth of regions affected and threatening the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU;
Amendment 106 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that, despite improvements in the economic and employment situation in recent years in the EU as a whole, the number of people in a situation of poverty and social exclusion continues to be too high; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to improve the conditions for these persons and to give greater recognition to the work and expertise of NGOs, anti-poverty organisations and people experiencing poverty themselves, encouraging their participation in the exchange of good practices;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Expresses its concern about the continuing low participation in the labour market of ethnic minorities and of the Roma community in particular; in this connection, calls on the Member States to correctly implement Directive 2000/78/EC;
Amendment 188 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take all the necessary measures to improve the services and legislation that are important for a proper work-life balance; calls for the development of accessible and affordable childcare and early education services, as well as care services for persons reliant on care, and for the creation of favourable conditions for parents and carers by allowing for advantageous family leave take-up and flexible working arrangements which tap into the potential of new technologies; underlines, in this respect, the potential of public-private partnerships;
Amendment 199 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the potential of SMEs in job creation and the economy as a whole; considers it vital to support entrepreneurship and to improve the business environment by removing administrative burdens, improving access to finance and supporting the development of tax models and simplified tax compliance procedures favouring SMEs, entrepreneurs, the self-employed, micro- entities and, start-ups and social economy enterprises;
Amendment 209 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote investment in the R & D sector in accordance with the 2020 Strategy; maintains that investments in this sector help to increase the competitiveness and productivity of the economy and hence promote the creation of stable jobs and higher wages;
Amendment 210 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Emphasises the importance of ensuring access to broadband in all regions, including rural areas and regions with serious and permanent natural or demographic problems, so as to promote harmonious development throughout the EU;
Amendment 216 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has included the need to provide statistics on demographic challenges such as depopulation and the population dispersion in its European Statistical Programme; considers that this data will provide an accurate picture of the problems facing these regions, thus allowing better solutions to be found; calls on the Commission to take account of these statistics in the future multi- annual financial framework;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that increasing life expectancy requires the adaptation of pensions systems in order to ensure their sustainability and a good quality of life for elderly people; stresses that this can be achieved by linking retirement age not only to life expectancy but also to insurance contribution years, and by preventing early exit from the labour market;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, despite the fact that according to Eurostat, youth unemployment stood at 18.7 % in 2016, even exceeding 40 % in some countries, the rate of youth unemployment has been gradually decreasing in recent years;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the overall lack of investment in young people’s rights willyouth unemployment is a serious problem that can contribute to the aggravation of phenomena such as declining populations, the lack of professional qualifications or the dismantl and to the potential malfunctioning of social security systems;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that an inclusive youth policy is inseparable from the defence and promotion of decent work, grounded in collective labour agreementsmust guarantee equality of opportunity in access to public services such as education and healthcare, as well as access to and promotion on the labour market. Furthermore, with non- precarious labour relations, adequate salaries and wages is important to defend and promote decent work, high- quality, freaccessible, universal public services, and programmes facilitating political and cultural participation, parenthood, well-being and creativity;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that, in recent years, the number of young people leaving school early has fallen and that figure is approaching the Strategy 2020 target. However, it calls on the Member States to come up with policies geared towards young people from more disadvantaged families, such as those belonging to ethnic minorities, especially the Roma community, who have lower education levels and are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, as better education helps to break the vicious circle of poverty;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Argues that individuals’ transition into the labour market is facilitated by a comprehensive, vocational education system that ensures they acquire cross-cuttingthe skills needed for their careers, and skills that promote critical thinking, universality and multicultural dialogue, fostering employability not through early specialisation, but rather by enabling the attainment of a wide variety of qualifications;
Amendment 84 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, owing to a mismatch between supply and demand for professional skills, many jobs remain vacant in the EU; in that connection, calls for greater coordination between public employment services and for more recognition and validation of degrees and skills, including informal learning;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to propose an increase in the funding, powers and scope of programmes promoting the employability and social inclusion of young people, ensuring that these funds are not used to help create unpaid internships or precarious work or replace permanent jobs with temporary ones or internships.
Amendment 41 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that skills mismatch and shortages are responsible for both unemployment and unfilled job vacancies3 ; considers that these worrying phenomena should be tackled by modernising education systems, making education systems cooperate more closely with labour market actors, notably undertakings and business clusters, and focusing more on training in soft and transversal skills to accommodate future skills needs; __________________ 3 http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events- and-projects/projects/assisting-eu- countries-skills-matching
Amendment 114 #
2017/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make vocational and educational training more visible, publicizing both the employment opportunities and the added value that it offers, and enhance its quality and attractiveness, and to promote dual education, work-based learning and reality- based learning at every level and form of education, including universities, in order to ensure stronger ties between the education and labour markets; calls for the policy of apprenticeships and entrepreneurship for young people to be developed, to make their entry into the labour market smoother;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, while more women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EUstudy journalism, they are still significantly under- represented in the media in the EU, especially at the decision-making level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of existing European regulations on equal treatment in employment and on non- discrimination;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of ensuring equal opportunities between men and women so that talent is rewarded regardless of gender, race, age, religion, disability, state of health or economic status;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the mediaall media workers will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boostingcare for dependent persons as well as other measures such as voluntary flexible working agreements that make it easier to achieve a work-life balance and the promotion of collective bargaining rights;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassment, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for thefforts to be madoption of a quota systeme to achieve equality of access and promotion in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measureencourage measures to avoid discrimination between men and women in companies that obtain public concessions; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas attaining MSY requires applying a regional focus that takes account of scientific criteria and socio- economic considerations;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas artisanal fishing has significant repercussions for the future of the Union's less developed coastal and island communities;whereas it is necessary to foster young people's interest in joining the sector and to offer them high-quality training, including in artisanal and coastal fishing, with the aim of contributing to the development of areas that rely on fishing and encouraging the population to remain;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas women play a vital role in artisanal fishing, particularly in tasks related to the processing chain and shellfish fishing;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the EU’s cohesion policy aims to reduce the differences between European regions and Member States, fostering economic, social and territorial confluence;mindful of the role played by the fishing sector and sectors directly or indirectly linked to it in the development of coastal regions;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas the large number of jobs, both direct and indirect, that are generated in the fishing, shellfishing and aquaculture sector and ancillary industries, as well as the fish marketing and processing industries, gives them a high degree of socio-economic importance;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas maritime and coastal tourism provides jobs for 3.2 million people and generates a total of EUR 183 billion in gross value added in the European Union;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the importance of diversifying the range of tourism on offer by boosting economically and environmentally sustainable activities that facilitate and promote access to the maritime heritage, undersea tourism, gastro-tourism and watersports throughout the year, with the aim of offsetting seasonality;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers it necessary to provide greater financial support for SMEs that are developing innovative solutions for coastal and maritime tourism through financial instruments such as Horizon 2020;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that investment in human capital and action to promote training in the fisheries sector are essential preconditions in order to achieve sustainable and competitive growth;highlights the role that the ESF can play in improving education and training, including in artisanal and coastal fishing;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it necessary to preserve the use of traditional gear and techniques such as the almadraba technique and xeito fishing gear, given their link to the identity of coastal regions and their way of life, by recognising them as part of the cultural heritage;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the potential of multi- sector projects that promote economic, social and territorial development in the least developed coastal regions by capitalising on synergies between European funds, in particular the ERDF, EMFF and ESF;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the need to support the work and creation of producer and inter-professional organisations with the aim of improving the sector’s competitiveness and positioning in the market;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the importance of providing the EMFF with sufficient financing in the post-2020 period to continue supporting the coastal development of regions that rely on fishing;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the full application of Article 349 TFEU in the European Union’s policies, regulations, funds and programmes relating to fisheries, particularly in the EMFF, in order to respond to the specific difficulties encountered by the ORs;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of establishing an instrument dedicated to supporting fisheries in the ORs, along the lines of the POSEI scheme for agriculture, that would help derive maximum benefit from the fisheries potential in these regions;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 27 April 2017 on the management of the fishing fleets in the Outermost Regions (P8_TA(2017)0195)
Amendment 5 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas verifying that fish from EU producers meets EU phytosanitary standards is the responsibility of Member States, while for imported fish the Commission authorises third countries to identify establishments allowed to export fish products to the EU, provided that they can guarantee equivalent standards;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the outermost regions of the European Union that are in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean neighbour third countries whose fishing, production and marketing conditions do not always meet European standards, resulting in unfair trade vis-à- vis local production;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in order to place fishery and aquaculture products on the market, EU operators must comply with a wide range of regulations and meet strict criteria, including the rules of the CFP and phytosanitary, labour, vessel safety and environmental standards, all of which are underpinned by regimes to ensure compliance; is convinced that these combine to create high standards concerning the quality and sustainability of the product that EU consumers have legitimately come to expect;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that imports of such products are subject to fewer controls, the primary controls being phytosanitary standards and the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) Regulation14, the latter having been designed solely to ensure that the product was caught in compliance with the applicable rules; _________________ 14 Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008. Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
Amendment 14 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to ensure fair treatment of imported fisheries and aquaculture products and European products, the European Union should require that all products respect the same conservation and resource management standards, as well as the hygiene requirements imposed by European legislation, and should at the same time strengthen control measures.
Amendment 19 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern that different rules for placing fish on the market create a discriminatory market that adversely affects EU fishers and fish farmers;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the system employed for verification of the phytosanitary standards of imported fishery productsby the competent third country authorities for the verification of sanitary criteria for fishery products exported to the European Union does not provide sufficient guarantees that the standardsse criteria are always observedrespected, especially where there is a transshipment of goods;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that even the Commission’s own Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) auditsaudits by DG SANTE show that some third countries are falling far short of ensuring that products meet the necessary health standards, at least as concerns fishing and processing vessels and reeffactory vessels, which hampers, thus putting EU consumers at riske carrying out of sanitary controls at EU border inspection posts to verify that the legal sanitary requirements are met;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists on a stricter implementation of Community legislation on labelling and consumer information, both in retail markets and in hotel and restaurant services, both for imported and EU products; considers, to this end, that the application of the Control Regulation should be enhanced in all Member States in all the stages of the supply chain;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is alarmed that civil society observations ofby the difficulties that non-EU fishing vessels operating off West Africa over many years have demonstrated the difficultiesexperience, according to certain observations, in ensuring the traceability of products and respect for sanitary standards; believes that the veracity of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety certificates for third country fishing vesselscertificates issued by third countries for vessels and establishments authorised to export to the European Union cannot be fully relied upon;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that conflicting signals are sometimes sent by the Commission to third countries, such as in negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) or otherwise expanding access to the EU market with countries that have been pre-identified under the IUU Regulation or the Non-Sustainable Fishing Regulation16; stresses that it is necessary that DG TRADE coordinate closely with DG MARE when negotiating trade agreements with third countries affecting fishery products; _________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012.
Amendment 43 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that free trade agreements affecting fishery products should be preceded by economic and social impact studies for the sector; reiterates that, in free trade agreements, fishery products must be treated as sensitive products for which reasonable tariff protection should remain an important instrument; considers it essential that the Commissioner in charge of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries play an important role in close co-ordination with the Commissioner for Trade in the negotiation of such agreements .
Amendment 45 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 46 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Amendment 47 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Amendment 50 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Calls for serious consideration to be given to the interests of the outermost regions when entering into sustainable fisheries partnership agreements or trade agreements with third countries, providing, if necessary, for the exclusion of sensitive products;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the European Commission to promote information campaigns explaining the sustainability efforts made by EU fishermen and fish farmers, emphasising the high level of qualitative and environmental standards required by EU legislation compared to those of third countries;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 74 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Urges the Commission – given that the sustainability of fishing by EU vessels is ensured by the common fisheries policy, which sets the highest standards world- wide – to create a public label for products from EU fisheries;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the Commission and thsome Member States have failed to implement strictly and enforce all three regulations, as describrecognised in many documents, including those of the of the European Commission, the ECA and independent observers;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – indent 2
Paragraph 19 – indent 2
Amendment 93 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – indent 3
Paragraph 19 – indent 3
Amendment 96 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 19 – indent 6 a (new)
– lack of uniformity and a clear definition of serious infringements shared between Member States;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses the need to ensure that when an imported product is rejected in a port of one EU Member State it cannot enter the EU market through another port in another Member State;
Amendment 108 #
2017/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the European Commission to submit its proposal to amend the Control Regulation as soon as possible;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, according to a recent study commissioned by the European Parliament, the impact of recreational fisheries may vary between fish stocks, representing 2-72% of total catch;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas recreational fisheries could represent a significant source of fishing mortality, have impact on ecosystems, and interact with commercial fisheries and other users of the marine environment;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all the necessary data on recreational fisheries are collected in order to provide a complete evaluation of fish stocks, namely with the view to setting TACs; cautions that without such a comprehensive evaluation, the multiannual planfisheries management and technical measures might not achieve the objectives of the CFP;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recreational fisheries should be included as an integral part in the ecosystem, social and economic considerations of fisheries management;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2120(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Management and technical measures for fisheries shall apply also to recreational fisheries, where relevant;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to ensure a level-playing field between imported and EU fisheries and aquaculture products marketed on its territory, the EU should require that all products comply with the same level of conservation and management measures, as well as hygiene requirements imposed by EU legislation.
Amendment 79 #
2017/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists on a stricter implementation of the EU legislation on labelling and consumer information, both in retail markets and in the hotel, restaurant and catering sector (HORECA); believes this is important for all fisheries products, both imported and EU-produced; considers that the implementation of the Control Regulation should be reinforced to this end in all Member States and that regulations should be adapted to cover all stages of the supply chain;
Amendment 250 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that, where implementation of EU legislation is problematic or inconsistent, guidelines on its interpretation and best practices should be issued;
Amendment 269 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that trade agreements with third partners condition preferential market access to the respect of sustainability and animal welfare standards equivalent to those applicable in the EU;
Amendment 309 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to encourage strong and long-lasting EU generic campaigns explaining the sustainability merits of EU aquaculture products, focusing on their high quality, animal welfare and environmental standards compared to those imported from third countries, as in the case of the label ‘Farmed in the EU’;
Amendment 326 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that cooperation between the scientific community and aquaculture producerson the one hand, and on the other hand aquaculture producers and others upstream and downstream of producers, should be strengthened;
Amendment 353 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 358 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses that stronger support is needed for producer and inter-branch organisations so that they can become pillars of the CMO;
Amendment 364 #
2017/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Stresses that marine aquaculture is compatible and complementary with coastal fishing in the outermost regions, and calls on the Commission to support the development of farming and varietal- selection techniques in the warm waters of tropical or subtropical areas; calls on the Commission to highlight the role played by women in non-industrial coastal fishing and all associated activities;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that a substantial and accessible fisheries fund is necessary in order to implement the common fisheries policy (CFP), to ensure the sustainability of European aquaculture and fisheries, including through implementation of the discard ban and landing obligation and achieving the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) objective, and to help the sector carry out the necessary restructuring process; rejects any attempt to dispense with a specific fund for the fisheries sector in view of the socioeconomic importance of this activity in the coastal regions of the European Union (EU);
Amendment 7 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the CFP is an exclusive EU competence and that the financial funds made available to the EU for this policy should therefore be sufficient in order achieve the demanding goals laid down in the Basic Regulation; recalls, however, that the current European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) accounts for only 0.6 % of the total 2014- 2020 MFF; emphasises that EMFF financial funds should be kept at least at the same level in view of the socioeconomic importance of this activity in the coastal regions of the European Union (EU);
Amendment 12 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Brexit must not be used as an excuse to reduce future funding; the EU should find a way to ensure that a possible decline in the post-2020 MFF does not automatically translate into lower allocations to the EMFF, in view of the already diminished budget allocated to the fisheries sector in the EU;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the level of implementation of the 2014-2020 EMFF three years after its adoption on 15 May 2014 remains unsatisfactory, as by September 2017 only 1.4 % of the EUR 6.4 billion fund had been used; hopes that the level of implementation of the EMFF and other EU structural and investment programmes will eventually improve; highlights that the low level of implementation is largely due to the delay in adopting the rules for this European fund following the reform of the CFP and, in many cases, the lack of clarity in the administrative procedures regarding the aid measures under the fund, for which reason it advocates greater precision and simplification;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that steps need to be taken in order to ensure that the post- 2020 EU fisheries fund is implemented in a swifter and more flexible manner, without the delays that continue to plague the 2014-2020 EMFFin order to try to avoid a repetition of the current situation;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that, even though the EU remains a net seafood importer, European fisheries continue to be a very important source of healthy food for the European market; underlines that the EU should continue to prevent substandard producstrengthen and harmonise controls and inspections of third country imports to prevent products that do not meet the legal requirements from entering the EU market;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that European added value in fisheries management has to date been largely associated with a reduction in the capacity of fishing fleets; is of the opinion that in the post-2020 MFF a balance between the fisheries resources available and fleet capacity will have to be taken into account; highlights, however, that other elements with a non-quantifiable added value should be considered as well, such as the role the fishing sector plays in communities highly dependent on this activity in terms of employment and local growth; underlines, therefore, that fisheries must remain independenan independent fisheries fund must continue to exist in order to support these communities;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the need to maintain the financing structure for the two collective support instruments for the fisheries sector, local action groups and producer organisations in the fisheries sector, in view of the fact that they constitute core elements for the development of fisheries in regions that depend on this activity;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that the EMFF should continue to prioritise financial support to coastal and artisanal fisheries given the socioeconomic role they play in regions that are hihgly dependent on fisheries, but without jeopardising the financial support to other fleets necessary for the supply of healthy foodstuffs to EU markets;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Considers it necessary, with a view to the upcoming reform of the MFF, to launch a debate on the possible funding of measures to modernise certain fleets that are obsolete and that pose safety risks at sea, as is the case with some fleets in the outermost regions, provided this does not lead to an increase in fishing capacity;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Considers it very important to enhance financial support for innovation and technological development to help meet the objectives of the CFP, taking into account the need to improve the selectivity of fishing gear, notably in the context of the landing obligation and the fulfilment of the MSY;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the desire to boost the aquaculture sector under the European strategy for the ‘blue economy’ – to which 20 % of the EMFF is allocated – but regrets the administrative obstacles to the development of aquaculture and, hence, calls for thought to be given to ways of reducing red tape in the Member States;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls for maintaining the EU support to sports policy, the sports chapter of the Erasmus+ programme and the financing of Special Events, such as the Special Olympics in 2017;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that equal economic independence, and the guarantee of the principle of equal payelimination of all forms of direct and indirect discrimination on grounds of sex with regard to all aspects and conditions of remuneration for equal work and work ofto which equal value is attributed, as referred to in Directive 2006/54/EC, are necessary steps for women’s economic empowerment;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to impromotve the social well-being of women, by tackling thebridging pay and pension gaps and combatreducing atypical and insecure forms of work and employment, such as temporary contracts orand involuntary part-time work;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that negotiating voluntary flexible working agreements makes for better work-life balance and hence encourages people, and women in particular, to enter and/or remain on the labour market;
Amendment 64 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to eliminate occupational segregation by addressing discriminatory social behaviours and stereotypes and promoting the equal participationopportunities and equal treatment of women and men in access to the labour market, education, and training and all forms of care;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to pursue specific, active employment and training policies in order to support the return to work of women who have put their careers on hold to look after dependants;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for measures to guarantee the economic and social dignity of feminiseddomestic work, suwhich ais domestic workprincipally done by women;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to enforce existing laws and workplace policies that prohibit discrimination in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women in employment in both the public and private sectors, and to prevent the double discrimination that particularly affects disabled and ethnic minority women; emphasises how important it is that Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation, and Directive 2000/43/EC on equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, are implemented correctly;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of the Wparticipation of women on Bboards Directive, and calls on the Member States to ensure equalpromote women's representation and leadership in the labour market, and in economic and political decision- making structures and institutions, as well as in enterprises and on corporate boards;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce public socialguarantee access to affordable, high- quality care polservicies as well as to provide qualitfor dependants, especially childcare facilities, and to promote the equal sharing of unpaid domestic work and co- responsibility in care.
Amendment 43 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic change, taking account of the real situation on the ground, with a view to achieving the objectives of full employment and social progress set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States, taking into account national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour, are to regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and coordinate their action in this respect within the Council.
Amendment 50 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union is to combat poverty, social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, as well as equality between women and men. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and a high level of education and training.
Amendment 82 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Member States and the Union should also address the social legacy of the economic and financial crisis and aim to build an inclusive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy, as also outlined in the Commission recommendation on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market6. Inequality should be tackled, access and equal opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion (includingparticularly that of children) reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and social protection systems and by removing barriers to education/ training and labour- market participation. As new economic and business models take hold in EU workplaces, employment relationships are also changing. Member States should ensure that new employment relationships maintain and strengthen Europe’s social model. _________________ 6 COM/2008/0639 final
Amendment 84 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
Amendment 138 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 3 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part 3 – paragraph 2
Policies should aim to improve and support labour-market matching and transitions. Member States should effectively activate and enable those who can participate in the labour market. Member States should strengthen the effectiveness of active labour-market policies by increasing their targeting, outreach, coverage and better linking them with income support, based on the rights and responsibilities for the unemployed actively to seek work. Member States should aim for more effective and interconnected public employment services by, ensuring timely and tailor-made assistance to support jobseekers, allowing the latter to seek jobs throughout the EU, supporting labour- market demand and implementing performance-based management.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote inclusive labour markets, open to all, by putting in place effective measures to promote equal opportunities for under-represented groups in the labour market. They should ensure equal treatment and avoid all types of discrimination regarding employment, social protection, education and access to goods and services, regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 162 #
2017/0305(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Annex I – part 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Similarly, Member States should, with the support of the Commission, promote the active participation of NGOs specialised in the fight against poverty and of organisations of people experiencing poverty in the development of policies to combat poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 83 #
2017/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The way in which institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) are organised and regulated varies significantly between Member States. In some Member States these institutions are only allowed to carry out occupational pension activities whereas in other Member States they are allowed to carry out occupational and personal pension activities. This has not only lead to different organisational structures of IORPs but is also accompanied by different supervision on national level. In particular, prudential supervision of IORPs which carry out occupational and personal pension activities is broader than of those IORPs which only carry out occupational pension activities. In order not to jeopardise financial stability and to take into account the different organisational structure and supervision, only those IORPs should be allowed to provide PEPPs which, pursuant to national law, are authorised and adequately supervised to provide personal pension products. Moreover and to further safeguard financial stability, all assets and liabilities corresponding to PEPP provision business should be ring- fenced, managed and organised separately from the other activities of occupational retirement provision business, without any possibility of transfer.
Amendment 234 #
2017/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) institutions for occupational retirement provision registered or authorised in accordance with Directive 2016/2341/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council45 ; which, pursuant to national law, are authorised and adequately supervised to provide personal pension products which do not provide a coverage against biometric risks and do not guarantee an investment performance or a given level of benefits. In that case, all assets and liabilities corresponding to PEPP provision business shall be ring- fenced, managed and organised separately from the other activities of occupational retirement provision business, without any possibility of transfer; __________________ 45 Directive 2016/2341/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (recast) (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 37).
Amendment 1 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) So far, and unless otherwise provided for in national law, the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator do not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit. The number of such undertakings which are active in both national and international transport operations has been increasinghas been increasing particularly on the national transport market, because of the use of light commercial vehicles in towns and on shorter routes. As a result, several Member States have decided to apply the rules on access to the occupation of road transport operator, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, to those undertakings. To ensure a minimum level of professionalisation of the sector using, avoid loopholes and create fairer competition on the internal market without imposing unnecessary administrative and financial burdens on transport undertakings, particularly SMEs, vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes involved in international transport and cabotage operations by way of common rules, and thus to approximate competitive conditions between all operators, this provision should be deleted, whereas the requirements regarding effective and stable establishment and appropriate financial standing should be rendered mandatory.
Amendment 2 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Currently, Member States are entitled to make access to the occupation of road transport operator subject to requirements additional to those specified in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. This possibility has not proven to be necessary in order to respond to imperative needs and has led to divergences in respect of such access. It should therefore be abolished.
Amendment 3 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) Even though road transport activity in the EU provides 5 million direct jobs and contributes almost 2 % of the Community’s GDP, the EU is faced with a shortage of professional drivers, particularly among young people and women. In order to make it easier and more attractive for young people and women to access the profession, and, likewise, to retain people currently working in the sector (especially in the case of SMEs), illegal work and bogus self-employment must be reduced and existing administrative procedures must be more flexible and should not represent an unnecessary burden for smaller undertakings or self-employed workers.
Amendment 4 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is necessary to ensure that road transport operators established in a Member State have a real and continuous presence in that Member State and conduct their business from there. Therefore, and in light of experience, it is necessary to clarify the provisions regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishmentFreedom of establishment is a cornerstone of the internal market. However, the existence of letterbox companies and bogus self- employment within the transport sector have caused a proliferation of illicit practices, which degrade the sector's image, since they reduce labour costs illegally and fail to ensure that working standards are maintained. Therefore, and in light of experience, it is necessary to clarify, ensure and monitor the implementation of the provisions set out in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 regarding the existence of an effective and stable establishment, step up checks and so put an end to the illegal practice of so-called letterbox companies and bogus self-employment. It is also necessary to foster enhanced cooperation, joint controls, the setting of more ambitious targets and the exchange of best practices between Member States.
Amendment 5 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In view of their potential to considerably affect the road haulage market, as well as the social protection of workers, serious infringements of Union rules on the posting of workers, cabotage and the law applicable to contractual obligations should be added to the items relevant to the assessment of good repute.
Amendment 6 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or with combinations of vehicles not exceeding that limit involved in international transport should have a minimumsufficient level of financial standing, to ensure that they have the means to carry out operations on a stable and long-lasting basis and have the means to meet their obligations related to their employees in wages and social contributions. However, since the operations concerned are generally of a limited size, the corresponding requirements should be less demanding than those applicable to operators using vehicles or combinations of vehicles above that limit. and they should not represent an unnecessary burden for smaller undertakings or self-employed workers.
Amendment 7 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Cabotage operations´ main goal is to avoid empty journeys while returning to the country of establishment, which contribute to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, improve the profitability of undertakings and hence the internal market and the labour market. The rules on national transport performed on a temporary basis by non- resident hauliers in a host Member State ('cabotage') should be clear, simple and easy to enforce, while broadly maintaining the level of liberalisation achieved so farfor hauliers to implement and easy to enforce, complying with the applicable law while maintaining the level of liberalisation achieved so far, without undermining the basic principle of the freedom to provide services in the internal market and the protection of the posted workers. In order to ensure the temporary character and to avoid any misused or distortion of the market as well as the danger of systematic cabotage caused by so-called ‘letter-box’ companies or nomadic drivers, the EU rules established on the Directive of posting drivers in the road transport sector are applied to cabotage operations from day 1.
Amendment 8 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Amendment 9 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – point (a)
Article 5 – point (a)
(a) have adequate premises in which it keeps its core business documents, or secures access to them, either in paper or electronic form, in particular its commercial contracts, accounting documents, personnel management documents, labour contracts, documents containing data relating to cabotage, posting of drivers, where needed, and driving time and rest and any other document to which the competent authority must have access in order to verify compliance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation;; e) hold assets and employ staff proportionate to the activity of aa) have access to parking areas that are proportionate to the size of its own vehicle fleet; e) hold assets and employ the establishff required to comply with the above requirement.'s;
Amendment 10 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – point iii
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
xii a) cabotage
Amendment 11 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a
(b) define the degree of seriousness of infringements according to their potential to create a risk of fatalities or serious injuries and, to distort competition in the road transport market, the threat to the health and safety of the worker posed by the non- compliance with Union labour law, including bythe undermining of the working conditions of transport workers, avoiding the applicable labour and social legislation;
Amendment 12 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to satisfy the requirement laid down in Article 3(1)(c), an undertaking shall, on a permanent basis, at all times be able to meet its financial obligations in the course of the annual accounting year. The undertaking shall demonstrate, on the basis of annual accounts certified by an auditor or a duly accredited person, that, every year, it has at its disposal equity capital totalling at least EUR 9 000 when only one vehicle is used and EUR 5 000 for each additional vehicle used that is over 3.5 tonnes. Undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes or combinations of vehicles with athe permissible laden mass of which does not exceeding 3.5 tonnes shall demonstrate, on the basis of annual accounts certified by an auditor or a duly accredited person, that, every year, ithey haves at theirits disposal equity capital totalling at least EUR 1 800 when only one vehicle is used and EUR 900 for each additional vehicle used.;
Amendment 13 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(aa) Paragraph -1 is added as follows: 'For more effective cross-border enforcement, the data contained in the national electronic registers shall be fully accessible in real time to competent authorities from other Member States'; (c) the names of the transport managers designated to meet the conditions asrequirements laid down in Article 3 relating to good repute and professional competence or, as appropriate, the name of a legal representative;
Amendment 14 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to a host Member State have been delivered, hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allowed to carry out, with the same vehicle or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, cabotage operations in the host Member State or in contiguous Member States. The last unloading in the course of a cabotage operation shall take place within 5 days from the last unloading in the host Member State in the course of the incoming international carriage. Cabotage operations permitted under the first subparagraph have a temporary character and the work of the driver performing those operations shall be organise in such a way which allow him/her to rest at home or at another location chosen by himself/herself according to the amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 3. National road haulage services carried out in the host Member State by a non-resident haulier shall only be deemed to comply with this Regulation if the haulier can produce clear evidence of the preceding genuine international carriage; 4. Evidence referred to in paragraph 3 and of each consecutive cabotage operation carried out with a consignment note. The consignment notes shall be presented or transmitted to the authorised inspecting officer of the host Meadily available on the vehicle for the roadside checks; Each consignment note shall contain the number Stplates on request and within the duration of the roadside check. It may be presented or transmitf the motor vehicle and trailer used. 4. The consignment note may be presented electronically, using a revisable structured format which can be used directly for storage and processing by computers, such as the eCMR.* During the roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport man No additional documents shall be required in order to prove that the conditions laid down in this Article have been met but the competent authorities of the Member State hosting the cabotager or any other person or entity which may provide the evidence referred to in paragraph 3peration may require verify data related to the tacograph according to Regulation EU n° 165/2014. Records should be kept at the undertaking.
Amendment 15 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(5 a) In Article 9, in paragraph 1, the following point is added: (f) the application of the rules deriving from the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/22/EC as regards enforcement requirements and laying down specific rules with respect to Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting drivers in the road transport sector
Amendment 16 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall be responsible for pursuing an effective enforcement policy in its territory. As part of that policy, each Member State shall organise checks in such a way that, as from 1 January 2020, in every calendar year at least 2 4% of all cabotage operations performed in their territory are checked. They shall increase the percentage to at least 3 6% from 1 January 2022. The basis for the calculation of that percentage shall be the total cabotage activity in the Member State in terms of tonnes- kilometres in year t-2, as reported by Eurostat. 3. Member States shall, at least threesix times per year, undertake concerted roadside checks on cabotage operations, which may coincide with checks performed in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2006/22/EC. Such checks shall be undertaken at the same time by the national authorities in charge of enforcing the rules in the field of road transport of two or more Member States, each operating in its own territory. The national contact points designated in accordance with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council**** shall exchange information on the number and type of infringements detected after the concerted roadside checks have taken place.
Amendment 17 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Member States shall provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions against consignors, freight forwarders, contractors and subcontractors for non- compliance with Chapters II and III, where they knowingly commission transport services which involve infringements of this Regulation.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) European Union rules on the posting of workers are designed for workers moving physically and for a fixed period to a Member State other than where they normally carry out their work. Owing to the mobile nature of workers in the road transport sector, the administrative formalities to be complied with by such undertakings should be relaxed. For this reason, they should be exempt from the assessment of good repute.
Amendment 71 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The information about transport operators contained in the national electronic registers should be as complete as possible to allow national authorities in charge of enforcing the relevant rules to have a sufficient overview of the operators being investigated. In particular, information regarding the registration number of the vehicles at the disposal of operators, and the number of employees they hire, their risk rating and their basic financial information should allow a better national and cross-border enforcement of the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009 and (EC) No 1072/2009. The rules on the national electronic register should therefore be amended accordingly.
Amendment 83 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to ensure the temporary character and to avoid any distortion of the market caused by so-called ‘letter-box’ companies or nomadic drivers, it is necessary to ensure that cabotage operations have as their purpose the return to the country of establishment of the undertaking.
Amendment 175 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i – introductory part
(i) the following points (g), (h), (ipoints (g) and (jh) are added:
Amendment 182 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i
Amendment 186 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point i Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Amendment 189 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Member States may choose to keep the data referred to in points (e) to (jh) of the first subparagraph in separate registers. In such a case, the relevant data shall be available upon request or directly accessible to all the competent authorities of the Member State in question. The requested information shall be provided within five working days of receipt of the request. The data referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph shall be publicly accessible, in line with the relevant provisions on personal data protection.
Amendment 235 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new) Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new) Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009
2a. The purpose of these operations shall be to return to the Member State of establishment of the undertaking
Amendment 62 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Drivers are facing a shortage of rest areas which are certain to be secure and suitable for resting. For as long as this situation is not reversed, drivers may rest in their cabins, provided that the cabins are adequate.
Amendment 126 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a
Amendment 163 #
2017/0122(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
"Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised, the driver may depart from Article 8(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 8(6) to be able to reach a suitable accommodation or parking place in which the driver is able to rest as referred to in Article 8(8a) to take a daily or weekly rest there. Such a departure shall not result in exceeding daily or weekly driving times or shortening daily or weekly rest periods. The driver shall indicate the reason for such departure manually on the record sheet of the recording equipment or on a printout from the recording equipment or in the duty roster, at the latest on arrival at the suitable accommodation.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the effective and proportionate implementation of Directive 96/71/EC in the road transport sector, it is necessary to establish sector-specific rules reflecting the particularity of the highly mobile workforce in the road transport sector and providing a balance between the social protection of drivers and the freedom to provide cross-border services for operators, while at the same time respecting freedom of establishment.
Amendment 77 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Such balanced criteria should be based on a concept of a sufficient link of a driver with a territory of a host Member State. Therefore, a time threshold should be established, beyond which the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State shall apply in case of international transport operations. This time threshold should not apply to cabotage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/200918 and 1073/200919 since the entire transport operation is taking place in a host Member State. As a consequence the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State should apply to cabotage irrespective of the frequency and duration of the operations carried out by a driveronce this threshold has been exceeded. __________________ 18 Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72). 19Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p.88)
Amendment 84 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Given the lack of a link in transit operations between drivers and the Member State in which they move, transit operations should be excluded from the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 157 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Transit shall be excluded from the application of this Directive and Directive 96/71/EC.
Amendment 175 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall not apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC to drivers in the road transport sector employed by undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(a) of that Directive, when performing international carriage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/2009 and 1073/2009 where the period of posting to their territory to perform these operations is shorter than or equal to 3 days during a period of one calendar monthfive consecutive days.
Amendment 196 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
When the period of posting is longer than 3 daysthat threshold, Member States shall apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC for the entire period of posting to their territory during the period of one calendar month referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 222 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
a) a daily working period shorter than six hoursthe maximum daily driving time established in Directive 2006/22/EC spent in the territory of a host Member State shall be considered as half a day;
Amendment 228 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
b) a daily working period of six hoursthe maximum daily driving time established in Directive 2006/22/EC or more spent in the territory of a host Member State shall be considered as a full day;
Amendment 234 #
2017/0121(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point c
c) breaks and rest periods as well as periods of availability spent in the territory of a host Member State shall be considered as working period.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union is party to the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. The provisions of that Convention are thus, from the time of its entry into force, an integral part of the European Union legal order and Union legislation must as far as possible be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the Convention. The Convention provides, among other things, in its Article 7 that Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children. Moreover, the Convention, in its Article 23, provides that States Parties shall take effective and appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities in all matters relating to marriage, family, parenthood and relationships.
Amendment 82 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) With a view to sharing family responsibilities more fairly between men and women, progress must be made towards ensuring parental leave is realistic, financially sustainable and, above all, also taken by men. To that end, leave must be non-transferable and more focused on proving a high level of income rather than a particularly long duration of paid leave, thus avoiding any possible indirect discrimination against women.
Amendment 131 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As the majority of fathers do not avail themselves of their right to parental leave or transfer a considerable proportion of their leave entitlement to mothers, in order to encourage the second parent to take parental leave, this Directive, while maintaining the right of each parent to at least four month16 weeks of parental leave currently provided for by Directive 2010/18/EU, extends from one to four monthfour to 16 weeks the period of parental leave which cannot be transferred from one parent to the other.
Amendment 149 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to provide greater possibility for parents to use parental leave as their children grow up, the right to parental leave should be granted until the child is at least twelveeight years old. Member States should be able to specify the period of notice to be given by the worker to the employer when applying for parental leave and to decide whether the right to parental leave may be subject to a certain period of service. In view of the growing diversity of contractual arrangements, the sum of successive fixed-term contracts with the same employer should be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the period of service. To balance the needs of workers with those of employers, Member States should also be able to decide whether they define if the employer may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave under certain circumstances. In such cases, the employer should provide justification for the postponement. Given that flexibility makes it more likely that second parents, in particular fathers, will take up their entitlement to such leave, workers should be able to request to take parental leave on a full-time or part-time basis or in other flexible forms. It should be up to the employer whether or not to accept such a request for parental leave in other flexible forms than full-time. Member States should also assess if the conditions and detailed arrangements of parental leave should be adapted to the specific needs of parents in particularly disadvantaged situations.
Amendment 185 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To increase the incentives for workers with children and caring responsibilities, men in particular, to take the periods of leave provided for in this Directive, they should have the right to an adequate allowance, while on leave. The level of the allowance should be at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sickch does not have to be directly related to the duration of the leave. Member States should take into account the importance of the continuity of the entitlements to social security, including healthcare.
Amendment 260 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) With a view to ensuring that this Directive enters into force smoothly and without major financial impact in the individual Member States, the provisions on the unpaid part of parental leave must be phased in gradually.
Amendment 338 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) “"relative" means a worker's son, daughter, mother, father, spouserelatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity or partner in civil partnership, where such partnerships are envisaged by national law;
Amendment 351 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) “dependency"” means a situation in which a person is, temporarily or permanently, in need of care due to disability or a serious medical condition other than serious illnessdependent on health care;
Amendment 400 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have an individual right to parental leave of at least four month16 weeks to be taken before the child reaches a given age which shall be aeight lyeast twelvers old.
Amendment 418 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States allow one parent to transfer their parental leave entitlement to the other parent, they shall ensure that at least four month16 weeks of parental leave cannot be transferred.
Amendment 464 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall assess the need for the conditions of access and detailed arrangements for the application of parental leave to be adapted to the needs of adoptive parents, parents having a disability and parents with children with a disability or serious and/or long-term illness.
Amendment 483 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to carers' leave of at least five working days per year, per worker. Such right may beis subject to appropriate substantiation of the medical condition of the worker's relativprior notice and substantiation that it is a result of the worker's relative suffering an accident, serious illness, hospitalisation or a surgical procedure.
Amendment 507 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In accordance with national circumstances, such as national law, collective agreements and/or practice, and taking into account the powers delegated to social partners, Member States shall ensure that workers exercising the rights to leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 will receive a payment or an adequate allowance: at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leave.) for parental leave as referred to in Article 4, a payment or allowance equivalent to 80% of the worker's gross wage; b) for parental leave as referred to in Article 5, a payment or allowance equivalent to 80% of the worker's gross wage in the first eight weeks of the leave; c) for carer’s leave as referred to in Article 6, a payment or allowance equivalent to 80% of the worker's gross wage;
Amendment 540 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers with children up to a given age, which shall be aeight lyeast twelvers old, and carers, have the right to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes. The duration of such flexible working arrangements may be subject to a reasonable limitation.
Amendment 568 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall assess the need for arrangements needed to make sure the application of flexible working time is adapted to the needs of adoptive parents, disabled parents, parents with mental health problems, parents of children with a disability, a long-term illness or mental health problems
Amendment 578 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired by workers on the date on which leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 and 5 starts shall be maintained until the end of such leave. At the end of such leave, those rights, including any changes arising from national law, collective agreements or practice, shall apply.
Amendment 580 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that, at the end of leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 and 5, workers are entitled to return to their jobs or to equivalent posts on terms and conditions which are no less favourable to them, and to benefit from any improvement in working conditions to which they would have been entitled during their absence.
Amendment 586 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall define the status of the employment contract or employment relationship for the period of leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 and 5, including as regards entitlements to social security, while ensuring that the employment relationship is maintained during that period.
Amendment 593 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit less favourable treatmentthe dismissal and all preparations for dismissal of workers, on the grounds that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6, or on the ground that they have exercised their right to flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9 and 5.
Amendment 607 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for dismissal of workers, on the grounds that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6, or have exercised the right to request flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 95.
Amendment 615 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Workers who consider that they have been dismissed on the grounds that they have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 or of exercising the right to request flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 95 may request the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal. The employer shall provide those grounds in writing.
Amendment 639 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States may introduce or maintain provisions that are more favourable to workers than those laid down in this Directive. They shall however ensure that at least four month16 weeks of parental leave remain non-transferable in accordance with Article 5(2).
Amendment 677 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, at the latest two years after the entry into force apart from the four paid weeks of parental leave referred to in Article 8(1)(b) which shall come into force four years after publication of this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 32 #
2017/0056(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Where possible, Union fishing vessels shall be prohibited from discharging offal during shooting and hauling.
Amendment 33 #
2017/0056(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Where possible and appropriate, Union fishing vessels shall convert offal into fish meal and retain all waste material with any discharge restricted to liquid discharge/sump water. Where this is not feasible, fishing vessels shall batch waste for two hours or longer.
Amendment 34 #
2017/0056(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. NWhere possible, nets shall be cleaned after every fishing operation to remove entangled fish and benthic material to discourage interactions with birds during gear deployment.
Amendment 35 #
2017/0056(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) any observed seabird interaction data.
Amendment 89 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas the EU is facing demographic challenges that are not only related to ageing population and the decrease of birth rate, but also include other elements such as depopulation;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the integration of long-term unemployed individuals through individually tailored measures, in particular through active employment policies, is a key factor for fighting poverty and social exclusion and contributing to the sustainability of national social security systems; highlights, in this context, the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments;
Amendment 183 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the percentage of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion remains high; points out that high levels of inequality reduce the output of the economy and the potential for sustainable growth while hindering social and political stability; calls for a better support and recognition of the work of NGOs, anti-poverty organizations and organizations of people experiencing poverty, encouraging their participation in the exchange of good practices;
Amendment 187 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses its concern at the low labour market participation rate of ethnic minorities, in particular the Roma community; calls for a proper implementation of the Directive 2000/78/EC; stresses the need to foster the role played by specialist NGOs in promoting their participation in the labour market and supporting not only the enrolment of children in education but also avoiding early school leaving, in order to break the circle of poverty;
Amendment 198 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities is a precondition for creating a competitive EU labour market; calls on Member States to better align education and training with labour market needs across the EU with a better coordination with enterprises; takes the view that mutual recognition of qualifications will be beneficial for overcoming the gap between skills shortages on the European labour market and jobseekers, especially young people;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recognizes that advances in new technologies and the digitization of European industry present significant challenges for the EU; stresses that the productive model of the EU and of the Member States, supported by their educational models, have to be directed towards high productivity sectors, in particular those related to ICTs and digitization, in order to improve EU competitiveness at global level;
Amendment 224 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are important for sustainable and inclusive development and job creation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give greater consideration to the interests of MSMEs in the policy-making process; stresses the need to ease a second chance for honest entrepreneurs who failed in their first attempt, and to eliminate the stigmatization they face in many cases;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the importance of the EFSI insofar as it permits improved social and, economic and territorial convergence of Member States and their regions within the Union; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States are fully using the possibility of accessing this fund; calls on the Commission to monitor and control investments under the EFSI and to measure their economic and social impact;
Amendment 266 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to reach a stronger commitment to apply Article 174 of the TFEU; emphasises that greater territorial cohesion implies greater economic and social cohesion, and therefore calls for strategic investment in those regions, in particular broadband network, with a view to making them more competitive, improving industry and territorial structure and, ultimately, stabilising the population in those areas;
Amendment 269 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the Commission to introduce policies designed to combat demographic decline and the dispersion of the population; stresses that the European Union's cohesion policy should prioritise attention for regions suffering demographic decline;
Amendment 270 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Points out that the outermost regions are facing a series of structural constraints, the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their development; calls on the Commission to bolster the application of Article 349 of the TFEU;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the strong regional differences as regards the digitisation of industry, which have consequences on jobs and growth; calls, therefore, for efforts in developing digital infrastructure to be stepped up, particularly in regions lagging behindfor access to broadband to be guaranteed in all regions of Europe, particularly in regions lagging behind, rural areas and regions that suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, in order to guarantee equal opportunities and promote enhanced economic, social and territorial cohesion, and for universal access to the open internet to be promoted;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the current emergency situation calls for measures to promote national minimum income schemes forhelp citizens, so that all citizens are ensured with insufficient incomes to achieve decent living conditions;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas introducing and strengthening minimum income schemes is an important and effective way tominimum income schemes, coupled with active employment policies for people of working able to work, may help overcome poverty, support social integration and access to the labour market and meet the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers that minimum income schemes are the responsibility of the national authorities and that their introduction or development should accordingly take into account the economic and social situation, as well as the production system, in each case; recommends that, with their possible introduction, guarantees be given to safeguard incentives for (re) integration into the labour market;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the guaranteeing the provision of an adequate minimum income and minimum wagefor those who lack the requisite resources to achieve a decent standard of living, as well as participation in labour market (re)integration measures and a productivity-linked minimum wage safeguarding access to employment and the motivation to seek work is included in the first draft of the European Pillar of Social Rights9; whereas, at the high-level conference held in Brussels on 23 January 2017, following the public consultation on this issue, the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, reiterated that such measures should be adopted by all Member States; __________________ 9 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions launching a consultation on a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM(2016)0127) – Annex 1.
Amendment 85 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for priority to be given, when shaping macroeconomic policies, to reducing social inequalities and guaranteeing universal free access to public social servicaccount to be taken of the need to reduce poverty and social exclusion and guarantee decent and affordable social services when shaping macroeconomic policies;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Argues that minimum income schemes combined with active employment policies are essential transitional instruments in reducing and fighting poverty, and they should be seen as a social investment;
Amendment 120 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that introducing minimum income schemes in all EU Member States - consisting ofare a matter falling within the scope of competences of the Member States and, if they are to be introduced, they should take account of the economic and social reality in them, with specific measures supporting people whose income is insufficient with a funding supply, coupled with active employment policies for people of working age able to work, and facilitated access to services - is one of the most effective ways toas a way of combat poverty, guaranteachieve an adequate standard of living and foster social integration;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 158 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that an adequate income is fundamental for a dignified life and that without a minimum income and a stake in society individuals cannota way of helping people with insufficient levels of income to achieve a decent life and participate in society, which are preconditions for developing their potential to the full and participate in the democratic shaping of society;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, while most Member States have national minimum income schemes, several do not; calls on those states to provide for the introduction of guaranteed minimum income schemes toso as to help prevent poverty and foster social inclusion;
Amendment 178 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 194 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that minimum income schemes should ensure payment of an income that is above the poverty line,help prevent situations of severe material deprivation or, where applicable, lift households out of those situations;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for real progress to be made on the adequacy of minimum income schemes, so as to be able to lift ereduce poverty child, adult and older person out of poverand social exclusion among the most vulnerable groups in society and help guarantee their right to a life of dignity;
Amendment 238 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the need, when the levels of minimum incomes are determined, for due account to be taken of dependants, in particular children, in order to for the minimum income to help break the vicious circle of child poverty; takes the view, furthermore, that the Commission should draw up an annual report on progress in the fight against child poverty;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 277 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with particular interest the proposals concerning transitional job schemes, which consist of the option, for those who want to and are able to work, to have a transitional job, at a pre-established minimum wage, in the general government sector or in a non-profit institution or non- governmental organisation (NGO);
Amendment 282 #
2016/2270(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that a transitional job scheme is one of the most effective tools forhelps improvinge workers’ employability in athe labour market that is structurally imbalanced and toand facilitate their transition from the state of being unemployed (especially long-term) to that of a private-sector employee; notes, moreover, that such schemes serve to promote non-inflationary economic growth as well as to combat unemployment and social exclusion;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas measures to combat inequality must be enhanced in economic, social and regional terms to promote harmonious development across the Union;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas high iunequalitymployment curtails effective demand, frustrates innovation, increases inequality and can lead to increased financial fragility;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas inequalities increased in Member States between 2008 and 2014 in terms of household disposable income, mainly in Mediterranean countries such as Spain, Greece, Portugal, or Cyprus19; _________________ 19 Eurofound (2017) Income inequa, with changes occurring once the politcies and employment patterns in Europe before and after the Great Recession.dopted began to take effect;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 95 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for European policies to take into account three factors, economic, social and territorial, in order to to guarantee equal opportunities;
Amendment 97 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density, island, cross-border and mountain regions mentioned in Article 174 TFEU, as well as remote and depopulated regions, have greater difficulty in providing access to public services such as healthcare and education and that, as a result, these services are frequently a greater burden on public finances and recipients need to travel further to obtain them;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reiterates the need to channel investment towards improved territorial cohesion, so as to enhance the industrial fabric of regions with severe and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, especially regarding access to broadband;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that the reduction of inequalities must be an institutional priority at the European level, not only in order to tackle poverty or to promote convergence, but also as the precondition for economic recovery, quality job creation and shared prosperity;economic recovery and resulting job creation are the lever for reducing inequalities, tackling poverty and promoting convergence.
Amendment 283 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that regressive labour market reforms have weakened the representation and bargaining power of labour, undermined the fairness of collective bargaining relations, and increased the inequality of labour with respect to capital; expresses its concern at the repercussions of these labour market reforms on increased precarious working conditions and lower wagBelieves that labour market reforms undertaken in certain Member States have helped bring business models into line with new industrial and manufacturing developments, reversing job losses and achieving a return to growth, job creation and, ultimately, a reduction in inequalities;
Amendment 302 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that, in many countries,welfare and social protection systems have been severely undermined by austerity measures with huge consequences in European budgetary policies have ensured the sustainability of welfare systerms of income inequalitiesand social protection;
Amendment 336 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Affirms that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old-age pensions must be granted to all; calls on the Commission to support Member States in strengthening public and occupational pension systems to provide an adequate retirement income well above the poverty threshold and to allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living;
Amendment 365 #
2016/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate a common approach towards a National Child Basic Income to ensure that efor children living in poverty child receives a minimum incomeso as to guarantee equal opportunities, thereby helping to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy on reducing poverty and the risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas demographic change is one of the main challenges for local development in the EU today, together with uncontrolled globalisation, climate change and the challenges posed by the technological shift, climate change and inclusiveness;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European population has been characterised by increasing longevity and low fertility rates for several decades, which implies side-effects of a shrinking workforceing age population and an ageing population;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the top priority for the European Union and for all the Member States is to promote growth that is at once smart, sustainable and inclusive;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas geographic or demographic features make development problems worse which is why the Treaty of Lisbon added territorial cohesion to the economic and social cohesion goals;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas demographic change does not affect all countries and regions in a uniform manner, with as, while the general trend is towards an ageing population and population loss, the majority of urban areas are experiencing a population gain and most rural and remote areas are experiencing a decline; whereas such imbalances represent major challenges both for areas and regions suffering from depopulation and for those experiencing a population influx;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas demographic change is exacerbating the process ofposes a challenge in regard to ensuring the societal fragmentation and the polarisation of our societies, with growing disparities in terms of economic capacity and service accessibilitycohesion and well-being of the whole population, and encouraging balanced economic development;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that demographic change entails major economic and social pressures on Member State governments and on regional and local authorities in terms of providing public services and infrastructure; stresses that those pressures will be exacerbated by a declining active population and a higher dependency ratio;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that a comprehensive approach of any kind has to reflect the role of cities, rural areas, fishing and coastal areas as well as areas confronted with specific problems connected with their geography or demographic situation, and that, therefore, said approach will also have to take account of the specific challenges posed by the outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions, as expressly acknowledged in the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulationage changes, falling birth rates, population loss and how depopulation dynamics are recorded in certain areas;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. StressesEmphasises the fact that while demographic change affects the whole territory, whether rural or urban, its implications differ and depend on different factors such as the intensity and speed at which change occurs or whether it affects regions with net immigration or ones with a shrinking population; stresses, therefore, that one of the main objectives of an EU demographic policy should be to take into account all the territories having to contend with demographic imbalances and the specificities of those territories;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the Europe 2020 Strategy addresses demographic challenges in most of its seven flagship initiatives, which were designed to overcome the problems and establish vital priorities for the EU in the fields of employment, innovation, education, poverty reduction, and climate and energy; points out that a fundamental part of implementation of the Strategy and its flagship initiatives is based on financial support through cohesion policy instruments, including provisions to tackle population change and ageing,and that these dimensions need to be stressed in all European Union instruments;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that cohesion policy shouldprovides the right tools with which to address demographic change, both in respect of population ageing and population loss, and should therefore play a more prominent role to support regions in adapting to demographic change;
Amendment 198 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls foron the establishment of an EU-wide legal framework that specifically recognises all territories facing demographic disadvantageCommission to take into account real conditions in demographically challenged areas, given that NUTS levels do not reflect the true magnitude of the problem, since regional units differ widely from region to region; adds that it is thus necessary to consider smaller administrative units that provide a better approximation of reality;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges; considers that GDP and population density are not sufficient indicators in this regard and take account of the disparity observed in this area; takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should conduct observational studies on potential indicators going beyond GDP and population density;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Youth Guarantee has led to the implementation of structural reforms in the Member States, with a view to, notably, aligning their models of education and training with the labour market so as to achieve its objectives; whereas the Youth Guarantee must be assessed with due regard for factors such as the improvement of employability;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas external factors, such as the particular economic situation or the production model of each region, influence the achievement of the goals set in the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas regions around Europe are substantially different; in some cases territories with high unemployment will not be part of the eligible regions when it comes to the allocation of EU funds at NUTS level;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is concerned however that YG schemes have not yet reached all young people, who left schools or became unemployed; underlines that all young people not in employment, education or training should be able to profit from the Youth Guarantee schemes, encourages therefore the regions which do not qualify for an EU co-financing to participate in Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2242(INI)
1a. Stresses that there is not, and nor can there ever be, a direct correlation between funding allocated for implementing the Youth Guarantee and the achievement of its specific objectives; adds, therefore, that its effectiveness cannot be assessed in terms of cost versus results;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasises that Youth Guarantee has become a driver for policy reforms and better coordination in the fields of employment and education;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls for an efficient control and monitoring of spending of allocated funds at European and national levels to prevent abuses and wasting of resources;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls for an effective multi-lateral surveillance of compliance with the Council's recommendation establishing a Youth Guarantee within the European Semester and to address specific country recommendations where needed;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Notes that sufficient economic growth is a pre-requisite for the effective integration of NEETs into the labour market;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the full potential of exchanging best practices among Member States in implementation of YG-schemes as well as elimination of administrative burden has not yet been realised; notes in this respect the importance of mutual learning aimed at the activation of the most vulnerable groups;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2242(INI)
4. Notes that a more diversified approach in the provision of services to different groups within the youth population is needed in order to avoid ‘cherry-picking’; calls for a stronger outreach to young people facing multiple barriers (e.g. young people with disabilities) by broadening the range of interventions proposed within YG offers;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that a more diversified approach in the provision of services to different groups within the youth population is needed in order to avoid ‘cherry-picking’; calls for a stronger outreach to young people facing multiple barriers (e.g. young people with disabilities or young people from ethnic minorities);
Amendment 88 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to step up efforts to reach out to NEETs not registered in Youth Guarantee schemes and who are, therefore, the furthest away from joining the labour market;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the need to provide tailored solutions to a diverse group of young people and making the non- registered NEETs a key target group;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that persistent mismatches between the participant's profiles and the YG's offers results in people's return to NEET status, is of the opinion that good quality offers should be tailored to the profile and qualification level of individuals and therefore boosting their competences to better meet labour-market demands;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Takes note that the NEET's group is highly heterogeneous, calls on Members States to conduct a comprehensive analysis of NEET population including a skills mismatch analysis in order to facilitate a smooth transition from education to employment and therefore increase employability of the NEETs;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Highlights the importance of strengthening cooperation between relevant stakeholders such as public and private employment services, education and training institutions, employers, youth organisations and non- governmental organisations working with youth in order to reach the entire NEET population, especially inactive NEETs, who are not covered by the existing systems to enable their effective integration into the labour market; calls on Member States to actively identify and register all NEETs;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls for enhanced cooperation between education institutions and entrepreneurs to develop curricula tailored to the labour market needs which facilitates a smooth transition from education to employment and tackles skills mismatch;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Emphasises that promoting mobility in employment, education, apprenticeships and traineeships can improve the skills-set of young people, as well as tackle the geographical skills mismatch that exists in the EU, therefore encourages Member States to include offers from all European countries in a national Youth Guarantee Scheme through making greater use of EURES (European Employment Services), which is a valuable tool to boost mobility;
Amendment 97 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Stresses that increasing the mobility of workers, for example through deepening international cooperation and by facilitating cross-border recognition of qualifications is effective way of tackling skills mismatch;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Cautions against the repeated take-up of the YG which goes against the spirit of labour market activation and the aim of transition into permanent employment.lls on Member States to ensure that young people receive good quality offers, tailored to the profile and qualification level of the individuals, in order to prevent them from the repeated take-up of the YG;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas social entrepreneurship itself is not governed by a clear legal framework at European level, but only at national level in some Member States, by means of various legal approaches;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the social and solidarity- based economy should be regarded as a driver that is able to help balance social and economic issues;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas digitalisation, ambitious climate change goals, migration issues, social welfare and health services, and the fight against poverty offer great potential for social entrepreneurship;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas education and training must be priority areas in fostering the entrepreneurial culture among young people;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas social and solidarity- based economy enterprises operate in the market in an entrepreneurial fashion, accepting economic risks;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that implementing a corporate social responsibility strategy as part of a business plan is not enough for an enterprise to be classified as social and solidarity-based, and that they are therefore different concepts that should not be confused with each other;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that social and solidarity-based economy enterprises have a strong local and regional basis, which gives them the advantage of being more aware of specific needs and able to offer the products and services required in the area, thus improving economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of networking among social enterprises, and calls on the Member States to optimise knowledge transfer throughout the EUthe transfer of knowledge and best practices throughout the EU, involving not only the social enterprises themselves, but also schools, academia and other interested parties, thereby supporting the growth of those enterprises;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an online European platform for social enterprises, through which they could exchange ideas on setting-up and funding procedures and the legal situation, as well as on the possibility of accessing funding under EU programmes;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers it necessary, furthermore, to support alternative means of funding such as venture capital funds, microcredit and crowdfunding;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas stocks of bigeye tuna have been in decline since 2012, and all the efforts to reduce catches in recs a consequence of which the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) introduced a management ymears have failed, withsure that will be renegotiated in 2017, and whereas purse seiner catch levels reaching a peak ines fell by 26% in 2015 by comparison with 20134; whereas, further, the Cook Islands waters are regarded as a ‘shark sanctuary’, even though it should be stressed that this is not a target species for the European fleet fishing in those waters under the new agreement;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 18 #
2016/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) Regrets the attitude of other countries in the region that have not reached partnership agreements with the EU and are opening their fishing grounds up to other countries and regions in the world that on occasion employ fishing practices that do not consider the resources available, instead of opting for the European Union's financial aid which to a large extent targets development of local fisheries, bearing in mind the sustainability parameters EU Member State vessels comply with when fishing under these agreements;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that employment possibilities for local seamen on board EU vessels could be more objectiveunder the partnership agreements do meet international standards; reiterates the need to respect ILO principles, notably by taking decisive action to and promote the signingratification of its Convention No 188 while at the same time respecting the general principles of freedom of association and collective bargaining for workers, and non- discrimination at the workplace and in professional activity; points out, however, that in view of the shortage of skilled seamen for tuna vessels, the Cook Islands' authorities have not requested embarkation in the EU fleet;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it desirable to improve the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (targeted and bycatch) and, more generally, the conservation status of fishery resources so that the impact of the Agreement on the marine ecosystem and on fishing communities can, with the involvement of fishermen's associations, be gauged more accurately; urges the Commission to promote the regular and transparent functioning of the bodies responsible for monitoring the application of the Agreement, including by setting up a Joint Scientific Committee that would also involve fishermen’s associationsand a strengthening of scientific assessments by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) ;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the new forms of employment that are emerging are blurring the boundary between dependent employment and self-employment9, leading towhich can cause a decline in the quality of employment and the rise of bogus self- employment in the event of non- compliance with labour law; __________________ 9 ILO report of 2016 on Building a social pillar for European convergence.
Amendment 62 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas increases in employment rates mask the insufficient and socially inadequate response to the economic crisis, promoting precarious forms of employment such as zero-hour contracts, bogus self-employment and involuntary part-time jobs, which do not provide workers with either a decent living or full labour right, according to the Commission’s forecasts, the improvements in both the employment and unemployment rates seen in recent years in both the EU and the eurozone area are liable to continue unabated in coming years;
Amendment 169 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that decent work should specifically guarantee coverage by collective agreements, security of collective bargaining, equal pay for equal work in the same place, and protection of the workers’ families, while supporting the work-life balance for all workers;
Amendment 183 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that numerous factors, such as digitalisation, are contributing to a radical transformation of work, with an increase in non-standard forms of employment trends that will intensify unless new regulation is put into place; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that work being transformed through digitalisation, and new employment being created as a result of it, is decentcomply with labour legislation;
Amendment 198 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that there are projected to be 756 000 unfilled job vacancies in the ICT sector in 2020, thus showing the need to improve the digital skills of the European workforce;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of labour inspectorates and the social partners in safeguarding workers’ rights, defining decent productivity-linked wages and incomes in accordance with Member States’ laws and practices, and in providing consultation and guidance to employers; strongly underlines that labour inspectorates should focus on the goal of monitoring and improving working conditions, and should not be used as migration control mechanisms; strongly condemns the practice of companies to employ migrants without securing their full rights and benefitsensuring compliance in terms of working conditions, workplace health and safety and combating illegal or undeclared work;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give social enterprises greater recognition and a higher profile; considers that this lack of recognition makes it harder for them to access funding; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legal framework for social enterprises through, for example, a European statute for cooperatives, associations, foundations and mutual societies;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to show greater commitment to combating demographic challenges through implementation of the cohesion policy, as laid down in Article 174 TFEU, especially in those regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps; considers that with reference to the European Semester, the focus on demographic problems should be widened to take in other aspects that go beyond the impact of ageing on national budgets; is of the opinion that these points should be included in the country-specific recommendations as a sign of not just national but also regional and local awareness; reiterates that territorial cohesion needs to be strengthened through strategic investment in areas suffering from serious demographic problems, in order to increase competitiveness, improve the industrial fabric and territorial cohesion, and, ultimately, maintain population levels;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union needs a paradigm shift towardsustainable growth in the European Union necessitates a strong European social model based on solidarity, social justice, a fair distribution of wealth, gender equality, a high-quality public education system, quality employment and sustainable growth - a model that ensures good social protection for all, empowers vulnerable groups, enhances participation in civil and political life, and improves the living standards for all citizens, delivering on the objectives and rights set out in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas companies are responsible for creating jobs and therefore for improving social standards in society as a whole and whereas to achieve that they need favourable conditions and legal security to grow their activities;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EPSR should equip European citizens with stronger means to keep control over their lives and make markets work forit feasible for markets to be competitive and efficient, taking into account wellbeing and sustainable development;
Amendment 202 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to reach a stronger commitment to applying Article 174 of the TFEU, particularly in regions with serious and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, such as low population density or sparsely populated island and mountainous regions; Emphasises that greater territorial cohesion implies greater economic and social cohesion, and therefore calls for strategic investment in those regions with a view to making them more competitive, improving industry and territorial structure and, ultimately, stabilising the population in those areas;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to introduce policies designed to combat demographic decline and the dispersion of the population; stresses that the European Union’s cohesion policy should prioritise attention for regions suffering demographic decline;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points out that the outermost regions are facing a series of factors which, owing to the fact that they are ongoing and taking place at the same time, are seriously damaging the development of those regions, which are contending with unemployment rates higher than 30%; calls on the Commission to bolster the application of Article 349 of the TFEU by adopting specific measures to improve the integration of the EU’s outermost regions; calls, with regard to the archipelagos, for the severe depopulation occurring in non-capital islands to be taken into account;
Amendment 304 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a. decent working conditions for internships, traineeships and apprenticeships, prohibiting those that are unpaid or paid so little that they do not enable workers to make ends meet;
Amendment 364 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for renewed upward convergence in wages and productivity throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support a wider coverage for collective bargaining; considers that to ensure decent living wages, minimum wages set at a decent level are necessary; recommends the establishment of national wage floors through legislation or collective bargaining, with the objective of attaining at least 60 % of the respective national average wage, upholding national regulations and customs;
Amendment 527 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 638 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fair access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role played by social economy enterprises in combating poverty and social exclusion, and in integrating the most disadvantaged groups into the labour market; points to the importance of social economy enterprises in addressing the challenges connected with the ageing of the population and care for the elderly, especially in small towns and villages, given their local and regional basis;
Amendment 648 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for bids to be rewarded that offer the most economic and social value rather than the lowest price in public procurement, with social or environmental criteria being included in public procurement contracts;
Amendment 649 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and recognise social economy enterprises; considers the current lack of recognition makes it harder for them to access funding; asks the Commission to ensure that European legislation takes social economy enterprises and organisations into account in a way that enables them to operate in the same conditions as other types of enterprise; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legal framework for social enterprises through a European statute for cooperatives, associations, foundations and mutual societies;
Amendment 669 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Expresses its concern at the low labour market participation rate of the Roma community; stresses the need to bolster the role played by specialist NGOs in promoting their participation in the labour market; highlights the need for proper implementation of Directive 2000/78/EC;
Amendment 721 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that secure professional transitions require adequate investment, both in the institutional capacity of public employment services and to assist individual job-search and upskilling; believes proactive employment policies to be worthwhile tools for the reintegration of the unemployed into the labour market; recommends that these proactive employment policies reflect the increasing importance of ICT and the digital economy;
Amendment 772 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that negotiating voluntary flexible working agreements makes for better work-life balance and hence encourages people, and women in particular, to enter and/or remain on the labour market;
Amendment 805 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that voluntary labour mobility within the EU is a right whose exercise must be supported but which should not be forced on workers by poor conditions in their home regions, and should not undermine host countries’ social standards; urges the Commission and the Member States to improve coordination between national public employment services to facilitate job seeking throughout the EU;
Amendment 1013 #
2016/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point c
Paragraph 30 – point c
c. the establishment of a new instrument, to be financed, for example, from EU revenue arising from competition law enforcement, to support the implementation of the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Mediterranean has to take up the major challenge of achieving MSY for most stocks by 2020 and this will require the participation and commitment of countries outside the EU; whereas in the Mediterranean basin the overall level of overfishing is broadly between 2 and 3 times the FMSY; whereas, despite the considerable efforts made both within and outside the EU to develop an effective legal framework and ensure implementation of and compliance with legislation in the fisheries sector, over 93% of the assessed species in the Mediterranean are still regarded as being overfished;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas recreational fishing is of socio-economic value in many regions of the Mediterranean and it has both a direct and an indirect impact on employment;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas account needs to be taken of the role that recreational fishing plays with regard to the state of stocks in the Mediterranean area;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of enforcing, in the short term and comprehensively, the targets and measures laid down in the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and of a timely, urgent and effective implementation of the multiannual management plans provided for in the CFP, taking an ecosystem-based approach; stresses, in particular, the need to achieve the Good Environmental Status (GES) goal established by Framework Directive 2008/56/EC on the strategy for the marine environment, taking into account that fisheries management measures should be decided only in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the Mediterranean should continue to receive differential treatment by comparison with the remaining sea basins under the CFP, since much of it comprises international waters in which third countries play a decisive role with regard to the state of stocks;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it urgent to provide a response that is collective, based on multi- tier cooperation – international, European, national and regional; considers that all stakeholders, including fishermen, scientists and NGOs, should be involved in an inclusive, bottom-up process; emphasises the strategic role played by the Mediterranean Advisory Council in this context;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the CFP recognises that acConsiders it necessary to fishing opportunities should be distributed primarily amongcontinue to provide increased support for small- scale, traditional and non-industrial fishermen, and for those in small coastal areas, and should include incentivthrough, among other measures, preferential access for traditional fishing to the 12-mile zones (Article 7(1)(d)5 of the CFP regulation) and incentives under the CFP regulation in order to promote more selective fishing techniques which have a lower impact on the marine ecosystem and fishery resources; notes that, for this reason, efforts should be made in this direction, to ensure that incentives and preferential access to coastal fishing areas are given to the small-scale (artisanal) fleet as opposed to those fisheries segments that are not selective and have a greater impactpoints out that efforts should be made in favour of the EU's most sustainable fleets;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, according to the FAO, a precautionary realistic approach to the conservation, management and exploitation of living marine resources should be applied, in order totaking account of socio- economic considerations, in order to achieve sustainable fisheries while protecting and preserveing the marine environment as a whole and to; highlight thats the lack of scientific information must not be an excuse to postpone conservation and management measures, or to make them fail;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that it is not feasible to protect and safeguard Mediterranean fisheries and environmental resources through effective fisheries management policies unless they are backed up by strong, wide-ranging and urgent policies and measures to counter the anthropogenic factors that affect and have an adverse impact on those resources: climate change (warming, acidification, rainfall), pollution (chemical, organic, macro- and microscopic), gas and oil exploration and extraction, shipping traffic, invasive species and destruction or alteration of natural habitats, especially coastal;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it feasible to introduce non-transferable quotas, especially for species subject to single-species fisheries; iIs of the view that, to avoid social inequalities, fishing opportunities should be allocated using objective and transparent criteria, including environmental, social and economic criteria, and should also be fairly distributed within the various fisheries segments, including traditional and small- scale fishing; is of the view, in addition, that incentives should be provided for fleets to use more selective fishing equipment and techniques that have a reduced impact on the marine environment, in keeping with Article 17 of the CFP regulation;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that the depletion of stocks in the Mediterranean should be tackled through fisheries management measures that include area and time- based restrictions and daily or weekly fishing limits; believes that these measures should be decided in close cooperation with the sector concerned in order to ensure efficient implementation;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2079(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Maintains that the partnership agreements with Morocco must respect the legitimate aspirations of the people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to independence and to self-determination as regards its coastal arearights of the Sahrawi people.
Amendment 86 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the system of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean covers an inadequat percentage of the area, with major coverage disparities between the various basins; considers it crucial to increase the percentage of marine protected areasensure a more linked-up network of marine protected areas, using a scientific basis, and to identify areas to be covered by protection measures, in addition to implementing an effective monitoring and control system to check they are effective;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it vital for policies to take a varied and nuanced approach, within management plans, and with different criteria based on the biological characteristics of the species and technical characteristics of the fishing methods; considers, moreover, that appropriate planning in space (rotating ‘no fishing’ areas, total or partial closure depending on fishing systems) and time (biological recovery periods) should be the vitala component of any multiannual plan, in addition to the promotion of technical measures aimed at maximum gear selectivity;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that coordinated action with third countries from the Mediterranean needs to be encouraged by stepping up political and technical cooperation under the aegis of international institutions active in this area; welcomes the recent launch of the European Commission's MedFish4Ever programme, a call for action to halt the depletion of fish stocks in the Mediterranean; stresses the need to do all in our power under this programme to promote sustainable fisheries in the Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assist non-EU Mediterranean countries in modernising their fisheries sectors and to achieve sustainable fisheries, also through athe European policy of fisheries agreements that are more balanced, fair and sustainable;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for, with a view to ensuring equal conditions for all vessels fishing in the Mediterranean area, the establishment of a regional plan, under the aegis of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, to ensure a fair balance is struck between fishing resources and the fleet capacity of all countries on the Mediterranean shore, as well as a regional centre for the vessel monitoring system (VMS) and joint inspection operations;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the need to lay down a set of ground rules for the management of recreational fisheries throughout the Mediterranean;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that 250 000 people are directly employed on board boats and that the number of people dependent on the fishing industry increases exponentially if one includes families whose subsistence is derived from regional fishing and who are employed in secondary industries, such as processing, maintenance of boats and tourism, including activities linked to recreational fishing; notes that 60% of work involved in fishing is located in developing countries to the south and east of the Mediterranean, which shows how important small-scale fishing is for the sustainable development of those regions and, in particular, for the most vulnerable coastal communities;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers it vital to promote, emphasise and provide incentives for cooperation between fishermen, particularly small-scale fishermen, within the same area or region, for the purpose of tackling jointly the planning and management of local fisheries resources with the aim of effective and practical regionalisation, in accordance with the aims of the CFP, given that the enormous fragmentation and differentiation of occupations, targets, technical characteristics and equipment used make it practically impossible to adopt a cross- cutting and unambiguous approach;
Amendment 152 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the strong and crucial need to share data and combat their inaccessibility and dispersion, by developing an all- embracing online archive, which should be publicly funded and should contain all the data on fish and fishing, including recreational fishing so as to facilitate monitoring of quality and multiple, independent analyses and thus to adopt a constructive approach to stock assessments;
Amendment 155 #
2016/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that the impacts, as well as the quantities, extent and characteristics of IUU fishing (i.e. illegal fishing), are currently not sufficiently assessed and are therefore underrepresented in information about the current status of fisheries and about trends over time, yet ought to be adequately taken into account in the development of scientific assessments for purposes of fisheries management;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to increase minimum wages as an important tool for narrowingmplement fully Directive 2006/54/EC in order to reduce the gender pay gap between men and women and, ultimately, pension gaps;
Amendment 157 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to introduce orconsider the possibility of introducing or, where appropriate, reinforceing pension credits for career interruptions resulting from caring, whatever the family and/or marital statuing for dependants;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that negotiating voluntary flexible working agreements makes for better work-life balance and hence encourages people, and women in particular, to remain on the labour market;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the sustainability of pension systems has to allow for the challenges posed by demographic changes, population ageing, the birth rate, and the ratio between persons in gainful employment and those of pensionable age, whose situation depends greatly on the number of years in which they worked and paid contributions;
Amendment 187 #
2016/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 2 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to its resolution of 3 April 2014 on the Court of Auditors’ special reports in the context of the 2012 Commission discharge, which expressed support for the ECA’s finding that ‘around 30 % (EUR 144 million) of the EUSF contributions was earmarked for operations which were fully eligible under the EUSF Regulation; however, the CASE project (Italian acronym for ‘Complessi Antisisminici Sostenibili Ecocompatibiliti’, i.e. seismically isolated and environmentally sustainable housing), while relevant to the actual needs, did not comply with specific provisions of the EUSF Regulation; this was because it constructed new permanent buildings instead of temporary houses; the CASE project took 70 % of the funding – EUR 350 million; the strategy chosen for CASE project addressed the housing needs of 15 000 of the earthquake-affected population, but did not respond in a timely manner and with sufficient capacity to the actual needs of the population; the CASDE houses were more expensive than standard houses’; regrets that in many cases the quality of the CASE project has been found to be very poor and some houses have collapsed; asks the Commission to explain how, in the revised Regulation on the European Union Solidarity Fund that entered into force on 28 June 2014, the shortcomings identified by the Court of Auditors in the delivery of emergency aid to the Abruzzo region have been solvedwelcomes the fact that the new Regulation defines 'provisional accommodation', something that will help avoid misuse of funds;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 6 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Understands that disasters and the desire to help people in distress as swiftly as possible may put strain on national administrations; believes, however, that Member States should implement EU legislation on disaster risk prevention and management, which allows the authorities concerned to receive EU assistance while respecting sound financial management; recalls the need to determine whether EUSF subsidies have been used in compliance with the principles of sound financial management, including the principle of economy, in order to identify and share best practices and lessons learned with respect to economic affordability;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores the fact that, as stated in Special report No 3/2008 of the Court of Auditors, payment was usually made one year after applications had been lodged;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Takes the view that the EUSF requires a certain amount of flexibility to enable it to respond to disasters more quickly and effectively; welcomes, therefore, the fact that countries are able to apply for advance payment of funds;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the EUSF be included in the next Multiannual Financial Framework so as to ensure the unity of the EU budget;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that necessary improvements to the regulation could include a request for mandatory updated national plans for disaster management, the preparation of agreements on emergency contracts, the implementation of provisional accommodation measures in disaster areas and the transfer to the EU budget of any revenue generated by the use of the EUSF;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the opinion that the EUSF should, wherever possible, create synergies with other sources of financial assistance, in particular with the European Structural Fand Investment Funds; calls, therefore, with a view to ensuring the proper implementation of the EUSF, on the states to set out clearly what damage is to be covered by the EUSF and what action will be undertaken with the support of other funds;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to allow, in certain circumstances, a single application to be submitted jointly by several territories within a single Member State affected by a natural disaster where the cause of the disaster is the same and the effects occur at the same time, for the purposes of possible eligibility for EUSF assistance;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas fisheries-related tourism can help to reduce the impact on fish stocks and the environment and also increase knowledge and awareness of environmental protection and cultural conservation; whereas, in particular, fishing tours and tourist services offered by fishermen ashore are serving in many European regions to reduce the fishing effort and are a genuine way of supplementing, and diversifying out of, the core activity in many European regions;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities can help to raise the profile of fishermen and promote appreciation and understanding of their complex field of activity; whereas fishing tours and other tourism-related fishing activities (tourist services offered by fishermen ashore, recreational fishing, etc.) are economically advantageous for fishermen and sustainable in terms of resources, compared with traditional fishing, but are still little known to the general public, who are manifestly not fully aware of the importance of consuming local fish products coming from a short supply chain;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas recreational fishing is an activity carried out solely for recreational and/or competitive sporting purposes, in which living aquatic resources are exploited, but catches may not, under any circumstances, be sold; whereas although the intention is not to make a profit, recreational fishing is included among the tourist activities that generate a parallel economy which can be managed by professional fishermen through services, facilities, and infrastructure offered to recreational fishermen; whereas, however, uncontrolled and intensive recreational fishing is liable to have an adverse effect on fish stocks in some areas;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Amendment 113 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of allowing the mixed use of vessels intended for commercial fishing so that, while still retaining this purpose, they may also accommodate fishing-related tourism activities;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers it necessary to preserve the use of traditional practices and techniques such as the almadraba and xeito, given that these are closely connected with the identity and way of life of coastal regions, and for these to be recognised as forming part of cultural heritage;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Given the lack of synergy among businesses in the EU’s sea basins, resulting in fragmentation and limited economic advantages, considers it essential for Member States, regions, and stakeholders to share best practice; notes that research institutes, museums, tourism companies, and other stakeholders should be encouraged to work together to develop sustainable innovative products meeting visitors’ expectations; considers that local action groups (FLAGs) can play an important role in this connection and therefore need to be provided with the appropriate funding;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study to gauge the socio- economic impact and the environmental impact (in terms of catch reductions) likely to arise from these activities;
Amendment 23 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The objective of this Directive is to remove obstacles to the exercise of fundamental freedoms, such as the free movement of capital and freedom of establishment, which result from differences between national laws and procedures on preventive restructuring, insolvency and second chance. This Directive aims at removing such obstacles by ensuring that viable enterprises in financial difficulties have access to effective national preventive restructuring frameworks which enable them to continue operating and thereby reduce avoidable job losses; that honest over indebted entrepreneurs have a second chance after a full discharge of debt after a reasonable period of time; and that the effectiveness of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures is improved, in particular with a view to shortening their length.
Amendment 32 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Restructuring should enable enterprises in financial difficulties to continue business in whole or in part, by changing the composition, conditions or structure of assets and liabilities or of their capital structure, including by sales of assets or parts of the business. Preventive restructuring frameworks should above all enable the enterprises to restructure at an early stage and to avoid their insolvency and the liquidation of viable companies. Those frameworks should maximise the total value to creditors, owners and the economy as a whole and should prevent unnecessary job losses and losses of knowledge and skills. They should also prevent the build-up of non-performing loans. In the restructuring process the rights of all parties involved should be protected. At the same time, non-viable businesses with no prospect of survival should be liquidated as quickly as possible.
Amendment 38 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) A common legislative framework will be positive for the interests of businesses and entrepreneurs wishing to extend their activity to other Member States and for transnational investors, since legal uncertainty will be reduced.
Amendment 39 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Early restructuring may entail the exceptional renegotiation of working conditions, including pay, if this serves the normal continuation of business activity and the maintenance of jobs.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) A second chance should be seen as a step towards success and not a synonym for failure. Second-chance mechanisms that allow the exoneration of unpaid debt for those debtors who are considered as acting in good faith represent a disincentive for the black economy and foster the business culture, which will always have a positive effect on employment. Member States may extend second chance to natural persons.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) 'class formation' means the grouping of affected creditors and equity holders in a restructuring plan in such a way as to reflect the rights and seniority of the affected claims and interests, taking into account possible pre-existing entitlements, liens or inter-creditor agreements, and their treatment under the restructuring plan; the Member States shall be responsible for delineating these categories;
Amendment 157 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that employees’ representatives have full access to information and are consulted if action needs to be taken;
Amendment 206 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iii a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iii a (new)
(iiia) its impact on the working conditions and remuneration of workers.
Amendment 208 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iii b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iii b (new)
(iiib) its impact on subsidiaries and subcontractors.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that affected parties are treated in separate classes which reflect the class formation criteria. Classes shall be formed in such a way that each class comprises claims or interests with rights that are sufficiently similar to justify considering the members of the class a homogenous group with commonality of interest. As a minimum, secured and unsecured claims shall be treated in separate classes for the purposes of adopting a restructuring plan. Member States may also provide that outstanding wage claims for both active and retired workers are treated in a separate class of their own.
Amendment 288 #
2016/0359(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may extend the scope of this Directive to cover natural persons if they see fit.
Amendment 24 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Better statistics are therefore crucial to achieving better results and contributing to a better Europe, and greater efforts should be made to boost investments in official statistics at both European and national levels. This should provide guidance in priority policy areas and for capacity-building, in addition to current guidance and ongoing re-prioritisation. More specifically, action should be taken to tackle the most urgent statistical gaps, increase timeliness and support political priorities and economic policy coordination through the European Semester. The Commission (Eurostat) should also provide new population projections in close cooperation with the national statistical institutes to update the analysis of the economic and budgetary implications of population ageing and provide an accurate picture of the depopulation and population dispersion affecting many European regions and the additional costs they thus incur in providing public services for their citizens.
Amendment 29 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – introduction – paragraph 1
Annex I – introduction – paragraph 1
(1a) The first paragraph of the introduction is amended as follows: “The implementation of Union policies requires high-quality, comparable and reliable statistical information about the economic, social, territorial and environmental situation in the Union and its components at national and regional level. European statistics are also indispensable for Europe, allowing the general public and European citizens to understand as well as to take part in the democratic process and debate about the present and future of the Union.” Or. es (http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:039:0012:0029:EN:PDF)
Amendment 30 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – objectives – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – objectives – paragraph 2 – indent 1
(1b) Objective 1 is amended as follows: “— Objective 1: provide statistical information in a timely manner, to support the development, monitoring and evaluation of the policies of the Union properly reflecting priorities, while keeping a balance between economic, social, territorial and environmental fields and serving the needs of the wide range of users of European statistics, including other decision-makers, researchers, businesses and European citizens in general, in a cost-effective manner without unnecessary duplication of effort;” Or. es (http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:039:0012:0029:EN:PDF)
Amendment 31 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point I – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
(1c) in indicator 1.1, the first paragraph is amended as follows: “The endorsement of Europe 2020 by the European Council of June 2010 has shaped to a large extent the strategic agenda for the Union and national policies in the years ahead. That agenda establishes a number of headline targets and flagship initiatives for which statistical indicators, disaggregated by age and gender, where appropriate, have to be delivered by the ESS in a number of areas (i.e. improving the conditions for innovation, research and development, promoting employment, meeting Union climate change and energy objectives, resource efficiency, improving education levels, including learning mobility, active and healthy ageing, and promoting social inclusion through the reduction of poverty).” lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:039:0012:0029:EN:PDF), paying particular attention to vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities and ethnic minorities).” Or. es (http://eur-
Amendment 35 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – point I – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
(ab) In Objective 1.1.1, the third indent of the second paragraph is replaced by the following: “— additional indicators as an input for the ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of the economic, social, territorial and environmental policies of the Union; and” Or. es (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/ES/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0099&qid=1486550039675&from=EN)
Amendment 44 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – point I – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
(ba) In Objective 1.2.1, the third indent of the second paragraph is replaced by the following: “— developing and producing a set of indicators to measure competitiveness; and” lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:039:0012:0029:EN:PDF) productivity; and” Or. es (http://eur-
Amendment 62 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point h – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point h – point i
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.1 – paragraph 1
Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of statistical production processes. Considering the fact that the Lisbon Treaty has called for better regulation, a streamlining of the legislation related to the pillar of business statistics is needed. In so doing, due consideration should be given to the limitations of the resources available to producers and the overall burden on respondents in line with the Commission Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT). Provide high-quality statistics on key areas where enterprises are the centre of interest, such as business statistics, short-term indicators, their investment in human capital and skills, international transactions, globalisation, internal market monitoring, R&D and innovation, and tourism. Special attention should be paid to the availability of data in high value-added industrial or services sectors, in particular in the green, digital, collaborative or social economy (such as health and education).
Amendment 64 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i – point ii b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i – point ii b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 7a
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 7a
(iib) A new indent is inserted after the seventh indent as follows: “— the provision of indicators for a comparison of the cost of providing public services, in particular education and health care, between European regions;”
Amendment 65 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 1
(ia) In Objective 3.2.1, the first paragraph is amended as follows: “Provide statistics on key areas of social policy where the citizen is the centre of interest, such as well-being, sustainability, social cohesion, poverty, inequalities, demographic challenges (in particular population ageing, depopulation, population dispersion and migration), the labour market, education and training, including childhood education, adult learning, vocational training and learning mobility of young people, culture, physical activity, quality of life, safety, health, disability, consumption, free movement and the internal market, mobility of young people, technological innovation and new lifestyle choices. Those statistics shall be disaggregated by gender where appropriate, for groups that are of special interest to social policy makers. Priorities shall be set in accordance with Article 6.” Or. es (http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:039:0012:0029:EN:PDF)
Amendment 66 #
2016/0265(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i – point ii a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point i – point ii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 7b
Annex I – point I – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 7b
(iia) (ii) A new indent is inserted after the seventh indent as follows: “— the provision of statistics disaggregated by gender on what offers are made to Youth Employment Initiative beneficiaries;”
Amendment 2 #
2016/0205(NLE)
Draft opinion
Article 1
Article 1
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to recommend that Parliament decline to give its consent to the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part;.
Amendment 363 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘North Western waters’ means Union waters in ICES sub-areas V (excluding Va and non-Union waters of Vb), VI and VII;
Amendment 365 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘exploitation pattern’ means how fishing pressuremortality is distributed across the age and sizes profile of a stock;
Amendment 374 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘directed fishing’ means fishing for a defined species or combination of species, where the total catch of that/those species makes up more than 50% of the economic value of the catch; at or those species make up a significant part of the catch composition, which is expressed as a percentage of the live weight of the total catch for a particular fishing trip and type of fishing gear and may be calculated from one or more samples. The relevant catch compositions for different types of directed fishing vary between regions and are detailed in Annexes V to XI;
Amendment 382 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘sensitive habitat’ means a habitat whose conservation status, including its extent and the condition (structure and function) of its biotic and abiotic components, is adversely affected by pressures arising from human activities, including fishing activities. Sensitive habitats, in particular, include habitat types listed in Annex I and habitats of species listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43 EEC, habitats of species listed in Annex I of Directive 2009/147/EC, habitats whose protection is necessary to achieve good environmental status under Directive 2008/56/EC and vulnerable marine ecosystems as defined by Art. 2(b) of Council Regulation 734/200839 ; _________________ 39 Council Regulation (EC) 734/2008 of 15 July 2008 on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears. OJ L 201, 15.7.2008, p.8.listed in Annex II;
Amendment 420 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) any type of projectile, with the exception of those used to kill caged or trapped tuna and the handheld spears and spear guns used in recreational fishing without an aqualung, from dawn until dusk;
Amendment 426 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. No partFor the purpose of this article the mesh size of any towed gear shall be constructed of a mesh size smaller than the codend mesh sizemean the mesh size of any codend or extension piece found on board a fishing vessel and attached to or suitable for attachment to any trawl. This provision shall not apply to netting devices used for the attachment of gear monitoring sensors or to selective devices for fish or turtles.
Amendment 443 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – indent 5
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – indent 5
Amendment 448 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notwithstanding paragraph 5: - between a depth of 200 and 600 meters the specific provisions established in the Annexes shall apply; - the deployment of bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets at any position where the charted depth is greater than 200 meters shall be allowed in the fishing zone defined in Article 5 (e).
Amendment 477 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) prohibiting the placing on the market for human consumption of juveniles of marine species pursuant to Articles 2(5)(b) and 15(11) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
Amendment 571 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. By the end of 2020 and every third year thereafter, and on the basis of information supplied by Member States and the relevant Advisory Councils and following evaluation by the STECF, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Regulation. This report shall assess the extent to which technical measures both regionally and at Union level have contributed to achieving the objectives set out in Article 3 and in reaching the targeton the basis of the performance indicators set out in Aarticle 4.
Amendment 572 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 573 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of that report, where at regional level there is evidence that the objectives and targets have not been met, performance indicators, based on scientific evidence, show a deterioration of the marine resources within sixtwelve months after the submission of the report as referred to in paragraph 1 Member States within that region shall submit a plan setting out the corrective actions to be taken to ensure those objectives and targets can be met.
Amendment 578 #
2016/0074(COD)
(a) Articles 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 paragraph 3, subparagraph 2, 14, 15, 16 and 25 are deleted;
Amendment 599 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 4
Annex V – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 4
At least 80mm 1a ICES Divisions IVb southand Directed fishing for sole of 54° 30'N and ICES with beam trawls or pulseIVc (15% of catches) with Division IVc beam trawls. A panel with a a mesh size of at least 180mm fitted in the upper half of the anterior part of the net shall be fitted. Directed fishing for whiting, mackerel and species not subject to catch limits (combined 55% of catches). A square mesh panel of at least 100mm shall be fitted. __________________ 1a Vessels shall be prohibited from using any beam trawl with a mesh size between 32 and 99mm north of a line joined by the following points by a point on the East Coast of the UK at latitude 55oN, then east to latitude 55o, longitude 5oE, then north to latitude 56oN and east to a point on the west Coast of Denmark at latitude 56°N. It is prohibited to use any beam trawl of mesh size range 32 to 119mm within ICES Division IIa and that part of ICES Sub-area IV to the north of 56° 00′ N.
Amendment 620 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 2
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 2
At least 1200mm 1a Whole area None __________________ 1a To be phased in over a two year period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. For ICES Divisions VIId and VIIe a mesh size of at least 100mm shall apply.
Amendment 625 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 2 – table – row 3
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 2 – table – row 3
At least 100mm 1a Whole area Directed fishing for sole flatfish (50% of catches) or species not subject to catch limits (50% of catches) Directed fishing for haddock, whiting, dab and bass (70% of catches) ------------------------ 1a In ICES division VIId a mesh size of 90mm shall apply.
Amendment 626 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part C – paragraph 9 – title
Annex VI – Part C – paragraph 9 – title
9. Use of static nets in ICES divisions Vb, VIa, VIb, VII b, c, h, j, k
Amendment 629 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part C – paragraph 9 – point 9.1 – introductory part
Annex VI – Part C – paragraph 9 – point 9.1 – introductory part
9.1. IBy derogation from Part B, Point 2 of this Annex, it shall be permitted to use the following gears in waters with a charted depth of less than 600 metres:
Amendment 630 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part C – point 9.1 – indent 1
Annex VI – Part C – point 9.1 – indent 1
- Bottom set gillnets used for directed fishing for hake (85% of the catches) with a mesh size of at least 1200mm and no more than 100 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 25km per vessel and the maximum soak time is 24 hours.
Amendment 640 #
2016/0074(COD)
Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) 15 cm1,1a, 1b __________________ 1 No minimum conservation reference size shall apply to horse mackerel (Trachurus pictaratus) caught in waters adjacent to the Azores islands and under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal. 1a. No more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation. 1b By way of derogation from Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the minimum conservation reference sizes of sardine, anchovy, herring, horse mackerel and mackerel shall not apply within a limit of 10 % by live weight of the total catches retained on board of each of those species. The percentage of undersized sardine, anchovy, herring, horse mackerel or mackerel shall be calculated as the proportion by live weight of all marine organisms on board after sorting or on landing. The percentage may be calculated on the basis of one or more representative samples. The limit of 10 % shall not be exceeded during transhipment, landing, transportation, storage, display or sale.
Amendment 651 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 2 a (new)
Annex VII – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 2 a (new)
At least 70mm1a Whole area None __________________ 1a. A mesh size of 100mm shall be used in directed fishing for hake (20% of catches) in ICES divisions VIII a, b, d and e
Amendment 674 #
2016/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 2
Annex VIII – Part B – paragraph 1 – table – row 2
At least 120mm 1a Whole area Codend and extension piece shall be constructed in T90 netting1a __________________ 1a. The use of beam trawl shall not be authorised
Amendment 47 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is a low level of recognition enjoyed by the social economy enterprises at European level and whereas most of these enterprises are not recognised by a European-level legal framework, but only at national level in some Member States, with different legal forms; whereas this lack of an EU legal framework hinders their capacity to operate cross-border within the internal market;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that it is necessary to adopt a common definition of ‘innovative’ start- ups and SMEs,, SMEs and social economy enterprises or objective criteria, that can be used as a point of reference for the adoption of related measures; reminds that social economy enterprises have revealed a huge innovative potential, coming up with creative solutions to major economic, social and environmental challenges: calls on the Commission to propose such a definition including social economy enterprises;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that there is a need to promote social economy enterprises within the internal market policies, having in mind that there are around 2 million social economy enterprises in EU, accounting for approximately 10-12% of all European businesses; stresses, moreover, that the social economy is rapidly growing, it provides quality products and services, and creates high quality jobs;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the difficulties faced by businesses, and in particular SMEs and , start-ups, and social economy enterprises in securing funding; calls on the Commission, while continuing the valuable support provided to those companies through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and programmes such as Horizon 2020 and COSME, to explore ways of further facilitating access to them, especially for micro-enterprises, for instance by reducing calls for applications to six-month periods and further simplifying the relevant procedures;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2354(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Emphasises that social economy enterprises represent a diversity of business models, that is key for a highly competitive and fairer single market; calls on the Commission to mainstream the social economy within its single market policies and to develop a European Action Plan for social economy enterprises in order to unlock the full potential for a sustainable and inclusive growth.
Amendment 11 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the integration of economies and markets at European level enhances the efficiency, competitiveness and economic solidity of the Member States, thereby contributing to economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Commission to focus EFSI investments on strategic sectors, in particular R&D&i and infrastructure, taking into account the specific features of the regions in which they are carried out;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that the economic and financial crisis revealed great economic imbalances between Member States;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Takes the view that the smooth operation of the EMU, and the eurozone in particular, requires that the common monetary policy be accompanied by greater political, fiscal and economic integration, and that the Member States make use of the flexibility allowed under the Stability and Growth Pact to guarantee the sustainability of public finances and the financial stability of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that in order to stabilise the social situation in Member States, economic stabilisers such as a European Unemployment Insurance (EUI) scheme should strengthen the welfare state and fight social deprivation caused by one- sided fiscal discipline measures taken under the European economic governance frameworkit is necessary to guarantee balanced public accounts that safeguard the survival and sustainability of the welfare state and to adopt economic reforms that will enable growth and job creation; takes the view that the budgetary capacity of the eurozone should foster and support convergence and the adoption of sustainable structural reforms, and be capable of responding to asymmetric shocks;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 51 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the need to develop the social dimension of the EMU based on the EU’s social acquis in order to guarantee fair, properly functioning labour markets and the welfare state in participating Member States;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Member States to respect and promote the autonomy of collective bargaining on wages and working conditions, and to restore balance with the economic governance pillar by urgently moving ahead on the social dimensmodernise their labour markets where this is necessary in order to facilitate job creation;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of not linking any unemployment benefit system with economic conditionality for the Member States, and of promoting social policies which fight poverty, social exclusion and social dumping;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2344(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that fiscal capacity, which can be successful only if solidarity is closely linked to responsibility, should not be merely a responsive tool in the event of country-specific shocks, but should actively enable Member States to achieve social cohesion and full employment, to erase poverty, to strengthen the welfare state and to help attain all the socialthe objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.
Amendment 2 #
Amendment 101 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the demographic change the EU is facing depends on other factors apart from the ageing of population, such as density population or dispersed population
Amendment 149 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to foster, at Member State level, forms of cooperation involving governments, enterprises, including social economy enterprises, educational institutions and social partners, with a view to adapting Member States’ education and training systems to the needs of the labour market, in particular through dual training; calls on Member States to include the culture of entrepreneurship and the social economy principles in their educational and training programs;
Amendment 271 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes that low population density or high dispersed population significantly increase the cost of providing public services such as health care or education; calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account their causes and consequences while analysing the effects of demographic change and its impact on the sustainability of public finances;
Amendment 298 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that enterprises in the social economy face as manysocial economy enterprises encounter even more difficulties asthan traditional enterprises in obtaining public or private financing, due to, among other factors, the little knowledge of the financial intermediary managers of its actual situation; underlines the need to give them more support, especially as regards access to the different forms of financing, such as European funds;
Amendment 334 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees on the need to develop a process of upward economic and social convergence in order to foster social and, economic and territorial cohesion between Member States and their regions, but points out that this must be viewed as a goal of a common project in which social dialogue plays a key role;
Amendment 341 #
2015/2330(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to boost strategic investments with the aim to improve the territorial structure, increase the competitiveness and set population in order to reach article 174 of the TFEU, in particular in those regions that suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas refugees’ integration into both society and the market can be achieved only if there is solidarity between Member States with regard to their distribution;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of making a clear differentiation between refugee and economic migrant for the purposes of implementing the various European policies;
Amendment 281 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Highlights the importance of avoiding the formation of ghettos in order to secure the effective integration of refugees into society;
Amendment 324 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses, with a special focus on European values and culture, in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, despite the fact that 90 % of world growth occurs outside the EU, only 13 % of SMEs have conducted international business outside the EU;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to better engage Member State authorities, universities, businesses and financial institutions with a view to making full use of EU funding sources (e.g. the EFSI, the ESF, the ERDF, COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+) so as to help overcome the difficulty in accessing finance which is still one of the main barriers to the growth of SMEs, particularly for those that consider themselves social economy enterprises;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that the artificial academisation of specific professions is not helpful if one wishes to tackle the problem of skills scarcities in SMEsCalls for greater cooperation between education and training systems and the business sector, with a view to better meeting the real needs of the employment market; believes that vocational training, and especially dual systems operated in cooperation with SMEs, should be givenmust be boosted, including by means of more public support;
Amendment 168 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to create opportunities for young people to acquire entrepreneurship skills, ranging from creating businesses to managing them; also stresses the importance of mentoring for young entrepreneurs; points out that this support will be very important for companies seeking to conduct business internationally;
Amendment 259 #
2015/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt, in the framework of the European Semester’s country-specific recommendations, a differentiated approach to improve the environment for SMEs, taking into account the country- specific circumstances and the EU regions’ specific structural differences, as that move would enable progress to be made towards greater economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas this is the first time that the EU has been monitored by a UN body in the fulfilment of its international obligations on human rights; whereas the concluding observations of the CRPD Committee published in 2015 regarding implementation of the Convention in the EU sent a strong message regarding the EU’s commitment to equality and respect for human rights;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the broad range of recommendations from the CRPD Committee provides a set of guidelines for legislative and policy-making measures falling within the remit of the EU;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas a number of Member States that have ratified the CRPD have yet to establish or designate bodies to implement and monitor the Convention pursuant to Article 33; whereas those already established are being hampered in the accomplishment of their tasks, especially with regard to monitoring under Article 33(2), by the lack of funding and manpower and the absence of a sound legal basis for their designation;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the EU to ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRPD; calls on Member States that have not yet done so to take the necessary measures to finalise their reforms with a view to ratification of the CRPD;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges a comprehensive and cross- cutting review of EU legislation and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations and the members of the EU Framework for the CRPD (hereinafter the ‘EU Framework’) and setting out clear reform objectives and deadlines;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to assign sufficient funding and manpower to task fulfilment within the supervisory frameworks established under Article 33(2), guaranteeing their independence and ensuring that their composition and operational procedures take into account the Paris Principles regarding the functioning of national human rights institutions in line with Article 33(2) and that they are underpinned by the establishment of a formal legal basis clearly defining their remit;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination based on disability, with special regard to women and children with disabilities and to those whose disabilities change over time; calls for the urgent measures to unfreeze the European anti-discrimination directive, concerning which no progress has been made in Council since 2008;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposal for a European Accessibility Act17 and is committed to its swift adoption with a view to ensuring the accessibility of goods and services, including the buildings in which those services are provided, together with effective and accessible national enforcement and complaint mechanisms; __________________ 17recalls the need for a comprehensive approach to accessibility and for measures to guarantee that those with any type of disability enjoy this right in accordance with Article 9 of the CRPD; __________________ 17 COM(2015)0615. COM(2015)0615.
Amendment 90 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work with Parliament to achieve swift ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to works published by the blind or visually impaired, while reiterating its conviction that the EU is competent to conclude this Treaty without ratification being conditional on a review of the EU legal framework or the timing of a ruling by the Court of Justice;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work with Parliament to deliver a strong directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites, with a broad scope and a robust enforcement mechanism; expresses its concern at recent Council proposals to reduce significantly the scope of the EU Directive on the accessibility of public sector websites; fears that the exemptions proposed by the Council will not be sufficient to ensure that the 80 million people with disabilities and 150 million elderly people in the EU enjoy equal access to the digital single market and on- line public services for EU citizens, thereby infringing the right to equal access to information enshrined in the CRPD;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned that theCalls for European Structural and Investment Funds are being misused to foster institutionalisation, andto be used in a balanced way, promoting the development of more inclusive communities and institutionalisation where requested, so that in both cases persons with disabilities can be assured of suitable support and assistance; calls on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen their monitoring in line with the CRPD and in consultation with disability organisations;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Attaches the utmost importance to Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – CRPD - (‘National implementation and monitoring’) and to paragraphs 76 and 77 of the UN Committee’s concluding observations; welcomes therefore the approval by the UN Committee of European Parliament participation in independent monitoring;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the European Parliament to strengthen the internal mechanism established to coordinate the implementation of the CRPD (UNCRPD network) so that it becomes a mechanism for the monitoring and implementation of the Convention, encompassing all parliamentary committees, with the constructive involvement of disability organisations and with its own secretariat and full-time staff assigned exclusively to it;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges all EU institutions, agencies and bodies to establish focal points, and stresses the need for a horizontal interinstitutional coordination mechanism across DGs and EU institutions; calls for the necessary arrangements to form part of a CRPD implementation strategy;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that the EU mobility programmes have a direct impact on beneficiaries’ non-formal and informal learning, ultimately improving their employability and ability to adapt to the job market;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for better coordination of public employment services with tools such as EURES, to encourage simpler and more effective labour mobility;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that disabled people participate equally in EU mobility programmes, particularly those relating to education and employment;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the increased trend towardwhereas undeclared work, or bogus self- employment, outsourcing and subcontracting, leading to an increase in precarious jobs and deteriorating levels of worker protection,;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas instruments that help combat fraud and social dumping, such as Directive 2014/67/EU, have still to be implemented in several Member States and their impact will have to be properly analysed;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based oand the Member States to respect the principles laid down in ILO Convention No. 81 on labour inspection;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectoron-the-spot checks to be carryied out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying ‘letterbox companies’, which body would work in coordination with the; draws attention to the existence of structures such as the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee or the European platform againstto tackle undeclared work in order to limit the financial burden involvedand the need to make use of them;
Amendment 240 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive based oand the Member States to enforce the working conditions laid down in ILO Convention No. 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers, and to ensure that inspections are properly conducted so that possible breaches of the rules or abuses are identified;
Amendment 295 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 351 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that Directive 96/71/EC refers only to Articles 57 and 66 TFEU relating to the freedom to provide services and freedom of movement; believes that its legal basis must be complemented by Articles 151 and 153 TFEUthere is need to distinguish between the posting of workers in the context of the provision of services, in accordance with Directive 96/71/EC, and the freedom of movement of workers;
Amendment 359 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 400 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Wishes periods of postings to be limited in Directive 96/71/CEC and temporary employment agencies to be excluded from the scope of the directive;
Amendment 453 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 470 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission to clarifyMember States to implement the provisions so that a distinction can be drawn between employees and self- employed workers to combat ‘bogus self- employment’; emphasises that airline pilots and train drivers cannot be considered to be independent of the companies for which they workthis problem has significant consequences with regard to the social protection of workers and could have an effect on free competition;
Amendment 495 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. BelieveConsiders that the rules on cabotageweekly in- cab rest periods are not sufficiently precise, which facilitates the practice of some ro; calls on the Commission to clarify these rules to prevent national legislation from being ad operators of engaging in permanent cabotage; wishes cabotage operations to be subject to mandatoryted that would fragment the internal market; wishes, as a general principle, that drivers should be able to spend rest perior notificationds at home;
Amendment 518 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for a new regulation on groundhandling at airports to ensure mandatoryreconcile the objectives of improved social and wage protection for workers in the event of new calls for tenders or the partial loss of work, and greater flexibility and competitiveness in the provision of such services; supports the introduction of rules to ensure the effective implementation of laws with regard to airlines with ‘operational bases’ in the territory of a Member State; calls for the clarification of the definition of 'home base' to protect the social rights of cabin crews, in particular their rest periods;
Amendment 547 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission shortly to submit a proposal for a directive on requirements with regard to the crews of vessels providing regular cargo, passenger and ferry services operating between Member States so that the conditions applicable on board a vessel are those of the State applying the most favourable standards for workers, in addition to other measures on vessel flagging, to ensure that those in maritime professions remain employed and receive the necessary training;
Amendment 562 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, drawing on the US Jones Act, to takevaluate the necessary measures to ensure thatpromote a situation where vessels carrying goods between two European ports are built in Europe, fly a European flag and are owned by a European company; calls for the law that is applicable to be associated with the country in which the vessel owner is based;
Amendment 570 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission rapidly to draw up proposals to combat unfairon the digital and sharing economy to ensure fair conditions for tax, labour and competition, in the digital and sharing economyaddition to customer protection;
Amendment 598 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that a social protocol is necessary to ensure the primacy of fundamental rights over economic freedomsthe improving economic situation must be accompanied by more favourable labour relations for workers to deepen the social market economy further;
Amendment 617 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the Commission's commitment to proposing a basis of minimum social rightat, in its 2016 work programme, the Commission planned to establish a Pillar of Social Rights to analyse existing gaps in order to make progress towards greater alignment between social and work issues; emphasises that the establishment of criteria for comparing the various national social systems cannot provide such a basis, but can only serve as a preliminary analytical framework;
Amendment 627 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. DesireConsiders that wage floors be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wage; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislation or convention, in accordance with national practices, with due respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should represent at least 60 % of the average nationals that enable workers to live a decent life are important for social cohesion and for maintaining a productive economy, but recalls that the setting of wage; cs falls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workerwithin the competency of the Member States;
Amendment 654 #
2015/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports the development of unemployment benefit arrangements as, after studying and analysing all the options, of a mechanism for absorbing asymmetric social shocks within the euro area;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the centrality of agriculture to social cohesion owing to its role in economic growth and diversification, and in fixing populations in rural areas; stresses the need to strengthen the CAP budget and to ensure social fairnes; takes the view that the CAP must take account of regional specificities inf its implementation is to have a greater impact on employment;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the strong market orientation offact that the EU’s agricultural policies and its negative effect on rural incomes and employment, as evidenced by the liberalisation of the dairy sector; condemns the negative impact on agricultural labour of free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnershipre fostering marked price volatility, which may have a negative effect on rural incomes and employment, and therefore considers it necessary to introduce fresh measures to tackle crisis situations such as that currently being experienced in the dairy sector following the abolition of the quota system; takes the view that free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership may benefit European exports, which will generate a positive impact on agricultural labour, although sensitive agricultural sectors will need to be given special protection;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the introduction of social conditionality in the CAP’s first pillarCAP’s first pillar to help guarantee that beneficiaries have an income that will enable them to enjoy decent living conditions;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that improving access to land through instruments such as public land banks, in particular for young people, is key to agricultural employment;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the defence of the right toPoints out that the cost of public services is higher in rural areas against current neo-liberal policie, particularly in areas with serious and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, and calls for the defence of the right to public services in rural areas; supports the development of minimum income schemes to ensure social cohesion, given the high rate of poverty and social exclusion in rural areas.
Amendment 11 #
2015/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention, in accordance with Article 174 TFEU, to regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, improving their territorial cohesion in order to foster development of the local economy, which will ultimately make it possible for the population to remain in those regions;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out to the Commission that, in order for tangible progress to be made towards achieving the objectives of Europe 2020, more attention needs to be paid, in the review of that strategy and of the multiannual financial framework, to regional and local contexts, and to the specific circumstances of the areas concerned;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the number of long-term unemployed exceeds 12 million, of whom 62 % have been out of work for more than two consecutive years; whereas the long- term unemployed are more likely to be affected by poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the renewal of the national building stock with the aim of improved efficiency of energy use will have a direct impact on the cost of energy, particularly for less well-off families, and will encourage the creation of employment;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 147 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
- ensuring thatcouraging the Member States provide everyone with accessible adequate income support, including minimum income above the poverty threshold throughout the life cycle, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, to provide accessible adequate income support;
Amendment 169 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to study the possibility of extending the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived beyond the programming period 2014- 2020, together with better co-ordination with other European Funds, in particular the ESF, and active employment policies, to facilitate the entry of the most deprived into the employment market;
Amendment 170 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to introduce mechanisms for recognising skills acquired informally rather than formally
Amendment 182 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a new social pillar; recalls that to deliver on Article 9 TFEU, such a pillar should be aimed at setting a European framework for a minimum income above the poverty level, continuing with a rights- based approach to social policy and improving implementation of existing social, labour and anti-discrimination legislation;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that employment is the principal means of escaping poverty and social exclusion and urges that active employment policies be strengthened with the aim of returning the unemployed, and, in particular, the long-term unemployed, to the employment market
Amendment 210 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Considers that poverty and social exclusion have an intergenerational component and, accordingly, stresses the need to provide children from households below the poverty threshold with access to education and advocates policies aimed at preventing early school leaving;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to create spaces for reflection and dialogue with those who are experiencing poverty, to ensure that they are able to contribute to the evaluation of policies which affect them;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a decent income is a fundamental element for being able to live your life in dignity; recalls that 16.7 % of the population in the EU 28 in 2013 were at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers; invites the Commission to present in 2016 in the context of the announced social pillar an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income;
Amendment 227 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 243 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that where applicable, minimum income schemes should prevent and lift households out of severe material deprivation and allow for an income above the poverty threshold; recalls that a minimum income is a key instrument for delivering onobserve the principle of subsidiarity and contribute to households not suffering from severe material deprivation or, where applicable, lifting them out of that situation; recalls that Article 9 TFEU guaranteeing adequate social protection as well as on the fundamental right to decent living conditions, participating in society and protection of human health;
Amendment 291 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls that Directive 2012/27/EU emphasised the need to renew the national building stock, including housing; therefore calls on the Member States to evaluate poor households with special attention in their national energy efficiency plans;
Amendment 294 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Urges the Member States to ensure that any investment made, either in new homes or in improving existing homes, is based on energy efficiency;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2183(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with satisfaction that the Agency is committed to having in place a section of its website presenting the Agency in all the official languages of the Union, as well as in Galiciannd that, in view of the location of the seat of the Agency, Galician has been included as the local language; encourages the Agency to proceed, within the limits of available resources, in order to enhance theits visibility and reputation of the Agency;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. Notes that the average number of hours per week that staff interpreters spent in their booths in 2014 - an election year with lower demand - delivering interpretation services was 10,7 hours/week, but stresses that the work of interpreters is not confined to the average number of hours per week spent in the booth but includes other aspects such as preparation for meetings and training;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Calls upon the secretary general to modernise the framework for the management of interpretation, with a view to increasing individual productivity and to bringing the working practices of interpreters into line with the changed needs of the house, provided that these changes do not jeopardise the quality of the service provided, which is the ultimate goal of interpretation;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68a. Takes the view that improving the provision of interpreting services, in particular together with the Commission within the framework of institutional cooperation, would help ensure that these services are used more efficiently;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Encourages the travel agency, bearing in mind the volume of business generated, to an intensify the comparison of prices. Calls on the travel agency to actively seek less expensive tickets when booking and, and seek to reach agreements with the main airlines with the aim of obtaining general, to offer more competitive prices; notes with concern that the staff in the travel agency have partly gained a reputation for their lack of cooperation and professionalism; calls for an improved servreater flexibility and more economical prices; calls on the travel agency to actively seek less expensive tickets when booking and, in general, to offer more competitive prices;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point b
Paragraph 25 – point b
(b) publishing, where they have voluntarily decided to present them, not only the national declarations but also the annual summaries and management declarations, as "confidential documents" where applicable, in order to give more insight into and achieve a real improvement in financial management;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Invites the Commission to develop a system of strict indicators and easily applicable uniform criteria based on the requirements set out in the Stockholm Programme to measure the level of corruption in the Member States and evaluate the Member States’ anti- corruption policiesuniform criteria; is concerned about the reliability and quality of data coming from the Member States; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work closely with Member States to guarantee comprehensive, exact and reliable data keeping in mind the goal of full implementation of the Single Audit Scheme; invites the Commission to work out a corruption index to categorise Member States;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136
Paragraph 136
136. Points out that the ESF supports investments in human capital and actions aimed at improving the adaptability of workers and enterprises to the changes in working patterns, increasing access to employment, reinforcing the social inclusion of disadvantaged persons and strengthening the capacity and efficiency of administrations and public services, despite the existence of performance indicators, the results of ESF investments are, therefore, more difficult to quantify;
Amendment 243 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 202
Paragraph 202
Amendment 244 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 203
Paragraph 203
Amendment 7 #
2015/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, to date, thanks to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, there have been improvements in fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance, sanitary inspection capacity and the participation of Guinea Bissau with regional fisheries bodies. Whereas, however, the performance of sectoral cooperation has been lamentably poor; whereas change is nbeeded urgently, andn relatively poor; whereas the Agreement has to do more tocontinue efforts in promoteing sustainable development of the Guinea-Bissau fisheries sector and of related industries and activities so as to ensure that the added value created by exploitation of the country’s natural resources, to a greater extent, remains in Guinea-Bissau itself;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CDespite efforts that have been made, calls on the Commission to continue helping the Guinea-Bissau authorities improve the fisheries surveillance and control system in Guinea-Bissau waters with a view to intensifying measures to combat IUU fishing;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas within the Roma community, persons not in employment account for more than 75%, a fact which shows that there is a structural problem;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses its concern at the fact that so few within the Roma community are active on the labour market; points to the need to strengthen the role of NGOs involved with this ethnic minority with a view to encouraging Roma to participate in the labour market; also points out that NGOs have an important role to play in informing Roma about their rights or helping them to report cases of discrimination, which will ultimately serve to improve data collection;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Member States to interpret the EU law in such as way as to provide a basis for a wide concept of disability, combining those elements that are advantageous for disabled persons, in line with the CRPD and the denial of reasonable accommodation as a form of discrimination as prescribed by the CRPD and regrets that some Member States still have legislation in place that require a threshold of 50 % of incapacity and official medical certification17 ; __________________ 17 Ibid. Ibid.
Amendment 101 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the fact that the employment rate among women with disabilities is less than 50%, a figure which highlights the twofold discrimination that they face, making it difficult for them to play a full part in society;
Amendment 150 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned about the delay in the mid-term assessment of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; urges the Commission to revise the strategy on the basis of the concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union adopted by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 2 October 20157 September 2015, and to include representative organisations of persons with disabilities in this process;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends the European Commission and the Member States to provide training for public officials, employers and employees on reasonable accommodation and accessibility at the work place, as recommended by the concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union adopted by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 7 September 2015;
Amendment 170 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that, thanks to policy changes, people aged 55-64 make up an increasing share of workers; regrets, however, that the employment rate for this group has increased too slowly and remains below 50% in the EU19; is concerned about how the digital market will affect employment, in particular for people over 50, and about how little prepared the EU and the Member States are to address this issue; __________________ 19 Businesseurope , ‘Position paper on Promoting diversity in employment and workplaces’, Nov. 2013.
Amendment 185 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that the most important resource of the EU and the Member States is their human resources; calls for investmentpoints to the growing weight of the digital market where employment is concerned and calls for investment – starting with the young – in the development of the digital and soft skills needed in the future, including which older employees should also be included through life-long learning, comprehensive training schemes and the, or retraining of older employees;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that EU exports provide roughly 31 million jobs in the EU, that is to say, every seventh job in the EU depends on exports;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Deplores the fact that only 13% of European SMEs have been operating internationally outside the EU and points out that many of them are being prevented from doing so by non-tariff barriers; welcomes the fact that a chapter on SMEs is to be included in free trade agreements;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for encouragement to be given with a view to expanding and modernising the EU’s free trade agreements with non- EU countries;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour legislation, as well as collective agreements, should, where appropriate, be applicable to contractual service suppliers;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitmentsPoints out that Mode 4 should be applicable only to the movement of highly skilled workers for a specific purpose in a given period, in accordance with clearly defined conditions laid down by the national law of the country where the service is to be performed and under a contract conforming to that national law;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, must be equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standardNotes with satisfaction that EU trade agreements include a specific chapter on sustainable development; calls on all parties to endorse and implement the main ILO standards and principles and to encourage the adoption of other ILO conventions and UN resolutions;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of binding measurencouraging the adoption of voluntary initiatives for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyondas well as voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses its concern about the current high level of shark by-catch as a consequence of fisheries in these waterNotes that some shark species (particularly blue shark and shortfin mako, which represent 99% of total catches) included in Annex 1 to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are main species targeted by the EU surface long liner fleet and that the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) of ICCAT considers that they are exploited within safe biological limits; calls on the Commission to report to Parliament on the actions taken by the Joint Committee in response to the critical science- based study to be carried out as described in Article 4, paragraph 6 of the Annex to the Protocol, in order to have guarantees that this fishery is exploited in a sustainable and responsible way; stresses that, in addition, Parliament mustshould also be informed ofabout the data on shark by-catch figures, in an attempt to ensure that shark by-catch is kept to an absolute minimumbtained as regards shark stocks;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas men are also employed in the domestic work sector, in particular as carers in the EU, and therefore require the same levels of protection and support to prevent any kind of sex-based discrimination and to ensure that there is equality with regard to labour market opportunities, pursuant to Articles 19 and 153 TFEU respectively,
Amendment 147 #
2015/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses how important it is to ensure the professionalisation of the sector, and the validation of skills acquired, so as to foster the creation of quality jobs and bring better working conditions and access to training;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2093(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there is a need for stricter checks on products coming into the EU from illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries and a need to guarantee an equivalent level of control on such fishing in all Member States;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2093(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Advocates a strengthening of controls to prevent the importation of fish from illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries by, among other measures, setting up national intelligence teams staffed with specialised fishing inspectors, who are best qualified to detect risks, and establishing a minimum percentage of consignments that must be checked;
Amendment 146 #
2015/2093(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. advocates imposing harsher sanctions for illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 85 % of global fish stocks for which information is available are either fully exploited or overexploited, accordless than 30 % of fish stocks are overexploited, as indicated ing to the most recent assessmenthe report ‘The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture’ published in June 2014 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO);
Amendment 25 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is a major market for fishery products (fish caught by EU fleets as well as imports), consuming 11 % of the world’s fish production in terms of volume and importing 24 % of fishery products in terms of value; and the EU likewise has an industry for processing and preserving seafood products with a significant social dimension which must be protected;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas quotas in RFMOs are based primarily on historical catches, thus maintaining preferential access to global fish stocks for developed countries;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in manysome cases there are insufficient data on the fish stocks that the EU is fishing, in terms of their statustatus of resources and of total removals by local and third- country fleets;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists on the importance of sustainable fishing, processing and trade, in the EU and abroad, as the only way to secure a future for coastal communities, the employment generated by fishing and the industry for preserving and processing seafood products, and the contribution of fishing to food securitufficiency;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recognises that sustainable fishing, both inside and outside Community waters, is vital to ensure the viability of the European fishing industry and fleet; this socio-economic viability must be present in the commercial policy of the EU to prevent the European fleet from being replaced by less sustainable fleets from outside the EU;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that all aspects of the external dimension of the CFP must be predicated on equitable relationships between the EU and its partners globally, be they bilateral (sustainable fishing partnership agreements) or multilateral (RFMOs); such equity must also be reflected in EU trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that, in its external fishery-related activities (catching, processing and marketing), the EU must adopt and promote the highestpromote its environmental and social standards and implement rigorous and effective control and inspection measures, while ensuring transparency in all its activities, to ensure fair competition on the EU market;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates the need for better scientific information andon the status of resources and for the acquisition of catch/effort data for fishing outside EU waters, especially in the waters of certain developing coastal States; notes that there is scope for providing funding for the collection of such data and for improved scientific analyses, using funds available under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Development Fund;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that International Good Governance can only be led by example, and therefore the social and environmental standards of the EU must serve as a benchmark for improving standards within RFMOs, by ensuring that these standards are applied to the other fleets.
Amendment 105 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission to promote a fairerbalanced distribution of the allocation of access in RFMOs, taking into account both the environmental and social impact and developing countries’ aspiration to develop their own fisheries; this distribution must be done such that the European Union is not the only contracting party that has to systematically give up part of its quotas;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the importance of fisheries for developing countries, especially artisanal fisheries, on account of their contribution to food securitufficiency, the local economy and employment; without prejudice to the role played by industrial fisheries to ensure the socio-economic development of coastal areas and the supply of fish products;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recognises the work done by the European Union in combating illegal, undeclared and unregulated fishing in international waters, by requiring that the Community market is only supplied with fish caught strictly in line with European regulations and the rules imposed by regional fisheries organisations;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the significant role played by women throughout the value chain, from financing through to the marketing of fish products; believes that these activities reinforce the economic and social empowerment of women and, who play an important role in closing gender gaps key role in the sector, and insists that more attention be paid to these priorities in EU relations with developing countries;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the EU should encourage third countries, beginning with those with which it negotiates an SFPA, to establish a regulatory framework for joint ventures by EU and other interests in the catching, processing and marketing sectors; is of the opinion that such a framework is the best means of ensuring that joint ventures are set up and operate in line with high sustainability and transparency standards as promoted by the reformed CFP, thus also providing better legal stability for EU interests in supporting sustainable fisheries development in third countries;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Defends the need to extend the transparency provisions included in the agreement with Mauritania to all fisheries agreements with third countries;
Amendment 143 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Also warmly welcomes the fact that the protocol with Mauritania grants the European fleet priority access to fishing surpluses in that country, and encourages the European Commission to follow this example in negotiating protocols with other third countries, taking into account the strict sustainability requirements which the Community fleet must meet.
Amendment 144 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for detailed information on the catches and activities of vessels allowed to fish in Mauritanian waters and the associated conditions of access to be publicly available; sStrongly encourages the Commission to ensure that similare inclusion of provisions are included in other future protocols, leading to much-improved transparency regarding totallating to detailed information on the catches and activities of vessels allowed to fish ing effort and conditions of acces third-country waters;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages other third countries also to publish the terms of other agreements that they sign with other States or private entities, including the identity of vessels authorised to fish and their activities and catches; likewise, encourages third countries to comply with RFMO resolutions, which promote transparency in fisheries agreements;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that vessels fishing under the provisions of an SFPA but which do not supply their Member State and the Commission with the data required under the terms of their fishing authorisation should not be issued with authorisations in subsequent years (no data, no fish)will be subject to the sanctions regime laid down in the Community fisheries regulations;
Amendment 171 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the recent publication of the names of EU-flagged vessels granted authorisation to fish outside EU waters, and insists that the Commission publish such information as a matter of course, including data on their activities and catches;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists that the IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Regulation must be applied rigorously and, objectively and in a non-discriminatory manner, and must not be allowed to be used for political purposes,transparently, in a uniform and harmonised manner, especially with regard to monitoring and control, to ensure equitable treatment of all fleets, and must not be subject to the short-term needs of the EU’s trade policy or be used by EU fishing interests as a tool for improving competition;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the European Commission to study the inclusion in the IUU Regulation of provisions relating to working conditions;
Amendment 189 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that bilateral and multilateral trade agreements negotiated by the EU should promote environmentally sustainable and socially just conditions for the production of fisheries products in the third countries concerned, through the use of appropriate quantitative and qualitative restrictions on access to the EU market; also believes that these conditions should be a requirement for any fish product or fishing-derived product sold on the European market, and that any fish product or fishing-derived product not guaranteed to comply with these conditions should be barred from the European market;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view, in particular, that the provisions of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements should include an explicit reference to the IUU Regulation; warns the Commission against proposing any type of improvedthe standards required under the IUU Regulation; opposes the improvement of trade relations towith a third country that has been identified under Article 31 of the IUU Regulation; also considers it to be of particular importance to introduce into the IUU Regulation elements such as the creation of a database similar to TRACES to verify and cross-check data relating to catch certificates and vessels or to establish a minimum percentage for the verification of imports of processed products;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas coastal fishing accounts for 80% of the European fleet, guarantees a high level of employment in coastal areas, islands and the outermost regions, and represents a socially and environmentally sustainable form of fishing that has considerable potential; whereas its influence on the social and cultural characteristics of coastal and island regions is exceptional and diverse;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas most coastal and island fishing constitutes a traditional form of commercial fishing, i.e. a way of life and a significantthe principal source of livelihood, particularly in areas which depend on coastal fishing and which require special measures and support to facilitate growth and development;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the characteristics of coastal fishing in enclosed seas, such as the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea as a whole, differ from those of the open seas of the Atlantic Ocean, including along the coast of French Guiana, and in the Indian Ocean basin;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the impossibility of using specific gears and techniques – which are more environmentally friendly and which do not have a significant impact on the status of endangered stocks – has a serious effect on the viability of already marginalised coastal and island communities causes increased depopulationnon-industrial fishing has a serious effect on the viability of coastal and island communities in terms of controlling increasing depopulation; whereas development and innovation may play a fundamental role in these communities; whereas, in addition, non-industrial fishing uses gears and techniques which are more environmentally friendly and whinders developmentch have less of and innovationmpact on the status of endangered stocks;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas it should be noted that, because of the particular geographical characteristics of the outermost regions and their extreme remoteness from Europe, coastal fishing is integral to the economic development of these regions;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas coastal fishing in the outermost regions also faces competition from vessels sailing under non-EU flags that use the same fishing areas and target the same species to sell on the same markets, in addition to competition from non-EU imports which are subject to completely different operating costs and regulatory, sanitary and environmental constraints; whereas, in this context, any efforts to aid endogenous development and self-reliance in terms of food production would come to nothing unless supported by specific EU policies in these regions;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
K c. whereas, in the outermost regions, marine aquaculture also contributes, alongside coastal fishing, to economic development and the supply of fresh produce to the local area;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas in the fisheries sector, more than in other sectors, the environment and the economy go hand in hand; whereas the blue development of the economy should be focused on sustainable and environmentally friendly projects and activities aimed at preserving the maritime environment and biodiversity as a whole; whereas these projects and activities must also be sustainable from the social and economic point of view so as to ensure that non-industrial fishing remains viable;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas knowledge of the marine environment, specifically of the state of the marine ecosystem, is vital for assessing the impact of various activities on the environment, as is the laying down of suitable protection measures and monitoring programmes with the goal of promoting the recovery of fish stocks, the sustainable use of resources and the development of innovations; whereas data on the marine environment are inadequate, inaccessible and inadequately systematised;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote and support investment in the diversification of the fisheries sector through the development of complementary activities, including investments in vessels, environmental services in the fisheries sector, cultural and educational activities in the fisheries sector, and to promote and support the diversification of fisheries with a view to protecting the environment and ensuring green growth; stresses that marine aquaculture is compatible with coastal fishing in the outermost regions and calls on the Commission to support the development of farming and varietal-selection techniques in the warm waters of tropical or subtropical areas;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for firm support for the work of women since they play an essential role in non-industrial fishing; stresses in particular the key tasks performed by women in the processing chain and their fundamental role in shellfishing;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that coastal fishing in the outermost regions is eligible for a compensation scheme recognised under the EMFF because of the significant additional costs it incurs; calls on the Commission to expand this scheme with the addition of a specific mechanism for the ORs that is similar to the POSEI scheme in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 167 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which has a particular focus on diversification and innovation in the fisheries sector, with a view to supporting fisheries which are environmentally sustainable, innovative, competitive, effective and knowledge-based; calls on the Commission to validate the regional versions of the EMFF as soon as possible;
Amendment 173 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ExpresseCalls concern at and opposition to the non-selective approach being taken, consisting of banning the use in the Mediterranean region of traditional gears and techniques (e.g. banning the use of gillnets outside of the category of commercial fishing), which form part of the local inhabitants’ traditions and way of life, are more environmentally friendly, and do not have a significant impact on the status of endangered stocks the European Commission to use a selective approach when developing legislative proposals on the use of fishing gears and techniques so as to take into account the actual impact that these gears and techniques have on non-industrial fishing resources in each one of the relevant areas; calls on the European Commission to ensure that any legislative initiatives are subject to a thorough prior impact assessment taking account of the specific factors that apply in each fishing area; feels that a non-selective approach to the use of gears and techniques is having a serious impact on the viability of already marginalised coastal and island communities, causing further depopulation and hindering development and innovation;
Amendment 188 #
2015/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a review of the assessment of the status of fish stocks as regards coastal fisheries is carried out, and stresses the need for an analysis of small-scale fishing’s impact on fish stocks, given that the species fished in coastal fisheries are mainly of little economic significance andextremely valuable in socio-economic terms, even though they only account for a small proportion of commercial fishing;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas social economy enterprises improve the circumstances of the most disadvantaged groups in society in terms of employment and social inclusion and need better access to financing;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the Facility to take account of the added value of projects in regions with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as sparsely populated regions and regions undergoing depopulation, since this will not only stimulate job creation there but also help maintain population levels;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the success of the projects cannot be gauged solely in terms of the maintenance or creation of jobs and that their social aspect should also be taken into account;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to ensure that the ESF adapts better to the specific needs of the Facility’s beneficiaries, particularly by developing capacity building and training, and by monitoring and assessing the projects implemented, in order to guarantee improved synergies between ESF programmes and the Facility and personalised support for beneficiaries;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the social innovation component of the EaSI programme and particularly the promotion of social economy enterprises;
Amendment 70 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) This Regulation also covers what are termed ‘dormant’ fisheries agreements, that is to say, those which have not been implemented by the necessary protocols. In line with Court of Auditors Special Report 11/2015 entitled ‘Are the Fisheries Partnership Agreements well managed by the Commission?’, it includes a provision allowing fishing operations to be authorised directly in cases where there is no protocol, on the understanding that such authorisation would be withdrawn if protocols were to enter into force.
Amendment 78 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Union fishing vessels operatingcarrying out fishing activities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a third country, under the auspices of a regional fisheries management organisation, in or outside Union waters, or on the high seas; and
Amendment 79 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) third country fishing vessels operatingcarrying out fishing activities in Union waters.
Amendment 83 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘observer programme’ means a scheme under the auspices of a regional fisheries management organisation, or under a sustainable fisheries agreement, that provides observers on board fishing vessels under certain conditions to verify the vessel’s compliance with the rules adopted by that organisation.
Amendment 85 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ‘contracting party’ means a contracting party to the international convention or agreement establishing a regional fisheries management organisation, as well as States, fishing entities or any other entities that cooperate with such an organisation and have been granted cooperating non- contracting party status with respect to such an organisation;
Amendment 88 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it has received complete and accurate information, in accordance with the Annexes 1 and 2, about the fishing vessel and the associated support vessel(s), including non- Union support vessels;
Amendment 91 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the fishing vessel and any associated support vessel have an IMO number, where this is required by Union legislation;
Amendment 92 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 105 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This article applies to vessels that within the five years of the date ofpreceding the application for a fishing authorisation have:
Amendment 108 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) subsequently returned to the Union fishing fleet register within 24 month years from the date of leaving it.
Amendment 111 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) it did not operate in waters of a non-cooperating third country pursuant to Articles 31 and 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
Amendment 114 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) in a third country which became identified or listed as a non-cooperating country in combatting IUU fishing pursuant to Articles 31 and 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008; or
Amendment 123 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Upon a reasoned request from the Commission, a flag Member State shall refuse, suspend or withdraw the authorisation in cases of overriding policy reasons pertaining: (a) of imperative grounds of urgency related to a serious threat to the sustainable exploitation, management and conservation of marine biological resources or the; (b) where this is essential in order to prevention or suppression of illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing,; (c) or in cases where the Union has decided to suspend or sever relations with the third country concerned. Measures under point (a) shall remain in operation for a maximum period of six months, which may be reviewed if the conditions set out therein continue to apply.
Amendment 133 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. If within one month a flag Member State fails to refuse, amend, suspend or withdraw the authorisation in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, the Commission may decide, upon further request to the Member State, may decide after five days to withdraw the authorisation and shall notify the flag Member State and the operator accordingly.
Amendment 137 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
A Union fishing vessel may only carry out fishing activities in waters of a third country on stocks managed by an RFMO if this country is a contracting party or non- contracting cooperating party to that RFMO. Where sustainable fisheries agreements have been concluded before the adoption of this Regulation, this provision shall apply four years after its entry into force.
Amendment 139 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Union may allocate a proportion of sectoral support funding to third countries with which it has sustainable fisheries agreements, in order to help those countries join regional fisheries organisations.
Amendment 141 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by its flag Member Statthe third country with sovereignty or jurisdiction over the waters where the fishing activities take place; and
Amendment 142 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by the third country with sovereignty or jurisdiction over the waters where the activities take place its flag Member State.
Amendment 148 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the operator has paid all fees and, where applicable, the final financial penalties claimimposed by the third country competent authority over the past 12 mounder fisheries agreemenths.
Amendment 150 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the fishing vessel has an authorisation from the third country.
Amendment 151 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Once it has issued a fishing authorisation, a flag Member Statea flag Member State has ascertained that the conditions set out in Article 11(a), (b), and (c) are met, it shall send the Commission the corresponding application forto obtain the third country’s authorisation.
Amendment 152 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The application referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the information listed in the Annexes 1 and 2 together with any other data required under the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement.
Amendment 155 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. When it is satisfied that the conditions set out in Article 11(a), (b), and (c) are met, the Commission shall send the application to the third country. before the deadline for the transmission of applications laid down in the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement.
Amendment 158 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Article 13 – title
Amendment 166 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. On the basis of the information provided by Member States in accordance with paragraphs 4 or 5, the Commission shall reallocate, solely on a temporary basis, the unused fishing opportunities on a temporary basis by applying the methodology set out in Article 14.
Amendment 170 #
Amendment 171 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may lay down, by means of implementing acts, a methodology for the temporary reallocation of unused fishing opportunities. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).
Amendment 177 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 178 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by its flag Member Statthe third country with sovereignty or jurisdiction over the waters where the activities take place; and
Amendment 179 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by the third country with sovereignty or jurisdiction over the waters where the activities take placits flag Member State.
Amendment 182 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a fisheries agreement but it has not been implemented by the corresponding fisheries protocol within three years of its entry into force; if a fisheries protocol is concluded, the direct authorisations are to be withdrawn once the protocol comes into force;
Amendment 194 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – indent 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – indent 1
– a scientific evaluation providedcarried out by the third country and/or by a regional fisheries management organisation; andor in partnership with it and submitted for examination by the national scientific institute of the flag Member State; or
Amendment 197 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – indent 2
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – indent 2
– an examination of the latter by the flag Member State on the basis of the assessment of its national scientific evaluation provided by a regional fisheries management organisation or other regional body with scientific institutecompetences;
Amendment 203 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the fishing vessel has an authorisation from the third country.
Amendment 204 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Once it has issued a fishing authorisationestablished compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 18, a flag Member State shall send the Commission the relevant information listed in the Annexes 1 and 2, and in Article 18.
Amendment 205 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. If the Commission has not requested further information or justification within 150 calendar days of the transmission of the information referred to in paragraph 1, the flag Member State shall inform the operator that it may start the fishing activities in question, provided it has been granted the direct authorisation by third country as well.
Amendment 207 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. If, following the request for further information or justification referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission finds that the conditions in Article 18 are not met, it may object to the granting of the fishing authorisation within twoat the latest one months of receipt of all the required information or justification.
Amendment 209 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 to 3, if within a period of no more than three years a fishing authorisation is renewed on the same terms and conditions as agreed in the initial licence, the Member State shall issue the authorisation directly once it has established compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 18 and shall inform the European Commission without delay.
Amendment 224 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
A flag Member State shall notify the fishing authorisation to the Commission at least 15 calendar days before the start of the planned fishing activities on the high seas, providing the information in the Annexes 1 and 2.
Amendment 233 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Paragraph 3 shall not apply in the event of data not being forwarded on account of a duly justified case of force majeure.
Amendment 237 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the information in the Annexes 1 and 2 about the fishing vessel and the associated support vessel(s) is complete and accurate; the vessel and any associated support vessel(s) have an IMO number; when so required under European Union legislation;
Amendment 238 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 240 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the third country is not listed as a non-cooperating country in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or does not permit sustainable fishing by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 1020/2012.
Amendment 245 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 246 #
Amendment 249 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall set up and maintain an electronic Unionregister of fishing authorisation registers issued under Titles II and III, made of a public part and a secure part. That register shall:
Amendment 259 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
List of informationdata to be provided for issuing a fishing authorisation I APPLICANT 1 Name of the economic 2 Email* 3 Address 4 Fax 5 6 Telephone 7 Name of the agent (according to 8 Email* 9 Address 10 Fax 11 Telephone 12 Name of association or agentI APPLICANT 1 Vessel identifier (CFR, IMO, operator* IRCS, ….) 1a Vessel name 1b Name of owner 2 Email* 3 Address 4 Fax Tax number (SIRET, NIF ...)* 6 Telephone 7 Name of the economic operator protocol’s provisions)* 8 Email* 9 Address 10 Fax 11 Telephone 12 Name of association or agent representing the economic representing the economic operator* operator* 13 Email* 14 Address 15 Fax 16 Telephone 17 Name(s) of master(s)* 18 Email* 19 Nationality*Address 20 Fax 21 Telephone II [...] III FISHING CATEGORY FOR 49 Vessel type FAO code* 50 G21a Method of fish preservation on board deleted II FISHING AUTHORISATION WHICH FISHING INFORMATION AUTHORISATION IS REQUESTED 49 Fishing authorisation type: - charter: - direct authorisation: - high seas: - support activities: 50 Authorised gear type FAO code* 53 FAuthorised fishing Aareas FAO code* 54 Fishing Divisions - FAO - or 55 Landing port(s) 56Area of operation or Third Costal State* Party: - high seas: - coastal state(s): 55 Landing port(s) Transhipment port(s) 57 Target Species FAO code orFishing category (SFPA)* 58 Authorisation period requested 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 IV [...](start and end dates) start date RFMOs register number* (when known) Date of entry into the RFMO register* (when known) Maximum total crew size*: From [PARTNER COUNTRY]: From the ACP: Method of fish preservation/transformation on board*: Fresh fish/Cooling/Freezing/Fish meal/Oil/Filleting List of support vessels: name/IMO number/ CFR number 58a Authorisation period requested end date deleted
Amendment 261 #
Amendment 145 #
2015/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 254 a (new)
Article 254 a (new)
Article 254 a Hierarchy of methods for STS securitisations and STS ABCPs For securitisation positions in STS securitisations and STS ABCP programmes and transactions the methods set out in subsection 3 of this section shall be applied in accordance with the following hierarchy: (a) where the conditions set out in Article 258 are met, an institution shall use the Securitisation Internal Ratings-Based Approach (SEC-IRBA) in accordance with Article 260; (b) where the SEC-IRBA may not be used, institutions shall use the Securitisation Standardised Approach (SEC-SA) in accordance with Article 264 where the conditions set out in Article 258a are met; (c) in all other cases, a risk weight of 1,250 % shall be assigned to securitisation positions.
Amendment 92 #
2015/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Further scientific studies should be carried out to assess the state of fish stocks, in particular in the Mediterranean, where there is a need to boost stocks and where it is difficult to carry out scientific studies based on the monitoring of commercial fisheries because almost all the fisheries there are mixed.
Amendment 93 #
2015/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 b (new)
Recital 25 b (new)
(25b) It is important to guarantee, as far as possible, that enough scientific studies are carried out and that they are carried out in accordance with the needs identified in each of the fishing areas so that better knowledge can be gained about their fishing resources and the best possible scientific research can be used to assess what forms of management are most suitable in each of those areas.
Amendment 144 #
2015/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a national correspondent whom it deems to be best suited to the task and shall inform the Commission thereof,. The national correspondent shall serve as the focal point for exchange of information between the Commission and the Member State regarding the preparation and implementation of the work plans.
Amendment 156 #
2015/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 44 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Recital 2
(2) The Union must combat poverty, social exclusion and discrimination, ensure equal access to fundamental rights, and promote social justice and protection. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union should take into account requirements linked to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training.
Amendment 85 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Recital 7
(7) Member States and the Union should also address the social impact of the crisis and aim at building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, and can actively participate in society and the economy. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and social welfare systems and removing unnecessary administrative barriers and barriers to labour market participation. Member States should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions.
Amendment 112 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 1 – paragraph 1
Member States should facilitate job creation, reduce barriers for business to hire people, promote entrepreneurship from an early age and in particular support the creation and growth of small enterprises in order to increase the employment rate of women and men. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and foster social innovation.
Amendment 165 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 4
Barriers to labour market participation should be reduced, especially for women, older workers, young people, the disabled, the Roma community and legal migrants. Gender equality including equal pay must be ensured in the labour market as well as access to affordable quality early childhood education and care.
Amendment 175 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 5
Member States should make a full use of European Social Fund and other Union funds support, in particular by implementing proactive measures, in order to improve employment, social inclusion, education and public administration.
Amendment 206 #
2015/0051(NLE)
Annex 1 – section 3 – paragraph 4
Mobility of workers should be ensured with an aim of exploiting the full potential of the European labour market, including by enhancing the portability of pensions and the recognition of qualifications. For this purpose, it is necessary to promote Eures and improved coordination between public employment services. Member States should at the same time guard against abuses of the existing rules.
Amendment 6 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to address the budgetary constraints faced by Member States at the initial stage of the programming period and, taking into account the urgent need to address youth unemployment and the specific features of the YEI, it is appropriate to lay down provisions in order to complement Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with a view to increase the level of the initial pre-financing paid to operational programmes supported by the YEI in 2015. To ensure that Member States have sufficient means to provide payments to beneficiaries responsible for the implementation of operations that target youth unemployment, an additional initial pre-financing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI should be paid in 2015 for operational programmes supported by the YEI, in order to complement the pre-financing amounts paid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. In order to enable a prompt implementation of the operational programmes supported by the YEI, the Commission should commit itself to pay the pre-financing amount to the Member States immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 8 #
2015/0026(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To ensure that the additional initial pre- financing amount is used for the immediate implementation of the YEI, it should be foreseen that this amount is reimbursed to the Commission, if the Union contribution from the YEI does not amount to an adequate level in interim payment applications submitted to the Commission 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This measure is a safeguard to ensure that eligible Member States set up the required structures to promptly implement the YEI. Member State action is urgently needed to deliver on the YEI and combat alarming levels of youth unemployment.
Amendment 15 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the reduction of unemployment rates in the Union; however, points out that they remain in high levels and asks Member States to implement active labour market policies in order to improve the employability and facilitate access to labour market;
Amendment 20 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that there are more than 2 million employment vacancies in the Union; asks the Commission and Member States to ensure the proper functioning of Public Employment Services to facilitate job seeking in the Union;
Amendment 43 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that those regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps usually have higher unemployment rates and less economic growth; therefore, considers that they need investments which help them to improve their growth potential and to attract people to live in their areas, in order to ensure their sustainability;
Amendment 63 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effective; considers it regrettable that many labour reforms have not ensured the required balance between flexibility and security, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargaining; calls for labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity and increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decent jobs and living wages linked to productivity through investment in human capital;
Amendment 138 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that enterprises, in particular SMEs, face some difficulties such as access to credit, unnecessary administrative burden and bureaucracy that hinder their growth and sustainability as well as their job creation potential;
Amendment 155 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that employment is the better way to fight against poverty and social exclusion and Member States should focus on ease the access to labour market, in particular to young people and long term unemployed;
Amendment 166 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that to ensure the well- functioning and sustainability of pension systems, Member States should link retirement age to life expectancy;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is expected that by 2050 the average age of people in the EU will be over 50;
Amendment 14 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is facing unprecedented demographic, social and structural changes and the long-term quality and sustainability of public services in the EU will largely depend on the action that is taken over the next few years;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in 2006 the Demographic Change Regions Network, which includes some 40 European regions, was set up, and whereas that network aims to raise awareness of how important challenges such as ageing and a declining population are for the European Union and its economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, in addition to the phenomenon of ageing, there is an ever- increasing number of European regions in which demographic decline is occurring as a result of falling birth rates, combined with population decline and high rates of ageing, dependence and decline in the number of people in work; whereas all of these phenomena are exacerbated in the rural areas of the regions concerned, as it is common for people to leave rural areas and move to large or medium-sized cities;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a study on demographic decline, which is affecting an increasing number of regions in various EU countries, and to draw up a communication on the problem and on the steps that could be taken at European level, at Member State level, and in the regions affected, to address the challenge of demographic decline;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that regions with serious natural or demographic disadvantages – such as, for example, sparsely populated regions, islands and mountain areas – are hit especially hard by the problems associated with ageing, and have fewer resources and less infrastructure in place with which to promote active ageing; calls for consideration to be given to whether stimulus plans are useful in addressing the problem of ageing, which is generally made worse by parallel processes of depopulation affecting many of the regions concerned, and which can pose a threat to the survival of those areas;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly rejects the consideration of active ageing policies solely as an instrument to maintain the employability of older workers, and calls on the Member States to make all the necessary assessments before raising the mandatory pension age;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to study the worrying problem of unemployment among people over the age of 50 and, in conjunction with the Member States, to develop effective tools for reintegrating such workers into the labour market; to that end, calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote lifelong learning so that workers over the age of 50 are able to return to the labour market;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the Commission Communication which seeks to fully exploit the employment potential of European coasts, seas and oceans through innovation – a key element in sectors such as shipboat building and boat repair, aquaculture, port infrastructure, maritime energy, biotechnology, maritime and coastal tourism and fisheries;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that a better understanding of the seas and oceans, such as the seabed and sea life, along with environmental impact assessments, will make it possible to exploit marine resources sustainably, improving the scientific foundations on which the EU’s various maritime policies are based;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work together to collect, process and exchange data on the blue economy, including at local and regional level;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Believes that the availability of reliable data will foster public and private investment in the sector;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that blue growth should never be considered in isolation from the maintenance of the natural resources of the seas, the restoration of those which have been lost and measures which are certainly sustainable and have been proven to be so;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that it will only be possible to realise the growth and job-creation potential of the blue economy if adequate investment is available;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that the blue economy comprises highly diverse sectors and its development requires highly skilled labour in all those sectors; calls on the Member States to promote the various sectors of the blue economy in their training programmes, taking account of formal and informal education, lifelong learning systems and dual training;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance that must be attached to renewable energy in developing the blue economy, not only offshore wind energy but also other forms of ocean energy, such as tidal, wave, osmotic and ocean thermal energy and energy produced by ocean currents;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that coastal and maritime tourism can contribute to economic growth and to reducing casual or temporary work, provided that the activities are carried out ijob creation, including for vulnerable groups, and it must be placed on an environmentally-friendly waybasis;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of developing tourism models that offer an alternative or complement to sunshine and beaches and help to offset seasonality, such as ecotourism and cultural tourism;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of social dialogue and considers that all parties involved in the blue economy should be represented in that dialogue, together with the individuals or companies concerned and civil society, including workers and enterprises, so that the latter are actively involved in the framing of policies and solutions at local level;
Amendment 82 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the exchange of information and best practice can contribute to the sector’s rapid and sustainable development;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the conference ‘Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth’, held in Rome on 17 and 18 November 2014, recognised that the social economy plays a key role in European countries and contributes to achieving a number of key EU goals, such as the creation and retention of employment, social cohesion, social innovation, rural and regional development and environmental protection;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Strasbourg Declaration of January 2014 states that social enterprises must play a greater role in the future of Europe;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the EU is the region which has the most elderly population and the lowest population growth in the world; whereas, according to forecasts, by 2050 the average age of EU citizens will be over 50; whereas the ageing population and demographic change pose a challenge to social welfare systems;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the social economy enterprises, and in particular training and placement enterprises, offer job opportunities for people who are furthest away from the labour market;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that social economy enterprises are enterprises whose main purpose is to achieve their social objective, which may be to create jobs for vulnerable groups, provide services for their members, or more generally to create a positive social and environmental impact, over and above maximising profits for their members or partners, and which reinvest their profits in order to achieve those objectives; points out that, despite legal disparities and the different activities carried out by social economy enterprises across the EU, they share a series of common recognisable features;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 70 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose plans and measures to improve territorial organisation, especially in areas with permanent natural or demographic handicaps, which will not only help to establish and develop social economy enterprises and the promotion of social innovation and entrepreneurship, but will also help to strengthen social and territorial cohesion in the EU and meet the demographic challenges facing the EU;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that four EU Member States (Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium) have national legislation concerning the social economy, that Poland has launched a strategy to develop the social economy and that Romania is discussing the adoption of legislation to regulate the social economy;
Amendment 127 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the role to be played by the social entrepreneurship axis of the EaSI and the remaining structural funds and European programmes in improving their financing;
Amendment 139 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for investment inprojects relating to the social economy to be taken into account when assessing European Strategic Investment Fund projects;
Amendment 145 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that training and placement enterprises established by social economy enterprises are often excluded from funds for SMEs; calls on the Commission to propose a new exception to the definition of associated enterprise along the lines of that which already exists for universities or non-profit research centres, institutional investors and certain autonomous local authorities;
Amendment 148 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to include the entrepreneurial spirit and social entrepreneurship, in addition to the principles of the social economy, in education and training curricula;
Amendment 152 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that the social economy could help considerably to reduce the number of young unemployed people in the EU; calls on the Member States to promote greater participation of social economy enterprises in education and training programmes in the Member States, in particular through dual training systems;
Amendment 155 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that some social economy enterprises are competitive and are at the forefront of their sector, while others require specialised knowledge in order to launch, develop and manage their enterprises; calls on the Member States to develop training programmes targeted at and specifically tailored to entrepreneurs in the social sector with a view to developing basic business management skills and knowledge;
Amendment 162 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully exploit the potential of programmes such as Erasmus +, thereby encouraging exchanges of students and teachers as well as other innovative entrepreneurs;
Amendment 164 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Points out that sectors with a wide margin for growth and job creation, such as the white sector or the green sector are those in which the social economy is very much present; accordingly, urges Member States to promote education and training in these sectors;
Amendment 173 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on Member States to take account of best practice with regard to adapting national tax systems to favour social economy enterprises and social investment;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is giving priority to a new CAP simplification exercise and that it is proposing, firstly, to simplify a number of delegated and implementing acts;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. FSupports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period, and favours an improvement of the quality rather than an increase in the number of controls in agriculture by thein Member States, the Commission and the Court of Auditor with high or increasing error rates;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas despite of the economic and social context in the EU continues to be bleak, with negative growth rates in the eurozone for the past two years, and with growth now stalled at around 0 %a turnaround has been experienced in the EU economy, where forecasts show a growth in all Member States for 2015 and 2016; whereas forecasts have systemically been revised downwards by the Commission, as has been done for 2015 and 2016; whereas recovery is neithershould be robust norand underpinned and reforms must continue to meet employment and social demands;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas fiscal responsibility has to continue to guarantee not only the success and sustainability of the structural reforms carried out but also those needed to be implemented to foster economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas fiscal policies should be differentiated and appropriated, depending on the situation of each Member State;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Europe has to tackle the rapid ageing of its population as soon as possible;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in spite of mild improvements, the unemployment rate remains historically high, with 25 million people out of work; whereas long-term unemployment is worryingly high, and 12 million people have been unemployed for more than a year (up 4 % over the previous year); whereas the labour market situation is particularly critical for young people, in some cases, regardless of their level of education;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas high unemployment levels, excessive focus on wage depression to regain competitiveness, and a decline in spendingmeasures carried out have been necessary to avoid bankruptcy onf social protection in almost all Member States, have led to significant reductions in household gross disposable incomes, leaving millions of European families at risk of exclusion, and have increased inequalities alarmingly; whereasme Member States and to guarantee the sustainability and viability of the EU economy and the welfare state, one in four Europeans are at risk of poverty; whereas underemployment and precariousness has peaked and, for 50 % of all job seekers, securing employment is not enough to lift them out of poverty;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas poverty reduction is not just one of the main goals in Europe 2020 but also a social responsibility for Member States;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas employment is the best way out of poverty, efforts must be focused on facilitating its access, in particular to those furthest away from the labour market
Amendment 58 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas Art. 174 TFUE provides that "In order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Union shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion. In particular, 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 islands, cross- border and mountain regions";
Amendment 60 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps usually have higher unemployment rates, less economic growth and a lack of significant investment aimed to improve their potential;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Parliament has for the past two years warned of the social risks of deflation in a context of low growth, high unemployment and downward pressure on wages; whereas the ECB has forecast low inflation in the long run, and has warned of the consequences of this on internal demand, growth and employment; whereas deflation has become a reality since August 2014 in eight Member States (six in the eurozone); whereas demand and job creation in the EU is heavily constrained by the prevailing weakness of credit provision to SMEs and the need to reduce excessive public and private debt; whereas the drop in inflation rates significantly increases these difficulties, by raising real interest rates and the real debt burden, and could lead to a vicious circle of economic depression, in particular for the falling in energy prices, mainly oil, but it is expected to increase moderately in the coming years;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas an expansionary monetary policy can be used to foster exportations as a way to improve the EU economy in the short term;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas low interest rates can be used to boost investments in the EU;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas austerity has lessened as the pace of fiscal consolidation has increased, and as new headline targets – focusing more on structural than on cyclical deficits – have been introduced; whereas, in spite of this, the size of fiscal multipliers in the current context is still very high, and the need to accomplish the medium-term objective and the debt objective will inevitably have a significant negative impact on economic growth and job creationefforts have to be made in order to reduce debt;
Amendment 75 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas investment in quality jobs, human capital, research and innovation must be the topone of the priorityies for both the Commission and the Member States, as investment in these areas are essential not only to ensuring a recovery but also to expanding the EU’s economic potential to grow and to create prosperity;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas Digital Single Market is essential for jobs, growth and innovation and that a connected Digital Single Market could generate up to EUR 260 billion per year;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to introduce a much-needed, expansionary economicmonetary policy to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to create quality jobs; stresses that low inflation is already increasing real interest rates as well as real public and private debt, which, together with high unemployment, depresses growth and increases poverty;
Amendment 108 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and member States to ensure fiscal responsibility as a way to guarantee economic growth, job creation and the welfare state;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that the EU is caught in an investment trap whereby investments have fallen more than EUR 400 billion since they peaked in 2007, and are now close to 20 % below the pre-crisis level; warns that the decline has been even greater in peripheral Member States where fiscal consolidation was more acute;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the Investment Plan is used in sustainable areas which can create an added value in the EU economy;
Amendment 123 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that the three main pillars of the Commission´s strategy for 2015 have to be implemented jointly in order to boost investments in a responsible way in those areas with a real impact in growth and job creation, such as the digital economy, green sectors and health care:
Amendment 129 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the factNotes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) will be based on recycled EU resources and will not raise public ‘fresh’ money, apart from an extra EUR 5 billion from the EIB; stresses the risks of an insufficient fund based on overly optimistic assumptions about the likelihood of attracting the bulk of the financing needed from private investors; calls on the Commission to consider using the EIB’s annual profits and undisbursed dividends to increase resources without endangering the bank’s AAA rating; calls on the Commission to explore ways of using the EU budget and other, new resources to ensure that it will not fail to deliver;
Amendment 149 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Call on the Commission to take into account regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps when programming the Investment Plan, in particular the access to broadband;
Amendment 156 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the European Investment Plan is a necessary complement to efforts to boost job creation, but is in itself insufficient to fully compensate for the lack of private and national investmentswhich need to be supported by private and public resources to succeed; welcomes the fact that the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) 2015 continues to call for more efforts from countries with fiscal margins of manoeuvre as a means of encouraging European demand and investment;
Amendment 164 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the extension of the pace of fiscal consolidation, and the introduction of new headline targets – focusing more on structural than on cyclical deficits – that will have a positive effect on employment and growth; notes, however, that the size of fiscal multipliers in the current context is nevertheless still very high and that this will inevitably have a negative impact on economic growth and job creation; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of introducing escape clauses, or of delaying these targets, in order to avoid weakening demand further and destroying jobs;
Amendment 183 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Is concerned that financial fragmentation in the Eurozone is, in some cases, jeopardising SMEs growth and sustainability; calls for a restoration of the economy's lending capacity, which allows SMEs to invest and create jobs, as well as for easing the access to entrepreneurship and the access of SMEs to programs such as COSME or Horizon 2020;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on Member States to eliminate unnecessary administrative burdens and bureaucracy for the self-employed, micro- enterprises and SMEs and to facilitate start-ups conditions;
Amendment 204 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to develop structural reforms in energy markets to achieve a resilient Energy Union, less dependent on external sources, and diversifying the sources of supply (for instance, Algerian gas)
Amendment 227 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to design tailor-made policies to support quality job creation for the long-term unemployed, senior unemployed people, women and other priority groups hit especially hard by the crisis, such as immigrants, ROMA community or people with disabilities;
Amendment 249 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned that the Commission’sPoints out that the strategy to regain competitiveness has been moreshouldn´t focused on reducing costs thanly on labour costs but also on raising productivity via investments in human capital; stresses that more than 20 Member States have reduced their education expenditures in relative terms (as percentages of their GDPs), thereby jeopardising their growth, job potential and competitivenes and structural reforms;
Amendment 263 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States to pay special attention to high unemployment rates among disadvantaged groups, giving priority to access and integration into the labour market and the mainstreaming of accession and integration policies, as employment is the key to successful integration;
Amendment 284 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that labour market reforms in many Member States have mainly promoted precarious jobs; observes that 50 % of jobs created in 2014 were temporary jobs; notes that, according to the Commission, in-work poverty persists, and that for 50 % of all job seekers, securing employment is not enough to lift them out of poverty, nor does it raise productivity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make job quality a priority and to address labour market segmentation;
Amendment 313 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to propose a European framework introducing minimum standards for the implementation of Youth Guarantees covering young people aged 25-30; calls on the Member States to use the available budget efficiently and to implement the Youth Guarantees without delay; calls for the available budget to be increased during the promised mid-term review of the MFF in accordance with ILO recommendations; notes ILO estimated EUR 21 billion are necessary to resolve the problem of youth unemployment;
Amendment 327 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the proper functioning of Public Employment Services to facilitate and stimulate job seeking abroad;
Amendment 328 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work jointly in improving EURES, in order to develop a real job seeking tool, and facilitate the balance between supply and demand in all Member States;
Amendment 339 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Given the number of workers, particularly young people, who are now leaving their countries of origin for other Member States in search of employment opportunities, there is an urgent need to develop appropriate measures to guarantee that no worker is left uncovered by social and labour rights protection; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to further improve EU labour mobility while upholding the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards; calls on each Member State to establish social and employment policies for equal rights and equal pay at the same place offor equal work;
Amendment 345 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the importance of emphasizing practical skills and the dual system of vocational training which makes young people more employable;
Amendment 347 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls on the Member States to improve cooperation between businesses and the education sector at all levels;
Amendment 354 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its warning of the socioeconomic challenges facing the Union and the risks to its sustainability and its stable growth potential posed by a reversal in regional convergence; recalls that more than 122 million EU citizens are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including in- work poverty and child poverty, and that these levels are unacceptable and need to be reduced immediately; calls for a true ‘social pillar’ to be implemented withon the Commission to continue developing the EMU as part of the process of improvingsocial dimension into the economic governance mechanisms;
Amendment 383 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the fact that the Joint Employment Report annexed to the AGS includes a scoreboard for employment and social policies; considers it regrettable, however,notes that these indicators are not sufficient and that they have not been made binding, which would allow them to be used more forcefully; asks the Commission to remedy this situationare analytical;
Amendment 424 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Ask the European Commission to develop a strategy that would support Member States to tackle homelessness through integrated policies and appropriate social investment;
Amendment 426 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls on The Commission to evaluate if it is possible to increment the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived during the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 427 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Calls for affordable and quality public services in the field of child and dependent people care which will permit, especially for women, the return to employment and to facilitate the conciliation of work and private life;
Amendment 430 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Reminds the Commission that in order to ensure both the sustainability and the adequacy of pensions, pension reforms need to be accompanied by policies that: limit access to early retirement schemes and other early exit pathways; develop employment opportunities for older workers; guarantee access to life-long learning; introduce tax benefit policies offering incentives to stay in work longer; and support active healthy ageing; stresses that pension reforms require national political and social cohesion, and should be negotiated with the social partners and in accordance with life expectancy in order to be successful;
Amendment 445 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that the tax wedge has been much higher for low-wage and second- income earners, and that this remains an issue; calls on the Commission to take note of the IMF’s October 2013 tax report, which points out that there is scope for better and more progressive forms of taxation;
Amendment 469 #
2014/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission and the Council to enter into an interinstitutional agreement with Parliament in order to give Parliament a fullmore significant role in the drafting and approval of the AGS and the Economic Policy and Employment Guidelines;
Amendment 34 #
2014/2214(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given that an increase in maritime activity is progressively restricting fishing grounds, calls on the Commission to make sure that all concerned sectors' interests are taken into account at an equitable way at every stage in the development of maritime activities, namely when designing maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal zone management;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2214(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of responsible recreational fisheries in the region as sustainable and profitable tourism;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the 2007 reform aimed to strengthen the fruit and vegetable producer organisations (POs) by providing a wider range of tools to enable themit, along with other measures, to prevent and manage market risks;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned at the fact that the data resulting fromPoints out that the public consultation on policy options and the impact assessment thereof in connection with the review of the EU regime for the fruit and vegetable sector carried out by the Commission from 4 June 2012 to 9 September 2012 do not seem to have been used in the abovementioned reportrevealed a majority in favour of the continuation of the regime;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that the organisation rate remains low in several Member States, with POs that are small in terms of both the number of producer members and the total value of market production, and that most producers, in particular in some southern Member States and some Member States that joined the EU in 2004 and later, arprefer to be excluded from the direct benefits of the EU regime for the fruit and vegetable sectorproducer organisations;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it necessary, therefore, to make producer organisations more attractive by reducing red tape and improving the support given to these groups by the European Union, as well as making improvements to crisis management mechanisms;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 18 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is worrTakes the viedw that, according to the 2012 evaluation reports sent by BE, CY, CZ, DK, DE, ES, FR, HU, IT, NL, AT, PT and UK, operational programmes appear to be contributing little or nothing to the follow demonstrate the need to improve operational programmes ing objectives:rder to optimisinge production costs, stabilisinge producer prices and improvinge the attractiveness of POs, and that little or no contribution is being made to; points out that those programmes help to achieve some environmental objectives such as landscape preservation, climate change mitigation, preserving air quality and reducing waste production;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the following weaknesses identified in the setting-up of national strategies: too large a number of objectives, lack of precise predefined targets for the different objectives, and very low use of crisis prevention and management instruments in connection mainly with harvest insurance, promotion and communication and product withdrawalvery low use of crisis prevention and management instruments in connection mainly with harvest insurance, promotion and communication and product withdrawal, chiefly because they must be financed to the detriment of other structural measures and aid for withdrawals is in many cases not sufficient, and also because of the considerable amount of red tape involved;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2146(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets the lack of European rules regulating relations between operators in the food supply chain with a view to preventing certain abusive practices, which has a very marked effect on milk since this is a staple product that is often used by large supermarkets in their sales promotion campaigns.
Amendment 14 #
2014/2146(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that more efficient use should be made of this Observatory, by setting crisis levels in line with indicators laid down for the whole of the European Union, which would enable preventive and early warning mechanisms to be applied.
Amendment 15 #
2014/2146(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the evolution of the market situation and the effectiveness of the instruments should be evaluated after the milk quota system has come to an end; a follow-upnew report should be available withdrawn up as soon as possible, accompanied by proposals for strengthening two years of the end of the quota system, in 2017he support instruments available in the common organisation of the market for the dairy sector or introducing new mechanisms to curb price volatility.
Amendment 15 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the catering service registered a deficit of EUR 3 500 000 at the end of 2013; is surprised that an increase of customers by around 150 % during the period 2002 to 2011 didn’t provide the opportunity for a balanced financial situation; reiterates its request, in light of the second revision of prices (approved by the Bureau on 10 June 2013), that price policies in Parliament should not depart from practice in other institutions; points out, for instance, the different price structure in the catering services and cafeterias of the Commission; points out, furthermore, that the substantial increase in the prices of the menus offered has not been accompanied by any improvement in either quality or variety, which, on the contrary, have deteriorated considerably;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Wonders why there is a surcharge for the coffee provided at the entrance to some of the parliamentary committee meeting rooms, which costs 20% more than the same product which can be obtained either from the same type of machine or in Parliament’s cafeterias; points out that the service is managed by the same company that is responsible for catering which, in turn, operates the Nespresso vending machines in Parliament; deems it necessary for an explanation to be given about the additional cost of the extension of the contract between Parliament and this contractor;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Takes the view that particular importance should be attached to improving opportunities for access by SMEs to all EU concessions markets; is of the view that the concession granted by Parliament to the current company responsible for catering in the Brussels headquarters is an obstacle to the freedom to provide services as it deprives other small and medium-sized enterprises of the commercial rights and opportunities they have hitherto had very little chance to benefit from; calls for Parliament to consider introducing a degree of flexibility into concessions contracts to ensure that other operators have genuine, non-discriminatory access to specific services; is of the opinion that this will also foster a more optimal use of resources and will enable better quality services to be enjoyed at the best price;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Takes note that Parliament's officials (permanent civil servants) can, in principle, only be recruited through public competitions whereby approximately 10 % of candidates are successful at the average age of 34 years old; is concerned that, despite the fact that youth employment is a top priority for the Union, the EU institutions, including Parliament, have absolutely no policy to boost employment for young people under the age of 30;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42 . Points to the difficulties in recruiting officials or agents from certain Member States in particular; notes that the current salary scales and entry level conditions offered by the institutions may bare less attractive to new staff as; points out that they offer neither competitive salaries nor attractive career prospects to many EU-15 Member States’ citizens, which mayespecially from the EU-15, whose nationals are the ones now reaching retirement age; points out that the inevitable shrinkage of the European public administration will, in the immediate future, adversely affect the quality of service provided and lead to the risk of an increased geographical imbalance in the future;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Voices its support for the measures taken to organise the management of the termination of the contracts of some 1 700 accredited parliamentary assistants (APAs) in preparation for the end of the parliamentary term and the beginning of the new one; is concerned that no solution has been found for APAs whose rights have been undermined following the shortening of their contracts by at least one month as a result of early elections to the European Parliament; stresses the need to bring legislation regarding pension eligibility periods into line with the changes affecting the real parliamentary term;
Amendment 92 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Notes with satisfaction that the implementation of the Bureau decision on a resource efficient multilingualism produced in 2013 savings of EUR 15 million and EUR 10 million in the interpretation and in the translation services respectively, without affecting the principle of multilingualism or but notes that some of these savings are in fact being made at the cost of lower translation standards, particularly in certain languages not regarded as vehicular; urges the Bureau to endeavour to make savings without impairing the quality of parliamentary work; reiterates that interinstitutional cooperation is essential in order to exchange best practices that promote effectiveness and allow for savings to be made;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
Amendment 1 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Court of Auditors ('the Court') has concluded that regional policy remains one of the policy areas which is particularly error prone and that there is not much difference observed in 2013 as compared to 2012the policy groups most prone to error were, for yet another financial year, regional policy, transport and energy with a most likely error rate of 6,9 %, and rural development, environment, fisheries and public health, with a most likely error rate of 6,7 %; stresses nonetheless that, in spite of expenditure having risen considerably in 2013 on account of this being the final budgetary year of the 2007-2013 programming period, there has been practically no change in the error rate when compared to that of 2012 (6,8 %), asnd the most likelycumulative error rate for 2013 was set at 6,9 % (as compared to 6,8 % in 2012)has remained stable and is below that of the 2000-2006 period; urges the Commission to continue to reinforce its control provisions and to apply them strictly when it detects deficiencies;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Court detected serious errors in public procurement (39 % of estimated error rate), a high frequency of non-compliance with state aid rules (17 % of the estimated error rate), as well ascontinues to find that the most significant errors in the field of cohesion policy, energy and transport are still those stemming from shortcomings in the application of public procurement rules and procedures, as well as the financing of ineligible projects, activities and beneficiaries and the inclusion of ineligible costs in cost claims, in total errors of this kind are responsible for 82 % of the estimated most likely error rate in this area of spending; extpremely low rates of disbursement of financial engineering instruments to final recipients in 2013sses its concern over the high percentage, 17 %, accounted for by non-compliance with State aid rules and which also affects the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that a high percentage of cohesion policy funds allocated to financial engineering instruments have not been paid out to final beneficiaries and urges the Commission therefore to take suitable measures to prevent excessive balances for instruments of this kind;
Amendment 14 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the corrective actions taken by the Commission in terms of suspension and interruption of payments; recalls that these measures may hinder the smooth implementation of projecis of the opinion that suspending payments asin they do not contribute to reaching the goals of cohesion policy, due to the short time required fo event of non-compliance with macroeconomic conditionalities under the pEuroper absorption of Union funds; urges the Commission to undertake interruption and suspension of payments only as a last resort in cases where serious deficiencies in management and control systems are identifiedan Semester may hinder the smooth implementation of cohesion policy, and that said corrective actions do not contribute to reaching its goals; requests the Commission to report to Parliament on the real contribution of interruptions and suspensions of payments to reducing irregularities and errors;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 80 % of funding is administered under shared management at Member State level and that the Court found that for the majorits are responsible for 80 % of spending from the Union budget and that, once again, the Court finds that many of the errors identified there was sufficient information available for Member States to detect these errors themselves;could have been corrected beforehand as the Member States had sufficient information available to detect them; emphasises the positive impact of recoveries and corrections in that they reduce the error rate by more than one and a half percentage points and points out, therefore, that measures such as improving administrative capacity on procurement, eligibility rules and state aid, and focusing on simplification and on a risk-based approach shouldmust be implemented at Member State level;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the reinforced procedures foreseen in the regulatory framework for the 2014-2020 programming period, and in particular regarding the management verifications and controls before the certification to the Commission of programme annual accounts and the submission of management declarations by the managing authorities; notes that the Commission’s corrective capacity was further improved by removing, under certain conditions, the possibility for Member States to re-use funds, resulting in net financial corrections; welcomes the establishment of a Competence Centre on administrative capacity building to support public administrations managing ERDF and the Cohesion Fstructural and investment funds; supports the enhanced result-orientation and thematic concentration of cohesion policy that should ensure high added value of the co- financed operations.
Amendment 39 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessarStates that, as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director- General of DG AGRI in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014, there are a number of shortcomings in the control procedures for fully guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in agriculture and rural development as demonstrated by the following reservations issued by the Director General of DG AGRI in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014:;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Amendment 44 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1– indent 2
Paragraph 1– indent 2
Amendment 47 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 50 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1– indent 4
Paragraph 1– indent 4
Amendment 56 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessarStates that, as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director- General of DG REGIO in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014, there are a number of shortcomings in the control procedures for fully guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all underlying transactions in regional policy as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director General of DG REGIO in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014; 73 of 322 programmes have been put under reservations as a consequence of partially reliable management and control system (compared to 85 of 317 OPs in 2012); the interim payments made to those 2007-2013 programmes under reservation equal EUR 6 035,5 million; the Commission estimated the amount at risk at EUR 440,2 million;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessary guaranteeStates that there are a number of shortcomings concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in employment and social affairs as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director General of DG EMPL in its annual activity report on 31 March 2014; its annual activity report contains a reservation relating to payments made for the 2007-2013 programming period for an amount at risk of EUR 123,2 million in 2013; these reservations covered 36 of 118 the European Social Funds (ESF) Operational Programmes (compared to 27 out of 117 OPs in 2012):
Amendment 80 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the financial corrections reported as implemented in 2013 dropped from EUR 3,7 billion in 2012 to EUR 2,5 billion in 2013 and recalls that the high financial correction in 2012 was mainly due to a single EUR 1,8 billion correction in Spain rectifying structural funds expenditures during the period 2000- 2006;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the accumulation of financial corrections made when programme balances are settled is artificial, at times, and that they are not significant, given that they appear years after they are made; calls on the Commission to analyse whether the shift in methodology which took place in 2012 - from confirmed corrections to implemented corrections - is best suited for reflecting the reality of control and management systems in a given financial year;
Amendment 85 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that, as a result of that shift in methodology, this decrease was partially compensated by an increase of recoveries implemented: from EUR 0,7 billion to EUR 0,9 billion;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that in times of economic crisis financial resources are scarce; notes, however, that for large parts of the budget, the maximum level of expenditure under the Multiannual Financial Framework headings is broken into yearly allocations per Member State; observes that the way funds are absorbed by Member States often becomestrusts that in view of the new rules, as from 2014, Member States will not absorb funds by pursuing what has been a, if not the, main policy objective (‘'use it or lose it’')90; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to promote a shift from spending to performance culture focussing on quality of spending and the results achieved; __________________ 90 Ibid.
Amendment 115 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to once again prepare and publish a 'long-range cash flow forecast' projecting future payment requirements to ensure that necessary payments can be met from approved annual budgets; recalls the binding commitment adopted during the 2015 budgetary procedure;
Amendment 127 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Points out that, while the facilities were well set-up and all the projects financed were relevant, the potential benefits of blending werhave not yet been fully realised due to a number of Commission management shortcomings; asks the Commission to disburse funding only when the funds are actually needed by the beneficiary and to improve its monitoring of the Union grant implementation;
Amendment 130 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises that in accordance with Article 317 TFEU, the Commission is ultimately responsible for the implementation of the Union's budget; points out that where the Commission implements the budget under shared management, implementation tasks are delegated to Member States, which, pursuant to Article 59 of the Financial Regulation thereby engaging their political and financial responsibility, must fulfil their respective control and audit obligations and assume the resulting responsibilities in order to protect the Union's financial interests;
Amendment 132 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. WelTakes note of the Commission communication of 28 October 2014 entitled 'On the adoption of the inter- institutional working group recommes the voluntary national declaration provided byndations for the establishment and use of national declarations' (COM(2014)0688); points out that the submission of declarations is voluntary, and therefore welcomes the fact that four Member States - Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom - have decided to submit them; regrets, however, that those declarations differ in form, scope, comprehensiveness and the reporting period; calls on the Commission to strive for national declarations, signed at the appropriate political level, which fit into a single audit chain, as a result of which they are therefore of little use;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 142 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading after paragraph 35
Subheading after paragraph 35
Amendment 149 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Points out that according to the figures provided by the Court of Auditors as regards the amounts and percentage of funds at risk as to the European Regional Development Funds, the European Social Funds and the Cohesion Funds (source data included in the 2013 annual activity reports of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and DG Regional and Urban policy), Slovakia, the United Kingdom and Spainthree Member States have the highest error rates;
Amendment 153 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that according to the figures provided by the Court of Auditors as regards the amounts and percentage of funds at risk as to the European Agricultural Guarantee Funds and the European Agricultural Funds for Regional Development (source data included in the 2013 annual activity report of DG Agriculture and Rural Development) Romania, Bulgaria an Portugalthree Member States also have the highest error rates;
Amendment 157 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Asks the Court of Auditors to develop its own country-specific reporting method bearing in mind not only the amounts at risk but also the management and control systems of the Member States together with the corrective mechanisms applied by the Commission and the Member States in order to adequately assess the evolution of the management in the worst performing Member Statessimilarities or differences between them and recommend the best possible solutions;
Amendment 164 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recalls that the Court of Auditors concluded in its opinion No 7/20143 that the Commission's proposal to allow the deferred payments of value added tax (VAT) and GNI balances and adjustments in case of exceptionalspecific circumstances may increase the complexity of the system of own resources and the Member States budgetary uncertainty; __________________ 3 Opinion No 7/2014 concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 implementing Decision 2007/436 EC, Euratom on the system of the European Communities' own resources (OJ C 459, 19.12.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 165 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Points out in particular that the Commission proposal amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 implementing Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom on the system of the European Communities' own resources (COM (2014)0704) refers only to the postponement of the deadline for the Member States to make resources available in case of significant amounts result from positive VAT and GNI balances and adjustments and notes that if Member States have a large negative VAT and GNI balances and adjustments, the Commission could be obliged to collectprovide additional revenuesources by means of an amending budget;
Amendment 168 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 – indent 4
Paragraph 47 – indent 4
– put in place and closely monitor a detailed action plan with clear targets to address theany problems observed in the compilation of Greece's national accounts,;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 – indent 5
Paragraph 47 – indent 5
Amendment 172 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading after heading Agriculture
Subheading after heading Agriculture
Amendment 174 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
Amendment 177 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
Amendment 182 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Points out that the Czech Republic followed by Slovakia, Hungary, Germany and Bulgaria maintain the most unequalinequalities still exist in various Member States’ agricultural systems97; calls on the Commission and the Member States to better balance their beneficiaries' structure and demands that the Director General of DG AGRI attach yearly to its annual activity report indicative figures on the distribution of CAP direct aid payment to producers by Member States and category of beneficiaries; __________________ 97Indicative figures on the distribution of aid by size-class of aid, received in the context of direct aid paid to the producers according to Council regulation EC 1782/2003 and Council Regulation 73/2009, transmitted by Commissioner Hogan on 8 December 2014.
Amendment 189 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Stresses that the reservations introduced by the Director-General of DG AGRI into its 2013 annual activity report confirm the alarming state of play inin relation to market measures astarget seven aid schemes in nine Member States are targeted, in particular the sectors of fruit and vegetables, the restructuring of vineyards, wine investment, export refunds for poultry and the school milk scheme;
Amendment 192 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. DeploRegrets the significant shortcomings found in the control procedures applied when granting recognition to producer groups99 for fruit and vegetables in Poland, Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdomsome Member States, as revealed by the Court of Auditors in its Annual Report for 2013 and confirmed by the Director-General of DG AGRI who has issued in its 2013 annual activity report a reservation based on its estimate that around 25% of total expenditure under this measure is at risk, namely EUR 102,7 million; __________________ 99 In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p.1), in certain regions, transitional support may be given to encourage producers who wish to acquire the status of producer organisation (PO) to form producer groups; this funding may be partially reimbursed by the EU and ceases once the producer group is recognised as a PO.
Amendment 195 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Regrets in particularPoints out that the deficiencies detected by the Commission as regards the measure concerning 'Vineyard restructuring' in Spainone Member State that justified the reservation issued by the Director-General of DG AGRI on the basis of a corrected error rate of 33 % and an amount at risk of EUR 54 millare based on an incomplete investigation that estimated a corrected error rate of 33 %; stresses that, given the stage reached in the procedure, it is not possible to infer the amount at risk; also draws attention andto the measure 'Poultry export in France' on the basis of a corrected error rate of 69,6% and an amount at risk of EUR 29,3 million;
Amendment 198 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
Amendment 201 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
Amendment 215 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Notes that according to the data provided in the 2013 annual activity report of DG AGRI103, the worst performing Member States as regards the recoveries of undue payments are Bulgaria with a recovery rate of 4%, 21% in Greece , 25% in France, 25 % in Slovenia, 27 % in Slovakia and 33 % in Hungaryrecoveries of undue payments are very low in some Member States; __________________ 103 See 2013 annual activity report of DG AGRI, Annex 10, table 51:
Amendment 226 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Deplores the lack ofStresses that there must be no doubt as to the reliability of data communicated by the Member States on the results of their checks; notes that certifying bodies issued a qualified opinion stating an error rate above 2 % for only nine paying agencies of 74110 while the Commission issued a qualified opinion for 31 agencies in 24 Member States111; __________________ 110 See the reply to the written question No 12, CONT hearing with Commissioner Phil Hogan on 1 December 2014. 111 See 2013 annual activity report of DG AGRI, table 2.1.24.
Amendment 227 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. Regrets the lack ofStresses the need to improve the quality of remedial actions byin some Member States, and the absence ofs well as the need for a systematic approach to eradicate the causes of the errors in all the Member States; stresses that there is a new legislation will go some way to mitigate the lack of preventive action against widespread weakness at Union level;
Amendment 229 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Recommends that the Commission actively monitors the application of remedial actions with regard to the deficiencies in the control system applicable to Union aid for producer groups for fruits and vegetables in Poland, Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;
Amendment 231 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Urges the Commission to demonstrate the Union added value of the agricultural market measures bearing in mind the risk of potential losses affecting the budget of the Union and asks the Commission to consider their suppression if this risk is too high; aAsks the Commission to report in the 2013 Commission discharge follow-up report on the actions taken by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in light of the audit mission for poultry export refunds in France;
Amendment 232 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
Amendment 234 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Urges the Director-General of DG AGRI to consider the real added valueappropriateness of delaying year after year reservations justified by deficiencies in the LPIS while those deficiencies have clear horizontal dimension;
Amendment 235 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Urges the Commission to shed a light on the facts reported by the Court of Auditors in Ireland and Italytwo Member States in points 3.24 and 3.25 of its Annual Report for 2013 as regards irregularities in recovering undue payments, to take the necessary corrective measures and to report on those to Parliament by June 2015;
Amendment 237 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
Paragraph 91
91. Asks in particular that the mandate of the Members of the conciliation body involved in the clearance of accounts procedure will be limited in time to an initial term of three years possibly prolonged for maximum one year; requests furthermore that any possible conflicts of interest be avoided in the handling of those files and that the Member States are not represented in the conciliation body when they are directly concerned by financial corrections;
Amendment 240 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
Amendment 243 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Recognises that as the largest source of Union funds to regions, localities and enterprises,regional policy, which representinged 29% of the total Union budget in 2013 - regional policy has assisted Member States to conciliate their fiscal consolidation constraints with the support to long-term investments strategies which are necessary to recove, has been the main source of funding for investment in most regions, mitigating the cash flow difficulties resulting from the crisis and from fiscal consolidation in many of the Member States, and thus constituting a key added value in European action for fgrom the crisis and return to awth and job- creationg growth (EU2020 objective 1);
Amendment 257 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 103
Paragraph 103
103. Observes that the Commission considered all nationally audited error rates in the reports of Slovakia to be unreliable, 10 out of 15 error rates in the reports of Hungary, two out of seven in the reports of Bulgaria and one out of four in the reports of Belgiumsome Member States to be somewhat or entirely unreliable; asks the Commission to demonstrate if and how their flat rate corrections imposed to protect the Union budget (25 % for one programme and 10 % for nine programmes in Slovakia, two for Bulgaria and Italy and one for Belgiuma further nine countries113) remedied the situation; __________________ 113 See 2013 annual activity report of DG REGIO, Annex, p. 42.
Amendment 259 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
Amendment 264 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
107. Urges the Commission to provide further guidance and technical assistance with a view to addressing the causes of weak administration in the Member Statethe shortcomings and weaknesses in the Member States’ management systems;
Amendment 266 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
108. Welcomes anthe improvement in the management of the funds since 2011 in Austria, the Czech Republic and Romania; is worried about a worsening of the ERDF management in Slovakia, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom114; __________________ 114See 2013 annual activity report of DG REGIO, Annex, p. 43.een in certain Member States since 2011, and stresses the need for these improvements to be extended to cover the whole of the Union;
Amendment 268 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109 – point a (new)
Paragraph 109 – point a (new)
(a) Points out that the corrections applied by the Commission are based on earlier audit reports carried out by each of the Member States, which sometimes gives rise to differing interpretations leading to disparities in the amounts entered in the accounts;
Amendment 273 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113
Paragraph 113
113. Notes that in 2013 the Commission decided on financial corrections amounting to EUR 912 371 222 on Member States' operational programmes, of which EUR 239,50 million fell on the Czech Republic, EUR 147,21 million fell on Hungary and EUR 95,47 million fell on Greece;
Amendment 279 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114
Paragraph 114
114. Notes furthermore that, during the programming period 2007-2013, six Member States (the Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania) were responsible for 75% (equalling EUR 1 342 million) of the confirmed financial ERDF/CF and ESF corrections;
Amendment 281 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 115
115. Regrets that in 2013 EUR 397,8 million had to be de-committed, EUR 296,7 million alone from the Czech Republic; considers that de-commitments run counter to sound financial management;
Amendment 291 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118
Paragraph 118
118. Is worried about the problems in implementation ofing the priority projects in Greece under the Task Force management; notes that 48 priority projects have to be accelerated; notes that the main problems are, according to the Commission: a) delays at maturation stage, (b) delays in licensing, (c) dissolution of contracts due to lack of liquidity of contractors and (d) lengthy court appeals during awarding procedures; calls therefore on the Commission to provide an update on progress made by the priority projects for the 2013 follow-up report;
Amendment 299 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 124
Paragraph 124
Amendment 304 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
Paragraph 126
126. Notes that the Union-financed the modernisation of a water distribution network in Skorkov (CZ)Member State with EUR 1,1 million; is concerned about the fact that the communal authorities have let the exploitation of the water distribution system to a company which already manages the local sewerage system; notes that the latter was also co-financed with EUR 1,4 million from Union funds and that the price for the supply of drinking water increased by 45 %; notes that citizens whose water quality is inferior must therefore continue to use local wells; calls on the Commission to ensure the success of the project; supports the establishment of an independent water authority;
Amendment 307 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127
Paragraph 127
127. Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament about all cases in which projects with an Union share of at least 30 % were afterwards privatised within less than five years from project finalisation;
Amendment 308 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128
Paragraph 128
128. Underlines that the employment and social policy objectives were primarily implemented by means of the ESFESF resources are contributing substantially to the achievement of employment and social policy objectives; for the reporting year loans for payments worth EUR 14,1 billion were made available for these purposes, of which 98 % were made via the ESF;
Amendment 311 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 129
Paragraph 129
129. Welcomes the policy area's contribution to achieving the EU2020 objectives not only through ESF projects but also by draftingcontribution made to the achievement of these by not only ESF- funded projects but also the formulation of country-specific recommendations contained in the annual Jjoint Eemployment Rreport and contributing to the country specific recommendations as part of the Annual Growth Surveydrawn up as part of the European Semester process;
Amendment 314 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130
Paragraph 130
130. Emphasises that the reduction of youth unemployment is particularly urgent; welcomes that more than EUR 12.4 billion from the ESF andrates, especially among young people, is particularly urgent; welcomes that, in addition to ESF resources, the Youth Employment Initiative haves been earmarked for thelaunched, seeking to fight against youth unemployment during the new programming periodfrom 2014; calls on the Commission to support Member States in implementing the Union funds and make sure that this money will be spent for its indicated purpose; calls on the Commission to establish a system, for the 2014-2020 programming period which allows for reports on progress made in integrating disadvantaged people or groups of people (i.e. youth, elderly, long-term unemployed, Roma) into employmentthe effectiveness of the funds earmarked for stepping up progress in integrating disadvantaged people or groups of people or those at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 316 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 131
Paragraph 131
131. Points out thatIs concerned that, while many Roma face discrimination and social exclusion and are living in very poor socio-economic conditions, a portion of the funds available for the integration of Roma werethis community has not always been spent for thiseir intended purpose; icalls concerned that many Roma face discrimination and social exclusion living in very poor socio-economic conditions the Commission to carry out the necessary checks to ensure that the funds are properly used; is also particularly concerned by the information that, following a survey carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in 20121, in 90 % of the Roma households the average income was below national poverty thresholds, and that on average about 45 % of the Roma live in severely deprived housing conditions; __________________ 1 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, The situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States, Luxembourg 2012
Amendment 326 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134
Paragraph 134
134. Regrets that faulty first-level-checks by national management and control systems remained a prime source of error; has therefore the impression that Member States seem to be less scrupulous when spending Union funds compared to the way they spend their national budget; notes that the following programmes showed particular systemic weaknesses: Poland, Spain (Castilla y Leon), Romania, Portugal, Italy (Sicily), Germany (Bund), Germany (Thüringen), Czech Republic and Hungary; notes that in addition, thematic Commission audits revealed weaknesses in the management and control systems of the operational programmes for Ireland (Human Investment Capital), Slovakia (education) and Spain (Comunidad Valenciana);
Amendment 328 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135
Paragraph 135
135. Points out that, when reviewing the error rates communicated by Member States (MS) (MS) in their Annual Control Reports (ACR) the Commission increased the error rate by more than 2% for the followinga series of Operational Programmes (OP): Member OP number 2013 interim MS ACR COM Difference State payments error rate correction EUR IT 2007IT052PO009 Bolzano 934 530 4,95 % 7,11 % 2,16 % CZ 2007CZ052PO001 Praha 3,58 % 6,45 % 2,87 % Adapabilita SK 2007SK05UPO002 OP employment 86 718 231 1,65 % 4,66 % 3,01 % & soc. inclusion UK 2007UK052PO002 Lowlands & 74 251 497 1,95 % 10,59 % 8,64 % Uplands Scotland IT 2007IT052PO001 Abruzzi 0,2 % 15,9 % 15,88 % ES 2007ES052PO011 La Rioja 0,38 % 37,76 % 37,38 % In addition the; in addition the Commission considereds some of the ACRs for OPsalso as entirely unreliable, thereby triggering a flat-rate correction: Member OP number 2013 interim MS ACR COM flat- Differenc State payments error rate rat e EUR correction LU 2007LU052PO001 Operational 4 285 659 0,46 % 2,0 % 1,54 % programme ESF IT 2007IT051PO001 Campania 77 486 332 0,38 % 2,0 % 1,62 % BE 2007BE052PO001 German speaking 0,0 % 2,0 % 2% community ES 2007ES052PO002 Castilla y León 10 607 012 0,0 % 2,0 % 2,0 % BE 2007BE052PO003 Federal state 3,66 % 5,0 % 1,34 % IT 2007IT051PO007 Pon istruzione 78 589 393 0,4 % 5,0 % 4,6 % BE 2007BE052PO005 Flanders 118 201 220 1,61 % 10,0 % 8,39 % UK 2007UK051PO002 West Wales & 149 600 091 0,36 % 10,0 % 9,64 % Valleys UK 2007UK052PO001 East Wales 9 476 602 0,36 % 10,0 % 9,64 % IT 2007IT052PO012 Tuscany 61.978.561 1,11 25 % 23,89 % IT 2007IT052PO016 Sardinia 23.478.530 0,13 25 % 24,87 %
Amendment 332 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136
Paragraph 136
Amendment 335 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 137
Paragraph 137
137. Notes furthermore that the Directorate-General (DG) EMPL’s annual activity report contains a reservation relating to payments made for the 2007-2013 programming period for an amount at risk of EUR 123,2 million in 2013; notes that that reservation covered 36 of 118 ESF Operational Programmes (compared to 27 out of 117 OPs in 2012): Member OP number Name Reservation State BELGIUM 2007BE051PO0 Convergence Hainaut Full 01 2007BE052PO0 Troika Wallonie-Bruxelles Full 02 2007BE052PO0 Federal Reputational 03 2007BE052PO0 Bruxelles-Capitale : Emploi et cohésion Reputational 04 sociale 2007BE052PO0 Vlanderen Full 05 CZECH 2007CZ052PO0 Praha Adaptabilita Reputational REPUBLIC 01 2007CZ05UPO0 Lidské zdroje a zaměstnanost Partial 01 Reputational FRANCE 2007FR052PO0 Programme opérationnel national FSE Partial 01 GERMANY 2007DE051PO0 Mecklemburg-Vorpommern Full 02 2007DE052PO0 Berlin Full 03 IRELAND 2007IE052PO00 Human Capital investment Partial 1 Reputational ITALY 2007IT051PO00 Campania Full 1 2007IT051PO00 PON Istruzione Full 7 2007IT052PO00 Abruzzo Partial 1 Reputational 2007IT052PO00 Bolzano Full 9 2007IT052PO01 Toscana Full 2 2007IT052PO01 Sardegna Full 6 POLAND 2007PL051PO00 Program Operacyjny Kapitał Ludzki Partial 1 ROMANIA 2007RO051PO0 Human Resource Development Full 01 SLOVAKIA 2007SK05UPO0 OP Education Partial 01 2007SK05UPO0 OP Employment and Social Inclusion Partial 02 Reputational SPAIN 2007ES051PO00 Extremadura Partial 3 2007ES051PO00 Andalucia Full 5 2007ES052PO00 Comunidad Valenciana Reputational 3 2007ES052PO00 Aragon Full 4 2007ES052PO00 Baleares Full 5 2007ES052PO00 Cataluña Reputational 7 2007ES052PO00 Madrid Partial 8 Reputational 2007ES052PO01 La Rioja Reputational 1 2007ES05UPO0 Adaptabilidad Y Empleo Partial 01 2007ES05UPO0 Lucha contra la discriminacion Partial 02 2007ES05UPO0 Asistencia tecnica Partial 03 UNITED 2007UK051PO0 West Wales and the Valleys Full KINGDOM 02 2007UK052PO0 East Wales Full 01 2007UK052PO0 Lowlands and Uplands of Scotland Full 02 2007UK052PO0 Northern Ireland Partial 03 2000-2006 programming period Member OP number Name Reservation State FRANCE 1999FR053DO001 Objectif 3 national 2000FR162DO021 Nord-Pas-de-Calais ITALY 1999IT161PO006 Calabria SWEDEN 1999SE161DO001 Norbotten & Vasterbotten Reputational UNITED 1999GB161DO005 Highlands and Islands of Scotland KINGDOM 2000GB162DO013 Western Scotland
Amendment 338 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 138
Paragraph 138
138. Highlights that interim payments to 2007-2013 OPs worth EUR 2 159.4 million, 5.7%, are affected by the reservations; notes that the Commission estimated the amount at risk in 2013 at EUR 123,3 million, 0.97% of the estimated total for the period 2007-2013;
Amendment 343 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 140
Paragraph 140
140. Remains worried about systemic weaknesses in Spanish and Italian management and control systems aggravated by decentralised and devolved state structureAcknowledges that decentralised structures and devolved administration in some Member States are impeding the proper functioning of the management and control systems by multiplying the number of intermediate bodies responsible for the management, monitoring and auditing of the European funds;
Amendment 347 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 142
Paragraph 142
142. Is concerned that, by the end of 2014 EUR 129 million may have to be de- committed in six Member States (BE, CZ, DE, ES, IT and UK);
Amendment 348 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 143
Paragraph 143
143. Observes that the Union has contributed EUR 100 million to Progress Microfinance; recalls that the European Investment Fund that implements Progress Microfinance on behalf of the Commission and the European Investment Bank reported that 52 microcredit providers in 20 Member States had signed agreements under Progress Microfinance and 31 895 microloans worth EUR 260,78 million had already been disbursed to micro- entrepreneurs; is concerned in this context that not enough attention is paid to the question of democratic accountability when setting up financial instruments;
Amendment 389 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 166
Paragraph 166
166. Is surprised by the fact that OLAF has not recommended that the Commission establish a recovery order on the basis of the financial damage caused to the Union budgetCalls on the Commission to carry out more rigorous evaluation and monitoring with regard theo humanitarian support granted to the refugee camp of Tindouf whilst it has estimated in its report (OF 2003/0526) that the number of refugees was considerably lower than indicated by the Sahrawi or Algerian authos , ensuring that the needs and interests of the refugees are under no circumstances sacrificed, given that they are the most vulnerable to the consequences of any irregularities;
Amendment 398 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 167
Paragraph 167
167. Urges the Commission to adapt Union aidguarantee that Union aid is channelled towards to the actual needs of the population concerned in order to put an end to, preventing all kinds of trafficking and to the embezzlement of humanitarian assistance;
Amendment 415 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 173
Paragraph 173
173. Is astounded that in nine of 32 cost statements certified by independent auditors the Court of Auditors found a significant level of error; considers that such a level of error is not acceptable as auditors work in the area of their professional expertise;
Amendment 440 #
2014/2075(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 199
Paragraph 199
199. Is worried about the substantial increase in the number of high officials with grades AD 13 to AD 16 with a monthly income of between EUR 11 700 and EUR 18 500 who used the flexitime scheme in 2013125; sees a reputational risk for the Union as it is difficult to explain that overtime is not seen to be included in such high salariecalls on the Commission to ensure strict compliance with the provisions of the European Staff Regulations; __________________ 125 See reply of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva to question 48 of the questionnaire.
Amendment 3 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, after six years of economic crisis and negative growth rates, the economic recovery is gaining ground and it is expected to be spread to all Member States by 2015; whereas the Commission’s forecasts for the economic recovery are still fragile and insufficient, the reforms must continue to achieve citizens’ employment and social demands; whereas the Commission recognises that in many parts of the EU the social situation is depressed, that unemployment has reached unprecedented heights and that the divergences among regions and Member States are growing; whereas measures to tackle this employment and social emergency need to be put in place as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, notwithstanding a mild decline in unemployment, unemployment rates in the EU are still incredibly alarming (25.005 million in the EU-28 in June 2014); whereas, furthermore, the differences between Member States’ unemployment rates (5 % in Austria, compared with 27.3 % in Greece) represent a major risk both for the economic stability of the EU and for European social cohesion;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the labour market is now one of the major causes of inequality between Member States and between different sectors, showing to divergences in access to employment, working conditions, or wage levels insufficient to guarantee decent living standards;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the economic and financial crisis has highlighted the fragility of public finances in some Member States;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas budget and fiscal consolidation have been necessary to avoid bankruptcy of some Member States and to guarantee the sustainability and viability of the EU economy and the EU welfare state;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas once the economic and budgetary sustainability can be guaranteed, efforts should be focused on economic growth, job creation and social aspects;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission has acknowledged that excessive austerity policies have had a negative impact on economic growth, undertaken because of they failed to take into account the effects of the fiscal multipliers, and that such austerity polic severe situation of several EU economies, have resulted in tough cuts to social spending in fundamental areas such as education, health and pensions, resulting in unprecedented levels of inequality and poverty in the EUhad a negative impact on economic growth and social aspects;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Article 9 TFEU provides that: «In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health’, and whereas this horizontal clause has not been implemented sufficiently in all policy areas so as to achieve the objectives of Article 3 TEU;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas Art. 174 TFUE provides that "In order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Union shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion. In particular, 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";
Amendment 39 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the focus of the 2014 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) has shifted from solely boosting fiscal consolidation to strengthening the conditions for sustainable growth and employment; recalls that within the current Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) there are still margins intended to facilitate economic growth in the EU, and that differences in the Member States’ economic and social situations need to be taken into account; calls for greater flexibility margins in order to boost job creation; takes the view, however, that some of the structural reforms promoted by the Commission – especially labour reforms, wage devaluation, pension reforms, etc. – may result in the same contractionary effects on the economy or on internal demand as the excessive austerity conducted up to now; calls on the Commission, therefore, to assess the economic and social impact of such policies before recommending them;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission's recognition that fiscal consolidation must continue in a growth-friendly and differentiated manner, which will allow Member States not only to invest in growth and job creation, but also to tackle high debt, unemployment or the challenges of an ageing society;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the fact that the Commission takes into account the divergences between Member States apparent in National Reform Programmes (NRPs), but calls on the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to those regions with permanent natural or demographic handicaps, in particular when considering fund allocations;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned that, up to now, the recommendations made as part of the European Semesternomic and financial situation haves taken us further away from achieving the employment and social targets of the Europe 2020 strategy; calls on the new Commission to ask immediately that the Member States report on national progress on the Europe 2020 strategy and correct this discrepancy in their national reform programmes (NRPs) to be presented as part of the next European SemesterMember States to set up well-defined national strategies to move forward with the Europe 2020 strategy in their national reform programmes (NRPs);
Amendment 55 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a true «social pillar’ to be implemented withincontinuing the development of the social dimension of the economic and monetary union (EMU) as part of the process of improving economic governance mechanisms, so as to reduce unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, overcome social dumping and prevent competition for the lowest social standards in the EU;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s use of the new employment and social scoreboard for this year’s CSRs; considers it regrettable, however, that these indicators have not been made binding in view of the current employment and social emergency; calls on the Commission, therefore, to put them on an equal footing with macroeconomic indicators, and to includealls for the inclusion of additional indicators – such as child poverty levels, access to healthcare, homelessness, and a decent work index – in the scoreboard in order to allow more effective analysis of Member States’ employment and social concerns;
Amendment 67 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call for a meeting of the Eurogroup employment and social affairs ministers to be held prior to euro summits whenever necessary, so as to ensure that social and employment concerns are addressed more fully in the discussions and decisions of the eurozone authorities, and with a view to contributing to the meetings of the eurozone heads of state and government; believes thatin the importance of joint meetings between the EPSCO and ECOFIN Councils with the aim of achieving a coherent position are also crucialwhenever necessary;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s recognition that the impact of fiscal consolidation measures, taken in order to guarantee not only the sustainability of some Member States economies, but the sustainability of the whole European economy, on the EU employment and social situation has been severe and far- reaching; calls for the immediate fulfilment ofon Member States to fulfil all the employment and social obligations set out in the Treaties and in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights to assess thoroughly the impact of these measures on fundamental rights and to issue recommendations in the event of breaches of the Charter;
Amendment 75 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the abovementioned mild decline in unemployment rates in the EU; recalls, however, that the Europe 2020 strategy accurately states that the figure to watch is the employment rate, which indicates the availability of human and financial resources to ensure the sustainability of our economic and social model; asks that the slowdown in the unemployment rate not be confused with the recovery of lost jobs, as no account is taken of increased emigration or forced early retirement;
Amendment 82 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the new Commission to make the employment recovery a true priority by establishing an ambitious and holistic strategy for quality job creation, which should involve all the new Commissioners; takes the view that, to this end, each Commissioner should draw up a quality employment plan for their specific policy area, including concrete measures, a budget allocation and a calendar for its implementation;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned that the Commission’s strategy of restoring EU competitiveness through an excessive adjustment of unit labour costs via salary reductions has sharply eroded the purchasing power of many EU workers, lowered household incomes and depConsiders that the EU competitiveness recovery cannot be reached by cost- cutting alone, but needs to be accompanied by incresased internal demand, further fuelling unempvestment in research and develoypment and social exclusion, particularly in those countries hit hardest by the crisis, education and skills and resource efficiency; points out that a cross-sectoral policy for restoring competitiveness must also contemplate strategies focusing on other production costs, price developments and profit margins, and on boosting innovation and excellence;
Amendment 99 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s call, in its umbrella communication on the CSR in the EU as a whole, to invest more in R&D, innovation, education, skills and active labour market policies, together with energy, transport and the digital economy; considers, however, that in the context of the current process of fiscal consolidation these goals can be achieved only through greater flexibility within the SGP;
Amendment 102 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Is concerned that financial fragmentation in the Euro area is, in some cases, jeopardising SMEs growth and sustainability; calls for a restoration of the economy's lending capacity, which allows SMEs to invest and create jobs, as well as for easing the access to entrepreneurship and the access of SMEs to programs such as COSME or Horizon 2020;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on Member States to eliminate unnecessary administrative burdens and bureaucracy for the self-employed, micro- enterprises and SMEs and to facilitate the conditions for start-up of businesses;
Amendment 110 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 122 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the need to shift the tax burden away from labour towards other forms of sustainable tax in order to promote growth and job creation;
Amendment 128 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that, in many Member States and sectors, job losses are couStresses the need to ensure that peopled with a decline in job quality, an increase in precarioutemporary or part-time contracts forms of employment and who are self-employed have a deterioration in basic labour standardsquate social protection; stresses that the Commission and the Member States need to make dedicated efforts to address the increase in involuntary part-time employment and temporary contracts, payless internships and apprenticeships, and bogus self- employment, together withguarantee job quality and to tackle the activities of the black economy;
Amendment 133 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that, in its 2013 annual report on the EU employment and social situation, the Commission highlighted the importance of social protection expenditure as a safeguard against social risks; notes, however, that social policies and social standards have been widely used as adjustment factors by those EMU members experiencing negative economic shocks; considers it regrettable that the CSRs do not refer to European automatic stabilisers; recalls the importance of suchrecalls the importance of the automatic stabilisers in dealing with asymmetrical shocks, in avoiding excessive depletion of national welfare states and thus in strengthening the sustainability of EMU as a whole; reiterates its call on the Commission to produce a Green Paper on automatic stabilisers in the eurozone;
Amendment 155 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the rising number of workers, particularly young people, departing their countries of origin for other Member States in search of employment opportunities, and is deeply concerned about the persistent divergences between those Member States creating employment and those supplying a low-cost labour force; urges the Commission to develop a better legal framework for cross-border movement of workers in order to ensure freedom of movement while consecrating the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards; calls for the establishment in each Member State, either by law or through collective bargaining, of a minimum wage equivalent to at least 60 % of the respective national average wage; urges the Commission to guarantee the cross-border movement of workers in order to ensure freedom of movement while consecrating the principle of equal treatment and safeguarding wages and social standards;
Amendment 171 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the mild decline in youth unemployment, but points out that it is still at alarming levels: 22 % in the EU-28 and 23.1 % in the eurozone; highlights the worrying differences between Member States (7.8 % in Germany and 53.5 % in SpainGreece (56.3% in April 2014)); considers it regrettable that even when young people do find a job, many of them – 43 % on average, compared with 13 % of adult workers – find themselves working under precarious conditions or on part-time contracts, making it difficult for them to live independently from their families and resulting in a loss of innovation and expert resources which affects production and growth;
Amendment 182 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding European framework for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees so as to prevent the funds being misused in such a way as to aggravate national internal wage devaluation processes; takes the view that this legal framework should introduce binding minimum standards for the implementation of the Youth Guarantees, including the quality of apprenticeships, decent wages for young people and access to employment services, and should cover young people aged between 25 and 30Recommends Member States to implement Youth Guarantees schemes in order to promote youth employment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the Youth Guarantees a priority and to increase the available budget, at the latest in the promised mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework, up to at least; Notes the sum of EUR 21 billion estimated by the International Labour Organisation to be necessary to resolve the problem in the eurozone;
Amendment 188 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses the importance of emphasizing practical skills and the dual system of vocational training which makes young people more employable;
Amendment 189 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Calls on the Member States to improve cooperation between businesses and the education sector at all levels;
Amendment 193 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Member States to go above and beyondWelcomes the March 2014 Council recommendation for a Quality Framework for Traineeships in order to prevent discrimination and exploitation of young workers; calls for the adoption of a directive on decent conditions and minimum standards for internships and traineeships, giving interns and trainees clearly defined rights that include access to social protection, binding written contracts and fair remuneration and introducing limits on the use of trainees and interns in companies so as to prevent abuses;
Amendment 203 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls for affordable and quality public services in the field of child and dependent people care which will permit, especially for women, the return to employment and to facilitate the conciliation of work and private life;
Amendment 205 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to high unemployment rates among disadvantaged groups, giving priority to accession and integration into the labour market and the mainstreaming of accession and integration policies, as employment is the key to successful integration;
Amendment 208 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is deeply concerned that long-term unemployed people and senior workers are experiencing higher unemployment rates and additional difficulties in re-entering the labour market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the European Social Fund to help these workers; urges the adoption of a directive on decent working conditions, defining core labour rights for all workers and introducing common minimum standards so as to prevent this kind of labour discrimination;
Amendment 217 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes those CSRs aimed at increasing the adequacy and coverage of minimum income schemesafety nets and social protection, and the number of CSRs relating to labour market inclusion policies; takes the view, however, that the uneven and fragile growth expected by the Commission in 2014 and 2015 will not by itself be able to tackle the severe impact that austerity measures and the crisis have had on the fight against poverty and social exclusion and on the achievement of the Europe 2020 goals; demands that the Member States propose specific, targeted measures within their NRPs with a view to tackling poverty, especially child poverty;
Amendment 229 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Regrets the fact that the Commission recommendations on pensions were made without taking into account Parliament’s position on the Green and White Papers on pensions; icalls concerned that reforms to guarantee the sustainability of pensions have focused solely on population ageing, without taking into account the importance of the employment rate, Member States to carry out the reforms needed to guarantee the sustainability of pensions systems; taking into account the population ageing; notes the importance of linking retirement age to life esxpecially in pay-as-you-go systemstancy; recalls that guaranteeing decent pensions above a minimum level is an effective way to fight poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 237 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Ask the European Commission to develop a strategy that would support Member States to tackle homelessness through integrated policies and appropriate social investment;
Amendment 240 #
2014/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to support the effective use of EU funds to reduce poverty through partnership approaches involving civil society; calls on the Member States, especially those with the highest rates of unemployment and poverty, to use 25 % of their cohesion funding for programmes related to the European Social Fund; also requests, in view of the high poverty rates, an evaluation as to whether the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived is sufficiently well-funded, and if it is not, considering the possibility for an increment during the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision adopted for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), notably 6.39 billion euros have been allocated to the fisheries sector and maritime policy for the period 2014-2020. Points out nonetheless that, despite the importance of fishing to many areas' economies, funding for fisheries policy - one of the few EU common policies - represents only 0.7% of the EU budget. These funds will help the fisheries sector to achieve sustainable fisheries, support coastal and island communities heavily dependent on fisheries to diversify their economies, improve the support hitherto given to small-scale fishing, and reach the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.
Amendment 7 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines of the importance of theeffective and independent research to evaluate the accurate state of fisheries stocks to calculate the maximum sustainable yield, earmarks of sustainable fisheries. The new basic regulation of the CFP adopted last year places a special emphasis on the conservation of resources to obtain the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). This objective constitutes one of the core elements of the reformed CFP and implies an accurate and reliable knowledge of the state of stocks.
Amendment 14 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that since more than 60% of the supply of fisheries products to the EU comes from international waters and the exclusive economic zones of third countries, adequate and reliable budgetary provisions must be calculated in the annual budget for 2015. The external dimension of the CFP requires the continued inclusion of specific budgetary measures aimed at reinforcing and developing the European Union's participation in regional fisheries management organisations and at funding the conclusion of bilateral agreements with third countries.
Amendment 22 #
Amendment 34 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The measures adopted pursuant to this Regulation to regulate the use of drifting gillnets shall also bear in mind the principle of proportionality, so as to protect mainly the activity of the small- scale fishing fleet.
Amendment 47 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The current Union legislative framework on driftnets has shown weaknesses and loopholes in that, in certain cases, rules proved easy to circumvent and ineffective in terms of addressing the conservation concerns linked to this fishing gear.
Amendment 53 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The driftnet fishing is carried out by an undefinable number of small-scale multipurpose fishing vessels, the vast majority of which operatingoperating in some cases without any regular scientific and control monitoring. Due to the small scale nature of these fishing activities, which makes it easy to escape monitoring, the control and enforcement efforts have not always produced the necessary results in terms of conservation of marine resources, in particular with regard to certain protected species.
Amendment 58 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Illegal driftnet activities carried out by some Union fishing vessels, in particular for the purpose of targeting species listed in Annex VIII of Regulation (EC) No 847/97, continue to be reported and have been cause of criticism regarding the Union compliance with applicable international obligations in this respect.
Amendment 63 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 80 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) VSome vessels carrying out fisheries with small-scale driftnets may need some time to adjust to the new situation and necessitate a phasing-out period. This Regulation should therefore enter into force on 1 January 20156.
Amendment 86 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall apply to all fishing activities within the scope of the Common Fisheries Policy as set out in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, with the exception of vessels meeting the requirements set out in the second paragraph.
Amendment 87 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Fishing gear of a kind which does not entail any risk to protected or endangered species, and the vessels which use such gear, shall remain outside of the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 88 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Scope Scope 1b. Member States shall forward a list of the fisheries which meet the requirements laid down in the second paragraph, together with a scientific and/or technical justification, to the European Commission before 31 December 2015.
Amendment 89 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The European Commission shall be authorised to adopt a delegated act with the list of the fishing gears referred to in the second paragraph.
Amendment 132 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Conditions for fishing with driftnets 1. Vessels engaged in driftnet fishing may not use simultaneously another type of gear and any other gear on board shall be stowed and secured as stipulated under Article 47 of Regulation (EC) N° 1224/2009. 2. The master of a fishing vessel using one or more driftnets shall ensure that: a) nets in use remain under constant visual observation; b) markers are affixed to each end of the net, so that its position may be determined at any time. Driftnets shall be permanently marked with the registration letters and numbers of the vessel to which they belong. 3. In accordance with Article 7(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, all fishing vessels over 12 metres in length using one or more drift-nets must have a prior fishing authorisation issued by the competent authorities of the flag Member State.
Amendment 138 #
2014/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3b Regionalised measures 1. Measures necessary to ensure the environmental sustainability of driftnets shall be drafted on a regionalised basis. 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 may include: a) prohibitions or restrictions concerning the use of driftnets shorter than 2500 metres; b) the addition of new prohibited species; c) a total ban on the use of driftnets in a given sea area or specific fishery;
Amendment 54 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) will make it possible to carry out an inclusive, evidence-based and performance-oriented comparison of all PES with a view to identifying best practices, the full potential of which lies in the continuous involvement of the Member States.
Amendment 6 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the economic adjustment programme measures in Greece (May 2010 and March 2012), Ireland (December 2010), Portugal (May 2011) and Cyprus (June 2013) havextremely difficult economic situation experienced by Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus has had a direct and indirect impact on employment levels and dire consequences for the social situation; whereas, although all the programmes were formally signed by the Commission, they were designed, and their conditionality determined, jointly by the IMF, the Eurogroup, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Commission;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas fiscal and budgetary consolidation policies are the response to the economic and social situation facing Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus, and not the cause;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the economic adjustment programmes were implemented owing to the extremely difficult situation of their economies, which were even at risk of bankruptcy;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas once the economic and budgetary sustainability of these four countries can be guaranteed, efforts should be focused upon social aspects, paying special attention to job creation;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU institutions (the ECB, the Commission and the Eurogroup) are fully co-responsible for the conditions imposed under the economic adjustment programmes, and therefore for their social consequences;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that despite the need to guarantee the sustainability of public finances, the European Union has to fight to ensure its citizens have proper social protection;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the adjustment policies and structural reforms inextremely difficult situation experienced by the four countries haves led to dramatic unemployment rates, historically high rates of job losses and worsening working conditions; points out that the consequences for activity rates, in particular as regards the sustainability of social protection and pension systems, are even more serious because the gap between the Europe 2020 targets and reality is rapidly growing ever wider;
Amendment 71 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that although new jobs are the final stage of the benefits of fiscal and budgetary consolidation, the four countries have to make an effort to create the favourable conditions needed for companies, and SMEs in particular, to be able to develop their business sustainably in the long term;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Warns that, if not remedied, these huge divergences, especially in the case of the younger generation, will result in structural damage to the labour market of the four countries, limit their capacity for recovery, provoke massive forced migration with tremendous brain-drain effects and increase the persistent divergences between Member States supplying employment and those supplying a low-cost workforcewide-scale migration and increase the persistent divergences between Member States;
Amendment 109 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the Europe 2020 strategy accurately states that the figure to watch is the employment rate, which indicates the availability of human and financial resources to ensure the sustainability of our economic and social model; regretasks that the slowdown in the unemployment rate isnot be confused with the recovery of jobs lost; recalls that in the last four years job losses have reached 2 million in the four countries, which is 15% of existing jobs;
Amendment 113 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points to the important role the Structural Funds and especially the ESF need to play in regard to assisting job creation;
Amendment 122 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that, among the conditions for financial assistance, the programmes include recommendations for specific cuts in fundamental areas of the fight against poverty, such as pensions, basic services, health care and pharmaceutical products for the basic protection of the most vulnerable; highlights the fact that the main impact of these measures is on the fight against child poverty;
Amendment 130 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Restates that fighting child poverty shall continue to be an objective to be achieved by Member States and that fiscal and budgetary consolidation policies shall not undermine this;
Amendment 139 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that Commission figures and various studies show that between 2008 and 2012 income distribution inequality grew in the four countries, and that the cuts in social and unemployment benefits resulting from austerity measures, as well as the wage reductions due to structural reforms, are raising poverty levels; notes, furthermore, that the Commission report found relatively high levels of in-work poverty due to low minimum wages being cut or frozen as a result of the austerity measures;
Amendment 190 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed study of the social and economic consequences of the adjustment programmes in the four countries in order to provide a precise understanding ofin both the short-term and long-term damage to of the social protection systems, with particular regard to the fight against poverty, the maintaining of good social dialogue and the balance between flexibility and security in labour relations; calls on the Commission to use its consultative bodies when drafting this study, as well as the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee; suggests that the EESC be asked to draft a specific report;
Amendment 199 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to ask the ILO and the Council of Europe to draft reports on possible corrective measures and incentives to ensure full compliance with the European Social Charter and the Protocol thereto and with the ILO Core Conventions, since the obligations deriving from them have been affected by the budgetary adjustment measures and the structural reforms requested by the Troika;
Amendment 213 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Asks the Commission and the Member States, once the sustainability of public finances is assured, to focus their efforts on job creation, paying special attention to youth and the long-term unemployed;
Amendment 221 #
2013/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU not to apply such institutional and financial solutions in future, and to put in place mechanisms enabling the EU institutions to achieve the social goals and policies set out in the Treaties, in particular those relating to the individual and collective rights of those at greatest risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the effects of the crisis and of the excessive fiscal consolidation policies pursued in recent years have resulted in an unprecedented and growing divergence in output and employment between core and periphery countries; whereas the core- periphery gap in unemployment rates reached 10 percentage points in 2012, compared with only 3.5 percentage points in 2000; whereas that divergence is forecast to peak this year;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas it is necessary to pursue with a growth friendly and differentiated fiscal consolidation to guarantee the sustainability of the welfare state and public finances in the long term;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas economic improvements should thus be taken as an encouragement to pursue efforts with determination but, lowering the rhythm to focus on growing and employment, in order to keep up the reform programs to improve competitiveness and secure a lasting recovery;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas systematic errors in the Commission’s economic forecasts for growth and unemployment in recent years demonstrate the need for a change of diagnosis and strategy with a view to ending the crisis; whereas the pace of fiscal consolidation has slowed, yet the deflationary impact of certain structural reforms, mostly focusing on external demand, are having the same severe effects on internal demand, with stagnant investment and growth and weak job creationthe pace of fiscal consolidation has slowed, yet there are clear signs that warns about the risk of deflation that combined with the current stagnant investment and growth and weak job creation can be very harmful for the European economy and needs to be addressed;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the acceleration of the pressure posed by demographic developments on national budgets and pension systems now that the first cohorts of the “baby boom generation” retire;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas life expectancy is continuing to rise: for men form 76.7 years (2010) to 78.6 years (2020), for women from 82.5 years (2010) to 84 years (2020);
Amendment 29 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. taking into account the life- expectancy coefficient with a view to the sustainability of pension systems
Amendment 33 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas certain macroeconomic imbalances, for instance in the area of external competitiveness, have improved, although internal imbalances between Member States have been exacerbated; whereas evidence shows that a one-size- fits-all policy that relies on external demand and squeezes internal demand is not possible for all eurozone members at the same time; whereas this is heightening the (underestimated) negative impact of simultaneous austerity programmes, thereby depressing internal demand and resulting in over-reliance on demand from third economies, at a time when there are signs of a weakening outlook for emerging economieswhereas it is necessary to continue with structural reforms to enhance competitiveness to foster growth and job creation;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the focus on speed and intensity in pursuing structural reforms has been asymmetrical among Member States, being much more demanding for periphery countries than for core countries, a situation which is liable to exacerbate imbalances in growth creation in the EUwhereas all Member States should share the same impetus and undertake the necessary structural reforms;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas a coherent policy mix combining macroeconomic policies, structural policies, sound labour market institutions, unsegmented labour markets, coordination of collective bargainingwell-functioning labour markets and well-resourced and efficient welfare systems (which serve as automatic stabilisers) is essential in absorbing cyclical shocks;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas since 2010 there has been a growing divergence in the capacity of national fiscal stabilisers to counteract the economic crisis and its employment and social consequences, with this capacity having practically disappeared in those countries hit hardest by the crisis; whereas household incomes, and thus domestic demand, have consequently been less well protected than before, further aggravating the recession; whereas Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs held a public hearing on 9 July 2013 on ‘The social dimension of the EMU – European unemployment benefit scheme’, which identified the need for automatic stabilisers at the eurozone level;
Amendment 67 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 73 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettable that the employment and social indicators proposed by the Commission are insufficient to cover the Member States’ employment and social situations comprehensively; calls for the scoreboard to include additional indicators, in particular child poverty levels, a decent work index and a European living wage index, in order to allow proper assessment of the social situation in the EU;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council to define concrete benchmarks for employment and social indicators, in the form of an EU social protection floor, in order to trigger timely activationsupport measures at EU level;
Amendment 81 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 85 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Warns that until now the new Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure has been invoked mainly to urge countries to improve their competitiveness, thereby contributing to deflationary pressures in southern Europe, without requiring the same emphasis on creating inflationary pressures, via wage increases, in those countries with the necessary room for manoeuvre to do so; warns that using the same tools to seek growth via the external sector for all eurozone countries reduces the expected net results by growing external demand at the expense of internal demandwith negative imbalances to address them, mainly by improving their competitiveness, without requiring the same emphasis on Member States with positive imbalances;
Amendment 99 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that in the AGS 2014 the Commission calls on the Member States to protect or promote longer-term investment in education, research and innovation, energy and climate action; considers this insufficient, however, to allow Member States with already- constrained budgets to accomplish that goal; calls on the Commission to explore and promote the necessary reforms to exclude productive investments, for instance in education, and research and development, from the deficit targets established under EU rules so as to ring- fence them, given their potential to generate growth and job;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Call on Member States to make full use of COSME and Horizon 2020 in ordert o help SME’s financing and foster their competitiveness and helping their sustainability not only in the short term, but also in the long term;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that cohesion policy is essential in helping to reduce internal competitive disparities and structural imbalances; calls on the Commission, as a matter of urgency, to reprogramme unspent structural funding in favour of youth employment programmes and SMEs; calls on the Commission to find special solutions for those countries with very high unemployment rates which will be forced to return EU funds on account of co-financing problems; asks the Commission, to this end, to explore the possibility of excluding Member States’ participation in the co-financing of EU funds or programmes (under heading 1 (‘Sustainable growth’) of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)) from the calculation of their structural deficit as defined in the two-pack;
Amendment 114 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned that the Commission’s strategy of restoring EU competitiveness Calls for labour markets more adaptive and dynamic, able to adjust to disruptions in the economic situation withrough an excessive adjustment of unit labour costs via salary reductiont causing redundancies; Recalls that the lack of internal flexibility in many labour markets caused massive redundancies thast sharply eroded the purchasing power of many EU workers, lowered household incomes and depressed internal demand, further fuelling unemployment and social exclusion, particularly in those countries hit hardest by the crisis; points out that a transversal policy for restoring competitiveness must also contemplate strategies focusing on other production costs, price developments and profit margins;
Amendment 122 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that decent wages are important not only for social cohesion and fairness in society, but also for maintaining a strong economy; calls on the Commission to propose measures that tackle inequality and guarantee decent pay; calls on the Member States to combat in-work poverty by pursuing labour market policies aimed at ensuring a living wage for those in work;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of reducing pressure on wages through minimum-wage schemes in those countries where exist, which can be different in each country so as to reflect median wage ratios and differing levels of productivity; points out that such a measure may make it possible to reduce deflation risks and inequality and to limit nominal imbalances in competitiveness and current accounts;
Amendment 141 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to make mandatory the presentation ofMember States to present national general and youth employment plans in the 2014 CSRNational Reform Programmes; considers it regrettable that, despite Parliament’s repeated requests, a significant number of Member States did not present such plans in 2013;
Amendment 142 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers it regrettableRegrets that the Council failed to take account of Parliament’s call for a focus on job quality in its guidance for 2013; calls on the Commission to include job quality, training, dual learning schemes access to lifelong learning, core workers’ rights, and support for labour market mobility and self-employment through increased security for workers in the CSRs based on the AGS 2014;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that labour market reforms should focus on increasing labour productivity and efficiency in order to boost the EU’s economic competitiveness and allow sustainable growth and job creation, while strictly respecting both the letter and the spirit of the European social acquis and its principles; believes that labour market reforms should be implemented in such a way as to promote internal flexibility and job quality;
Amendment 150 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 158 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Is deeply concerned that, once again, youth unemployment rates are continuing to rise; notes that the situation of unemployed young people is particularly worrying; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to take urgent action in this connection; calls for a European Pact for Youth Employment to implement long-agreed or new measures, and for new resources and measures to be committed with a view to tackling youth unemployment and reducing the number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs), taking into account the qualitative aspect of decent work that fully respects core labour standards;
Amendment 170 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the Commission to propose a quality framework for traineeships, comprising, inter alia, criteria for proper remuneration, learning outcomes, working conditions and health and safety standardworking conditions and learning outcomes; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European social partners to implement the Alliance for Apprenticeships in an ambitious manner;
Amendment 176 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 179 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that income inequality is growing across and within the Member States, particularly in the south of the EU and on its periphery; further notes that in many countries the crisis has intensified the long-term trends of wage polarisation and labour market segmentation, which, together with less redistributive tax and benefit systems, have fuelled rising inequality;
Amendment 180 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses that the high – and, in some cases, growing – tax wedge, especially for low-wage- and second-income-earners, remains an issue in a considerable number of Member States; notes, however, that only a few countries have taken steps to address this problem, not least on account of the limited fiscal margin;
Amendment 183 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Is concernedNotes that in the AGS 2014 the Commission supports further increases in indirect taxes, which are generally less progressive than direct taxesthat tax systems should be redesigned by broadening tax bases, and shifting the tax burden away from labour on to tax bases linked to consumption, property and pollution; calls on the Commission to take note of the IMF’s October 2013 tax report, which points out that there is scope to tax better and more progressively in order to enhance the legitimacy of the consolidation effort while doing more to promote growth and bring in additional revenue along the way;
Amendment 187 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Supports the Commission’s call to shift the tax burden away from labour and suggests shifting it towards other forms of sustainable tax such as a harmonised corporate tax, the financial transaction tax (FTT) and carbon taxes;
Amendment 188 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49.Notes the importance of reducing taxation on labour, especially through well- targeted temporary reductions in social security contributions or job subsidy schemes for new recruits, especially young people, low- paid and low-skilled workers, the long- term unemployed and other vulnerable groups, while ensuring the long- range sustainability of public pension systems;
Amendment 193 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Is concerned about the increase in poverty among all age groups since the 2013 European Semester cycle; notes that poverty and social exclusion among 18- to 64-year-olds has increased significantly in two thirds of the Member States in recent years, mainly because of rising levels of jobless or low-work-intensity households and in-work poverty; notes that the risk of poverty and social exclusion in 2012 was much higher (48.8 %) for third-country nationals (aged 18 to 64) than for EU nationals;
Amendment 197 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52 a. Welcomes the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived which will help the most affected by poverty in their basic needed; ask on Member States to use funds properly and address them to most deprived;
Amendment 198 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Takes note of the CSR proposal for many Member States regarding pension reforms; considers it regrettable that the Commission’s recommendations were made without reference to Parliament’s recommendations in the Green and White Papers on pensions; stresses that pension reforms require national political and social cohesion and must be negotiated with the social partners to be successful;
Amendment 202 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53 a. Welcomes the Commission´s note in the 2014 Annual Growth Survey pointing out that in many countries, pension reforms should be completed by linking statutory retirement age to life expectancy more systematically;
Amendment 204 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Stresses the need to carry out the necessary reforms to guarantee the sustainability of pension systems; believes that it is possible to raise the actual retirement age without raising the mandatory retirement age, byn order to raise effective retirement ages successfully and reducing the number of people leaving the labour market early; believes that in order to raise effective retirement ages successfully, pension reforms need to be accompanied by policies that limit access to early retirement schemes and other early exit pathways, develop employment opportunities for older workers, guarantee access to life-long learning, introduce tax benefit policies offering incentives to stay in work longer, and support active healthy ageing;
Amendment 206 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54 a. Believes that in order to guarantee the well-functioning and sustainability of pension system, Member States should adequate the retirement age life expectancy;
Amendment 210 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Notes that social protection and social policy, in particular unemployment benefits, minimum income support and progressive taxation, initially helped to reduce the depth of the recession and stabilised labour markets and consumption; stresses, however, that the capacity of these crucial economic and social stabilisers has been reduced to its absolute minimum owing to austerity measures in those Member States in which such stabilisers are most needed; notes that household incomes and domestic demand have consequently been less well protected, which has aggravated the recession in the countries concernedsocial effects of the crisis;
Amendment 214 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Stresses that social policies and social standards have been widely used as adjustment factors by those EMU members experiencing negative economic shocks; notes that such internal devaluations have had drastic social consequences for national welfare states and their citizens, resulting in a social emergency in many Member Stateshave been affected by the fiscal consolidation requirements by those EMU members experiencing negative economic shocks; Calls on the Member States to improve the adequacy and effectiveness of social protection systems, and to make sure that these continue to act as buffers against poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 219 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Invites the December 2013 European Council to define concrete steps forward in terms of building a genuine social and employment pillar as part of the EMU on the basis of the Community methodCommission to evaluate the possibilities to develop the social dimension of the EMU and to elaborate further on the modalities of introducing a European unemployment benefit scheme as an automatic stabiliser for the eurozone;
Amendment 227 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Stresses that all labour market reforms should be based on reinforced coordination of social dialogue at EU level;
Amendment 234 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 1 - Paragraph 1
Recommendation 1 - Paragraph 1
Amendment 236 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 1 – paragraph 4
Recommendation 1 – paragraph 4
The Councilmmission should definpropose concrete benchmarks for the employment and social indicators in the form of a EU social protection floor in order to trigger timely activationsupport measures at EU level;
Amendment 238 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 2
Recommendation 2
Amendment 241 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 3 – Paragraph 3
Recommendation 3 – Paragraph 3
Member States should protect and promote investments in education, research and innovation. Calls on the Commission to explore and promote the necessary reforms to exclude these productive investments from deficit targets established in the EU rules in order to ring fence them, given their potential to generate growth and jobs;
Amendment 244 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 3 – Paragraph 6
Recommendation 3 – Paragraph 6
The Commission should urgently reprogramme the unspent Structural Funds in favour of youth employment programs and SMEs. Calls on the Commission to find special solutions to those countries with very high rates of unemployment, that, due to co-financing problems, will be forced to return the European funds. In this sense asks the Commission to explore the possibility of excluding Member States participation in cofinancing of EU funds or programs, within the heading 1 ‘sustainable growth’ of the Multiannual Financial Framework, from the calculation of the structural deficit as defined in the two-pack;
Amendment 247 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 1
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 1
Amendment 248 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 3
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 3
The Commission should pursue a more balanced exit to the crisis and put ambition on the recommendations to core countries with margin of manoeuvre to pursue expansionary policies via wage increases which will help lower the excessive deflationary pressures on Southern Europe and will help to avoid the risks of exacerbating imbalances in growth and job creation in the Eurozone;
Amendment 249 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 4
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 4
Amendment 250 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 6
Recommendation 4 – Paragraph 6
The Commission should explore reducing pressure on wages through minimum-wage schemes in those countries where exist allowing them to be different in each country in regards to its median wage ratio and reflecting different levels of productivity, which could allow reducing deflation risks, reduce inequalities, limit nominal competitiveness and current account imbalances;
Amendment 253 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 5 - Paragraph 1
Recommendation 5 - Paragraph 1
The Commission should note that private deleveraging is being hampered by excessive focus onshould be paid the same attention that public debt reductions and calls for a most balanced approach to avoid a major drag for European growth and job;
Amendment 255 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 1
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 1
National general and youth employment plans The Commission should make mandatory the presentation ofMember States should present national general, and youth employment plans in the CSR 2014 National Reform Programmes;
Amendment 256 #
2013/2158(INI)
Amendment 257 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 9
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 9
Foster cooperation and synergies between the education-training sector and enterprises to anticipate skills’ needs and adapt education and training systems to the needs of the labour market with the objective to provide the workforce with necessary skills and facilitate the transition from education and training to work; in this context, dual learning schemes, should play a key role;
Amendment 258 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 13
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 13
Amendment 259 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 15
Recommendation 6 – Paragraph 15
The Commission should propose a quality framework for traineeships comprising, inter alia, the criteria for properly remuneration, learning outcomes, working conditions and safety and health standards; , learning outcomes, and proper working ;calls on the Commission, Member States and the European social partners to implement the Alliance for Apprenticeships in an ambitious manner;
Amendment 261 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 7 – Paragraph 1
Recommendation 7 – Paragraph 1
The Commission should develop appropriate measures to revise the European law to guarantee the portability of pension rights and guaranteeing for a period of at least three months continuation of employment benefits while searching work in another Member States given the numbers of workers, particularly young people, departing their countries of origin for others within the EU in search of employment opportunities;
Amendment 262 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 7 – Paragraph 3
Recommendation 7 – Paragraph 3
Amendment 265 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8 – Paragraph 3
Recommendation 8 – Paragraph 3
Member states should shift the tax burden away from labour towards other forms of sustainable taxes such as a harmonised corporate tax, the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and taxes on carbon;
Amendment 266 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8 – Paragraph 5
Recommendation 8 – Paragraph 5
Taxation on labour, especially well targeted temporary reductions in social security contributions or job subsidy schemes for new recruits, especially on young people low paid and low skilled workers, long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups, should be reduced ,while ensuring sustainability of public pension systems in the long run;
Amendment 269 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 10 – Paragraph 3
Recommendation 10 – Paragraph 3
In order to guarantee the sustainability of pension systems: it is possible to raise the actual retirement age without raising the mandatorybelieves that to successfully raise effective retirement age bys and reducing the number of people leaving the labor market early; believes that to successfully raise effective retirement ages, reforms in pension systems need to be accompanied by policies that limit the access to early retirement schemes and other early exit pathways, develop employment opportunities for older workers, guarantee access to life-long learning, introduce tax benefit policies giving incentives to stay longer at work, and support active healthy ageing
Amendment 270 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 10 – Paragraph 3 a (new)
Recommendation 10 – Paragraph 3 a (new)
Notes the uneven progress and level of ambition across Member States in formulating and implementing structural reforms aimed at raising employment, phasing out early retirement schemes and evaluating, at Member state level and together with social partners, the need to put both the statutory and effective retirement age on a sustainable footing with increases in life expectancy;
Amendment 272 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 11 – Paragraph 3
Recommendation 11 – Paragraph 3
Invites the European Council in December to define concrete steps forward in terms of building a genuine social and employment pillar as part of the EMU on the basis of the community methodCommission to evaluate the possibilities to develop the social dimension of the EMU and to further elaborate on the modalities of introducing a European unemployment benefit scheme as an automatic stabilizer for the Eurozone
Amendment 274 #
2013/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 12 – Paragraph 1
Recommendation 12 – Paragraph 1
All labour market reforms should be based on reinforced the coordination of the Social Dialogue at EU level;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is currently facing the most significant economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s; whereas this crisis has been exacerbated by so-called austerity measures imposed on the Member States by the EU institutions within the framework of economic governance policies (Stability and Growth Pact, European Semester, Euro-Plus Pact, Budgetary Treaty) and ‘financial aid’ programmes;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas fiscal consolidation has to be compatible with the employment and social dimension of Europe 2020, especially on matters relating to gender equality and non-discrimination;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the policies applied in the name of the crisis has haved a particularly harsh impact on vulnerable people and particularly women, who feel the impact both directly – through loss of employment, wage, pension and benefit cuts, and loss of job security – and indirectly through budget cuts in public services and social care;
Amendment 126 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 134 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the adoption of the necessary measures to promote higher employment rates among women, such as affordable care and childcare, adequate maternity, paternity and parental leave schemes and flexibility in working hours and places of work, which will make it possible to reconcile their private and working lives;
Amendment 141 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to strengthen and ensure the full use of collective bargaining in the private and public sectors as an irreplaceable instrument with which to regulate labour relations, combat wage discrimination and promote equality;
Amendment 143 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Encourages Member States to promote measures and actions to assist and advise women who decide to become entrepreneurs;
Amendment 159 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to reward with a distinctive symbol those enterprises which obtain corporate equality status as a result of good practices.
Amendment 195 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 270 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalisation, owing to so-called austerity policiethe crisis, have led to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution and that there are signs that domestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressors;
Amendment 292 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that – according to data from the Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women, Victim support (2012), from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) – professional training and the sustainability of funding for public services, associations and NGOs providing services to women in situations of domestic violence is clearly being affected by the so-called austerity measures, threatening the continued existence of such services, and that this is a shameful step backwards in civilizational terms; recalls that tremendous inequality exists among the Member States in terms of access to support services, with secure and sufficient state funding existing in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austria;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the employment aspects of the Youth Strategy have become ever more pressing given the current crisis and alarmingly high levels of youth unemployment; stresses that the next cycle (2013-2015), by focusing on youth unemployment, education and training, should contribute to the two overall objectives of the Youth Strategy of creating equal opportunities for youth in the labour market and promoting social inclusion; notes that the Youth Strategy will contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 targets, and in particular those concerning poverty, school drop-out rates and employment;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups at high risk of social exclusion, including people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and disadvantaged youth and disabled youth;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that young people account for a high percentage of temporary or part-time contracts for which reason it is important to provide suitable social protection;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that to help young people find work, and their first job in particular, the transition from education and training into work needs to be improved and targeted at labour market needs;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the potential for job creation in the green economy, health and social care and ICT, and the need to invest in education and training so that young people are the first to benefit;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that mobility needs to be encouraged, both within and across national borders, so as to improve education, training and two-way learning and to make it easier to match labour skill supply in Europe with demand;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the upper age limit for the Youth Guarantee to be set at 30, to increase its impact;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the ESF is becoming increasingly important in EU policies, in particular as regards social inclusión, combating poverty and aid for the creation of sustainable jobs, and stresses that 25 % of the Cohesion Fund needs to be set aside for the ESF;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the importance of standing out from the global marketplace in terms of quality and safety; considers it necessary, therefore, to invest in advanced technologies and emphasise innovation;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission’s ‘eCall’ proposal, relating to a system enabling vehicles to call emergency services automatically in the event of a serious accident;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. With a view to fostering greater integration within the EU, maintains that the adaptations enabling vehicles to be used by drivers with a disability should be improved in terms of their performance and accessibility;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls for the health and safety standards set out in the ‘Community Strategy on Health and Safety at Work 2007-2012’ to be improved so as to keep pace with changes in the different types of work and tasks; to that end, calls on the Commission to submit a European health and safety strategy for 2020 as soon as possible;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises that electric vehicles have growth potential, not just as far as energy sustainability and climate action are concerned, but also because they can generate economic growth and employment; calls, therefore, for efforts to be brought to bear with a view to developing and improving vehicles of this type and encouraging their use within the EU; considers that, to that end, it will be necessary to set up refuelling or recharging facilities for vehicles that run on alternative fuels;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed Horizon 2020 and COSME programmes, which will provide financial support enabling businesses and SMEs to enhance their competitiveness as Europe moves towards an environment-friendly, resource-efficient transport system;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to anticipate restructuring processes in order to save jobs, foster internal and external mobility, and minimise possible adverse effects of those processes; calls on the Member States to enforce national law and existing EU directives effectively, including the Collective Redundancies Directive, the Transfer of Undertakings Directive, and the Information and Consultation Framework Directive, without infringing the subsidiarity principle; considers that EU funds should play a major role in averting, minimising, or mitigating such adverse effects as might be entailed in restructuring processes;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Maintains that when restructuring is unavoidable, plant closures or downsizing should be considered only as a last resort; accordingly believes that, in such cases, information should be supplied to, and negotiations conducted with, stakeholders, including trade unions, workers’ representatives, and company representatives, with a view to reaching an agreement serving to ensure the company’s viability while respecting the workers’ rights;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges the Member States, in the event of plant closures or significant downsizing, to make full use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers a skilled workforce to be vital if the European automotive sector is to be competitive and built on quality; believes, therefore, that education and training systems must be modernised with a view to upgrading the skills needed for the future through new curricula, ICT, and partnerships with employers;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that the ESF has a key role to play as regards both the retraining and reskilling of workers and improvements in lifelong learning, which should be oriented in particular towards green vehicles;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2062(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 4 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned at the level of youth unemployment and, in particular, the considerable asymmetries in youth unemployment from one Member State to another, with variations from less than 15 % to over 55 %; is also concerned at the number of young people not in education, training or employment (14 million NEETs between the ages of 15 and 30), whichin addition to the precarious employment affecting a further large group of young people, even though they have a job; takes the view that these two situations combined undermines the existence of the European project, endangering the economic development and viability of a Europe united in its quality of life and working conditions, as well as the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion, as defined under Article 174 TFEU;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that, owing to the socio-economic structure, young people constitute one of the most vulnerable groups in the Union in relation to employment, particularly in the current situation of economic and financial crisis, given the number of young people on the labour market and given that they face the most serious employment problems; stresses the need, therefore, to seek solutions that will enable Europe's young people, who have already stopped believing in traditional solutions to employment problems (education and work), to find a way out of this impasse and find specific answers to their various circumstances, adjusting policies to meet their needs rather than the other way around;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that, although the need to revitalise economic activity is a prerequisite for any solution involving the creation of sustainable and lasting employment, this situation is caused bye structural issues aderisving from education and employment policy which need to be corrected, and that this calls for a new generation ofmust be corrected; takes the view that more attractive teaching strategies are needed, with better regional insertion, toaking account of varying situations and allowing for flexible use in line with regions' specific needs and characteristics, promoteing the use of more efficient strategies for transition to active life (with strong links between school and work) and the creation of more secure career paths;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that, by bolstering and supplementing Member States' efforts to revitalise economic activity and foster employment across their territory, in particular in the worst affected regions, European regional policy represents a fundamental tool with which the Union can help overcome the present situation, guiding and shaping the implementation of the necessary structural reforms and concentrating investment on priority actions; considers coordinated action under the five Common Strategic Framework Funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF) to be crucial in order jointly to promote competitiveness and convergence, setting the most appropriate priorities for investment in each European country and region and providing support for all financial instruments capable of boosting private investment and at the same time multiplying the impact of national investment;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that securing economic, social and territorial cohesion across the EU requires making investments in the less-favoured regions; takes the view that the structural funds must help to bring these investments about, preventing a situation where some regions have zero or very scant activity and thereby promoting private investment and economic and regional development;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights the importance of promoting mobility among European young people at both national and European level, which will offer them both personal and professional development;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Understands the need, given that 15 % of jobs cease to exist every year, and as many again are created, for a global approach able to anticipate the changes as part of a truly effective employment policy; considers it essential toneeded to achieve genuinely sustainable growth and employment; takes the view that measures will be effective only if they are all closely linked so that productivity increases, private investment is boosted and sectors with a high growth potential are promoted, in particular those linked to the green economy and ICT; considers it crucial in this context to develop the skills of human capital, createing qualifications policies able to effectively promote the start-to-finish tailoring of skills to business and enterprise needs in all regions of the EU;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that SMEs are the engine of Europe, the cornerstone of employment and the main way out of the crisis; considers it necessary, therefore, to improve access to financing and the business environment in which they operate;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for joint action by the European funds, in particular the instruments of cohesion policy, the ESF and ERDF, to find an urgent answer to this worrying situation, taking the measures necessary for the labour market, education and training in order to support workers' transition to the needs of the productive sector and new skills and jobs (including, inter alia, green jobs, jobs required as a result of demographic trends, new technologies, and the diversification of employment in rural areas);
Amendment 53 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that, in order to ensure that intervention by the Common Strategic Framework funds is effective and to maximise the impact of investment and European funding on the socio-economic situation of a country and its regions, it should be concentrated on a limited number of priorities, particularly where national fiscal consolidation efforts are significant;
Amendment 69 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 3 – point i
Article 3 – point i
Amendment 94 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Before they start fishing in any management area on a specific fishing trip, masters of fishing vessels shall endeavour to ensure they have quotas for stocks subject to catch limits that are sufficient to cover their likely catch composition and the permitted percentages during that trip.
Amendment 104 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to sardine, anchovy, herring, horse mackerel and mackerel, within a limit of 10 % by live weight of the total catches retained on board of each of these species. The percentage of undersized sardine, anchovy, herring, horse mackerel and mackerel shall be calculated as the proportion by live weight of all marine organisms on board after sorting or on landing. The percentage may be calculated on the basis of one or more representative samples. The limit of 10 % shall not be exceeded during transhipment, landing, transportation, storage, display or sale.
Amendment 106 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 19 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to undersized sardine, anchovy, horse mackerel or mackerel caught for use as live bait which may be retained on board, provided they are retained alive.
Amendment 183 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
The permitted margin of tolerance in estimates recorded in the fishing logbook of the quantities in kilograms of fish retained on board shall be 10 % for all species. Where for one or more species, the respective total catch is below 50 kilograms, the permitted margin of tolerance shall be 20%, except in the following cases: (a) 10% globally for a trip, in the case of vessels engaged in tropical tuna fisheries and trips over 100 tonnes of total catches; (b) 20% for catches of bluefin tuna (bft) with individual specimens over 150 kg and in total less than 1 tonne of bft per trip; (c) 20% for catches of Atlantic halibut (hal) stored unprocessed.
Amendment 189 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point -3 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point -3 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(-3) In Article 17(1) the introductory part is replaced by the following: 1. Masters of Community fishing vessels of 12 metres’' length overall or more engaged in fisheries on stocks subject to a multiannual plan, which are under the obligation to record fishing logbook data electronically in accordance with Article 15, shall notify the competent authorities of their flag Member State at least four hours before ththe information described in the second subparagraph in the following cases: (a) Immediately when leaving the fishing ground and always at least one hour before estimated time of arrival to a port in their own flag Member state, in the cases of fishing vessels engaged in fisheries on stocks subject to multiannual plans and fishing only in the territorial seas of their flag state for that trip; (b) At least four hours before estimated time of arrival ato port of the following informationin the rest of cases of fishing vessels engaged in fisheries on stocks subject to multiannual plans. The following information shall be notified to the competent authorities of the flag state in the cases described in the first subparagraph:
Amendment 190 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 20
Article 20
(3a) Article 20 is replaced by the following: "1. Transhipments at sea shall be prohibited in Community waters, except in the fisheries described in paragraph 4. They shall be allowed only subject to an authorisation and to the conditions laid down in this Regulation in ports or places close to the shore of Member States designated for this purpose, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 43(5). 2. If the transhipment operation is interrupted, permission may be required before the transhipment operation is resumed. 3. For the purposes of this Article, relocation, pair trawling activities and fishing operations involving joint action by two or more Community fishing vessels shall not be considered as transhipment. 4. Transhipments are allowed exclusively between purse seine vessels in community waters when they are engaged in fisheries exploiting anchovy, mackerel, horse mackerel or sardine."
Amendment 195 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
5a. Article 24(1) is replaced by the following: "1. The master of a Community fishing vessel of 12 metres’' length overall or more, or his representative, shall record by electronic means the information referred to in Article 23, and shall send it by electronic means to the competent authority of the flag Member State within 24 hours after completion of the landing operation., in cases where the landed weight is below 100 tonnes. For landings over 100 tonnes the time for the completion of the landing declaration shall be 72 hours."
Amendment 224 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 49a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 49a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, vessels having caught pelagic species are no longer obliged to implement the separate stowage of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizes. However, this exception shall not apply to those vessels that have allowed the use of devices for automatic classification.
Amendment 230 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 60 – paragraph 5
Article 60 – paragraph 5
(10a) In Article 60, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations, transport document, sales notes and take-over declarations. In the case of a transportation or storage over 1 day, the figure in the sales notes could be the result of the weighing at the time of the first sale, with a margin of tolerance of 10% per day compared with the weighing at landing, and a maximum of 20%."
Amendment 231 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 1
Article 68 – paragraph 1
(12a) In Article 68, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Fisheries products landed into the Community, either unprocessed or after having been processed on board, for which neither a sales note nor a take-over declaration has been submitted in accordance with Articles 62, 63, 66 and 67 and which are transported to a place other than that of landing, shall be accompanied by a document drawn up by the transporowner of the fishing vessel (the owner of the fish) or the master until the first sale has taken place. The transporterowner of the fishing vessel shall submit, within 48 hours after the loading, a transport document to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose territory the landing has taken place or other bodies authorised by it."
Amendment 232 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 3
Article 68 – paragraph 3
(12b) In Article 68, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. In the event that the products are transported to a Member State other than the Member State of landing, the transporterowner of the fishing vessel shall also transmit, within 48 hours following the loading of the fisheries products, a copy of the transport document to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose territory the first marketing is declared to take place. The Member State of first marketing may require further information in this regard from the Member State of landing."
Amendment 242 #
2013/0436(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (CE) n 850/ 98
Annex XII – rows 5, 16, 17 and 38 a (new)
Annex XII – rows 5, 16, 17 and 38 a (new)
ANNEX XII ANNEX XII Species Minimum Conservation reference Size reference Size Regions Skagerra Regions Skagerra 1 to 5, k/Kattega 1 to 5, k/Kattega except t except t Skagerra Skagerra k/Kattega k/Kattega t t [...] Hake 27 cm 30 cm 20 cm 30 cm [...] Horse 152 cm 152 cm mackerel Anchovy 129 cm or - [...]in - 90 the Golf individua of Cadiz ls per and kilo Canary Island. [...] Red Sea 25 cm 25 cm Bream
Amendment 2 #
2013/0390(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The 2006 Commission Green Paper entitled ‘Towards a future maritime policy for the Union’ already underlined the importance of establishing an integrated legal framework in order to make the sector more competitive.
Amendment 5 #
2013/0390(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Excluding seafarers from directives regulating workers’ rights could give rise to unequal treatment and unfair competition between Member States.
Amendment 14 #
2013/0390(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The implementation of this directive should not entail any increase in the bureaucratic burden for SMEs and micro- enterprises in the sector.
Amendment 35 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the interest of efficient, safe and environmentally sound port management, the managing body of the port should be able to require that port service providers can demonstrate that they meet minimum requirements to perform the service in an appropriate way. These minimum requirements should be limited to a clearly defined set of conditions concerning the professional qualifications of the operators, including in terms of training, as well as the qualifications required to carry out work safely and those relating to accident prevention and the equipment required insofar as these requirements are transparent, non- discriminatory, objective and relevant for the provision of the port service.
Amendment 67 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to be efficient, the port infrastructure charges of each individual port should be set in a transparent and autonomous way in accordance with national port policy and/or that port’s own commercial and investment strategy.
Amendment 81 #
Amendment 89 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall have the option of deciding not to apply this Regulation to sea ports in the comprehensive trans- European transport network located in the outermost regions as referred to in Article 349 TFEU. When Member States decide not to apply this Regulation to such sea ports, they shall notify the Commission of their decision.
Amendment 147 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Without prejudice to compliance with paragraph 1, collective actions complying with the national legislation of the Member State concerned are not considered to be disruptions of port services for which emergency measures can be taken.
Amendment 157 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Workers’ rights as regards information and consultation – as enshrined in Directive 2002/14/EC and in the European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 July 2015 on seafarers and amending the previous directive – shall be upheld irrespective of whether the work is carried out on land or on board ship.
Amendment 159 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. WherThe managing bodiesy of the port require providers ofor the competent authority shall require service providers, in providing port services, to comply with certainthe applicable social standards as regards the provision of relevant port services labour regulations. To that end, tender documents and port service contracts shall list the staff concerned and give transparent details of their contractual rights and the conditions under which employees are deemed to be linked to the port services.
Amendment 162 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Providers of port services shall ensure that workers have the qualifications necessary to carry out their work safely, as well as those relating to accident prevention.
Amendment 165 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 170 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. In order to contribute to an efficient infrastructure charging system, the structure and the level of port infrastructure charges shall be defined in an autonomous way by the managing body of the port according to its own commercial strategy and investment plan reflecting competitive conditions of theccordance with national port policies and/or the commercial strategy and investment plan of each port, and comply with competition reulevant market and in accordance with State aid rus, where applicables.
Amendment 3 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the flagship initiative Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; invites the Member States to make full use of the EU PROGRESS programme and the upcoming Programme for Social Change and Innovation, especially with regard to the effective implementation of gender equality objectives; calls on the Member States to take the necessary actions to access the European Social Fund, which plays an important role in the professional integration through education and training policies and to utilise the funds for targeted programmes against poverty;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that there is a gap of nearly 17 % between salaries for men and women. Calls on Member States to effort on balancing both salaries and eradicating gender discrimination;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls the European Commission and Member States to integrate a general approach of equality between women and men in all employment policies, to take the necessary measures to facilitate the employment of women and to include this approach in the employment guidelines of the European Union;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Equality between men and women is a European fundamental target and shall constitute a main answer to exit from the current economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measuresStresses that the gender dimension is crucial to achieving the EU 2020 headline targets, as women form the greatest reserve of as yet unused labour force. Calls on Member States to adopt needed measures to promote higher employment rates among women such as guaranteeing free access to public childcare and care services for dependent persons, increasing resources for education, and professional qualification programmes as well as adequate maternity, paternity and parental leave schemes and flexibility in working hours;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the importance of conciliation for women to be fully incorporated into the labour market
Amendment 47 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that there are disparities between unemployment rates varying between 48.6%and 77.2% which required specific measures in each case
Amendment 51 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures due to the current economic situation, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services which are forcing many women to shift from paid to unpaid work, exposing themwomen to a high risk of poverty;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of minimum income schemes and social assistance programmes for persons having difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in particular persons with children, and especially single parents.
Amendment 265 #
2012/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to go further in assisting Member States and social partners to inform citizens properly about their accrued pension entitlements, and to raise their awareness and educate them so that they are able to make well-informed decisions as regards future additional pension savings; calls on the Commission to complement its EU-wide work on pension tracking services by instigating an EU impact assessment to understand the economic benefits to Member States and pension providers of providing consolidated pension information to citizens in one accessible place; calls on the Member States to formulate and enforce strict disclosure rules regarding the operating costs and risk and return on investments of pension funds operating within their jurisdiction;
Amendment 298 #
2012/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work ambitiously to set up and maintain tracking services that enable citizens to track their employment- and non-employment-related pension entitlements and thereby make timely and well-informed decisions on additional, individual (third-pillar) pension savings; calls for coordination at EU level to ensure adequate compatibility of the national tracking services; welcomes the Commission's pilot project in this field and calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment into the economic benefits of the provision of consolidated pension information in one accessible place for EU citizens;;
Amendment 65 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Maintains that companies must not use CSR as an excuse for marketing their products dishonestly, in particular by relying on false or unproven ecological virtues, since these might mislead consumers;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that consumers are increasingly focusing attention on companies’ CSR activities, and therefore urges companies to take a transparent approach, especially to corporate operations related to ethical, social, and environmental concerns;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises that CSR actions do not form part of normal business activity, but are an additional source of added value for society and must therefore be voluntary;
Amendment 97 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that business closures and retrenchment are jeopardising some of the gains made through CSR in terms of the employment of marginalisedvulnerable groups in society, in particular people with a disability; calls on the Commission to undertake a major analysis of the social impact of the crisis on such initiatives;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that CSR actions do not just benefit society as a whole, but also help a company to improve its image and raise its standing in the eyes of potential consumers, thus enabling it to be economically viable in the long term;
Amendment 141 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Endorses the view, dating from the June 2004 report of the Multi-stakeholder Forum, that public authorities can make a significant contribution by using convening, incentivising and regulatory roles to advance CSR, and calls on the Member States to give major new impetus to these efforts;
Amendment 154 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Member States to establish favourable scenarios to help companies pursue CSR activities;
Amendment 169 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that the publicity given to companies’ activities is very important because it enables consumers to make objective assessments regarding the companies most deserving of their custom and/or investment;
Amendment 194 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees that there cannot be a ‘one size fits all’ approach to CSR but,and recognisinges that the profusion of private and voluntary initiatives can generate additional costs and be a barrier todemonstrates the value of the voluntary approach, although there is still room for implrovementation,; calls on the Commission, together with other international bodies, to make a commitment to supporting the long-term objective of ‘convergence’ of CSR initiativesexchange and promotion of good corporate practice regarding CSR;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the crisis which began in 2008 has served to speed up the rate of change sharply; whereas ithat crisis has added to the structural pressures to adapt to change resulting from globalisation's more immediate constraints which subject undertakings, workers, territories and governments to critical tensionrequire companies and their employees to make such changes as are necessary to safeguard competitiveness and protect jobs;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, as stated in the Single Market Act, ‘The Lisbon Treaty, and the affirmation of the concept of a ‘highly competitive social market economy’ as one of its key objectives, require the Union to adopt a more all-embracing view of the single market (...) A European framework for restructuring exercises would make for an environment based on mutual trust.’;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 41 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Commission has looked for concrete contributions on how to further develop policy in this area through its ‘Green Paper on Restructuring and anticipation of change: what lessons from recent experience?’ of 17 January 2012, in which it recognises that ‘technological change and innovation may force adjustment strategies for companies and labour, but there are also indications that innovation, combined with research and education can build an effective way to pull Europe out of the crisis’;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, despite consulting the European social partners have been consulted twice in the previous decade , the Commission has failed to take practical steps to ensure the wide application throughout the Union of the anticipative and proactive approaches and socially responsible restructuring practices that it recalls in so many policy documents (see above);
Amendment 55 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas good information and consultation in relation to restructuring means a more intelligent, proactive, responsible and strategic manner, which willmay contribute to making undertakings and the Union more competitive, as well as sending out a message of certainty and transparency to European citizens at a time of crisis;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas companies which fail to adapt to changing circumstances will be unable to keep pace with their competitors in the long term;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas companies and sectors tend to be in the best position to gauge their own restructuration needs;
Amendment 62 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Mc. whereas each Member State is involved in different restructuring processes, and the repercussions are different in each country;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests the Commission to submit to the Parliament within three months of the date of adoption of this resolution on the basis of Article 225findings of the TGreaty, a legislative proposal for a directive as recommended in the Annexen Paper consultation;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Requests the Commission, if the findings of the Green Paper consultation deem it necessary, to propose a recommendation on restructuring at the earliest possible date, respecting the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. confirms that in order to create conditions favourable to change which are also able to anticipate and prevent its possible negative impact in terms of job losses, it is essential to take coordinated action at the most appropriate level (regional, national and/or European) in the following spheres: strengthening of the European internal market, with special focus on improving access to funding; stability and predictability of the regulatory framework; efficiency of the labour markets; increasing the employability of workers through better focused, higher quality education and training; and strong support for innovation and for an active and effective industrial policy able to help to create new opportunities for both enterprises and workers;
Amendment 69 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasises that SMEs are not as well equipped as large businesses when it comes to developing the same type of good restructuring practices. They should therefore be supported and encouraged to participate in the restructuring process of the enterprises on which they depend;
Amendment 71 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Confirms that the above-mentioned recommendations respect the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality and the fundamental rights of citizens;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Confirms the relevance of strong social dialogue based on mutual trust and shared responsibility, as being the best instrument with which to seek consensual solutions and common outlooks when predicting, preventing and managing restructuring processes. From this perspective, it is important to intensify the exchange of best practices and experiences at European level;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to assess whether it is necessary to take steps at European level to supervise the activities of companies in order to prevent any sort of abuse with prejudicial effects, particularly on workers;
Amendment 74 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for dismissal to be seen as a last resort after having considered all possible alternatives, without this diminishing the competitiveness of enterprises.
Amendment 75 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 77 #
2012/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Instructs its President to forward this legislative proposalresolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to the Commission and the Council.
Amendment 79 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 1
Amendment 80 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1 Recital 1
Recommendation 1 Recital 1
(1) When dealing with anticipation, preparation and management of restructuring, companies, workers' representatives and the other stakeholderpublic authorities act in a spirit of cooperation, based on timely and comprehensive information and consultation, as required by existing European Union laws such as the Collective Redundancies, Transfer of Undertakings, Framework Information and Consultation and the European Works Councils Directives.
Amendment 91 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 4
Recommendation 1, Recital 4
(4) Restructuring is facilitated and its impact softened when companies develop on a permanent basis the skills and competences of their workers, thereby boosting their own ability to adapt, making their workers more employable and fostering their internal and external mobility.
Amendment 98 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 6
Recommendation 1, Recital 6
(6) It is a widely recognised that anylarger-scale restructuring operations that are liable to have a significant impact should be subject to an explanation and of justification to the stakeholders,.
Amendment 113 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 9
Recommendation 1, Recital 9
(9) It is important that companies, in conjunction with employees' representatives, createapply existing tools for regular evaluation and reporting on their restructuring practicesactivities to anticipate restructuring, in accordance with the procedures and practices developed at national level.
Amendment 115 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 10
Recommendation 1, Recital 10
Amendment 121 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1, Recital 11
Recommendation 1, Recital 11
(11) Any Union framework on anticipation, preparation and management of change and restructuring should encourage and give precedentce to agreement between the most concerned parties, so that only in the absence of such agreement should standard rules apply.
Amendment 125 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 2, paragraph 1
Recommendation 2, paragraph 1
1. The purpose of the Directive is to promote and facilitate information and consultation in economic change and improve the way in which companies, employees' representatives, public authorities and other relevant stakeholders throughout the Union anticipate, prepare and manage in a socially responsible way corporate restructuring.
Amendment 131 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1
Amendment 132 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point a
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point a
Amendment 137 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point b
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point b
Amendment 140 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point c
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point c
Amendment 141 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point d
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point d
Amendment 144 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point e
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point e
Amendment 148 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point f
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point f
Amendment 150 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point g
Recommendation 3, paragraph 1, point g
Amendment 157 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 3, paragraph 2
Recommendation 3, paragraph 2
Amendment 164 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 4, paragraph 1
Recommendation 4, paragraph 1
1. Any restructuring operation shall be integrated into a long-term strategy that aims to ensure and strengthening the long- term sustainability and competitiveness of the company, while stimulating a culture geared to innovation.
Amendment 167 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 4, paragraph 2
Recommendation 4, paragraph 2
2. Long-term strategic planning shall include economic developments, as well as human resources, employment and skills objectives that focus on developing, on a permanent basis, the skills and competences of the workforce in order to increase the competitiveness of the company and its capacity of adaptation, as well as to increase the employability of employees and to manage their internal and external mobility.
Amendment 174 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 4, paragraph 3
Recommendation 4, paragraph 3
3. To that end, companies shall recognise the right of every employee to benefit fromencourage employees' access to appropriate training. Employees shall recognise that education and lifelong learning are necessary to enhance their employability and shall accept relevant training offers.
Amendment 184 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 1
Recommendation 5, paragraph 1
1. Companies shallmay develop, in cooperation with employees' representatives and, where applicable, with public authorities and other relevant stake-holders, mechanisms that anticipate and plan for future employment and skills needs.
Amendment 187 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, introductory part
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, introductory part
2. To that end, companies shallmay establish, in co-operation with employees' representatives and other relevant stakeholders:
Amendment 190 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point a
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point a
(a) mechanisms for the long-term planning of quantitative and qualitative employment and skills needs that are linked to innovation and development strategies and that take into account economic developments and the foreseeable evolution of employment and skills, both positive and negative;
Amendment 197 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b, subpoint 1
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b, subpoint 1
– support for the creation of a learning advisorsculture to help employees select and follow adequate training;
Amendment 205 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b, subpoint 6
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b, subpoint 6
– training packages, if needed, in co- operation with external stakeholdersrogrammes, both internal and external;
Amendment 207 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b, subpoint 8
Recommendation 5, paragraph 2, point b, subpoint 8
– specific training measures to tackle possible negative or problematic developmenthat will help to combat concrete identified problems.
Amendment 209 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 3
Recommendation 5, paragraph 3
Amendment 214 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 4
Recommendation 5, paragraph 4
Amendment 222 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 5, paragraph 5
Recommendation 5, paragraph 5
5. Dependent companies shall be informed of the mechanismassessments and plans provided for in paragraph 2. Their employees shallmay be covered by those mechanismassessments and plans upon the request of the dependent company, justified on the grounds that those mechanismassessments and plans are required or useful for their own adaptation and development.
Amendment 233 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 6, paragraph 1
Recommendation 6, paragraph 1
1. Except in circumstances where restructuring is triggered by unforeseen or sudden events, any restructuring operation, above all any such operation that is liable to have a significant negative impact, shall be preceded by an appropriate preparation with all the stakeholders concerned with a view to preventing or alleviating its economic, social and local impact.
Amendment 243 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 6, paragraph 2
Recommendation 6, paragraph 2
2. This preparation shall be carried out as early as possible and shall start as soon as the need to restructure is contemplated. eExcept in the exceptional circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 above, it shall be carried out within a timeframein accordance with the strategy previously adopted that will allows for the adoption of measures making it possible to avoid or to mitigate to the minimum its negative economic, social and local impact.
Amendment 248 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 7, Title
Recommendation 7, Title
Information and consultation concerning business decisionsrestructuring liable to have a significant negative impact
Amendment 253 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 7, paragraph 1
Recommendation 7, paragraph 1
1. Any restructuring operation shall be subject to an early explanation and justification to, in particular any such operation that is liable to have a significant negative impact in terms of possible job losses, shall be accompanied by the implementation of early information mechanisms addressing all the relevant stakeholders on the basis of either long- term strategic goals and requirements or short-term constraints.
Amendment 259 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 7, paragraph 2
Recommendation 7, paragraph 2
2. The dialogue provided for in paragraph 1 shall include the justification of the choice of the measures envisaged in order to achieve the objectives, and offter having evaluated other possible options, in the light of all the interests concerned.
Amendment 264 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 7, paragraph 3
Recommendation 7, paragraph 3
3. Companies shall from the beginning informimplement mechanisms providing early information to the public authorities at the relevant level, in particular at local level, and involveing them as far as possible in the preparation of the restructuring process.
Amendment 271 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 7, paragraph 4
Recommendation 7, paragraph 4
4. The local economic actors, in particular companies and their employees in a situation of dependence in relation to the restructuring company shallmay also be informed from the beginning and actively involved in theon the restructuring process.
Amendment 290 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 8, paragraph 3
Recommendation 8, paragraph 3
3. When redundancies cannot be avoided or as part of the package to be implemented in the context of alternative options, companies shall seek to make available to the employees concerned measures that aim to enhance their employability and help them to re-enter the labour market as quickly as possible. The effectiveness and efficiency of public employment services are fundamental in this connection.
Amendment 303 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 9
Recommendation 9
9. The provisions of Recommendations 6 and 7 shall not apply to companies and employees covered by an agreement concluded at the relevant level and with the relevant parties on the procedures and mechanism for preparing,agreements reached between companies and employees' representatives with a view to managing in a socially responsible way and minimising internal social costs of restructuring operations shall be respected.
Amendment 309 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 10, paragraph 1
Recommendation 10, paragraph 1
1. When a restructuring operation has major local effects, companies shall seek to develop complementarities and synergies between their preparatory action and the actions of the all the other actors, with a view to maximising the re-employment opportunities of employees at risk of being or to be made redundant, in order to encouraginge economic and social re- conversion and to developing new economic activities generating jobs.
Amendment 315 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 10, paragraph 2
Recommendation 10, paragraph 2
2. The measures referred to in Recommendation 7 shall cover, as far as possible, the employees of companies that are dependent, in particular as a result of subcontracting or a supply contract. Dependent companies and their workers shall, in any event, be informed of those measures insofar asmay provide greater cover for the employees of dependent companies. Dependent companies and their workers shall be informed where such information is required or useful for their own adaptation and for the management of the restructuring process within those companies.
Amendment 322 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 1
Recommendation 11, paragraph 1
1. Public authorities at different levels shallmay intervene in an anticipation and management capacitythe restructuring process by:
Amendment 325 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 1, point a
Recommendation 11, paragraph 1, point a
(a) Promoting thedialogue, co-ordination of the work of external stakeholders with the work developed within companieand collaboration with stakeholders
Amendment 354 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point e
Recommendation 11, paragraph 3, point e
(e) create permanent bodies, networks or observatories to monitoranticipate change processes;
Amendment 367 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 13
Recommendation 13
Member States shall designate the public authorities, at national, regional or local level that are responsible for the purposes of the DirectiveRecommendation.
Amendment 372 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 14, paragraph 1
Recommendation 14, paragraph 1
1. Companies shall monitor, on a permanent basis, in co-operation with external bodies and authorities, the psycho-social healthdo everything possible to ensure the health and safety of their workers, making particular efforts to anticipate any dangers they may face and alleviate negative impacts ofn employees affected by restructuring processes, both redundant employees and those staying in the company.
Amendment 377 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 14, paragraph 2
Recommendation 14, paragraph 2
2. Companies shall create tools for the regularmake effective use of existing tools, while at the same time encouraging their improvement,, for the evaluation and reporting on their restructuring practices, as necessary, in co- operation with employees' representatives and the external organisations involved in that process.
Amendment 385 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 15, paragraph 1
Recommendation 15, paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide that employees' representatives and any other persons who accede to information which has been provided to them expressly as a result of this DirectiveRecommendation are not authorised to reveal it if it has been delivered on a confidential basis.
Amendment 395 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 1
Recommendation 16, paragraph 1
Amendment 400 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 2
Recommendation 16, paragraph 2
Amendment 408 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 3
Recommendation 16, paragraph 3
Amendment 415 #
2012/2061(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 16, paragraph 4
Recommendation 16, paragraph 4
Amendment 19 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
Amendment 21 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2 b) Article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 23 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the ‘Fund’) should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting, primarily through the provision of food supplies, national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children.
Amendment 26 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The Fund cannot replace public policies undertaken by Member State governments to limit the need for emergency food aid and to develop sustainable targets and policies for the full eradication of hunger, poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to establish a maximum level of co-financing from the Fund to the operational programmes to provide for a multiplier effect of Union resoThe Member States most in need of the Fund are least likely to be able to afford to co-finance the measurces, while the situation of Member States facing temporary budget difficulties should be addressetherefore the Fund should be 100% funded by the Union in order to ensure the highest possible uptake of the Fund.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) All citizens in the European Union should be treated equally and yet levels of deprivation differ across Member States. The Commission should produce a report showing what percentage the European funds make up of national budgets for aid programmes for most deprived persons.
Amendment 44 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) Much of the work undertaken by associations working with the provision of food to Europe's most deprived is undertaken by volunteers. Therefore, the process for applying to be a beneficiary of the Fund must not be prohibitively complicated.
Amendment 47 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) Member States and partner organisations should work actively with large and small scale companies throughout the food supply chain, in line with their corporate and social responsibility programmes, as well as economical incentives, to reduce food waste and to ensure this produce is made available to associations working with Europe's most deprived.
Amendment 75 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace or reduce national, long-term, sustainable poverty eradication and social inclusion programmes, which remain the responsibility of Member States.
Amendment 83 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Fund may support accompanying measures, primarily complementing the provision of food and goods, contributing to the social inclusion of the most deprived persons. It should also encourage collaboration with organisations which focus on the eradication of poverty and long-term social reintegration.
Amendment 99 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 12 a (new)
(12 a) The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace Member States' authorities' responsibilities, for eradicating poverty and social exclusion, notably through the provision of long-term, sustainable programmes aiming at social reintegration rather than alleviating immediate food deprivation and material needs.
Amendment 100 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 12 b (new)
(12 b) Member States, and the bodies designated by them, shall build partnerships with companies throughout the food chain to create programmes allowing food companies to reduce waste and fulfil corporate and social responsability programmes, and for associations working with Europe's most deprived to gain access to food resources.
Amendment 105 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 23 500 000 000 at 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.
Amendment 136 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This platform shall include encouraging an exchange between those working on immediate material deprivation alleviation and organisations working for longer- term, sustainable social reintegration, and looking at how links could be developed between these different objectives.
Amendment 166 #
Amendment 169 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The co-financing rate at the level of the operational programme shall not be higher than 85be 100% of the public eligible expenditure.
Amendment 174 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 178 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 8 #
2011/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the social consequences of the crisis are far-reaching, now exacerbated by the impact of austerity measures, cutting jobs, benefits and public servicesovereign debt crisis;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the crisis has created new categories of people at risk of poverty; whereas the Social Protection Committee (SPC) warns of increasing numbers of people at risk of income poverty, child poverty, severe material deprivation and social exclusion because of, and highlights theat impact of fiscal consolidation measures on social protection systemlementation of integrated active inclusion strategies shall be a central element of EU and national social policy agendas;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the European Council to make tackling youth unemployment a priority and on Member States to develop comprehensive strategies for young people who are not in employment, education or training; calls on Member States to introduce a Youth Guarantee, securing the right of every young personmplement active labour market policies to ensure that young unemployed people in the EU to bare offered a job, an apprenticeship, additional training or combined work and training after a maximum period of 4 months' unemployment; stresses the importance of reducing precarious employment among young people;
Amendment 65 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the economic effects of the crisis and the severe economic downturn in some Member States should not serve as a pretext for the defective application of legislation on health and safety at work, or undermine occupational risk prevention policies;
Amendment 135 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that health and safety at work is a multidimensional concept and requires synergy between individual policies, such as education, health, research, social security, etc. It is extremely important to focus on occupational risk prevention policies, including through training programmes - with the participation of the social partners - and by informing and training employers and employees;
Amendment 136 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Takes the view that progress of research in the health sector, the constantly evolving socio-economic conditions, developments in new technologies and changes in the labour market require vigilance at European and national level regarding the emergence of new occupational hazards and the timely updating of the relevant legislation, its implementation framework and the list of arduous and unhealthy occupations;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21. Urges Member States to combat the burden of bureaucracy and the labyrinthine structure of state control mechanisms for health and safety at work and work inspections, by strengthening their dynamics and simplifying time- consuming internal procedures with a view to implementing more and more effective controls;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular its article 30 on the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 11 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the European Platform on Poverty and Social Exclusion
Amendment 23 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures,unemployment
Amendment 55 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU's competitiveness,the decline in European competitivity undermines growth, causing unemployment and poverty
Amendment 60 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the adoption of structural reforms is essential to ensure Europe's competitiveness, create jobs and fight poverty
Amendment A #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Ccalls on the Commission to involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formal part of the annual convention on povertyboost the involvement in the development of a European strategy at all levels of governance (European, national, regional and local) of organised civil society and of all stakeholders, such as NGOs, social economy organisations, service providers, experts in social innovation and the social partners, as well as people living in poverty themselves, in partnership with the associations in which they freely express their opinions and which have acquired experience and knowledge, particularly through the development of national platforms against poverty and social exclusion in each Member State; calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation between local, regional and national authorities and European Institutions, particularly the European Parliament; believes that the synergies should concern all stakeholders, including SMEs and entrepreneurs; calls for discussions with people living in poverty and social exclusion to be institutionalised, and to be extended at national level, and for their participation and contribution to be made a formal and central part of the annual convention on poverty and social exclusion, and calls for appropriate and regular follow-up of the recommendations so developed;
Amendment D #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in on the Commission to fully take account of the correct horizontal social clause as specified in Article 9 TFEU, under which the EU is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for the social impact assessments of European policies to go into greater depthe, event that the horizontal social clause is not applied, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause where those policies are not initiated by the Commission but by the European Council, as in the case of the Euro Plus pact; considers that such an in- depth analysis of the application of this clause will make it possible to avoid a levelling-down of social standards in Europe and to promote the development of a common social basis in Europe; calls for this social impact assessment to be made with the associations active in combating poverty and to take account of the situation of the poorest people in Europe as a reference; considers that these assessments should involve the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Commission’s departments responsible for social affairs under the responsibility of a director- general reporting to the General Secretariat of the European Commission;
Amendment DD #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, because poverty levels in the EU Member States have been high for very many years, the impact of poverty on the economy is steadily increasing; whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU’s competitiveness, factors which in themselves create poverty and unemployment, particularly long- term unemployment, which affects one- third of the jobless, a situation that is worse in the more economically vulnerable countries; whereas the preservation of social rights in the European Union is fundamental in any attempt to address poverty,
Amendment 68 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas poverty is a multi-faceted problem requiring an integrated response which is tailored to different stages of life and to people's multi-dimensional needs, and which is based on guaranteeing access to rights, resources and services, to cover basic needs and prevent social exclusion
Amendment EE #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas poverty is a multi-faceted problem requiring an integrated response which is tailored to different stages of life and to people’s multi-dimensional needs, and which is based on guaranteeing access to rights, resources and services, as reflected in the Common Objectives of the open method of coordination on social protection and social inclusion (2006), in order to cover basic needs and prevent social exclusion,
Amendment FF #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas employmentgrowth and employment, even in a decent job, alone isare not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years, and whereas the segmentation of the labour market has increased, working and living conditions have very much worsened, particularly during the financial crisis, and work has become much less secure – a trend which must be combated; whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years but is not yet being addressed to an extent commensurate with the challenges it represents for our societies; whereas the number of the working poor has grown considerably in recent years, with 8% of the working population suffering in-work poverty and where 22% of those at risk of poverty are in work1; whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone, __________________ 1 EUROSTAT (2009), SPC Report: SPC Assessment of the social dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy (10 Feb. 2011)
Amendment I #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls forWelcomes the Commission’s announcement of a Communication on implementing the Commission’s 2008 recommendation concerning the active inclusion strategy and calls for it to include, in particular, a timetable for implementing thits three Ccommission’s 2008 recommendation concerning the active inclusion strategyponent strands, specifying a multi-annual work programme for delivery at national and EU level; expresses its concern at the postponement of the Communication on Active Inclusion to 2012, and asks the Commission to advance the publication of the Communication to 2011; calls for an explicit commitment by the Council, Commission and Parliament to mobilise all policies to reduce poverty, ensuring that economic, employment and social inclusion policies contribute to the eradication of poverty rather than to its increase;
Amendment JJ #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas poverty and social exclusion remain a key social determinant of health1 and life conditions, including life expectancy depe, and oin the social environment and on child povertyparticular the impact of child poverty on child health and well- being, and whereas there is still a significant gap between rich and poor when it comes to health, which is continuing to widen in some respects,affordable access to health services, as well as in income and wealth, which is continuing to widen in some respects, __________________ 1 CSDH (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva, World Health Organization
Amendment KK #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, because our society is ageing, the number of dependent people will increase considerably in the near future; whereas elderly people, in particular women, are at greater risk of poverty than the general population, in several countries, as a result of their loss of income on retirement and other factors such as physical dependence, solitude and social exclusion; whereas the breakdown of intergenerational social bonds is a major problem facing our societies,
Amendment 75 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas employment alone is not sufficienta decent job allows to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years,
Amendment LL #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas women are in general more vulnerable to poverty than men owing to various factors such as gender discrimination at work, which results in the persistent gender pay gap, the resulting pension disparities, and labour market discriminationbut also career breaks in order to care for dependants and labour market discrimination; whereas only 63% of women work in Europe, compared to 76% of men, and having regard to the lack of support networks and concrete measures to help parents achieve a work/life balance, including affordable care services,
Amendment N #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Ccalls for equal rights and equal social protection for all workers in each Member State, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States and for the subsidiarity principle, for respect for equal rights and equal social protection for all in each Member State, whether they are Union citizens or third- country nationals; calls on Member States to fight against illegal and undeclared work;
Amendment P #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the need to assess the impact of EU funds in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, where possible, the effectiveness, impact, coordination and value for money of EU funds, especially of the European Social Fund (ESF) in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, reducing the economic discrepancies, prosperity imbalances and differences in living standard levels across EU Member States and regions, and therefore promoting economic and social cohesion; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies with integrated active inclusion approaches, such as projects designed to strengthen intergenerational solidarity at regional and local level or which specifically contribute to realising gender equality and the active inclusion of vulnerable groups; stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence; stresses the importance of supporting the combat of poverty and social exclusion, and access to quality employment and non discrimination, ensuring adequate income and promoting access to quality services;
Amendment Q #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to submit national reform programmes consistent with the aim of the Platform, and calls on the Commission to refrain from restricting the Member States’ capacity for investment and social spending in the context of economic governance, bearing in mind that poverty reduction requires smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as indicated in the Europe 2020 strategy; with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable development, and, supporting the Commission’s recognition that poverty ‘is unacceptable in 21st Century Europe’, calls on them to refrain from calling into question wage indexation systems and collective labour agreements or restricting, in an unreasonable and unjustified way, their capacity for investment and social spending in the context of economic governance, whilst ensuring the sustainability of public finances and the creation of well-paid work, bearing in mind that poverty reduction is an essential corollary of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as indicated in the Europe 2020 strategy; calls for clarification of the status of national action plans for social inclusion and, in particular, the question of their integration into national reform programmes under the EU 2020 strategy; calls on the Commission to develop country-specific Recommendations to meet the poverty reduction target, especially in case of failure, bearing in mind that poverty reduction requires us to step up our efforts and mobilise all parties and all our resources to significantly reduce poverty and extreme poverty in the medium term and to greatly reduce or eradicate poverty by 2020 at the latest; proposes that the Commission draw up guidelines for the Member States at European level to ensure that local authorities and other stakeholders participate effectively in the drafting of national reform programmes; notes that ‘territorial pacts’ potentially offer the most comprehensive and consistent means of involving local authorities in this process, as proposed in the Fifth Cohesion Report; considers that there would be no hope of achieving the Europe 2020 strategy aim of reducing by 20 million the number of people at risk of poverty if austerity measures which are a step backwards in terms of employment and social protection were adopted by the Member States;
Amendment R #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination; Urges the Member States to agree and adopt as soon as possible the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426); calls on the Commission to continue to support the overcoming of technical difficulties within the Council in order to ensure a swift agreement is reached, and to close gaps in the existing anti-discrimination legislation which is currently not covering all relevant aspects, with a view to further eradicating discrimination, including social discrimination; Note: A citation referring to the Kosa report will be added by oral amendment.
Amendment T #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. AdvocatesRecommends the Member States to adopt a proactive decent housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housingquality housing at affordable prices or on preferential terms of purchase, and to prevent the loss thereof, with guaranteed access to services essential to health and safety, the lack of such housing being a serious affront to dignity, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency in order to combat energy poverty; calls for more attention to be paid to housing for migrants, who are often exploited and forced to live in sub- standard housing; recalls Protocol 26 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon on social housing and calls for the provisions contained therein to be respected, in particular on the Member States’ freedom to organise social housing, including the question of financing; encourages the Member States to implement special housing programmes and opportunities for homeless people, in view of guaranteeing the most basic standards of living for the most vulnerable in society;
Amendment U #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for Roma people, and the organisations that represent and work with them, to be actively involved in the elaboration and implementation of the national Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, so as to contribute to achieving the EU poverty target; calls on the European Union and the Member States to establish the European strategy to promote Roma inclusion as soon as possible, and calls on the Member States to propose, by the end of this year, measures to promote the inclusion of Roma in accordance with the European framework for coordinating national Roma inclusion strategies presented by the Commission in April 2011; stresses that, as with the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the inclusion and integration of the Roma will require greater effort to achieve, by 2020, their full inclusion and an end to the numerous forms of discrimination to which they are subject; 16a. calls for other marginalised communities such as immigrants to be involved in all EU or Member State policies relating to their social inclusion;
Amendment V #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the fight against child poverty to focus on prevention through the provision of equal access to high-quality early childhood serviceseducation and care services, in order to prevent children from starting school life with multiple disadvantages, and to other provisions for children (activity centres during the school period and holidays, etc., extracurricular, cultural, sports activities, etc.), ensuring that the network of such services and centres covers all areas adequately; calls for financial support for proven services and the systematic integration of family-support policies in all relevant areas of activity, combining a universal approach with targeted measures for the most vulnerable families, in particular the families of handicapped children, single-parent families and large families; calls for the relationship between parents and children to be given particular attention in programmes to combat poverty and social exclusion in order to prevent children being placed in care as a consequence of severe poverty;
Amendment W #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum incomelaunch, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, a consultation on the possibility of a legislative initiative on a sensible minimum income that will allow economic development, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities and playing an automatic stabilising role for the economy, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States, the definition of a minimum income being the prerogative of the Member State; wishes the Commission to help Member States share best practice on minimum income levels and encourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State;
Amendment Y #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Maintains that elderly care facilitiesprogrammes, including home care, must be developed and reviewed in all the Member States so as to prevent elderly people falling into exclusion or poverty and that financial support should also be provided if possible for families caring for the elderly, in line with achieving the sustainable society and with particular regard to active ageing and improving support for solidarity between generations and encouraging accessibility and solidarity and improving the quality of long-term care; calls on the Commission to assess whether a directive on carer’s leave could help achieve this;
Amendment Z #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the most vulnerable groups have been those most severely affected by the crisis and the associated austerity measures, 116 million people in the European Union are at risk of poverty and 42 million (i.e. 8%) live ‘in conditions of severe material deprivation and can not afford a number of necessities considered essential in order to live a decent life in Europe’1; whereas poverty is the unacceptable reflection of an uneven distribution of wealth, income and resources in a prosperous European economy; whereas the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and disabled people, have been those most severely affected by the financial, economic and social crisis and the austerity measures currently being taken in the EU in the context of the ‘Euro Plus Pact’ and the ‘governance package’, which could worsen the situation for these groups and put at risk of unemployment, economic insecurity or poverty millions of people who were still managing to live on, and meet their basic needs from, their wages or retirement pension, notably as a result of cuts in public service and social assistance budgets; whereas applying tougher conditions and penalties in social activation policies in response to the crisis aggravates the difficulties faced by the most vulnerable people at a time when few decent jobs are on offer; whereas the gap between rich and poor is getting ever wider as the crisis continues; __________________ 1 European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (COM(2010)758 final).
Amendment 98 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas health and life expectancy depend on the social environment and on child poverty,conditions, including life expectancy, are closely related to everyone’s social environment from early childhood and whereas there is still a significant gap between rich and poor when it comes to health, which is continuing to widen in some respects,
Amendment 104 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas elderly people, in particular women, are at greater risk of poverty than the general population as a result of their loss of income on retirement and other factors such as physical dependence, solitude and social exclusion; whereas the breakdown of intergenerational social bonds is a major problem facing our societies,
Amendment 108 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas womensingle parent families are more vulnerable to poverty owing to various factors such as the persistent gender pay gap, the resulting pension disparities, and labour market discrimination,
Amendment 114 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas 20% of children are at risk of poverty, compared with 17% of the EU'’s overall population, and low-income families are amongst the categories most exposed to poverty
Amendment 152 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to actively involve civil society at national and European level and to make discussions with people living in poverty a formcentral part of the annual convention on poverty; calls for appropriate and regular follow-up of the recommendations so developed;
Amendment 178 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for it to be made clear that the Commission will be legally accountable in the event thaton the Commission to survey the correct application of the horizontal social clause ias not appliedspecified in the article 9 of the TFEU, and calls for the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause;
Amendment 205 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a timetable for implementing the Commission's 2008 recommendation concerning the active inclusion strategyn integrated EU anti-poverty strategy based on human rights, in particular economic and social rights;
Amendment 218 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the creation of decent jobs through vocational training and the provision of personalised job-seeking assistance, in particular for disadvantaged groups;Calls on the Commission to tackle the phenomenon of the working poor as well as to create secure jobs and ensure the correct application of flexible contract arrangements so as they cannot be abused.
Amendment 243 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for equalnsuring the respect of enshrined rights and adequalte social protection for all workers in each Member State; calls on Member States to fight against illegal and undeclared work;
Amendment 248 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges Member States to step up their efforts to substantially and effectively combat the phenomenon of undeclared employment, which, in addition to the enormous adverse economic consequences it has for the viability of social security systems, is incompatible with the principles of decent work and denies access to social security systems, thereby creating a severe risk of poverty;
Amendment 268 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Urges Member States, as part of measures to support participation in employment, especially of women, through the reconciliation of work and family life, to facilitate access to quality and affordable care facilities, since a large proportion of EU citizens remain outside the labour market as they are taking care of a family member, which increases the risk that they will fall into poverty;
Amendment 270 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the need to assess the impact ofinvest more effectively EU funds in terms ofhe view to achievinge the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary obfor example by mainstreaming social inclusion through all ESF-funded projectives; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combinpursue employment targets and strategies with ain an Active iInclusion approach;
Amendment 287 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to submit national reform programmes consistent with the aim of the Platform, and calls on the Commission to refrain from restricting the Member States' capacity for investment and social spending in the context of economic governance,to take necessary measures aimed at ensuring the sustainability of public finances and to adopt necessary reforms to guarantee the creation of employment bearing in mind that poverty reduction requires smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as indicated in the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 303 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to initiate a horizontal anti-discrimination directive with a view to further eradicating discrimination;close gaps in the existing anti-discrimination legislation which is currently not covering all relevant aspects.
Amendment 314 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission'’s desire to clarify the legal framework applicable to social economy enterprises so that there are nowill be no more obstacles hindering their contribution to poverty reduction;
Amendment 332 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Advocates a proactive housing policy in order to ensure universal access to decent, affordable housing, along with a proactive energy policy that steps up the use of renewable energies and boosts energy efficiency; Member States shall be encouraged to implement special housing programs and opportunities for homeless people, in view of guaranteeing the most basic standards of living for the most vulnerable in society;
Amendment 341 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for Roma to be involved in all EU or Member State policies relating to their social inclusionpeople, and the organisations that represent and work with them, to be actively involved in the elaboration and implementation of the national Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, so as to contribute to achieving the EU poverty target;
Amendment 352 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the fight against child poverty to focus on prevention in various ways, such as through the provision of access to early childhood services, ensuring that the network of such services covers all areas adequately, through programmes supporting impoverished families and by providing children with equal opportunities in education;
Amendment 358 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasizes that the fight against poverty requires a holistic and consistent approach, embracing all policy areas; it is particularly important to reinforce actions at both European and national level in terms of both prevention and intervention to address this phenomenon;
Amendment 370 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum incomeEncourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes at Member States level, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States;
Amendment 383 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Maintains that elderly care facilitiesprograms, including home care, must be developed in all the Member States so as to prevent elderly people falling into exclusion or poverty;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU cohesion policy has contributed greatly to the increased productivity achieved by all regionsis a key pillar of the process of European integration, and the EU’s main tool for promoting the harmonious development of the Union as a whole, particularly by reducing disparities between the different levels of development of the regions, which has contributed greatly to growth and to the prosperity of the Union during the previous and current funding periods; whereas it is striking that ex- post evaluation has also shown athat despite its achievements and the significant narrowing of the economic, social and regional divide; whereas these developments have equally positive effects on social security and on investment in the protection of the environment and social divide, there are still major economic, social and territorial disparities between regions,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Approves the intention of developing new macro-regional strategies and calls for steps to be taken to identify and combat regional disparities, such as in access to, since these are an effective way to combat regional disparities and foster cooperation in the areas that they cover, especially employment and, education, or public services;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ecohesion and structural policies have proved flexible in crisis situations andnomic and financial crisis has accentuated the need for a cohesion policy that is capable of providing a flexible response to the needs of the regions, especially those that have fallen behind; whereas, at this time of crisis, this European policy haves made a defining contribution to various national recovery and training programmes,
Amendment 29 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gearing the structural funds to the Lisbon Strategy objectives has proved effective, as is evident from the impressive commitment rates forcohesion policy should continue to support growth and competitiveness, as it is doing during the current period in which a high percentage of structural fund appropriations have been pledged to investments geared to the Lisbon Strategy objectives in the Convergence and the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objectives, aleven though it is regrettable that only 20% of projects under the heading of Territorial Cooperation accord, during the current period, with the Lisbon aims,
Amendment 36 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the partial failure of the Lisbon Strategy is due not to the inadequate implementation of cohesion policy but rather to the effects of the financial crisis, imperfect implementation of the single market, slack budgetary discipline and inadequate macroeconomic framework conditions in individual Member States,
Amendment 39 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the incidence of errors and misuse of funds has been significantly lower in the most recent funding periods; whereas, regrettably, structural policy non, but has not been completheless remains an area with a continuing poor record in this respect, andy eliminated because some Member States still lack effective machinery for counterrrecting the misuse of fundingse errors and recovering money wrongly paid out,
Amendment 41 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides crucial support for employment market policies and plays an important part in boosting social inclusion; takes the view that this Structural Fund needs to be included in the common strategic framework, without, however, altering its specific operating rules and provisions; calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the ESF and raise its profile;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the existing system of cohesion and structural policy objectives (Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial Cooperation), combined with a multi-level governance approach and security to plan on the basis of reliable funding and an agreed time frame (seven years), has basically proved its worth, but whereas there have been considerable delays in programme planning as a result of protracted financial and legislative negotiations in the Community decision- making process,
Amendment 58 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to improve the visibility of ESF action and to make the ESF more accessible and capable of providing more support forntensify ESF action aimed at promoting integration into the job market, particularly by setting up lifelong training to help workers adapt their skills to the needs of the job market;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for cohesion and structural policy programmes to place more emphasis on European added value; deems such added value to be achieved where EU projects bring about a lasting and measurable improvement in the economic, infrastructural, social and/or environmental status of a disadvantaged region and such improvement would not have been achievable without the European stimulus,Emphasises the indisputable European added value of cohesion policy programmes; deems such added value to be achieved where clear additional benefits are obtained through European actions over those obtained through measures adopted by each Member State individually, thus contributing to the achievement of agreed policy targets more effectively and reducing national expenditure; points out that in order to achieve greater European added value, resources should be focused on areas where they can be of most benefit and that the subsidiarity and proportionality principles are the basic criteria used in determining this;
Amendment 68 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises, too, that European funding adds value where projects supported at regional level contribute to the achievement of pan-cohesion policy funding adds European value by helping to leverage public and private investment towards European objecprioritives in the fields of economic growth, research, environmental protection, resource management, demographic change, energy supply sustainability, social cohesion or cross-border development and thisand objectives, producing results on a European scale that would not have been realisachieved withrout the European stimulusgh projects supported only at national, regional or local level;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that better harmoniscoordination between the various Structural Funds should be achieved and that in particular the synergies between the ESF and the ERDF should be improved; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of employing cross-financing arrangements combining the two funds;
Amendment 74 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6bis. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that information about access to the European Social Fund is disseminated to more useful effect among the target groups and that outcomes are publicised more widely;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6α. Stresses that, in ensuring the maximum effectiveness of cohesion policy, both in terms of development and strengthening social cohesion, the level of co-funding should be reviewed so that it better reflects the level of development of action plans and the specific characteristics of beneficiaries;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with a decentralised approach and the principle of multi-level governance as one of the major advantagessset of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; calls for; calls also for the strengthening of thise partnership principle to be further strengthenedwith regional and local actors and for more engagement of the economic and social partners involved in cohesion policy;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that, in strengthening the social effectiveness of cohesion policy, it is necessary to strengthen the representation of local and regional stakeholders and social partners in both the design and implementation of cohesion policy at national level and encourages Member States to work to this end;
Amendment 83 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7bis. Calls for the open method of coordination to be strengthened and for better cooperation and exchanges of information to be established among national, regional, and local authorities where cohesion policy is concerned;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, despite the trend towards a narrowing of inter-regional disparities, major imbalances still exist – and in some Member States are actually growing as a result of the economic and financial crisis – so cohesion policy must continue to concentrate on evening outreducing differences between regions’ levels of development; convergence and development, and should be extended to all territories of the Union, being applied with the flexibility required to tailor it to the socioeconomic realities of each;
Amendment 91 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantagedcertain regions by virtue of their geodemographical situation or natural environment; reiterates its; to this end, calls for special forms of preference to coparticular attention to be paid to island, mountainue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned and sparsely populated regions in the strategic priorities; calls also for studies into the Tpreaty on the Funcservation or creationing of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, northcertain preferences awarded to the outernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-and the land and sea border regions);
Amendment 92 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to simplify procedures and reduce excessive administrative costs and the number of otherany obstacles to achievmaking the EU’s objectives for growth and job creation more difficult to achieve.
Amendment 108 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the Union will be able to hold its ownbe competitive in the face of global competition only if its cohesion policy can tap the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategyis sufficiently flexible for the regions to be able to adapt it to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy in accordance with their own local needs, and are thus capable of fully exploiting their development potential;
Amendment 119 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that cohesion policy must continue to focus on regional (territorial) cohespromoting balanced development throughout the Union and points out that the Lisbon Treaty added the objective of territorial cohesion to those of economic and social cohesion; affirms that this aim remains indissociable from the challenges of economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Sees the possibility of macroregional strategies as affording a major opportunity to harness forms of trans-regional potential and adopt a joint approach to challenges stemming from the natural environment, e.g. in relation to environmental protectionbeing an effective tool for promoting cooperation between members of the macroregion in the functional areas they define and improving cooperation between the different levels of governance, whilst also implementing the policy goals of the Union in line with the Europe 2020 strategy; considers that better coordination of existing support mechanisms can create scope for more targeted use of the EU structural funds;
Amendment 146 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whether specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as metropolitan regions or sea or river basins will yield additional benefits; is particularly awa as there, in relation to such programmes, of the absence of political bodies (including democratically elected bodies) with a sufficiently wide- ranging remit to implement them; calls instead for closer coordination of macroregional or natural-environment strategies at inter-governmental levels a risk they may overlap with other existing areas of cooperation or structures;
Amendment 159 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the key role of towns and cities as motors for development in achieving the economic, environmental and social EU 2020 strategy objectives; calls, which makes it essential to involve them in the design of future cohesion policy; calls for the urban dimension to cohesion policy to be strengthened from the outset and when it is implemented, and for support for ideas and projects which can serve as models, on the basis of integrated development plans, and for the upgrading of urban-rural links;
Amendment 177 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. RejectQuestions the usefulness of quotas in particular for national allocations under ESF/ERDF programmes, for urban development, for the countryside or otherwise according to categorisation on the basis of population density or territorial function; also regards as questionable the requirement to specifydefine already at operational programme level which urbanregions and other areas are to be eligible for support, and calls for the Member States and regions to be allowed to organise competitive selection procedures in this respect as well;
Amendment 182 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that structural and cohesion policy must not be biased towards specific types of region; calls for urban-rural partnerships to be seen in their broader socio-economic contextdiscretionary in favouring specific types of region;
Amendment 193 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that support from the cohesion and structural funds must be more strongly oriented towardsseek to tackle the educational and socio-al political challengcy objectives of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view, however, that across-the-board ‘Europeanisation’ of the relevant policy areas would be a doomed endeavour purely on financial grounds; calls, therefore, for the further development of approaches that could serve as models, while retaining existing national and regional competences;
Amendment 202 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. CallAsks, in the light of the necessary shift towards renewable sources of energy and of the climate debateachievement of the 20/20/20 objectives, for cohesion policy to make a greater contribution to the rapid development of renewables; in that connection, supports the plans for decentralised energy strategies involving effective energy storage technologies in the regions;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Sees scope under the structural funds for specifically supporting investment in energy infrastructure, although such support must be available only in regions where political or geographical constraints significantly hamper the ability of the market to meet energy-supply needs; calls, too, for support from the structural funds to be made contingentlinked in all cases ton the adoption of a commercial approach and of compliance withstrengthening of the internal energy market and the security of supply, as well as to the principle of multi- level governance in resource management;
Amendment 217 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the trans-European transport networks play a decisive role in European regional cohesion and that development of TEN infrastructure and designated E-roads must therefore be stepped up and access to them improved, especially in border regions; suggests that ‘infrastructure’ be accorded more importance as a category of project eligible for support in connection with the third objective of European Territorial Cooperationcalls also for particular attention to be paid to outlying and island areas;
Amendment 226 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the core components of the EU 2020 strategy (innovation, education and training, energy, environment, employment, competitiveness, skills and combating poverty) are already integral to the cohesion and structural policiesy; takes the view that the EU 2020 challenges can be integrated very easily into the system of three objectives (Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, and European Territorial Cooperation), which has proved its effectiveness;
Amendment 232 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. States that the EU 2020 strategy is a key benchmark for the future of Europe and, ultimately, for European Union policies, in that it aims to consolidate the foundations of knowledge-based economic growth that is environmentally friendly and geared to social integration; affirms in this context that cohesion policy should play a key role in supporting the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 233 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 245 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as thea key criterion infor the definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of the EU average)eligibility of cohesion regions and countries, without prejudice to the necessity and desirability of introducing additional indicators that are in line with the complexity of the principle of territorial cohesion; points out that the competent national authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levels;
Amendment 253 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for cohesion policy to continue, in accordance with the Lisbon Treaty, to target as a priority those regions that lag furthest behind; stresses that the neediest regions should be granted an appropriate share –of resources that is commensurate with the seriousness of their development problems – of the funding under Objective 1 (Convergence);
Amendment 258 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a dependable and appropriate phasing-out arrangement for areas formerly eligible for maximum supporregions that exit the convergence objective to be guaranteed appropriate treatment, by retaining transitional mechanisms that allow their balanced development uander the Convergence objective (convergence regions) avoid the economic shock caused by a sudden change in aid received;
Amendment 268 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for Objective 2 (Regional Competitiveness and Employment), which is based on a cross-cuttingthematic approach, to be upgraded; stresses that the proven system of innovation clusters and competition for funding needs to be developed furtherin these regions needs to be developed further; points out in this context that strategies should be designed with sufficient flexibility to be able to cope with the problems and particularities of each individual region;
Amendment 283 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that a general new funding category based on GDP/PE between the 75% and 90% rates would be at odds with the tried and tested principles of EU cohesion policy (to support the weakest and pool the inherent potential of the wealthier, in order to meet their development needs, it is necessary to introduce a new intermediate category of regions that have exceeded the eligibility threshold for the convergence objective but have not yet reached full competitiveness; asks that attention also be given to the special situation of regions, taking a cross- cutting approach), and therefore rejects this intermediate categoryhat cease to be covered by the convergence objective for the first time;
Amendment 290 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the unequivocal view that efforts under Objective 3 (the European Territorial Cooperation) objective need to be stepped up at all EU internal borders and at all three levels of such cooperation (cross-border, inter- regional and trans-national) and calls for the relevant share of the structural fundsfunds earmarked for this purpose to be increased to 7%; stresses the importance of the border regionis in terms of achievement of the EU 2020 objectives; considers there is a need for closer linkage with the TEN networks – in line with European priorities – and with cross- border infrastructure, and calls for a corresponding increase in funding for all border regions;
Amendment 306 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes the view that new issue-oriented funds (for climate, energy and transport) would undermine the tried and tested principle of multi-level governance and jeopardise the regions’ contribution to the achievement of the EU 2020 objectivesEuropean cohesion policy;
Amendment 338 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls, in the interests of efficiency, for the elimcoordination or merger of funds relevant to both regional development and cohesion; recommends that the Globalisation Fund be abandoned as a stand-alone instrument and that appropriate provision for its functions be included in the Social Fund; calls for consideration of whether a merger of the Cohesion Fund and the Regional Development Fund would be compatible with the European Treaties; points out that, as a rule, monies from the Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund are spent on the same types of project so as to avoid duplication;
Amendment 351 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the objectives of the development and investment partnership contracts between the EU and the Member States, which the Commission is proposing in place of the strategic framework plans previously prepared for individual Member States; calls for investment priorities geared to the implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and the achievement of other cohesion policy and structural policy objectives to be set at this stage; considers that the allocation of responsibilities between the various levels involved needs to be clarified and calls for national and/or regional competences to be retained in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 359 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the mandatory involvement of federal Länder and regions in drawing up developall levels of government involved in the negotiation of development and investment partnerships, as well as ind operational programmes; considers it essential to make appropriate provision for this in the structural fund regulations;
Amendment 382 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls, in the event that binding priorities are set for all Member States, for these to cover innovation, infrastructure and resource management and to be tailored in each case to regions’ specific needs; stresses that it must be possible to suggest and pursue additional priorities on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls for suggestenvisaged priority areas to include energy, education and training, and combating poverty;
Amendment 397 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for theExpresses doubts concerning the benefits of possibly imposing conditions on funding under development investment partnerships to be made conditional on the implementation of reforms by the Member States, in order to ensure that it is used efficiently in areas di; points out that enhanced regional policy cross-compliance is only possible in the context of suitable governance and therefore inherecntly related to cohesion policy; considers it fair for such conditions to include, in particular, full implementation of existing EU legislation (e.g. on price regulation, tendering proced, however, to assess the results in greater detail; stresses that administrative and regulatory simplification would make it possible to use the resources, transport, the environment and health) in order to prevent irregularities and ensure effectiveness; rejects, however, the imposition of conditions requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reform more efficiently and reduce irregularities; rejects any proposal requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reform and therefore firmly opposes all macro-economic cross-compliance; points out, moreover, that no common policy is subject to such requirements;
Amendment 413 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a stronger focus on results, to be achieved throughwhile taking the view that the ex- ante establishment of appropriate objectives and indicators; stresses that will encourage efforts to secure recognition of their credentials rather than focusing on effective results; stresses that, if they are established, such indicators must be few in number, that they must all be clearly defined, measurable and related directly to the impact of the funding, and that they should be established by agreement with the regions/Member States;
Amendment 419 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for theany existing indicators to concentrate on areas of impact wichievement of the European added value (increases in productivity, research, transport services, regional growth and relevant environmental improvements); calls for quantitative targets to be escheweda 2020 strategy objectives; calls for the necessary degree of flexibility and proportionality when measuring progress in areas where responsibility rests largely with national authorities (i.e. on educational standards, poverty thresholds and integration)or regional authorities and for assessment, instead, of projects’ potential as models and of the degree of innovation they display ;
Amendment 433 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that the maximum level of support must not exceed 75%, otherwise applications will be driven less by the case for the projects than by the prospect of the funding they can attract; calls for it to be made easier for regions to use private co- financing and market-oriented credit options to cover their share of project financing;
Amendment 443 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls, in the case of direct subsidies to undertakings, for it to be recognised that Cohesion Policy funding, rather than influencing decisions by companies – and particularly bigger companies – to open a plant in a given location, tends to be pocketed by companies which have already taken such decisions (deadweight effect), and calls, therefore, for support for undertakingsboth in the case of bigger companies and SMEs for it to be recognised that it is necessary to focus on investment in research and development or for it to be provided, in more cases, indirectly through infrastructure financing; also calls for clear provisions to be included in the general regulation governing the Structural Funds ruling outanalysing the appropriateness of EU support for the relocation of undertakings within the Union, and for a substantial lowering of the threshold for review of relocation investments;
Amendment 451 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, supports increased financing from credit in principle, and calls for the use ofin principle through revolving financial instruments to be extended to more areas eligible for funding (including research and infrastructure); calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding period; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level;
Amendment 466 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Considers that the EIB must assume a stronger role in the financing of TEN infrastructure; calls for more emphasis to be placed on self-supporting public-private partnerships; considers, as a matter of principle, that the European Parliament has a major responsibility in this regard for ensuring transparency, and in relation to decision-making and supervision;
Amendment 470 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Sees global grants at subregional level as an appropriate tool for developing independent innovation strategies in line with European structurregional-policy objectives; proposes that the tried and tested approach of competitive procedures should also be applied in respect of global grants;
Amendment 476 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Takes the view that the system of seven-year programming periods has proved its worth regarding cohesion policy and should be retained at least until the end of the next planning period (2020); calls, however, for swifter strategic reassessment of the basic conditions for funding so that the EU can respond even more quickly and more flexibly to exceptional events (such as the financial crisis, the energy crisis or natural disasters);
Amendment 481 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Emphasises, nonetheless, that the EU budget as currently structurednd allocation mechanisms, underpinned by the regulations governing the various funds, has proved effective in the implementation of cohesion and structural policy in particular, and changes should therefore be made only where procedures have not worked or where the arrangements are at odds with the Financial Regulation; calls for the utmost caution to be exercised when making even the most minor adjustment to established, tried and tested structures, so as to avoid increased bureaucracy, malfunctions and uncertainty for national and regional administrative bodies;
Amendment 484 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Regards the integration of the EU 2020 objectives into the existing system of objectives and funds as entirely feasible; rejects any division of the EU budget under the notional headings of ‘smart’, ‘inclusive’ or ‘sustainable’ growthcohesion policy structures as entirely feasible; stresses, however, that under the Lisbon Treaty cohesion policy has been given tasks exceeding the mere application of the new European growth and employment strategy;
Amendment 489 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and structural policy as the decisive policy arena forNotes that the cohesion policy to be followed from 2014 is intended to be focused on cross-sectoral implementationachievement of the EU 2020 strategy and therefore calls for it to be treated at least as generously in budgetary terms it has been as in the current planning periods well as fulfilment of its new tasks under the treaty; urges therefore that at least the same percentage of the European budget as in the current planning period continue to be earmarked for this purpose in order to guarantee the success of an enhanced cohesion policy;
Amendment 501 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Calls, in respect of Member States that are falling significantly short of the EU stability criteria requirements and also have a poor record on the use of monies from the structural funds, for a proposal for the automatic application of more stringent rules in order to monitor the use of such monies in accordance with the law and the relevant objectives;
Amendment 518 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Envisages that the Commission will, in future, have a greater responsibility for the improvement of national administrative procedures; takes the view, therefore, that it will be incumbent on the Commission to implement accreditation procedures for national or federal-stateregional administrative and auditing bodies; envisages linkage between, on the one hand, successful accreditation and a reduction in the error rate and, on the other, entitlement to simplified and less frequent reporting;
Amendment 532 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Supports the Commission’s proposal that national authorities should not receive reimbursement until the EU funding has been paid out to the beneficiaries; envisages that this will speed up payment procedures and will be a crucial incentive to carry out stringent national auditing; notes, however, that cashflow problems could potentially arise at Member State or federal-state level and thatNotes that cashflow problems could potentially arise at Member State and regional level in the current crisis and that, regarding the advanced reimbursement of expenditure incurred for this purpose, appropriate hedging arrangements will have to be made;
Amendment 550 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Emphasises the importance in terms of cohesion policy of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) promoting cross-border cooperation with states outside the EU; sees infrastructure (transport and energy) links with neighbouring countries as having particularly positive effects on the European border regions; calls for ENPI funding to focus more closely on strategic needs in relation to energy and to transport infrastructurerecalls in this context that cooperation with neighbouring countries has positive effects throughout Europe; calls for ENPI funding to focus more closely on strategic needs and calls for the elimination of the current 150 km criterion, which limits the possibility of cooperation between territories situated on either side of EU external borders;
Amendment 78 #
2011/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to consider the important advantages of inserting the "principle of partial access" and specific criteria for its application into the Directive 2005/36/EC, in order to facilitate the access to regulated professions, in particular when the scope of the activities covered by the profession in the home and the host Member State differs significantly;
Amendment 83 #
2011/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Amendment 86 #
2011/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Recognises the possible benefits of the introduction of the European Professional Card in terms of acceleration and simplification of recognition procedure (as foreseen in recital 32 of Directive 2005/36/EC; in this regard, the Internal Market Information system (IMI) could facilitate much faster cooperation between the issuing Member State (the professional's of departure) and the receiving Member State (the country where the professional seeks establishment);
Amendment 88 #
2011/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Points out that the Bologna process should be speeded up, leaving the small barriers behind and overcoming irrelevant obstacles thereby ensuring that the process works well;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to note that, in order to create a real internal market for professionals, the recognition of certificates and any other evidence of formal qualification, in the same way than the recognition of professional qualifications, is necessary since in order to be able to work in positions which have civil responsibility or in public services, the evidence of formal qualification needs first to be approved by the competent authority:
Amendment 91 #
2011/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Points out that the assessment of the implementation of the Directive 2005/36/EC requires the setting up of a list of certificates or any other evidence of formal qualification recognized in one or more Member States and at the same time are not recognized in other Member States; the list should also contain the cases in which citizens of a Member State who studies in a university of another Member State, by the time the come back to their state of origin their degrees are not recognized;
Amendment 45 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Taking into account the specific funding needs of social undertakings, it is necessary to achieve clarity regarding the types of instruments a EuSEF should use for such funding. Therefore, this Regulation should lay down uniform rules on the eligible instruments to be used by a EuSEF when making investments, which include equity instruments, debt instruments, investments into other EuSEFs and short and medium term loans. The EuSEF should facilitate long-term investment in social businesses, which require stable financing to have an impact on society, given that investments intended to have a social impact generally take longer to bear fruit than those designed uniquely to yield financial returns;
Amendment 64 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) 'qualifying portfolio undertaking', given the wide variety of legal forms that such undertakings may take from Member State to Member State, means an undertaking that, at the time of an investment by the EuSEF, is not listed on a regulated market as defined in point (14) of Article 4 (1) of Directive 2004/39/EC, which either has an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million, which is not itself a collective investment undertaking and which:
Amendment 66 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – indent 1
– the undertaking provides services or goods to vulnerable or, marginalised or disabled persons; or
Amendment 103 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) pay due attention to issues of social impact (such as disability) by incorporating them into investment criteria, tools for analysis and investment procedures;
Amendment 104 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. EuSEF managers shall employ for each EuSEF they manage procedures, which may be approved with the involvement of social economy organisations, to measure and monitor the extent to which the qualifying portfolio undertakings, in which the EuSEF invests, achieve the positive social impact that they are committed to.
Amendment 121 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The registration shall be valid for the entire territory of the Union and shall allow EuSEF managers to market EuSEFs under the designation “European Social Entrepreneurship Funds” throughout the Union. A certificate with a social label may make it possible to recognise and give fresh impetus to social activities, and bring greater transparency to the activities of social businesses and innovative support mechanisms, with a view to attracting private funding.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22a Independent third parties with experience of auditing and financial implementation and knowledge of what social impact entails should contribute to verifying the measurement of social impacts, with the support of NGOs in specialist fields such as disability.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Ambiguity exists as to whether Member States may require the takeover of staff upon a change of provider for groundhandling services to which access is limited. Discontinuity of staff can have a detrimental effect on the quality of groundhandling services. It is therefore appropriate to clarify the rules on the takeover of staff beyond the application of Directive 2001/23/EC on transfers of undertakings enabling Member States to ensure adequate employment, safety and working conditions.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In a labour-intensive sector such as groundhandling, continuous staff development and training have a strong impact on both service quality and operational safety. Minimum training requirements should therefore be set to ensure the quality of operations in terms of reliability, resilience, safety and security, and to create a level playing field among operators.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where, following the selection procedure laid down in Articles 7 to 10, a supplier of groundhandling services mentioned in paragraph 1 loses its authorisation to provide these services, Member States mayshall require supplier(s) of groundhandling services which subsequently provide these services to grant staff previously hired to provide these services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/23/EC17 .
Amendment 89 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) functional training for passenger handling, with emphasis on those passengers with special needs, in particular those with limited mobility or disabilities; including training on passenger boarding bridge training and passenger information and assistance in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 261/2004 and (EC) No 1107/2006;
Amendment 628 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 3 – introductory part
Annex – Part I – point 3 – introductory part
Algeciras – Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona Sevilla – Valencia – Tarragona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Lyon – Torino – Milano – Venezia – Ljubljana – Budapest – UA border
Amendment 720 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - Point b - rows 29 a-c (new)
Annex – Part I - Point b - rows 29 a-c (new)
"Iron Rhine" Cross-border Rail studies ongoing (Rheidt- Antwerpen), cross border section New High- Cross-border Rail studies ongoing capacity rail: Central Trans- Pyrenees crossing Railway Axis of Cross-border Rail studies ongoing the Ionian/Adriatic Intermodal Corridor
Amendment 878 #
2011/0294(COD)
add the following multimodal platforms to the comprehensive network: – Pontevedra – Zalia – Torrelavega – Júndiz – Monzón – El Vallés – El Prat – El Gorguel – Ciudad Real – Albacete – San Roque – Mérida – Ponferrada/El Bierzo – Castellón – Alicante – Benavente – Zamora – Miranda de Ebro – Burgos – Palencia – Área Central – Aranda de Duero – Soria – Arévalo – Ávila – Segovia
Amendment 879 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Annex I – Volume 16/33
add the following rail freight transport sections to the core network: – Almería – Málaga – Algeciras (along the coast) – Granada – Motril – Castejón – Logroño – Miranda – León – Gijón / Avilés – Palencia – Santander – Madrid – Cáceres – Mérida – Mérida – Badajoz – Portuguese border – Mora – Ciudad Real – Mérida
Amendment 880 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Annex I – Volume 16/33
add the following rail passenger and freight transport section to the core network: – Zaragoza – Huesca – Central Pyrenees Crossing (‘Travesía Central’)
Amendment 881 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Amendment 888 #
2011/0294(COD)
add the following airports to the comprehensive network: – Murcia/Corvera – Lleida – Huesca/Pirineos – Logroño – Albacete – Córdoba
Amendment 891 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
Annex I – Volume 17/33
add the following rail passenger transport sections to the core network: – Madrid – Toledo – Madrid – Alcázar – Albacete – Murcia – Almería – Málaga – Algeciras (along the coast) – Avilés – Oviedo – Bilbao – Santander – Oviedo – El Ferrol – A Coruña – Castejón – Logroño – Miranda – Mora – Alcázar – Linares – Moreda/Jaén/Córdoba – Ourense – Vigo (via Cercedo) – Ourense – Monforte – Lugo – A Coruña – Palencia – Santander – Segovia – Ávila – Sevilla – Cádiz – Sevilla – Huelva – Portuguese border – Valencia – Alicante (along the coast) – Motilla – Albacete – La Encina – Santiago – Vigo – Portuguese border – Granada – Motril – Antequera – Málaga – Madrid – Ávila – Salamanca – León – Monforte – Torralba – Soria – Castejón – Plasencia – León – Gijón
Amendment 894 #
2011/0294(COD)
add the following high-quality road sections to the comprehensive network: – Valladolid – Aranda de Duero – Soria – Ourense – Santiago – Ourense – Guntín – Ponferrada – Ourense – Monforte – Chantada – Astorga – León – Burgos – Burgos – Logroño – Pamplona – Ávila – Salamanca – León – Valladolid – Segovia – Valladolid – Ávila – Maqueda – Toledo – Ocaña – Tarancón – Cuenca – Teruel – Alfajarín – Fraga -Catalayud – Daroca – Alcolea del Pinar – Monreal del Campo – Badajoz – Zafra – Córdoba – Baena – Granada – Huelva – Jabugo – Zafra – Estepa – Lucena – Baena – Jaén – Úbeda – Blanca – Avarán – La Font de la Figuera – Alicante – Alcoy – Játiva – Elche – Cartagena – Vera – Figueras – Puigcerdá – Ávila – Villacastín – San Rafael – Segovia
Amendment 451 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) This Regulation should provide for the possibility of disposal of products bought in public intervention. Such measures should be taken in a way that avoids market disturbances and that, ensures equal access to goods and equal treatment of purchasers and enables produce to be made available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union.
Amendment 456 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that private storage has the desired effect on the market, the power to adopt certain acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures for reducing the amount of aid to be paid where the quantity stored is lower than the contracted quantity; and conditions for granting of an advance payment and conditions for re-marketing and disposal of products including making them available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union.
Amendment 733 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Products may be disposed of by making them available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No […] if that scheme so provides. In that case, the accounting value of such products shall be at the level of the relevant fixed public intervention price referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 877 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the conditions according to which it may be decided that products covered by private storage contracts may be re- marketed or disposed of, disposed of or made available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No [...];
Amendment 176 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Whereas the reference data that are used in the categorisation and distribution of cohesion funds among the regions and Member States may, in a situation of exceptional crisis like the one that has shaken the Union since 2008, fail to reflect accurately the economic and social effects experienced by them, it considers it necessary to either revise or change them, in order to adapt them to the level of real convergence in which they currently find themselves, at the latest within two years since the period began.
Amendment 184 #
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 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. 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 210 #
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 regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds and with other relevant Union policies and instruments.
Amendment 214 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commission, each Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners and in dialogue with the Commission, a Partnership Contract. The Partnership Contract should translate the elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
Amendment 224 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Member States should concentrate support to ensure a significant contribution to the achievement of Union objectives in line with their specific national and regional development needs. Ex ante conditionalities should be defined to ensure that the necessary framework conditions for the effectiveprior requirements that bear relation and have a direct effect on the effective and efficient use of Union support are in place. The fulfilment of those ex ante conditionalities should be assessed by the Commission in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. In cases where there is a failure to fulfil an ex ante conditionality, the Commission should have the power to suspend payments to the programmeBreach of a relevant ex ante conditionality may constitute grounds for the suspension of payments by the Commission. In the event that payments are suspended, the Commission should respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as well as the powers at each administrative level involved.
Amendment 232 #
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, there should be no performance reserve for 'European Territorial Cooperation' programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets 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 way.
Amendment 242 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Establishing a closer link between cohesion policy and the economic governance of the Union will ensure that the effectiveness of expenditure under the CSF Funds is underpinned by sound economic policies and that the CSF Funds can, if necessary, be redirected to addressing the economic problems a country is facing. This process has to be gradual, starting withmay involve amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties. Where, despite the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process, the Commission should have the right to suspend all or part of the payments and commitments. Decisions on suspensions should be proportionate and effective, taking into account the impact of the individual programmes for addressing the economic and social situation in the relevant Member State and previous amendments to the Partnership Contract. When deciding on suspensions, the Commission should also respect equality of treatment between Member States, taking into account in particular the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The suspensions should be lifted and funds be made available again to the Member State concerned as soon as the Member State takes the necessary action.
Amendment 255 #
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 needrespond to market needs and shortcomings 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.
Amendment 261 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Alignment of the monitoring and reporting arrangements of the CSF Funds is necessary to simplify management arrangements at all levels. It is important to ensure proportionate reporting requirements but also the availability of comprehensive information on progress made at key review points. Therefore it is necessary that reporting requirements reflect information needs in given years and are aligned with the timing of the performance reviews.
Amendment 268 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The starting and closing dates for the eligibility of expenditure should be defined so as to provide for a uniform and equitable rule applying to the implementation of the CSF Funds across the Union. In order to facilitate the execution of programmes, it is appropriate to establish that the starting date for the eligibility of expenditure may be prior to 1 January 2014 if the Member State concerned submits a programme before that date. With a view to ensuring an effective use of EU Funds and reducing the risk to the EU budget, it is necessary to put in place restrictions on support for completed operations.
Amendment 278 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 281 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 307 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) In order to strengthen the focus on results and achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives and targets, five per cent of the resources assigned to a Member State, for the 'Investment for growth and jobs' goal shouldmay be set aside as a performance reserve for each Fund, and category of region in eachthat Member State.
Amendment 332 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) In order to take account of the specific organisation of the management and control systems for the ERDF, ESF and CF and the need to ensure a proportionate approach, specific provisions are required for the accreditation and withdrawal of accreditprocedures and operations of the managing authority and the certifying authority.
Amendment 333 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 80
Recital 80
(80) In addition to common rules on financial management, additional provisions are necessary for the ERDF, ESF and CF. In particular, with a view to ensuring reasonable assurance for the Commission prior to the annual clearance of accounts, applications for interim payments should be reimbursed at a rate of 90 % of the amount resulting from applying the co-financing rate for each priority axis as laid down in the decision adopting the operational programme to the eligible expenditure for the priority axis. The outstanding amounts due should be paid to the Member States upon annual clearance of accountsat the end of year, provided that reasonable assurance has been attained in regard to the eligibility of expenditure for the year covered by the clearance procedure.
Amendment 334 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 81
Recital 81
(81) To ensure that beneficiaries receive the support as soon as possible and to reinforce the assurance for the Commission it is appropriate to require that payment applications include only expenditure for which the support has been paid to beneficiaries. Pre-financing each year should be foreseen to ensure that Member State have sufficient means to operate under such arrangements. Such pre- financing should be cleared each year with the clearance of accountsin accordance with the procedures established.
Amendment 335 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
Amendment 336 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84
Recital 84
Amendment 347 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
Recital 88
(88) In order to supplement and amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of a code of conduct on the objectives and criteria to support the implementation of partnership, the adoption of a Common Strategic Framework, additional rules on the allocation of the performance reserve, the definition of the area and population covered by the local development strategies, detailed rules on financial instruments (ex ante assessment, combination of support, eligibility, types of activities not supported), the rules on certain types of financial instruments set up at national, regional, transnational or cross- border level, rules concerning funding agreements, transfer and management of assets, the arrangements for management and control, the rules on payment requests, and establishment of a system of capitalisation of annual instalments, the definition of the flat rate for revenue generating operations, the definition of the flat rate applied to indirect costs for grants based on existing methods and corresponding rates applicable in Union policies, the responsibilities of Member States concerning the procedure for reporting irregularities and recovery of sums unduly paid, the modalities of exchange of information of operations, the arrangements for the adequate audit trail, the conditions of national audits, the accreditation criteria for managing authorities and certifying authorities, the identification of commonly accepted data carriers, and the criteria for establishing the level of financial correction to be applied. The Commission should also be empowered to amend Annex V in order to address future adaptation needs. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level.
Amendment 353 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
Recital 90
(90) The Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, as regards all CSF Funds, decisions approving the Partnership Contracts, decisions on the allocation of the performance reserve, decisions suspending payments linked to Member States' economic policies, and, in the case of decommitment, decisions to amend decisions adopting programmes; and as regards the Funds, decisions identifying the regions and Member States fulfilling the Investment for growth and jobs criteria, decisions setting out the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations to the Member States, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's CF allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, decisions setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State's Structural Funds allocation for food for deprived people, decisions adopting and amending operational programmes, decisions on major projects, decisions on joint action plans, decisions suspending payments and decisions on financial corrections.
Amendment 363 #
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 intended to implement, on a multi- annual basis, the joint action by the Union and the Member States to achieve Unionthe main objectives Union through a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 371 #
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, which contributes to meeting the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and, where applicable, which is implemented in partnership at the appropriate level;
Amendment 372 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 17
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 17
(17) ‘rolling closure’ means closure of operations as a result of the annual clearance of account exercise and before the general closure of the programme;
Amendment 380 #
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 deliveradvance the objectives defined in the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, taking account of the Integrated Guidelines, the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty.
Amendment 429 #
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 shall be involved byin collaboration with the Member States in the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes. The partners shall participate in the monitoring committees for programmes.
Amendment 430 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 452 #
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 during the preparation and implementationlife cycle of programmes.
Amendment 457 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
In particular, accessibility for disabled persons should be taken into consideration when defining operations co-financed by the Funds, as well as during the programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Funds.
Amendment 477 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, the agricultural sector (for the EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF);
Amendment 488 #
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 cultural heritage, and promoting resource efficiency;
Amendment 510 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
11) enhancing institutional capacity and anthe efficientcy of the public administration and the other actors involved in the processes. .
Amendment 523 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 528 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 535 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) mechanisms for ensuring the coherence and consistency of the programming of the CSF Funds with the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the TreatyNational Reform Programmes.
Amendment 539 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 546 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Where there are major changes in the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Commission shall review and, where appropriate,or its priorities must be amended to adoapt, by delegated act in accordance with Article 142, a revised Common Strategic Framework to serious changes in the economic or social situation within the Union, the Commission shall propose that the Framework be revised.
Amendment 547 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 616 #
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 approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty and unemployment or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, where appropriate, and persons with disabilities, and including the indicative financial allocation for the relevant CSF Funds;
Amendment 641 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
iii) an assessment of the existing systems for electronic data exchange, and the actions planned to permit all exchanges of information between beneficiaries and authorities responsible for management and control of programmes to be carried out solepreferably by electronic data exchange.
Amendment 643 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the consistency of the Partnership Contract with this Regulation, with the Common Strategic Framework, and the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the TreatyNational Reform Programmes, taking account of the ex ante evaluations of the programmes, and shall make observations within three months of the date of submission of the Partnership Contract. The Member State shall provide all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, shall revise the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 653 #
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 in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the 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.
Amendment 660 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Ex ante conditionalities shall be defined for each CSF Fund in the Fund-specific rulesThe applicable ex ante conditionalities are a necessary prerequisite and should be related to and have a direct impact on the specific conditions supported, in a particular Member State, to achieve a priority objective of the Union. Ex ante conditionalities shall not be used as tools to pursue objectives other than those pertaining to this policy. Ex ante conditionalities shall be defined for each CSF Fund in the Fund-specific rules, provided that such conditionalities are necessary to improve the effectiveness and efficiency thereof.
Amendment 665 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with their institutional and legal framework, Member States shall assess whether, in the applicablpartnership agreement or in their programmes, the ex ante conditionalities established in the Fund-specific rules are applicable to the specific actions included in the priorities of their programmes, and whether those ex ante conditionalities are fulfilled.
Amendment 671 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 3
3. WherA Programme shall indicate the applicable ex ante conditionalities that are not fulfilled at the date of transmission of the Partnership Contract,. Member States shall set out in the Partnership Contract a summary of the actions to be taken at national or regional level and the timetable for their implementation, to ensureubmit a report on their fulfilment by not later than two years after the adoption of the Partnership Contract or by 31 December 2016, whichever is earlier31 December 2016.
Amendment 673 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Member StateA Programme shall describe the actions sthall set outt will have to be carried out, within the dsetailed actions time frame, relating to the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities, applicable to the specific actions included ing the timetable for their implementation, in the relevant pprogramme priorities that have not been fulfilled at the date of transmission of the Programmes.
Amendment 684 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall assess the consistency of the information provided by the Member State on the applicability of ex ante conditionalities and on the fulfilment of applicable ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. Itf there are no discrepancies, the Partnership Contract and, if applicable, the programme shall be signed, and the Commission shall not question further the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities. If there is no agreement, after proving the failure to fulfil the applicable ex ante conditionalities, the Commission may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programmerelevant priority of the programme in question, pending the satisfactory completion of the specific actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme shall constitute a basis for suspending payments by the Commission of the priority in question, if necessary to avoid significant harm to the effectiveness and efficiency of the actions included in that priority. .
Amendment 690 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The failure to complete actions by the deadline set out shall constitute a basis for suspending the interim payment relating to that priority by the Commission. The suspension of the priority shall be lifted without delay when the Member State takes the actions related to fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities applicable to the programme that had not been fulfilled at the time of the Commission’s decision on suspension.
Amendment 691 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Member States may transfer suspended funds to other priorities in which the ex ante conditions are being met.
Amendment 702 #
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 andin each Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shallmay constitute a performance reserve to be allocated, if applicable, in accordance with Article 20.
Amendment 715 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Amendment 718 #
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 20198, the Commission shall adopt 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 of the performance reserve for the programmes and priorities set out in that 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 722 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Where there is evidence resulting from a performance review that a priority has failed to achieve the milestones set out in the performance framework, and the necessary remedial actions have not been taken, the Commission may suspend all or part of an interim payment of a priority of a programme in accordance with the procedure laid down in Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 725 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Where the Commission, based on the examination of the final implementation report of the programme, establishes a serious failure to achieve the targets set out in the performance framework and the necessary remedial actions have not been taken, it may apply financial corrections in respect of the priorities concerned in accordance with Fund-specific rules. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to establish the criteria and the methodology for determining the level of financial correction to be applied.
Amendment 733 #
Amendment 827 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 6
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 6
Amendment 849 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Part 2 – article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 857 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 863 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down rules concerning funding agreements, the role and responsibility of the entities to which the implementation tasks are entrusted, as well as management costs and fees
Amendment 870 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 7
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 laying down detailed rules concerning specific requirements regarding the transfer and management of assets managed by the entities to which implementation tasks are entrusted, as well as conversion of assets between euro and national currencies.
Amendment 873 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The bodies accredited in accordance with Article 64managing bodies shall not carry out on-the- spot verifications of operations comprising financial instruments implemented under Article 33(1)(a). They shall receive regular control reports from the bodies entrusted with the implementation of these financial instruments.
Amendment 878 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 142 concerning the arrangements for management and control of financial instruments implemented under Articles 33(1)(a) and 33(4)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii).
Amendment 886 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 2
2. As regards financial instruments referred to in Article 33(1)(b) implemented in accordance with Article 33(4)(a) and (b), the total eligible expenditure presented in the request for payment shall include and separately disclose the total amount of support paid or expected to be paid to the financial instrument for investments in final recipients to be made over a pre- defined period of maximum two years, including management costs or fees.
Amendment 891 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, by means of delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 142, the specific rules concerning payments and withdrawal of payments to financial instruments and possible consequences in respect of requests of payments.
Amendment 921 #
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 105 years after the closure of the programme.
Amendment 935 #
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. Each member of the monitoring committee shall have aThe Committee shall establish the rules governing voting rights.
Amendment 939 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The monitoring committee of a programme under the European territorial cooperation goal shall also include representatives of any third country participating in that programme, as long as that country contributes financially thereto.
Amendment 1064 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 5 bis (new)
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 5 bis (new)
5a. In accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, financial transactions between entities with the same consolidated accounts shall be exempt when calculating net revenue, according to the methodology of the European System of Accounts, ESA, and applicable EU and national law
Amendment 1069 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 55 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 55 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1106 #
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, except when its useful life is over and it is written off from the inventory to be amortised for accounting purposes in accordance with applicable regulations, shall repay the contribution from the CSF Funds if within five 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 1122 #
Amendment 1138 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 66 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 66 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1164 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 75 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 75 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1170 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 76
Part 2 – article 76
Amendment 1198 #
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 2008available for the last three years, relates to the average GDP of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 1204 #
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 2009available for the last three years, is less than 90 % of the average GNI per capita of the EU-27 for the same reference period.
Amendment 1212 #
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 aimed at ‘investment for growth and jobs’, without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article and Article 84(7), and at the European Territorial Cooperation Objective.
Amendment 1213 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. Resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall amount to 96,52XX % of the global resources (i.e., a total of EUR 324 320 492 844XXX XXX XXX XXX ) and shall be allocated as follows:
Amendment 1215 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 50,13XX % (i.e., a total of EUR 162 589 839 384XXX XXX XXX XXX) for less developed regions;
Amendment 1217 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 12,01XX % (i.e., a total of EUR 38 951 564 661XXX XXX XXX XXX) for transition regions;
Amendment 1220 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 16,39XX % (i.e., a total of EUR 53 142 922 017XX XXX XXX XXX) for more developed regions;
Amendment 1222 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 21,19XX % (i.e., a total of EUR 68 710 486 782XX XXX XXX XXX) for Member States supported by the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 1225 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 0,29 % (i.e., a total of EUR 925 680 000)EUR XXX as additional funding for the outermost regions identified in Article 349 of the Treaty and EUR XXX as additional funding for the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Amendment 1229 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e bis (new)
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e bis (new)
(e)a. EUR XXX as additional funding for allocation to areas affected by serious and permanent geographical disadvantages within the framework the Operational Programmes adopted under Article 10 of the ERDF Regulations; such areas are defined in Article 111.4, excluding those already mentioned in point e).
Amendment 1252 #
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 and unemployment rate, serious and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, depopulation, dispersal and ageing of the population, for less developed regions and transition regions;
Amendment 1258 #
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 level and population density , dispersal and ageing for more developed regions;
Amendment 1270 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point c bis (new)
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point c bis (new)
(c)a. percentage of territory and population affected by permanent and severe geographical or demographic disadvantages, as mentioned in Article 174 and Article 111.4 of this Regulation;
Amendment 1272 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point c ter (new)
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point c ter (new)
(c)b. the results obtained will be reviewed and, where appropriate, adapted so that the data resulting from application of the criteria in paragraphs a), b), c) and d) objectively reflect the real situation resulting from the economic and social crisis of recent years;
Amendment 1284 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 25 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 52% for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocatMember States, together with the European Commission, will decide, in the negotiations for approving Contracts of Association, on the distribution of resources allocated among the various funds included toin the ECSF.
Amendment 1304 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The support from the Structural Funds for [food for deprived people] under the Investment for Growth and Jobsor food for deprived people shall be EUR 2 500 000 000XXX.
Amendment 1305 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt a decision by implementing act setting out the amount to be transferred from each Member State’s Structural Funds allocation for the whole period in each Member State. The Structural Funds allocation of each Member State shall be reduced accordinglyor the whole period in each Member State, from the allocation assigned in the ‘Preservation and management of natural resources’ heading of the Financial Framework of the European Union.
Amendment 1306 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 1312 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 6
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 6
6. 5Where appropriate, if the Member State so decides, 5 % of the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall constitute thewill be used to set up a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.
Amendment 1313 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 7
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 7
7. 0,2XX % of the ERDF resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall be allocated to innovative actions at the initiative of the Commission in the area of sustainable urban development.
Amendment 1318 #
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 3,48 % 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 004XX XXX XXX XXX).
Amendment 1373 #
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 citieindicating cities and functional areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented, 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;
Amendment 1407 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i
(i) identification of the accrediting body, the managing authority, the certifying authority, where applicable, and the audit authority;
Amendment 1429 #
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 each priority axis of an operational programme, 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 1433 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 89 – paragraph 2 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 89 – paragraph 2 bis (new)
Operational programmes focused on vulnerable groups, such as young people, women, immigrants, long-term unemployed, the elderly, disabled people and ethnic minorities, should be eligible to operate throughout the territory regardless of geographic limitations.
Amendment 1466 #
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 105 000 000 or 210 % of the public support of the operational programme or programmes, whichever is lower.
Amendment 1538 #
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 exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities and persons with disabilities including, where appropriate, the financial resources used;
Amendment 1615 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The co-financing rate at the level of each priority axis of operational programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal shall be no higher than 75 %. For the outermost regions it shall be no higher than 85 %.
Amendment 1619 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The co-financing rate of the additional allocation in accordance with Article 84(1)(e) shall be no higher than 5085 %.
Amendment 1641 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 bis (new)
In these areas, the maximum co- financing rates laid down in Article 110(3) can be increased by 10 % to a maximum of 80 %.
Amendment 1687 #
Amendment 1732 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 128
Part 3 – article 128
Amendment 1734 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 129
Part 3 – article 129
Amendment 1738 #
Amendment 1741 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 131
Part 3 – Article 131
Amendment 1743 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 132 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Part 3 – Article 132 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to the rules governing State aid, the managing authority shall ensure that all supporting documents on operations are made available to the Commission and the European Court of Auditors upon request for a period of three years. This three year period shall run from 31 December of the year of the clearance of accounts decision pursuant to Article 130 or, at the latest, from the date of payment of the final balance.
Amendment 1757 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – Article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 1763 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – Article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 1807 #
Amendment 71 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The ERDF should contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy, thus ensuring greater concentration of ERDF support on the priorities of the Union. According to the category of regions supported, the support from the ERDF should be concentrated on research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprisupport for enterprise, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, information and communication technologies and climate change mitigation. The degree of concentration should take into account the level of development of the region as well as the specific needs of regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) AIn consultation with Member States and regions, a common set of indicators to assess progress of programme implementation should be set out before the Member States draft their operational programmes. These indicators should be complemented by programme-specific indicators.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Within the framework of sustainable urban development, it is considered necessary to support integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social and demographic challenges affecting urban and suburban areas, and to define a procedure to establish than indicative list of cities and functional spaces, covered by such actions and the financial allocation set aside for such actions.
Amendment 99 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The ERDF should address the problems of accessibility to, and remoteness from, large markets facing areas with an extremely low population density, as referred to in Protocol No 6 on special provisions for Objective 6 in the framework of the Structural Funds in Finland and Sweden to the 1994 Act of Accession. The ERDF should also address the specific difficulties encountered by certain islands, mountainous areas, border regions and sparsely populated areas whose geographical situation slows down their development, with a view to supporting their sustainable development.
Amendment 106 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to define procedures for the selection and implementation of innovative actions, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the content and scope set out in Article 9. I, it is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of the list of cities to participatents in the urban development platform. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control, by Member States, of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers.
Amendment 111 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aimsreducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions, with particular attention being 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, as set out in Article 174 of the TFEU. Namely, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 176 of the TFEU, the ERDF shall contribute to the financing of actions which aim to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances in the Union through support for the development and structural adjustment of the less developed regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind. .
Amendment 135 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investment, which contributes to creating and safeguarding sustainable jobs, through direct aid to investment in enterprises, in particular in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including social enterprises and social economy enterprises;
Amendment 151 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in basic infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of energy, environment, transport, and information and communication technologies (ICT);
Amendment 166 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in social, health and, educational, cultural, sporting and tourist infrastructure;
Amendment 188 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) support to public research and innovation bodies and investment in technology and applied research in enterprises;
Amendment 196 #
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, and relevant social, economic and environmental actorsal, local and other actors in civil society in the scientific and research field;
Amendment 222 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In more developed regions, the ERDF shall notreducing the internal disparities in development may make it necessary for the ERDF to support investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of environment, transport, and ICT.
Amendment 237 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 249 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) in more developed regions and transition regions:
Amendment 259 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) at least 860 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]; and
Amendment 265 #
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 2015 % 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 276 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) in transition regions and in less developed regions:
Amendment 280 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 540 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in out in point 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].
Amendment 305 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 393 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
3) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEenterprises, in particular SMEs, including social enterprises and social economy enterprises:
Amendment 439 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
a) promoting the production and distribution of renewable energy sources, including self-consumption;
Amendment 449 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
b) promoting energy efficiency and strategies to manage renewable energy demand and use in SMEs;
Amendment 459 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
c) supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public infrastructures and in the housing sector;
Amendment 473 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
e) promoting low-carbon strategies for urban areas, in particular in the urban and suburban transport sector;
Amendment 508 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
a) addressing the significant needs for investment in the waste sector to meet the requirements of the environmental acquisreduce waste disposal;
Amendment 512 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
b) addressing the significant needs for investment in the water sector to meet the requirements of the environmental acquisimprove its availability, quality and efficient use;
Amendment 517 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
c) conserving, protecting, promoting and developing the natural and cultural heritage;
Amendment 523 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
d) conserving and protecting biodiversity, soil conservation and protection and promoting ecosystem services including NATURA 2000[15] and green infrastructures;
Amendment 549 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
7) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures, in particular in peripheral and island regions:
Amendment 571 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
c) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport systems and promoting sustainable urban mobilityand suburban mobility which help improve air quality and reduce pollution;
Amendment 587 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
(d a) developing sustainable maritime and/or air transport systems to remove bottlenecks and improve island territories’ capacity for development and to help the islands become more accessible to both passengers and cargo;
Amendment 637 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
a) investing in health, educational, cultural and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, and transition from institutional to community-based servicethe integration of the most disadvantaged groups, including access for disabled people, reducing inequalities in terms of health, training and cultural status;
Amendment 645 #
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 and, economic and social regeneration of deprived urban and rural and coastal communities;
Amendment 671 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Common indicators, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be used where relevant, after consultation with the Member States and regions, and in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]. For common indicators, baselines shall be set at zero and cumulative targets shall be fixed for 2022.
Amendment 679 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF shall support, within operational programmes, sustainable urban development through strategies setting out integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climateic, demographic and social challenges affecting urban areas.
Amendment 695 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall establish in its Partnership Contract an indicative list of cities and functional spaces where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and an indicative annual allocation for these actions at national level.
Amendment 706 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
At least 5% of the ERDF resources allocated at national level shall be allocated to integrated actions for sustainable urban development delegated to cities for management through. Their management may be delegated to cities interested in Integrated Territorial Investments referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].
Amendment 719 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish, in accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], an uUrban development platforms shall be encouraged to promote capacity-building and networking between cities and exchange of experience on urban policy at Union level in areas related to the investment priorities of the ERDF and to sustainable urban development.
Amendment 724 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 727 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 734 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Depending on their territorial characteristics, Member States, in coordination with regional and local authorities, shall decide which cities are to take part based on criteria which they determine;
Amendment 745 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 754 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Operational programmes co-financed by the ERDF covering areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps referred to in Article 111(4) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] and in Article 174 of the TFEU shall pay particular attention to addressing the specific difficulties of those areas.
Amendment 762 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Support actions in the following areas: a) all the thematic objectives set out in Article 9 of the General Rules of Procedure governing European Funds; b) start-up aid for transport services; c) cooperation actions not covered by the Regulation on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal.
Amendment 764 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The specific additional allocation for the outermost regions shall be used to offset the additional costs, linked to the handicaphandicaps resulting from the factors referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty, incurred in the outermost regions in supporting supporting the specific objectives of the Community strategy for these regions, and in particular:
Amendment 767 #
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 transport services and start-up aid for transport services; , including connections with neighbouring third countries;
Amendment 773 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 779 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The amount to which the rate of co- financing applies shall be proportionate to the additional costs referred to in paragraph 1costs incurred by the beneficiary in the case of operating aid and expenditure covering public service obligations and contracts only, and may cover the total eligible costs in the case of expenditure for investment.
Amendment 787 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 67 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Cross-border cooperation should support regions located on land or sea borders. Based on experience from previous programming periods, the Commission should be empowered to define the list of cross-border areas to receive support under crossborder cooperation programmes in a simpler way, by cooperation programme. In drawing up that list, the Commission should take into account adjustments needed to ensure coherence, in particular on land and maritime borders, and continuity of programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. These adjustments may reduce or enlarge existing programme areas, particularly to enable the cooperation of the maritime territories that make up the external borders of the Union, or the number of crossborder cooperation programmes, but may allow for geographical overlap.
Amendment 88 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) A common set of guideline indicators to assessallowing for an assessment of the progress of programme implementation adapted to the specific character of cooperation programmes should be set out before the Member States draft their cooperation programmes. These indicators should be complemented by programme- specific indicators.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along all internal and external land borders other than those covered by programmes under the external financial instruments of the Union, and all NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cooperation programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. This distance will not be applied either to the outermost regions or the island regions within the limits of its sea basin area, with the objective of encouraging the cooperation of common strategies in a functional area.
Amendment 137 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Outermost Regions may include, in a single programme for territorial cooperation, all amounts of the ERDF allocated as referred to in the paragraphs above, including in the additional allowance of Article 4(2).
Amendment 142 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,48 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 and set out in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No[…/2012 [CPR] (i.e., a total of EUR 11 700 000 004XXX) and shall be allocated as follows:
Amendment 160 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
In 2015 and 2016, the annual contribution from the ERDF to the programmes under ENI and IPA for which no programme has been submitted to the Commission by 30 June under the cross-border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates.
Amendment 170 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) up to 46 thematic objectives shall be selected for each cross-border cooperation programme;
Amendment 193 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
i) integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility, joint local employment initiatives and joint training, promoting the development of tourism and culture through the creation of joint cross-border tourism and cultural offers (within the thematic objective of promoting employment and supporting labour mobility);
Amendment 203 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii) promoting gender equality and equal opportunities across borders, as well as promoting social inclusion across borders; promoting cooperation between emergency health services by effectively maximising the resources of cross-border regions; (within the thematic objective of promoting social inclusion and combating poverty);
Amendment 219 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
iv a) promoting and improving the quality of transport and connections between cross-border regions; establishing cross- border public transport systems (within the thematic objective of promoting sustainable transport and eliminating barriers to the key infrastructures of transport networks);
Amendment 229 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv b (new)
iv b) developing systems for cross-border exchange of information (within the thematic objective of improving the use and quality of information and communication technologies and access to those technologies).
Amendment 267 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
ii) where appropriate, a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, suburban, rural, coastal areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29 of Regulation (EU) No./2012 [CPR];
Amendment 270 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
iii) where appropriate, the indicative list of cities and functional areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented; 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./2012 [ERDF];
Amendment 284 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Amendment 291 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g – point i
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g – point i
i) the identification of the accreditation body, the managing authority and the audit authority;
Amendment 301 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The participating Member States and third countries or territories, where applicable, shall confirm in writing their agreement to the contents of a cooperation programme prior to its submission to the Commission. This agreement shall also include a commitment of all participating Member States to provide the co-financing necessary to implement the cooperation programme, and, where applicable, the commitment for the financial contribution of the third countries or territories.
Amendment 312 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Operations selected under cross-border and transnational cooperation, and the additional allocation of Article 4(2) shall involve beneficiaries from at least two participating countries, at least one of which shall be from a Member State. An operation may be implemented in a single country, provided that it is for the benefit of the programme area.
Amendment 333 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 340 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
The amount of the ERDF allocated to technical assistance shall be limited to 6% of the total amount allocated to a cooperation programmes, but shall not be less than EUR 1 500 000, except in the case of the outermost regions, where the percentage allocated for aid may be increased to 10%.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunities, promote education and life- long learning and develop active inclusion policies and workers’ geographical and professional mobility, as well as facilitate their adaptation to industrial change and changes in production systems, in particular through vocational training and retraining, in accordance with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and furthermore thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with that set out in Article 174 of the TreatyFEU. It shall pay special attention to the outermost regions, as set out in Article 349 of the TFEU, also taking into account that these regions are those most affected by the crisis, in terms of employment. In accordance with Article 9 of the TreatyFEU, the ESFUnion should take into account in the drafting and execution of its policies and actions the requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In addition to these priorities, in particular in the less developed regions and Member States of the Union, and with a view to increasing economic growth and employment opportunitiand promoting employment and the development of human resources, the efficiency of public administration should be improved and the institutional capacity of stakeholders delivering employment, education and social policies should be strengthened.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the development and competitiveness of European enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, social and social economy enterprises, 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 fieldsarising from globalisation.
Amendment 55 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of and increase in support on the priorities of the European Union in terms of employment, education, social inclusion, fighting poverty, non- discrimination against disabled persons and improved institutional capacity, which requires adequate and sufficient funding in order to achieve these objectives. The ESF should in particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limited. However, the thematic concentration should be flexible to allow the ESF interventions to be adapted to the requirements and specificities of each Member State and each region.
Amendment 64 #
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, in particularcluding the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non-governmental organisations in the drafting and implementation of the ESF.
Amendment 70 #
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. The principle of multilevel governance presumes that territorial pacts, local initiatives for employment and social inclusion, community-led local development strategies and sustainable urban development strategies may be used and supported, if necessary, to involve more actively regional and local authorities, cities, social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementationand other partners in civil society in the development and implementation and management of programmes.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The power to adopt acts iIn accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission for, the Commission, in conjunction with the Member States, shall establishing the definition of standard scales of unit costs and lump sums and their maximum amounts according to different types of operations and for defining the specific rules and conditions of policy-based guarantees. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure the simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the missionrole of the European Social Fund (ESF), the scope of its assistance, specific provisions and the types of expenditure eligible for assistance.
Amendment 78 #
Amendment 94 #
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 unemployed, especially the long- term unemployed, young people, women, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, 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, education and social policies.
Amendment 98 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, paying special attention to the most disadvantaged groups, young people, the over-45s, women and the disabled, including local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility;,
Amendment 109 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Amendment 111 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change;s in technology and in the labour market, by means of implementing active and preventative measures, in particular in the regions subject to a restructuring of enterprises and sectors, as well as the closing or relocation of enterprises; and for those suffering serious and permanent disadvantages that are either natural or demographic in accordance with Article 174 and following of the TFEU.
Amendment 122 #
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 mobility, above all in regions furthest from the continent such as the outermost regions;
Amendment 142 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) Integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma, including the Roma and the most disadvantaged groups, especially the disabled;
Amendment 148 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
(vi) CThe promotion of community-led local development strategies;
Amendment 155 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – paragraph 1
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 and those which, as a consequence of the crisis, have an unemployment rate higher that the average rate of the Union.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sizedenterprises, especially the small and medium-sized ones, and social economy and social enterprises, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises and workers and increased investment in human capital.
Amendment 176 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused oncontribute to addressing the challenges identified in the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Council Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute to achieving the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction.
Amendment 184 #
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 870 % of the allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).
Amendment 194 #
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 760 % of the allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).
Amendment 197 #
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 650 % of the allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).
Amendment 203 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) The number of priorities may increase to six when justified by specific reasons such as better cover of the requirements and priorities particular to each region.
Amendment 209 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 213 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The involvement of the regional, local and social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations, in the implementation of operational programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […], may take the form of global grants as defined in Article 112(7) of Regulation (EU) No […]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it.
Amendment 224 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Furthermore, with the aim of fostering adequate participation by the small local authorities, especially in rural and the least populated areas, or in those suffering serious and permanent territorial disadvantages, in the preparation, execution, monitoring and evaluation of programmes subsidised by the EFS in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...], the authorities responsible for the management of an operational programme will allocate an adequate proportion of EFS resources to activities for the improvement of the capacities of small local authorities.
Amendment 274 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For this purpose the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 concerningin accordance with the proceedure relating to the type of operations covered, establish the definitions of the standard scales of unit costs and lump sums and their maximum amounts, which may be adjusted according to the applicable commonly agreed methods.
Amendment 280 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall be empoweensured to adopt delegated actshat, in accordance with Article 16 to define, the specific rules and conditions for the applications of Member States, including ceilings, for policy-based guarantees are defined, ensuring in particular that their use does not lead to excessive levels of debt of public bodies.
Amendment 282 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – title
Chapter 4 – title
Amendment 283 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 285 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
unemployed, including long-term unemployed*, young people and women and the disabled
Amendment 287 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 292 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
· above 545 years*
Amendment 22 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas over 80 million people or around 16 % of the European Union's total working population are disabled – including people with autism – and whereas the rate of unemployment remains unacceptably high, since, being twice as high as among people without disabilities, it can causes social exclusion,
Amendment 47 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 68 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability starting from the creation of a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS and of Member States’ programmes and strategies;
Amendment 77 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that a sustainable society where people live longer in better health should also mean that the needs of disabled people can be adapted to the environment in advance by having greater accessibility to goods and servicesalso implies improvements in accessibility to goods and services so as to improve the quality of life of disabled people;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls attention to the fact that many disabled people continue to suffer discrimination with regard to the lack of equal recognition before the law and justice and calls on the Member States to correct and remedy these shortcomings, including electoral rights and public management of natural and man-made disasters;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions, with special regard to disabled women and to the most vulnerable groups of people, such as disabled children and the elderly;
Amendment 116 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Commission to gear up the cooperation between Member States, especially with respect to the gathering of comparable data; stresses that measuring disability should not be based only on medical aspects but should also include social and, environmental and economic aspects;
Amendment 120 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to draw up annual reports with data showing the disability situation in the different Member States;
Amendment 123 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Points out that one consequence of population ageing is an increased number of disabled people;
Amendment 126 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that demographic changes can also contribute to the situation of people with disabilities, as services and solutions for the elderly are to a great extent indispensable for the people with disabilities;
Amendment 143 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that, in a Europe that promotes equality and freedom of movement within its territory for its citizens, the rights of disabled people vary from one Member State to another;
Amendment 149 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that a mutually-recognised parking card for people with disabilities and a unified EU charter for travellers’ rights are relevantnecessary for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society;
Amendment 156 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to promote access without physical barriers to workplaces and homes for people with disabilities as a means of helping them integrate into working life;
Amendment 158 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the Commission to take the necessary measures to help the visually impaired to carry out business transactions, such as by issuing euro notes with inscriptions in Braille;
Amendment 168 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Reaffirms the importance of promoting the exchange of cultural material accessible to the visually impaired between the Member States;
Amendment 217 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out the important role of special training centres in facilitating integration into the labour market; adds that insufficient access to the labour market means that people with disabilities are placed in vulnerable situations in society and are exposed to serious risks of discrimination, poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 219 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24a. Calls for the activation of European funds earmarked for communication campaigns and awareness-raising activities in the world of work, such as the ‘Voluntariado Corporativo’(Corporate Volunteering) and the ‘Plan Familia’ (Family Plan) schemes under way in different companies;
Amendment 221 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Amendment 228 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that inclusive education is needed to cut the school drop-out rate in the EU, the objective being to reduce this rate to less than 10%;
Amendment 237 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that social corporate responsibility could also be an important impetus to the situation of people with disabilities; calls for the introduction of aid and subsidies, which would vary according to the type of contract, for companies and individuals hiring workers with disabilities; calls upon actors and stakeholders to support and apply good practices in this field;
Amendment 270 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Deplores the fact that people with disabilities must assume an additional financial burden – the extra expenditure incurred because of their disability – in their daily lives, which has a considerable impact on their quality of life;
Amendment 272 #
2010/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Points out that eliminating or seriously alleviating this poverty would entail having more people with disabilities in work, which would increase net tax revenue for the state and would reduce the number of people needing benefits for reasons of extreme poverty;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas people are entering the labour force at a later age due to unemployment rates that particularly affect poorly qualified young people, or due to longer and higher education, and on average people leave the labour market earlier than the legal pension age, and longevity is increasing,
Amendment 59 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sorely misses any mention ofConsiders that SMEs, which are one of the main sources of employment in the EU and can, must and wish, will continue to make a major contribution to the sustainability and adequacy of pension systems; wishes therefore to see the adoption of measures tailored to employees working in SMEs, particularly on assistance for combining work and retirement;
Amendment 80 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that long-term investment in pension systems requires a positive approach as part of economic governance and more particularly in the Stability and Growth Pact; calls on the competent bodies in the Member States to promote social inclusion and combat undeclared work in order to improve the balance of pension systems;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Considers that effectively tackling unemployment and creating new, sustainable, high-quality jobs are important factors in ensuring that pension funds are adequate;
Amendment 157 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that Member States are themselves responsible for making adequate pension provision for their citizens as part of their social and economic policies and that those Member States should be encouraged to put in place a minimum old-age pension for all, putting the emphasis on those who are most vulnerable, especially disabled people;
Amendment 270 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, for older employees performing physically and/or mentally demanding work during or towards the end of their career, a labour market geared to flexibility and security must offer creative solutions such as greater flexibility in the statutory retirement age, part-time pensions or adapted working conditions, with the emphasis on ability to work, promoting transitional measures and versatility to enable people to transfer from one job to another, with the effective support of lifelong learning programmes, to strike a lasting balance between the requirements of employment and the capacities of workers; considers there to be a need for an active policy to prevent discrimination on grounds of age;
Amendment 283 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on the Member States, in the context of the reforms and the extension of working life, and with the assistance of the Commission, to intensify their efforts to promote health at work through more effective implementation of the directives on health and safety at work, and by creating a culture which promotes health among the workforce, with the emphasis on small and medium-sized businesses;
Amendment 300 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that there is a need to reinforce mutual recognition between the Member States of training courses which could improve the match between supply and demand on the job market at European level, thus helping to meet the EU 2020 strategy target of a 75% employment rate;
Amendment 301 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 α. Considers that, in the light of the marked differences between the Member States' individual pension systems, greater use should be made of the open coordination method for the exchange of best practice and experience in relation to pension systems, particularly in the context of the structural changes which are in progress to ensure that pension systems are sustainable and pension benefits are adequate;
Amendment 311 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 α. Calls on the Member States, with the assistance of the Commission, to adopt effective policies to help the disabled gain access to employment and training and to activate that section of the population, which will both increase the revenue of the funds and secure a decent standard of living for the disabled;
Amendment 315 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to put measures in place to protect workers' health and safety at work as soon as they enter the job market;
Amendment 317 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Calls on the Member States, with the assistance of the Commission, to support efforts to promote the economic integration of immigrants by combating undeclared work and improving the employability of the immigrant section of the population;
Amendment 319 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21 c. Calls on the Member States, in cooperation with the EU, to take initiatives to facilitate access to the labour market for students who wish to work while pursuing their studies;
Amendment 325 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the growing importance of labour-market mobility in the EU, as well as the need for such mobility; calls for further improvements to be made with regard to the conditions for carrying out cross-border activities, particularly concerning the harmonisation of tax and social security rules;
Amendment 331 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers therefore that there is a need to improve information and advice to members of pension schemes by setting up, where needed, one-stop-shops to give an efficient and precise response to the requests of those who have worked in several Member States;
Amendment 439 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Points out that complementary pension schemes which are capitalised are often considered as difficult to access because they are too technically complex; considers that if employers and employees are to be encouraged to join such schemes, not only must their management be improved, but also their rules must be simplified, and at least better information should be provided, by standardising it on a common basis to make it more intelligible; considers that there should be more rules for capitalisation systems, which should be more tightly regulated on a voluntary basis, ensuring monitoring and transparency, supervision and improvement of the solvency of capitalisation systems; considers that legislative changes could be made, particularly with regard to solvency rules;
Amendment 458 #
2010/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 α. Stresses that correct information and transparency in relation to pension systems is extremely important; proposes that one-stop-shops should be set up to provide information on the operation of the pension systems, and obligations and benefits in order to create a workforce that knows its rights and obligations, whilst at the same time facilitating workers' mobility;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the core ILO conventions are recognised internationally as a basis for fair international trade and whereas, regrettably, not all MILO member Sstates totally respect them,
Amendment 25 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 34 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there are strong voices stating that corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes do not sufficiently guaranteeit is desirable to provide companies with fuller information with a view to promoting their social responsibility, in order to ensure that thate actions and behaviour of multinational companies are in accordance with the non- binding CSR documentsexisting recommendations on corporate social responsibility,
Amendment 45 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the adoption of a directive regulating CSR and enforcing its respect should become a reality at EU levelommendation on CSR represents a useful instrument for companies,
Amendment 51 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 70 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the practices in certain Member States that are incompatibleUrges Member States to comply with the core ILO conventions, especially regarding the creation of barriers against freedom of association and collective bargaining, either through the encouragement of bogus self-employment or by forcing individuals to renounce collective agreements;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that the credibility and reputation of the European Union in its external policy cannot be threatened by reason of discrepancies between words and deeds of Member States and the European Union itself;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Suggests building a new social alliancedeveloping a dialogue with all interested parties stressing the importance of social issues and focussing on implementation and enforcement of pragmatic and sustainable solutions; underlines in this respect the importance of raising the awareness of the social partners of their rights and obligations;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Advocates that the Union refrain from trade agreements with countries with production facilities in export processing zones, and at the same time considers exceptionally alarming the growing number of agency workers and their exploitation in the industrial zones in some Member States;hich do not respect human rights and core labour standards,
Amendment 112 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the existing practices of the WTO bring more profit to the developed countries than to developing countries and deepen the latter’s distrust of its usefulnesneed to be made equally beneficial for both developing and developed countries;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that the weakening of the European social model in favour of competitiveness and alleged economic advantages is unacceptable and that, moreover, this practice enhances justified objneeds to be an example for strengthening competitiveness and the protections of the partner countries during negotiations with the Unionworkers in developing countries;
Amendment 123 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that CSR is a useful, albeit non-binding form of behaviour of multinational companies; recommends further and more targeted development of CSR through, inter alia, the ISO 26000 Standard;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the EU guidelines on various human rights issues, which represent a strong political signal that these are priorities for the Union; asks the Council therefore to adopt similar guidelines based on the four core ILO conventions, to be used as a pragmatic instrument of the EU that helps to better advance the Union's external social policy;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
-1a. Points out that women are increasingly bearing the burden of poverty, being more vulnerable to it than men, particularly those categories of women with special needs such as disabled women, elderly women and one-parent families (especially single mothers and widows with dependent children) and groups most vulnerable to exclusion such as gypsy women, under whose traditions domestic and care work are assigned exclusively to women, removing them prematurely from education and employment, and immigrant women. With this in view, stresses the need for proper working conditions, including the protection of rights such as a decent wage, maternity leave and a working environment free from discrimination, which are essential for these women;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)
-1b. Calls on the Member States to mainstream the concept of gender equality in all employment policies and special measures so as to improve access to employment, avoid over-representation of women in precarious employment, increase sustainable participation and promote the progress of women in the employment sector, as well as to reduce gender segregation in the labour market by tackling the direct and indirect causes;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -1 c (new)
-1c. It should be remembered that disabled women suffer discrimination within the family environment and in education. Their employment opportunities are restricted and the social benefits they receive do not in most cases lift them out of poverty; the Member States therefore need to provide disabled women with the specialised care they need in order to enjoy their rights and to propose measures to integrate these women through additional support programmes;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -1 d (new)
-1d. Points to the considerable differences between women in rural and urban areas as regards access to training, employment and quality of work; attaches considerable importance to the right of all these women, particularly the youngest and most vulnerable, to receive a proper education, with vocational training and university studies, and therefore calls on the Member States and the Commission to support these groups through an effective system of active policies and appropriate training measures so as to enable them to adjust swiftly to job market requirements;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point -1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -1 e (new)
-1e. Urges the Member States to pursue sustainable policies that will enable everyone, including the weakest and least favoured groups, to gain access to the labour market and achieve a better balance between work and private and family life, while ensuring that full support is given to equal opportunities and all the services necessary for this, with supporting measures such as flexible working hours and affordable and accessible childcare;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1
Paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Points out that, as a consequence of the economic crisis, unemployment and social hardship are still increasing in a number of Member States, and therefore calls on the European Union to reinforce its commitment to eradicating poverty and social exclusion, particularly child poverty among women and its direct impact on family life, as extreme poverty and social exclusion constitute a violation of human rights;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increasedused more effectively in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas disabled women suffer discrimination within the family environment and in education, their employment opportunities are restricted and the social benefits they receive do not in most cases lift them out of poverty and whereas the Member States should, therefore provide disabled women with the specialised care they need in order to enjoy their rights and should propose measures to facilitate their integration through additional support programmes,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the conditions of some groups of women who often face double discrimination, such as disabled women, womenwomen are increasingly bearing the burden of poverty, being more vulnerable to it than men, particularly categories of women with special needs, such as disabled women, elderly women and one-parent families (especially single mothers and widows with dependaents, elderly women, immigrant children) and groups most vulnerable to exclusion, such as gypsy women, aund ethnic minority women, especially Roma woer whose traditions domestic and care work are assigned exclusively to women, removing them prematurely from education and employment, contribute to raisingand immigrant women; whereas there risk of finding themselves in situation of poverty and social exclusio a need for proper working conditions, including the protection of rights such as a decent wage, maternity leave and a working environment free from discrimination, which are essential for these women,
Amendment 50 #
2010/2162(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. Calls again on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the instruments and improve the legislative framework needed to overcome gender wage disparity;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, as a consequence of the economic crisis, unemployment and social hardship are still increasing in a number of Member States, and therefore calls on the European Union to reinforce its commitment to eradicating poverty and social exclusion, particularly poverty among women and its direct impact on family life, as extreme poverty and social exclusion constitute a violation of human rights;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training with a view to providing the skills and qualifications needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on green jobs for a new sustainable economy; calls, in the interests of not adding to the insecurity experienced by women on the employment market, for family responsibilities to be taken into account when selecting employees for dismissal, bearing in mind that in many situations women have custody of children;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to reconsider the above- mentioned objectives concerning childcare facilities; calls for accessibility to be improved, in particular through financial support for childcare, thus making it easier for the most disadvantaged women to pursue their occupation;
Amendment 140 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a Underlines that adequately increased financing for and effective usage of the European Social Fund (ESF) should be ensured in order to provide adequate resources for measures to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment and measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion in favour of disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, especially women, including those confronted with precarious and insecure contracts; stresses that ESF regulations should be revised and changed to reach those who need it most, that visibility and transparency should be enhanced, that the monitoring of the social effects of the fund usage should be carried out thoroughly, and that further emphasis should be placed on the long-term sustainability of the projects; therefore calls for targeted funds to be earmarked, within the new budgetary framework, for job creation and social inclusion; urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects; stresses that single parents are often alone in educating their children and demands that the Barcelona targets for childcare provision should be fully implemented;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the Lisbon Strategy aims to integrate 60% of women able to work into the labour market, while efforts at the demographic level should strive to promote a rise in the birth rate with a view to meeting the challenges of the future;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that access to childcare services and services for the elderly and other dependent persons is vital if there is to be equal participation of women and men on the labour market and in education and training;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that demographic change makes it necessary to realise the potential of women, to make up for the increasing shortage of skilled labour, in conjunction with efforts to ensure the sustainability of the social security systems;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that employment rates for both men and women are lower in rural areas and this is to the detriment of the countryside in terms of lack of availability of quality jobs; in addition, many women are not part of the official labour market and therefore do not count as registered unemployed, and are thus faced with financial and legal problems regarding maternity rights, sick leave and acquisition of pension rights;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses that realising the potential of the female workforce is also consistent with the objective of the EU-2020 strategy to reduce poverty, and that access to employment is a key factor in efforts to combat poverty;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Urges the Council, the Commission and the Member States to defend social rights and to ensure that the economic and financial crisis does not lead to cuts in benefits or social services in the field of childcare and care of the elderly; stresses that policy on care and the provision of care services are closely bound up with achieving gender equality;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States, with the assistance of the Commission, to encourage women - by stepping up existing measures - to participate in vocational training in the context of lifelong learning, in response to the switch towards a sustainable economy, with the emphasis on SMEs, thereby enhancing the employability of female workers;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States to promote entrepreneurship among women and to offer financial support and professional counselling to women starting up businesses, as well as appropriate training;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2138(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Member States to support employment for the disadvantaged category of 'pregnant women or mothers performing domestic tasks on their own', encouraging the provision of jobs for this group that are decent, stable and compatible with a proper work-life balance;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In the light of the inherent complexity of the regional economic structure and the ever closer degree of interdependence between economic, social and environmental issues, takes the view that focusing on GDP alone, without the corrections and adjustments resulting from other economic, territorial and social indicators, is likely to provide an incomplete impression that takes no account of the actual situations in the regions, and could result in poor choices being made and inappropriate decisions being taken;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to introduce, as a matter of priority and urgency, indicators in addition to GDP both for strictly economic issues and for environmental and social issues, with a view to establishing a more comprehensive picture of regional cohesion policies, at the latest by the start of the 2014-2020 programming period;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Proposes that the criteria governing regions’ eligibility for EU funding should be considered in the light of the set of indicators that is brought in; calls for other relevant, strictly economic indicators plus environmental and social indicators to be given the same status as GDP when it comes to classifying the regions.
Amendment 84 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, and highlights the social dimension and social sustainability of macroeconomic policies, as an integral part of the crisis exit strategy and economic and social cohesion, and the fact this implies changing the monetary priorities and policies, among others, of the Stability and Growth Pact, and also competition policies, internal market policies, and budgetary and fiscal policies, with the aim of finding a stable way out of the crisis, ensuring a return to fiscal consolidation and undertaking the reforms the economy needs for a return to growth and job creation;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the promotion of social integration and inclusion, in order to guarantee protection of fundamental human rights, and clear commitments to draw up EU and national policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, by ensuring universalbetter access to public health services, vocational education and training, housing and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fair wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyone;
Amendment 142 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the various experiments with minimum incomes, accompanied by social integration measures, show that this is a further essential way of combating poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the European Commission to prepare an initiative supporting these experiments, taking into account best practices and ensuring an adequate minimum income throughout the European Unionpromoting them as a means to prevent poverty and guarantee social justice and equal opportunities for all, without calling into question the specific situations in each Member State;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU and the Member States to anticipate change, i.e. to overcome information failures and uncertainties and foster awareness, social learning processes and changes in consumption patterns; states that companies invest in clean technologies only if there is some security about future benefitmore tax incentives and advantages are needed for companies to invest more in clean technologies and that workers are willing to face change if there is a prospect of future employment and a safety net;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the EU, the Member States and the social partners to fight discrimination and promote gender equality in a sustainable economy, create work environments that attract and retain women in these sectors, reduce gender- based job segmentation and wage gaps and establish a quota forpromote greater representation of women on company boards of 40%;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to establish Transition Funds to manage skills needs, which could be financed through a Tobin tax on financial market transactions, inter alia, carbon and green taxes, revenues from the auctioning of emission rights and unused emission rights for the period from 2008 to 2013;
Amendment 110 #
2010/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the sustainable dimension should not be restricted to training in environment-related jobs, but needs to be incorporated into all training programmes and made a prerequisite for funding;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises that, in order for transition to be socially just, workers must have a participative partnership role to play in the process; calls for the involvement of trade union ‘green representatives’ in companies, who would actively participate ion companies to welcome trade union proposals on ‘greening’ their workplaces, companies and industries;
Amendment 16 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) TheAlthough coal only makes a small contribution of subsidised coal to the overall energy mix no longer justifies the maintenance of such subsidies with a view of securing the supply of energy on a Union levelof the Union, provision should be made for the granting of aid to access indigenous coal reserves on the grounds of energy security.
Amendment 24 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union's policies of encouraging renewable and lower carbon fossil fuels for power generation do not justify the indefinite support for uncompetitive coal mines. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should therefore not be continued indefinitely. Nonetheless, it should be recognised that replacing subsidised coal with unsubsidised coal will not greatly benefit the environment.
Amendment 33 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation marks the transition of the coal sector from sector-specific rules to the general State aid rules applicable to all sectors, save in respect of aid to cover exceptional costs, aid for access to reserves and aid for research and development projects.
Amendment 34 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection1 reaffirm clearly the European Commission’s positive attitude towards State aid for CO2 capture, transport and storage. This regulation upholds this view, stating that aid for coal mining to provide raw materials for said projects is compatible with the internal market. _____ 1 OJ C 37, 3.2.2001, p. 3.
Amendment 43 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) As the European Union is committed to developing CO2 capture and storage technology under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013)1 maintaining access to reserves until this technology has been proven and made available is only reasonable. _____ 1 OJ L 412, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
Amendment 50 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Given that in some regions of the European Union the opening of coal mines has had a huge impact on the landscape in areas that are part of the Natura 2000 network, remediation must be included into this regulation as an obligation.
Amendment 53 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Commission needs to ensure that the Member States make effective and selective use of the aid for regeneration of mining basins so as to encourage their economic diversification and overcome their dependence on economic activities linked to coal, especially in the regions most affected by the closures. Future regional policy after 2013 should provide the framework for setting objectives and establishing the necessary control mechanisms to help improve competitiveness in these regions.
Amendment 54 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point a a (new)
aa) ‘plan for accessing coal reserves’ means a plan drawn up by a Member State, providing for the production of the minimum quantity of indigenous coal necessary to guarantee access to coal reserves;
Amendment 55 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. In the context ofAs far as definite closure of uncompetitive mines, coverage of exceptional costs, access to reserves and support for research and development projects are concerned, aid to the coal industry may be considered compatible with the proper functioning of the internal market if it complies with the provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 57 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 31 OctoDecember 201422;
Amendment 76 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Aid may not be granted for costs arising from the remediation of mining areas if, under the legislation in force at the time mining began, setting up a bond to cover remediation costs was compulsory.
Amendment 77 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 78 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
da) the status of remediation work at closed or abandoned production units and, where applicable, the estimated period of time required for complete remediation of the mines.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States which intend to grant aid for accessing reserves as referred to in Article 2a shall advise the Commission of the plan for accessing reserves at the production units concerned. The plan shall contain at least the following: a) identification of the production units; b) the real or estimated production costs for each production unit per coal year; c) estimated coal production, per coal year, of production units forming the subject of a plan for accessing reserves; d) the estimated amount of aid for accessing reserves per coal year.
Amendment 80 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of any amendments to the closure plan toand the Commissionplan for accessing reserves.
Amendment 81 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. When notifying aid as referred to in Articles 4 and 5 and when informing the Commission on aid actually paid, Member States shall supply all the information necessary for the Commission to verify that the provisions of this Regulation are complied with.
Amendment 83 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the implementation of research and innovation is a need shared by all strata of society and its purpose must be to improve people’s social and economic conditions;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the complexity of today’s challenges calls for an integrated mix of these policies; whereas the knowledge society requires, more than just an aggregation of the activities of the different sectors, a synergy between theagents and instruments, which is vital so that they reinforce each other and support the sustainable implementation of research and innovation projects, delivering a better valorisation of research outcome in the form of concrete product ideas in the regions;
Amendment 17 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the generation of positive synergies between the different EU instruments and policies necessitates a complex set of relations between the agents who produce, distribute, promote and implement different forms of knowledge;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that, through the earmarking provisions for 2007-2013, cohesion policy is better geared to create synergies with research and innovation policies, and at the same time the territorial dimension has become increasingly important in FP7 and CIP; calls for consideration to be given to a tightened earmarking mechanism with a stronger thematic focus allowing for appropriate policy responses to the new challengeson the Commission to develop initiatives, in line with the concept of the European Research Area as embodied in the Treaty of Lisbon, to ensure that synergies are reinforced by the confluence of three basic conditions, namely: Integration, Involvement and Inclusion;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls, nonetheless, that as things stand spending on R+D+i under the framework programme is allocated on the basis of the excellence criterion, which, despite its unquestionable importance, entails in practice a more competitive mode of access for participants, thus limiting the generation of positive synergies in the group of regions and Member States which are going in the right direction but have not yet attained the goal;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RegretsInsists that effective innovation depends on the closeness of the synergies obtained, and regrets the fact that existing opportunities for synergies in funding are still not well known; calls on the regions and, which are the main agents as regards information and capacity for analysis, management and decision-making, as well as on the Member States, to step up efforts to improve communication;
Amendment 40 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that future R+D+i programmes should complement national efforts, orienting and dynamising them with a view to revitalising the guiding role and multiplier effect of knowledge, innovation, development and national investment in R+D+I;
Amendment 41 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that in order to boost competitiveness throughout the Union it is necessary to examine means of broadening the concept of excellence via the objectives and promotion methods of the future Community framework programmes, so as to apply it to Member States and regions making major efforts to reach the excellence level concerned; believes this would favour positive developments by stimulating investment in R+D+i and expanding the Union’s technological base;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, bearing in mind that the ultimate aim of cohesion policy is to reduce the gap between the levels of development of the various regions and the extent to which the least-favoured regions and islands (including rural areas) are lagging behind, since 2007 the Structural Funds regulations include obligatory earmarking to the Lisbon objectives for the EU15, targeting cohesion policy resources at the attractiveness of Member States and regions, growth and jobs,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas - particularly during the current recession - the cohesion policy is one of the main instruments to foster growth, competitiveness and jobs in the EU due, among other things, to its stable amount of funding and, the decentralised management system applied and the inclusion of Community sustainable development priorities among its fundamental objectives,
Amendment 7 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas cohesion policy must be an integral part of the EU2020 Strategy because it is included in the Lisbon Treaty as an instrument to achieve the Treaty's goals, , in line with the earlier decision to include among its priorities a contribution to meeting the objectives laid down in the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies, must be an integral part of the EU2020 Strategy because it helps to foster growth, competitiveness and employment, which are strategic objectives for the EU,
Amendment 10 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. OPoints out that cohesion policy is an instrument for the development of EU policies, given that transfers are conditional upon specific investments being made; observes that in the programme allocations for 2007-2013 approx. €228 billion over the 7-year period has been earmarked to the Lisbon priorities; highlights that the overall allocations, also in the EU12, went beyond the percentages required;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that due to the delayed start-up of the programmes and the subsequent lack of data on expenditure, the correspondence between programme allocations and actual expenditure cannot be verified at this stage, nor is it possible to assess the soundness of the Lisbon investments, particularly as regards programming in less advanced countries; eagerly awaits the publication of the Commission's strategic report and asks that a high level inter-institutional debate is carried out on this basis to analyse the contribution of the cohesion policy to the Lisbon objectives and to assess the future interrelations;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers weak multi-level governance one of the main limits of the Lisbon Strategy, with the insufficient involvement ofto be a strategic asset of cohesion policy, but stresses that regional and local authorities and civil society are still insufficiently involved in the design, implementation, communication and evaluation of the strategat policy; recommends their stronger integration in the future at all stages; points out that one of the governance-related problems that has arisen stems from the supervision and control system established by the Commission, and accordingly stresses the need for major changes to management and control procedures in order to make the policy more flexible and efficient; points out, at the same time, that the strategies cannot be made subject to extremely complicated rules;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that Europe's regions and cities play a fundamental part in implementing the Lisbon Strategy, being key players in the field of innovation, research and education policy; points out that they implement more than one third of all public investment in the EU and are increasingly focusing Structural Fund spending on growth- and job-related objectives;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. PStresses that regional and local authorities can create an environment that fosters business growth in their local areas, but takes the view that Europe's future territorial development cannot be purely competition-based; points out that the regional level in particular has a crucial role to play as the vehicle to reach the countless economic and social actors living and producing in Europe, especially SMEs, and to foster education and vocational training, research, innovation and development;
Amendment 28 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Appreciates the results produced so far through the financial engineering instruments and the cooperation with the EIB in fostering innovation and research through renewable forms of funding and stresses the need to strengthen the links between EU financing instruments and EIB financing instruments; recognises their leverage potential for investments and asks for their strengthening especially as regards JEREMIE and JESSICA to ensure better support to business and SMEs; recommends that the rules governing these instruments be simplified to allow their greater use by beneficiaries;
Amendment 29 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission proposal on the future EU2020 strategy; stresses the long-term nature of this strategy that aims to create framework conditions for stable growth in Europe, and agrees with the priorities identified; points out, however, that instruments such as the Lisbon and EU2020 strategies are the product of a consensus among Member States with widely differing levels of development;
Amendment 40 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to bring this EU policy into line with the strategic objectives pursued by the EU, while not causing any disruption in Member States by requiring them to make investments that may not be a priority, or even necessary, for the development of individual States; calls for Member States to be allowed greater flexibility in implementing cohesion policy, with a view to ensuring that it expedites the achievement of priority objectives in general;
Amendment 41 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Urges the EU to adopt specific provisions and take appropriate action to meet the special needs of coastal regions, islands, upland regions and outermost regions, in the light of the legal basis for territorial cohesion that the new Lisbon Treaty provides;
Amendment 50 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 67 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the recognition of the role of the Structural Funds in the delivery of the EU2020 goals; stresses, however, that the cohesion policy is not just the source of stable financial allocations but is also a powerful instrument for the economic development of all of Europe's regions. Its main principles – an integrated approach, multi- level governance and real partnership – are key elements for the success of the strategy and should be fully integrated into it;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 81 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that experience demonstrates that the profit maximisation objective of commercial providers of SSGI must not come into conflicts with the principles and objectives of SSGI and must ensure the quality of the services provided;
Amendment 133 #
2009/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that, in order to maintain the delivery of quality SSGI, the Member States need newsuitable income streams, such as a financial transaction tax;
Amendment 48 #
2009/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the difficulties that young people encounter in gaining access to finance in order to create and develop their own business; calls on the Member States and Commission to adopt measures to facilitate access to finance for young people, and to set up mentoring programmes designed for young people on the creation and development of undertakings, in cooperation with the business community;
Amendment 81 #
2009/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of promoting young people's labour and training mobility across the Member States, and the need to improve the recognition and transparency of qualifications, skills and diplomas in the EU; calls for the redoubling of efforts to develop the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning and the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training, and for the Leonardo da Vinci programme to be strengthened;
Amendment 134 #
2009/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the importance of young people being able to be financially independent and calls for Member States to ensure that all young people are individually entitled toshow more commitment to combating youth unemployment and precarious employment so that young people can enjoy a minimum level of income that secures for them the possibility of creating an independent adult life;
Amendment 146 #
2009/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for new bindingan assessment to be made of the need to establish new youth benchmarks; invites the Commission to evaluate existing youth benchmarks and the Youth Guarantee every year in order to deliver results and progress;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union to uphold the principles of managed and fair trade, rejecting protectionism or any attempt to undermine the legitimate comparative advantages of developing countries that do not undermine human and trade unionlabour rights, but applying a different interpretation of WTO Article XXIV to allow for the exemption of vulnerable manufacturing and other sectors from trade agreements where this is justified;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that, whilst working effectively with the ILO and other treaty bodies, the Commission should continue to meet its responsibility to evaluate the impact of trade negotiations on social, environmental and human rights and to consult trade unions and environmental and social NGOstakeholders in a transparent manner throughout the process of negotiating and implementing trade agreements, guaranteeing them a clear right to raise violations;
Amendment 16 #
2009/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the use of Sustainability Impact Assessments, but deplores failures to act fully on their findings, as in west Africa; in the case of Colombia; emphasises the EU's leverage to pursue concrete improvements in respect for labour and human rights in advance of trade agreements, as well as during their implementation;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the fight against the depopulation of rural areas should form part of the strategy to support disadvantaged areas in the EU; considers it necessary to take a 'depopulation' criterion into account in the ‘fine-tuning’ that the Member States are to carry out when drawing up the map of intermediate disadvantaged areas; observes that increased depopulation is aggravating the natural disadvantages faced by farming communities, thereby accentuating the agronomic difficulties with which they are confronted;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that the mapping of intermediate disadvantaged areas can be done on the basis of eight biophysical Community criteria, together with a number of objective national criteria, making it possible to take into account the situation in each country at national and regional level;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
2009/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the need for better coordination of the various Community policies, in particular the common agricultural policy and cohesion policies, in order to bring them more closely into line with each other and achieve the more harmonious development of disadvantaged areas.
Amendment 5 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Highlights the EU’s increasing vulnerability to disasters and considers that this must be addressed by adopting an integrated risk management approach covering all the various phases of the disaster management cycle – prevention and early warning, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation – in the form of an EU directive also addressing drought prevention and management, similar to one already existing for floods.
Amendment 6 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1b (new)
Paragraph 1b (new)
1b. Stresses that it is the regions and local communities that bear the brunt of natural disasters and that, generally speaking, neither their material and human resources or their know-how or financial resources are sufficient to cope with these disasters under a purely national and/or regional approach, and that these disasters call for an effective European-level solidarity-based response.
Amendment 7 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 10 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the balanced occupation of land, and economic and social development that are in harmony with nature, and reinforced cohesion across the EU ar, combating rural depopulation and maintaining agricultural activity that is economically and environmentally sustainable are some of the fundamental elements of disaster prevention;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Advocates a global strategy for the whole EU under which a protocol for uniform action is introduced for each type of disaster, including forest fire; considers that this strategy must ensure total solidarity between countries and award special attention to the European regions which are most isolated, most scarcely populated, are mountain or border areas or island or outermost areas, or are the most economically disadvantaged.
Amendment 15 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the effects of disasters are not confined within the formal and administrative boundaries of regions and Member States; believes, therefore, that the identification of particularly risk-prone areas, specifying the type of risk concerned, should go hand in hand with establishing priority objectives and cooperation mechanisms in such areas; calls on regions to build on already existing territorial cooperation networks in order to develop cooperation focusing more specifically on disaster prevention; believes that the macro-regions, with their functionally-oriented cooperation independent of administrative boundaries, can become effective platforms for cooperation in the field of disaster prevention;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Advocates a single EU-wide strategy through the introduction of a uniform action plan for each type of disaster, ensuring complete solidarity between countries in tackling disasters; urges that particular attention be paid within the strategy to the most isolated, most sparsely populated, mountainous and border regions of Europe, and the most economically disadvantaged European regions.
Amendment 18 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
Amendment 25 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to ensure that the current budgetary pressures arising from the crisis do not lead to a reduction in the resources allocated to existing disaster prevention policies and, as part of the current budget review, to carefully assess any gaps in the field of prevention and whether each type of disaster is covered by the instruments available.
Amendment 26 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4b (new)
Paragraph 4b (new)
4b. Considers that, as part of the current budget review, the Commission should explore every possibility as regards instruments to improve the existing disaster prevention systems, including the possibility of using the early warning and satellite observation resources currently available to assess the risks of drought and desertification arising from climate change.
Amendment 27 #
2009/2151(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4c (new)
Paragraph 4c (new)
4c. Urges the Commission not to forget that better management and conservation of woodlands is key among its priorities in the area of combating climate change; considers that the provision of a genuine forestry policy would make a major contribution not just to combating climate change, but also to preventing natural disasters.
Amendment 28 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Therefore calls on the European Commission to examine the feasibility of creating a climate change adaptation fund in the context of the next financial perspective, in order to help finance preventive measures relating to natural disasters in specific economic sectors.
Amendment 41 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the role played by farmers as custodians of the countryside in the European Union; therefore considers it necessary to promote the maintenance of agricultural activities in an economically and environmentally viable manner, with the aim of curbing the abandonment of production and the depopulation of rural areas, a phenomenon which further increases the risk of forest fires and desertification.
Amendment 48 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Advocates a single EU-wide strategy through the introduction of a uniform action plan for each type of disaster, ensuring complete solidarity between countries in tackling disasters; urges that particular attention be paid within the strategy to the most isolated, most sparsely populated, mountainous and border regions of Europe, and the most economically disadvantaged European regions.
Amendment 49 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights the fact that persistent droughts have in recent years encouraged the proliferation of forest fires in Europe, at the same time worsening the desertification of a large number of regions.
Amendment 50 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Advocates the creation of a genuine forest policy designed to improve the management and conservation of forests, taking into account the fundamental role that they play in combating climate change, which is having an increasing impact in natural disasters; such a policy should be directed both towards forest protection and the sustainable use of timber resources.
Amendment 53 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to carry out, together with the Member States, within the context of a genuine European forest policy, a specific initiative in the area of forest protection and fire prevention; considers that forestation and reforestation projects should be supported, with preference given to native species and mixed forests, to encourage biodiversity and greater resistance to fire, storms and disease;
Amendment 64 #
2009/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the natural characteristics and constraints of sparsely populated regions and outermost regions need to be acknowledged and taken into due account; draws attention to the added difficulties faced by these regions in tackling disasters; asks for special attention to be paid to those regions through the various financial instruments available and, specifically, calls for the conditions for mobilising the Solidarity Fund for those areas to be made more flexible.
Amendment 4 #
2009/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) With the view to enhance the economic and social cohesion of the Community, it is necessary to support limited interventions for the renovation of existing buildings serving housing purposes in Member States that acceded to the European Union on or after 1 May 2004. Those interventions can take place under the conditions set out in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999.
Amendment 6 #
2009/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In theseveral Member States to which Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 applies, a large number of marginalised communities live also outside urban areas. Therefore, it is necessary to extend the eligibility of expenditures on housing interventions in favour of these communities living in rural areas.
Amendment 12 #
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. (aa) Expenditure under point (a)(i) shall be eligible only for those Member States that acceded to the European Union on or after 1 May 2004; expenditure under point (a)(ii) shall be eligible for all EU Member States. (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.
Amendment 29 #
2009/0096(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) There is a wide range of institutions, commercial and otherwise, able to offer micro-credit. Micro-credit granted to disadvantaged persons in the EU is, for the most part, provided by non- commercial microfinance institutions or socially active commercial financial institutions; providers in these categories need greater support in order to meet the current levels of demand.
Amendment 53 #
2009/0096(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) persons who have lost or areare unemployed or at risk of losing their job and want to start their own micro-enterprise, including self- employment;
Amendment 56 #
2009/0096(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) disadvantaged persons, including the young, whopersons who are disadvantaged or at risk of social inclusion and want to start or further develop their own micro-enterprise, including self- employment;
Amendment 65 #
2009/0096(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) micro-enterprises, including those in the social economy sector, which employ persons who have lost their job or which are unemployed, disadvantaged persons, including the youngor persons at risk of social exclusion.
Amendment 37 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) To improve road safety, the possibility of amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should be examined to make rest periods more flexible so that goods vehicle drivers, without exceeding the two-weekly limit of 90 hours driving and while taking the corresponding daily and weekly rest periods, are permitted up to 12 daily driving periods before being obliged to take a weekly rest period.
Amendment 71 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point d
Article 3 – point d
Amendment 88 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint e
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint e
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point i
Article 3 – point i
(e) point (i) is replaced by the following: "(i) 'night work' shall mean work during a period of work which includes at least two hours work performed during night time."Does not affect the English version)