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205 Amendments of Vital MOREIRA

Amendment 2 #

2014/0090(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to prevent any risk of fraud, the entitlement to benefit from autonomous trade preferences should be conditional on the compliance by Ukraine with the relevant rules of origin of products and the procedures related thereto as well as involvement in effective administrative cooperation with the Union. Moreover, Ukraine should abstain from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect or new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect or from increasing existing levels of duties or charges or from introducing any other restrictions. A serious deterioration in respect for the fundamental principles of democracy and human rights in Ukraine, including core labour rights, should constitute reasons for a temporary suspension of the preferences. In the event of failure to comply with any of these conditions the Commission should be empowered to suspend temporarily all or part of the preferences.
2014/03/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2014/0090(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to the conditions set out in paragraph 1, entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements introduced by Article 1 is subject to respect for human rights, including core labour rights, and the fundamental principles of democracy by Ukraine. If Ukraine adopts measures restricting human rights and workers' rights, the Commission shall immediately propose to repeal this Regulation.
2014/03/19
Committee: INTA
Amendment 72 #

2013/2740(RSP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for strengthening the WTO parliamentary dimension to ensure that parliamentarians get better access to trade negotiations, are involved in the formulation and implementation of WTO decision making, and ensure trade policies are properly scrutinised in the interests of their citizens; calls accordingly for a permanent European parliamentary delegation to the WTO to be established;
2013/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas under the principle of sincere cooperation the Union and national institutionMember States assist each other, in full mutual respect, in carrying out tasks which flow from the Treaties and whereas the latter institutions facilitate the achievement of the Union's tasks and refrain from any measures that could jeopardise the attainment of the Union's objectives;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 16 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Article 12 of the TEU, covering the activities of national parliaments, fleshes out the principle of sincere cooperation by stating that the national parliaments should contribute actively to the good functioning of the Union;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 28 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the European Parliament and the national parliaments are, in their respective spheres, the pillars of the Union's two-fold democratic legitimacy, the former as the institution in which EU citizens are directly represented and the latter as the national institutions to which the governments represented in the Council are directly accountable;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 30 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, accordingly, the national parliaments taken together do not form a ‘third chamber’ in the EU’s constitutional set-up, but instead serve to make the Union’s second chamber, the Council, more democratic;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 33 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the national parliaments’ competences in connection with the subsidiarity principle are viewed by most of those parliaments more as a means of engaging in ‘political dialogue’ with the European institutions than as a formal legal means of blocking legislation;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 39 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas this approach on the part of national parliaments should be turned to good account by also taking proper notice of national parliament opinions dealing with matters other than compliance with the subsidiarity principle;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas, furthermore, it is important for each national parliament, or each chamber thereof, to forge closer links – in particular in connection with the early warning mechanism – with regional parliaments that have legislative powers;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 46 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the inclusion of national parliaments in a European parliamentary system needs to be properly regulated with a view to building a Union that is ever more integrated, democratic, transparent and close to the people;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 58 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas, what is more, at the current stage in the integration process, although they do not have a direct legislative role at Union level, the national parliaments have their own special role to play in bolstering ‘European awareness’ in the Member States and bringing citizens closer to the EU;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 68 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas although the national parliaments’ role and contribution are clear under the new institutional set-up stemming from the Lisbon Treaty, the new provisions have been implemented in the absence of a clear overall institutional vision;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 71 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas the changes made to its Rules of Procedure have taken into account the Lisbon Treaty provisions on the role of national parliaments in the EU;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 74 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas this is due in part to the fact that the role of the EU Speakers’ Conference as a political driving force in interparliamentary relations still needs to be more clearly defined and placed on a more formal institutional footing;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 78 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas, almost five years after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, with a view to future Conventions, relations between the European Parliament and the national parliaments now need be consolidated and properly organised in order to avoid duplication and to help to give greater democratic legitimacy to the European integration process, as well as to ensure that democratic scrutiny is exercised in a timely manner and at the level at which decisions are taken and implemented and that everyone all parties in the legislative process receive the information they require;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 87 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out the two-fold democratic legitimacy of the Union, as a union of peoplecitizens and of sMember States, is embodied, in the EU legislative process, by the European Parliament and the Council; believes that, if the Member States are to be represented in a unitary, fully democratic manner in the EU, the stances taken by national governments in the Council must reflect the views of their national parliaments; stresses that, by guiding and scrutinising the work of their governments, national parliaments help to make the Council more democraticshould take in due account the views of their national parliaments;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 88 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that proper legitimacy and accountability must be ensured at national and EU levels by national parliaments and the European Parliament respectively; recalls the principle set out in the conclusions of the December 2012 European Council meeting that 'throughout the process, the general objective remains to ensure democratic legitimacy and accountability at the level at which decisions are taken and implemented';
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 89 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, to this end, for national parliaments to (a) improve their guidance and scrutiny procedures, with a view to achieving greater consistency, (b) provide ministers and national governments with prior guidance on their work within the Council, (c) scrutinise the stances taken by ministers and national governments within the Council, and (d) play an effective role in providing guidance on and scrutinising the implementation of directives and regulations, and for Council deliberations on legislative acts to be made more transparent;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 98 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognizes the role played by the European Parliament committees and National Parliaments committees through the EU legislative process;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 101 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the lack of transparency of Council deliberations on legislative acts preventsmakes it difficult for governments from beingto be genuinely accountable to their national parliaments;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 105 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that only two 'yellow cards' - and no 'orange cards' at all – have been shown in the subsidiarity scrutiny process to date, and points out that the purpose of the early warning mechanism is not to block the European decision-making process but to improve the quality of EU legislationmake sure that the EU acts in the framework of its competences;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 108 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view, therefore, that subsidiarity compliance monitoring by national parliaments and European institutions should be seen not as an undue restriction but as a very necessary duty, in that it helps to mould the form and substamechanism to guarantee the competences of EU legislation to the needs of EU citiznational parliaments;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 111 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the early warning mechanism should be viewed and used as a key means ofone of the tools for ensuring proactive cooperation between European and national institutions;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 114 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the fact that this mechanism is in practice being also used as a channel for consultation and cooperative dialogue between the various institutions in the EU's multitier system;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 119 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes, given that subsidiarity scrutiny is a dynamic process, that reasoned opinions delivered by national parliaments should be viewed by the institutions not least as an opportunity to gain a clearer picture of how best to achieve the objectives set for legislative acts, and calls on the Commission to reply promptly and fully to reasoned opinions and contributions sent in by national parliaments;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 126 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point d
(d) promote cooperation with the parliaments of non-EU countries;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 129 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Views interparliamentary meetings as places where EU policies and national policies come together and feed off each other, to the benefit of both; believes that a key function of such meetings is to allow national parliaments to take account of the European perspective in national debates, and the European Parliament to take account of the national perspective in European debates; reiterates that the aim of such cooperation is not to form a new joint parliamentary body for inclusion in the Union’s current decision-making set- up, as this would be both ineffective and undemocratic and unconstitutional;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 133 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Draws attention the fact that the novel European interparliamentary system that is in the process of taking shape is in need of a legal framework and of more formal procedures, to be established jointly with the national parliaments, in order to move forward with the process of ‘parliamentarising’ the European Union and consolidate the multitier parliamentary system;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 137 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the actions that - following the recommendations of the steering group on relations with national parliaments - have been taken since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon to intensify cooperation between national parliaments and the European Parliament, in particular the planning and the increase of the number of interparliamentary committee meetings (50 since 2010), the information to members and relevant political bodies of national parliament submissions (reasoned opinions and contributions), the introduction of videoconferences, the promotion of bilateral visits, technical improvements to the InterParliamentary EU information eXchange (IPEX); the increase in collaborative projects within the framework of the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD); visits of administrative officials and exchange of information and of best practices; believes that these actions help to make interparliamentary relations more efficient and more focused, whilst contributing to parliamentary democratisation;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 144 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the development of formal interparliamentary conferencemeetings should be based on common ground rulepractical arrangements which make allowance for the special features of each type of conference;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 148 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Draws attention to the need forTakes note of the role of the EU Speakers' Conference to lend greater political impetus to and shape interparliamentary cooperation, in keeping with the remit for each conference and meetingin the interparliamentary cooperation;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 151 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Points out, furthermore, thatEncourages the effectiveness of interparliamentary committee meetings are more effective and calls for closer cooperation between rapporteurs on specific legislative issues;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 152 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the effective meetings between political groups and European political parties to be held as part of the arrangements for EU interparliamentary cooperation;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 157 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that, not least in the light of the new interparliamentary conferences on the CFSP/CSDP and economic and financial governance, COSAC should take on a more specialist role as, primarily, a forum for discussion of the state of the Uncan act as a forum for discussion;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 161 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that interparliamentary cooperation must be open and inclusive and voices its concern about restricted interparliamentary meetings, to which some parliaments are not invited, being organised without proper consultation in order to adopt positions on EU affairs which are not consensus-based; points out that this practice is contrary to the spirit and letter of the Treaties, as is interparliamentary cooperation conducted at administrative level;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 166 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for a careful appraisal to be made of relations between the Commission and national parliaments and calls, in accordance with the spirit of the Treaties, for the European Parliament to be more closely involved in those relations;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 173 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – introductory part
24. Proposes that an interparliamentary agreementunderstanding should be concluddeveloped between the national parliaments and the European Parliament, to form the basis for organised,an efficient cooperation pursuant to Article 9 of Protocol No 1 to the Lisbon Treaty and Rule 130 of its own rules of procedure and to cover, inter alia:;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 174 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point a
(a) the basic features of interparliamentary cooperation;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 175 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point b
(b) common ground rules;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 177 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point c
(c) the European issues, both general and sector-specific, that are of shared interest;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 178 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point d
(d) exchanges of information, documents and best practice;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 179 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point e
(e) reciprocal arrangements facilitating interparliamentary relations;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 181 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for regular, effective meetings between political groups and European political parties to be held as part of the arrangements for EU interparliamentary cooperation;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 183 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes the changes made to its Rules of Procedure in order to take account of the Lisbon Treaty provisions on the role of national parliaments in the EU;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 187 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Suggests that a budget line be created in order to provide support for appropriate and effective interparliamentary cooperation at committee and rapporteur level on specific legislative issues;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 194 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Believes that COSAC should serve primarily as a forum for in-depth discussion of the state of the Union, with a view to the gradual integration of the peoples and states of Europe;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 197 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Proposes that COSAC should also take a detailed look at difficulties experienced by national parliaments in exercising the prerogatives conferred on them by the Lisbon Treaty;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 200 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the conferences on the CFSP/CSDP and economic and financial government to continue;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 203 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Recalls that with respect to the conference on economic governance, which is based on Article 13 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance, an agreement reached by the EU Speakers in their Conference in Nicosia in April 2013 provides for a number of arrangements for that conference and for a review of these arrangements to be completed in 2015 in the Rome EU Speakers' Conference; takes the view accordingly that any procedure for adoption of practical arrangements for the conference on economic governance prior to that review would be premature and should therefore be avoided;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 205 #

2013/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for arrangements ensuring effective interparliamentary cooperation on Eurojust and Europol to be introduced;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 2 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 7 May 2009 on Parliament's new role and responsibilities in implementing the Treaty of Lisbon,
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 3 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas full use should be made of the deepening of the European Union’s democratic legitimacy as provided by the Treaty of Lisbon, through the procedure leading to the election of the President of the European Commission and to the investiture of the European Commission, thus conferring a new political dimension on the European elections through the designation of candidates for that office by the European political parties and reconnecting citizens by enabling them also to cast their votes also for the person of their choice;deleted (Better fits in the main section. Should be moved from recitals to paragraphs.)
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 8 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, according to the new procedure provided by the Treaty of Lisbon for the election of the President of the European Commission, Parliament elects the President of the European Commission by a majority of its component members;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the declaration 11 on article 17(6) and (7) of the Treaty on European Union calls the European Parliament and the European Council to determine by common accord the arrangements for the consultations referred to in article 17 (7) TEU and to guarantee the smooth functioning of the process leading to the election of the President of the European Commission;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the European Council has to take into account the result of the European elections and hold appropriate consultations with the European Parliament before it proposes to it the candidate for President of the European Commission;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 14 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the Commission’s accountability to Parliament should be strengthened through the Union’s annual and multiannual programming as well as by creating symmetry between the majorities required for the election of the President of the Commission and for the motion of censure;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. stresses that the potentialities for the strengthening of the European Union's democratic legitimacy provided by the Treaty of Lisbon should be fully implemented, inter alia through the designation of candidates for the office of Commission President by the European political parties, thus conferring a new political dimension on the European elections and further connecting the citizens' vote with the election of the Commission President by the European Parliament;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 24 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the next Convention to rethink the way in which the Commission’s President is delected in order to reinforce the Commission’s democratic legitimacy, including the possibility of its direct election;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 37 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls the European Council to implement the declaration 11 on article 17(6) and (7) of the Treaty on European Union by defining by common accord with the European Parliament the arrangements for the consultations referred to in article 17 (7) TEU and by guaranteeing the smooth functioning of the process leading to the election of the President of the European Commission;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 47 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the elected President of the Commission should act more autonomously in the process of selecting the other Members of the Commission; calls upon the governments of the Member States to each propose a list of at least three candidates for the office of European Commissioner, allowing the elected President of the Commission to choose one of the candidates from that list; urges the newly elected President of the Commission to insist with the governments of the Member States that the list of candidates for the office of Commissioner must enable him to ensure the gender-balanced composition of the European Commission;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 57 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, under the Treaties in force, the solution to be adopted may involve the establishment of a rotation system of Commissioners with portfolio andsystem of Vice-presidents of the Commissioners without portfolio, thus ensuring relative stability in the number and content of portfolios and guaranteeing at the same time that the representation of the specificities and interests of all Member States is well balanced in the Commission’s decision- making process; believes that, within this framework, Commissioners without portfolio should fully participate in the decision-making process and could undertake representative duties for the Commission at European level responsibilities over major thematic clusters and with competences to coordinate the work of the Commission in the corresponding areas;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 65 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that, in a future revision of the Treaties, the majority currentlConvention should discuss the majority required under Article 234 TFEU for a motion of censure against the Commission should be simplified so as to require only a majority of the component Members of the European Parliamentand how it could be reduced without putting the well- functioning of the institutions at risk;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 71 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the challenge of transparency is ever-present and common to all institutions, including inAcknowledges the challenge to render first- reading agreements more transparent; notes that Parliament has tried to responded to this challenge by adopting new Rules 70 and 70a of its Rules of Procedure;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 78 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Requests that, at the next revision of the Treaties, Parliament's right of legislative initiative beis fully recognised by making it mandatory for the Commission to follow up all requests for legislative proposals submitted by Parliament under Article 225 TFEU by presenting a legislative proposal within an appropriate time-limit;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 86 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Understands that delegated acts can be a flexible and effective tool; Stresses the importance of the choice between delegated acts and implementing acts from the point of view of safeguarding the rule- making prerogatives of Parliament, and reiterates its request to the Commission and the Council to agree with Parliament on the definition of criteria for the application of Articles 290 and 291 TFEU , so that implementing acts are not used as a substitute to delegated acts;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 92 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Demands that Parliament be fully and accurately informed at all stages of the procedures for concluding international agreements so as to ensure that Parliament cEmphasises the need to ensure that Parliament is previously informed by the Commission about its intentions to launch an international negotiation and is really able to express an informed opinion on the negotiating mandates and takehat its final decision with an exhaustive knowledge of the subject matteropinion is taken into account; insists that international agreements should include the appropriate conditionalities in order to comply with Article 21 TEU;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 94 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Takes the view that it should be considered the participation of Parliament members as observers in the negotiations of international agreements;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 95 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises the need to ensure that Parliament is really able to express an informed opinion on the negotiating mandaDemands that Parliament be fully and accurately informed at all stages of the procedures for concluding international agreements, including the access to the Union´s negotiation texts under the appropriate procedures and conditions, so as to ensure that Parliament can take its final decision with an exhaustive knowledge of the subject mattesr;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 96 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. While respecting the principle that Parliament´s consent to international agreements cannot be conditional, Parliament is entitled to make recommendations as to the actual application of the agreements. To this effect, requests that the Commission presents regular reports to Parliament on the implementation of international agreements, including the human rights conditionality and other conditions of the agreements.
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 97 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Reminds the need to avoid the provisional application of international agreements before Parliament´s consent to them, unless Parliament agrees to make an exception; underscores that the rules needed for the internal application of international agreements cannot be adopted by the Council alone in its decision on the conclusion of the agreement and that the appropriate legislative procedures under the Treaties must be fully respected;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 99 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Insists that Parliament should have a say on the decisions regarding the suspension or termination of international agreements whose conclusion need the consent of Parliament.
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 105 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses that, under Article 48 (2) TEU, Parliament has the competence to initiate Treaty changes and will make use of this right to present new ideas for the future of Europe and the institutional framework of the EU;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 106 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Underlines that the rules on dialogue and access to information allow for more comprehensive parliamentary scrutiny of the activities of the Commission, ensuring that Parliament is treated on an equal footing with thethereby contributing to the equal treatment of Parliament and Council of Ministers by the Commission;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 109 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. calls for an Interinstitutional Agreement to reinforce the role of the European Parliament in the context of the European Semester, and in particular to involve Parliament in the drafting and approval of the Annual Growth Survey, the Economic Policy and Employment Guidelines and the country-specific Recommendations;
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 114 #

2013/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Considers that one of the major challenges to the Lisbon Treaty constitutional framework is the risk of intergovernmentalism jeopardizing the "community method", thus weakening the role of Parliament and of the Commission in favour of the institutions representing the Member-states governments.
2014/01/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 (new)
- 1. Calls for a consistent approach to the PCA and FTA negotiations; recalls that each must support the other's objectives;
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the ongoing negotiations for a PCA and FTA and calls for them to be ambitious, comprehensive and mutually beneficial;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 2 (new)
-2. Emphasizes that the two negotiations should be dependent on each other and be carried out in parallel;
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Malaysian Government to continue its reforms towards building a modern economy, moving up the value chain and becoming a high-income country by 2020;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 8 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 3 (new)
-3. Recalls that progress in the political area is instrumental to free and fair trade, just as much as trade liberalization is helpful in promoting political liberalization, democracy and human rights;
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the PCA and FTA processes can contribute to Malaysia's domestic policy agenda and to the completion of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015/2018;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages enhanced SPS cooperation as an important means of ensuring a transparent and trade-friendly regime; highlights the importance of including provisions on cooperation on animal welfare;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for strengthened customs cooperation and mutual administrative assistance as effective tools to facilitate trade, reduce the burden on traders and fight counterfeiting and fraud;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of promoting improved access to each other's services markets, given that this plays an important role in modern economies and generates growth and trade;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 23 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of protecting and enforcing IPR to encourage growth and investment and a knowledge-based economy; recalls that nothing in the agreement may be construed so as to hamper access to medicines; underlines the importance of agreeing on high-level protection for geographical indications as a means of protecting traditional knowledge and know-how and guaranteeing a fair return to farmers;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2013/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Malaysia as a resource-rich country not to restrict access to raw materials and to refrain from applying export restrictions to the EU.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2013/0416(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The Union shall make macro-financial assistance available to Tunisia (‘the Union's macro-financial assistance’) of a maximum amount of EUR 25300 million, with a view to supporting Tunisia's economic stabilisation and reforms. The assistance shall contribute to covering Tunisia's balance of payments needs as identified in the IMF programme.
2014/01/27
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009, implementing powers should be conferred upon the Commission enabling it to adopt measures relating to the codes to be used for data referred to in Article 5(1) of that Regulation and measures relating to the linking of the data on business characteristics with data recorded in accordance with the same Article. These powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.deleted
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 4 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries (Extrastat Committee) referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 provides advice to the Commission and assists it in exercising its implementing powers.deleted
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 5 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Under the strategy for a new European Statistical System (hereinafter referred to as ‘ESS’) structure intended to improve coordination and partnership in a clear pyramid structure within the ESS, the European Statistical System Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘ESSC’), established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics9 , should have an advisory role and assist the Commission in exercising its implementing powers. __________________ 9deleted OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164.
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 should be amended by replacing the reference to the Extrastat Committee with a reference to the ESSC.deleted
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) 471/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 10a, delegated acts relating to the adoption of rules with respect to the further specification of the data referred to in paragraph 1 and with respect to the measures relating to the codes to be used for these data.
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 8 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) 471/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating to the codes to be used for these data.deleted
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) 471/2009
Article – 5 paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).deleted
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) 471/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating tobe empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 10a, delegated acts relating to the adoption of rules on the linking of the data and these statistics to be compiled.
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) 471/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).deleted
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2013/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 7
(7) Article 11 is replaced by the following: The Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (*) This committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (*). Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall applydeleted.
2013/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In making the Union interest assessment, the opportunity to provide comments should be given to all producers in the Union and not just those producers lodging the complaint.deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
-1. Third countries increasingly interfere in trade with a view to benefitting domestic producers, for instance by imposing export taxes or operating dual pricing schemes. Such interferences create additional distortions of trade. As a consequence, Union producers are not only harmed by dumping, but suffer, compared to producers from third countries engaged in such practices, additional distortions of trade. Differences in the level of labour and environmental standards can also result in additional distortions of trade. Therefore, the lesser duty rule shall not apply in such cases, when the exporting country has an insufficient level of social and environmental standards. A sufficient level is defined by the ratification of core ILO Conventions and of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) the EU is party to. Small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) particularly suffer from unfair competition because their small size prevents them from adapting thereto. Therefore, the lesser duty rule shall not apply when the complaint has been presented on behalf of a sector largely composed of SMEs. The lesser duty rule shall always apply, however, when structural raw material distortions are the result of a deliberate choice made by a least developed country to protect public interest.
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 160 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 2
The amount of the provisional anti- dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping as provisionally established. Unless structural raw material distor, but it should be less than the margin if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the Community industry. 2b) Such a lesser duty shall not apply in any of the following circumstances: - structural distortions or significant State interferences regarding, inter alia, prices, costs and inputs, including for instance raw materials and energy, research and labour, outputs, sales and investments, currency exchange rate and fair trade finance conditions, were found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country, it should be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry. ; - the exporting country does not have a sufficient level of social and environmental standards, where sufficient levels are determined on the basis of the ratification and effective implementation by the third country of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, and protocols thereunder, the EU is party to at any point in time and of ILO Conventions listed in Annex I; - the complainant represents a diverse and fragmented industry, largely composed of small-and-medium-sized enterprises; - the investigation or a separate anti- subsidy investigation has established at least provisionally that the exporting country provides one or more subsidies to exporting producers of the product concerned. 2 c) However, such a lesser duty shall always be granted when structural raw materials distortions are found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country and such country is a least-developed country listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 185 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 4
The amount of the anti-dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping established. Unless structural raw material distor but it should be less than the margin if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the Community industry. 2 b) Such a lesser duty shall not apply in any of the following circumstances: - structural distortions or significant State interferences regarding, inter alia, prices, costs and inputs, including for instance raw materials and energy, research and labour, outputs, sales and investments, currency exchange rate and fair trade finance conditions, were found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country, it shall be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry; -the exporting country does not have a sufficient level of social and environmental standards, where sufficient levels are determined on the basis of the ratification and effective implementation by the third country of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, and protocols thereunder, the EU is party to at any point in time and of ILO Conventions listed in Annex I; - the complainant represents a diverse and fragmented industry, largely composed of small-and-medium-sized enterprises; - the investigation or a separate anti- subsidy investigation has established that the exporting country provides one or more subsidies to exporting producers of the product concerned. 2 c) However, such a lesser duty shall always be granted when structural raw materials distortions are found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country and such country is a least-developed country listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 215 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point 1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 21
1. Article 21 shall be replaced by the following: 1. Without prejudice to the priority given to the interests of the domestic industry affected by the unfair trade practice, a determination as to whether the CommunityUnion interest calls for intervention shall be based on an appreciation of all the various interests takenpresented as a whole, including the interests of the domestic industry and users and consumers, and a determination pursuant to this Article shall only be made where all parties have been given the opportunity to make their views known pursuant to paragraph 2. In such an examination, the need to eliminate the trade distorting effects of injurious dumping and to restore effective competition shall be given special consideration. Measures, as determined on the basis of the dumping and injury found, may not be applied where the authorities, on the basis of all the information submitted, can clearly conclude that it is not in the Community interest to apply such measurUnion interest to apply such measures. A determination that measures are not in the Union interest should not be made if an industry has been seriously injured by dumped imports to an extent that its survival may be in question or if an industry is small and involve mainly Small and Medium sized Enterprises. 2. In order to provide a sound basis on which the authorities can take account of all views and information in the decision as to whether or not the imposition of measures is in the CommunityUnion interest, the complainants, importers and their representative associations, representative users and representative consumer organisations may, within the time-limits specified in the notice of initiation of the anti-dumping investigation, make themselves known and provide information to the Commission. Such information, or appropriate summaries thereof, shall be made available to the other parties specified in this Article, and they shall be entitled to respond to such information. 3. TOnly information which is submitted by interested parties in full conformity with this sub-paragraph shall be taken into account for the final determination on Union Interest. 3. Only the parties which have acted in conformity with paragraph 2 may request a hearing. Such requests shall be granted when they are submitted within the time- limits set in paragraph 2, and when they set out the reasons, in terms of the CommunityUnion interest, why the parties should be heard. 4. TOnly the parties which have acted in conformity with paragraph 2 may provide comments on the application of any provisional duties imposed. Such comments shall be received within one month of the application of such measures if they are to be taken into account and they, or appropriate summaries thereof, shall be made available to other parties who shall be entitled to respond to such comments. 5. The Commission shall examine the information which is properly submitted and the extent to which it is representative and the results of such analysis, together with an opinion on its merits, shall be transmitted to the Advisory Committee. The balance of views expressed in the Committee insofar as they are based on the evidence submitted shall be taken into account by the Commission in any proposal made pursuant to Article 9. 6. TOnly the parties which have acted in conformity with paragraph 2 may request the facts and considerations on which final decisions are likely to be taken to be made available to them. Such information shall be made available to the extent possible and without prejudice to any subsequent decision taken by the Commission or the Council. 7. Information shall only be taken into account for a determination of Union Interest under this paragraph when it is presented and where it is supported by actual evidence which substantiates its validity and is subsequently verified.
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 216 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 21 – paragraph 2
9. Article 21(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. In order to provide a sound basis on which the authorities can take account of all views and information in the decision as to whether or not the imposition of measures is in the Union interest, the Union producers, importers and their representative associations, representative users and representative consumer organisations may, within the time-limits specified in the notice of initiation of the anti-dumping investigation, make themselves known and provide information to the Commission. Such information, or appropriate summaries thereof, shall be made available to the other parties specified in this Article, and they shall be entitled to respond to such information.’deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 219 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 22 – paragraph 2 (new)
9a. In Article 22, the following new paragraph shall be added: Any documents aimed at clarifying the established practice of the Commission with regard to one or more elements of an investigation or review under the present Regulation shall be formally presented to the European Parliament and Member States which have to give their approval before publication or adoption. Any subsequent modifications of those documents shall be subject to the same procedural requirement. In any event, any of these documents must be fully in conformity with the provisions of this Regulation and no such document can broaden the discretion of the Commission, as interpreted by the Court of Justice, if applicable, in adopting measures.
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 231 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Recital 9 a (new)
-1. The following Recital 9a shall be inserted: "(9a) Within the Union, countervailable subsidies are in principle prohibited pursuant to Article 107 (1) TFEU. Therefore, countervailable subsidies granted by third countries are particularly distortive of trade. The amount of State aid authorized by the Commission has steadily been reduced over time. For the anti-subsidy instrument, the lesser duty rule should hence no longer be applied to imports from a country/countries engaged in subsidisation."
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 324 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 31
1. AWithout prejudice to the priority given to the interests of the domestic industry affected by the unfair trade practice, a determination as to whether the CommunityUnion interest calls for intervention shouldall be based on an appraisaleciation of all the various interests takenpresented as a whole, including the interests of the domestic industry and users and consumers. A, and a determination pursuant to this Article shall be made only where all parties have been given the opportunity to make their views known pursuant to paragraph 2. In such an examination, the need to eliminate the trade- distorting effects of injurious subsidisation and to restore effective competition shall be given special consideration. Measures, as determined on the basis of subsidisation and injury found, may not be applied where the authorities, on the basis of all the information submitted, can clearly conclude that it is not in the Community interest to apply such measurUnion interest to apply such measures. A determination that measures are not in the Union interest should not be made if an industry has been seriously injured by subsidised imports to an extent that its survival may be in question or if an industry is small and involve mainly Small and Medium sized Enterprises. 2. In order to provide a sound basis on which the authorities can take account of all views and information in the decision as to whether or not the imposition of measures is in the CommunityUnion interest, the complainants, importers and their representative associations, representative users and representative consumer organisations may, within the time -limits specified in the notice of initiation of the countervailing duty investigation, make themselves known and provide information to the Commission. Such information, or appropriate summaries thereof, shall be made available to the other parties specified in this paragraph, and they shall be entitled to respond to such information. 3. TOnly information which is submitted by interested parties in full conformity with this sub-paragraph shall be taken into account for the final determination on Union Interest. 3. Only the parties which have acted in conformity with paragraph 2 may request a hearing. Such requests shall be granted when they are submitted within the time- limits set in paragraph 2, and when they set out the reasons, in terms of the CommunityUnion interest, why the parties should be heard. 4. TOnly the parties which have acted in conformity with paragraph 2 may provide comments on the application of any provisional duties imposed. Such comments shall be received within one month of the application of such measures if they are to be taken into account and they, or appropriate summaries thereof, shall be made available to other parties who shall be entitled to respond to such comments. 5. The Commission shall examine the information which is properly submitted and the extent to which it is representative, and the results of such analysis, together with an opinion on its merits, shall be transmitted to the Advisory Committee. The balance of views expressed in the Committee insofar as they are based on the evidence submitted shall be taken into account by the Commission in any proposal made pursuant to Articles 14 and 15. 6. TOnly the parties which have acted in conformity with paragraph 2 may request that the facts and considerations on which final decisions are likely to be taken be made available to them. Such information shall be made available to the extent possible and without prejudice to any subsequent decision taken by the Commission or the Council. 7. Information shall be taken into account for a determination of Union Interest under this paragraph when it is presented and only where it is supported by actual evidence which substantiates its validity and is subsequently verified.
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 325 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 31 – paragraph 2
10. Article 31(2) is replaced by the following: "2. In order to provide a sound basis on which the authorities can take account of all views and information in the decision as to whether or not the imposition of measures is in the Union interest, the Union producers, importers and their representative associations, representative users and representative consumer organisations may, within the time-limits specified in the notice of initiation of the countervailing investigation, make themselves known and provide information to the Commission. Such information, or appropriate summaries thereof, shall be made available to the other parties specified in this paragraph, and they shall be entitled to respond to such information."deleted
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 328 #

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point 1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 33 – paragraph 2 (new)
1a. In Article 33, the following new paragraph 2 shall be added: "Any documents aimed at clarifying the established practice of the Commission with regard to one or more elements of an investigation or review under the present Regulation shall be formally presented to the European Parliament and Member States which have to give their approval before publication or adoption. Any subsequent modifications of those documents shall be subject to the same procedural requirement. In any event, any of these documents must be fully in conformity with the provisions of this Regulation and no such document can broaden the discretion of the Commission, as interpreted by the Court of Justice, if applicable, in adopting measures."
2013/12/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2013/0099(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 (new)
Regulation (EC) 1215/2009
Article 7a – paragraphs 2 and 3
Regulation (EC) 1215/2009 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 7a paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: '2. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 7 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from ...+. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than 9 months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 7 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. _____________ + O.J.: Please insert the date of entry into force of this regulation.';
2013/08/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2013/0099(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) 1215/2009
Annex I
(2) Annex I to regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2013/08/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2012/2711(RSP)

- having regard to its resolution of 13 June 2012 on EU trade negotiations with Japan;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 9
Underlines that such an agreement must be comprehensive, ambitious and fully binding in all its commercial provisions; stresses an FTA must lead to a genuine openness on the ground for EU businesses rather than just a hypothetical, legal opennes- on the basis of clear commitments to eliminate NTBs - rather than just a hypothetical, legal openness; calls on the Commission to formally and periodically update the European Parliament and the Council on the state of play of the negotiations and on the progress made on dismantling Japanese NTBs; considers that if, during the negotiations, Japan does not demonstrate sufficient ambition, the Commission should suspend negotiations after consultations with the European Parliament and the Council;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, first indent
- Concrete and wide-ranging commitments from the Japanese government on NTBs with a view to eliminating a substantial percentage ofll barriers hindering EU-Japan trade; underlines that these commitments should go considerably further than the roadmaps already agreed under the scoping exercise;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, first indent c (new)
- Removal of the existing NTB in the automotive sector included in the scoping paper such as the "zoning regulations" and the preferential treatment for "kei cars" to allow foreign competition on this segment;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, second indent
- Significant concessions on public procurement guaranteeing market access for European companies in strategic Japanese sectors including railways and urban transport and to the same degree of openness as that of the EU's public procurement markets;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, second indent a (new)
- Significant commitments on competition rules;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, third indent
- A strict, binding and effective dispute resolution mechanism to combat the development of new NTBs and obstacles to market access in public procurement in Japan after the entry into force of the agreement;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, fourth indent
- A staggered schedule for sensitive tariff reductions in the EU to allow EU industry time to adapt to increased competition; considers that the removal of such tariffs should be inextricably linked via a 'safety clause' to the progress in removing obstacles to market access in public procurement and NTBs in Japan;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 11, eighth indent d (new)
- A robust sustainable development chapter with binding core labour standards, including the four ILO priority conventions for industrialised countries, and environmental standards; this chapter should also include the setting up of a civil society forum that monitors and comments on its implementation;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 91 #

2012/2711(RSP)


Paragraph 13
13. Demands that, if negotiations are successful, the Commission undertakes a second impact assessment to evaluate the expected advantages and disadvantages of the agreement for EU jobs and growth, especially on sensitive sectors as the automotive and electronics, also in the light of the EU-Korea FTA;
2012/09/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2012/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of continuing with the strengthening of transatlantic economic relations but without threatening EU policies, including in fields such as environmental standards, cultural diversity, sociallabour rights, consumers' rights, public services or geographical indications, among others; emphasises that while the specific interests and sensitivities of both partners must be safeguarded in a balanced way, there are many areas where progress would be greatly beneficial, in particular as regards the removal of trade barriers, the introduction of measures to ensure better market access and appropriate investment conditions, the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), the opening up of public procurement markets to ensure full reciprocity, and the convergence on mutual recognition of regulatory standards; considers that such an intensification of economic relations would also allow for greater alignment of EU and US approaches towards addressing global economic challenges;
2012/09/21
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2012/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call for the completion of a transatlantic market by 2015, based on the principle of a 'social market economy,'1 the realisation of which – alongside the completion of the EU's own single market – will be a core factor in re-launching global economic growth and recovery;
2012/09/21
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2012/2124(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Where Parliament is asked to give its consent to a proposed actunder the the Treaty on European Union or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to a proposed act from another institution of the Union, it shall take aadopt its decision on the basis of ataking into account a reasoned recommendation from the committee responsible to approve or rejectfor the subject matter of the act.
2013/06/17
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #

2012/2124(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Parliament shall take a decision on the act requiring its consent under the Treaty on European Union or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by means of a single vote, and no amendments may be tabled. The majority required for the adoption of the consent shall be theits decision by means of a single vote on consent, by a majority of the votes cast, unless a different majority indicats required inby the article of tTreaties. The Treaty on European Uncommendation orf the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that constitutes the legal basis for the proposed actsponsible committee shall not be put to the vote. No conditions can be attached to the consent decision.
2013/06/17
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 10 #

2012/2124(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Article 81 – paragraph 3
3. Where Parliament's consent is required for a proposed legislative act or an envisaged international agreement, the committee responsible may decide, in the interests of achieving a positive outcome of the procedure, to present an interim report on the proposal to Parliament including, where appropriate, a motion for a resolution containing recommendations for modification or implementation of the proposed act.
2013/06/17
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #

2012/2124(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Article 81 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where Parliament's consent is required for the conclusion of an international agreement, Parliament may decide, in light of a recommendation from the committee responsible, to suspend the consent procedure for no longer than one year.
2013/06/17
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #

2012/0242(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Having regard to the second paragraph of Article 1, Articles 10 and 11 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
2012/11/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 51 #

2012/0242(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The principle of sincere cooperation between the European institutions is enshrined in the Treaties, specifically in Article 13(2) TEU,
2012/11/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 47 #

2011/2298(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 70 a (new)
Rule 70a Approval of a decision on the opening of interinstitutional negotiations prior to the adoption of a report at first reading 1. A decision on the opening of negotiations prior to the adoption of a report at first reading may only be adopted in duly justified cases and by a two-thirds majority of the committee responsible. 2. The decision shall be translated into all the official languages and transmitted to the President and to the presidents of the political groups and the chairs of committees. It shall be announced by the President at the opening of the part-session following its adoption by the committee responsible. 3. The decision of the committee may be overruled: – by the Conference of Presidents at its next ordinary meeting following the announcement; – by a vote in plenary under a request by two political groups representing at least one quarter of the Members of Parliament within 48 hours after the announcement.
2012/06/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 206 #

2011/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises the importance of a wider geographical and strategic approach when looking prospectively at the ENP, recalling that, following the European Parliament’s Resolution of 19 January 2006 on the ENP, the EU established in November 2007 specific policies on Atlantic island countries neighbouring EU outermost regions adjacent to the European continent, where special questions of geographical proximity, cultural and historical affinity and mutual security were found to be relevant; welcomes the high level of results achieved and the dynamism of the specific policies already implemented, namely the EU-Cape Verde Special Partnership; and calls on the EU to further strengthen its dialogue and policy convergence with these countries and to support their efforts to consolidate political, social and economic reforms;
2011/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2011/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that Parliament as co- legislator has the responsibility in the process of better lawmaking after the Lisbon Treaty to ensure that legislation is clear and understandable and does not impose on citizens and businesses unnecessary or disproportionate administrative burdens;
2011/05/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 5 #

2011/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that, given the prerogative of conceding the power to enact delegated acts to the Commission, Parliament should refrain from including detailed and technical provisions in the basic regulation, which the Commission is better prepared to cope with, thus contributing to the clarity and understanding of the basic acts;
2011/05/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 8 #

2011/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to build on the successful programmes of better lawmaking and of administrative simplification of the Member States, including the extensive use of electronic procedures;
2011/05/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 10 #

2011/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that impact assessments and other studies on the impact of legislation proposals are indispensable for an informed decision on passing legislation (ex ante) but evaluation of results is also mandatory, in order to verify the results of legislation, correct deviations and replicate successful initiatives (ex post);
2011/05/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 70 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex V as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3.5 percentage points. For products from GSP sections XI(a) and XI(b), this reduction shall be 20 %.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where preferential duty rates calculated, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, on the Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on the date of entry into force of this Regulation provide for a tariff reduction of more than 3.5 percentage points for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, those preferential duty rates shall apply.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 79 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 shall be suspended, in respect of products of a GSP section originating in a GSP beneficiary country, when the average value of European Union imports of such products from that country over three consecutive years from that GSP beneficiary country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex VI. The thresholds shall be calculated as a percentage of the total value of European Union imports of the same products from all GSP beneficiary countries.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 88 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it has ratified all the conventions listed in Annex VIII without any reservations which are inconsistent with their objectives and purposes and the most recent available conclusions of the relevant monitoring bodies , or any evidence available, do not identify a serious failure to effectively implement any of these conventions;
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) it has abolished capital punishment.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 138 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) increase by at least 12,5 % in quantity (by volume), as compared with the previous calendar year; or
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 148 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to EBA beneficiary countries, nor shall it apply to countries with a share not exceeding 86 % of European Union imports of products listed in Annex V or IX, whichever is applicable.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 167 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Table
Sensitive/ non- Section Chapter CN code Description non- sensitive Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, except S-1b 03 03 Ex Chapter 3 for products under subheadings S S for products under0301 10 90, 0304 29 01, 0306 13 50, subheading 03010306 13 80 and 0307 59 10 90 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and S-2a 06 ex Chapter 6 ornamental foliage, except for S-2a 06 ex Chapter 6 S products under subheading s 0604 91 40 , 0602 10 90 and 0603 11 00 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the S-6a 29 ex 2905 product of subheading 2905 45 00, S and excluding products under subheadings 2905 11 00, 2905 43 00 and and 2905 44 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted S-11b 62 62 Chapter 62 S accessories, not knitted or crocheted excluding products under subheading 6212 10 90 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles excluding products S-12a 64 64 Chapter 64 S of such articles under subheadings 6403 99 96 and 6403 99 98
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 181 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 1
1. The provisions of Article 8 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in Article 8 (1) exceeds 17,5 %.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 185 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 2
2. The provisions of Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP Sections 11(a) and 11(b), when the percentage share referred to in Article 8(1) exceeds 142,5 %.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 193 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 1 – point b
(b) of which the imports of products listed in Annex IX into the European Union represent less than the threshold of 21 % in value of the total imports into the European Union of products listed in Annex IX originating in countries listed in Annex II, as an average during the last three consecutive years.
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 200 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – Part A – points 15 a and b (new)
15a. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968) 15b. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 203 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IX – Table
Section Chapter CN code Description Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and S-1b 03 Chapter 3 other aquatic invertebrates other aquatic invertebrates, S-1b 03 Chapter 3 excluding products under subheading 0306 13 50 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco S-4c 24 Chapter 24 substitutes, excluding products substitutes under subheading 2401 20 35 Articles of apparel and clothing 61 Chapter 61 accessories, knitted or crocheted Articles of apparel and clothing 62 Chapter 62 S-11b accessories, not knitted or crocheted accessories, knitted or crocheted, excluding products under 61 Chapter 61 subheadings 6105 10 00, 6109 10 00, 6110 20 91, 6110 20 99, 6110 30 99 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted S-11b 62 Chapter 62 excluding products under subheadings 6203 42 31, 6203 42 35, 6205 20 00 Other made-up textile articles; sets; 63 Chapter 63 worn clothing and worn textile 63 articles; rags Chapter 63 articles; rags excluding products under subheadings 6302 21 00, 6302 31 00, 6302 60 00
2012/01/23
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2010/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that, even though trade opening generates opportunities for European companies and job creation, as well as benefits for European consumers, many Union citizens still equate globalisation mainly with falling European output and job losses; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to adopt a better communication strategy on the Union’s trade policy and the advantages and disadvantages of international trade;
2011/03/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2010/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
Parliament sees Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) as a second-best but necessary solutioncomplementary to multilateral agreements
2011/03/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2010/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that all new FTAs concluded by the EU should be WTO-compatible, comprehensive, ambitious, lead to real reciprocal market access and go beyond both existing multilateral commitments and those expected to result from a successful conclusion of the DDA; welcomes the progress made in some negotiations; at the same time regrets that most of the negotiations have not been concluded yet; asks the Commission to analyse what could be done or changed in order to conclude outstanding FTA negotiations better and faster; asks the Commission to analyse the possibility of including WTO dispute settlement mechanisms in bilateral Free Trade Agreements; asks the Commission to reduce the spaghetti-bowl effect, e.g. by negotiating multilateral rules of origin;
2011/03/25
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2010/0367(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Since Decision No 1/95 of the EC Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Custom Union eliminated Customs duties for goods originating in Turkey,lays down the rules for determining the Customs duties for processed agricultural products originating in Turkey and imported into the European Union. Therefore Regulation (EEC) No 429/73 has become obsolete.
2011/05/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 2 a (new)
Having regard to the request for a WTO waiver for additional autonomous trade preferences granted by the European Union to Pakistan of November 18, 2010,
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) IGiven the hardship being suffered by the Pakistani people due to the devastating floods it is therefore appropriate to extend exceptional autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan by suspending for a limited period of time all tariffs for certain products of export interest to Pakistan. The provision of these trade preferences would not cause any meaningfullimited adverse effects on the domestic market of the Union and would not affect negatively least developed Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Theses measures are proposed as part of an exceptional package, in response to the specific situation in Pakistan. They should not constitute a precedent for the Union's trade policy with other countries.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The granting of autonomous trade preferences is linked to respect for the fundamental principles of democracy and human rights.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The granting of these preferences is also conditional on Pakistan abstaining from maintaining, introducing or increasing duties or charges having equivalent effect or any other restriction or prohibition on the export or sale for export of any materials primarily used in the production of any of the products covered by this Regulation destined for the territory of the Union, from the day of the entry into force of this Regulation.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) It is necessary to provide for the reintroduction of Common Customs Tariff duties for any products causing, or threatening to cause, serious difficulties to a Union producer of like or directly competing products, as determined by an investigation carried out by the Commission.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 c (new)
(10c) It is also necessary to provide for the introduction of tariff rate quotas where volumes of imports of products covered by Annex I of this Regulation increase beyond certain levels. Given the need to respond expeditiously to such increased volumes, the Commission should adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 290, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the basis of an urgency procedure, amending Annex II. The power to adopt such acts should be delegated to the Commission.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 d (new)
(10d) In order to ensure effective monitoring of the trends of imports of products covered by this Regulation as far in advance as possible it is necessary to establish customs surveillance on imports covered by this Regulation applicable from 1 January 2011 until 31 December 2012, or until 31 January 2013 in the event that this Regulation is extended for one year. On the basis of this monitoring a quarterly report on the application and implementation of this Regulation should be submitted.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 55 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Given the urgency of the situation in Pakistan, the Regulation should apply as of 1 January 2011, provided that or as soon as the WTO has approved the request from the Union for the waiver from its obligations under GATT Articles I and XIII.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 56 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In ordaccordance with the WTO waiver, to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences until 31 December 2013.he trade preferences expire on 31 December 2012. A one year extension until 31 December 2013 could be envisaged by the European Parliament and the Council depending on the assessment of the impact of the trade preferences on the Union's industry, the real benefits they provide to the Pakistani people and the ability of the Commission to obtain an extension of the WTO waiver
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 72 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Pakistan’s abstention from maintaining, introducing or increasing duties or charges having equivalent effect or any other restriction or prohibition on the export or sale for exports of any materials primarily used in the production of any of the products covered by this Regulation destined for the territory of the Union.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 75 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Monitoring and reporting 1. The Commission shall subject the products covered by the preferences provided for in this Regulation to customs surveillance. This surveillance shall provide for updated and timely data, in volume and value. These data shall be immediately made available to Member- States and economic operators. 2. The Commission shall make public a quarterly report on the application and implementation of this Regulation. The report shall include the statistics and information on the evolution of trade with Pakistan, in volume and value, on the products covered by this Regulation. 3. The European Parliament or the Council may invite the Commission to an ad hoc meeting, to be held at one month's notice, to present and explain any issue related to the implementation of this Regulation.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3b Tariff rate quota 1. Where imports of a product included in Annex I originating from Pakistan increase, in volume, by 20% or more, as compared to the same period of 2010, the Commission shall, immediately subject the imports of that product to a tariff rate quota by amending Annex II. 2. The data provided by the customs surveillance mentioned in Article 4 should be the basis for introducing the tariff rate quota mentioned in this Article. 3. The tariff rate quota provided for under paragraph 2 shall be introduced through a delegated act adopted expeditiously by the Commission, in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the basis of an urgency procedure. It shall take the form of a duty free quota limited to the level of imports of such product as compared to the same period of 2010 plus twenty percent, introduced by amending Annex II. Upon the entry into force of the delegated act, imports in excess of that tariff rate quota shall be subject to most- favoured nation or other applicable duties.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 82 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Articles 3b and 4 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate perthe duratiodn of timehis Regulation.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The powers to adopt delegated acts are conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 6 andto 7a.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 3b and 4 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Safeguard clause 1. Where a product included in Annex I or II originating in Pakistan is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to Union producers of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time (hereinafter referred to as a "safeguard measure"). 2. At the request of a Member State or on the Commission’s initiative, the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within one month. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed one month from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing. 3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with Pakistan and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests. 4. In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia, of the following factors concerning Union producers where this information is available: — market share, — production, — stocks, — production capacity, — capacity utilisation, — employment, — imports, — prices. 5. The investigation shall be completed forthwith, but not later than four months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, extend this period by a further maximum period of one month. 6. Provisional safeguard measures may be adopted by the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10(2), in critical circumstances where a delay would cause damage which would be difficult to repair, pursuant to a preliminary determination on the basis of the factors laid down in paragraph 4 which establishes that there is sufficient evidence that imports of a product covered by this Regulation have increased as the result of the suspension of customs duties under this Regulation, and such imports cause serious difficulties, or threat thereof, to the domestic industry. Provisional measures shall not apply for more than 200 days. 7. The Commission shall decide whether to impose safeguard measures before the end of the investigation period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10(3).
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. It shall apply from 1 January 2011 provided that the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation are permitted by a waiver granted by the World Trade Organisation and that the conditions set out in Article 2(ca) are met. In case the World Trade Organisation grants such a waiver after 1 January 2011, it shall apply from such later date on which the waiver takes effect.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union to inform operators of the date on which the waiver is granted by the World Trade Organization. If the waiver is granted after 1 January 2011 the date specified in the notice shall be the date from which the tariff preferences apply pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph 2. The Preferences shall expire on 31 December 2012.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description deleted WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING >= 85% 52083900 COTTON BY WEIGHT AND WEIGHING <= 200 G/M2, DYED (EXCL. THOSE IN THREE-THREAD OR FOUR-THREAD TWILL, INCL. CROSS TWILL, AND PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS) WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING >= 85% COTTON BY WEIGHT AND WEIGHING > 200 G/M2, DYED 52093900 (EXCL. THOSE IN THREE-THREAD OR FOUR-THREAD TWILL, INCL. CROSS TWILL, AND PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS) FULL-LENGTH OR KNEE-LENGTH STOCKINGS, SOCKS AND OTHER HOSIERY, INCL. FOOTWEAR WITHOUT APPLIED SOLES, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED 61159500 (EXCL. GRADUATED COMPRESSION HOSIERY, PANTYHOSE AND TIGHTS, WOMEN'S FULL-LENGTH OR KNEE-LENGTH STOCKINGS, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN< 67 DECITEX WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' COTTON DENIM TROUSERS AND 62046231 BREECHES (EXCL. INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL, BIB AND BRACE OVERALLS AND PANTIES) WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' GARMENTS, OF COTTON, N.E.S. (NOT 62114290 KNITTED OR CROCHETED) TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN LINEN, OF TERRY TOWELLING OR SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS OF COTTON 63026000 (EXCL. FLOORCLOTHS, POLISHING CLOTHS, DISHCLOTHS AND DUSTERS) TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN LINEN OF COTTON (EXCL. 63029100 OF TERRY FABRICS, FLOORCLOTHS, POLISHING CLOTHS, DISHCLOTHS AND DUSTERS) deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 122 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2
Product subject to annual duty free tariff quotas referred to in Article 3. CN Code Description 2011 20121 20132 22071000 UNDENATURED 100 000 100 000 100 000 ETHYLETHYL 80 000 80 000 ALCOHOL, OF ACTUAL tonnes tonnes ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OF >= 80% 52083900 OTHER DYED WOVEN FABRICS 1 685 1 685 OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR tonnes tonnes MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON 52093900 OTHER DYED WOVEN FABRICS 3 002 3 002 OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR tonnes tonnes tonnes ALCOHOL, OF ACTUAL MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 61159500 PANTYHOSE, TIGHTS, 9 052 9 052 STOCKINGS, SOCKS AND OTHER tonnes tonnes HOSIERYAND FOOTWEAR WITHOUT APPLIED SOLES, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED (EXCL. GRADUATED COMPRESSION HOSIERY, PANTYHOSE AND TIGHTS, WOMEN'S FULL-LENGTH OR KNEE-LENGTH STOCKINGS, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN LESS THAN 67 DECITEX) 62046231 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' COTTON 7 571 7 571 DENIM TROUSERS AND tonnes tonnes ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OF BREECHES (OTHER THAN. INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL) 62114290 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' GARMENTS, 386 386 OF COTTON tonnes tonnes 63026000 TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN 41 905 41 905 LINEN, OF TERRY TOWELLING OR tonnes tonnes SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS, OF COTTON 63029100 TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN 9 997 9 997 LINEN, OF COTTON, OTHER THAN tonnes >= 80% tonnes OF TERRY TOWELLING OR SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2010/0248(NLE)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1
1. Declines to cConsents to conclusion of the Agreement;
2012/01/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2010/0051(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that Representatives of the European Parliament can attend committee meetings as observers. If the Commission decides to exclude Representatives of the European Parliament from committee meetings as observers, it shall explain its decision in writing.
2010/05/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Where1. When the Commission forwards a delegislative act delegated act to Parliament, the President shall refer it immediatesly to the Ccommission the power to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of a legislative act, the committee responsible:ttee responsible for the basic legislative act and shall inform the political groups, as well as the chairs of the other committees. The period during which objections may be raised against the delegated act shall commence on that date.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 24 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– shall examine any draft delegated act where it is transmitted to Parliament for scrutiny;
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 26 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– may submit to Parliament in a motion for a resolution any appropriate proposal in accordance with the provisions of the legislative act.deleted
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 28 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 2
2. The provisions of Rule 88(1), (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandicommittee responsible may appoint a rapporteur to consider one or more delegated acts.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If, in accordance with the basic legislative act, the committee responsible proposes to raise objections to the delegated act, it shall table a reasoned motion for a resolution expressing the objections, which may incorporate a request to the Commission to submit a new delegated act taking into account Parliament's objections.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 36 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. If, 10 days prior to the start of the part-session preceding the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 5, the committee responsible has not tabled a motion for a resolution, the Conference of Presidents, acting on the basis of one or more motions for resolutions tabled by a political group, may decide that the matter should be included on the draft agenda for the part-session referred to above.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 38 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 87a – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. If the committee responsible recommends that, prior to the expiry of the deadline set in the basic legislative act, Parliament should declare that it has no objections to the delegated act: - it shall inform the President, who shall inform the Chairs of the political groups and the committee chairs, setting a deadline for their reaction to the recommendation; – if, within the established time-limit, a political group or a committee chair objects to the recommendation, it shall be put to a vote in the next plenary session; – if, within the same period, no objections are raised, the proposed recommendation shall be deemed to have been approved; – the President shall inform the Council and the Commission of the decision taken; – the adoption of such a recommendation shall render inadmissible any subsequent proposal objecting to the delegated act.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 48 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 88 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) if the committee responsible, in response to a duly substantiated request from the Commission, recommends, by means of a letter to the President of Parliament setting out its reasons, that Parliament should declare prior to the expiry of the normal time-limit laid down in point (c) of Article 5a(3) and/or point (e) of Article 5a(4) of Decision 1999/468/EC that it has no objections to the proposed act, the procedure provided for in Rule 87a(6) shall apply.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 49 #

2009/2195(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 88 a (new)
Rule 88a Consideration under the procedure with associated committees or the procedure with joint committee meetings 1. If the basic legislative act was adopted by Parliament under the procedure provided for in Rule 50, the following additional provisions shall apply to the consideration of delegated acts and draft implementing acts: – the delegated act or draft implementing act shall be forwarded to the committee responsible and the associated committee, as well as to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs; – pursuant to a proposal by the chair of the committee responsible, the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs shall set a deadline by which the associated committee may draw up proposals on matters falling within its exclusive competence or the two committees' joint competence; – if the delegated act or draft implementing act falls mainly within the exclusive competence of the associated committee, the latter's proposals shall be accepted without a vote by the committee responsible; failing that, the President, after consulting the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs, may authorise the associated committee to table a motion for a resolution in plenary. 2. If the basic legislative act was adopted by Parliament under the procedure provided for in Rule 51, the following additional provisions shall apply to the consideration of delegated acts and draft implementing acts: – upon receipt of the delegated act or draft implementing act, the President, after consulting the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs, shall determine which committee is responsible or which committees are jointly responsible for its consideration, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Rule 51 and any agreements reached between the chairs of the committees concerned; – if a delegated act or a draft implementing act has been referred for consideration under the procedure with joint committee meetings, each committee may request that a joint meeting be convened to consider a motion for a resolution. If the chairs of the committees concerned fail to agree, the joint meeting shall be convened by the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs.
2012/02/06
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #

2009/2165(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the conclusion and implementation of the regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) irepresents an additional challenge for ACP-EU relations, which will inevitably lead to the regionalisation of the ACP group and undermine the joint ACP-EC institutions; whereas there is a need to reconcileas well as an opportunity for ACP-EU relations; whereas the regionalisation of the ACP-EU relations withshould not undermine the unity and coherence of the ACP group and the stability of the ACP-EC institutions,
2009/11/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 48 #

2009/2165(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the strengthening and upgrading of the ACP-EU JPA and insists for provisions to be made in the Cotonou Agreement to allow the JPA to scrutinise the country and regional strategy papers, the ACP-EC EPAs and the European Development Fund;
2009/11/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 52 #

2009/2165(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends that the second revision takes into account future synergies between the institutions created by the different EPAs and the Cotonou institutions whilst for all matters not related to the provisions concerning trade relations between the parties of the EPAs the existing Cotonou institutions could remain unaffected;
2009/11/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 71 #

2009/2134(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs will be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; transnational lists will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and will be gender-balanced; each elector will be enabled to cast one vote for the EU-wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list: voting for the EU constituency will be in accordance with the preferential semi-open list system (whereby votes are allotted either to the party list or to individual candidates within a list); and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method2; further, proposes that an electoral authority will be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the EU- wide list; 1 The Sainte-Laguë method uses divisors of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, and was used in the 2009 European elections in Germany, Latvia and Sweden. It produces a slightly more proportional result than the D'Hondt method. 2 The Sainte-Laguë method uses divisors of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, and was used in the 2009 European elections in Germany, Latvia and Sweden. It produces a slightly more proportional result than the D'Hondt method.Or. en
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 101 #

2009/2134(INI)


Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. 2a. Theyre shall not exceedbe seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the Presidentone seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. The distribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly accordingly with the total resident population of the States. Not later than twelve months before the end of the mandate of each Parliament the European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraphon the redistribution of seats.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 104 #

2009/2134(INI)


Article 7
No administrative or other restriction shall be imposed on the free movement of Members of the European Parliament travelling to or fromMembers of the European Parliament shall enjoy freedom of movement throughout the European Union. This right should take into account the following: 1. Any restriction of a Member’s personal freedom shall be permitted only with the consent of the European Parliament, except where he/she is caught in the placet of meeting of the European Parliament. Membercommitting an offence. 2. The seizure of a Member’s documents or electronic records ofr the European Parliament shall, in respect of customs and exchange control,searching of his/her person, office or place of residence or interception of his/her mail and telephone calls may be accorded: (a) by their own government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad on temporary official missions; (b) by the government of other Member States, the same facilities as those accorded to representativred only with the consent of the European Parliament. 3. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information, accordingly with the principle of transparency and the current legislation on the register of interest groups. 4. Investigations or criminal proceedings against a Member shall be suspended at the request of foreign governments on temporary official missionsthe European Parliament. 5. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2 may be applied for only by the authorities competent under national law.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 105 #

2009/2134(INI)


Article 7
No administrative or other restriction shall be imposed on the free movement of Members of the European Parliament travelling to or from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament shall, in respect of customs and exchange control, be accorded: (a) by their own government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad on temporary official missions; (b) by the government of other Member States, the same facilities as those accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official missionsMembers of the European Parliament shall enjoy freedom of movement throughout the European Union. This right should take into account the article 9.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 109 #

2009/2134(INI)


Article 9
During the sessions of the European Parliament, its Members shall enjoy: (a) in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to members of their parliament; (b) in the territory of any other Member State, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings. Immunity shall likewise apply to Members while they are travelling to and from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Immunity cannot be claimed when a Member is found in the act1. Any restriction of a Member’s personal freedom shall be permitted only with the consent of the European Parliament, except where he/she is caught in the act of committing an offence. 2. The seizure of a Member’s documents or electronic records or the searching of his/her person, office or place of residence or interception of his/her mail and telephone calls may be ordered only with the consent of the European Parliament. 3. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information, accordingly with the principle of transparency and the current legislation on the register of interest groups. 4. Investigations ofr committing an offence and shall not prevent the European Parliament from exercising its right to waive the immunity of one of its Membersriminal proceedings against a Member shall be suspended at the request of the European Parliament. 5. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2 may be applied for only by the authorities competent under national law.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 117 #

2009/2134(INI)


Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principle of degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each State must vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous State and also, conversely, that no less populous State has more seats than a more populous State.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 120 #

2009/2134(INI)


Article 2 b (new)
Article 2b 1. Pursuant to Article 14(2b) of the Treaty on European Union, there shall be one additional constituency formed of the entire territory of the Union from which shall be elected twenty-five Members. 2. An electoral authority shall be established to conduct and verify the electoral process of the European Union constituency. The authority shall comprise representatives of the European Parliament, the Commission and each Member State. 3. Transnational lists of candidates for election in the European Union constituency submitted by the European political parties shall be admissible only: (a) if composed of candidates resident in at least one third of the States, and (b) if balanced by gender. 4. Each elector shall have one supplementary vote that may be cast for the European Union-wide list. Seats shall be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method. 5. Detailed arrangements for the European Union constituency election, including the delegation of powers to the electoral authority, shall be laid down in implementing measures to be adopted in accordance with Article 14.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 135 #

2009/2134(INI)


Annex to Article 2 a (new)
(mathematical formula proposed by the Rapporteur)deleted
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 29 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the political parties to ensure that the names of the candidates selected to stand for election to the European Parliament are made public at least six weekthree months before the start of polling, that is to say at the start of April 2014the electoral period;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 30 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the political parties to ensure that the names of the candidates selected to stand for election to the European Parliament are made public at least six weeks before the start of pollingthe electoral period, that is to say at the start of April 2014;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 35 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to see that the names and emblems of the European political parties appear on the ballot paper alongside their respective lists of candidat lists of candidates or the names and emblems of the respective national parties;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Requests the European political parties to nominate their candidates for the Commission presidency sufficiently well in advanceand to present their electoral programs at least six weeks before the start of the electoral periond for them to be able to mount a significant campaignorganize political debates between the candidates and to mount a significant campaign EU wide, desirably in all Member States;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 49 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the national political parties to inform citizens, before and during the electoral campaign, about their affiliation with a European political party and their support to its candidate for the Commission presidency and to his political programme;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 52 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Encourages national political parties to include in their lists of candidates citizens of other Member States who reside in the same Member State of the national party;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 56 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to permit political broadcasts by the European political partienational political parties to include messages of the respective European political parties in their political broadcasts;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 59 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. InsistRecommends that the Member States take all steps needed to give effective implementation to the measures agreed on to assist citizens who wish to vote or stand as a candidate in states other than their own;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 64 #

0000/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that no result be published in any Member State until 202h00 CET on Sunday 25 May 2014;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 70 #

0000/2013(INI)

6 a. Expects that in this process, the candidate for Commission President who was put forward by the European political party or coalition of parties that wins the most seats in the Parliament will be the first to be considered in view of ascertaining his/her ability to secure the support of the necessary absolute majority in Parliament;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO