Activities of Anne DELVAUX
Plenary speeches (328)
Role and operations of the Troika with regard to the euro area programme countries (A7-0149/2014 - Othmar Karas, Liem Hoang Ngoc)
European gastronomic heritage (A7-0127/2014 - Santiago Fisas Ayxela)
Nagoya Protocol on Access to genetic resources (A7-0061/2014 - Sandrine Bélier)
Equality between women and men in 2012 (A7-0073/2014 - Inês Cristina Zuber)
Equality between women and men in 2012 (debate)
Equality between women and men in 2012 (debate)
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (debate)
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (debate)
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (debate)
Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 (A7-0397/2013 - Kinga Göncz)
ILO Convention concerning safety in the use of chemicals at work (A7-0400/2013 - Jutta Steinruck)
Illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition (A7-0359/2013 - Véronique Mathieu Houillon)
Negotiations for an EU-Canada strategic partnership agreement (A7-0407/2013 - Elisabeth Jeggle)
EU space industrial policy (A7-0338/2013 - Angelika Niebler)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Horizon 2020 - framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020) (A7-0427/2012 - Teresa Riera Madurell)
European satellite navigation systems (A7-0321/2013 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)
Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (A7-0340/2013 - Evelyn Regner, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou)
Erasmus for all programme (A7-0405/2012 - Doris Pack)
Creative Europe programme (A7-0011/2013 - Silvia Costa)
Connecting Europe Facility (A7-0021/2013 - Adina-Ioana Vălean, Dominique Riquet, Inés Ayala Sender)
Trans-European transport network (A7-0012/2013 - Georgios Koumoutsakos, Ismail Ertug)
Protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes (A7-0356/2013 - Matthias Groote)
European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) (A7-0232/2013 - Jan Mulder)
Corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries (A7-0250/2013 - Ana Gomes)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (A7-0276/2013 - Linda McAvan)
Gendercide: the missing women? (A7-0245/2013 - Antigoni Papadopoulou)
European Banking Authority and prudential supervision of credit institutions (A7-0393/2012 - Sven Giegold)
Equal pay for male and female workers (B7-0387/2013)
EU internal security strategy (B7-0377/2013)
Making the internal energy market work (A7-0262/2013 - Jerzy Buzek)
Implementation and impact of the energy efficiency measures under the cohesion policy (A7-0271/2013 - Mojca Kleva Kekuš)
Completing the digital single market (B7-0331/2013)
Implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax (A7-0230/2013 - Anni Podimata)
Protection of the EU's financial interests - fight against fraud (A7-0197/2013 - Derek Vaughan)
External aviation policy (A7-0172/2013 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)
Statute for a European Foundation (A7-0223/2013 - Evelyn Regner)
Registration documents for vehicles (A7-0199/2013 - Vilja Savisaar-Toomast)
Priority substances in the field of water policy (A7-0397/2012 - Richard Seeber)
Granting and withdrawing international protection (recast) (A7-0217/2013 - Sylvie Guillaume)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello)
Establishment of an evaluation mechanism to verify application of the Schengen acquis (A7-0215/2013 - Carlos Coelho)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (27-28 June 2013) - Democratic decision making in the future EMU (B7-0271/2013, B7-0272/2013, B7-0277/2013)
Fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens (A7-0162/2013 - Mojca Kleva Kekuš)
Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (A7-0126/2013 - Antonio López-Istúriz White, Antonyia Parvanova)
Implementation of the audiovisual media services directive (A7-0055/2013 - Piotr Borys)
EU-Sri Lanka Agreement on certain aspects of air services (A7-0169/2013 - Petri Sarvamaa)
Enhanced cooperation between the European Union and the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (A7-0157/2013 - Jaromír Kohlíček)
Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union (A7-0145/2013 - Jens Geier)
Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (A7-0135/2013 - Herbert Reul)
Women's rights in the Balkan accession countries (A7-0136/2013 - Marije Cornelissen)
EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU (A7-0117/2013 - Renate Weber)
Ship recycling (A7-0132/2013 - Carl Schlyter)
2012 progress report on Montenegro (B7-0087/2013)
2012 progress report on Serbia (B7-0090/2013)
European integration process of Kosovo (B7-0089/2013)
2011 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies (A7-0118/2013 - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy)
EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences (A7-0123/2013 - David Martin)
Credit institutions and prudential supervision (A7-0170/2012 - Othmar Karas)
Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (A7-0044/2013 - Zita Gurmai)
Advancing development through trade (A7-0054/2013 - Alf Svensson)
Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (A7-0053/2013 - Tokia Saïfi)
Situation of women in North Africa (A7-0047/2013 - Silvia Costa)
Financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and overseas countries and territories for 2014-2020 (A7-0049/2013 - Patrice Tirolien)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - 2011/0281(COD) (B7-0080/2013)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - 2011/0282(COD) (B7-0081/2013)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - 2011/0288(COD) (B7-0082/2013)
Energy roadmap 2050 (A7-0035/2013 - Niki Tzavela)
Risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union ("stress tests") (B7-0086/2013)
Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (A7-0027/2013 - Åsa Westlund)
Statute for a European mutual society (A7-0018/2013 - Luigi Berlinguer)
Radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption (A7-0033/2013 - Michèle Rivasi)
Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights (A7-0048/2013 - Elisabeth Morin-Chartier)
Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU (A7-0401/2012 - Kartika Tamara Liotard)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - 2011/0280(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - 2011/0281(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - 2011/0282(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - 2011/0288(COD) (debate)
Preparations for CITES COP 16 (B7-0047/2013)
Common system of value added tax and a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud (A7-0014/2013 - David Casa)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 (A7-0032/2013 - Elisa Ferreira)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2013 (A7-0024/2013 - Veronica Lope Fontagné)
Transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products for human use (A7-0015/2013 - Antonyia Parvanova)
Common fisheries policy (A7-0008/2013 - Ulrike Rodust)
Improving access to finance for SMEs (debate)
Recovery of European industry in the light of current difficulties (debate)
Iraq (B7-0006/2013)
Implementation of IEPA between the European Community and Eastern and Southern Africa States in light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (B7-0025/2013, B7-0026/2013, B7-0027/2013)
Credit rating agencies (A7-0221/2012 - Leonardo Domenici)
Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (A7-0437/2012 - Lena Kolarska-Bobińska)
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth (A7-0406/2012 - Andrea Cozzolino)
Development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources (A7-0423/2012 - Catherine Grèze)
Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (debate)
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Protection of animals during transport (debate)
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Baltic salmon stock and the fisheries exploiting that stock - Conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms - Removal of fins of sharks on board vessels - Small-scale and artisanal fisheries and CFP reform - External dimension of the common fisheries policy (debate)
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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections (debate)
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Question Time (Commission)
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Taxation of energy products and electricity (debate)
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Surge in job dismissals in Europe as a result of the economic crisis in particular at Arcelor and Nokia (debate)
State of play of the Maternity Leave Directive (debate)
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"Food for Free" programme (debate)
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EU position and commitment in advance of the UN high-level meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (debate)
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EU homelessness strategy (debate)
EU homelessness strategy (debate)
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Possibility for Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (debate)
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Food information to consumers (debate)
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The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future (debate)
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EHEC outbreak in the EU Member States (debate)
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Migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen (debate)
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Management of H1N1 influenza (short presentation)
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Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)
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Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
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Products from cloned animals in the food chain (debate)
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The Belgian Presidency’s programme of activities (debate)
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Conclusions of the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) (debate)
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Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)
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Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
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Preparation of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
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Guinea
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Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies PDF (377 KB) DOC (227 KB)
Shadow reports (2)
REPORT on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2012 PDF (273 KB) DOC (152 KB)
REPORT on evaluation of the management of H1N1 influenza in 2009-2010 in the EU PDF (194 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the Millennium Development Goals – defining the post-2015 framework
Written declarations (1)
Amendments (427)
Amendment 6 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union,
Amendment 7 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2009 on non-discrimination based on sex and inter-generational solidarity,
Amendment 8 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 c (new)
Citation 22 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2011 on women and business leadership1, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0330.
Amendment 9 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 d (new)
Citation 22 d (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women1, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0127.
Amendment 10 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 e (new)
Citation 22 e (new)
Amendment 11 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 f (new)
Citation 22 f (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 17 June 2010 on gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis1, __________________ 1 OJ C 236 E, 12.08.2011, p.79.
Amendment 12 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 g (new)
Citation 22 g (new)
- having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR),
Amendment 14 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
- Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas the objectives of the European Union in this field are to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for men and women and, in addition, to combat all discrimination based on sex;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
- Ab. whereas despite the progress made in this field many inequalities still exist between men and women, whether in terms of women's rights as human rights, career, employment and pay prospects, access to education and health services, or participation in the economy, decision- making or political representation;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 23 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the economic crisis has led to a decline in the standard of living of most EU citizens; whereas for the 26 million unemployed Europeans the male and female unemployment rates converged during the fourth quarter of 2012 to reach figures of 10.8% and 10.6% respectively; whereas this reduction in the gap between unemployment rates for workers of different sexes should not obscure the fact that many more women than men were not working in 2012 and that women are often a correcting variable for fluctuations in overall labour supply;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in Europe in 2011, 63.8 million women (25.2%) and 55.7 million men (23%) experienced poverty and social exclusion; whereas women face a greater risk of poverty than men;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the unprecedented economic and financial crisis affecting Europe since 2007 has had different effects on the employment of women and men; whereas women were at first generally less affected by staffing adjustments than men because of the significant segmentation of the labour market between women and men; whereas this segmentation of the labour market demonstrates the structural inequalities of which women are victims;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas, despite the fact that some Member States have taken steps, sometimes in the form of legislation, to promote changes in equality between men and women, the changes are too slow and insufficient;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas there are many disparities between EU countries as regards male- female segmentation on the labour market; whereas segmentation is highest in the countries where women work more;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 41 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 48 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender equality is a key economic asset to promote fair and inclusive economic growth, whereas reducing occupational inequality is not just a goal in terms of equal treatment, but also in terms of labour market efficiency and fluidity;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas in 2012, according to Eurostat, the overall employment rate for women in Europe aged between 20 and 64 was 62.4% compared to 74.6% for men.
Amendment 50 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the employment rate is a major indicator for measuring inequality between men and women; whereas the quality and conditions of employment are just as important as parameters for measuring this inequality;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the female employment rate is underestimated given the fact that many women are not registered as unemployed, particularly those who live in rural or remote areas; whereas this situation creates a disparity in terms of access to public services (benefits, pensions, maternity leave, sick leave, access to social security etc.);
Amendment 52 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas, in 2011, 17.5% of young women and 13.4% of young men (aged 15-29) in Europe were unemployed and not following any educational or vocational training; whereas this rate was over 20% in eight Member States; whereas girls are under-represented in learning processes aimed at facilitating the transition from school to work;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 58 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women work more often than men on the basis of part-time, fixed-term or temporary contracts; whereas this was the most common form of employment for women in 2012 (32.1% as against 8.4% for men); whereas involuntary part-time work increased to 24% of overall female part-time employment in 2012 (as against 20% in 2007)1; whereas these contracts offer less protection against dismissal or other forms of termination of contract; whereas these contracts penalise women, inter alia as regards their career development opportunities, their training opportunities or their pension rights, but do, in some situations, present an opportunity to help men and women who decide to reconcile their work and private lives; __________________ 1 SWD(2013) 171 final.
Amendment 59 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a high proportion of women work professionally on involuntary part- time, fixed-term or temporary contracts; whereas women are thus disadvantaged in the labour market in terms of career advancement, and particularly in terms of remuneration, with the pay often being lower than what a man with the same skills could earn;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas young women more often start their professional lives in temporary part-time jobs; whereas the wage gap between women and men affects the level of pensions, resulting in a higher risk of poverty for women than for men; whereas, in 2011, 23% of women aged 65 and over were at risk of poverty, as against 17% of men;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 75 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the income of women doing the same work and with the same skills is still lower than that of men; whereas wage inequality is around 16.2% on average in the EU, with considerable variations among Member States that can range from a 10% wage gap to a disparity of over 20% in some Member States;
Amendment 85 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, in 2011, 78 % of women said they carried out ‘domestic work’ every day, as against 39% of men; whereas flexible working hours are a key element for achieving a better work-life balance, although they can sometimes make employment more precarious;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas self-employed, out-of-work or unemployed, elderly and disabled women, as well as those who are single parents are a particularly vulnerable group at risk of poverty;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, education and training is directly linked to effective access to childcare, and care for the elderly and any other dependents;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas, according to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions1, over six million women in Europe say that they cannot work full-time because of their family responsibilities; whereas the difficulties are even greater when faced with the absence or unavailability of sufficient childcare facilities and measures to facilitate a better work-life balance; __________________ 1 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Family life and work, 2010.
Amendment 95 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
He. whereas household responsibilities such as maternity and caring for elderly relatives or dependents are generally assumed by women, without conferring any status on them; whereas these societal functions or tasks receive no appreciation either financially or in terms of value or rights; whereas this role of caregiver is often a barrier to employment and professional career prospects for women; whereas these functions or tasks performed by necessity or by choice mostly penalise women professionally;
Amendment 97 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
Hf. whereas the lack of effective measures to enable women and men to reconcile their professional and private lives particularly penalises women who often take on more of the family responsibilities and have fewer opportunities for career advancement and pay increases;
Amendment 99 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H g (new)
Recital H g (new)
Hg. whereas in Europe, the employment rate in 2010 for women with dependent children was 64.7% as opposed to 89.7% for men with dependent children; whereas women spend more time than men on domestic work or on caring for dependents; whereas few men take parental leave or work part-time;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H h (new)
Recital H h (new)
Hh. whereas in many sectors, including those in which women predominate, there is still a glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching higher positions, especially top management positions; whereas this discrimination takes the form, inter alia, of underestimation of their skills and their work, and the unequal division of resulting professional responsibilities;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H i (new)
Recital H i (new)
Hi. whereas the underrepresented gender on the boards of large listed companies in the EU, mostly women, must have a minimum of 40% representation by 1 January 2020; whereas, according to the Commission, women only accounted for 16.6% of the members of such boards in April 2013 and 11.8% in October 2010;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 112 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas a new Memorandum of Understanding between the European Union and UN Women was signed in April 2012 with the aim of strengthening cooperation between the two institutions to promote women's empowerment and gender equality throughout the world; whereas its priorities include ensuring better representation of women in economic, political and judicial decision- making, providing greater professional and social prospects for women, and combatting sexual and gender-based violence;
Amendment 114 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas women and young girls are the main victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 116 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas violence against women, whether physical, sexual or psychological, is a direct attack on their fundamental rights and a violation of human rights; whereas such violence knows no geographic, economic, social or cultural borders;
Amendment 118 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas in some cases the media, across all sectors, tend to convey gender stereotypes, thereby even portraying a demeaning image of women;
Amendment 120 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Ie. whereas the collection of statistical data on inequality between the sexes is a priority to combat the causes that prevent gender equality being achieved in the European Union;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 136 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that whilst there has been a trend towards a reduction in gender inequalities on the labour market following the crisis in terms of the gaps in employment and unemployment rates, this reduction is not the result of Europe suddenly making progress towards greater parity, but rather the consequence of a rapid fall in male employment which has been more affected by the crisis; calls on the Member States to maintain their efforts to achieve better representation of women in decision-making processes, to improve the work-life balance, and to continue to combat violence against women;
Amendment 140 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 147 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Member States to include a gender perspective in the cohesion policy for 2014-2020 in order to meet the objectives set by the 2020 strategy; calls, in particular, for a commitment by the EU to ensure equality between women and men and its mainstreaming in all EU and Member State policies; notes that some measures above all require the mobilisation of genuine political will, which has so far been lacking in creating sustainable, inclusive, fair and equal conditions for men and women;
Amendment 149 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that equal participation by men and women in the labour market could significantly increase the economic potential of the EU, while confirming its fair and inclusive nature; points out that, according to OECD projections, total convergence in participation rates would result in a 12.4% increase in per capita GDP by 2030;
Amendment 151 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points out that, in December 2012, the Commission recognised that youth policies (the Youth Employment Package and the Youth Guarantee) need to be pursued according to a gender mainstreaming approach; urges the Commission to give greater encouragement to Member States to adopt measures ensuring that the education and vocational training prospects for girls are the same as those for boys;
Amendment 153 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to respect the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work of equal value’ and to strengthen public mechanisms for labour inspection and the adoption of methodologiNotes that, for all the progress made in reducing gender pay gaps, wage inequalities are still substantial, not to say increasing, in some Member States; urges the Commission and the Member States to meaensure the value of work in the production chain and to identify, for example, the creation within companies of semi-skillat the fundamental principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ is observed for unskilled wage categories mainly made up of womenwomen and men alike;
Amendment 160 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to do their utmost to narrow the gender pay gap; urges the Commission and Council to make girls more interested in growth sectors in which women are underrepresented, to help them enter such sectors and to provide them with continuing education opportunities throughout their working lives, and to promote complete pay equity at every level;
Amendment 164 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the proportion of women in economic, scientific, and research sectors is low; calls for more intensive awareness campaigns to reverse that trend and counteract the pronounced segmentation of the labour market;
Amendment 167 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls for further equal pay information campaigns in order to foster growing awareness of the fact that, from the point of view of fairness and rights, it is vital to aspire to equal treatment of women and men;
Amendment 169 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission to give continuing encouragement to initiatives aimed at promoting equal pay for women and men, not least by offering tangible support to companies as they seek to achieve parity at the workplace;
Amendment 172 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to combat all aspects of precarious employment, in line with the principle that permanent posts should be accompanied by proper contracts, and to adopt active employment policies to increase the level and quality of jobs and promote net job creation;
Amendment 179 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that since women tend to a greater extent to be employed in precarious jobs, they are less likely to find other work if they lose their job;
Amendment 196 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 205 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that the Member States develop educational programmes in secondary schools, for teenagers from the age of 12 and above, to combat gender stereotyping. This education should be based on good practice and should educate male and female students on gender, in an attempt to destroy stereotypes relating to social roles and the representation and significance of being a woman or a man. These stereotypes – according to which, for example, women are designed to carry out certain jobs, such as looking after children, the elderly and the home, while men are designed to have an income-producing job and career – should not be included in text books;
Amendment 207 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the average gap between men’s and women’s pensions is 39%, whereas the gender pay gap is estimated to stand at 16%; notes that the amounts of pension that women receive are, in general, affected by a number of factors including the types of precarious employment that they are forced to accept and career breaks;
Amendment 208 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to recognise that women are contributing to society when they choose – or are compelled – to work shorter hours in order to devote themselves to their child(ren) or to one or more dependent close relatives, given that they can find no accessible care facilities;
Amendment 209 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that women are increasingly becoming family breadwinners; calls on the Member States to take steps to establish a ‘family caregiver’ status serving not only to prevent women from being penalised at work, but also to confer legitimacy on the vital role that they are performing in society;
Amendment 210 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Points out that the measures to raise the employment rate in the 20- to 64-year age group to 75%, in keeping with the 2020 strategy, have been drawn up; urges the Member States to implement those measures and, more specifically, to emphasise policies enabling women and men to achieve a better work-life balance, one means to that end being to expand facilities for preschool- and school-age children and family support or parenting centres, and pave the way for flexible working by choice and an appropriate parental leave system, while encouraging greater sharing of family responsibilities;
Amendment 211 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Points to the vulnerability of women with disabilities and women with a disabled dependent child; urges that care facilities and services be set up in order to ensure that these women can strike a better balance between family needs and their careers and that they will not have to give up work altogether because they have no support and no one to look after their dependants from the time when they are born until they reach adulthood;
Amendment 222 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Maintains that the availability of good, affordable nurseries and care centres is a priority from the point of view of developing women’s employment; maintains that action in the above area has to go hand in hand with measures in every form enabling women to achieve a sound work-life balance and respond flexibly to life’s vicissitudes;
Amendment 228 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the fact that the new Parental Leave Directive has been transposed reasonably quickly, but greatly deplores the deadlock in the Council regarding the legislative resolution amending the directive on the protection of pregnant women and women who have recently given birth or are breast-feeding, which was adopted by Parliament, by 390 votes to 192, with 59 abstentions, on 20 October 2010;
Amendment 230 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Notes that in 2012, according to Commission figures, 31.6% of men and 40% of women in the EU aged between 30 and 34 have a higher education qualification; points out that women account for 60% of new graduates but are underrepresented in, for example, the science and research sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise women’s awareness of training in the above field and ensure that they have the same chances as men to enter the corresponding professions and make a career in them;
Amendment 237 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that in order to promote the participation of women in decision- making, measures need to be set in motion to combat stereotypes and prejudices about the role of women, along with specific policies to support equal rights and opportunities in economic, social, political and cultural life (to combat irregular and unforeseeable working hours, applying fair remuneration and equal pay and expand public childcare, nursery and school networks,) with the positive effect ofand strengthening women’s participation in all levels ofeconomic, social, and political life;
Amendment 244 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to promote a balanced, non-stereotyped image of women in the mass media. Television, in particular, should communicate and develop a vision of a more modern kind of woman, placing greater emphasis on her social development, constitutional rights and her role in civil society, the institutions and the working world;
Amendment 246 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that, according to a Commission study published in October 2012, the proportion of women on European company boards stands, on average, at just 16.6%, whereas 97% of top business management positions are held by men;
Amendment 250 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Encourages the Member States to promote gender equality in the context of media information networks and to use all possible means to attempt to eliminate the tendency to use women’s bodies for profit- related or promotional purposes;
Amendment 252 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a directive aimed at boosting women’s representation on non-executive boards of quoted companies by laying down a 40% minimum target for women to be met by 2020; calls on the Commission to use awareness campaigns to promote greater representation of women in the decision- making bodies of small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 256 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Maintains that evenly balanced participation in politics by women and men is one of the democratic foundations of our political system and central to its underlying representative character; notes that the above point has a direct and indirect bearing on women’s participation in elections;
Amendment 258 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Notes that the European Union, given its values and ambitions, should set an example by moving closer to gender parity within the institutions;
Amendment 259 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Considers it regrettable that, according to European Parliament figures, female MEPs make up only 36% of the total and men, 64%; notes that the proportion of women in the national parliaments is as little as 26%, compared with a 74% figure for men, the respective percentages in the Commission being 32% and 68%;
Amendment 260 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls on the Member States to adopt targets for balanced representation of women and men in politics; maintains that the resolve to achieve gender balance should be shared by everyone involved in politics, be it at European, national, regional, or local level;
Amendment 261 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Notes that some Member States have achieved significant results by legislating with a view to balancing the numbers of women and men in positions of responsibility, employing election quotas to that end; calls on the other Member States to follow suit;
Amendment 262 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Maintains that the forthcoming May 2014 European elections offer a real opportunity to champion gender equality in the EU;
Amendment 263 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Calls on the Member States and national parties to take gender into consideration when drawing up election lists and making appointments to senior administrative posts in the institutions; urges the political groups to be formed after the election to provide a measure of gender balance when assigning responsibilities;
Amendment 264 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 268 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 280 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to take further steps, as a matter of priority, to combat violence against women and to show the utmost firmness to that end;
Amendment 284 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that violence of this kind causes several hundred deaths in the EU every year and that it demands immediate practical responses;
Amendment 287 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Points to the importance of greater cooperation, whether proceeding horizontally or vertically, in which the authorities of the Member States, regional and local authorities, women’s organisations, and civil society should work effectively to stamp out violence against women;
Amendment 290 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Notes that, according to findings obtained in 2012, under the Cyprus Presidency, specialised services such as refuges for female victims of violence or emergency helplines are not available everywhere and in any case not spread evenly throughout the Member States; calls for these essential services to be developed so that women can report the acts of violence inflicted on them;
Amendment 295 #
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 are 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 termcrisis; 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 303 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health services in the area of support to women subjected to violence and that they increase the number of refuges and their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities, in a range of languagesseek to offer them specialised assistance;
Amendment 310 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points to the importance of systematic training for the qualified personnel who look after female victims of physical, sexual, or psychological violence; considers such training to be essential for providers of first- and second-line care, including emergency social services and medical, civil protection, and police services;
Amendment 313 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Member States to continue, and indeed expand, targeted prevention programmes to tackle the sources of violence against women before it happens;
Amendment 315 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Points to the importance of following up and specifically taking into account the recommendations made in the reports of the European Institute for Gender Equality;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 15 March 2012 on a ‘Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050’ 1 , __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0086.
Amendment 35 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
- having regard to ‘Renewable Energy: a major player in the European energy market’ COM(2012)271,
Amendment 37 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)
Citation 18 c (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 21 November 2012 on ‘the environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities’ 2, __________________ 2 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0443.
Amendment 41 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 d (new)
Citation 18 d (new)
- having regard to European Parliament Resolution of 15 December 2010 on ‘Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan’ 3 __________________ 3 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0485
Amendment 42 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 e (new)
Citation 18 e (new)
- having regard to the Directive on the ‘Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources’ (2009/28/EC),
Amendment 53 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate targets, security of supply, and competitiveness and climate objectives are of the utmost importance for the EU, are inextricabnd deeply linked and, they must be equally addressed and considered on an equal footing;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas this is acknowledged in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which stipulates that the objectives of the Union’s energy policy include the functioning of the energy market, security of supply, energy efficiency, energy saving, new and renewable energy sources and interconnections;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, according to Eurostat, the EU had a share of renewables of 13% in 2011 and is on track to achieve its 2020 target in this regard;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the EU is therefore on track to achieve its 2020 binding targets (GHG emissions reduction and RES improvement) but not its indicative 20% energy efficiency target;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the IEA estimates that the EU is responsible for only 11 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the proportion is set to decrease in the future so that, even if it has limited capacity in lowering global emissions by means of unilateral action, it has a significant role to play in particular; as regards the achievement of a binding agreement in Paris in 2015 whereas the EU therefore has to define a clear position, bearing in mind that climate action can only be successful if addressed at a global level in order to reach the internationally agreed goal to limit global warming to 2°C compared with pre-industrial level;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the IEA has also shown that energy prices in the EU increased by 38% in between 2005 and 2012 and that EU electricity prices are expected to increase to be the second highest in the world by 2035;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU spent EUR 573 billion on imported fossil fuels’s import bill on fossil fuels amounted to EUR 406 billion in 2011 and its dependency on energy imports is expected to grow;
Amendment 161 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the Commission has repeatedly called on Member States to shift tax burden from labour to other tax bases, such as environmental pollution and consumption; whereas internalising negative externalities of production and transport is a pivotal element of EU policy objectives; whereas measures which only apply to domestic products, transporters or producers would put additional pressure on the competitiveness of domestic businesses, in particular in energy-intensive industries or the transport sector, compared with businesses operating outside the EU which are not subject to internalisation levies;
Amendment 171 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas studies indicate that upgrading the grids and interconnections is the best way to improve the internal market, reduce energy costs and boost the competitiveness of industry;
Amendment 189 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the European competitiveness report 2012 recommends that in order to remain competitive, EU firms need to focus on ‘Exploiting the business opportunities offered by global environmental and societal goals and challenges’;
Amendment 193 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the various subsidies for various energy sources and technologies, without coordination and cost-effective implementation, distort competition and hinder the completion of the internal energy market without increasing investment certainty;
Amendment 194 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas according to the Commission energy efficiency measures, the penetration rate of renewables and the evolution of the high energy prices have contributed to the current surplus of the emission trading allowances;
Amendment 198 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas local and regional levels play an essential role in promoting and implementing measures to move towards a low carbon economy;
Amendment 202 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas according to the European competitiveness report 2012 the sustainable energy and environmental technology sector offer significant business and job creation opportunities;
Amendment 204 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors have been increasing despite the crisis, and are expected to bring more growth to the EU GDP in the future;
Amendment 207 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas, according to the Commission, the EU renewables sector directly employs around 1.2 million people, an increase of 30% on the 2009 figures, and is expected to employ 2.7 million people by 2020;
Amendment 208 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Ie. whereas, according to studies, China is the most attractive country for renewable energy investments, while the US, India, Japan, Canada and Australia are also among the most attractive;
Amendment 216 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes that the Commission has announced to present additional data by the end of this year, such as on the composition of energy prices in the Member States; calls for this data to be available for end-consumers and integrated in the process of any future policy proposals;
Amendment 219 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the recent publication of the "first part of the fifth assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change", adopted on September 27th 2013, confirming that global warming is for 95% due to human activities (90% in the 2007 fourth report) and warning on the consequences inaction might imply for the stability of our ecosystem;
Amendment 236 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced byCalls on the Council to adopt and the Member States and the Commission to implement, for the EU 2030 climate and energy framework, an approach combining coordinated and, coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g.and ambitious binding targets in terms of GHG emissions reduction, renewable energy sources anddevelopment of RES and development of energy efficiency);
Amendment 249 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to better take advantage of the interactions between these three targets in order for them to boost and strengthen competitiveness and energy security in the EU;
Amendment 253 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that binding overall targets combining shared national efforts are the most cost-efficient and flexible means in order to provide Members States the necessary flexibility and respect subsidiarity;
Amendment 276 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to keep up the progress made at EU level and, in order to maintain the continuity of the progress realised at the EU scale, to set ambitious butand realistic objectivetargets for the 2030 EU policies that take account of the economic, social, environmental, international and technological contexts, and to establish a clear, stable, long-term andclimate and energy policies in a cost- effective framework for industries and investorsmanner;
Amendment 282 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is convinced that the best way of securing Europe's current and future energy needs is a balanced and differentiated energy mix, where dependencies on single sources of energy are reduced without creating other new dependencies, bearing in mind that the Commission advises to reduce our fossil energy dependency; urges Member States to take these factors into account;
Amendment 301 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that the EU 2030 climate and energy framework must support the long-term objective of reducing the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 and therefore provide a clear, stable and cost-effective long-term framework for industries and investors;
Amendment 302 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the European Commission to develop, together with the affected industry sectors and within the 2030 climate and energy framework sector- specific roadmaps allowing for sufficient flexibility for industry actors;
Amendment 309 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that to keep the EU in the lead in terms of the development of technologies for a future low carbon economy, the EU shall set a binding target in terms of GHG emissions reduction in its 2030 framework;
Amendment 310 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Reiterates that a 2030 energy and climate framework has to deliver on its objectives in a more cost-efficient manner; believes that this could be achieved by reducing the negative mutual effects of the current policy instruments, and through more flexibility between policy instruments and measures;
Amendment 313 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Considers that the EU binding target in terms of GHG emissions reduction shall be at least 40% by 2030;
Amendment 316 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Sees broad consensus for the establishment of a new binding CO2 reduction target, based on a revised and well-functioning Emissions Trading Scheme;
Amendment 318 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Is of the opinion that the development of RES contributes to the achievement of the GHG emissions reduction target, to decrease the need for fossil fuel imports and to increase the diversification of our energy sources; Therefore, considers that the EU shall set a binding target in terms of RES in its 2030 framework;
Amendment 319 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. When revising the Emissions Trading Scheme, it should be ensured that the scheme remains a fully market-based system and at the same time its ability to adapt to economic upturns and downturns in order to avoid future attempts for market interventions is increased; furthermore, the Commission should propose a mandatory earmarking of auctioning revenues for innovative environmentally friendly technologies; the provisions regarding sectors and subsectors affected by a risk of carbon leakage should be maintained and may be reviewed in the light of a binding international agreement on combatting climate change in order to ensure the highest possible certainty for industry;
Amendment 320 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Considers that the EU binding target in terms of RES shall be at least 30% by 2030;
Amendment 321 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Insists that any national support schemes for RES should move towards a European system of support; is convinced that in a more integrated system for promoting RES at the EU-level for post- 2020 forward, taking fully account of regional and geographical differences as well as existing supranational initiatives, which is integrated in a general effort towards decarbonisation, could help to provide a more cost-effective framework for renewables, investment certainty and a level-playing field in which their full potential can be realised;
Amendment 322 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Considers that the development of energy efficiency contributes to decrease the energy bill, to reduce our energy dependency and our energy trade balance, to the creation of new and non- relocatable activities, to face the rising energy prices and fight climate change; Recalls that the cheapest energy is the energy that is never used; Therefore, considers that the EU shall set a binding target for energy efficiency in its 2030 framework;
Amendment 323 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3f. Considers that the EU binding target in terms of energy efficiency shall be at least 40% by 2030;
Amendment 324 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Calls on the Council and the Member States, when sharing the European 2030 effort between national objectives, to introduce flexibility between the renewable and the efficiency targets, in order to take into account their respective contribution to the global national effort according to their capacities;
Amendment 332 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that any support schemes, if better used, could be an appropriate tool to incentivise the development of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiency; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regardnew and close-to-market technologies for renewable energy sources (RES) where they are geographically most effective, as well as for energy efficiency with the aim of making them competitive; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regard, bearing in mind as well the importance of the Horizon 2020 Programme for research and innovation;
Amendment 373 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that some RESthe long-term design of a number of national RES support schemes has led to overcompensation and that some technologies should now be considered mature energy sources and; believes that their subsidies should therefore be phased out on time while avoiding retro- active changes, in order to be able to reallocate these to research and development (R&D) programmes ands well as to RES that are not yet cost- effective; asks the Commission to study the impact of RES priority dispatch on general energy costhe functioning of the energy internal market and on general energy costs; urges the Commission and the Member States to consider all relevant aspects of the integration of renewables into the electricity markets;
Amendment 387 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that fossil fuel subsidies continue to prevail over RES subsidies; Believes that phasing out fossil fuel and mature RES subsidies could help decrease energy costs, increase competitiveness and reduce the energy market distortions;
Amendment 391 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the investments necessary to achieve industrialisation of the next generation of renewables are currently being withheld due to the uncertainty about European political ambitions in the field of renewables;
Amendment 395 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks the Commission to establish an inventory of all national and European subsidies and support schemes for RES and calls on the Members States, in collaboration with the Commission, to introduce coherence and transparency at the EU level;
Amendment 399 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Believes that, in order for RES production to be efficient, improvement for grid flexibility, infrastructures and energy transport capacity is required;
Amendment 409 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that increased energy efficiency and energy savings will play an essential role in the decarbonisation of the energy sector; believes that the move towards a better energy efficiency policy should focus on the whole energy supply and demand chain, including transformation, transmission, distribution and supply, alongside industrial, building and household consumption;
Amendment 411 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that increasmproved energy efficiency and energy savings will play an essential role in both the decarbonisation of the energy sectorystem and in securing sustainable growth and job creation; Underlines the importance of a binding target in terms of energy efficiency in order to reach the EU objective; emphasises that energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way of reducing GHG emissions;
Amendment 425 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that the move towards a better energy efficiency policy should focus on the whole energy supply and demand chain, including transformation, transmission, distribution and supply, alongside industrial, building and household consumption;
Amendment 432 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the member states to timely and fully implement the energy efficiency directive;
Amendment 443 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to work on developing better methods and tools for calculating and monitoring progress whichthat could help to draw upesign a more consistent and transparent EU approach ton energy efficiency; Also believes that more should be done to help EU industries to further reduce their energy intensity and improve their competitiveness;
Amendment 474 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that as one of the cornerstones of the EU’s climate and energy package, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should be able to best fulfil its main function, the reduction ofthe EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is currently the main instrument for reducing industrial GHG emissions, and respond efficiently to promoting investments in low-carbon tecohnomic downturns and upturns; recalls that the main objectivelogies; Notes therefore that structural improvement of the EU ETS is to reduce GHG emissions and not to provide investors winecessary in order to increase the sufficient incentives to invest in low-carbon tcheme's ability to respond efficiently to echonologies, as these should be seen merely as a secondary objective and not as a basis for evaluating if the scheme works as intendedmic downturns and upturns and restore investors' certainty thanks to a predictable and reliable system in the long-term;
Amendment 497 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the EU needs a comprehensive policy framework for 2030 that encourages investment ins and the long- term decarbonisation ofin non-ETS sectors; Underlines the significant unused potential of energy efficiency in specific sectors such as building or transport; Asks therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the non- ETS targets while preserving the flexibility for Member States to define their own ways of meetachieving their effort sharing targets;
Amendment 505 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that the impact of methane (CH4) on global warming is insufficiently taken into account considering that its global warming potential (GWP) is 80 times higher than CO2 on a 15-year period and 49 times on a 40-year period; Calls on the Commission to better analyse the impact of methane when it comes to GHG emissions reduction policies, to evaluate the possibilities and propose a CH4 emissions reduction plan adapted to the particular situations of certain sectors and Member States;
Amendment 506 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Commission to define a set of indicators to assess the evolution of the progresses realised by specific non ETS sectors, especially for the sustainability performance of buildings;
Amendment 520 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Is of the opinion that CCS could play an important role in GHG emissions reduction, especially for energy intensive industries;
Amendment 533 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks Member States for better cooperation and interaction at EU level in order to make national measures more consistent; believes that the 2030 climate and energy framework should include some mandatory elements requiring Member States to consult with their neighbouring countries in case they plan significant changes in their energy supply; urges that the Commission takes appropriate steps to coordinate Member States' actions in defining their energy policies which have cross-border consequences;
Amendment 536 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Believes that, while completing the single energy market, the EU level should be considered as the key level of discussion and cooperation between Members States, in order to address EU scale energy issues and avoid risks of market fragmentation;
Amendment 539 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that a clear, coherent and consistent policy and regulatory framework is key, based on a holistic approach, is of major importance to helping stimulate the necessary investments infor the ‘"no regrets’ technologie" options, as defined in the Energy Roadmap 2050, in a cost- effectiveicient and sustainable way;
Amendment 557 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to examindetermine and analyse the interactions between the climate and energy objectivetargets in order to reachieve the most efficient policies at the EU level, taking into consideration not only the national GDPs but also each Member State’'s capacity;
Amendment 562 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Asks the Commission to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the three target approach by coordinated and coherent policies that would truly benefit from the existing interactions between these targets;
Amendment 589 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to submit an analysis of how renewable energy sources can be developed sustainably, taking into account environmental impact, aspects related to dependency on raw materials and life cycle and cost- efficiently and, above all, how to support stable sources of renewable energy such as hydropower, biomass or geothermal power;
Amendment 597 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to integrate the resource efficiency agenda as comprehenseffectively as possible into all other policies;
Amendment 601 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls that the timely transposition and implementation of EU legislative acts, especially in the environment and energy sectors, is an obligation and a necessity to avoid market fragmentations;
Amendment 603 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Recognises the importance of the regional and local levels in the climate and energy issues; Recommends the Commission to support and encourage the local and regional levels in the Member State, especially via targeted development of financing programs in climate and energy field;
Amendment 635 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of an energy strategy focused on boostingincreasing the EU's energy security and, economic and industrial competitiveness in the EU, jobs creation, social aspects and environmental sustainability by means ofthrough measures such as the diversification of supply routes, suppliers and sources and by increasing the, promoting energy efficiency and the increased deployment of RES;
Amendment 639 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that security of supply is particularly precarious when imports come from few different countries; Stresses that a small diversity of energy sources can create external relations issues for the EU, particularly when imports depend on politically unstable or undemocratic regimes;
Amendment 653 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that, when bringing about security of supply, Member States must be able to take advantage of all of their shall be addressed through the increased deployment of RES and energy efficiency and the completion of the internal energy market which are recognised as no-regret options, and that exploration, extraction and use of indigenous energy resources in accordance withmust respect policies that ensure the safe andsafe, sustainable exploration, extraction and use of these resourand environmental-friendly practices;
Amendment 665 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that as the EU pursues its goals of energy security, emphasis needs to be shifted towardsone of the priorities is to develop a model of energy interdependence between the Member States by ensuring the swift completion of the EU internal energy market; believes furthermore that completing the EU 'supergrid' infrastructure linking the nNorth, sSouth, eEast and wWest, will enable the EU to make the best use of the comparative advantages of each Member State, and calls for further support for decentralised and micro-scale energy production and smart energy infrastructures in all Member States; stresses, therefore, the need for strong coordination between Member States’' policies and for joint action, solidarity and transparency in view of the fact thatas national energy policy decisions can affect other Member States; suggests that it would be desirable to determine whether and how the expertise and facilities of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) couldmight be put to use in carrying outthe performance of the above tasks;
Amendment 684 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the lack ofCalls on the Member States to timely and fully implementation of and apply the internal energy market legislation remains one of the to remove all remaining obstacles to completion of the single market; highlights the importance of eliminating remaining infrastructure bottlenecks and instances of market failure and of ensuring that no new barriers to electricity and gas market integration are created;
Amendment 687 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that EU support is essential to facilitate the building of cross-border energy transmission infrastructures; Calls on the Commission and the Members States to facilitate and better coordinate such investments;
Amendment 694 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that energy end d energy-consumers – individuals, SME's and industry alike – are at the very core of the internal energy market and that they should benefit from lower energythe lowest possible and transparent energy costs and prices, be duly protected, and accurately informed by ensuringwith easy access to information; forto this purpose, calls onasks the Commission and Members States to achieve, as a matter of urgency,tly the completion of the internal market, security of supply and the interconnection of networks as requested in Article 194 of the TFEU;
Amendment 707 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough capacity to meet demand in peak periods ands well as in periods of (political or technological) difficulties and that excess capacity orand backup must therefore be ensured and maintained; points out the need for energy storage and reserve capacities where required and more grid flexibility and dynamics as a response to the intermittence of some sources of RES;
Amendment 719 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough capacity to meet demand in peak periods andin periods of peak demand as well as in periods of (political or technological) difficultie problems and that excess -capacity orand back-up must thereforeus be ensured and maintained; pPoints out the need for energy storage capacities and more grid flexibility from the grid as a response to the intermittence of some sources of RES;
Amendment 781 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Believes that a clear 2030 framework including, binding renewable and energy efficiency targets, will drive private investment beyond 2020 in low carbon technologies, increasing the potential of the job creation in the sectors; Therefore, asks the Commission to better underline the potential of low carbon employment in each Member State in the European semester framework, increasing low carbon skills intelligence and strengthening partnerships between national labour market actors;
Amendment 784 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Asks the Commission to implement its set of key employment actions for the low carbon economy, to promote greater use of the EU financial instruments available for Member States, regional and local levels as well as for private sectors for smart low carbon investments, for instance by engaging with the European Investment Bank to further boost its capacity to lend in the field of resource efficiency and renewable energy;
Amendment 785 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Underlines that the building sector counts for 40% of the EU energy gross consumption and that, according to the International Energy Agency, 80% of the energy efficiency potential in the building sector, and more than 50% in the industry sector, remain unexploited; Sees here a significant potential for reducing energy bills while creating unrelocatable jobs in the EU;
Amendment 797 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to launch a study analysing new and cost-efficient market designs with a view to ensuring reasonably pricedthe lowest possible electricity toprices for consumers and to preventing carbon leakage; aAsks therefore the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an additional assessment and recommendations for further actions to prevent the risk of carbon leakage notably for the electricity intensive sectors, caused by reallocation of production facilities outside the EU, focusing in particular on additional scenarios in which limited or no further global action is taken on carbon emission reduction taking into account the international context;
Amendment 821 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to examine a proportional and non-discriminatory carbon equalisation system as referred to in Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2009, internalising the negative externalities of production and transport, such as a European border tax adjustment (BTA) levied by Member States on import products, calculated on the basis of the life-cycle carbon cost of products, and including a rebate mechanism for exports; stresses that in order for a carbon equalisation system applied to import products to be compatible with WTO rules domestic carbon taxation should apply to similar products and should not be imposed directly on producers or transporters; acknowledges that due to its practical complexity a BTA should be carefully designed and gradually implemented in line with international trade agreements, e.g. through a pilot project in sectors which are most affected by domestic environmental levies; believes that a BTA would benefit both the competitiveness of EU businesses and the environmental sustainability of international production and transport; points out that revenues from a BTA could be used to decrease taxes, in particular on labour, and/or support the development of sustainable technologies.
Amendment 822 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the risk of "low carbon leakage" where investments in low carbon technology flee Europe due to uncertainty concerning EU ambitions towards further decarbonisation; notes in this context, that the EU's current share of global low carbon tech patents filed has fallen to a third, from almost half in 1999.
Amendment 831 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Commission to developelaborate a way of measuring competitiveness between the EU and its main competitors, which could, for example, be based on fiscal policies, R&D, innovation, industriallevels of research and development, industry energy prices, environmental and energy prolicies and regulatory burden, wage and productivity levels, geological circumstances, infrastructure, and other relevant factors;
Amendment 839 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Strongly underlines that any future EU policy must address the comparative strengths and weaknesses of its economy, particularly with regard to any free trade agreement the EU signs up to, especially in light of the planned free trade agreement (TTIP) with the US where energy prices have been decreasing significantly while efforts to reduce GHG emissions are not on par with the progress already achieved in the EUalso taking into account the measures taken to reduce GHG emissions and its economic benefits;
Amendment 849 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Underlines that energy prices vary between different regions according to geological, political and fiscal differences, and that the best way to ensure low energy prices is to take full advantage of the EU's domestic, sustainable energy resources;
Amendment 850 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Notes that the EU is a resource constraint continent, and that the EU imports approximately 60 % of its gas consumption, over 80 % of oil consumption and almost 50 % of coal used for energy production; Insists in this regards on a 2030 framework with a strong focus on sustainable and renewable energy resources within the EU.
Amendment 851 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Calls on the creation of a European Energy Observatory whose main mission shall be to assess the energy prices and their components and make these informations transparent and easily available to all end-consumers and investors; the Observatory shall also make recommendations consistent with our long-term low carbon objectives at both EU and national levels in order to benefit from the lowest possible energy prices;
Amendment 858 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the Commission’'s remarks that the EU climate and energy targets impact differently on each Member State and their citizens, and that this justifies differently which therefore makes it fair to working on a more equitable effort sharing basis, taking into account a country’s GDPGDP, access to technologies, achievements in reduclowering emissions since 1990, emissions per capita, economic potential and potentials for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency ;
Amendment 863 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Believes that effort sharing among Member States should therefore be consistent with the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities' (CBDRRC)
Amendment 871 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines, in line with Aarticle 194 of the TFEU, that Member States are the ultimate decision -makers as regards their energy -mix, and should be able to use and develop different approaches for technologies and energy sources that are environmentally sound ands well as socially and economically acceptable while preserving and improving the environment;
Amendment 884 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Asks the Commission to improve the promotion and efficiency of the existing financial tools (e.g. NER300) for low carbon investments by gathering all the necessary information on financial possibilities for national, regional and local levels into a single, clear and easily available data base;
Amendment 915 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls on the Members States and other Parties, in the upcoming international negotiations and in anticipation of a potential binding agreement, to address the issue of carbon leakage at global level;
Amendment 916 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Calls therefore on a better coordination between the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service in order for the EU to speak with one voice in international organisations and play a more active role, with an increased influence, in promoting low carbon policies;
Amendment 917 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 c (new)
Paragraph 38 c (new)
38c. Believes that ambitious policies in terms of innovation, sustainable energy and fight against climate change would allow the EU to keep its pioneer role and have a positive influence in the international negotiations;
Amendment 918 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 d (new)
Paragraph 38 d (new)
38d. Is of the opinion that a closer cooperation in terms of R&D&I for new low carbon technologies with international partners could help to reach a new binding global agreement and to address climate issues at a global level;
Amendment 919 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 e (new)
Paragraph 38 e (new)
38e. Asks the Commission to study the possibilities of using a share of the carbon allowances auctions in order to fulfil the EU's international climate finance commitments towards the developing countries, consistent with their adaptation and mitigation needs;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Declaration of the Right of the Child1 which states that the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth, __________________ 1 Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 1386 (XIV) of 10 December 1959
Amendment 7 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
- having regard to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) resolution 1763 (2010) of 7 October 2010 "The right to conscientious objection in lawful medical care";
Amendment 8 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)
Citation 18 c (new)
- having regard to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) motion for resolution of 11 May 2010 on 'Sex-selective abortion – 'Gendercide'', inviting its Member States to 'condemn sex-selective abortion, wherever and whenever it occurs',
Amendment 15 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
- having regard to its recommendation to the Council of 13 June 2013 on the draft EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief (P7_TA(2013)027);
Amendment 17 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive rights are human rights, the violations of which constitute breaches of women's and girls' rights to equalitywomen and girls are entitled to enjoy equal opportunities, non- discrimination based on sex, dignity and health, and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asserts that, when implementing the specific clauses on the prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters agreed on at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, as well as the legally binding international human rights instruments, the EU acquis communautaire and the Union policy competencies in these matters, Union assistance should not be provided to any authority, organisation or programme which promotes, supports or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation of women and men, determining foetal sex resulting in prenatal sex selection or infanticide;
Amendment 179 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Urges the Member States to ensure access to non-judgmental information about the post abortion stress syndrome (PASS) as well as immediate and universal access PASS treatments, provided in a safe and non-judgmental manner;
Amendment 209 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. calls on EU delegations in developing countries to work with the governments of those countries to ensure that girl children enjoy their rights without discrimination based on their sex, inter alia by ending the unethical and discriminatory practices of prenatal sex selection, abortion of female foetuses, female infanticide, early forced marriage, female genital mutilation;
Amendment 217 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23 e. recalls § 8.25 of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development stating: "In no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning. (...) Prevention of unwanted pregnancies must always be given the highest priority and every attempt should be made to eliminate the need for abortion. Women who have unwanted pregnancies should have ready access to reliable information and compassionate counselling. Any measures or changes related to abortion within the health system can only be determined at the national or local level according to the national legislative process."
Amendment 32 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has adopted the goal of providing strong support to industry, as this will help to restore economic growth in Europe and thereby achieve the objective of increasing to 20 % the share of manufacturing in GDP;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the industrial strategy should emphasise access to cheap sources of energy through diversification and the use of non-conventional sources (subject to the usual provisos concerning energy sources which have a potentially adverse effect on the environment);
Amendment 76 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of completing, as soon as possible, the internal energy market;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to support research and development, particularly in traditional European industrial sectors such as the steel, construction and motor vehicle industries;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2
Section 1 – paragraph 2
2. Finds it regrettable that the Commission has based all decarbonisation scenarios on the assumption of global climate action and has not carried out any analysis to identify the EU's ambitions in the event that global action is delayed; also regrets that the Commission has omitted to look into a scenario based on high levels of efficiency and renewable energy, which would be the most resilient to a higher oil price;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3
Section 1 – paragraph 3
3. Supports the conclusion that decarbonisation of the EU by 2050 is feasible and will require high levels of investments; calls on the Commission to create clarity and stability for investors by reducing over-regulation and by setting a clear, technology-neutral goalambitious and binding targets for emissions reductions, efficiency and renewable energy, based on a high efficiency and renewables scenario for 2030;
Amendment 41 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4
Section 1 – paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear 2030 goal by setting a singlen ambitious target for CO2 reduction which takes into account renewable energy and efficiency targets; reiterates the need to at the minimum meet the milestones for emission reduction stated in the low-carbon roadmap and to put forward all needed measureppropriate levels for the various targets promptly;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5
Section 1 – paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to develop sound ways of financing the energy transition, including a strengthened ETS, innovation initiatives such as Horizon 2020, an increased involvement of the EIB in the finance of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and market- based mechanisms;
Amendment 62 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6
Section 1 – paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to step up the development and deployment of low- carbon technologies and in particular, to strengthen the role of renewable energy sources – including by increasing their commercialisation, to step up the efficient use of energy sources, and to phase out fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and, together with other market deficits like market concentration, regulated energy prices and the lack of liquidity in intra-day and balancing markets, hinder the competitiveness of mature renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 1352 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 14 a (new)
Annex 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14 a) Smoking in presence of children can cause sudden infant death
Amendment 1354 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 14 b (new)
Annex 1 – point 14 b (new)
(14 b) Smoking during pregnancy causes premature birth
Amendment 1355 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 14 c (new)
Annex 1 – point 14 c (new)
(14 c) Children that are forced to smoke passive are more vulnerable to asthma and meningitis
Amendment 2 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. These countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) N° 539/2001. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II.
Amendment 4 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.
Amendment 6 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) in point 1, the references to Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South-Sudan is inserted;
Amendment 7 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
"Tuvalu*", "United Arab Emirates*" and "Vanuatu*"
Amendment 236 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(-a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 2: "Member States shall ensure that the maximum contribution of biofuels from suppliers for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) does not exceed the maximum contribution established in Article 3(4)(d) of Directive 2009/28/EC until 31 December 2017."
Amendment 270 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – point a
(-a) point (a) of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "(a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex IV and where the edl value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex IV is equal to or less than zero, by using that default value, with the addition of emissions from indirect land-use change as set out in point 19a of part C of Annex IV;"
Amendment 271 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – point a
(-a) point (a) of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "(a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex IV and where the edl value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex IV is equal to or less than zero, by using that default value;"
Amendment 272 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(-aa) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1: "Member States shall ensure that the calculations referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) include emissions from indirect land-use change in accordance with Annex V when in excess of the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)(d) of Directive 2009/28/EC."
Amendment 334 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point -i (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 341 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point i a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point i a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c – second sentence
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c – second sentence
ia) in point (c), the second sentence is replaced by the following: ‘Furthermore, for the calculation of the electricity from renewable energy sources consumed by electric (on-road and off- road) vehicles, that consumption shall be considered to be five times the energy content of the input of electricity from renewable energy sources.’
Amendment 436 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(-a) point (a) of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "(a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex V and where the edl value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex V is equal to or less than zero, by using that default value, with the addition of emissions from indirect land-use change as set out in point 19a of part C of Annex V;"
Amendment 437 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(-a) point (a) of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "(a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex V and where the edl value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex V is equal to or less than zero, by using that default value;"
Amendment 438 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a a (new)
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(-aa) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1: "Member States shall ensure that the calculations referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) include emissions from indirect land-use change in accordance with Annex VIII when in excess of the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)(d)."
Amendment 485 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1 – point -a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex IV – part C – point 1
Annex IV – part C – point 1
Amendment 492 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – point b a (new)
Annex II – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex IV – part C – point 19 a (new)
Annex IV – part C – point 19 a (new)
(ba) the following point is added: "19a. Emissions from indirect land-use change, eiluc, shall be considered zero until 31 December 2017 and calculated pursuant to Annex V from 1 January 2018."
Amendment 500 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – point -a (new)
Annex II – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 1
Annex V – part C – point 1
(-a) point 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of biofuels shall be calculated as: E = eec + edl + eiluc + ep + etd + eu – esca – eccs – eccr – eee where E = total emissions from the use of the fuel; eec = emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials; edl = annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by direct land-use change; eiluc= annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by indirect land-use change; ep = emissions from processing; etd = emissions from transport and distribution; eu = emissions from the fuel in use; esca = emission saving from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management; eccs = emission saving from carbon capture and geological storage; eccr = emission saving from carbon capture and replacement; and eee = emission saving from excess electricity from cogeneration. Emissions from the manufacture of machinery and equipment shall not be taken into account."
Amendment 509 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – point b a (new)
Annex II – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 19 a (new)
Annex V – part C – point 19 a (new)
(ba) the following point is added: "19a. Emissions from indirect land-use change, eiluc, shall be considered zero until 31 December 2017 and calculated pursuant to Annex VIII from 1 January 2018."
Amendment 86 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The traceability of in vitro diagnostic medical devices by means of a Unique Device Identification (UDI) system based on international guidance should significantly enhance the effectiveness of the post-market safety of in vitro diagnostic medical devices due to improved incident reporting, targeted field safety corrective actions and better monitoring by competent authorities. It should also help to reduce medical errors and to fight against counterfeit devices. Use of the UDI system should also improve purchase-policy and stock- management by hospitals, wholesalers and pharmacists and be compatible with other authentication systems already in place in those settings.
Amendment 111 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
6. This Regulation requires that certain devices may only be supplied on a medical prescription but shall not affect national laws which require that certain other devices may also only be supplied on a medical prescription. Direct to consumer advertising of devices classed as prescription only by this regulation shall be illegal. The following devices may only be supplied on a medical prescription: 1) Class D devices 2) Class C devices in the following categories: (a) devices for genetic testing; (b) companion diagnostics. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 85 to decide on other category C tests after consultation with stakeholders.
Amendment 115 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘device for self-testing’ means any device intended by the manufacturer to be used by lay persons, including testing services offered to lay persons by means of information society services;
Amendment 120 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) ‘ device for genetic testing’ means an in vitro diagnostic medical device the purpose of which is to identify a genetic characteristic of a person which is inherited or acquired during prenatal development.
Amendment 144 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 174 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Distributors who consider or have reason to believe that a device which they have made available on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately inform the manufacturer and, where applicable, his authorised representative and the importer and make sure that, within the limits of its respective activities, the necessary corrective action to bring that device into conformity, withdraw or recall it, if appropriate, is taken. Where the device presents a risk, they shall also immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States in which they made the device available, giving details, in particular, of the non- compliance and of any corrective action taken.
Amendment 177 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualification awarded on completion of a university degree or of an equivalent course of study, in natural sciences, medicine, pharmacy, engineering or another relevant discipline, and at least two years of professional experience in regulatory affairs or in quality management systems relating to in vitro diagnostic medical devices;
Amendment 179 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) fivetwo years of professional experience in regulatory affairs or in quality management systems relating to in vitro diagnostic medical devices.
Amendment 189 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 8 – point e a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 8 – point e a (new)
(ea) the compatibility with other traceability systems used by the stakeholders involved with medical devices.
Amendment 259 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, where a reference laboratory is designated in accordance with Article 78, the notified body performing the conformity assessment shall request that reference laboratory to verify by laboratory testing compliance of the device with the applicable CTS, when available, or with other solutions chosen by the manufacturer to ensure a level of safeas specified in Section 5.4 of Annex VIII and in Section 3.5 of Annex IX. Laboratory tests performed by a reference laboratory shall focus on in particular analytic sensitivity and sperformance that is at least equivalent, as specified in Section 5.4 of Annex VIII ancificity using reference materials and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity using specimens from early and established in Sfection 3.5 of Annex IX.
Amendment 282 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In case of more than one Member State concerned, where there is a disagreement on whether the clinical performance study should be approved, the member states concerned shall make an attempt to agree on a conclusion. If no conclusion is found, the European Commission takes a decision after hearing the member states concerned, and if appropriate taking advice from EMA.
Amendment 309 #
2012/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to encourage healthcare professionals, including doctors and pharmacists, users and patients to report to their competent authorities suspected serious incidents referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1. They shall record such reports centrally at national level. Where a competent authority of a Member State obtains such reports, it shall take the necessary steps to ensure that the manufacturer of the device concerned is informed of the incident. The manufacturer shall ensure the appropriate follow-up.
Amendment 65 #
2012/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC the following sentence is added: "Tis added: "Where an assessment shows for the individual industrial sectors that no significant impact on sectors or subsectors exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage is to be expected or subject to EU policy measures being proposed with a view to compensating the potential increase of indirect costs, the Commission shallmay, where appropriate, adapt the timetable for eachthe period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market." referred to in Article 13(1) beginning on 1 January 2013 for a maximum number of 900 million allowances. The Commission shall make only one such adaptation until the year 2020."
Amendment 80 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to allow for independent control as to whether these principles are adhered to, a clinical trial should be subject to prior authorisation, and approval by an ethics committee prior to commencement.
Amendment 253 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Ethics Committee 1. Authorisation of a clinical trial shall not be granted before an independent ethics committee has made a positive decision on the clinical trial. The Ethics Committee assessment shall include, in particular, the compliance with the requirements specified in Chapter V, Article 46, Article 47 and Chapter XII. 2. The Ethics Committee shall ensure that the rights, safety and well-being of subjects are protected. It shall be independent of the researcher, independent of the sponsor, and free of any other undue influence. It shall act in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country or countries in which the research is to be conducted and shall abide by all relevant international norms and standards. The Ethics Committee shall consist of a reasonable number of members, who collectively possess the relevant qualifications and experience to be able to review and evaluate the scientific, medical and ethical aspects of the proposed trial. 3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish Ethics Committees and facilitate their work.
Amendment 260 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The sponsor shall propose one of the Member States concerned as reporting Member StateMember States concerned shall determine which state shall be the reporting Member State according to an established procedure based on objective criteria which are set by the Commission.
Amendment 264 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 269 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Within six14 days following submission of the application dossier, the proposed reporting Member State shall notify the sponsor through the EU portal of the following:
Amendment 276 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where the proposed reporting Member State has not notified the sponsor within the time period referred to in paragraph 214 days, the clinical trial applied for shall be considered as falling within the scope of this Regulation, the application shall be considered complete, the clinical trial shall be considered a low-intervention clinical trial if this is claimed by the sponsor, and the proposed reporting Member State shall be the reporting Member State.
Amendment 280 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Where the proposed reporting Member State has not notified the sponsor according to points (a) to (d) of paragraph 2 within threeseven days following receipt of the comments or of the completed application, the application shall be considered complete, the clinical trial shall be considered as falling within the scope of this Regulation, the clinical trial shall be considered as a low-intervention clinical trial if this is claimed by the sponsor, and the proposed reporting Member State shall be the reporting Member State.
Amendment 310 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) within 10 days from the validation date25 days, but no earlier than 15 days after receipt of the successfully validated application, for low-intervention clinical trials;
Amendment 313 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) within 25 days from the validation date35 days but no earlier than 20 days after receipt of the successfully validated application for clinical trials other than low- intervention clinical trials;
Amendment 317 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) within 30 days from the validation date40 days but no earlier than 30 days after receipt of the successfully validated application for any clinical trial with an advanced therapy investigational medicinal product.
Amendment 321 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Until the assessment date, any Member State concerned may communicate to the reporting Member State any considerations relevant to the application. The reporting Member State shall take those considerations duly into account and shall document them in the assessment report. If the assessment report of the reporting Member State deviates from the considerations of the Member States concerned, it shall state the reasons for this deviation in the assessment report.
Amendment 359 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Notwithstanding the first and second subparagraphs, in case of other conflict, the Member States involved shall attempt to agree on a conclusion. If no conclusion is found, the Commission shall take a decision on the conclusion after having heard the Member States involved, and, if appropriate, having taken advice from the European Medicines Agency.
Amendment 375 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the assessment is done jointly by a reasonable number of persons, including a significant number of medical doctors, who collectively have the necessary qualifications and experience.
Amendment 409 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
A substantial modification may only be implemented if it has been approved in accordance with the procedure set out in this Chapter, and if it has been approved by an independent ethics committee before its implementation.
Amendment 412 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Within fourten days following submission of the application dossier, the reporting Member State shall notify the sponsor through the EU portal of the following:
Amendment 425 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Notification shall be done by way of one single decision within ten days from the validation dateassessment date according to Article 6 (4).
Amendment 454 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the subject or, where the subject is not able to give informed consent, his or her legal representative has had the opportunity, in a prior interview with a medical doctor who is the investigator or a member of the investigating team, to understand the objectives, risks and inconveniences of the clinical trial, and the conditions under which it is to be conducted and has also been informed of the right to withdraw from the clinical trial at any time without any resulting detriment;
Amendment 460 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Any subject or his legal representative may, without any resulting detriment, withdraw from the clinical trial at any time by revoking his or her informed consent. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the activities carried out based on consent before its withdrawal.
Amendment 463 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Informed consent shall be written, dated and signed and given freely by the subject or his or her legal representative after having been ducomprehensively and comprehensibly informed of the nature, significance, implications and risks of the clinical trial, and after having received the corresponding information in writing. It shall be appropriately documented. Where the subject is unable to write, oral consent in the presence of at least one impartial witness may be given in exceptional cases. The subject or his or her legal representative shall be provided with a copy of the document by which informed consent has been given.
Amendment 474 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the informed consent of the legal representative has been obtained, whereby; consent shall represent the subject's presumed will and may be revoked at any time, without detriment to the subject;
Amendment 478 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the explicit wish of an incapacitated subject who is capable of forming an opinion and assessing this information to refuse participation in, or to be withdrawn from, the clinical trial at any time is consideredduly taken into account by the investigator;
Amendment 481 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) the Ethics Committee, with expertise in the relevant disease and the patient population concerned, or after taking advice in clinical, ethical and psychosocial questions in the field of the relevant disease and patient population concerned, has endorsed the protocol;
Amendment 487 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the minor has received all relevant information in a way adapted to his or her age and maturity, from professionalsa medical doctor (either the investigator or member of the trial team) trained or experienced in working with children, regarding the trial, the risks and the benefits;
Amendment 491 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the explicit wish of a minor who is capable of forming an opinion and assessing this information to refuse participation in, or to be withdrawn from, the clinical trial at any time, is duly taken into consideration by the investigator in accordance with his or her age and maturity;
Amendment 496 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) the corresponding scientific guidelines of the Agency have been followed;
Amendment 498 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point h d (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point h d (new)
(hd) the Ethics Committee, with paediatric expertise or after taking advice in clinical, ethical and psychosocial problems in the field of paediatrics, has endorsed the protocol;
Amendment 513 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the Ethics committee positively assesses that a direct benefit of the clinicial trial for the patient is to be expected, as well as the fact that the clinical trial poses a minimal risk to, and imposes a minimal burden on, the subject.
Amendment 532 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Within one year from the end of a clinical trial, the sponsor shall submit to the EU database and to the public EudraPharm database a summary of the results of the clinical trial.
Amendment 570 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The responsible Ethics Committee shall be involved in the assessment of this information.
Amendment 17 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) It is appropriate to clarify that for the purpose of verifying compliance with the target of 147 g CO2/km, CO2 emissions should continue to be measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and its implementing measures and innovative technologies. However, studies carried out by the Commission have demonstrated that the test procedures used to measure CO2 emissions under that Regulation have not prevented an increased utilisation of flexibilities by manufacturers which have resulted in alleged CO2 emissions reductions that are not attributable to technological improvements and cannot be achieved in real driving on the road. Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, and the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC), should therefore be amended as a matter of urgency, and at the latest by the end of 2014, in order to ensure that test procedures reflect adequately the CO2 emissions generated by real driving on the road. The next step should be to incorporate the World Light Duty Test Procedure (WLTP), which is currently being developed under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, into Union law as soon as possible after it has been established. The Commission should consider whether there is a need to supplement the WLTP, by incorporating additional provisions, when integrating it into Union law in order to ensure that test procedures reflect adequately the emissions generated by real driving on the road.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Commission hasshould assessed the availability of footprint data and its use as the utility parameter in the formulae in Annex I. This data is available and its potential use has been assessed in the impact assessment, on the basis of that assessment it is concluded that thedata on utility parameters other than mass and their use as utility parameter useds in the formula for 2020 should be masse in Annex I.
Amendment 40 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Regulation requires the Commission to carry out an impact assessment in order to review the test procedures to reflect adequately the real CO2 emissions behaviour of cars. This work is proceeding through the development of a World Light Duty Test procedure in the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe but is not yet complete. In view of this, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 establishes emission limits for 2020 as measured according to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008. As soon as possible after it has been finalised, however, the test cycle should be incorporated into Union law. The Commission should consider whether there is a need to supplement the WLTP, by incorporating additional provisions, when integrating it into Union law in order to ensure that test procedures reflect adequately the emissions generated by real driving on the road. When the test procedures are amended, the limits set in Annex I should be adjusted to ensure comparable stringency for manufacturers and classes of vehicles.
Amendment 59 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(1a) In Article 1, the following paragraph is added: ‘(2a) From 2025 onwards, this Regulation sets a target within a range of 100 g CO2/km to 115 g CO2/km for the average emissions of new light commercial vehicles, as specified in Article 13(1).’
Amendment 77 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 2014, the Commission shall review the specific emissions targets, modalities and other aspects of this Regulation in order to establish the CO2 emission targets for new light commercial vehicles for the period beyond 2020. The aim of this review shall be to set an average emissions target for the fleet of new light vehicles for the period after 2025 which falls within a range of 100 to 115 g CO2/ km. On the basis of this review, which shall include an overall assessment of the impact on the car industry and its dependent industries, the Commission shall, if appropriate, make a proposal to amend this Regulation in a way which is cost-effective and as neutral as possible from the point of view of competition and ensures the achievement of the Union's long term objectives in combating climate change.
Amendment 24 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) It is appropriate to clarify that for the purpose of verifying compliance with the target of 95gCO2/km, CO2 emissions should continue to be measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and its implementing measures and innovative technologies. However, studies carried out by the Commission have demonstrated that the test procedures used to measure CO2 emissions under that Regulation have not prevented an increased utilisation of flexibilities by manufacturers which have resulted in alleged CO2 emissions reductions that are not attributable to technological improvements and cannot be achieved in real driving on the road. Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, and the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC), should therefore be amended as a matter of urgency, and at the latest by the end of 2014, in order to ensure that test procedures give an accurate picture of the CO2 emissions generated by real driving on the road. The next step should be to incorporate the World Light Duty Test Procedure (WLTP), which is currently being developed under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, into Union law as soon as possible after it has been finalised. The Commission should consider whether there is a need to supplement the WLTP, by incorporating additional provisions, when integrating it into Union law in order to ensure that test procedures give an accurate picture of the emissions generated by real driving on the road
Amendment 55 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Regulation requires the Commission to carry out an impact assessment in order to review the test procedures to reflect adequately the real CO2 emissions behaviour of cars. This work is proceeding through the development of a World Light Duty Test procedure in the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe but is not yet complete. In view of this, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 establishes emission limits for 2020 as measured according to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008. As soon as possible after it has been finalised, however, the test cycle should be incorporated into Union law. The Commission should consider whether there is a need to supplement the WLTP, by incorporating additional provisions, when integrating it into Union law in order to ensure that test procedures give an accurate picture of the emissions generated by real driving on the road. When the test procedures are amended, the limits set in Annex I should be adjusted to ensure comparable stringency for manufacturers and classes of vehicles.
Amendment 75 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(1a) In Article 1 the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 2: "From 2025 onwards, this Regulation sets an average emissions target for the new car fleet of between 65 and 75 g CO2/km, as outlined in Article 13(5)."
Amendment 151 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 10 – point c
Article 1 – point 10 – point c
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Bis 31. By 31 December 2014, the Commission shall review the specific emissions targets, modalities and other aspects of this Regulation in order to establish the CO2 emission targets for new passenger cars for the period beyond 2020.’ The purpose of this review shall be to set, for the period beyond 2025, an average emissions target for the fleet of new cars of between 65 and 75 g CO2/km. On the basis of this review, which shall include an overall assessment of the impact on the car industry and its dependent industries, the Commission shall, if appropriate, make a proposal to amend this Regulation in a way which is cost-effective and as neutral as possible from the point of view of competition and ensures the achievement of the Union's long-term objectives in combating climate change.
Amendment 8 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to pursue food objectives and secure the relevant funding which encourage new forms of sustainable agricultural production which save energy, reduce the use of chemicals and exploit the potential of ecosystems more effectively; points out that it must be capable of responding to environmental challenges, such as climate change, depletion of resources, water pollution and soil erosion, etc.; without this threatening the viability of farms or their existence throughout the EU;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a reinforcement of the concept of funding for both pillars subject to the fulfilment of a number ofsufficient funds to be made available to achieve ambitious environmental and biodiversity criteriatargets, so that high- quality food can be produced using sustainable practices; points out that sufficient funding is the only guarantee of the success of targeted agri-environmental measures;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that mandatory greeninggreater consideration for the environment that respects ecosystems will not only benefit the environment, but also ensure a sustainable future for EU farming; this greening of European agriculture is only worthwhile and will only be possible if the agricultural practices of the EU’s developed and emerging country partners follows suit;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 122 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 2 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to Article 222 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (the solidarity clause) which lays down that ‘the Union and the Member States shall act jointly in a spirit of solidarity if a Member State is the object of a terrorist attack or victim of a natural or man-made disaster’,
Amendment 3 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to Article 23 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
- having regard to the 1994 Oslo Guidelines on the use of foreign military and civil defence assets in disaster relief,
Amendment 7 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union and its Member States are faced with seven major risks: earthquakes and tsunamis; fires, including forest fires; flooding and landslides; industrial and nuclear accidents; terrorist attacks; natural disasters; and major pandemics; whereas there has been a dramatic increase in the number and severity of these natural and man-made disasters affecting the Union and its citizens, as well as other countries and regions around the world, as tragically demonstrated by the recent severe catastrophe in Japan which was hit by a combination of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe, with a corresponding increase in the loss of life and in economic, social and environmental damage and damage to cultural heritage,
Amendment 11 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the recent tragedies, notably the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, have demonstrated that the main tools available to the EU for responding to disasters (humanitarian aid and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) proved to be working well for what they were designed for and given the circumstances, but whereas there is scopea vital need for improvement in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, coherenceordination and visibility of the EU assistance as a whole,
Amendment 14 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, moreover, during a number of crises, particularly the tsunami of 26 December 2004, many questions were raised about the lack of systematic scenarios or protocols at European level for responding to these seven major risks and the inadequate visibility of Europe's action in relation to the overall effort,
Amendment 28 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas an integrated European all- hazards approach aimed at responding to crises at all stages of their life cycle is the most effective strategy to deal with disasters; whereas this approach should linking disaster prevention (including mitigation and risk reduction), preparedness, response and recovery is the most effective strategy to deal with disasters,
Amendment 38 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need to rationalise and simplify the functioning of the current European disaster response and to optimise resources available for common benefit, whilst encouraging all Member States to contribute and thus guarantee European solidarity; considers, accordingly, that the EU’s reaction capacity should form part of an integrated multi-risk approach based on ‘bottom-up’ delegated management, on the voluntary sector and on Member States’ specialisations in one or more risk areas;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Re-affirms theEmphasises that the European disaster response system should respect of the principle of double subsidiarity concerning the capability of the Member States to use their own assets, especially in any case of conflicting national needsvis-à-vis the Member States and the United Nations, i.e. that it should respect the national and regional competences of each Member State on the one hand, and the coordinating role played by the United Nations in disaster relief operations on the other; points out that this strategy should live up to the expectations of the United Nations, which see clear value added in creating a European pole with a response capability;
Amendment 68 #
2011/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers advance planning and the preparation of operations by developing reference scenarios, mapping Member States’ assets potentially available for deployment in EU disaster relief operations and contingency planning as key elements of an enhanced EU disaster response and essential for rapid deployment and immediate appropriate response to each emergency; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement these measures immediately and without prejudice to other actions; calls, finally, on the Commission to launch a feasibility study on the merits of setting up, allocating European research budget funding to, and naming European reference laboratories to combat bioterrorism and identify victims;
Amendment 15 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the sustainable development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind.
Amendment 17 #
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, sports, health and educational infrastructure;
Amendment 21 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 37 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
ii) at least 610% 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 43 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point 4 – point a
Article 5 – point 4 – point a
(a) promoting the production and distribution of renewable and low-carbon energy sources;
Amendment 44 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point 4 – point e
Article 5 – point 4 – point e
(e) promoting low-carbon strategies for– including sustainable mobility and clean public transport – for all types of region, particularly urban areas;
Amendment 50 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point 6 – introductory part
Article 5 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) protecting the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems and promoting resource efficiency:
Amendment 52 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point 6 – point b
Article 5 – point 6 – point b
(b) addressing the significant needs for investment in the water sector to reduce leakage and meet the requirements of the environmental acquis;
Amendment 63 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point 9 – point a
Article 5 – point 9 – point a
(a) investing in health, sports 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 services;
Amendment 129 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a (new) Member States shall draw up national roadmaps to provide details about national strategies to reduce carbon emission of the building stock by 80% in 2050 compared to 1990 levels. These national shall be adopted by January 1, 2014 (for public buildings), by January 1, 2015 (for commercial buildings), and by January 1, 2017 (for private buildings), and will also establish intermediary targets for average energy consumption of the building stock 2020, 2030, and 2040.
Amendment 143 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers.The Member States shall apply the scheme to all sectors.
Amendment 187 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified and/or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every three years from the date of the previous energy audit. Audits may be carried out by in- house experts, provided that these are qualified and accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member state has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality.
Amendment 205 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 304 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
5a. Furthermore, Member States may make provisions for continuous and long- term feed-in tariffs, if appropriate on a diminishing scale, in the case of electricity produced by small scale and micro cogeneration units.
Amendment 307 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. With a view to achieving a high level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability, Member States shall ensure that, by 1 January 2014, certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes are availableprovided for providers of energy services, energy audits and energy efficiency improvement measures, including for installers of building elements as defined in Article 2(9) of Directive 2010/31/EU. The Member States examine, whether their respective own educational and retraining systems cover the required knowledge.
Amendment 309 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall make publicly available the certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes referred to in paragraph 1 and shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commissionwork on comparisons between and recognition of the schemes. This shall be without prejudice to directive 2005/36/EC.
Amendment 319 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) provisions on listed buildings which are officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historic merit with a view to give owners more flexibility to implement energy efficiency measures to these buildings in line with generally accepted conservation practices, i.e. thermal insulation of the outer shell (walls, roof, windows), bearing in mind a balanced weighing of cultural conservation and energy efficiency
Amendment 320 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) the removal of regulated prices which do not reflect costs.
Amendment 330 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By 30 April 2014, and every three years thereafter,1 December 2013 at the latest, the Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes and measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achievingprovide the Commission with national energy efficiency plans which describe how the Member States intend to achieve the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The Commission shall assess those plans and may refuse them or propose amendments thereto. Every two years, the Member States shall provide the Commission with a report on the implementation of their national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1)plans. The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1). The Commission shall, not later than 30 September 2013, provide a template as guidance for the supplementary reports. This template shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 20(2). The supplementary reports shall in any case include the information specified in Annex XIV. When setting their national energy efficiency plans, the Member States shall take into account cost- effective energy efficiency measures and the risk of carbon leakage. When setting their national energy efficiency action plans, Member States shall ensure the promotion of a system approach, e.g. for lighting, at national level, to encourage the use of additional energy saving potentials existing beyond the single product approach.
Amendment 342 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall also monitor the impact of implementing this Directive on Directive 2003/87/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC as well as Directive 2010/31/EC. Until 30/06/2013 at the latest, the European Commission should come forward with a proposal to adjust the Effort Sharing Decision (Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council).
Amendment 26 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Genuine consistency needs to be ensured within the European Union in relation to the taxation of the various energy sources, and a framework for the taxation of renewable energies needs to be introduced.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) It is necessary to ensure that the internal market continues to function properlyfunctions in an optimum manner in a context of new requirements relating to the limitation of climate change, to the use of renewable energy sources and to energy savings, as endorsed by the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8-9 March 2007 and of 11-12 December 2008.
Amendment 28 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Account needs to be taken of the practical consequences of a new tax deal, particularly at a time when Europe is in the throes of a financial and economic crisis, the effects and implications of which need to be gauged. In this connection, the data collected during the impact study need to be brought up to date.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Taxation related to CO2 emissions can be an cost-effective means for Member States to foster environmentally sustainable behaviour among consumers and polluting sectors and to achieve the reductions of greenhouse gasses necessary according to Decision 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 as regards sources not covered by the Union scheme under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC. In view of the potential role of CO2-related taxation, the proper functioning of the internal market requires common rules on that taxation.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Therefore, provision should be made for energy taxation to consist of two components, CO2-related taxation and general energy consumption taxation. In order for energy taxation to adapt to the operation of the Union scheme under Directive 2003/87/EC Member States should be required to explicitly distinguish between those two components. This would also allow distinct treatment of fuels that are biomass or made from biomass, provided that they meet the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 34 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the interest of fiscal neutrality, the same minimum levels of taxation should apply for each component of energy taxation, to all energy products put to a given use. Where equal minimum levels of taxation are thus prescribed, Member States should, also for reason of fiscal neutrality, ensure equal levels of national taxation on all products concerned. Where needed, transitional periods for the purposes of equalising those levels which take due account of Member States’ specificities should be foreseen.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The minimum levels of CO2-related taxation should be fixed in the light of the national targets for Member States as laid down in Decision 406/2009/EC on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020. Since that Decision recognises that efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions should be fairly distributed between the Member States, transitional periods should be fixed for certain Member States.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As regards the possibility for Member States to apply a lower level of taxation to commercial than to non-commercial use of gas oil as motor fuel, this provision would appear to be no longer compatible with the requirement to improve energy efficiency and the need to address the growing environmental impact of transport and should therefore be deleted. Article 9(2) of Directive 2003/96/EC authorises certain Member States to apply a reduced rate on heating gas oil. That provision is no longer compatible with the proper functioning of the internal market and with the wider objectives of the Treaty. ItConsideration should therefore be deletedgiven to deleting it, subject to the findings of a fresh study of the impact this would have on households during a period of economic crisis.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Care should be taken to ensure that households, which have been hard-hit by the economic and financial crisis, with some being pushed into social insecurity and energy poverty by the extreme economic conditions, are not further penalised by an increase in the tax burden. Exemption or reductions to the benefit of households and charitable organisations may form part of social measures defined by Member States. The possibility to apply such exemptions or reductions should, for reasons of equal treatment between energy sources, be extended to all energy products used as heating fuel and electricity. In order to ensure that their impact on the internal market remains limited, such exemptions and reductions should be applied only to non-business activities.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Article 15(3) of Directive 2003/96/EC allows Member States to apply to agricultural, horticultural and piscicultural works as well as to forestry not only the provisions generally applicable to business uses but also a level of taxation down to zero. An examination of that option has revealed that as far as general energy consumption taxation is concerned its maintenance would be s regards CO2 related taxation the treatment of the sectors concerned should take accountrary to the Union's wider policy objectives unless it is linked to a counterpart ensuring advances in the field of energy efficiency. As regards CO2 related taxation the treatment of the sectors concerned should be aligned to the rules applying to industrial sector of the size and output of holdings. In the farming sector, such taxation should also be based on carbon capture capacity, such as that afforded by permanent grasslands.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Every fivthree years and for the first time by the end of 2015, the Commission should report to the Council on the application of this Directive, examining in particular the minimum level of CO2- related taxation in the light of the evolution of the market price in the EU of the emission allowances, the impact of innovation and technological developments and the justification for the tax exemptions and reductions laid down in this Directive, including for fuel used for the purpose of air and maritime navigation. The list of sectors or sub-sectors deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage shall be the subject of regular review, in particular taking into account the availability of emerging evidence.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/96/CE
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) energy products used as heating fuel and electricity if used by households and/or by organisations recognised as charitable by the Member State concerned. In the case of such charitable organisations, Member States shall confine the exemption or reduction to use for the purpose of non- business activities. Where mixed use takes place, taxation shall apply in proportion to each type of use. If a use is insignificant, it may be treated as nil;
Amendment 81 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b
Directive 2003/96/CE
Article 15 - paragraph 3
Article 15 - paragraph 3
3. Member States may apply a level of general energy consumption taxation down to zero on the consumption of energy products and electricity used for agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural works and in forestry. The beneficiaries shall be subject to arrangements that must lead to increased energy efficiency broadly equivalent to those that would have been achieved if the standard Union minimum rates had been observed.
Amendment 86 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/96/CE
Article 29 - paragraph 1
Article 29 - paragraph 1
Every fivthree years and for the first time by the end of 2015, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the application of this Directive and, where appropriate, a proposal for its modification.
Amendment 2 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
Amendment 7 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 9 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the national and international health authorities, including the WHO, were aware as early asstated in May 2009 that the H1N1 influenza was not virulent, wiat the this moderate virulence beime causing confirmed by the very low mortality rate observed as a result of ly mild illness, but that it could only be hoped (thius influenza ‘pandemic’ in comparison with the officially recognised figures for seasonal influenzanot taken for granted) that this pattern would continue,
Amendment 12 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, under the International Health Regulations (IHR) – a legal instrument binding on the states parties to it – the remit of the WHO includes public health surveillance, coordinating international public health measures and, in relation to potentially pandemic viruses, determining current phases of alert on a scale of one to six,
Amendment 13 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the phases of a global pandemic are determined in accordance with the provisions of the IHR and in consultation with other organisations and institutions and with the Member States affected,
Amendment 14 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 22 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Considering the high degree of unforeseeability and severity of how the pandemic was going to unfold, always with the possibility that the pandemic might worsen in Europe, as it did in 1918 and 1968;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, on the basis of the WHO pandemic alert and subsequent recommendations, the Member States responded rapidly, in line with the precautionary principle, using what resources they had available to implement public health action plans; whereas the move to the highest level of alert, indicating the presence of a pandemic, gave rise in some cases to public health decisions that were disproportionate;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. Considering that under the principle of subsidiarity, the preparation and the reaction towards the health risks in the European Union fall within the competence of the Member States; that the treaty of Lisbon exhorts the Member States to strengthen the co-operation, the division of information and good practices within the framework of the WHO and the existing structures of the EU; that the reinforcement of the measurements of coordination taken by the Commission and the Member States, with the support of the ECDC and the EMEA within the framework of WHO, reinforces the effectiveness of the national measures.
Amendment 25 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. Considering that the pharmaceutical industry had to answer to a sudden, pressing and exponential request of supply of vaccines requested by the Member States; that this one had to develop in a very great urgency a new vaccine likely to answer the virus;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. Considering that some Member States had more means than others to answer and to anticipate this emergency; that some, more than others, could, because of their financial capacities, to supply themselves before others in vaccine supplies; considering that the initial recommendations of vaccination required the acquisition of double doses before the good immunogenicity of the vaccine showed that only one amount was enough;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 40 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 56 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 60 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 69 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 74 #
Amendment 75 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls forRequests that the prevention plans established in the EU and its Member States to be revised to make them sufficiently autonomousin order to gain in effectiveness, in coherence and of flexible to be adapted as swiftly as possible and on a case by case basis to the actual risk, based not least on the latest scientific information availableility by a better coordination of the instruments installed but also of the scientific data available. For this purpose, it is in particular advisable to reinforce the mandate of the Committee of Public Health whose action should be more based on an intergovernmental level and whose composition should reflect a better representativeness of the executive decisions;
Amendment 80 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the need to reinforce cooperation between Member States within the EU in the management of the response to a pandemic, within the framework of WHO, according to the International Health Regulation of 2005 ;
Amendment 81 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Wants to reinforce the collaboration between Member States by ensuring coherent risk assessment and risk management for fast evolving threats at EU level by putting in place, where necessary, additional structures and coordination mechanisms;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Is delighted about the fact that the Commission committed itself studying the possibility of a revision and, should this happen, a long-term reinforcement of the legal base of Health Security Committee;
Amendment 83 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Requests to give a special attention to the preparation between sectors within the framework of the co-operation between Member States within the Health Security Committee;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Urges the WHO to revise the definition of a pandemic, taking into consideration, when a virus is detected, not only its geographical spread but also its severity;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Claims that work on the legal basis relating to the implementation of the joint buying guarantee to the Member States an equitable access and a reasonable price to the most effective vaccines as well as the respect of the European legislation in terms of the manufacturer responsibility;
Amendment 86 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Member States to involve health professionals more closely at every stage in the preparation and application of strategies for preventing and combating pandemics;
Amendment 87 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Urges the European Union to allot more means to the research and the development while conforming to the objective which it assigned to allocate 3% of the European GDP to the R & D; more specifically claim an increase in the investments dedicated to a better evaluation and anticipation of the impact of an influenza virus as well in period between pandemic as at the beginning of a pandemic;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to develop a mechanism for joint procurement of vaccines and antiviral medication which allows Member States, on a voluntary basis, a common acquisition of these products or common approaches to contract negotiations with the pharmaceutical industry; Recalls that only the seeking for joint solutions for a common purchasing of vaccines and antiviral medications will ensure equitable access, at the lowest price for the Member States;
Amendment 89 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Calls for continued investment in national epidemiological, serological and virological surveillance centres;
Amendment 90 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 95 #
Amendment 97 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Demands that robust, crediblePoints out the need for and effective scientific procedures be introduced for the evaluation of medicinal products recommended in the event of health emergencies, and more particularly in genuine pandemic, independent, transparent and balanced scientific report for the evaluation of the drugs including in health emergency situations;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underscores the need for studies independent of the pharmaceutical companies on vaccines and antiviral medications, including with regard to the monitoring of vaccination coverage;
Amendment 101 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 114 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls in particular on the European Commission and the EMA to review the accelerated authorisation procedures for the placing on the market of medicinal products designed to respond to a health crisis, in order to ensure correcta full assessment of the benefit-risk profile associated with the use of those medicinal products;
Amendment 117 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Wants to ensure that the scientific experts have no financial or other interests in the pharmaceutical industry that could affect their impartiality; Request the development of a European code of conduct relating to the exercise of the scientific function of expert in any European authority in charge of safety, of the management and the anticipation of the risks ; require that each expert subscribe to the ethical principles of this code of conduct before any taking up the duties ;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks that experts who are involved in the pharmaceutical sector could be consulted but should be excluded from decision-making ;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Requests the installation of a definition of the conflict of interest which is common to all the European agencies ;
Amendment 132 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. ConsidersRecognises that the conflicts of interest apparent in the case of some experts who advise the European institutions to give risecould lead to suspicions of undue influence and to undermine the overallharm the credibility of the European health agencies and their recommendations; calls in particular for the EMA and ECDC to revise forthwith their current and future expert screening procedures to ensure complete transparency;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for full liability for the quality, safety and effectiveness of a medicinal product to rest with the manufacturer, as required by EU law;
Amendment 150 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is aware of the need to communicate more clearly and transparently to help the publics to facilitate the risk communication; Underlines the necessity to arrive to only one and single message bound for the citizens as soon as the health hazard was evaluated ; insists on the importance of consistent communication of the Member States regarding the informative contents of the message (as for the nature of the virus, with the nature of the risk and in the manner of securing and curing);
Amendment 151 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Requires a global European strategic approach for the so-called “at-risk” groups on how to reach them and communicate with them in case of pandemics;
Amendment 152 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls to build relationships of trust with the media concerned with disseminating public health messages; Request the setting-up of a select group of available experts to answer questions from journalists at all times, as well as the availability of a spokesperson;
Amendment 153 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Stresses the need for accountability of information professionals and the prudence required in the processing of health information messages a fortiori in the context of a pandemic;
Amendment 155 #
Amendment 156 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Within the framework of the common and liable management of supply of vaccines, request to think over the possibility of easing the access of developing countries to vaccinal products in case of a pandemic;
Amendment 158 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Demands precise definition ofRequests to specify and clarify the roles, duties, remits, limits, relations and responsibilities of the key actors and the structures of management of the medical threats at the level of the EU which are the European Commission, the ECDC, the EMA and the Member States and also of more informal entities such as the Health Security Committee, the HEOF and the ‘public health’ group, composed of senior officials able to intervene in the decision- making process regarding the management of a health crisis;
Amendment 163 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 18 #
2010/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Under this set of legislation, GMOs for cultivation shall undergo an individual risk assessment before being authorised to be placed on the Union market. In accordance with the conclusions of the Environment Council of 4 December 2008, this risk assessment should be enhanced, particularly by taking better account of regional and local circumstances in the context of the assessment by the European Food Safety Authority. The aim of this authorisation procedure is to ensure a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, the environment and consumer interests, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market. The same high level of protection of health and the environment should be sought and maintained throughout the territory of the Union.
Amendment 1 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the report by David Matas and David Kilgour entitled 'Bloody Harvest. The killing of the Falung Gong for their organs',
Amendment 3 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is recognised that, ideally, the best way of fighting against organ trafficking and trafficking in personthe trafficking of organs and of human beings for the purpose of the removal ofing organs is to increase the number of available organconstitutes a severe violation of human rights,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas there is a strong link between illegal organ trafficking and the trafficking of persons for the purpose of removing organs and the legal system of organ donation because, on the one hand, the non-availability of organs in the legal system acts as an incentive for illegal activities, and, on the other, illegal activities severly undermine the credibility of the legal system of organ donation,
Amendment 5 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas living donation rates also differ substantially between Member States, and it seems that not all Member States realise their potential for living donationcan be a helpful additional measure for patients who cannot get the organ they need via post- mortem transplantation, but emphasising that living donation can only be considered if any illegal activity and payment for the donation has been ruled out,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the proposal to establish a European Action Plan on Organ Donation and Transplantation for the period 2009- 2015(2009-2015) adopted by the European Commission in December 2008, which sets out a cooperative approach between Member States through a set of priority actions, based on the identification and development of common objectives and the evaluation of donation and transplantation activities through agreed indicators that might help to identify benchmarks and best practices;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 12 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that to ensure that organs available for therapy are not wasted, it is important that there are no legal barriers tois a clearly defined legal framework regarding their use and that society trusts the donation and transplantation system;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the activities of Eurotransplant and Scanditransplant, but notes that exchanges of organs outside these systems and between these systems can be significantly improved, especially for the benefit of patients in small countries;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 (renumbering)
Paragraph 9 (renumbering)
Amendment 15 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that donation should be voluntary, unpaid and altruistic, and take place in clearly defined legal and ethical contexts;
Amendment 16 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Endorses measures which aim at protecting living donors and ensuring that organ donation is made altruistically and voluntarily, without any payment other than compensation which is strictly limited to covermaking good the expenses and inconvenience relating to donationincurred in donating an organ, such as travel expenses, childminding costs, loss of earnings or recovery costs, prohibiting any financial incentives or disadvantages for a potential donor; urges Member States to define the conditions under which compensation may be granted;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States to reach the full potential of deceased donation by establishing efficient systems for identifying organ donors and by promoting transplant donor coordinators in hospitals across Europe; asks Member States to evaluate the use of organs from "expanded" criteria donors, taking into account (i.e. older donors or those who have certain diseases), taking into account donor and recipient protection and the quality and safety aspects;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Member States to explore the promotion of donation from living donors as a complement to deceasedEmphasises that living donation should be seen as subsidiary to post- mortem donations and should only serve as a last resort where no suitable alternative, such as organs from a deceased donor, is available; advises the Member States to allow living donation only among close relatives and between spouses owing to the implicit danger of exploitation; insists that Member States that extend living donation to other groups must have strict regulations in place to prevent any kind of pressure being exerted or payment being made for the donations; .
Amendment 24 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that living donors should be treated in accordance with the highest medical standards and without any financial burden for themselves when a medical problem occurs which is caused by the transplantation process, and any loss of earning as consequence of the transplantation or any medical problem should be avoided. The donors should be protected against discrimination in the social system.
Amendment 25 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that there is a link between organ shortage and organ trafficking and trafficking in persons for the purpose of the removal of organs; eEmphasises that any commercial exploitation of organs that denies an equitable access to transplantation is unethical, is inconsistent with the most basic human values, contravenes Article 21 of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and is prohibited under Article 3(2) of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights; stresses that increasing organ availability in the Member States will contribute to a better control of these practices by avoiding citizens of the Union having to search for an organ outside the EU and national legislative and ethical frameworks;
Amendment 26 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Points out that the organ shortage and organ trafficking and trafficking in persons for the purpose of the removal of organs are linked in two ways: firstly, increased organ availability in the Member States would contribute to better monitoring of these practices, by obviating any need for EU citizens to consider seeking an organ outside the EU, and, secondly, illegal activity seriously undermines the credibility of the legal organ donation system:
Amendment 27 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Repeats the recommendations on the fight against the organ trade made in the Adamou-report on organ donation and transplantation1 and takes the view that these should be taken fully into account by the Commission when drafting the action plan; insists that awareness of the problem within the Commission and Europol needs to be increased; 1 European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2008 on organ donation and transplantation: Policy actions at EU level (2007/2210 (INI))
Amendment 28 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Amendment 29 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Welcomes the joint Council of Europe/United Nations study on trafficking in organs, tissues and cells and trafficking in human beings for the purpose of the removal of organs;
Amendment 30 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Notes the report by David Matas and David Kilgour entitled 'Bloody Harvest. The killing of the Falun Gong for their organs', and asks the Commission to present a report on the allegations made in the book to the European Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Strongly rejects the behaviour of some health insurance organisations in encouraging patients to participate in transplant tourism and asks the Member States to monitor strictly and punish such behaviour;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Emphasises that patients who have received an organ under illegal circumstances cannot be excluded from healthcare in the European Union; points out that as in any other case a distinction should be drawn between the punishment for illegal activity and the need for treatment;
Amendment 7 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The visa liberalisation dialogue initiated by the Commission with a regional approach and a European perspective, includes countries of the Western Balkans, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia on an equal footing and without any discrimination. The composition of the lists of third countries in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 should be, and should remain, consistent with the criteria laid down in recital (5) thereto. Some third countries, for which the situation has changed as regards these criteria, should be transferred from one Annex to the otherThe same criteria laid down in the roadmaps for visa liberalisation should be applied to all countries concerned.
Amendment 8 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) All of the Western Balkan countries that have met the benchmarks should be admitted to the visa-free travel regime from the beginning of 2010. Those countries that, despite having made substantial progress, have not fully met the benchmarks should be granted the same privilege as soon as they meet the benchmarks as set out in the corresponding roadmaps for visa liberalisation.
Amendment 11 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) With the aim of furthering the implementation of the Thessaloniki agenda and as part of its regional approach, the Commission should start a visa dialogue with Kosovo and establish a tailor-made roadmap for visa facilitation and liberalisation similar to those established with other Western Balkan countries. This should be without prejudice to Member States' competence as regards the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.
Amendment 15 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) As regards Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Commission should, without delay and not later than in the spring of 2010, present its report on the achievements made by those two countries in meeting all the benchmarks set in the roadmap.
Amendment 16 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
Amendment 17 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) The Council, while commending the relevant recent progress achieved by Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina towards meeting the benchmarks, calls on the relevant Albanian and Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to adopt, without delay, the necessary reforms to fully meet the benchmarks.
Amendment 18 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 d (new)
Recital 4 d (new)
(4d) The Council asks the Commission to assist the relevant authorities of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina in this respect.
Amendment 21 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
Article 1 - paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Annex I - part 1
Annex I - part 1
(aa) in Part 1, the references to Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina are replaced by the following: "Albania**, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** ------------------- ** The exemption from the visa requirement granted to holders of biometric passports will apply in accordance with Community law"
Amendment 37 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Where a medicinal product isFor newly authorised medicinal products and for medicinal products that are authorizsed subject to the requirement to conduct a post-authorisation safety study or where there areare subject to conditions or restrictions with regard to the safe and effective use of the medicinal product, the medicinal product should be intensively monitored on the market. Patients and healthcare professionals should be encouraged to report all suspect adverse reactions to such medicinal productsall newly authorised medicinal products on the market for less then 3 years, identified as such by a black triangle and a corresponding explanatory sentence on the summary of product characteristics and on the patient information leaflet, and a publicly available list of such medicinal products should be maintained up to date by the European Medicines Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Agency’).
Amendment 51 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Without any delay, the Commission shall, in collaboration with EMEA, and following consultations with organisations representing patients, consumers, doctors and pharmacists, social health insurers, and Member States and other interested parties, present to the European Parliament and the Council an assessment report regarding the readability of the summaries of product characteristics and the packaging leaflets and their value to the general public and healthcare professionals. Following an analysis of the above data, the Commission shall, if appropriate, put forward proposals to improve the layout and the content of the summaries of product characteristics and of the packaging leaflet to ensure they are a valuable source of information for the general public and healthcare professionals.
Amendment 70 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to protect public health, there should be adequate funding of activities related to pharmacovigilance by the national competent authorities. It should be possible to ensure adequate funding for pharmacovigilance activities through the collection of fees. However, the management of those collected funds should be under the permanent control of the national competent authorities in order to guarantee their independence.
Amendment 87 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 1 – point 15
Article 1 – point 15
Amendment 92 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 1 – point 28b
Article 1 – point 28b
(28b) Risk management system: a set of specific pharmacovigilance activities and interventions designed to idequantify, characterise, prevent or minimise or prevent risks relating to a medicinal product, including the assessment of the effectiveness of those interventions, or to ensure early identification of new risks.
Amendment 109 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
“For the purposes of point (3a) of the first subparagraph, for medicinal products included on the list referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the summary shall include the statement: “This medicinal productfollowing statement, preceded by the symbol : “This medicinal product has been new on the market for less then 3 years or is under intensive monitoring. All suspected adverse reactions should be reported to <name and web-address of the national competent authority>.”
Amendment 124 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 21a - introductory words
Article 21a - introductory words
Amendment 130 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 21a – paragraph 2
Article 21a – paragraph 2
The marketing authorisation shall lay down deadlines for the fulfilment of the conditions where necessary. If the conditions included in the marketing authorisation are not fulfilled by the relevant deadline, the competent authorities shall have the power and appropriate resources to immediately suspend or revoke the marketing authorisation.
Amendment 139 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. ATwo coordination groups shall be set up: (a) a coordination group for mutual recognition and decentralised procedures shall be responsible for the following purposes: (atasks: (i) the examination of any question relating to a marketing authorisation of a medicinal product in two or more Member States in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter 4; (bii) the examination of questions related to the variations to the terms of marketing authorisations granted by the Member States, in accordance with Article 35(1), with the exception of all questions relating to pharmacovigilance. For the fulfilment of its tasks, the coordination group for mutual recognition and decentralised procedures shall be assisted by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004. (b) A coordination group for pharmacovigilance risk assessment shall be responsible for the following tasks: (i) the examination of questions relating to the pharmacovigilance of medicinal products authorised by the Member States, in accordance with Articles 107c, 107e, 107g, 107l and 107r; (cii) the examination of questions relateding to the variations to the terms of marketing authorisations granted by the Member States, in accordance with Article 35(1). The Agency shall provide the secretariat of this coordination group, for all questions relating to pharmacovigilance. For the fulfilment of its pharmacovigilance tasks, the coordination group for pharmacovigilance risk assessment shall be assisted by the European Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Advisory Committee referred to in Article 56(1)(aa) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004. The Agency shall provide the secretariat for these coordination groups.
Amendment 157 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 18 b
Article 1 – point 18 b
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2 and 3
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2 and 3
“The information referred to in point (aa) of the first subparagraph shall be presented in a box surrounded by a black border. Any new or amended textNew important safety warnings shall for a period of 1-year be presented in bold text and preceded by the following symbol and text “‘New information”mportant safety warnings’. For medicinal products included on the list referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the following additional statement shall be included “This medicinal product, preceded by the symbol ▼ : ‘This medicinal product has been new on the market for less then 3 years or is under intensive monitoring. All suspected adverse reactions should be reported to your doctor, pharmacist, or <name and, web-address, postal address and/or telephone number of the national competent authority>”’.”
Amendment 158 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 18 – point b
Article 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2 and 3
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2 and 3
“The information referred to in point (aa) of the first subparagraph shall be presented in a box surrounded by a black border. Any new or amended textNew important safety warnings shall for a period of 1-year be presented in bold text and preceded by the following symbol and text “New information”text “New important safety warnings “. For medicinal products included on the list referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the following additional statement shall be included “This medicinal product, preceded by the symbol : ‘This medicinal product has been new on the market for less then 3 years or is under intensive monitoring. All suspected adverse reactions should be reported to your doctor, pharmacist, or <name and, web-address, postal address and/or telephone number of the national competent authority>”’.”
Amendment 175 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) take all appropriate measures to encourage patients, doctors, pharmacists and other health-care professionals to report suspected adverse reactions to the national competent authority or the marketing author. Those measures shall include training for health professionals and for patients and a public information campaign for patients. Patients’ organisation s shoulder be involved in providing information and training to patients and in developing public information campaigns in cooperation with regulatory bodies.
Amendment 179 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) conduct public awareness campaigns on the importance of reporting adverse reactions;
Amendment 186 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ensure that adverse reaction reports and the databases contain the highest quality information possible;
Amendment 193 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) ensure that the public is given important information in good time on pharmacovigilance concerns relating to the use of a medicinal product and that the data is permanently accessible to the public;
Amendment 207 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article – point 21
Article – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 105 – paragraph 2
Article 105 – paragraph 2
Amendment 228 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 107 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 and 2
Article 107 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 and 2
3. Marketing authorisation holders shall be required to submit electronically to the database and data-processing network referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Eudravigilance database’)national competent authorities information on all serious suspected adverse reactions that occur in the Community and in third countries within 15 days following the receipt of the report or, in the absence of a report, following the day on which the holder concerned gained knowledge of the event. Marketing authorisation holders shall be required to submit electronically to the Eudravigilance databasenational competent authorities information on all non-serious suspected adverse reactions that occur ion the Communitymarkets in which they operate, within 9045 days following the receipt of the report or, in the absence of a report, following the day on which the holder concerned gained knowledge of the event.
Amendment 229 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 107 – paragraph 4
Article 107 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall access reports on adverse reactions through the Eudravigilance database and shall assess the quality of the data received from marketing authorisation holders. They shall, as appropriate, involve patients and health- care professionals in the follow up of any reports they receive and request follow up of such reports to be conducted by the marketing authorisation holders. The marketing authorisation holders shall be required to report any follow up information received to the Eudravigilance database.
Amendment 241 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 107a
Article 107a
1. The Member States shall record all suspected adverse reactions that occur in their territory which are brought to their attention fromby healthcare professionals and patient, patients, marketing authorisation holders and programmes for the reporting and prevention of medication errors. Member States shall ensure that reports of such reactions arcan be submitted by means of the national medicines safety web- portals, as well as by mail, telephone and fax. 2. Member States shall, within 15 days following the receipt of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, submit the reports electronically to the Eudravigilance database. Marketing authorisation holderselectronically to the database and data-processing network referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Eudravigilance database’) information on all adverse reactions that occur within their territory within 15 days following the receipt of the report or, in the absence of a report, following the day on which the competent authority gained knowledge of the event. Marketing authorisation holders, healthcare professionals and the public shall access those reports through the Eudravigilance database, which must be made permanently accessible without delay. 3. The Member States shall ensure that reports of medication errors brought to their attention in the framework of suspected adverse reaction reporting for medicinal products are made available to the Eudravigilance database and, to any authorities responsible for patient safety within that Member State and to independent programmes for the reporting and prevention of medication errors. They shall also ensure that the authorities responsible for medicinal products within that Member State are informed of any suspected adverse reactions brought to the attention of the authorities responsible for patient safety within that Member State.
Amendment 21 #
2008/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to allow all competent authorities to receive and access, at the same time, pharmacovigilance information for medicinal products for human use authorised in the CommunityUnion, and share it, the Eudravigilance database should be maintained and strengthened as the single point of receipt of such information. Member States should therefore not impose on marketing authorisation holders any additional reporting requirements. Instead, the Eudravigilance database should simultaneously notify the relevant Member States of reports submitted by market authorisation holders. In order to ensure the high quality of information, Member States should support the development of national and regional pharmacovigilance centres' expertise. National competent authorities should collect the reports from these centres and should then transfer data to Eudravigilance database. The database should be fully accessible to the Member States, the Agency and the Commission, and accessible to an appropriate extent to marketing authorisation holders and the public.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to protect public health, there should be adequate funding of activities related to pharmacovigilance by the Agency. Provision should be made to allow adequate funding for pharmacovigilance activities through the collection of fees charged to marketing authorisation holders. The management of those collected funds should be under a permanent control of the Management Board in order to guarantee the independence ofing to pharmacovigilance by the Agency.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) WFor any new authorised medicinal product on the market for less then 3 years or where a medicinal product is authorized subject to the requirement to conduct a post-authorisation safety study or subject to conditions or restrictions with regard to the safe and effective use of the medicinal product, the medicinal product should be intensively monitored on the market. Patients and healthcare professionals should be encouraged to report all suspect adverse reactions to such medicinal products, identified by a black triangle and a corresponding explanatory sentence on the summary of product characteristics, and on the patient information leaflet, and a publicly available list of such medicinal products should be kept up to date by the Agency.
Amendment 46 #
2008/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation EC/726/2004
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 2 and 3
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 2 and 3
The Agency shall ensure that health-care professionals and the public have appropriate levels of access to the Eudravigilance database, with personal data protection being guaranteed. The Agency shall work together with organisations representing health professionals, patients and consumers to define “the appropriate level of access”. The data held on the Eudravigilance database shall be made publicly accessible in an aggregated format together with an explanation of how to interpret the data.
Amendment 80 #
2008/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 18 – point b
Article 1 – point 18 – point b
Regulation EC/726/2004
Article 67 – paragraph 4
Article 67 – paragraph 4
"4. Activities relating to pharmacovigilance, to the operation of communications networks and to market surveillance shall be under the permanent control of the Management Board in order to guarantee the independence of the Agency. Thisey shall not preclude the collection of fees to be paid by marketing authorisation holders for the carrying out of these activities by the Agencyreceive adequate public funding commensurate with the tasks conferred."
Amendment 198 #
2008/0142(COD)
Council position
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall encourage Member States, particularly neighbouring countries, to conclude agreements among themselves and to develop joint action programmes. The Commission shall also encourage the Member States to cooperate to create areas in which patients will have improved access to health care, particularly in cross-border areas.
Amendment 202 #
2008/0142(COD)
Council position
Article 11 – paragraph 2 - point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 - point a
a) no later than…*, measures enabling a health professional to verify the authenticity of the prescription and whether the prescription was issued in another Member State by a member of a regulated health profession who is legally entitled to do so through developing a non-exhaustive list of elements to be included in thesingle EU prescription template and supporting interoperability of prescriptions;
Amendment 204 #
2008/0142(COD)
Council position
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
c) no later than…32 measures to facilitate the correct identification of medicinal products or medical devices prescribed in one Member State and dispensed in another, including measures to address patient safety concerns in relation to their substitution in cross-border healthcare where the legislation of the dispensing Member State permits such substitution. The Commission shall consider, inter alia, using, such as priority use of the International Non-proprietary Name and the dosage of medicinal products(INN);