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913 Amendments of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS

Amendment 5 #

2013/2678(RSP)


Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the provision of social services remains the competence of the Member States and that income and wages are a national prerogative and depends on the political choices made within each Member State;
2013/06/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2013/2678(RSP)


Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Questions the independence and objectiveness of the conclusions of the European Added Value Assessment;
2013/06/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2013/2678(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that that Directive 2006/54/EC, in its current form, is not sufficiently effective to tackle the gender pay gap and to achieve the objective of gender equality in employment and occupadeletion;
2013/06/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2013/2678(RSP)


Paragraph 4
4. Requests the Commission to review without delay Directive 2006/54/EC and to propose amendments to it in accordance with Article 32 of the Directive and on the basis of Article 157 TFEU following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex to the European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2012;deletion
2013/06/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2013/2678(RSP)


Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. States that employment law and social services remains the competence of the Member States and that income and wages are a national prerogative and depends on the political choices made within each Member State;
2013/06/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2013/2221(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. RecogniStresses the comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the legality and regularity of transactions, on the internal controls and on budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Centre's reply; welcomes that the Centre itself has informed the Court in October 2011 regarding the exceedance of the payment ceiling of the framework contract and seeking advice and guidance in this matter with the spirit of full transparency; considers the immediate measures taken by the Centre as appropriate in terms of business continuity as well as corrective actions; takes note that no funds were lost and no parties were damaged; notes that the Centre has revised its grant verification policy in order to ensure the eligibility and accuracy of the costs claimed; is aware of the multi-annual activities of the Centre which caused carry- overs of EUR 8.3 million; asks nevertheless the Centre to respect the annuality principle of the budget;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

2013/2221(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the discharge decision should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2013/2221(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends on the facts available that discharge canshould not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2012.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #

2013/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to take action to promote respect for and inclusion of LGBT people at school, prevent homophobic bullying and to foster objective knowledge on issues concerning sexual orientation and gender identity in schools and other educational settings;
2013/10/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are among the most abhorrent violations of human rights, human integrity and human dignity in the world today; With this in mind asks that all stakeholders actively work towards preventing torture practices through education and awareness raising measures;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses concern about the incidents of executions of women with mental health problems and learning difficulties;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses concern about the detainment and holding conditions for women and children who are waiting for execution on death row;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns sorcery and witchcraft related torture against women in Papua New Guinea;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the authorities in India, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East to outlaw forced marriage, particularly against children;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recognises that torture is unfortunately an evolving phenomenon and current UN and EU definitions are becoming obsolete and outdated. Therefore, it is paramount to tackle emerging forms of torture that are being perpetrated against vulnerable groups, in particular children. For example; child trafficking, child pornography, child soldiers, child labour and child witchcraft;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Recognises the need to combat new and emerging forms of torture through information technologies, such as the use of the internet and social media for the psychological torture and harassment of women and children;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 26 #

2013/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Whereas groups that are particularly vulnerable to torture are women, children, detainees, prisoners, refugees, asylum- seekers, internally displaced persons, migrants, and those facing discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, religious or other belief, sexual orientation or gender identity;
2013/12/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #

2013/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is currently facing the most significant economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s; whereas this crisis has been exacerbated by so-called austerity measures imposed on the Member States by the EU institutions within the framework of economic governance policies (Stability and Growth Pact, European Semester, Euro-Plus Pact, Budgetary Treaty) and ‘financial aid’ programmes;
2013/12/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #

2013/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in April 2012 between UN Women and the EU, reaffirming the partnership between the two organisations and their commitment to promote and support capacity development for the inclusion of gender mainstreaming in all policies and programmes and to ensurerecommend that national plans and budgets are sufficient to implement gender equality commitments .
2013/12/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #

2013/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that the European Union is guilty of meddling and "mission creep" in its determination to impose ever more social legislation and employment laws on the Member States, and stresses that social legislation and employment law are best proposed and developed by individual Member States at their local or national level as to cater to the specific needs and requirements of their demos;
2013/12/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 266 #

2013/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises the growing problem of men becoming victims to domestic violence from both women and men in relationships; and urges the Member States to do as much as they can to prevent instances, protect victims and to prosecute perpetrators;
2013/12/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2013/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the promotion of women's rights should be a crucial part of human rights dialogues conducted by the EU with third countries; recognises the positive role played by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights; encourages the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to define, in partnership with each country, the problems to be addressed simultaneously so that funds and resources can be targeted in order to better fulfil the objectives;
2013/10/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2013/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its condemnation of all violence against women, especially the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and domestic violence; stresses the importance of information and awareness campaigns in communities where female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised and calls on the Commission to suspend aid to countries where FGM is practiced;
2013/10/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2013/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU and its Member States to supportWelcomes women's full participation in political and economic decision-making, especially in peace-building processes, democratic transition and conflict resolution;
2013/10/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2013/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Requests that the conclusions of the EU Election Observation Missions (EOM) always be taken into account in drawing up programmes to support women's participation in electoral processes and in implementing the missions' recommendations;deleted
2013/10/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas in paragraph 31 of its resolution of 22 November 2012 on small-scale coastal fishing, artisanal fishing and the reform of the common fisheries policy the European Parliament called for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) to provide funding to foster women's participation in the fisheries sector, support women's associations, promote vocational training and enhance women's role in fishing, by granting support for activities carried out on land and for activities associated with fishing, both upstream and downstream;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 10 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas some women suffer economic discrimination in the fisheries sector and are paid less than men for the same work;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 12 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas in paragraph 42 of its resolution of 22 November 2012 on small- scale coastal fishing, artisanal fishing and the reform of the common fisheries policy the European Parliament called on the Commission and Member States to take steps to achieve greater recognition, both legal and social, for the work of women in the fisheries sector, and to ensure that women who work full- or part-time for family undertakings or assist their spouses, thereby contributing to their own economic sustainability and that of their families, are given legal recognition or social benefits equivalent to those enjoyed by people with self-employed status, in particular by applying Directive 2010/41/EU, and that their social and economic rights are guaranteed, including equal wages, unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs (temporarily or permanently), the right to a pension, work-life balance, access to maternity leave, access to social security and free health care, work-place health and safety, and insurance covering risks at sea under Member State national law;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 13 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission to launch a specific statistical programme where practically and economically feasible on regions that depend on fishing, paying particular attention to artisanal and coastal fishing, traditional fishing methods and specific marketing channels, and the work and social and labour conditions of women shellfish gatherers, net-makers and artisanal workers in fisheries and related activities, with the aim of assessing the specific needs associated with women's activity and enhancing the social recognition given to these extremely arduous occupations;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 14 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it necessary to improve the collection and analysis of statistical data where practically and economically feasible on employment in the fisheries sector, broken down by gender, type of activity and type of employment (self- employed, employed, part-time, full-time, occasional), so that it will be possible to arrive at an estimate of women's contribution in the fisheries and aquaculture sector;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 20 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers it necessary to foster and provide economic support for the establishment of women's associations through women's networks, in order to facilitate the exchange of experience, best practice and to communicate their needs and demands, from local government level to European bodies;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 22 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 2
make the fisheries sector more women- friendly by redesigning the sector and providing suitable facilities (such as changing rooms on vessels and in ports);
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 24 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 4
support projects to mitigate the problems caused by working conditions for women harvesting shellfish on foot, including measures under Member State national law to balance work and family life;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 31 #

2013/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point 2
guarantee support for women (whatever their marital or civil union status within the couple), on the same basis as for family members who contribute to ongoing fishery activities, granting them unemployment benefits where they are forced to stop working (temporarily or permanently), the right to a pension, work-life balance, access to maternity leave, access to social security and free health care, and protection against risks arising from their work in the maritime and fisheries sector;
2013/12/06
Committee: PECHFEMM
Amendment 17 #

2013/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Saudi authorities to fight against forced and early marriages, which constitute a violation of human rights, a form of torture and a barrier to development;
2013/10/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2013/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Saudi Arabian government to address reports that execution by stoning with and without legal proceedings has allegedly occurred in Saudi Arabia which contravenes the UN Commission on the status of Women who identify it as a barbaric form of torture;
2013/10/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2013/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that LGBT persons rights are unrecognised by the Saudi Arabian government, and expresses its deep concern that human rights abuses have been reported against presumed or actual LGBT persons;
2013/10/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 29 #

2013/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the EU in its human rights dialogues with Saudi Arabia to promote the prevention, investigation and prosecution of violence against women, and asks that Saudi Arabia promotes the importance of human rights dialogue with other third countries in the Middle East and in North Africa.
2013/10/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2013/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Any negotiations on an EU free trade agreement that includes Saudi Arabia must first provide for strict obligations that safeguard the protection of women and girls.
2013/10/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2013/2146(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's work, both at the policy level and through its funding instruments and budget support mechanisms, aimed at stepping up its commitment to foster women's empowerment, particularly by seeking to integrate the priorities and needs of women in all key areas of EU external action;
2013/09/24
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2013/2146(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EEAS to ensure a gender balanceselect the best candidates when making proposals for positions as Heads of Delegation;
2013/09/24
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2013/2146(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission and the Member States to take active measures in the framework of the CFSP, including the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, to promote non- discrimination as regards gender, ethnic origin, disability, religion, age and sexual orientation;
2013/09/24
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2013/2146(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of strengthening women's role in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting conflict prevention and in consolidating political participation and representation.
2013/09/24
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2013/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the EU and its Member States to provide funding avenues for organisations offering legal, humanitarian and social assistanceStresses that Member States have ultimate competency within their borders to decide on what assistance may or may not be required to undocumented women migrants;
2013/11/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there is a huge divergence in the way that the Member States deal with prostitution, with two main approaches existing: one approach views prostitution as a violation of women’s rights – a form of sexual slavery –, which results in gender inequality for women; the other approach maintains that prostitution itself promotes gender equality by promoting a woman’s right to control what she wants to do with her body; In both instances individual Member States have the competency to decide how they approach the issue of prostitution;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 84 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that prostitution and exploitation in the sex industry can have devastating psychological and physical consequences for the individuals involved, in addition to being both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality and perpetuating gendered stereotypes such as the idea that women’s and girls’ bodies are for sale to satisfy male demand for sex;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that prostituted persons are particularly vulnerable socially and economically and are mcalls on Member States to tackle the underlying social problems which force at risk of violence than in any other activitymen, women and children into prostitution. With a higher risk of violence than in any other activity national police forces should be encouraged to address, inter alia, the low conviction rates for rape against prostitutes;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 104 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that 9 out of 10Supports economic alternatives for prostitutes who would like to stop but feel unable to do so27 and a safe environment for those who don’t; __________________ 27 89 % of 785 people in prostitution from 9 countries wanted to escape prostitution, Farley et al, 2003.
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 109 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to exchange best practice on ways to reduce the dangers associated with street prostitution;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 116 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the criminalisation of prostituted persons should not be criminalised, as is the case in some Member States, for example the United Kingdom, France and the Republic of Ireland, and calls on all Member States to repeal repressive legislation against prostituted personbe decided by Member States as criminal law policy is the exclusive competence of Member States;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the mostWhile an effective way of combating the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation and improving gender equality is the model implemented in Sweden, Finland and Norway (the so- called Nordic model), where the purchase of sexual services constitutes the criminal act, not the services of the prostituted persons; this model also has disadvantages including a rise in the number of illegal brothels, an increase in reliance on pimps and growth in both violence against prostituted persons and unsafe sex.
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that gender-specific prevention strategies, the sharing of best practice and awareness-raising measures are key to combating the sexual exploitation of women and girls;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that looking upon prostitution as legal ‘sex work’ and decriminalising the sex industry in general is not a solution to keeping vulnerable women and girls safe but has the opposite effect and puts them in danger of a higher level of violence indoordecriminalising the sex industry in general is a decision for Member States as criminal law policy is the exclusive competence of Member States;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 152 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to mobilise the necessary means and tools to fight trafficking and sexual exploitation and to reduce prostitution as breaches of women’s fundamental rights and gender equality;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 168 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Draws the attention of the national authorities to the impact of the economic downturn on the growing number of men, women and girls forced to enter prostitution, and urges those authorities to help them find alternative ways of earning a living and to support a safe environment for those who continue to work as prostitutes;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 182 #

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Member States to evaluate both the positive and negative effects of criminalising the purchase of sexual services on reducing prostitution and trafficking, with a view to changing their legislation;
2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2013/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Annex – part B – Article 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The candidate proposed to be Executive Director of the European Environment Agency will provide, in advance to a hearing of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee, a written roadmap that encompasses his or her strategy for their five year term of office.
2013/07/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 17 #

2013/2078(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to respect and safeguard women's sexual and reproductive health and rights;deleted
2013/10/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2013/2078(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Member States to safeguard the health of their citizens;
2013/10/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 66 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onEncourages Member States to include in their national Roma inclusion strategies tailored programmes for the active inclusion of Roma women in the labour market and to make life-long learning available in order to acquire marketable skills;
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States to develop specific measures targeting large families (with four or more children), and single parent households by facilitating entry to the labour market, promoting flexible working hours, extending childcare facilities and considering tailored welfare arrangements;deleted
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls onEncourages Member States to reintroduce the Barcelona targets on childcare and to develop accessible, affordable and high- quality care services for the whole life cycle;
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onEncourages Member States to take all necessary measures to prevent the unfair dismissal of employees during pregnancy or motherhood, and to consider recognising the raising of children as a period counting towards pension entitlements;
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 75 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges Member States and local authorities to mobilise the European microfinance facility for employment and social inclusion to support the engagement of unemployed Roma women in self-employment through easily accessible financial help, technical assistance and back-up measuresto include unemployed Roma women;
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on theEncourages Member States to develop specific programmes targeting teenage mothers and early school leaver girls, in particular to support the continuation of uninterrupted education, subsidising their assumption of employment, and providing work-based training;
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls onEncourages the Commission and Member States to identify Roma women as an explicit target group of their health initiatives, especially with respect to diseases that are strongly linked to the female hormonal system and/or poverty, such as osteoporosis, musculoskeletal problems and central nervous system illnesses; urges, furthermore, to make breast and cervical cancer screening and prevention – including vaccines against human papillomaviruses – fully accessible and to aim at initiating healthcare for pregnant women already in their first trimester of pregnancy;
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 91 #

2013/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to facilitate and promote the participation of Roma communities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of disease prevention, treatment, care and support programming, as well as in reducing stigmatisation and discrimination in the medical system;deleted
2013/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2013/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereasInvites all stakeholders to ensure equal access of women with disabilities to quality healthcare services must be ensured, i.e. by improving the vocational training and life- long learning of medical staff with regard to their specific needs;
2013/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2013/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for targets to be set for theStress the importance of inclusion ofor all EU citizens, regardless of any physical impairments and reaffirms the need to work with all stakeholders involved, such as Non-Governmental Organisations, as an important means to foster the sharing of best practice amongst Member States and to promote and ensure equality for women with disabilities in all areas of society;
2013/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 134 #

2013/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the necessity to protect women with disabilities living in care homes and mental hospitals from sexual assault and other forms of physical mistreatment, and points with concern to the lack of data on this alarming phenomenon; askinvites, therefore, the Member States to investigate how pervasive this problem is, collect the relevant data and take the appropriate measures to tackle it;
2013/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 142 #

2013/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that any sterilisation agreement entered into by a woman with disabilities must be examined by an impartial third party charged with verifying that the decision was reached fairly and, in the absence of severe medical indications, without enforcement;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 150 #

2013/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls onInvites the Member States to facilitate access to education and the labour market for women with disabilities, and highlights that particular talents, views and experiences can enrich working environments considerably;
2013/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2013/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States, given that the e-health Action Plan will create new job opportunities in the research, health, medicine and ICT sectors, to pay particular attention to gender balance in education, training and recruitment in all these sectors, such as in the profession of nursing which is currently under- represented by men;
2013/09/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2013/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal access for women and men to the field of e-health, not only as patients but also as caregivers (professional or not), ICT specialists and policymakers.
2013/09/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2013/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States, when addressing the operational objectives of the Action Plan, to tackle the obstacles to women's occupational mobility in the e- health sector particularly the training of girls in ICT for future careers;
2013/09/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2013/2061(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. AskRecommends the Member States and the Commission, with the help of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), to collect gender-disaggregated data on initial findings as regards the accessibility and impact of e-health systems and tools.
2013/09/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 29 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas it is the competency of Member States to introduce sexual education in their own educational systems and not that of the EU;
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there exists a disparity in the standard of sexual and reproductive health between and within Member States and inequality of sexual and reproductive rights enjoyed by womenis both a healthcare and human rights issue and is firmly based within the competency of Member States;
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Deeply regrets that the proposal for a new Health for Growth Programme 2014- 2020 does not mention SRHR10 but acknowledges the sovereignty and competency of Member States in this area;
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 129 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that, as a human rights concern, abortion should be made legal, safe, and accessible to all;deleted
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 157 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls onEncourages Member States to ensure compulsory, age-appropriate and gender- sensitive sexuality and relationship education for all children and adolescents (both in and out of school);
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 192 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Condemns the illegal practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a form of sexual control over women;
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 201 #

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Supports Recommendation 1903 (2010) of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly to allocate a budget neutral 0.7 % of gross national income to ODA; calls on the EU to maintain this budget neutral commitment through the financing and implementation of the 2014-2020 European external actions instruments and European Development Fund and stresses that there should be no budget increase in this area;
2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2013/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomRecognises the proposal for a directive on improving the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges*; 1 COM(2012) 614 final1 as a means to increase the effectiveness of decision making in companies as a business and economic imperative, but stresses that workable and proportionate voluntary non-binding measures at member state level, when given the chance, have proven to be significant in achieving the progressive goal of more women in management positions; Or. en
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2013/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Commission, despite its many commitments, has not come up with legislative acts in the fields of violence against women, equality in political decision-making or revision of the directive on the gender pay gapa suitable strategy to combat violence against women;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2013/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls onInvites the Members States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing andcooperate, work together and share best practice to combating violence against women and domestic violence and on the Commission to propose negotiation directives for the EU's accession to the latter without any further delay;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Directive on Patients Rights in Cross Border Healthcare (2011/24/EU),
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Council recommendation of 15 November 2001 on the prudent use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine[1] (2002/77/EC) and to the European Parliament resolution of 23 October 2001 on the proposal for that recommendation (COM(2001)0333), [1] OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p.13
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the second report from the Commission to the Council of 9 April 2010 on the basis of Member States' reports on the implementation of the Council recommendation (2002/777/EC) on the prudent use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine[1], and to the Commission staff working document accompanying that report[2], [1]http://ec.europa.eu/health/antimicrobia l_resistance/docs/amr_report2_en.pdf [2]http://ec.europa.eu/health/antimicrobia l_resistance/docs/cswd_technicalannex_e n.pdf
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 14 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 15 November 2011 on an action plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance (COM(2011)0748),
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
- having regard to the Joint Technical Report by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of 17 September 2009 on 'The bacterial challenge: time to react – A call to narrow the gap between multidrug- resistant bacteria in the EU and the development of new antibacterial agents',
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 105 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the steps taken by the Commission to improve general patient safety by promoting mutual learning between Member States and putting forward commondevising definitions and terminology for patient safety;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Criticises the factRecognises that, to date, no classification for patient safety has been proposed at EU level for the purpose of identifying, understanding and analysing the factors involved in patient safety, with a view to learning and improving the relevant systems;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 109 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Criticises the factAcknowledges that, to date, too few Member States
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's work on HAI prevention and control, as well as the coordination and surveillance efforts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in this connectionwork conducted by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in conjunction with health authorities in the Member States on HAI prevention and control;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 126 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 4 a (new)
- support multidisciplinary wound care as part of patient safety programmes at the Member State level;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 135 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to consider the headline initiatives and, in particular, to determine whether increased involvement on the part of regional and local authorities could be a suitable way of ensuring that the measures and decisions taken are effective;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 140 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. UrgesCalls on the Commission to consider once again the calls for the introduction ofassess the feasibility and costs of establishing a database listing goodbest practices with a view to fostering exchanges of such practices among the Member States;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 143 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls onEncourages the Member States to prioritiseshare best practices through a data-based approach and, in particular, to draw up, on the basis of case studies and feedback, common guidelines applicable throughout the Union;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 150 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
– support research into the prevention and control of HAIs, particularly those caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile and other emerging difficult-to-treat infections;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 152 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission to consider the scope for the conclusion of partnership agreements between it and individual Member States or directly between Member States with a view to preventing and resolving HAI problems in hospitals and in the context of home care;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to make sufficient human, financial and technological resources available to ensure that care provided in the home or in hospital is of the highest possible quality, and urges them, in particular, not to cut the budgets allocated to patient safety, a key issue for European healthcare systems at a time of global spending reviews;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 171 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on theHighlights the need for Member States to use the most advanced technological means available to guarantee optimum patient safety, and, in particular, to introduce across the board electronic health passports containing all relevant information about the patient, including his or her antecedents;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 174 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – introductory part
22. EmphasisAcknowledges, as regards home care, that:
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 184 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls onRecommends that the Member States to carry ouconduct specific awareness-raising and training measures concerning HAIs which are aimed not only at healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, paramedics, etc.), but also, for example, at carers;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to designate at local level an authority or a contact person responsible for providing patients with information and data concerning patient safety;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 192 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on theEncourages Member States to provide patients with information about risks, safety levels and the measures taken to prevent adverse events in healthcare, in order to ensure that patients can give informed consent to the treatment they are being offered and, more generally, to enable patients to learn more about the issue of patient safety, and urges them to; requests that Member States inform patients about complaints procedures and the legal remedies options available to them should adverse events in healthcare occur;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 202 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the introduction of compensation systems (in particular if adverse events in healthcare occur) which are harmonised at EU level;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 208 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to encourage the submission of reports and the provision of feedback concerning patient safety not only from medical staff, but also from patients and their relatives;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 212 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Member States to adopt standardised criteria to identify places where contamination with HAIs occurs (including facilities outside hospitals) and to continue their efforts to collect comparable, up-to-date information on general patient safety and HAIsEmphasises the importance of establishing an effective European network of national surveillance systems to identify places where contamination with HAIs occur in order to collect comparable, up-to-date reference data;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 216 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls in particular on those Member States which conduct specific national HAI prevalence surveys using a harmonised ECDC methodology developed by the ECDC to do so on a regular basis, and ; encourages thoseall Member States which do not do so to introduce such surveys;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 218 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Recommends that regional or local working parties be set up to consider specific issues relating to patient safety; by way of an example, working parties could focus on accident prevention among elderly people, reducing operation-related risks or reducing the risk of medication- related errors;deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 221 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to step up cooperation, including with the WHO and the OECD, with a view to standardising measures,, in conjunction with the WHO and the OECD, to improve cooperation with a view to developing standardised definitions, terminology and indicators in the area of patient safety;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Encourages the ECDC in its efforts to support and standardise the monitoring of HAIs, and, in particular, calls on it to continue developing structure and process indAcknowledges the importance of the ECDC's Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-associated Infections Programme (ARHAI) particularly in its efforts to support and standardise the monitoring of HAIs, offer scientific advice, and provide training and communicatorsion;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 228 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Member States to establish a joint database to be used to compile information concerning adverse events in healthcare and to encourage the use of all relevant data collection mechanisms (including those based on confidential declarations);deleted
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 238 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Urges the Member States and the Commission to extend by a minimum of at least two yearsconsider extending the monitoring of the action taken to implement the recommendation on patient safety, including the prevention and control of HAIs;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 239 #

2013/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Urges the Member States to step up their cooperation with the ECDC in the area of the prevention and control of HAIs; encourages national authorities in particular to ask the ECDC to carry out regular in situ audits and to publish the reports submitted to them by the ECDC, and emphasises, in that connection, the need to ensure, under future multiannual financial frameworks, that the ECDC receives the long-term funding it needs to fulfil its coordination and monitoring remit;
2013/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas women in the Sahel region make up the majority of small-scale farmers and yet they are penalised in terms of land rights; whereas this lack of ownership over land contributes to poverty amongst women;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses its grave concern over the use of "public indecency" laws and laws prohibiting association for "an immoral purpose" when dealing with the LGBT community in Mali and the wider region; notes that whilst same-sex relationships are legal in the region, reports of discrimination are widespread;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the States of the Sahel region to revise their laws regarding women and property rights; stresses the importance of women's ownership over land that they farm and live on;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Council to encourage more countries in the region to make explicit statutory provision for women's and girls' rights and to prioritise programmes that would ensure those rights, in particular, access to education, the financial independence of women, the participation of women in political and economic decision-making and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls including the eradication of early forced marriage and the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that domestic violence is not a private family matter, nor are excuses for violence entrenched in cultural or religious belief acceptable;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on states of the Sahel region to ensure that all girls are registered at birth and all girls are enrolled in primary school education;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #

2013/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that human trafficking is part of a wider organised crime problem which includes the illicit trafficking of drugs, oil, cigarettes, counterfeit medicine and firearms; urges leaders of the Sahel region countries to work in cooperation to strengthen law enforcement systems with a view to eradicating all forms of illicit trafficking but particularly that of human beings, which effects some of the youngest and poorest women in the region;
2013/07/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2013/2011(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to propose an ambitious revision of Directive 2010/41/EU1 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self- employed capacity in order to guarantee higher, minimum maternity and paternity leave rights; __________________ ; __________________ 1 OJ L 180, 15 July 2010, p.1 OJ L 180, 15 July 2010, p.1
2013/10/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2013/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls onEncourages the Member States, in the context of cohesion policy, to develop programmes and actions aimed at promoting equal economic independence for women and men by levelling out participation in the labour market and addressing the persistent issue of the gender pay gap;
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2013/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls onEncourages the Member States to pay attention to the deferred effects that fiscal consolidation may have on women, and to how the effective implementation of cohesion policy could be used to minimise these effects;
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2013/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onEncourages the Member States and regional and local authorities to develop innovative measures and programmes with a view to combating the feminisation of poverty and promoting social inclusion, aimed in particular at the most vulnerable groups of women;
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2013/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, to further improvencourage Member States’ to improve reporting systems so as to make it possible to assess the support provided under cohesion policy for progress on gender equality;
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 26 #

2013/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to use theexisting available EU funds more actively to finance the development of family- friendly, high-quality, affordable and accessible care facilities which allow better reconciliation of work and family life.
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2013/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of non- binding voluntary measures to help to ensure sustainable gender diversity within industry as a means to harness untapped skills in the workforce, and to increase and enrich the effectiveness of industry as a business, economic and competitive imperative;
2013/07/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas violence against women and girls includes a wide range of actions such as rape, sexual assault and humiliation, domestic violence, trafficking of women and girls, violence against women and girls in conflict situations, FGM, forced marriage, dowry deaths, honour killings, gendercide and all forms of torture, such as execution by stoning;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas gender-based violence involves victims and perpetrators of all ages, educational backgrounds, incomes and social positions and iscan be linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in our society;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 68 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) is recognised internationally as a violation of human rights of, a form of torture against girls and women, and reflects a deep-rooted inequality between the sexes,. FGM constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women, is nearly always carried out on minors and is a violation of the rights of children;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas the adoption of EU guidelines on Violence against Women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them is a mark of the EU’s clear political will to treat the subject of women’s rights as a priority and to take long-term non-legislative and non-binding action in that field; whereas coherence between the internal and external dimensions in polices concerning human rights can sometimes expose a gap between rhetoric and behaviour;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. Stresses the continuing need for the EU to work with third countries to eradicate the violent practice of FGM; reminds those Member States and third countries with national legislation criminalising FGM that they must act on this legislation;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to submit a revised proposal for a Regulation onWhere practically and economically feasible calls on the Commission to collect European statistics that would target violent crimes and include a coherent system for collecting statistics on gender- based violence in the Member States;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the rejection on 12 December 2012 by the European Parliament of the Commission’s proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on safety from crime, and as an alternative, where practically and economically feasible recommends collecting statistics on violence against women in the Member States, as the Council, in its conclusions of December 2012, called for improvements to the collection and dissemination of comparable, reliable and regularly updated data concerning all forms of violence against women at both national and EU level; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0494.
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Council to activate the passerelle clause, by adopting a unanimous decision identifying gender based violence (including FGM) as an area of crime listed in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;deleted
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 84 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fight against all forms of violence against women and girls and acknowledges that Member States must continue to work collaboratively with one another to eradicate violence through the sharing of best practice, gathering and exchanging information and raising awareness. Recognises that individual Member States have overall responsibility for their own legal systems, and are therefore best placed to initiate and implement policy and laws which will help to tackle violence against women and girls;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 87 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Opposes the EU´s development of any further binding legal instruments in this area, and welcomes the Commission’s recent comments that outline its plans not to draft any more EU legislation on combatting violence against women, since existing legislation is already in place through the EU´s "Victim´s Package";
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes that many Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women or have expressed an interest to ratify, and recognises that there exists no EU legal basis, as stated by the European Parliament´s Legal Service on the 8th April 2013, for a EU legislative initiative on combatting violence against women;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 91 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Requests the Commission to present an non-legislative and non-binding EU-wide Strategy and an Action Plan to combat violence against women;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 101 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Commission to adopt the first steps towards establishing a European Observatory on Violence Against Women, build using on existing economic resources and institutional structures (European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE))that are already in place at European Union level;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the EU to ensure, by means of aid conditionality, that third countries protect women and girls from all forms of violence; calls on the Council to suspend aid to countries practising violence against women and girls and to divert aid to support victims; urges the Commission to ensure that all new Free Trade Agreements with third countries provide for strict obligations which safe-guard women and girls;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 115 #

2013/2004(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the EU in its human rights dialogues with third countries to promote the prevention, investigation and prosecution of all violence against women, especially those perpetrated against the LGBT community who can be more vulnerable to violence and human rights abuses;
2013/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) To promote similar reductions of the average consumption level of lightweight plastic carrier bags, Member States should take measures to reduce the consumption of plastic carrier bags with a thickness below 50 microns in line with the overall objectives of the Union’s waste policy and the Union’s waste hierarchy as provided for in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives7 . Such reduction measures should take account of current consumption levels of plastic carrier bags in individual Member States, with higher levels requiring more ambitious efforts. To monitor progress in reducing the use of lightweight plastic carrier bags national authorities, willhere practically feasible, are encouraged to provide data on their use under article 17 of Directive 94/62/EC.
2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Measures to be taken byNon-legislative and non-binding EU measures that can be recommended to Member States may involve the use of economic instruments such as taxes and levies, which have proved particularly effective to reduce the use of plastic carriervoluntary reduction schemes that encompass positive reward instruments should a shopper choose to reuse an existing lightweight plastic carrier bag, a reusable non-plastic "bag for life ", or an ecological and biodegradable bags,; as well as marketing restrictions such as bans in derogation of Article 18 of Directive 94/62/EC, subject to the requirements laid down in Articles 34 to 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Bags used to wrap loose, unpacked products are necessary for preserving food hygiene and consumer safety and should therefore be exempt from the reduction objective of this Directive.
2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
1a Member States shall be encouraged to take measures to achieve a reduction in the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags on their territory within two years of entry into force of this Directive.
2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 123 #

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 2
These measurNon-legislative and non-binding measures recommended to the Member States may include the use of nationalvoluntary reduction targets,schemes that encompass positive economic reward instruments; as well as marketing restrictions in derogation from Article 18 of this Directive.
2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 132 #

2013/0371(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1b (new)
(2a) In Article 4, the following paragraph 1b is inserted: '1b. Plastic bags used to wrap loose, unpacked products shall be exempt from the reduction objective referred to in paragraph 1a since they are necessary for preserving food hygiene and consumer safety.'
2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
(5) The fight against poverty remains the primary objective of the European Union's development policy, as laid down in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Unionand all forms of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression should be the primary objective of the European Union's development policy. The allocation of financial development aid should be subject to the upholding of these universal values.
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The EU should ensure, by means of development aid conditionality, that third countries protect women and girls from torture. The Council should suspend aid to countries practising torture and divert aid to support victims.
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
(17) The differing national socioeconomic and cultural contexts and sensitivities call for some of the activities of the European Year to be decentralised to national level, in accordance with Article 58 of the Financial Regulation13 . However, the setting of policy priorities at national level should be coordinated by the Commissionnational competent authorities of the Member States with a view to guaranteeing consistency with the strategic objectives of the European Year.; __________________ 13 Regulation (EU, EURATOMuratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 23 a (new)
23a. It is vital that official development assistance is spent without wasteful duplication , especially when more than a quarter of EU projects are either not performing or performing with difficulties, and that Member States retain the right based on national circumstances to decide on the independent allocation of development assistance to third countries.
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– to inform EU citizens about EU development cooperation, highlighting what the European Union and its composite Member States can already achieve as the biggest aid donor in the world and how it could do even more with the combined strength of itswilling Member States and its institutions.;
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall ensure that all its development and aid projects are effective and not duplicated.
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introduction
Participation in the activities of the European Year to be financed shall be non- binding and open to:
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Where appropriate, and without prejudice to their objectives and budget, existing programmes which contribute to the promotion of development may support the European Year provided that there is no duplication.
2013/10/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2013/0233(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
(5) In its communication entitled 'The demographic future of Europe – from challenge to opportunity'9, the Commission underlined the fact that demographic ageing is one of the main challenges facing all the Member States and that increased use of new technologies could help to control costs, improve well-being and promote the active participation in society of elderly people, for example by harnessing their experience as business mentors, as well as improving the competitiveness of Union economy. __________________ 9 COM(2006) 571 final of 12 October 2006.
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2013/0233(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) Under the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing established under the Innovation Union, ICT solutions are expected to play an important role in meeting its goals of two additional healthy life years by 2020 as well as improving quality of life for citizens without any discrimination on the basis of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, religious or sexual orientation and improving efficiency of care systems in the Union. Its Strategic Implementation Plan sets out priorities for accelerating and scaling up innovation in active and healthy ageing across the Union, in three domains: prevention and health promotion, care and cure, and independent living and social inclusion.
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2013/0233(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
(17) In order to protect the financial interests of the Union, the Commission should have the right tohrough proportionate measures to recover, reduce, withhold or terminate the Union financial contribution where the AAL Programme is implemented inadequately, partially or late, or the Participating States do not contribute, or contribute partially or late, to the financing of the AAL Programme. Those rights should be provided for in the delegation agreement to be concluded between the Union and the AALA.
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2013/0233(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Contracts, grant agreements and grant decisions, resulting from the implementation of this Decision shall contain provisions expressly empowering the Member States, the Commission, AALA, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct audits and investigations, according to their respective competences.
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2013/0233(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 2017 the Commission shall conduct an interim evaluation of the AAL Programme using appropriate and realistic benchmarks, which should include a gender equality dimension, as to determine if the AAL Programme has been successful. The Commission shall prepare a report on that evaluation which includes conclusions of the evaluation and observations by the Commission. The Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 30 June 2018.
2013/11/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) This Regulation should only refer to fees which are to be levied by the Agency, whereas the competence to decide on possible fees levied by the competent authorities of the Member States should remain with the Member States. Marketing authorisation holders should not be charged twice for the same pharmacovigilance activity. Member States should therefore not levy fees for the activities which are covered by this Regulation.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 33 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Registered homeopathic and herbal medicinal products shall be exempt from the scope of this regulation.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. 'Chargeable unit' means each individual entry in the database referred to in Article 57(1)(l) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 based on information from the list of all medicinal products for human use authorised in the Union referred to in Article 57(2) thereofa unit defined by the following data set from the medicinal products information included in the database referred to in Article 57(1)(l) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004: (a) marketing authorisation holder; (b) country where the marketing authorisation is valid; (c) active ingredient(s); (d) pharmaceutical form.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. The Agency shall levy the annual flat fee by issuing invoices to marketing authorisation holders at the latest on 31 January of every calendar year for that calendar year. Fees due under this Article shall be paid within 30 calendar daysthe timeframe set in Directive 2011/7/EC from the date on which the invoice is received by the marketing authorisation holder, or in exceptional circumstances through an independently agreed timeframe negotiated between the agency and the marketing authorisation holder.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Where a marketing authorisation holder claiming or having claimed to be entitled to a reduction of or an exemption from fees under this Regulation fails to demonstrate that it is entitled to such a reduction or exemption, the full amount of the fee laid down in the Annex shall be increased by 10% and the Agency shall levy the resulting full applicable amount or, as appropriate, the balance to the resulting fullthen be applicable amount.;
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. The remuneration shall be paid in accordance with the written contract referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 62(3) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and within the timeframe set in Directive 2011/7/EC. Any bank charges related to the payment of that remuneration shall be borne by the Agency.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall, when producing an estimate of the overall expenditure and income for the following financial year in accordance with Article 67(6) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, include detailed information on income from fees relating to pharmacovigilance activities. This information shall distinguish between the annual flat fee and the fees for each procedure referred to in Article 3(a) which will be based on the number of chargeable unit entries in the database. The Agency shall also provide specific analytical information on its revenue and expenditure related to pharmacovigilance activities, allowing to distinguish between the annual flat fee and each of the fees for procedures referred to in Article 3(a).
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 78 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director of the Agency shall provide the Commission and, the Management Board, the Court of Auditors and the Member States annually with information on the components that may have a bearing on the costs to be covered by the fees provided for in this Regulation. This information shall include a cost breakdown related to the previous year and a forecast for the following year. The Executive Director of the Agency shall also openly publish this overview in its public annual report. The Executive Director of the Agency shall also provide the Commission and the Management Board once per year with the performance information set out in Part V of the Annex based on the performance indicators referred to in paragraph 3.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 82 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to amend Parts I to V of the Annex. to take account of inflationary fluctuations only. Increasing or decreasing the fees shall be decided as part of the overall review of the Agency´s fees regime which has been planned for early 2015.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Any amendments to the amounts shall be based on a transparent and open evaluation of the costs of the Agency and the costs of the assessments provided by the rapporteurs as laid down in Article 9 or on the monitoring of the inflation rate referred to in Article 15(4).
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #

2013/0222(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part III– paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point ii
(ii) subsequently applying the reduction laid down in paragraph 2 of Part III of this Annex and the exemption referred to in Article 1(3), where relevant.
2013/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) Whereas action needs to be taken by member states in order to eradicate discrimination and inequalities with regard to a female gender pay gap in the European Union labour market;
2013/09/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) To aid diversity companies and businesses should be encouraged to boost female board and management representation as a means to increase the effectiveness of decision making as a business and economic imperative; Companies and businesses should be encouraged to create a pipeline of board and management-ready women that encourages, supports and develops female talent at all levels and throughout their careers; It would therefore be important that collaborative and constructive efforts are made with all stakeholders, such as recruiters, working groups and Non- Governmental Organisations to harness women's skills in business through voluntary business-led change that encompasses the sharing of best practice within, across and beyond the EU; Companies should be encouraged to help raise awareness, offer mentoring schemes and networking support for women employees on management opportunities within their organisation, with the aim of harnessing the advice and experience of business professionals;
2013/11/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to increase the relevance, consistency and comparability of information disclosed by companies across the Union, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, and can therefore by reason of its effect be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the pursued objective.deleted
2013/11/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 a –paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the large company's diversity policy for its administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard tocan be provided on a voluntary basis and may be seen as an example of good practice in the business and consumer community. It may include aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, educational and professional background, the objectives of this diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. If the company has no such policy, the statement shall contain a clear and reasoned explanation as to why this is the case. Under no circumstances shall a large company be subject to administrative and financial sanctions for non-compliance, or be forced to disclose employee wages, or any other sensitive data, as long as it is in compliance with data protection laws.
2013/11/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 104 #

2012/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the proposal for a directive on a better gender balance in management posts in businesses;deleted
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 139 #

2012/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the introduction of a public transport policy which takes gender equality into account, enabling women to be more active in the labour market and in searching for work by making them truly mobile and helping them to achieve a better work-life balance;deleted
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 155 #

2012/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricular activities, and carers have direct implications for women who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailedis a matter of subsidiarity and recognises that the economic crisis has an effect on budgets but has confidence in Member States to introduce relevant mechanisms to encourage and support women in the workplace;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 174 #

2012/2301(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls once more on the European Institute for Gender Equality to embark upon constant monitoring of the impact the economic and financial crisis is having on gender equality, that this may become a genuine policy scoreboard, with an annual report to Parliament and to the Commission, using precise and reliable indicators; However notes in some instances that the European Institute of Gender Equality duplicates the work of EU Member States, the work of the European Commission's DG Employment, and the work of another EU agency: the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and its statistics-gathering functions could easily be taken over by the commission's Eurostat directorate- general. Therefore, requires that the EIGE area of competency be clearly defined and that its work guidelines be clearly agreed;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the CommissionMember States to develop a European strategyies for matchaligning workforce skills with the needs ofopportunities offered by the Green Tech sector, looking to different subsectors and their needs for qualified workers as well as developing an EU-wide database for highly-skilled green jobs;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that it is not onlyrather than subsidies that, innovative European companies need, but also better more flexible legislation, better links to the research base and better and more diverse access to funding and financing, ranging from grants to loans and equity financing; calls, therefore, on the Member States and the Commission to create appropriate conditions at national and European level;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Green Tech job creations should not be limited to renewable energy production, increasing energy efficiency and the transport sector, since green growth is an opportunity for all sectors, which should therefore investigate development options for and raise consumer awareness of the importance of buying 'green' products;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 40 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the Eurostat definition of 'green jobs' (in the environmental goods and services sector), which for example stipulates that 'green' technologies and products must have an environmental protection or resource management purpose as their prime objective, to be useful to avoid diverging statistics, but considers it necessary to further develop an EU- wide uniform definition of green jobs and growth, which would, for example, also include the public transport sector;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Given that eco-innovation is a cross- cutting policy area which no single ministry or agency can tackle on its own, calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage cooperation across ministries and policy levels and to monitor the implementation of the policies concerned on a regular basis;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to draw up new legislation and strengthenMember States to implement the existing legislation in the field of the developmenting and use ofing renewable energies and increasing energy efficiency, providing legal certainty and a level playing field, and boosting public and private investment;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that the local and regional authorities, in accordance with the legal and institutional architecture of each Member State, adopt development strategies in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy, with the aim of creating new jobs in a sustainable economy;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Takes the view that the existing and proposed EU environmental legislation has significant, where properly impact assessed to take account of its impact both on the environment and on economic competitiveness, offers potential to create conditions for new jobs in areas such as air, soil and water, energy, public services, agriculture, transport, forestry and environmental management, and calls on the Member States to implement this legislation;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to eliminate in the medium termphase out all subsidies and financial support for fossil fuels and environmentally unsustainable policies, as well as those subsidies that damage competition within the internal energy market;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 87 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Invites the Commission, specifically, to programme clearly-defined, focused and reinforced resources for market replication projects, risk capital, networking and internationalisation for eco-innovations and their commercialisation in the EU by SMEs, conceivably with budgets ring- fenced for eco-innovation as a minimum guarantee;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 92 #

2012/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that an increa more efficient use inof funds must be coupled with a simplification of funding procedures;
2013/06/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2012/2293(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that in 2009 there were seven times more single mothers than single fathers; stresses that single mothers should therefore be given priority when it comes to the allocation of social housing;
2013/02/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2012/2289(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the post-2015 MDG framework to set ambitious targets for women's rights and gender equality in terms of women's empowerment and well-being, participation in decision-making, combating violence against women, access to good education (at primary, secondary, and higher level) and training, access to effective health care, improvements in sexual and reproductive health and rights, quality and stability of employment, equal pay, career development, the representation of women in politics and economic activity, and ownership and inheritance rights;
2013/02/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2012/2289(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, bearing in mind that gender equality and non-discrimination are cross-cutting aims, to increase the amount of developmentre-evaluate aid for programmes focusing on them, so as enable the gender dimension to be mainstreamed at every stage of development aid programming (identification, formulation, implementation, and evaluation) without increasing the budget;
2013/02/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #

2012/2289(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Asks that allocation of development aid be withdrawn from national authorities who do not denounce hatred and violence on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression;
2013/02/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 71 #

2012/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to support and encourage all types of initiatives to increase awareness on gendercide, and to find effective ways to combat it, by offering guidance, assistance, and appropriate policies and funding, as part of its external relations, humanitarian aid and gender mainstreaming;
2013/06/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 91 #

2012/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work intensivelyMember States to share best practice to prevent gender-biased sex selection, not by imposing restrictions on access to reproductive health services and technology but by promoting responsible use of it, to introduce and strengthen guidelines, and to provide specialised training for medical staff to advise on and prevent sex selective practices, with the rare exception of justified cases for sex- linked genetic diseases, and to prevent the use and promotion of technologies for sex- selection and/or for profit purposes;
2013/06/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2012/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to educate couples to have mutual respect concerning sexuality and fertility and to educate both men and women on the importance of women'stheir health and well-being;
2013/06/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 123 #

2012/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to provide technical and financial support for innovative activities and education programmes that aim to stimulate debate and understanding of the equal value of girls and boys, using all available media and social networks, targeting and involving young people, religious and spiritual leaders, teachers, community leaders and other influential personalities, in an effort to modify the cultural perceptions of gender equality of a given society and to underscore the need for non- discriminatory behaviour;
2013/06/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 128 #

2012/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and all relevant stakeholderMember States to take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that practicing forced abortions and sex- selective surgery to terminate pregnancy without prior and informed consent or understanding of the procedure by the women involved is criminalised;
2013/06/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 130 #

2012/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on governments and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that legislation on sex selection is implemented effectively and that appropriate sanctions are imposed on those breaking the law;.
2013/06/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2012/2263(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the differences in conditions of detention within the Member States and invites the Commission and the Member States to reflect on harmonisationshare best practice in this field;
2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

2012/2263(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to set up compulsory gender-specific training for personnel receiving unaccompanied minors in shelters as well as for interviewers, decision makers and legal representatives of unaccompanied minors, and to ensure that the police and the legal authorities in the Member States regularly undergo gender-specific training;
2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2012/2263(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement specific measures for pregnant minors by providing day-care facilities and adapting shelters to their specific needs during and after the pregnancy;deleted
2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2012/2263(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Invites the Commission, in cooperation with the EIGE, to propose harmonised minimum standards of gender-sensitivity based on existing best practices for its next action plan on unaccompanied minors;deleted
2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2012/2263(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Member States to produce gender-sensitive and child-sensitive brochures in several languages to inform young womenminors about their rights and obligations as asylum applicants;
2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
(a) Encourages national authorities in this region to set up awareness raising programs on domestic violence in combination with the development of refuges for women who have or are presently experiencing domestic violence;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
(b) Calls on national authorities in this region to work together in creating a common front in combating trafficking in human beings;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
(c) Notes with disappointment that in some states in this region women entrepreneurs are frequently discriminated against when trying to secure loans or credit for their businesses, and still often face barriers based on gender stereotypes; Further to this, calls on states in this region to consider the creation of mentoring schemes and support programmes that can harness the advice and experience of entrepreneurial professionals;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 37 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
(d) Asks national authorities in this region to denounce hatred and violence on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
(e) Encourages national authorities in this region to support gender equality and promote this goal through education in schools and universities. Recognises that from a young age many girls are discouraged from pursuing school and university subjects perceived as inherently 'masculine', such as science, maths and technology; recommends introducing initial courses at school and to broaden the spectrum of possible subjects and careers open to girls, so that they are able to develop the knowledge base and full range of skills necessary for succeeding in any walk of life they may decide to choose;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Albanian Government to implement the legislation laying down a 30 % quota fsupport more women in political decision- making, ensuring that the law is applied as strictly as possible and that dissuasive penalties are imposed for non- compliance, especially with a view to the parliamentary elections in 2013;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
(FYRO)Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian Government to make gender-based harassment and sexual harassment criminal offences, to ensure that both parents are allowed to take parental leave or family leave in order to take care of sick relatives, and to afford better legal protection on the labour market for women who are pregnant or have just given birth;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy mechanism for dealing with complaints of gender discrimination does not function properly, calls on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian Government to take measures to improve the handling of complaints;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #

2012/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes with concern the fragmented implementation of the action plans and strategies for gender equality and the lack of coordination of efforts; calls on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian Government to increase the financial and human resources available to the Department for Gender Equality;
2013/01/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that there is an urgent need to reform pension systems to take account of economic and demographic trends and improve Europe's growth prospectspension systems are a Member State competency;
2013/01/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the needEncourages Member States to adjust retirement age to take account of increased life expectancy while improving access to lifelong learning, making it easier for people to reconcile the demands of professional, family and private life and promoting active ageing;
2013/01/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of equalising the pensionable age for women and men, which will make a significant contribution to boosting the labour force participation of older workers;deleted
2013/01/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's intention of encouraging the development of complementary private retirement savings with a view to increasing the income of retired people;deleted
2013/01/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers thatEncourages Member States to view periods, in which women or men are obliged to take care of children or other dependent members of their families should be treated, as insured periods for the purpose of establishing, and calculating, entitlement to pension;
2013/01/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2012/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the White Paper's call for the development of care credits in respect of dependent persons, in other words measures to ensure periods spent taking care of dependent persons are taken into account when calculating individual women's or men's pension entitlement, as is already the case in some Member States.deleted
2013/01/28
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2012/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a stepping-up of efforts to achieve the MDGs relating to gender equality with a particular focus on addressing violence against women, and maternal health and requests that measures immediately be considered for the post- 2015 period;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2012/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the EU to promote mentoring programmes where European women in further education and professional life work alongside women of the developing world;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2012/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Whilst noting that some developing countries have made great progress in the area of human rights, strongly condemns EU funding to those countries who still criminalise women on grounds of their sexual orientation;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2012/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission and Council, therefore, to further encourage third countries to make express provision for women's rights in their legislation, in particular, legislation to protect girls and women from violence, to guarantee that those rights are respected, and to implement gender-sensitive policies, and mechanisms to ensure that women are more closely involved in decision making in public life, be this in the political, economic or social spheres;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2012/2222(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission and Council to encourage third countries to develop practical measures to help women who have been the victims of gender- based violence, for example, refugee centres and counselling to be available for victims;
2013/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2012/2214(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. RecallDeplores that a number of agencies in the remit of this committee have had problems with regard to recruitment and selection procedures, highlighting in particular cases of conflict of interest and the so-called 'revolving doors' problem; is aware that each agency follows its own set of rules, proceedings and policies in accordance with the Staff Regulation;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2012/2214(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Draws attention to the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner's pledge to pursue an initiative for a common rulebook governing the auditing and management of EU agencies and to tackle the various instances of conflicts of interest, whilst examining the scope for cuts to its operating budget;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2012/2206(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the important role of the European Institute for Gender Equality in promoting gender equality and supporting its integration into all Union policies and the resulting national policies, and in the fight against discrimination based on gender, as well as in raising Union citizens' awareness of gender equality; stresses that the objectives and the task of the Institute require that a separate dedicated entity is maintained within the institutional framework; notes, however, that the Institute in many instances duplicates the work of Member States, the work of the Commission's DG Employment and the work of another EU agency: the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and that its statistics-gathering functions could easily be taken over by the Commission's Eurostat Directorate-General;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2012/2206(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the comment of the Court of Auditors about the carryover of 50 % of total commitments in 2011; calls on the Institute to make efforts to progressively reduce the carryover with the aim to reach an acceptable level of carryover in order to respect the budgetary principle of annuality; notes that a 50 % carryover suggests that there is a poor work agenda and that this should be urgently re- examined;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2012/2206(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the comment of the Court of Auditors about the need to improve the documentation of physical inventory taking for fixed assets and of the estimation of accrued charges; notes in this regard the Institute's commitment to assure proper management of assets and to improve the estimation of accrual charges; notes, furthermore, that there is a need for a robust approach in the implementation of the work agenda;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2012/2206(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Institute in many instances duplicates the work of Member States, the work of the Commission's DG Employment and the work of another EU agency: the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and its statistics-gathering functions could easily be taken over by the Commission's Eurostat Directorate- General; therefore requires that the Institute's area of competency be clearly defined and that its work guidelines be clearly agreed;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2012/2206(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Institute's second ex-ante evaluation report focusing on the Institute's specific objectives and operations asks, however, for clarification on the objectives of the Institute;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2012/2206(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Supports the work produced by the Institute but where feasible asks that it be given to self-funded third parties;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2012/2203(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner’s pledge to pursue an initiative for a common rulebook governing the auditing and management of ECHA and to tackle the various instances of conflicts for interest, whilst examining the scope for cuts to its operating budget;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 3 #

2012/2203(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is convincedNotes that the ECHA is committed to the principle of annuality; however, considers it in this context unavoidable that carry- overs are needed for some degree and should not always be considered as bad planning;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2012/2203(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Has no evidence that the ECHA has implemented its budget in a non-cost- effective way and has no indication of fraud or irregularities; recommends on the facts available that discharge can be granted to the Executive Director of the ECHA in respect of the implementation of the ECHA’s budget for the financial year 2011.deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #

2012/2203(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the discharge decision for the ECHA should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high-quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2012/2203(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Is of the opinion that the ECHA should not be granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the ECHA budget for the financial year 2011 until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Thinks it is noteworthy in this context that the Special Report No 15/2012 , ‘Management of Conflict of Interest in Selected EU Agencies’, by the Court of Auditors is not taking into account to the full the latest developments and improvements put in place by the Authority; therefore, notes with satisfaction the improvement of all procedures related to transparency and possible conflict of interests in the Authority and will support the Executive Director in itsher further efforts;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Draws attention to the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner’s pledge to pursue an initiative for a common rulebook governing the auditing and management of the Authority and to tackle the various instances of conflicts for interest, whilst examining the scope for cuts to its operating budget;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Authority to respect in an improved way the principle of annuality; considers the year of 2011 as special due to the movement to the new headquarters and the delayed settlement of payments in this respect;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is especially aware ofDraws particular attention to the public interest in the decision -making process within the Authority, which is done within its legal role and responsibilities; asks the Authority to pay further special interest to the public opinion but likes to remind in addition, that some possible shortcomings are due to a lack in the current legislation;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Has no evidence that the Authority has implemented its budget in a non-cost- effective way and has no indication of fraud or irregularities; recommends on the facts available that discharge can be granted to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2011.deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the discharge decision for the Authority should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high-quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 13 #

2012/2196(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Is of the opinion that the Authority should not be granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2011 until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2012/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner’s pledge to pursue an initiative for a common rulebook governing the auditing and management of ECDC and to tackle the various instances of conflicts for interest, whilst examining the scope for cuts to its operating budget;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2012/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Has no evidence that the ECDC has implemented its budget in a non-cost- effective way and has no indication of fraud or irregularities; recommends on the facts available that discharge can be granted to the Executive Director of the ECDC in respect of the implementation of the ECDC’s budget for the financial year 2011.deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #

2012/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the discharge decision for the ECDC should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high-quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common rulebook for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2012/2195(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is of the opinion that the ECDC should not be granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the ECDC budget for the financial year 2011 until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2012/2190(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner’s pledge to pursue an initiative for a common rulebook governing the auditing and management of the Agency and to tackle the various instances of conflicts for interest, whilst examining the scope for cuts to its operating budget;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

2012/2190(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Thinks it is noteworthy in this context that the special report on Conflict of Interests by the Court of Auditors is not taking into account to the full the latest developments and improvements put in place by the Agency; therefore, notes with satisfaction the improvement of all procedures related to transparency and possible conflicts of interest in the Agency and will support the Executive Director in hits further efforts;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2012/2190(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the efforts by the executive level of the Agency to encourage a decision by the Management Board to revise the system of remuneration of Member States services based on real costs; is fully aware ofdeplores the fact that the littleits limited progress is due to the lack of any decision in the Management Board; welcomes therefore the approach by the Agency’s administration to call upon the European Commission for further assistance in this matter;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 8 #

2012/2190(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Has no evidence that the Agency has implemented its budget in a non-cost- effective way and has no indication of fraud or irregularities; recommends, on the basis of the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2011.deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2012/2190(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that the discharge decision for the Agency should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high-quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2012/2190(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Is of the opinion that the Agency should not be granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency budget for the financial year 2011 until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2012/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the European Court of Auditors (Court of Auditors) considers the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2011 as legal and regular in all material respects; underlines again that the discharge procedure shall focus on the preceding year; is fully aware ofwould like to underscore the difficult procedure granting discharge for the year 2010 but is of the opinion that any progress made since then should be duly noted and taken into account;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2012/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Draws attention to the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner’s pledge to pursue an initiative for a common rulebook governing the auditing and management of EEA and to tackle the various instances of conflicts for interest, whilst examining the scope for cuts to its operating budget;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #

2012/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Has been aware of the cooperation with Earthwatch since the discharge procedure 2010; has fully been informed by the EEA and its Executive Director on the collaboration; takes note that in future special attention willmust be paid to procurement procedures for training opportunities and that no additional expeditions will be organised; asks the EEA to provide further information on the new training procedures for EEA staff;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 8 #

2012/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Has no evidence that the EEA has implemented its budget in a non-cost- effective way and has no indication of fraud or irregularities; recommends on the facts available that discharge can be granted to the Executive Director of the EEA in respect of the implementation of the EEA’s budget for the financial year 2011.deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2012/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the discharge decision for the EEA should be based upon OECD guidelines to ensure high-quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to incorporate and commit to introducing OECD guidelines within a common working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2012/2187(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Is of the opinion that the EEA should not be granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the EEA budget for the financial year 2011 until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned, in this context, aboutDeplores, regarding the presentation of environment and health policy areas together with rural development and fisheries in the annual report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the Union budget , as it is stated, that the payments by year end were affected by material errors; takes careful notes that this conclusion concerns solely the area of rural development; requests that the Court of Auditors explore a different presentation in the future, which takes into account the good performance of the policy areas in the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the annual report contains no observations from the Court of Auditors, or any replies from the Commission regarding spending related to the promotion of equality between women and men; recognises that, in times of economic crisis and austerity, funding has to be kept to a minimum;
2012/12/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is aware that the payment rate of LIFE+ actions under the responsibility of DG CLIMA in the first year reached only 58,23%; takes note that this low consumption is due to the factis concerned, in this regard, that the preparation of the 2011 budget was too optimistic and the requested amounts were too high; notes, furthermore, that final payment settlements were only requested in 2012; highlights that unused payment appropriations have been transferred to other budget lines in the context of the global transfer exercise taking place each year in November; is aware that in 2011 those payment appropriations have been used for the shortfalls for Cohesion budget lines;
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2012/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data available and the implementation report, that discharge canshould not be granted to the Commission in respect of expenditure in the areas of environmental and climate policy, public health and food safety for the financial year 2011, until the general budget of the European Union is given an unqualified statement of assurance by the Court of Auditors.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2012/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph A
A. whereas greater efforts must be made to achieve the target, set in the EU 2020 Strategy, of increasing the labour market participation of women to 75 %encourage more women into the labour market as this would free an important amount of untapped talent, especially in the field of science and technology, and would contribute to economic efficiency and increased productivity;,
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2012/2150(INI)

Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the gender pay gap is still an issue in the EU and that it also affects the level of pensions that women later receive; calls, therefore, on the Member States to set qualitative targets in NRPs related to closing the gender pay gap;
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2012/2145(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas all types of violence and discrimination directed against women, including sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, and domestic violence and economic discriminationeconomic discrimination and physical and psychological domestic violence must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;
2012/09/25
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union promotes human dignity and recognises not only that every person is entitled to have access to preventive health care and medical treatment, but alsowhereby Article 186 (7) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union clearly states that Member States are responsible for the organisation, management and delivery of health services and medical care, including the allocation of resources. It is vital that older people have the right to live a decent, independent life and play their part in culture and society;
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas depression is a serious form of mental disorder that affects both women to a greater extent thand men; whereas. For women the WHO estimates that its incidence in Europe ranges between 2% and 15% in the over-65 age group;
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas equal access to health services must be guaranteed and the quality of health care needs to be improved while respecting Article 168 (7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital X
X. whereas many women use oral contraceptives while they are of fertile age and then move on to hormone replacement therapy during the menopause;deleted
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission, while respecting Article 168 (7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to encourage initiatives to promote better cardiovascular health, not least with the aid of the necessary information on the risks associated with smoking and drinking and on the benefits of a proper diet and sufficient exercise, these being ways to prevent obesity, high blood pressure, and the related complications;
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 110 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to draw up and implement a specific EU strategy on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of diabetes, also covering information and research; while respecting Article 168 (7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 184 #

2012/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to launch specific awareness campaigns focusing on correct nutrition and the importance of physical exercise for elderly women, given that these can help to prevent falls and can reduce the incidence of heart and circulatory disorders, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer;
2012/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 68 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls the double discrimination faced by lesbian women and calls on national authorities in North Africa to decriminalise homosexuality and to ensure that women are not discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 78 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that during and after the uprisings women in North Africa have faced increased vulnerability and victimisation;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to strengthen access to education in health and social services for women and girls, particularly with regard to maternal and reproductive health;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the idea of many women parliamentarians that women's rights and gender equality could better be implemented in legislation with the establishment of a women's caucus or a special parliamentary committee to deal with the issue and ensure gender mainstreaming in parliamentsequality;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 155 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission on a budget neutral basis to reinforce the staff dedicated to gender issues in the EU delegations of the region and to guarantee that women and NGOs are involved in the consultation process around the programming;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 157 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to encourage the creation of and to finance counselling centres and ‘women's houses’, where women can obtain advice on any issue, from political rights to legal counselling, through health and protection against domestic violence, as a holistic approach is helpful to women but also more discreet when it comes to violence;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 158 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Encourages national authorities in North Africa to set up awareness raising programmes on domestic violence in combination with the development of refuges for women who have, or are presently experiencing domestic violence;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 166 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Members States, and especially the EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator, to take into account and have a common front in the coordination of EU external policy activities in the framework of the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012–2016; as and when possible North African national authorities should be encouraged to liaise with other States in the region to combat trafficking in Human Beings;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to supportencourage women's projects and strengthen women's networks in universities, the media, cultural bodies, the film industry and other creative sectors, and insists on the importance of enhancing cultural relations between both shores of the Mediterranean, including through the social media, digital platforms and satellite transmission;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 169 #

2012/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to strengthencontinue higher education exchange programmes, such as Erasmus Mundus, and to encourage the participation of young women; calls also for the development of interregional cooperation (be it through twinning or ‘peer-to-peer’ exchanges) between regions from the northern and southern Mediterranean;
2013/01/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 71 #

2012/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. ERecognises that whilst education is a Member State competency it should be encouragesd theat Member States introductione into school curricula for children between 6 and 13 years of age of programmes aimed at developing children's ability to use the media, at enhancing their capacity to think critically and select from the information available, and at enabling them to acquire an understanding of marketing techniques;
2012/07/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2012/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends theEncourages Member States to work together and introductione into school curricula, in cooperation with parents and under their control, of a subject entitled: ‘Preparation for family life with elements of sexual education’, which will prepare young girls and boys to develop healthy, respectful and emotionally satisfying relationships;
2012/07/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2012/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that there is also a concentration of women working in the public sector, with 25 % of women compared with 17 % of men; notes that in a large number of Member States, there are considerably more female doctors than male doctors;
2012/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 37 #

2012/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes in the service sector, where there is an assumption that there are male and female jobs, and that the latter are associated with the work that women do in the home and are considered as an extension of these (clothing and textiles, teaching, nursing, cleaning, etc.); notes that the proportion of men entering the teaching profession is considerably smaller than that of women and stresses the need for more males in the profession;
2012/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #

2012/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that flexible working hours are becoming more commonplace: weekend work, irregular and unpredictable working hours and adding to them, and given that the demand for flexibility is greatest amongst part-time workers, who are mostly women, this means that more women than men suffer changes in their working hours from week to week, making it even harder for women to find a balance between work and family lifeis to the advantage of women who very often wish to combine work with childcare, home life or caring for dependant relatives;
2012/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2012/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the transition to a green and sustainable economy is essential to reducing environmental impact, improving social justice and creating a society in which women and men enjoy equa and whereas the European Parliament could be at the forefront of this reduction by ending environmentally wasteful trights and opportunitieps between its seats;
2012/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #

2012/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for abolishing the current two- seat system of the European Parliament and for ending environmentally wasteful trips between its seats once a month;
2012/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2012/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on Member States to ensure women's equal representation in political decision-making and the green jobs sector; if it is not possible to achieve this through voluntary means, targeted initiatives, such as quotas, must be used to strengthen democracy;
2012/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2012/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that for women to participate in the green economy on the same terms as men, there is a need for increased childcare and elderly care centres, that both women and men must be able to combine work and family, and that women's sexual and reproductive rights must be ensured;
2012/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Companies and businesses shall look at creating a pipeline of board and management-ready women that encourages, supports and develops female talent at all levels and throughout their careers;
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 51 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In Norway the "golden skirts" or the "trophy directors", which are a group of about 70 women who were given non- executive posts on multiple company boards, has unfortunately lead to the situation where women are increasingly being put on boards as a means to "window dress" and make up numbers. This has had the counter-productive effect of demeaning and patronising successful women who have made it onto boards by merit. Further, acknowledges that the proven experience of Norway demonstrates that a quota system does not lead to any sustainable change, as presently just 3% of CEOs are women;
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 56 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The proportion of women on company boards is progressing very slowsteadily, with an average annual increase of just 0.6 percentage points during the past years. The rate of improvement has differed in individual Member States and has led to highly divergent results. Much more significant progress was noted in the Member States where binding measures have been introduced. Growing discrepancies between Member States are likely to increase given the very different approaches pursued by individual Member States to increase the representation of females on boards that are being pursued by individual Member States.
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 74 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The Union should therefore aim to increase the presence of women on company boards, in order both to boost economic growth and the competitiveness of European companies and to achieve effective gender equality on the labour market. This aim should be pursued through minimum requirements on positive action involuntary measures and the sharing of best practice with the foraim of binding measures aiming at attaining a quantitative objective for the gender composition of boards of listed companies, in the view of the fact that Member States and other countries which have chosen this or a similar method have achieved the best results in reducing the under- representation of women in economic decision-making positions.attaining a better balance of gender composition of boards of listed companies
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 107 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) Determining the number of non- executive director positions necessary to meet the objective requires further specification since for most board sizes it is mathematically possible only to go beyond or remain below the exact share of 40 per cent. Therefore, the number of board positions necessary to meet the objective should be the number closest to 40 per cent. At the same time, in order to avoid discrimination of the initially over- represented sex, listed companies should not be obliged to appoint members of the under-represented sex to half or more of the non-executive board positions. Thus, for example, members of the under- represented sex should hold at least one position on boards with three or four non- executive directors, at least two positions on boards with five or six non-executive directors, and at least three positions on boards with seven or eight non-executive directors.deleted
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 129 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Member States should provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for breaches of this Directive, which could include, inter alia, administrative fines and nullity or annulment declared by a judicial body of the appointment or of the election of non- executive directors madtake action where companies do not seek to improve the gender balance contrary to the national provisions adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) their company boards.
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 196 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member Sstates shall ensure that listed companies in whose boards members of the under- represented sex hold less than 40 per cent of the non- executive director positions make the appointments to those positionsestablish their own the basis of a comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre-established, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, in order to attameasures with the aim of attaining the said percentage at the latest by 1 January 2020 or at the latest by 1 January 2018 in case of listed companies which are public undertakings.
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 251 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. It is important to collaborate constructively with all stakeholders, such as recruiters, working groups and Non- Governmental Organisations to harness women's skills in business through voluntary business-led change that encompasses the sharing of best practice within, across and beyond the EU;
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 263 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are applied.take action where companies do not seek to improve the gender balance on their company boards
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 268 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The sanctions must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include the following measures: (a) administrative fines; (b) nullity or annulment declared by a judicial body of the appointment or of the election of non-executive directors made contrary to the national provisions adopted pursuant to Article 4(1).deleted
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 278 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member states shall compile and publish "positive company registers" to highlight those companies who are achieving balance on their company boards; this will incentivise and motivate companies to promote a good gender balance;
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 292 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States may introduce or maintain provisions which are more favourable thCompanies and businesses shall boost and encourage female board and management representation as a means those laid down in this Directive to ensure a more balanced representation of men and women in respect of companies incorporated in their national territory, provided those provisions do not create unjustified discrimination, nor hinder the proper functioning of the internal marketo increase the effectiveness of decision making as a business and economic imperative, but workable and proportionate voluntary non-binding measures, when given the chance, have proven to be significant in achieving the progressive goal of more women in management positions; to these ends member states may introduce or maintain provisions which are more favourable than those laid down in this Directive.
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 297 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 4(6) and (7), Member States which before the entry into force of this Directive have already taken measures to ensure a more balanced representation of women and men among the non-exA Member State may suspend the application of Article 4, 5 and 6 of this Direcutive directorsin respect of listed companies may suspend the application of the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1), (3), (4) and (5), provided that it can be shown that those measures enableif it considers that members of the under- represented sex towill, in aggregate across all listed companies, hold at least 40 per cent of the non- executive positions or one third of all director positions of listed companies by at the latest 1 January 2020, or at the latest 1 January 2018 for listed companies which are public undertakings. A Member State to which this paragraph applies shall notify the Commission accordingly.
2013/09/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 43 #

2012/0295(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Member States can and should take the lead in assessing their most deprived citizens´ needs;
2013/03/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2012/0267(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In the case of urgent or unmet medical needs for patients, such as emerging pathogens and rare diseases, single health institutions should have the possibility to manufacture, modify and use devices in-house and therefore address, within a non-commercial and flexible framework, specific needs which can not be met by an available CE- marked device.
2013/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 138 #

2012/0267(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
With the exception of Article 59(4), the requirements of this Regulation shall not apply to devices classified as class A, B and C, in accordance with the rules set out in Annex VII, and manufactured and used only within a single health institution, provided manufacture and use occur solely under the health institution’s single quality management system, and the health institution is compliant withaccredited to standard EN ISO 15189 or any other equivalent recognised standard. Member States may require that the health institutions submit to the competent authority a list of such devices which have been manufactured and used on their territory and may make the manufacture and use of the devices concerned subject to further safety requirements.
2013/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 141 #

2012/0267(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Devices classified as class D in accordance with the rules set out in Annex VII, even if manufactured and used within a single health institution, shall comply withbe exempt from the requirements of this Regulation. However, the provis, with the exception of Article 59(4), where the following conditions aregarding met; (a) the recipient patient or patient group’s specific needs can not be met by an available CE -marking set out in Article 16 and the obligationsed device; (b) the health institution is accredited to EN ISO standard 15189 quality management system, or any other equivalent recognised standard; (c) the health institution provides their competent authority referred to in Articles 21 to 25 shall not apply to those devices6 with a list of such devices, which shall include a justification of their manufacturing or modification, in particular, where similar devices have been made available on the market. This information shall be updated yearly, and shall be made public.
2013/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 142 #

2012/0267(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall retain the right to restrict the in-house manufacture and use of any specific type of in-vitro diagnostic device in relation to aspects that are not covered by this Regulation, and may also make the manufacture and use of the devices concerned subject to further safety requirements.
2013/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 312 #

2012/0267(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) the reports by competent authorities on serious incidents and field safety corrective actions taken within Health Institutions involving devices referred to in Article 4(4)
2013/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 156 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Unregulated non-intrusive devices, such as non-corrective contact lenses for cosmetic purposes, can cause health complications - such as Microbial Keratitus - when manufactured or used incorrectly. Appropriate safety standards must be in place to protect the safety of consumers who decide to use these products.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 166 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) To ensure that the risk of damage as well as the risk of the manufacturer's insolvency are not shifted to patients harmed by medical devices, manufacturers shall be obliged to take liability insurance with appropriate coverage.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 173 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Due to the highly complex nature of single use devices and their reprocessing across the EU it is first important to consider the impact any significant policy change may have on the safety of patients, clinicians and the other stakeholders involved. For this reason an accountable and transparent impact assessment should first be conducted that takes account of the economic, social (including health systems) and environmental consequences of policy action or inaction. If the impact assessment proves feasible the findings should be presented in a report to all relevant stakeholders.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 174 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Patients who are implanted with a device should be given where possible in advance essential information related to the implanted device allowing it to be identified and containing any necessary warnings or precautions to be taken, for example indications as to whether or not it is compatible with certain diagnostic devices or with scanners used for security controls.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 181 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Transparency and better information that is understandable, reliable, objective, easily accessible and non-promotional are essential to empower patients and healthcare professionals and to enable them to make informed decisions, to provide a sound basis for regulatory decision-making and to build confidence in the regulatory system.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 189 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) For high risk medical devices, competent authorities should be informed at an early stage about devices which are subject to conformity assessment and be given the right, on scientifically valid grounds, to scrutinise the preliminary assessment conducted by notified bodies, in particular regarding novel devices, devices for which a novel technology is being used, devices belonging to a category of devices with increased serious incident rates, or devices for which significant discrepancies in the conformity assessments by different notified bodies have been identified in respect of substantially similar devices. The process foreseen in this Regulation does not prevent a manufacturer from informing voluntarily a competent authority of his intention to file an application for conformity assessment for a high risk medical device before submitting the application to the notified body.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 197 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) The rules on clinical investigations should be in line with major international guidance in this field, such as the international standard ISO 14155:2011 or any subsequent version of it on good clinical practice for clinical investigations of medical devices for human subjects and the most recent (2008) version of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects to ensure that clinical investigations conducted in the Union are accepted elsewhere and that clinical investigations conducted outside the Union in accordance with international guidelines can be accepted under this Regulation.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 201 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
(50) Sponsors should report certain adverse events, including Serious adverse Device Effects, device effects and device deficiencies occurring during clinical investigations to the Member States concerned, which should have the possibility to terminate or suspend the investigations if considered necessary to ensure a high level of protection of the subjects enrolled in a clinical investigation. Such information should be communicated to the other Member States.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 227 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) To devices that are composed of substances or combination of substances intended to be ingested and that are absorbed by or dispersed in the human body that based on robust scientific evidence pose no adverse health implications to patient safety.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 240 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'accessory to a medical device' means an article which, whilst not being a medical device, is intended by its manufacturer to be used together with one or several particular medical device(s) to specifically enable or assist the device(s) to be used in accordance with its/their intended purpose(s) or to specifically assist the medical functionality of the device(s) in view of its/their intended purpose(s);
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 267 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 39 – indent 2 – point iii
(iii) hospitalisation or extending the duration ofprolongation of patient hospitalisation,
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 275 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may, at the request of a Member State, or after consultation wits own initiativeh the Member States, by means of implementing acts, determine whether or not a specific product, or category or group of products, falls within the definitions of ‘medical device’ or ‘accessory to a medical device’. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 88(3).
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 279 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure the sharing of expertise between Member States and relevant stakeholders including patient groups in the fields of medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, medicinal products, human tissues and cells, cosmetics, biocides, food and, if necessary, other products in order to determine the appropriate regulatory status of a product, or category or group of products.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 282 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Devices that are manufactured and used within a single health institution shall be considered as being put into service. The provisions regarding CE marking referred to in Article 18 and the obligations laid down in Articles 23 to, 26 and 27 shall not apply to those devices, provided that manufacture and use of those devices occur under the health institution's single quality management system.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 302 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Proportionate to the risk class and the type of device, manufacturers of devices, other than custom-made devices, shall institute and keep up to date a systematic procedure to collect and review experience gained from their devices placed on the market or put into service and to apply any necessary corrective action, hereinafter referred to as ‘post-market surveillance plan’. Analysis and reporting of post-market surveillance shall also be conducted by independent organisations. The post- market surveillance plan shall set out the process for collecting, recording and investigating complaints and reports from healthcare professionals, patients or users on suspected incidents related to a device, keeping a register of non-conforming products and product recalls or withdrawals, and if deemed appropriate due to the nature of the device, sample testing of marketed devices. Part of the post-market surveillance plan shall be a plan for post-market clinical follow-up in accordance with Part B of Annex XIII. Where post-market clinical follow-up is not deemed necessary, this shall be duly justified and documented in the post- market surveillance plan.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 306 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
If in the course of the post-market surveillance a need for corrective action is identified, the manufacturer shall implement the appropriate measures, including the immediate reporting to the European databank on medical devices (Eudamed)set up by the Commission Decision 2010/227/EU.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 310 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9
9. Manufacturers shall, in response to a reasoned request from a competent authority, or from a legitimate health institution or association, provide it with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the device, in an official Union language which can be easily understood by that authority. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any corrective action taken to eliminate the risks posed by devices which they have placed on the market or put into service.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 317 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Manufacturers shall have an appropriate liability insurance covering any damages that may be caused by their medical devices to patients, users or third parties. That insurance shall at least cover damage in the following cases: (a) in the event of the death of or injury to a patient, user or a third party; or, (b) in the event of the death of or injury to multiple patients or users or other third parties due to the use of the same medical device.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 339 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Distributors who consider or have reason to believe that a device which they have made available on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately inform the manufacturer and, where applicable, his authorised representative and the importer and make sure that, within the limits of its respective activities, the necessary corrective action to bring that device into conformity, withdraw or recall it, if appropriate, is taken. Where the device presents a risk, they shall also immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States in which they made the device available, giving details, in particular, of the non- compliance and of any corrective action taken.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 356 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) An agreed set of skills and competencies decided by competent national authorities, which are relevant to the product area in which the qualified person is operating.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 359 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
This paragraph shall not apply to manufacturers of custom-made devices who are registered pharmacies, or micro- enterprises as defined by Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 367 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) in the case of investigational devices, that the statement referred to in point 4.1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV is issued and the obligations on Serious Adverse Events reporting are fulfilled.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 376 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) modifies a device already placed on the market or put into service in such a way that compliance with the applicable requirements may be affected; this includes the reuse of a device outside of the specifications set out in the manufacturer's instructions for use.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 385 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Any natural or legal person, including health institutions as specified at Art. 4.4, who reprocesses a single-use device to make it suitable for further use within the Union shall be considered to be the manufacturer of the reprocessed device and shall assume the obligations incumbent on manufacturers laid down in this Regulation.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 393 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of reprocessing of single-use devices for critical use, only reprocessing that is considered safe according to the latest scientific evidence may be carried out. Scientific evidence also needs to take account of cases where the situation is critical due to the severity of the disease that is being treated.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 412 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The manufacturer of anCommission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 identifying for which implantable devices the manufacturer shall provide together with the device an implant card, which can be provided by electronic form or other means containing the information referred to in paragraph 2 which shall be made available to the particular patient who has been implanted with the device.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 427 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The EU declaration of conformity shall state that fulfilment of the requirements specified in this Regulation has been demonstrated. It shall be continuously updated. The minimum content of the EU declaration of conformity is set out in Annex III. It shall be translated into the official Union language or languages required by the Member State(s) in which the device is made availableEnglish in addition to a version in the language of the member state (if required) where the manufacturer or authorized representative has their registered place of business.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 441 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For devices, other than custom-made and investigational devices, a single system for Unique Device Identification shall be put in place in the Union. The UDI system shall allow the identification and traceability of devices, be coherent if possible with the global regulatory approach for UDI in medical devices, and shall consist of the following:
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 459 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. In the case of devices classified as class III and implantable devices, other than custom-made or investigational devices, the manufacturer shall draw up a summaryprovide a report of safety and clinical performance, including full results of clinical studies and trials. It shall be written in a way that is clear to the intended user, differentiating between the information needs of patients and healthcare professionals. The draft of this summary shall be part of the documentation to be submitted to the notified body involved in the conformity assessment in accordance with Article 42 and shall be validated by that body. The summary shall also be made public.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 468 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to enable the public to be adequately informed via a central information point where patients can ask, seek and find information about devices placed on the market, about the corresponding certificates issued by notified bodies and about the relevant economic operators; The Commission should develop guidelines in consultation with stakeholders, including Member State competent authorities, the research community and patient and consumer organisations, and to specify the exact content and format of the information that should be published.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 477 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. All the information collated and processed by Eudamed shall be accessible to the Member States and to the Commission. The information shall be accessible to notified bodies, economic operators, healthcare professionals, sponsors and the public to the extent defined in the provisions referred to in paragraph 2.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 488 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Notified bodies shall satisfy the organisational and general requirements and the quality management, resource and process requirements that are necessary to fulfil their tasks for which they are designated in accordance with this Regulation. In this respect, permanent "in house" administrative, technical and scientific personnel, with medical, technical and where possible pharmacological knowledge is crucial. Permanent "in house" shall be used, but notified bodies must have the flexibility to hire external experts on an ad hoc and temporary basis as and when needed. Minimum requirements to be met by notified bodies are set out in Annex VI.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 506 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 9
9. Where no objection is raised in accordance with paragraph 7 or where the MDCG or the Commission, after having been consulted in accordance with paragraph 8, is of the opinion that the notification may be accepted fully or partially, the Commission shall publish the notification accordingly. Details of the notification, such as the class and the typology of devices shall be made publicly available.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 527 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the Commission ascertains that a notified body no longer meets the requirements for its notification, it shall inform the notifying Member State accordingly and request it to take the necessary corrective measures, including the suspension, restriction or withdrawal of the notification if necessary. A report with the opinions of Member States should be made publicly available by the European Commission after the assessment.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 533 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State where the bodies are established shall levy fees on applicant conformity assessment bodies and on notified bodies. These fees shall, wholly or partly, cover the costs relating to the activities exercised by the national authorities responsible for notified bodies in accordance with this Regulation. The fees shall be transparent and proportionate in nature and be subject to member state labour markets.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 545 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The Member States may decide on the minimum frequency of unannounced factory inspections and sample checks to be conducted by notified bodies in accordance with Section 4.4 of Annex VII, taking into account the risk-class, the type of device and specific factors related to the manufacturers in a Member State. In case such a decision is made, the Commission should be kept informed.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 549 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
– the minimum frequency of unannounced factory inspections and sample checks to be conducted by notified bodies in accordance with Section 4.4 of Annex VIII, taking into account the risk- class and the type of device;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 563 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
[...]deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 621 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that the assessment is done jointly by a reasonable number of persons who collectively have the necessary qualifications and experience. In the assessment, the view of at leastmore than one person whose primary area of interest is non-scientific shall be taken into account. The view of at least one patient shall be taken into account.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 623 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the exchange of information between the Member States and between them and the Commission in accordance with Article 56; All relevant updates to the information concerning an investigation should be posted on the database, such as measures taken by Member States to terminate, suspend or modify an investigation, as well as updated information on the benefit-risk balance or any urgent safety measures taken.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 631 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) new findings in relation to any event referred to in points (a) to (c). Information regarding incidents that are caused by user errors should also be collected, as they are a major source of incidents with medical devices. This information can contribute to improve the safety and knowledge of the device. The Regulation should also provide for Member States to put in place non- electronic formats of reporting to ensure that patients who do not have online access are able to report.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 640 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member States shall coordinate between them the development of standard web-based structured forms for, as well as non-electronic formats for the reporting of serious incidents by healthcare professionals, users and patients.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 642 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, in collaboration with the Member States, set updevelop further the existing European databank on medical devices (Eudamed) set up by the Commission Decision 2010/227/EU and manage an electronic system to collate and process the following information:
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 647 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall ensure that healthcare professionals and the public have appropriate levels offull access to the electronic system in line with existing data protection and intellectual property right legislation.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 790 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part III – point 19 – point 19.1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Labels shall be provided in a human- readable format but mayand shall be supplemented by machine-readable forms, such as radio- frequency identification (RFID) or bar codes.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 793 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part III – point 19 – point 19.3 – point q
(q) For devices intended for use by lay persons, the circumstances when the user should consult with a healthcare professional. Elements in the instructions for use for patients should be reviewed with the input of patient organisations to ensure they truly correspond to patients' needs and are understandable and accessible.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 796 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The documentation shall contain a summary ofll available information related to
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 811 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.1 – paragraph 2
This presupposes the permanent availability within its organisation of sufficient scientific personnel who possess experience and knowledge sufficient to assess the medical functionality and performance of devices for which it has been notified, having regard to the requirements of this Regulation and, in particular, those set out in Annex I. Permanent "in house" staff shall be used, but notified bodies must have the flexibility to hire external experts on an ad hoc and temporary basis as and when needed.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 815 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2
3.1.2. At all times and for each conformity assessment procedure and each kind or category of products in relation to which it has been notified, a notified body shall have within its organisation the necessary administrative, technical and scientific personnel with technmedical, technical and where possible pharmacological knowledge and sufficient and appropriate experience relating to medical devices and the corresponding technologies to perform the conformity assessment tasks, including the assessment of clinical data.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 822 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.4 – introductory part
3.2.4. Notified bodies shall have available personnel with clinical expertise, on a permanent basis, personnel with expertise in clinical investigation design, medical statistics, clinical patient management, good clinical practice in the field of clinical investigations and where possible pharmacology. Permanent "in house" staff shall be used, but notified bodies must have the flexibility to hire external experts on an ad hoc and temporary basis as and when needed. This personnel shall be integrated in the notified body's decision-making process in a steady way in order to:
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 830 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.5 – indent 5 a (new)
- Conformity assessment bodies which are notified for class III devices shall submit to the MDCG the list of all internal and external experts which perform the evaluation of the clinical and non-clinical parts of the conformity assessment. The MDCG is entitled to verify the appropriate qualification of the experts chosen and will publish the list.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 856 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 7 – part III – point 6 – point 6.8 – paragraph 1
All devices intended to be used for aphaeresis, such as aphaeresis machines, sets, connectors and solutions, are in class IIIB.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 891 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 13 – point 2 a (new)
2 a. the involvement of independent scientific bodies such as academic institutions or medical societies in the collection and/or analysis of the clinical data
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 895 #

2012/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 13 – point 5 a (new)
5 a. All clinical data collected by the manufacturer as part of a PMCF should be made accessible to health professionals.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In case of an urgent situation as well as for rare and ultra-rare diseases which are life-threatening and for which therapeutic options and expertise are limited and geographically spread across the world, Member-States should have the possibility to assess and authorise clinical trial applications in priority.
2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 116 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Whereas most clinical trials are conducted for the assessment of therapies, targeted at large patient populations, and involving a large sample of patient populations, the present regulation should not discriminate against patients suffering from rare and ultra-rare diseases, and should integrate the specificities of low- prevalence conditions into the assessment of a trial.
2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 166 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) The database should contain all relevant information as regards the clinical trial. No personal data of data subjects participating in a clinical trial should be recorded in the database and allow public dissemination of objective information in order to support European research and to increase knowledge in the field of public health. It should not undermine innovation or competitiveness of European industries. No personal data of data subjects participating in a clinical trial should be recorded in the database, and it should not hamper the protection of commercial interests, including intellectual property, as provided for by Article 4 of Regulation 1049/2001. The information in the database should be public, unless specific reasons require that a piece of information should not be published, in order to protect the right of the individual to private life and the right to the protection of personal data, recognised by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, or commercially confidential information, as foreseen by Article 4 of Regulation 1049/2001.
2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 169 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) Commercially confidential information should be identified and protected in order to avoid harming the interests of patients and/or the competitive position of the sponsors.
2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 293 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i – indent 3
– the reliability and robustness of the data generated in the clinical trial, taking account of statistical approaches, design of the trial and, methodology (including sample size and randomisation, comparator and endpoints); and the prevalence of the condition, especially for rare diseases (which affect no more than five persons per 10 000), and ultra-rare diseases (which meet a prevalence threshold of no more than one affected person per 50 000).
2013/03/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 300 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii – indent 4 a (new)
- the life-threatening and debilitating effects of certain diseases, such as some rare and ultra-rare diseases for which there are limited existing treatment options;
2013/03/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 335 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) compliance with national legislative provisions related to ethics;
2013/03/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 539 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In order to protect personal data and commercially confidential information, and subject to the provisions of Article 78(3), the summary of the results of a clinical trial intended to obtain a marketing authorisation shall be made public 30 days after the date of the marketing authorisation, or one year after the end of the clinical trial in case of the discontinuation of the product development.
2013/03/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 167 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 also provides that, for a transitional period, pet animals of the species listed in Parts A and B of Annex I thereto are to be regarded as identified when they bear either a clear readable tattoo or an electronic identification system (‘transponder’). This Regulation should therefore clarify the rules for the marking of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I, including the qualifications required for those who carry out the marking, after expiry of the transitional period on 3 July 2011.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) Those animals, at the age of 12 to16 weeks, which receive a derogation for the obligatory anti-rabies vaccination, should be registered with their host Member State. In all instances, the documentation for a mother´s vaccination should accompany, or travel with animals at this age until full and safe immunization has occurred.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts updating the list of third countries or territories for the purpose of derogating from certain non-commercial movement conditions and regarding safeguard measures in the event of the occurrence or spread of rabiesa disease or infection, where, in duly justified cases, related to animal and public health, imperative grounds of urgency so require.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 177 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) The non-commercial movement of pet animals should exclude any financial gain, and should be limited to 5 animals per owner, or the natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner. It is vital to ensure that the movement of pets to small prize events, such as sledge dog races, shows and breeding events are not adversely affected. In order to ensure correct compliance and to prevent fraudulent activity proof should be provided by the owner, or the natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner, which would include registration and receipt details for those wishing to travel across borders to enter competitions and events.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the owner or a natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner provides prooftakes caution to signature certify that theypets have remained in their place of birth without any contact with wild animals of susceptible species likely to have been exposed to rabies, or
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 195 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Member States shall lay down rules on the minimum qualifications required for theveterinarians or other competent persons carrying out the implantation of transponders in pet animals.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 198 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the location, date of application and alphanumeric code displayed by the transponder or the tattoo;
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 199 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the name, address and signature of the owner, or the natural person acting on behalf of or in agreement with the owner;
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 205 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph - point f a (new)
(fa) the breed, colour and any notable or discernable features or characteristics.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 220 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) return the pet animal, at the expense of the owner, to its country or territory of dispatch, or
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 221 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) put the pet animal down, as a last resort in accordance with member state animal welfare standards, without financial compensation to the owner or the natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner, where its return is not possible or isolation is not practical.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 224 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 a (new)
Article 46a Model for type of identification document A standardised model, in a language determined by a Member State receiving the form shall be included for each type of identification document.
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 225 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part A – line 1
Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part A – line 2
Cats (Felis silvestris catus)
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 227 #

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part A – line 3
Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)
2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas women's access to electoral campaign funding is oftenmay be gender-biased in some Member States;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a pledge whereby political parties at European and national level will take measures to achieve parity in their internal decision making, in their nominations for elected office and in party electoral lists, paying attention, where applicable, to the position of women candidate; women candidates need to be encouraged to stand for positions on these lists;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the role of political parties as key factors in the promotion of parity; calls in consequence for the Member States to require national parties, where appropriate, to set quotas and apply rank-ordering rules to to encourage electoral candidate lists for national and EU elections, to include women and to define and enforce appropriate sanctions for non-compliance;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's intention of encouraging participation of women in the next European Parliament elections through the financial programmes ‘Fundamental Rights and Citizenship’ and ‘Europe for Citizens’; calls for the Commission to ensure in itsMember States to have relevant annual work programmes that funding is available in 2013 andare easily accessible by national parties and civil society organisations for their initiatives to increase women's participation in decision making;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 71 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to encourage and fund actions related to promoting parity in decision-making positions and political activities when programming the next funding period, 2014-2020, for the abovementioned programmes or their successors, as well as when planning actions for the planned European Year of Citizens 2013;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to enhance gender parity, if necessary by using quotas, when recruiting high-level officials; calls on the national governments to nominate both women and men to high-level positions at EU level;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to promote positive action measures, including binding legislative measures,measures with a view to ensuring parity in all governing bodies and public appointments and to develop tools for gender monitoring of nominations and elections;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 94 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to implement positive action measures when a gender is under- represented;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to implement positive action measurestake action when a gender is under- represented;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase measures supporting women's organisations, includingfor example by providing them with adequate funding and creating platforms for cooperation and gender campaigning in elections;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 115 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States, the Council and the Commission, by strengthening the role and resources of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and by facilitating cooperation with women's non- governmental organisations, to promote and exchange good practices that contribute to achieving gender balance in decision-making positions;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 126 #

2011/2295(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate financial and technical assistance is provided for programmes focusing on enhancing women's participation in electoral processes through training, civic education and media mobilisation;
2012/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2011/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the recast Directive 2006/54/EC has contributed to the improvement of women's situation in the labour market but has not profoundly changed the legislation on closing the gender pay gap; whereas preliminary studies by experts show that little or no change has been made in Member States' legislation and no sanctions have been taken against employers; whereas the complexity of the issue requires not only improvement of the legislation but also; whereas the complexity of the issue requires a Europe-wide strategy to address the gender pay gap, which, in turn, requires strong EU leadership in coordinating policies, promoting good practices and involving various actors;
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2011/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas there is a need for a continued multifaceted approach to further close the gender pay gap, that includes existing Member State led strategies ranging from education, awareness raising and the rewarding of best practice; whereas an EU legislative proposal that increases the administrative burden on SMEs through forced sanctions and internal audits is not required; whereas SMEs are the engine for Europe's economic growth and recovery and to saddle them with extra costs, in a time of harsh economic austerity, is not the sensible or realistic answer for sustainable reductions in gender inequality;
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2011/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas trends show that salaries are more frequently individually negotiated, resulting in a lack of information and transparency on the individualised pay system which leads to increased pay disparities among employees at similar levels, and can result in widening the gender pay gap; whereas a more decentralised and individualised system of wage setting should therefore be assessed as a rather worrying development, while data protection cannot be taken as a legitimate excuse for not publishing statistical information on salaries;
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 32 #

2011/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 8
– sanctions,deleted
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 2, Paragraph 3
2.3. It is therefore essential that regular pay audits, as well as accessible information on their results, are made compulsory within companies (e.g. in companies with at least 100 employees and where at least 10% of employees are women). The same requirement must also apply to information on remuneration in addition to pay. This information should be accessible to employees, trade unions and adequate authorities (e.g. labour inspections, equality bodies)Deleted
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 68 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 2, Paragraph 5
2.5. There should be a requirement on employers to adopt transparency policy in relation to wage composition and structures, including extra pay, bonuses and other advantages forming part of remuneraDeletion.
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 3, Paragraph 2
3.2. The Commission’s initiative should invite Member States to introduce job classification complying with the principle of equality between women and men, enabling both employers and workers to identify possible pay discrimination based on a biased pay-scale definition. Respecting national laws and traditions concerning industrial relations system remains important. Such elements of work evaluation and classification should also be transparent and be made available to all stakeholders and to labour inspectorates and equality bodies,
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 4
Equality promotion and monitoring bodies should play a greater role in diminishing GPG. The bodies should be empowered to monitor, report, and, whe and re possible, enforce gender equality legislation more effectively and more independently while they should be adequately fundedrt. Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC should be revised so as to enhance the bodies’ mandate by: - supporting and advising victims of pay discrimination; - providing independent surveys concerning the pay gap; - publishing independent reports and making recommendations on any issue relating to pay discrimination; - legal powers to initiate their own investigation; - legal powers to impose sanctions in cases of breaching the principle of equal pay for equal work and/or to bring wage discrimination cases to court; - providing special training for the social partners and for lawyers, judges and ombudsmen based on a toolbox of analytical instruments and targeted measures to be used either when drawing up contracts or when checking whether rules and policies to address the pay gap are being implemented, as well as providing training courses and training materials on nondiscriminatory job evaluation for employers.
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 5, Paragraph 2
The responsibility of trade unions should be strengthened, while mManagement could alsoan play an important role not only with regard to pay equity, but also in terms of creating a climate to support the equal sharing of care responsibilities and careers advancement for both male and female workers.
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 2
- specific policies to make it possible to reconcile work with family and personal life, covering childcare and other care services, flexible work organisation and hours, and affordable, reasonable and sustainable maternity, paternity, parental and family leave,
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 3
- concrete affirmative actions (under Article 157(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) to redress the pay gap and gender segregation, to be given effect by the social partners and equal opportunity organisations at various levels, both contractual and sectoral, such as: promoting pay agreements to combat GPG, investigations in relation to equal pay for equal work, setting of qualitative and quantitative targets and benchmarking and supporting the exchange of best practice.
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2011/2285(INI)


Annex to the draft motion for a resolution

Recommendation 8
8.1. The legislation in this field is for different reasons evidently less effective and, bearing in mind that the whole problem cannot be solved by legislation alone, the Commission and Member States should reinforce the existing legislation with appropriate types of effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions. 8.2. It is important that Member States take the necessary measures to ensure that infringement of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value is subject to appropriate sanctions according to the legal provisions in force. 8.3. It is recalled that under Directive 2006/54/EC, Member States are already obliged to provide compensation or reparation (Article 18), as well as penalties (Article 25). However, these provisions are not sufficient to avoid infringement of the equal pay principle. For this reason, it is proposed to conduct a study on the feasibility, effectiveness and impact of launching possible sanctions such as: penalties, which must include the payment of compensation to the victim;- administrative fines (for example in the event of failure of notification or of compulsory communication or unavailability of analysis and evaluation of wage statistics disaggregated by gender (according to Recommendation 2) requested by labour inspectorates or the competent equality bodies; - disqualification from public benefits, subsidies (including EU funding managed by Member States) and public procurement procedures, as already provided for by Directives 2004/17/EC1 and 2004/18/EC2 concerning the procurement procedure.
2012/03/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2011/2264(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that, in a time of economic crisis and austerity, it is vital that the European Institute for Gender Equality offers best value for money without compromising the successful implementation of its important remit;
2011/12/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas at times of economic crisis, strengthening women’s position in the labour market and economic independence is not only a moral imperativcommon sense, but also an economic necessity;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas budget cuts in social services, such as childcare, furthercan hinder women’s and men’s participation in the labour market;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their marriage and divorce, divorce and matrimonial property laws do not directly or indirectly constitute a financial ‘trap’ for the spouses, in particular women, and to ensure that young couples are fully aware and informed in a suitable time frame of the legal and financial implications of marriage and divorce;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 128 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, comprehensive current data on female representation within all types of companies in the EU and on the compulsory and non-compulsory measures taken by the business sector as well as those recently adopted by the Member States with a view to increasing such representation, following this exercise, and if the steps taken by companies and the Member States are f. In all cases business driven best practice shounld to be inadequate, to propose legislation, including quotas, by 2012 to increase female representation in corbe shared that is fully supporate management bodies to 30% by 2015 and to 40% by 2020, while taking account of the Member States’ responsibilities and of their economic, structural (i.e. company- size related), legal and regional specificities;d by the Member States.
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 134 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the use of electoral quotas has positive effects on women’s representation;deleted
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 173 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterated its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 1 February 2010 and 8 February 2011 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009 and 2010; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 200 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that this year the world population has reached 7 billion; expresses its conviction that family planning should be at the top of the political agenda;deleted
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 204 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Expresses its concern about the slow progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, in particular towards MDG5: Improve Maternal Health, and about the fact that progress towards a reduction by three quarters of the maternal mortality rate is lagging far behind and that the aim of achieving universal access to reproductive health by 2015 is still far from being achieved; notes that about 1 000 women still die each day from entirely avoidable pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 207 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges political and religious leaders to publicly throw their weight behind MDG5 and support modern sexual and reproductive health services;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 217 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the incoming Council to unblock the Council Directive on implementingreassess the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation with a view to adoption during the Danish Presidency;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 221 #

2011/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets the lack of progress by Member States on plans to modernise existing legislation on maternity leave and cCalls for a balanced compromise with the future Danish Presidency of the EU with a view to adoption in thin relation to the Maternity Leave fDirst half of 2012 to respond to the needs of European families and of the European economyective which recognises the right of Member States in areas of employment and policies particularly related to the family unit; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for leave arrangements for care for elderly or sick relatives;
2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2011/2226(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Has addressed already in the past certainNotes that concerns remain over the institutional failings that led to shortcomings in connection with Conflict of Interest, Declaration of Interest and transparency; would like to specify that the former Chair of the Management Board failed, in 2010, to declare her membership of the board of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI); considers it noteworthy, however, that the members of the EFSA Management Board are not appointed by the Executive Director (ED) and can hence not be dismissed by the ED;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #

2011/2226(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is informed about the detailed correspondence between the administration level of the EFSA and the CONT rapporteur both before and after the plenary decision tof postponinge the granting of thedecision to grant discharge;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 14 #

2011/2226(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes, in general, the agreement on the Joint Statement and the Common Approach of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on decentralised agencies; recalls that certain elements of importance to the discharge have been addressed and taken up; believstresses that the roadmap on the follow-up to the Common Approach willmust duly take dueinto account of those issues;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 16 #

2011/2226(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Believes, however, that the discharge decision for the Authority cannotshould be based upon additional requirements, e.g. OECD guidelines, when the implementation of those requirements have neither been officially called for by the EU legislator nor by specific arrangements within the Agencies during the respective discharge procedureOECD guidelines to ensure high quality, internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to examine if it is advisable to incorporate and to commit to additionalintroducing OECD guidelines within a possible commoncommon working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #

2011/2226(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Is therefore of the opinion that, on the basis of the information available, discharge canshould not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2010.
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 3 #

2011/2220(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Has already addressed the problematic ofNotes that concerns remain over the institutional failings that led to high carry- overs, doubts over the propriety of the subsequent professional activities of the former Executive Director, the missing Declarations of Interests by a number of experts involved in the evaluation of medicinal products also mentioned in the Internal Audit Service follow-up report and the overdue decision by the Management Board to reform the payment system for services provided by Member States' authorities in its first opinion to the responsible committee; is of the opinion that EMA has already made significant efforts to strengthen its internal procedures to assure the independence of its experts andrequests that the European Parliament its staff and has asked to be informed twice a year about the improved implementation of theremedial measures that are being taken in this regard;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 8 #

2011/2220(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out again that the Court of Auditors made observations on carryovers, IT contracts and the payment system for services provided by national authorities but despite these inconsistencies, considered the Agency's accounts of 2010 reliable, legal and regular;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

2011/2220(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes, in general, the agreement on the Joint Statement and the Common Approach of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on decentralised agencies; recalls that certain elements of importance to the discharge have been addressed and taken up; believstresses that the roadmap on the follow-up to the Common Approach willmust duly take dueinto account of those issues;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2011/2220(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the discharge decision for the EMA cannotshould be based upon additional requirements, e.g. OECD guidelines, when the implementation of those requirements have neither been officially asked for by the EU legislator nor by specific arrangements within the Agencies during the respective discharge procedureOECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to examine whether it is advisable to incorporate and to commit to additionalintroducing OECD guidelines within a possible commoncommon working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 13 #

2011/2220(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the opinion that, on the basis of the information available, discharge canshould not be granted to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010.
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2011/2217(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Has taken careful note of the extensive and detailed correspondence between the different decision taking levels in the EEA, i.e. the Management Board and the Executive Director, and the CONT rapporteur both before and after the plenary decision tof postponinge the granting of thedecision to grant discharge;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2011/2217(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes, in a general context, the agreement on the Joint Statement and the Common Approach of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on decentralised agencies; recalls that certain elements of importance to the discharge have been addressed and taken up; believes that the roadmap on the follow-up to the Common Approach will take due account of those issues;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 8 #

2011/2217(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the discharge decision for the EEA cannotshould be based upon additional requirements, e.g. OECD guidelines, when the implementation of those requirements have neither been officially required by the EU legislator nor by specific arrangements within the Agency during the respective discharge procedureOECD guidelines to ensure high quality internationally recognised accounting, audit and financial disclosure standards; invites the European institutions to examine whether it is advisable to incorporate and to commit to additionalintroducing OECD guidelines within a possible commoncommon working framework for all European institutions and bodies;
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2011/2217(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. IRemains of the opinion that on the basis of the information available now the Executive Director of the European Environmental Agency canshould not be granted discharge in respect of implementation of the budget of the EEA for the financial year 2010.
2012/08/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2011/2201(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the European Commission to ensure the successful implementation of high quality independent audits as a means to help prevent financial malpractice and restore public confidence in the European Union and its institutions;
2011/12/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2011/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas climate change is not gender- neutral and doesbut can have gender- differentiated effects;
2012/01/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2011/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas climate change will amplify inequalities and there is a risk that climate change policies will also have a negative impact on gender balance and women’s rights if they do not take gender discrimination into account from the very start;
2012/01/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #

2011/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the proportion of women in climate change negotiations is still unsatisfying and little to no progress has been madederrepresented; whereas women account for only 12 to15% of heads of delegations and around 30% of the delegates;
2012/01/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2011/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the growing awareness of the gender aspect of climate change in the high-level climate talks, and interventions by high-level actors; stresses however the need to see concrete steps to include women, such as introducing 40%+ quotas in the delegations;
2012/01/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2011/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the upcoming Presidencies of the Council of the European Union to launch a study focusing specifically onassess the gender dimension of mitigation policies;
2012/01/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2011/2197(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU delegations to respect the principle set out in the aforementioned European Parliament resolution on the climate change conference in Durban (COP 17), to ensure that gender balance in all climate finance decision-making bodies is guaranteed, including the Green Climate Fund Board and possible sub-boards for individual funding windows from existing developmental funds;
2012/01/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to carefully monitor the development in the Member States and to examine carefully any reports by actors in the civil society and media under violation of the principle and draw appropriate consequences if necessary infringement procedures.
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines nonetheless that the principle of altruism is not necessarily violated through the use of non-financial incentives such as benefits-in-kind, which can make donation less burdensome and more attractive, whilst ensuring that the human body shall not be a source of financial gain;deleted
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of mothers donating cord blood and tissue at birth eitherspecially into public or private banks to help treat illnesses and further research in the field;
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 64 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of mothers donating cord blood and tissue at birth either into public or private banks, which adhere to common operational and ethical standards, to help treat illnesses and further research in the field;
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 72 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to raise awareness of public and private cord blood banking through information campaigns that may take place, for example, during antprenatal classes; but at the same times not exclude the activities of public cordblood banks including appropriately regulated information campaigns by those private cordblood banks.
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to raise awareness of public and private cord blood banking through information campaigns that may take place, for example, during antenatal classes; stresses that objective information should be provided about the advantages and disadvantages of cord blood blanks, and in the case of autologous cord blood banks, the promotion material provided to families must be accurate;
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 90 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. ENotes that collaboration models and opportunities between public and private sectors already exist in some Member States, and encourages public and private cord blood banks to collaborate more closely with regard to the principle of subsidiarity, in order to increase the availability of national cord blood and tissue samples and therefore maximum patient benefit;
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 97 #

2011/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that in order to guarantee respect for the existing regulatory diversity across Member States whichUnderlines that it is Member States competence to allow, prohibit or regulate research with human embryonic stem cells and in vitro fertilisation but that Member States in this respect need to reflspects differing national values and practices in this field, the s the rules set out in the Directive 2004/23 including the quality and safety and the principal of unpaid donation. Points out that the European Union has limited compe oftence in this areport does not include issues surrounding embryonic stem cell research, therapeutic cloning and in-vitro fertilisation;a and needs to respect when applying this competence the principles of the charter of fundamental rights and the principles applied in the judgement of the European Court of Justice.
2012/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #

2011/2185(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes and supports all women around the world who fight for the rights of women, particularly noting recent events in Saudi Arabia where a growing number of women are driving cars and striving for their equality;
2012/02/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2011/2185(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Supports the Commission in area of healthcare, particularly the prevention of HIV and AIDS and asks that the Commission reinforces the need for health education, particularly for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
2012/02/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #

2011/2185(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to help tackleradicate ‘selective abortion and the infanticide of girl babies’, as the image of a daughter as a burden and a son as a financial provider remains pervasive in many societies; asks the Commission to use its development and aid budget to do so;
2012/02/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2011/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the European Commission to consider mental illness, such as depression, as a priority when reviewing the strategy and European Health and Safety legislation given the growing problem of workplace-related depression and cognition disorders.
2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2011/2116(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the potential of the SCE for promoting gender equality through the implementation of policies and programmes, training and education and decenta recognised standard of work at various levels;
2011/10/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas currently many older women across the European Union have never been in employment and therefore need to be re-trained,
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the current employment market is far more dynamic and fluid today than ever before which means employment in the same area is no longer guaranteed for life, whereas therefore the economic crisis has shown that women have an important role to play within the job market,
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to further develop and improve the collection and analysis of accurate, relevant, comparable European gender- and age-specific data, particularly on the employment and unemployment rate of older women and the rate of dependent elderly people; this should be subject to all current Member State data protection legislation;
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 78 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages the Member States to extend access to parental leave for grandparents, to recognise caring for dependent persons, and to provide services, training and counselling for care-givers;deleted
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises that women approaching retirement age are often grandparents; recognises however that women approaching retirement should not be solely portrayed as only care givers; asks therefore Member States to consider child care facilities, that can offer grandparents should they wish, the freedom of choice to participate in other activities;
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the Member States to promote civil involvement and inter- generational projects for older people by funding initiatives and schemes;deleted
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Acknowledges that elderly women should have a dignified choice to live however they may wish, whether this be alone or through communal living;
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2011/2091(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recognises that health is a Member State competency that falls outside that of the European Union; therefore encourages Member States to consider the health of women approaching retirement age when setting policy;
2011/06/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls onEncourages the Member States to assign an important role to physical activity, from an extremely early age, in national education programmes; calls on the Council to draw up a recommendation along those lines;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 14 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Encourages Member States to support sports programmes which promote healthy lifestyles;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 17 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls on the European Union to play a more active role in encouraging the general participation of sports in Member States, whilst recognising that sports in the education system fall under Member State competency;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the importance of considering the health of the natural environment when sport takes place outdoors;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European UnionMember States must play a more active role in defending the integrity of sport, which sports organisations cannot do alone; this can be achieved through participation in informal networks to enable the exchange of best practice and cooperative information sharing;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Supports the principle of friendly competition between Member States and the promotion of national and local identities in all sporting competitions;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Considers that promoting national and local identities in sport helps enhance friendly competition and protect the cultural heritage across Europe;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that doping poses serious health risks; takes the view that anti-doping action currently suffers from a lack of coherence and coordination; points out that the European Union must ensure protection of the physical and moral integrity of sportsmen and sportswomen, whilst respecting the international agreements already in place to deal with integrity issues, such as WADA;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Endorses sports played with natural talent and skill and condemns the use of drugs in sports; supports sport federations taking swift and strong action against drug use;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to look into the appropriateness of a directive on foodstuffs intended for the expenditure of intense muscular effort, providing consumers with a satisfactory level of information, particularly in connection with anti-doping rules; calls on the Commission to draw up a preventive anti-doping strategy targeting young sportsmen and sportswomen;
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a European Agency for Sporting Integrity and Fairness to be established, with due regard for Articles 6, 83 and 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, whose remit would be to coordinate the combating of fraud and corruption in sport and to combat doping, without prejudice to the rules of the World Anti- Doping Agency or to how it operates.deleted
2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 91 #

2011/2087(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on Member States to place greater emphasis on the importance of quality physical education for both genders and suggests that they develop the necessary strategies to address this issue;
2011/09/09
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks what progress the Turkish government has made in recognizing the rights’ of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people in public life.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b Asks that a greater emphasis be put on the need to consider regional disparities when addressing women’s rights while recognizing that the scale of the issue is larger in Southern and Eastern Turkey.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 32 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Asks that the rights and culture of female and male Kurdish populations in Turkey be respected.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 44 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital 9 a (new)
9a. Asks that the Turkish government develop a monitoring system with benchmarks and timelines for the implementation of the National Action Plan to combat violence against women, and that it releases a strong pledge to ensure the plan receives sufficient funding from the Turkish Government.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the initiatives of the Turkish Government in reorganising the system of shelters in consultation with all stakeholders; but recognises that more male and female domestic violence shelters still need to be built.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Asks that the Turkish government reviews the progress being made to eliminate gender bias from school textbooks at all levels of education and training.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 111 #

2011/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the increase in the number of female members of the Turkish Parliament from 9.1 % in the 2007 elections to 14.3 % following the 2011 elections; notes, however, but recognises that this percentage is still low and calls for a new law on political parties and elections to put in place a mandatory quota system ensuring fair representation of women on election lists;.
2011/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission regards public procurement as an important component in achieving the targets of the EU 2020 Strategy; recognises that Member States have a responsibility to ensure that public procurement policies work within these boundaries;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 11 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the widespread desire of local, regional and national operators to award contracts that support sustainable development; notes that there is much evidence to show that the directive and its implementation are making this more difficult;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that environmental considerations should be included in all public procurement contracts; stresses that the Public Procurement Directive should be amended to make it clearer that it is both desirable and possible for public operators to imposevaluate environmental conditions and take account of environmental impact when awarding contracts;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Prefers to encourage and facilitate sustainable procurement by public operators rather than setting mandatory quotas for it in smaller-scale contracts; considers, however, that mandatory quotas should apply to largfor smaller-scale contracts; still considers that the greatest obstacle to more environmentally friendly public procurement is not so much lack of willingness as unclear and inflexible legislation;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 35 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that centrally imposed mandatory prescriptions, such as excessively detailed technical specifications concerning the environmentally friendly nature of the subject of a public contract, could reduce choice and competition in procurement markets, leading to fewer bidders, higher prices and diminished innovation;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Maintains that the directive should be amended to make it clearerConsiders that it is both possible and desirable to take account of the environmental impact of the subject of the contract throughout its entire life cycle, including the whole production process and its conditions;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses how important it is for Member States to encourage and involve SME's to apply for public procurement contracts;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 46 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that improving access to public procurement for SMEs is important for innovative SMEs; it should be noted that innovative SMEs are likely to come up with new solutions to addressing environmental considerations in public procurement; stresses that Member States should encourage contracting authorities to think more innovatively as there is a need for change in public sector culture to promote innovative pre-commercial procurement;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 48 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ‘lowest price’ award criterion should only be used if it can be justified on the grounds that environmental requirements are irrelevant to this specific case or that strict environmental conditions have been imposed in the technical specifications; recognises that other factors will also need to be taken into account;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 58 #

2011/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recognises that Member States have different environmental needs which should be respected within this directive;
2011/06/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 3 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas in Europe it is estimated that there is a shortage of one million workers in the health sector and that mobility needs to be increased, also for workers whose qualifications are automatically recognised,; recognition of qualifications needs to be quick and efficient to facilitate mobility of healthcare workers;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is in favour of modernising and improving Directive 2005/36/EC and encourages the use of the most recent technologies and the introduction of aexamination of different inspection and traceability options available such as the professional card;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 15 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights numerous concerns raised in the public consultation about the professional card; argues that the introduction of any professional card must be voluntary for both the professional and the competent authority, must be subjected to a thorough impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis, and ensure that there are sufficient security and reliability safeguards ahead of a prospective implementation;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Approves of the revival of common platforms, which will enable countries that are members of the platform to recognise qualifications more quickly, and apprecisks the Commission to evaluates the possible reduction to one- third of Member Statesroposal to reduce the threshold of Member States required to establish a common platform from two-thirds to one-third;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Hopes that the proactive alert mechanism provided for in the Services Directive will beis also extended also to the health care professions and is incorporated into the Internal Market Information (IMI) system;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is in favour of developing and strengthening the existing IMI system provided for in the Services Directive, to also cover the healthcare profession and to include a proactive alert mechanism which would alert competent authorities of previous disciplinary sanctions and malpractice claims;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the CommissionEncourages Member States to increase the minimum duration of professional training for nurses and midwives;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 40 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to consider the importance of standardised learning outcomes and clinical competencies when setting out minimum training requirements;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to considerprevent the extension of partial recognitionaccess to the health care professions very carefully, in order to avoid situations that might be difficult to handle in terms ofundermine patient safety and public health protection;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 48 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Recognises that in order to protect public healthcare and uphold patient safety, partial recognition should not be granted to healthcare professionals whose training does not merit full recognition;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls for further clarification and guidance on the provision of services on a temporary or occasional basis; acknowledges that competent authorities face difficulties in applying the existing regime;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that checks need to be carried out on the knowledge of the language of the host countryMember States should have the flexibility to check for language competency, including technical scientific language, for the specific purpose of pursuing a health care profession.;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 57 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Takes the view that Member States should manage the language testing of healthcare professionals and should delegate a competent authority to carry out the checks;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #

2011/2024(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls on Member States and the Commission to strengthen the existing regime for EEA citizens, and third country nationals, with third country qualifications, to ensure that patient safety and public health are not compromised;
2011/09/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of appropriate funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality, particularly as regards its administrative expenditure, in order to ensure that the institute has sufficient human resources and the necessary expertise in order to be fully operational and meet its overall objectives to promote gender equality, as set out in the regulation establishing the Institute; also stresses the importance of value for money under the present economic crisis and looks towards the European Institute for Gender Equality to fulfil this obligation by keeping within the 2009/10 budget;
2011/05/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a Recognises the need to be vigilant and mindful of money spent on these causes due to the economic crisis, and therefore calls for added value on all projects.
2011/05/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2011/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph C
C. whereas women's and men's rights to property in developing countries are being violated through the increasing incidence of large- scale land acquisition for commercial or strategic purposes such as agricultural productivity, food security, and energy and bio-fuel production; and recognises that women in particular often lack the opportunity to harness legal aid and representation to successfully challenge violations of property rights in developing counties,
2011/06/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2011/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate sufficientutilize existing financial resources, in their in a cost effective, appropriate and practical way when providing development assistance, for closing the gender gap in property rights and ownership, including through the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women under the law;
2011/06/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2011/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission and the Member States, in their development assistance policies, to take account of large-scale land acquisition processes, with a view to protecting women and children from impoverishment and famine;
2011/06/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2011/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give particular consideration to women's property rights in post-conflict situations by harnessing the resources of the newly created UN Women Organisation.
2011/06/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2011/0455(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Flexible working-time arrangements are an essential element of a modern and efficient public administration allowing for family-friendly working conditions and enabling a suitable gender balance within the institutions. It is therefore necessary to introduce in the Staff Regulations an explicit reference to these arrangements in the Staff Regulation, which should be flexible with regard to core office working times. If the appointing authority of each institution introduces specific arrangements to allow an official returning from maternity leave to breastfeed her baby, then the dispensation from working time should be deducted from the applicable flexible working time arrangements.
2012/04/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 46, 53(1), 62, 114 and 11468 thereof,
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 64 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In order to promote the free movement of professionals, while ensuring a more efficient and transparent recognition of qualifications it is necessary to provide for a European Professional Card. In particular that card is necessary to facilitate temporary mobility and recognition under the automatic recognition system, as well as to promote a simplified recognition process under the general system. The card should be issued upon request from a professional and after submission of necessary documents and completion of related review and verification procedures by the competent authorities. The functioning of the card should be supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI) established by Regulation (EU) No […] on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System. This mechanism should help enhance synergies and trust among competent authorities, while at the same time eliminating duplication of administrative work for the authorities and creating more transparency and certainty for professionals. The process for the application and issuing of the card should be clearly structured and incorporate safeguards and the corresponding rights of appeal for the applicant. The card and the related workflow within IMI should ensure the integrity, authenticity and confidentiality of the data stored and avoid unlawful and unauthorised access to information contained therein. Underlines that the practice of recognising a professional qualification under the card is an exclusive competence of the host Member State.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point a – point ii
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) “remunerated traineeship”: the pursuit of supervised and remunerated activities, with a view to access to a regulated profession granted on the basispursuant to legislative, regulatory ofr an examinationdministrative provisions in a Member State;
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point a – point ii
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) "European Professional Card": an electronic certificate issued to the professional proving the recognition of his qualifications for establishment in a host Member State or that he has met all the necessary conditions to provideupon request for the purposes of establishment in a host Member State or the provision of services in a host Member State on a temporary and occasional basis;
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide a holder of a professional qualification with a European Professional Card upon his request, following the completion of a pilot project for that particular profession, and on condition that the Commission has adopted the relevant implementing acts provided for in paragraph 6.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 85 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the holder of a European Professional Card benefits from all the rights conferred by Articles 4b to 4e, uponsubject to validation of the Card by the competent authority of the relevanhost Member State as provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 87 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 3
3. Where the holder of a qualification intends to provide services under Title II other than those covered by Article 7(4), and health professionals benefiting from automatic recognition under Directive 2005/36/EC the European Professional Card shall be created and validated issued by the competent authority of the home Member State in accordance with Articles 4b and 4c.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 88 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. A cost-benefit analysis should be carried out before a European Professional Card is proposed, to be introduced by implementing act.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying European Professional Cards for specific professions, establishing the format of the European Professional Card, the translations necessary to support any application for issuing a European Professional Card and details for the assessment of applications, taking into account the particularities of eachFollowing the completion of a pilot project for the particular profession, the European Professional Cards shall be available for professions concverned. Those by implementing acts shall be adoptedadopted by the Commission in accordance with the advisoryexamination procedure referred to in Article 58.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 90 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Those implementing acts shall also determine the format of the European Professional Card, the translations necessary to support any application for issuing a European Professional Card and details for the assessment of applications, taking into account the particularities of the profession concerned. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 58.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 91 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. The Commission may introduce a European Professional Card by an implementing act, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 58, provided that there is sufficient mobility or potential for sufficient mobility in the profession concerned, there is sufficient interest by the stakeholders concerned, or the profession is regulated in a sufficient number of Member States.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4c – title
European Professional Card for the temporary provision of services other than those covered by Article 7(4) and for health professionals benefiting from automatic recognition under Directive 2005/36/EC.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4c – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority of the home Member State shall verify the application, create and validate a and the supporting documentation, and shall issue the European Professional Card within two weeksone month from the date it receives a complete application. It shall inform the applicant and the Member State in which the applicant envisages to provide services, of the validation of the European Professional Card. The transmission of the validation information to tthen transmit the European Professional Card immediately to the competent authority of the host Member State concerned and inform the applicant accordingly. The host Member States concerned shall constitute the declaration provided for in Article 7. The host Member State may not require a further declaration under Article 7 for the following two years.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 97 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4c – paragraph 3
3. If a holder of a European Professional Card wishes to provide services in Member States other than those initially informed pursuant to paragraph 1 or wishes to continue providing services beyond the period of two years referred to in paragraph 1, he may continue to use the European Professional Card referred to in paragraph 1. The competent authority of the home Member State shall transmit the updated European Professional Card to the host Member States concerned. In those cases the holder of the European Professional Card shall make the declaration provided in Article 7.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 98 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4c – paragraph 4
4. The European Professional Card shall be valid for as long as its holder maintains the right to practice in the home Member State on the basis of the documents and information contained in the IMI file or unless the holder has been prohibited from practising in any Member State.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4d – title
European Professional Card for establishment and for the temporary provision of services under Article 7 (4) and for the temporary provision of services by health professionals benefiting from automatic recognition under Title III Chapter III
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4d – paragraph 5
5. Where the host Member State fails to take a decision within the time limits set out in the paragraphs 2 and 3 or to request additional information within one month from the date of receipt of the European Professional Card by the home Member State, the European Professional Card shall be deemed to be temporarily validated by the host Member State and to constitute recognition of the professional qualification to the regulated profession concerned in the host Member State. Following the completion of a pilot project for each interested profession, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 58 concerning the establishment of timelines for the processes outlined in paragraphs 1,2,3 and 4
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 105 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4e – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
7. Host Member States shall provide that employers, customers, patients and other interested parties may verify the authenticity and validity of a European Professional Card presented to them by the card holder without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) the professional is fully qualified to exercise in the home Member State the professional activity for which partial access may be granted in the host Member State;
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 110 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) for professions with patient safety implications, in the case of evidence of formal qualifications referred to in Article 21 (1) and in the case of certificates of acquired rights referred to in Articles 23, 26, 27, 30, 33, 33a, 37, 39, and 43, evidence attesting knowledge of the languageofficial language or one of the official languages of the host Member State
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 17
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of point (b) of the first paragraph, as from [insert date - the day after the date set out in first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of Article 3] and every five years thereafter, the competent authorities in Member States shall submit publicly available reports to the Commission and to the other Member States on their continuing education and training procedures related to doctors of medicine, medical specialists, nurses responsible for general care, dental practitioners, specialised dental practitioners, veterinary surgeons, midwives and pharmacists.(c) Member States must have a system in place to ensure health professionals regularly update their competencies through Continuing Professional Development.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 114 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 19 – point b
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 25 – paragraph 3a – subparagraph 1
3a. Member States may lay down in their national legislations partial exemptions from parts of the specialist medical training, to be applied on a case-by-case basis, if that part of the training has been followed already during the completion of another specialist training programme which is listed in point 5.1.3 of Annex V and provided that the former specialist qualification has already been obtained by the professional in that Member State. Member States shall ensure that the granted exemption is not more than one- third of the minimum duration of specialist medical training courses as referred to in point 5.1.3 of Annex V.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 125 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 32
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. The remunerated traineeship mustshall be carried out in a Member State, under the supervision of a person providing adequate guarantees regarding their ability to provide practical training. It mustshall be undertaken after the completion of the study referred to in paragraph 1. The completion of the remunerated traineeship mustshall be attested to in a certificate accompanying the evidence of formal qualifications.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 35
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 49a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to the professions of doctors, nurses responsible for general care, dental practitioners, veterinary surgeons, midwives, pharmacists and architects which are based on the fundamental principle of automatic recognition of the evidence of formal qualifications on the basis of coordinated minimum conditions for training.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 129 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 35
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 49b – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Exchange of information between competent authorities of different Member States under this Article shall take place via the Internal Market Information system (IMI).
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 130 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 38
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 53 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1
A Member State shall ensure that any controls of the knowledge of a language are carried out by a competent authority after the decisions referred to in Articles 4d, 7(4) and 51(3) have been taken and if there is a serious and concrete doubt about the professional's sufficient language knowledge in respect of the professional activities this person intends to pursue. Language verification undertaken by the competent authority shall not prevent an employer from carrying out additional checks, as appropriate.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 132 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 38
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In case of professions with patient safety implications, Member States may confer to the competent authorities the right to carry out or to supervise the verification of language checking covering all professionals concerned if the professional intends to work or is working in a self employed capacity or it is expressly requested by the national health care system, or in case of self-employed professprivate organisationals not affiliated to the nationals health care system, by representative national patientthe organisations.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 134 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 38
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
AnyVerification of language controlknowledge shall be limited to the knowledge of one of the official languages of the Member State according to the choice of the person concerned,; it shall be proportionate to the activity to be pursued and free of charge for the. Any fees which the applicant may incur in relation to the verification of language shall be reasonable and proportionate and of an amount comparable to the fees required of domestic or non-EU professionals. The person concerned shall be allowed to appeal such controls before national courts.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 136 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 39
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 55a – Title
Recognition of remuneratmandatory supervised traineeship
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 42
1. The competent authorities of a Member State shall inform the competent authorities of all other Member States and the Commission about the identity of a professional who has been prohibited or restricted by national authorities or courts from pursuing, even temporarily, on the territory of that Member State the following professional activities:
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 138 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 42
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 56a – paragraph 1 –subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) other professions with patient safety implications;
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 139 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 42
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 56a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) professionals subject to the general system of recognition, under Title III chapters I and II, which have implications for patient safety.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 140 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 42
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 56a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The information referred to in the first subparagraph shall be sent at the latest within three days from the date of adoption of the decision prohibiting the professional concerned from exercising a professional activity via the Internal Market Information System (IMI).
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 143 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 42
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 56a – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Member States should inform without delay other Member States included in paragraphs 1 and 2, when an applicant presents false information including false evidence of training and education.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 144 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 42
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 56a – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts for the application of the alert mechanism. The implementing act shall include provisions on the competent authorities entitled to sending and/or receiving alerts, on complementing the alerts with additional information, on the withdrawal and closure of alerts, on rights of access to data, ways of correcting the information contained in the alerts, and measures to ensure the security of processing and retention periods. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisoryexamination procedure referred to in Article 58.
2012/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) European Union external support has increasing financing needs but the ongoing economic and budgetary situationausterity crisis of the Union limits the resources available for such support. The Commission must therefore seek the most efficient and practical use of available resources by using financial instruments with leverage effect. Such effect could be increased by enabling the use and re-use of funds invested and generated by financial instruments.
2012/05/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The changes taking place in the European neighbourhood of North Africa and the Middle-East must contribute towards the end of discrimination of women and their full participation in society on equal terms with men. The Union is committed to strongly oppose the use of sexual violence and the intimidation and targeting of women in particular with regard to the specific problems of human trafficking and Female Genital Mutilation. The Union places at the top of its agenda the need to end the discrimination and persecution of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) people in the European neighbourhood region, and that countries which discriminate against LGBT people, in particular those countries which still criminalise homosexuality, and are in receipt of Union financial aid should have such funds frozen or withdrawn.
2012/05/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 107 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d a (new)
(d a) There is a need for more women to enter the science sector, but if this research is conducted at institutions (such as universities) it must be open to the commercialisation of knowledge rather than for the direct advancement of knowledge. In other words, the idea is that of market opportunity and orientated driven projects which have the practical viability to be commercialised. This should be actively encouraged as and when possible as it will help provide a much needed boost to Europe's economic competiveness.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a Balanced Approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 52 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) A key objective of the common transport policy is sustainable development. This requires an integrated approach aimed at ensuring both the effective functioning of Union transport systems andlongside the protection of the environment and citizens' health.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 54 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Resolution A33/7 of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) introduces the concept of a ‘Balanced Approach’ to noise management and establishes a coherent method to address aircraft noise. The ICAO ‘'Balanced Approach' focuses on four principal elements: reduction of noise at source; land-use planning and management; noise abatement operational procedures; and operating restrictions on aircraft. These principles should remain the foundation of noise regulation for aviation, as a global industry. The Balanced Approach recognises the value of, and does not prejudge, relevant legal obligations, existing agreements, current laws and established policies. Incorporating the international rules of the Balanced Approach in this Regulation should substantially lessen the risks of international disputes in case third country carriers may be affected by noise-related operating restrictions.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The introduction of operating restrictions by Member States at Union airports on a case-by-case basis, whilst limiting capacity, can contribute to improving the noise climate around airports. However, there is a possibility of introducing distortions of competition or hampering the overall efficiency of the Union aviation network through the inefficient use of existing capacity. Since the objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be more effectively achieved by the Union by means of harmonised rules on the introduction of operating restrictions as part of the noise management process, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives. Such harmonised method does not impose noise qualityshould be carried out on a case- by-case basis. A one-size-fits all approach is not appropriate as no two airports are the same. It is important to set local objectives, which continue to derive from Directive 2002/49/EC or other European, national or local rules, and does not prejudge the concrete selection of measuresstakeholders have played a key role in selecting.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 58 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Suspension of noise mitigating measures is important to avoid unwanted consequences on aviation safety, airport capacity and competition. Whilst an appeal procedure against noise-related operating restrictions may relate to noise abatement objectives, assessment methods and selection of cost-effective measures, the appeal may not suspend their implementation. Therefore,However the Ccommission should well befpetent authority ore implementation of the measures be able to use the right of scrutiny andndependent appeal body of the Member State, as referred to in this directive, has the power to suspend measures deemed to produce unwanted or irreversible consequences. It is recognised that the suspension should be for a limited period.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to facilitate the achievement of specific environmental noise abatement objectives, as laid down in Union, national and local rules, and to assess their interdependence with economic, social and other environmental objectives, at the level of individual airports;
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 71 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘Marginally compliant aircraft’ means civil aircraft that meet the Chapter 3 certification limits laid down in Volume 1, Part II, Chapter 3 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) by a cumulative margin of less than 108EPNdB (Effective Perceived Noise in decibels), whereby the cumulative margin is the figure expressed in EPNdB obtained by adding the individual margins (i.e. the differences between the certificated noise level and the maximum permitted noise level) at each of the three reference noise measurement points as defined in Volume 1, Part II, Chapter 4 of Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention;
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6 a) 'Interested parties' refers to any persons that are affected by or benefit from any proceeding or action being proposed regarding noise reduction measures, including operating restrictions, or having a legitimate interest in the introduction of such measures.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 93 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) not as a first resort, operating restrictionsoperating restrictions, when there is no viable alternative.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 103 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities shall ensure that, at the appropriate level, a forum for technical cooperation is established between the airport operator, aircraft operator and air navigation service provider, for actions which these operators are responsible for, and taking due account of the interdependency between measures to mitigate noise and to reduce emissions. The members of this forum for technical cooperation shall regularly consult local residents, businesses, public institutions and other stakeholders, or their representatives, and provide technical information and advice on noise mitigating measures to the competent authorities.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
(a a) representatives of local businesses, regional and local authorities and public and private stakeholders
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 110 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The competent authorities shall follow up and monitor the implementation of the noise mitigating measures and take action as appropriate. They shall ensure that relevant information is provided on a regular basis to themade available on- line, thus allowing local residents living in the surroundings of the airports, and other interested parties to access the information freely.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 116 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. At the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, and without prejudice to a pending appeal procedure, the Commission may scrutinise the decision on an operating restriction, prior to its implementation. Where the Commission finds that the decision does not respect the requirements set out in this Regulation, or is otherwise contrary to Union law, it may suspend the decision.
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 117 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) amendments of the definitions of aircraft in Article 2 point (3) and of marginally compliant aircraft in Article 2 point (4);deleted
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 118 #

2011/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) amendments and updates of the noise certification standards provided for in Articles 4 and 8; and of the certification procedure provided for in Article 6(1).deleted
2012/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Helping the most debt-ridden Member States overcome their inherent financial structural difficulties should be taken into account, particularly because lending under this proposal is dependent and reliant on business confidence and intern fully functioning financial lending intermediaries, such as banks.
2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 26 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Whereas, micro-lending (that is to say loans below EUR 25 000) are provided by the financial intermediaries under the guarantee scheme. There is no specific micro-lending window foreseen under the Programme, as this would constitute an overlap with the "Programme for Social Change and Innovation" proposed by the Commission on 6th October 2011, which specifically covers micro-lending.
2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 29 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Data serving as indicators measuring the achievement of objectives - where practically feasible - should be collected and segregated by gender, ethnicity, age, area, size and length of business, and in accordance with the Member States' rules on the protection of personal data, with the help of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Gender Institute. Where possible, such data should be gathered in way that does not pose an extra burden on SMEs, and should help to enlighten decision makers on the specific problems women entrepreneurs face.
2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2011/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Whereas women may face barriers in rural areas in accessing information support and financial and technological tools and services which can severely limit their ability to start up, or expand their business. Therefore, this proposal should aim to be geographically inclusive by "getting the message out" through pro- active marketing campaigns that can deliver greater value for money for the European taxpayer, and rejuvenate run- down rural communities.
2012/08/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2011/0344(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women, children, adolescents and other groups at risk in all its forms constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious health scourge. Such violence is present throughout the Union and coordinated action is necessary in order to address it. Taking action to combat violence against women contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men.
2012/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #

2011/0344(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Sufficient levels of funding shall be provided, and, where possible, a reduction in expenditure and an increase in the value for money shall be ensured, for each of the objectives of this Regulation, taking into account the level of financing provided for in the framework of the programmes referred to in Article 13 for the period 2007 to 2013.
2012/07/18
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Accelerating the refurbishment of existing and deployment of new energy infrastructure is vital to achieve the Union's energy and climate policy objectives, consisting in completing the internal market in energy, guaranteeing security of supply, notably for gas and oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, increasing the share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption to 20%20 and achieving a 20% increase in energy efficiency by 2020. At the same time, the Union has to prepare its infrastructure for further decarbonisation of its energy system in the longer term towards 2050. These energy and climate objectives should be met in the most cost-effective way as possible;
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 14 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The investment needs up to 2020 in electricity and gas transmission infrastructures of European relevance have been estimated at about EUR 200 billion. The significant increase in investment volumes compared to past trends and the urgency to implement the energy infrastructure priorities requires a new approach in the way energy infrastructures, and notably those of cross-border nature, are regulated and financed. This approach nonetheless takes account of fiscal consolidation mechanisms taking place across the EU, prioritises those projects of common interest providing genuine European added value, and recognises where Member State authorities and the market are better placed to intervene.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 17 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Third parties that wish to invest in this area should not be excluded from applying for and receiving funding for projects of common interest. Furthermore, partnerships between third parties and governmental bodies, involving projects of common interest should also be encouraged;
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 34 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shallould work with Member States to establish a Union-wide list of projects of common interest. The list shall be reviewed and updated as necessary every two years. The first list shall be adopted by 31 July 2013 at the latest.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Within six months of the entry into force of this Regulation, each Member State shall designate one national competent authority which shall be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the permit granting process for projects of common interest and, for the implementation of the relevant tasks of the permit granting process as defined in this Chapter.nd for overseeing performance audits of projects of common interest;
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2011/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
eGovernment refers to the digital interaction between public authorities and citizens, public authorities and businesses and organisations, and among public authorities of different countries. Standardised, cCross- border, and user- friendly interaction platforms will generate efficiency gains both throughout the economy and in the public sector and will contribute to the Single Market.
2012/03/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #

2011/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point d – paragraph 1
(d) Interoperable cross border eHealth services: These services will support and facilitate cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, working within a voluntary network to support Member States in developing common identification and authentication measures in order to facilitate the transferability of data between the national authorities responsible for eHealth designated by Member States. These services will enable the interaction between citizens/patients and health care providers, institution-to- institution and organization-to-organization transmission of data, or peer-to-peer communication between citizens/patients and/or health professionals and institutions. The infrastructure to be deployed will comply with the principles of data protection as set out, in particular, in Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC, as well as with international and national ethical rules related to the use of patient health records and other personal data.
2012/03/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

2011/0299(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point d – paragraph 2
The services will comprise cross border access to electronic health records and electronic prescription services as well as remote health/assisted living tele-services, and cross border multi lingual semantic services linked to the multilingual core platform, access to social security information building on the EESSI (Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information) infrastructure, etc.
2012/03/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 499 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
(84 a) In order to align the EU import regime for sugar and isoglucose with the 2006 sugar reform as well as with the end of the quota system, the Commission should modify the Common Customs Tariff for the following products: (a) sugar falling within CN code 1701; (b) isoglucose falling within CN codes 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30. Until the end of the quota system, the Commission should be able to suspend the import tariffs in case of supply shortages.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 501 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
(84 a) In order to ensure fair competition and diversity of supply in the EU sugar sector, the Commission shall ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between producers of cane and beet sugar. Where imports of cane sugar from preferential partners fall short of anticipated levels, the Commission should permit additional imports at zero duty in order to ensure sufficient raw materials are available on the EU sugar market.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1911 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 a (new)
Article 125 a Suspension of import duties in the sugar sector (1) By 30 November each year, the Commission shall make a forecast of the expected volume of imports of cane sugar into the EU for that marketing year. (2) The forecast under paragraph (1) shall be based upon an estimate of exports under trade agreements between the EU and countries which export cane sugar. (3) Where the Commission's forecast for imports is less than 3.5 million tonnes, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with article 160 providing for the application of import duties to be suspended for imports of cane sugar equal to 50 per cent of the additional imports necessary to bring the total imports to 3.5 million tonnes. (4) The Commission shall revise its forecast under paragraph 1 by 30 June to include up-to-date information on imports under trade agreements with countries which export cane sugar and the imports referred to in paragraph (3). Where the Commission's forecast for imports is less than 3.5 million tonnes, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act providing for the application of import duties to be suspended for imports of cane sugar necessary to bring the total forecast of imports to 3.5 million tonnes.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1929 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 a (new)
Article 130 a Suspension of import duties in the sugar sector 1. Until the end of the quota regime, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, suspend import duties in whole or in part for the following products in order to guarantee the supply required for the manufacture of the products referred to in Article 101m (2): a) sugar falling within CN code 1701; b) isoglucose falling within CN codes 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30. 2. The suspension of import duties as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be automatically triggered as soon as the reported EU price for white sugar is 150% of the reference price. The normal duty will be automatically restored when the reported EU price will be below 150% of the reference price.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1932 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 b (new)
Article 130 b 1. Before 31 December 2013, the Commission will propose, by means of implementing act, a revised Common Customs Tariff for the following products: (a) sugar falling within CN code 1701; (b) isoglucose falling within CN codes 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30. The new tariffs for sugar shall reflect the difference between the reference prices before and after the 2006 reform to offer a comparable level of protection. 2. Before the end of the sugar quota, the Commission will present a proposal on the further elimination of import tariffs for the products mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Commission, Member States and regional and local authorities should make better use of the funding opportunities that are available to female entrepreneurs through special grants, venture capital, social security provisions and interest rate rebates that will allow fair and equal access to finance, such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility, which provides micro-credits of up to EUR 25 000 to micro-enterprises and to those who want to start their own small business but who do not have access to traditional banking services, such as the unemployed;
2012/05/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 16 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Whereas, the Commission made the proposal under Article 31 and 32 of Euratom, which is about safety but the Council Legal Service have stated that the overall objectives relate to the functioning of the market. Therefore it is not possible legally to have total harmonisation of this regulation under Euratom, as Member States rightly retain the right to implement more stringent measures should they wish.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 19 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 4
Recognises the broad aim of reducing the regulatory burden on industry, but would request further study on the economic impact of this proposed regulation on many small businesses that transport radioactive material within a single state's territory. Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure uniform conditions for implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for the control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.deleted
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 29 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘high consequence dangerous goods - radioactive material’ means radioactive material which have the potential for accidental release or misuse in a terrorist incident and which may, as a result, produce serious consequences such as mass casualties or mass destruction as defined in Appendix A.9. of the IAEA Nuclear Security Series No.9 ‘Security in the Transport of Radioactive Material’, Vienna, 2008;
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall not be responsible for the content and the accuracy of information submitted through the ESCReg and this information must be accurate, timely and transparent.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 47 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Within eightfour weeks of issuing the acknowledgement of receipt, that can be delayed if extra time is deemed appropriate to uphold public safety, the competent authority shall issue a certificate of carrier registration if it considers the submitted information to be complete and in compliance with this Regulation, Directive 96/29/Euratom and Directive 2008/68/EC.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 48 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
If the competent authority refuses to issue a certificate of carrier registration on the grounds that the application is not complete or not in compliance with the applicable requirements, it shall respond in writing to the applicant within eightfour weeks after issuing the acknowledgement of receipt. Prior to such refusal, the competent authority shall require that the applicant corrects or supplements the application within three weeks from the receipt of this request. The competent authority shall provide a statement of the reasons for refusal.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 49 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In instances where a carrier needs an urgent permit, and this urgency can be justified on the grounds of reducing risks to medical patients, such as the delivery of radioactive materials used in hospitals for diagnosis and treatment, or for radioactive clean up following a accident or terrorist incident, then a certified request can be issued and approved as soon as possible pending the severity of the incident.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. If a carrier does not comply with the requirements of this Regulation the competent authority of the Member State where the non-compliance was discovered shall apply enforcement measures within the legal framework of that Member State, such asfirst through immediate suspension as to protect the health of workers and the general public, and then if deemed appropriate via written notices, training and education measures, suspension, revocation or modification of the registration or prosecution, depending on the safety significance of the non- compliance and the record of compliance of the carrier.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 59 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority of the Member State where the non-compliance was discovered shall communicate to the carrier and to the competent authorities of the Member States who are involved, or to any other Member State who may ask for information, where the carrier was planning to transport radioactive materials, information on enforcement action applied and a statement of reasons for application of that action. If the carrier does not comply with the enforcement action applied pursuant to paragraph 1, the competent authority of the Member State of establishment of the head office of the carrier or, if the carrier is established in a third country, the competent authority of the Member State, where the carrier intended to first enter the territory of the Community shall revoke the registration.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee under the auspices of the European Nuclear Safety Regulator Group (ENSREG). That 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 the general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
The committee shall be composed of experts nominated by the Member States and of experts nominated by the Commission and shall be chaired by a Member State representative of the Commissionn a rotational basis.
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 71 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – table – part B – points 1 - 4
1. Name, position, full address, mobile and land line telephone number and e-mail- address of the responsible representative of the carrier's organisation (person empowered to commit the carrier's organisation): 2. Name, position, full address, mobile and land line telephone number and e-mail- address of the contact person for the authorities on technical/administrative issues (who has the responsibility for compliance with the regulations for the activities deployed by the carrier company): 3. Name, position and full, full address, mobile and land line telephone number and e-mail- address of the safety adviser (only for inland transport modes and if different from 1 or 2): 4. Name, position and, full address of the person responsible for the implementation, mobile and land line telephone number and e-mail- address of the Radiation Protection Programme if different from 1 or 2 or 3:
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 72 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 4 – point 7 – paragraph - 1 (new)
If the carrier needs to add any additional details or clarifications relating to their application please mention them below:
2013/04/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph (i)
(i) Stresses that gender equality mainstreaming and specific resource allocation must go hand in hand, and that, therefore, specific resource allocation cannot be replaced by horizontal objectives; calls for a doubleCalls for an approach which will ensure efficiency and predictability and will be the rule in all key financing instruments;
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph (iii)
(iii) Stresses the need for increased funding for gender equality actions, in terms of employment and growth and also of rights and democracy; calls on the Commission and Council to establish gender equality as a specific objective in the Rights and Citizenship programme, as well as safeguarding the Daphne programme as an independent subheading in this same programmeCalls on the Commission and Council to make savings reflecting the cuts being made to national budgets including to gender equality actions;
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph (iv)
(iv) Calls on the Commission and Council to include gender equality objectives within the regulations governing the Structural Funds, as well as within key EU funding programmes (health and environment, education, youth, economy, etc), and to ensure they are accompanied by earmarked funding;
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph (v)
(v) Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure continued earmarked funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality, without any decreasemake savings reflecting the cuts made to national budgets including by considering closing the European Institute for Gender Equality and merging its functions with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph (vi)
(vi) Stresses that the Commission’s strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015 and the strategy for the following five years after 2015, as well as the annual reports on gender equality, should serve as a fundamental indication as regards in whatwhich areas and how the spending should be targetedre the priority targets for spending and be used as a tool to reduce overall expenditure;
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph (viii)
(viii) Points out that gender equality needs to be much more clearly stated as an objective and to be coupled with earmarked funding in all EU external actions and programmes.
2012/09/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) After the entry into force of Directive 2004/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields), serious concerns were expressed by stakeholders, in particular from the medical community, as to the potential impact of the implementation of that Directive on the use of medical procedures based on medical imaging, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A derogation on medical imaging is therefore necessary, as the application of exposure limit values, orientations values and action values would dramatically impede its use. An exemption should also cover the use of medical imaging in research and development. Concerns were also expressed as to the impact of the Directive on certain other industrial activities.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The level of exposure to electromagnetic fields can be more effectively reduced by incorporating preventive measures into the design of workstations and by selecting work equipment, procedures and methods so as to give priority to reducing the risks at source. Provisions relating to work equipment and methods thus contribute to the protection of the workers involved. The protection of doctors, researchers, health care workers and patients must be maintained through appropriate health and safety training and supervision, as well as by applying infringement sanctions on employers who fail to comply with Directive 2004/40/EC. There is however a need to avoid the duplication of assessments, where work equipment meets the requirements of EU product legislation that establishes more severe safety levels than those provided for by this Directive and especially Directive 1999/5/EC and 2006/95/EC. This allows for simplified assessment in a large group of cases.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Employers should make adjustments in the light of technical progress and scientific knowledge regarding the risks related to exposure to electromagnetic fields, with a view to improving the safety and health protection of workers. Member States are advised to encourage employers compliance of the 2004/40/EC Directive through strict controls and sanctions.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 49 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 5
5. Directive 89/391/EEC shall apply fully to the whole area referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to more stringent and/or more specific provisions, such as a derogation for medical imaging and its use in research and development, contained in this Directive.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to medical applications using the magnetic resonance effectimaging (MRI) and the following related activities: integral system testing before release for shipment, installation, cleaning, maintenance, research and development activities. In these particular cases, specific protection measures shall be put in place. For this purpose the Commission shall consult the existing working groups and proceed according to the measures set out in Annex IV.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. An exemption for medical applications using the magnetic resonance effect should also apply to instances where medical support services are provided. This should include cases when children, the elderly or other patients require additional support from a healthcare professional, friend or family member during medical imaging.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 70 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. It should be noted that an exemption for medical imaging should also include its role in laparoscopic surgery, particularly in paediatric surgery.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 74 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to paragraphs 4 and 5, workers may not be exposed above the exposure limit values for health effects. For specific situations where these values may temporarily be exceeded, Member States may put in place a system authorisllowing work under controlled conditions and on the basis of a comprehensive risk assessment setting out the actual exposure levels and their likelihood and comparing them to the exposure limit values defined in Annexes II and III. Such specific situations shall be reported to the Commission in the report referred to in Article 17a of Directive 89/391/EEC.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 92 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
TakingEmployers should take account of technical progress and the availability of measures to control the production of electromagnetic fields at the source, the exposure to electromagnetic fields shall be eliminated or reduced to a minimumnd should endeavour as appropriate to reduce risks arising from exposure to electromagnetic fields.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 96 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. On the basis of the risk assessment referred to in Article 4, once the action values referred to in Article 3 and Annexes II and III are exceeded, the employer, unless the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 4(2) demonstrates that the exposure limit values are not exceeded and that health and safety risks can be excluded, shall devise and implement an action plan comprising technical and/or organisational measures to prevent exposure exceeding the exposure limit values, taking into account in particular:
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – title
Health surveillancePost-incident provisions
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 105 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With the objective of prevention and early diagnosis of any adverse health effects due to exposure to electromagnetic fields, appropriate health surveillancepost-incident actions shall be carried out in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 89/391/EEC.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The employer shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the doctor and/or the medical authority responsible for health surveillancepost- incident provisions have access to the results of the risk assessment referred to in Article 4.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 113 #

2011/0152(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The results of health surveillancepost-incident action shall be preserved in a suitable form so as to permit consultation at a later date, taking account of confidentiality requirements. Individual workers shall, at their request, have access to their own personal health records.
2011/12/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2011/0130(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
A protection measure taken in a Member State shall be recognised in the other Member States without any special procedure being required and without any possibility of opposing its recognition if the decision has been certified in the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 5. Recognition may take place only in civil matters and shall be dependent on the legal system of the Member State of recognition.
2012/04/13
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 80 #

2011/0130(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that, if a civil protection order needs to be transposed into a European protection order or vice versa, transposition is done quickly, with guidance from the Commission if necessary, without unnecessary court proceedings and at no cost to the victim.
2012/04/13
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 277 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) information on the availability of health, psychological, social and other relevant services as well as the means of accessing such services before, during or after a trial has taken place, been postponed or cancelled along with legal or other advice or representation, compensation and emergency financial support, where applicable
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 278 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) information on the procedures of the adult and juvenile justice process, including the role of child victims, the importance, timing and manner of testimony, and ways in which interviews will be conducted during the investigation and the trial
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 279 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) information on the existing support mechanisms for the victim when making a complaint and participating in the investigation and court proceedings
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 292 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Member States shall take measures to ensure that all victims, taking account of their individual and specific needs, understand and can be understood during any interaction they have with public authorities in criminal proceedings, including where information is provided by such authorities.
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 295 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that victims who do not understand or speak the language of the criminal proceedings concerned are provided if they so wish with interpretation, free of charge, during any interviews or questioning of the victim during criminal proceedings before investigative and judicial authorities, including during police questioning, and interpretation for their participation in court hearings and any necessary interim hearings. This interpretation shall take into account the specific needs of the victim and the extent to which he or she may need additional support to understand the full meaning and implication of any oral exchange. Measures shall be taken to ensure that this is explained in a sensitive and user- friendly manner taking due account of the victim’s age and level of maturity.
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 302 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure that victims can exercise their rights in criminal proceedings, Member States shall ensure that in all other cases and at the request of the victim, interpretation is available, free of charge, in accordance with the victims’ individual and specific needs and their role in those proceedings. in order to ensure that the victim completely understands any information communicated
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 304 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where appropriate, communication technology such as videoconferencing, telephone or internet may be used, unless the physical presence of the interpreter is required in order for the victim to properly exercise their rights or understand the proceedings. Where the victim is a child, it shall be ensured that any room or waiting area allocated to the victim for videoconferencing or for any interviews or questioning is child-friendly and non- threatening.
2012/03/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 341 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Member States shall ensure that all victims may be heard during criminal proceedings and may supply evidence, taking special consideration of individual circumstances and specific needs where appropriate, may be heard during criminal proceedings and may supply evidence. Every child should be treated as a capable witness, subject to examination, and his or her testimony should not be presumed invalid or untrustworthy by reason of the child's age alone as long as his or her age and maturity allow the giving of intelligible and credible testimony with or without appropriate communication aids and tools.
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 375 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12
Member States shall ensure that victims have access, in accordance with procedures in national law, to legal aid, where they have the status of parties to criminal proceedings. Children shall have the right to their own legal counsel and representation, in their own name, in proceedings where there is, or could be, a conflict of interest between the child and the parents or other involved parties.
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 439 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall recognise that men can be victims of domestic violence as well as women and the consequences are equally detrimental to both sexes.
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 441 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States are urged to recognise the wider family unit when violent and physical crime has occurred since such crime not only has an impact on the victim her or himself but, potentially, also on the victim's spouse, parents and children.
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 468 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – point c a (new)
(ca) the room used for interviews enables the victim to feel comfortable. Special consideration shall be made for child victims who should be accommodated in child-friendly rooms which are non- threatening;
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 470 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – point c b (new)
(cb) medical examinations, particularly for victims with specialised needs and for children, should only be conducted when absolutely necessary.
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 474 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) interviews with the victim carried out in premises designed or adapted for that purpose and in premises specifically tailored to the needs of the individual victim;
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 482 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(d) measures allowing a hearing to take place without the presence of the media;
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 483 #

2011/0129(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
(db) measures ensuring that the protection of privacy is mandatory for child victims, in particular through restricting disclosure of information that may lead to the identification of that child victim.
2012/02/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 107 #

2011/0060(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Similarly, this Regulation must provide for extension of the jurisdiction of the courts of a Member State handling an application for dissolution or annulment of a registered partnership to include matters relating to the property consequences of the registered partnership arising in connection with that application, if bothe partners soexpressly agree.
2012/09/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 112 #

2011/0060(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) However, the courts must not be able to invoke overriding mandatory provisions or public policy as exceptions in order to set aside the law of another Member State or to refuse to recognise or enforce a decision, an authentic instrument, a legal transaction or a European Certificate of Succession drawn up in another Member State where application of such an exception would be contrary to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular Article 21, which prohibits all forms of discrimination, and Article 23, which requires equality between men and women to be ensured in all areas. Nor may these courts set aside the law applicable to registered partnerships merely on the grounds that the public policy of the forum does not recognise registered partnerships.
2012/09/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 113 #

2011/0060(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Member States should consider taking appropriate measures in order to ensure that the partners, whose partnership has a cross border dimension, have equal access to information on the property consequences resulting from the link created by the registration of the partnership and on legal practitioners who can be consulted.
2012/09/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 115 #

2011/0060(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 7, 9, 17, 21, 23 and 47 concerning, respectively, respect for private and family life, the right to marry and to found a family according to national laws, property rights, the prohibition of any form of discrimination, equality between women and men and the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial. The Member States' courts must apply this Regulation in a manner consistent with these rights and principles.
2012/09/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 118 #

2011/0060(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The courts of a Member State seized by an application for dissolution or annulment of a registered partnership shall also have jurisdiction, if bothe partners so agree expressly to this, to rule on the property consequences arising in connection with the application.
2012/09/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 120 #

2011/0060(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
The law applicable to the property consequences of registered partnerships is the law of the State in which the partnership was registered. The property consequences of registered partnerships shall be equal in terms of the freedom to choose the applicable law to the proposal concerning matrimonial property regimes. Registered partners should be able to choose the most applicable law based on the law of habitual residence or on the nationality of one of the partners.
2012/09/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 29 #

2011/0059(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) It may be that a vulnerable spouse has been unable to make a free and fair matrimonial property choice due to specific circumstances, such as a situation of economic or financial dependence, a pay gap, lack of access to information or to legal advice, or circumstances related to illness or to domestic violence.
2012/04/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas limited progress has been made in the last ten years since the adoption of UNSCR 1325; whereas in some cases the quotas have been set for the participation of women in governments and the number of women in representative institutions has increased; whereas since then an increased awareness of gender differences in conflicts has been established, whereas, despite the efforts made, women’s participation in peace negotiations remains, with few exceptions, below 10 % of those formally involved, and should be encouraged.
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas sexual violence in the form of mass rapes and other forms of sexual abuse occurs against both females and males and is still used as a war tactic in conflict regions around the world, and most recently allegations of sexual violence were reported in Libya,
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. alarmed at the fact that, in most cases, the perpetrators of the sexual violence are allowed to go unpunished and this form of violence should be viewed as a war crime
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. recognising the fact that women soldiers play an important part as role-models and as empowering incentives for local women and stereotype dispellers for local men, and that they also communicate better with local women, and above all women need to be employed on an equal basis with their male counterparts.
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1.Calls for EU support for peace processes to be made conditional onwith women’s participation in the international teams leading peace negotiations; asks that progress be made with a view to permanent inclusion of women leaders, local women’s rights organisations and/or civil society groups at the negotiation table throughout the peace process;
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU and the Member States actively to promote an increase in the number ofto encourage women in to the military and in to civilian peace-keeping operations, especially in leadership positions, and to that end calls for:
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - indent 2
– the inclusion of women-friendly policies within the military, such as the possibility of maternity leave;deleted
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4.Calls for adequate EU funding, including under the Instrument for Stability, for supporting women’s effective participation in representative institutions at national and local level as well as in peace negotiations, peace-building and post-conflict planning;deleted
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a tactic of war; and views this form of violence as equal to a war crime.
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Calls for forces to have women clinics to deal with sexual and psychological violence in war zones.
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 - indent 4
– developing witness protection programmes in order to protect victims and to encourage them, under the guarantee of protection, to come forward and testify against their aggressors;
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the creation of a Special EU Representative on Women, Peace and Security within the EEAS, in order to liaise more efficiently with its counterparts in the UN; calls for all the relevant EU policies, task forces and units/focal points dealing with gender and security to be under the coordination of, and linked to, this Special EU Representative in order to ensure coherence and efficiency;deleted
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the informal ‘Women, Peace and Security Task Force’ to be institutionalised and provided with adequate financial and human resources;supported and recognised.
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 100 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU to ensurEncourages Member States to have balanced recruitment in missions and operations and to promote more women to the leadership level, for example as EU Heads of Delegation to third countries and EU Heads of Mission;
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a specific allocated budget for assessing and monitoring data gathered on the basis of the indicators developed at EU level; calls for specific budget lines for gender expertise, and projects and activities on women, peace and security in CSDP missions;deleted
2011/09/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women make up around 60% of all university graduates, but are underrepresented in full-time work in the labour market, particularly in the field of business; whereas it is crucial to encourage and empower women to embark on entrepreneurial ventures in order to reduce existing gender inequalities,
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the United States' "Women's Business Ownership Act (1988)" has increased the number of women business owners as a percentage of all businesses from 26% in 1992 to 57% in 2002; whereas the success of this act can help the EU in the identification of good practices,
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas evidence has shown that women starting up in business will provide an immediate contribution to the economy; whereas given the current economic situation, it would be of great benefit to Europe's economy if more women were to start up their own business,
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has deepened the problems for female SMEs, especially in the first three years of business, while acknowledging that female SMEs are an integral and vital part of the European economy;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 75 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to encourage banks and financial institutions to consider "women friendly" business support services;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 93 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that from a young age many girls are discouraged from pursuing school and university subjects perceived as inherently 'masculine', such as science, maths and technology; encourages educators to broaden the spectrum of possible subjects and careers open to girls, so that they are able to develop the knowledge base and full range of skills necessary for succeeding in business;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to make the procurement policy within the public sector "gender neutral";
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 111 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recognises that "Facebook" and "Twitter" can be important social media platforms for rural and urban female entrepreneurs who wish to market a product or service; requests that the digital divide across Europe be addressed through the improvement of broadband connections, thus allowing women the flexibility to successfully run businesses from home should they wish;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 129 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to collect comparable and comprehensive data on female entrepreneurship in the European Union (such as female entrepreneurs' ethnicity, age, area of business, size of business, length of business) with the help of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Gender Institute, in a way that does not pose an extra burden on SMEs, and analyse theseis data in the annual report on EU SMEs of the SME Performance Review;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 139 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages Member States to promote female entrepreneurship in industry, particularly in the research, science, technology, new media, cinema, environment, agriculture and engineering sectors;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Poland to emphasise female entrepreneurship throughout its presidency, particular in early October with the arrival SME week;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 148 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on family owned businesses to provide the same level of opportunity for female relatives - such as daughters - when considering the passing down or transfer of a company;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 155 #

2010/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recognises that the 23 February 2011 Small Business Act for Europe review has delivered a strong agenda for SMEs, but asks that the notion of "think small first" still be considered in everything the EU and Member States implement;
2011/03/30
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the term ‘violence against women’ means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life3 . It should also be stated that violence against men and children has the same repercussions. For child victims, this may cause a recurring phenomenon in which children are raised to accept violence as a norm, which may increases the likelihood that they themselves will go on to carryout such acts at school, or later on in life,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there is no regular and comparable data collection on different types of violence against women in the European Union, which makes it difficult to ascertain the real extent of the phenomenon and to find appropriate solutions to the problem. Reliable data collection is highly problematic as women and men are reluctant through fear or shame to report their experiences to the relevant stakeholders,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
– a criminal-law instrument in the form of a directive against gender-based violence,deleted
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 65 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 2
– demands on the Member States to provide law enforcement staff with clear instructions on how to proceedassist in cases of gender-based violence and to provide the necessary training on the prevention and detection of gender-based violence, equality between men and women and the needs and rights of victims,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 4
– plans to develop specific investigative routines for police and health sector professionals in order to secure evidence of gender-based violence for relevant stakeholders, such as Non-Governmental Organisations and women associations,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 87 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 6
– minimum requirements set up by Member States as to the number of victim support structures per 10 000 inhabitants for victims of gender-based violence in the form of centres with specific expertise to help victims,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 92 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 7
– minimum standards set up by Member States to ensure that victims have professional support in the form of advice from a legal practitioner irrespective of their role in the criminal proceedings,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 8
– plans to develop methodological guidelines and undertake new data collection efforts to obtain statistical data on gender-based violence at Member State level;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 124 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Commission, using all available expertise, to develop and provide annual statistics on gender- based violence, including figures on how many women and men are killed annually by their partner or ex-partner, based on data from the Member States;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. HighlightRecognises the serious problem of prostitution in the European Union and asks that the link between the legal framework of the Member State in question and the form and extent of the prostitution taking place be studied further;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 176 #

2010/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises thatncourages Member States should devotto provide appropriate resources to preventing and combating violence against women, including through recourse to the Structural Funds and men;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union is confronted with a major economic, financial and social crisis that affects womenfamilies in the labour market and in their personal lives, in particular women at risk of poverty,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas combating poverty is one of the Commission's five measurable targets proposed for EU 2020; whereas Integrated Guideline 10 of the Europe 2020 Strategy (Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty) would encourage the adoption of national policies to protect women and men from the risk of exclusion, ensuring income security for one-parent families or elderly womenand vulnerable people,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there are considerable age and gender disparities in the amount of time spent on unpaid work and daily involvement in care and domestic activities; whereas women in particular experience the greatest unpaid workload in their roles as homemakers, mothers and wives,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas women, in particular in rural areas, are part of the informal economy, not being registered on the official labour market, or have short-term working contracts, which generates particular problems as regards women's social rights, including rights during pregnancy, maternity leave and breastfeeding, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social securityfor women,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a.£ Calls on Member States to adopt a ´big society´ approach, whereby citizens are encouraged to help, support and work together to improve the situation of the most vulnerable.
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the necessity to agree upon and adopt a European Women's Rights Charter, with the wide consultation of the European Parliament, to improve women's rights and opportunities and to promote mechanisms to achieve gender equality in all aspects of social, economic and political life;deleted
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 Strategy; strongly encourages establishing as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year in order to achieve a target of 10% reduction by 2020;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework directive establishing the principle of an adequate minimum income in the European Union as a way to combat and reduce poverty, taking into account national laws and practices and with due regard to the gender dimension;deleted
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to consider granting individualised rights in pensions and social security schemes as a tool to combat the risk of poverty;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 93 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take the necessaryMember States to examine measures to promote the reconciliation of work and private life, in order to enable women who are exposed to the risk of poverty to pursue their careers, by providing access to flexible work arrangements or to full-time work;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 111 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the risk of falling into poverty ismay be greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, where social security systems are based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; points out that, in some cases, women do not fulfil this requirement because of interruptions to their work and that they are penalised because of discrimination on the labour market, in particular because of the wage gap, maternity leave and part-time work; as women live longer.
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 123 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to provide adequate funding for the support and protection of victims of violence, as a way to prevent and reduce poverty;deleted
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 134 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to increase the financial allocation that may be used among civil society organisations in fighting and curbing the effects of women's poverty;deleted
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 139 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the importance of the structural funds, in particular the European Social Fund, as a key tool for assisting Member States to combat poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Member States for more co-funded actions to support services such as care facilities for children and for elderly and dependent persons;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 16 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the criteria for defining a ‘pandemic’, adopted by the WHO in 2009 and based solely on the propagation of the virus while discounting the severity of the infection, distorted the meaning of the word ‘pandemic’ and triggered a false alarm worldwide, with that alarmism giving rise to inappropriate public health decisions and a disproportionate response among the public and administrations of the European Union and its Member States,deleted
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas Member States, the European Commission and external bodies such as WHO should take into account the virulence of a future influenza outbreak as well as the propagation of the virus when making public health decisions which may affect public health and social policies in Member States,
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 29 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the exaggerated costs arising from the management of this crisis in the Member States are primarily a direct consequence of the EU's lack of independence and critical acumen in relation to the risk evaluation conducted by the WHO,deleted
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 35 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the expenditure committed by thecertain Member States to the response plans drawn up is mainly in connection with the purchase of vast quantities of vaccines,
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 42 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas this systematic vaccination strategy is based essentially on an approach that relies on blind faith in the effectiveness of influenza vaccines, without taking into account scientific data that contradict that belief (see Cochrane journals), and the majority of the studies available on the efficacy of the medicinal products, including vaccines, have been conducted by pharmaceutical companies, meaning that no objective proof has been provided of the efficacy of influenza vaccines,deleted
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas in the event of a future influenza pandemic, more work needs to be done to improve the performance of influenza vaccines, especially for high risk groups and against drifted variants,
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 59 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas Member States need to make significant changes are required to their current healthcare system in the EU and its Member Statess and need to co-ordinate better in preparing against epidemics, in order to achieve general public health objectives, as opposed to a purely pharmacological approach,
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas confidence in vaccines against H1N1 influenza was also undermined by the partial transfer from the manufacturer to the Member State, in the purchase contracts, of liability for any side effects,deleted
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the prevention plans established in the EU and its Member States for future influenza pandemics to be revis-examined, to make them sufficiently autonomous and flexible to be adapted as swiftly as possible and on a case by case basis to the actual risk, based not least on the latest scientific information available;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 92 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the powersmandate of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) should be reinforced so that the EU hasinclude its own means of assessing the severity of infection risk, by establishing, if necessary, its own health alert scale independent of international organisations such as the WHO;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 105 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for immediate clarifican investigations on the effectiveness of the influenza vaccination strategies recommended in the EU, given the weight of evidence casting doubt on their effectiveness, the absence of reliable data guaranteeing that effectiveness and the lingering uncertainties surrounding their benefit-risk profile;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 123 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to launch an audit review of the operation of the EMA and the ECDC, and of the overall cost of the management of H1N1 influenza in the EU;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 127 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds tThe EMA of theas a regulatory requirement toshould make access available to all the documents relating to clinical trials, research protocols and the undesirable effects of the medicinal products evaluated by its experts, including the vaccines and anti-viral drugs recommended as a means of combating H1N1 influenza;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 133 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers the conflicts of interest apparent in the case of somealls for the declarations of interest of all experts who advise the European institutions to give rise tobe published to avoid suspicions of undue influence and to, which would undermine the overall credibility of the European health agencies and their recommendations; calls in particular for the EMA and ECDC to revise forthwith their current and future expert screening procedures to ensure complete transparency;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 142 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the publication of the names, roles and potential conflictdeclarations of interest of senior officials who are members of informal groups such as the EU's Health Security Committee, the Health Emergency Operational Facility (HEOF) and the ‘vaccines’ task force;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 144 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for full liability for the quality, safety and effectivenessicacy of a medicinal product to rest with the manufacturer, bearing in mind the exceptional circumstances a pandemic constitutes;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 160 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. DemandEstablishes precise definition of the roles, duties, remits, limits, relations and responsibilities of the Commission, the ECDC, the EMA and the Member States and also of more informal entities such as the Health Security Committee, the HEOF and the ‘public health’ group, composed of senior officials able to intervene in the decision-making process regarding the management of a health crisis;
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 164 #

2010/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses its approval of the introduction of a procedure enabling the Member States to make group purchases of anti-viral vaccines and medicinal products on a voluntary basis where the positive benefit-risk profile of their preventive/therapeutic effect is clearly demonstrated and indisputable, in order to obtain, for a given product, advantageous rates approaching its cost price;deleted
2010/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas there are generally more women then men graduating from universities (58.9% of degrees are awarded to women) but women are under- represented in corporate, administrative and political positions of responsibility,choose to take alternative career and life paths.
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that male-dominated sectors, such as construction and manufacturing, were the first to be hit by the crisis but that the crisis has since spread to more gender- mixed sectors, thus leading to greater female unemployment;unemployment is now high in both genders.
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that eliminating the pay gap is a priority, and therefore deplores the fact that the Commission did not do enough to relaunch this debate at European level, particularly by revising the existing legislation applying the principle of equal pay for men and women, as Parliament had requested in its resolution of 18 November 2009;
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 76 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to set up and/encourage the setting up or improvement of childcare facilities such as crèches and nurseries with a view to providing good- quality, affordable child care services to as many people as possible; believes that these facilities offer considerable support to parents and should make it easier for them to enter the workforce;
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 84 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to take measures to ensure that girls are not pushed automatically into traditionally feminised sectors and careers; through awareness programmes within the education sector.
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that only 3% of major companies are chaired by a woman; calls on the Member States to take effective measures to ensurencourage greater representation for women in major listed companies and on the management boards of companies in general;
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 100 #

2010/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Advocates access for women and men to information on reproductive health and women’s right to avail themselves of services in this area;deleted
2010/12/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph B
B. whereas worecognises that women and men often find themselves disadvantaged in precarious situations linked to their gender, way of life, religion, age, social status and financial solvency,
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas health inequalities have also an important gender dimension: women in general live longer than men but may spend a longer proportion of their lives in ill health,deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 15 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph C
C. whereas women usually live longer than men, butand can suffer from health problems in later life,
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU and the Member States to adopt strategies tailored to specific aspects of women's daily lives in order to reduce economic and social inequalities, thereby also helping to reduce health inequalities;deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU and the Member States to introduce more targeted health campaigns to encourage and improve access to the early detection of diseases specifically affecting women and men, such as breast, cervical and, ovarian, prostate and colon cancer;
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 53 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU and the Member States to collect, analyse and make effective use of data in order regularly to assess existing health policies and programmes specifically targeted at women;deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Suggests that the EU and the Member States introduce coherent policies and supportive measures aimed at women who do not work or who hold jobs in sectors where they are not covered by personal health insurance;deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU and the Member States rapidly to find ways of combating ethnic discrimination, particularly in certain Member States where Council Directive 2000/43/EC has not been implemented and where women from ethnic minorities have little or no social protection or access to healthcare;deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that access to healthcare should be open to women and men regardless of their financial, social, linguistic, geographical or cultural status (for example women migrants or refugees)and that health should remain a member state competency;
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2010/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the EU and the Member States must take account of women's reproductive health and maternal mortality in their policies.deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to evaluate measures to mitigateMember States to be mindful of the impact of the economic crisis on the health care sector, in particular in the following areas: investing in health infrastructure, public health, health promotion and disease prevention, optimising funding for the health care sector, restructuring and reorganising the health care system;
2011/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 162 #

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adevelopt a common set of indicators to monitor health inequalities by age, sex, socio-economic status and geographic dimension and to set a methodology to audit the health situation in Member States aimed at identifying and prioritising areas of improvement and best practices;
2011/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 180 #

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to mainstream an approach based on the social determinants of health and on ‘equity and health in all policies’ in the development of all internal and external EU policy, especially with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals;deleted
2011/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 192 #

2010/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines to improve the mechanisms to monitor inequalities in health across the EU (between and within Member States) by improving data collection via more systematic and comparable information that complements existing data on health inequalities and via regular monitoring and analysis;deleted
2011/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 8 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas it is estimated that 35.6 million people worldwide will be living with dementia in 2010 – and that this number is estimated to nearly double every 20 years, to 65.7 million in 2030, whereas the number of sufferers of Alzheimer's Disease is underestimated due to difficulties in diagnosis,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the number of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases in Europe is estimated to be 8.6 million, with Alzheimer's accounting for the vast majority of those cases; whereas neurodegenerative diseasesthe number of people affected by Alzheimer's almost trebles when taking into account the number of informal carers of patients with dementia, whereas neurodegenerative diseases can affect people of all ages but represents one of the main causes of disability in the elderly, and whereas the number of people suffering from these diseases is expected to rise dramatically by 2020, owing to increased life expectancy and a decreasing ratio of working to retired populations,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the population of Europe is ageing, with persons aged over 80 constituting the fastest-growing cohort in most European countries, and whereas dementia is therefore expected to be one of the main challenges for healthcare systems, including informal care and long-term care facilities, and social care and security systems in the coming decades,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the total direct and informal care costs of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in 2005 amounted to EUR 130 billion for the EU 27 region, or approximately EUR 21 000 per year per person affected by dementia (56% of the costs being generated by informal care2 ), early diagnosis may help to manage healthcare costs across Europe,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the bulk of the research effort in this field is carried out by Member States, with a relatively low level of transnational coordination, leading to fragmentation and limited sharing of knowledge and best practice among Member States, and whereas research for Alzheimer's Disease is lagging behind research of other major diseases in Europe,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 42 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas there is a growing awareness that the impact of neurodegenerative diseases on the population in Europe is of such a magnitude that no Member State is capable of resolving it alone; whereas it is therefore necessary in the EUfor Member States to significantly strengthen cooperation and coordination of research efforts and the level of financial investment in this areainformation sharing, in order to combat neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's, which is a major challenge for European societies,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 64 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, although social awareness and scientific knowledge of Alzheimer's disease have increased dramatically in the past 20 years, therapeutic options are still limited to symptomatic drugs, and diagnosis is still largely based on individual physician experience and subjective judgement, and whereas the diagnosis of Alzheimer's often takes place years after the onset of the disease, thus delaying any possible treatment to slow down the disease,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 71 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
H f. Whereas a greater focus on the pre- dementia phase of Alzheimer's disease could contribute to supporting the development of appropriate therapeutic interventions capable of slowing down the disease's progression, and ultimately delaying patients' entry into severe Alzheimer's, i.e. the most debilitating form of the disease,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 82 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Suggests that the Council and the Commission consider launching a European Year of the Brain in order to raise awareness of brain-related diseases associated with ageing, and measures to prevent them;deleted
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Encourages Member States to ensure that drugs able to slow the onset of Alzheimer's are made available to all patients suffering from the disease and not only patients who are diagnosed with severe cases of Alzheimer's.
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 102 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Encourages all Member States to consider adopting the latest and best practice in the United States, whereby brain scans and other tests are used to distinguish patients according to three distinct groups of cognitive impairment, in order to best establish which form of treatment may be most effective to treat each stage of the disease.
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 119 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Stresses the importance of prevention of Alzheimer's disease by encouraging a healthy lifestyle, including staying mentally and socially engaged, promoting good diets and exercising,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Points to the importance of research into the connection between the ageing process and dementia and between dementia and depression in the elderly; encourages the Member States, furthermore, to promote research programmes that give great importance to patient choice and perspective; and to formulate recommendations centred on the core principles of dignity and social inclusion, thereby promoting the autonomy and self determination of people with dementia,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 143 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the CommissionMember States to draw up guidelines for the training of staff who work in whatever capacity with Alzheimer's patients (medical and paramedical professions), and for the training of family carers to ensure competent and effective use of the existing resources;
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 146 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Encourages Member States to consider the 'dementia dimension' in flexible work policies to assist informal carers of patients of Alzheimer's,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 147 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on Member States to consider opportunities offered by the EU 2020 strategies 'A new jobs agenda' and 'New skills for new jobs' to strengthen the future workforce capacity related to looking after people suffering from Alzheimer's and other types of dementia; new skill-specific jobs need to be promoted across Europe to look after an increasingly dependent ageing population,
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 155 #

2010/2084(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Encourages Member States to consider reducing the use of antipsychotic medication in their action plans to aid Alzheimer's sufferers, given that while these drugs are currently commonly prescribed to combat the effects of dementia, their beneficial effect has been shown to be limited, and they have moreover contributed to excess deaths every year as a result of their prescription;
2010/11/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #

2010/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to monitor particularly closely any discrimination related to breastfeeding;deleted
2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #

2010/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to consider including media and advertising content in the scope of the directive, taking into account their significance, as well as the significance of education, in the creation, retention and development of gender- based stereotypes;deleted
2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas not all people living in the EU benefit from the Charter of Fundamental Rights, especially men and women from ethnic minority and migrant groups, including those who are victims of violence, trafficking and poverty,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas discrimination, social exclusion and segregation is still experienced by many ethnic minority communities living in the EU and worldwide,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2010/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that advertising and marketing often propagate the idea of perfection, which can have a negative influence on the self-esteem and self-respect of women, men and young people; draws attention to the vulnerability of consumers to mimetism, which can lead to inappropriate behavioural attitudes, anxiety, harmful addictions (smoking, drugs),. This can lead to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, and a disturbance of mental equilibrium; calls on all advertisers to reconsider the promotion of extremely thin models (men or women) in order to avoid harmfulcontradictory and misleading messages about appearance, body imperfections, age and weight;
2010/07/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas an EU integrated approach is crucial for a coherent policy on the social integration of ethnic minority women, especially those who find it harder to integrate due to their cultural differences, including but not restricted to measures on antidiscrimination, housing, employment, education, health care and respect for fundamental rights,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2010/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that reliable advertising may have a positive influence on society’s perceptions of issues such as gender roles, body image and normality; encourages advertisers to be more constructive in their advertisements, in order to promote the positive role of women in society, at work, in the family and in public life;
2010/07/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas equal access for all citizens including men, women and children regardless of their background to quality education enhances better integration in the labour market,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #

2010/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen training and education activities as a way to overcome stereotypes, combat discrimination and promote gender equality, especially from a young age;
2010/07/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas a targen assisted approach to integrating women belonging to ethnic minorities is needed to avoid stereotyping, stigmatisation and ethnic segregation,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 39 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas there is a wide range of instruments and policies available which are suitable for the integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups, but there is an implementation gap at the nationlocal level,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the lower socio-economic status of ethnic minority women translates into their right to integrity being deniedmakes the integration process more difficult,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas the non-integration of women belonging to ethnic minorities entails significantcan lead to difficulties in economic independence which may result in direct and indirect costs for the community and public budgets,
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Calls on Member States to note the differences and similarities in needs and experiences between different ethnic minority groups, new ethnic migrants, settled ethnic groups and ethnic minorities born in the host country. These differences and similarities have a considerable impact on the integration process;
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 71 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of language courses in the host language for ethnic minority women which will help the women to integrate into the host society faster and more effectively. Also highlight the importance of educating the host community about acceptance of different cultures and the impact of racism and prejudice. It must be noted that the responsibility of effective integration lies with both the ethnic minorities and the host community. Both must make an effort to integrate with each other for social unity to be realised;
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 87 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to consider widening EU funding opportunities from the European Social Fund and the European Integration Fund and giving them a more strategic focus in order to play a role in the integration and reintegration of women from ethnic minority groups into the labour market, in particular in times of economic crises;
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 125 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that women from ethnic minority groups need access to health care information in different languages; stresses the importance of intercultural training for health care providers in partnership with ethnic minority women’s groups;
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 140 #

2010/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Insists on the active involvement of the European Institute for Gender Equality in implementing suitable new measures and policicollecting data and carrying out research on integration issues concerning ethnic minority women, consistently applying the principle of gender mainstreaming and promoting priorities in the area of social integration;
2010/05/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas individualisation of the labour market – resulti, chang in a reduction in collective bargaining –g market conditions, and the need for flexibility in employment, puts employees in a more vulnerable position which leads to precarious jobs, since it makes it easier for employers to lower employment conditions,
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas women are over-representedeconomic crisis means both men and women are in precarious employment on the labour market, and whereas certain forms of precarious work performed by women, such as paid domestic work and care work, are invisible on the labour market,
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the economic and financial crisis has had a dual effect on precarious employment, since companies’ first reaction was to cut down on temporary employment, and whereas, furthermore, it is feared that many of the permanent jobs lost during the recession will not be re- established, but replaced by atypical – if not precarious – employment schemes, however, it should be noted that precarious employment schemes provide flexibility,
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas precarious employment conditions, such as illegal non-written contracts, involuntary part-time work and the persistent pay gap, have a long-term effect on social security protection and pensions and place workers at greater risk of poverty,
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take legislative measures to bring an end to zero-hour contracts, which are common in jobs typically occupied by women in sectors such as domestic work, care work, and catering;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses disappointment that the EU employment law package and the aforementioned directives on fixed-term, part-time and temporary agency work do not adequately address the precarious nature of employment; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to take further specific legislative measures, such as introducing binding minimum social standards for employees and granting all employees equal access to social services and benefits, including maternity leave, health care and retirement pensions, regardless of their employment conditions;deleted
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 29 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need for unionisation of women in precarious jobs, sincegood working conditions including protection of entitlements such as decent pay, maternity leave, fair and regular working hours and a non-discriminating working environment is crucial for these women; calls on the Member States to penalise the imposition of obstacles to trade union participation in general;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for legislative measures to be made at Member State level in order to secure gender equality and reduce gender segregation on the labour market; recalls, therefore, its aforementioned resolution of 18 November 2008, urges the Commission to submit a proposal relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women, and reminds the Member States to transpose Directive 2006/54/EC*2 without delay; 2 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast) (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23).
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to break down labour market segregation through awareness- raising and education from an early age, for instance by promoting jobs associated with female skills to men, and vice versa;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that studies have shown that precarious employment carries higher injury rates and a greater risk of disease and exposure to hazards; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to enhance their monitoring of minimum health and safety requirements in the workplace, paying particular attention to the specific risks to female workers;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose a new European agreement on the rules on au pairs, lowering the age limit from 30 so that adult breadwinners in their late 20s cannot be placed as au pairs and emphasising that au pairs are young people on cultural exchanges who will help out with day-to-day family duties, which must not exceed five hours per day;deleted
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2010/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that the social integration of migrant women is even more difficult than that of their male counterparts; therefore encourages employers to take specific measures to facilitate the social integration of women migrant workers, and ensure that migrant workers are registered, so that they are entitled to benefits;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2010/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
(A) whereas the transition to a new economy should not be used as a pretext for cutting back on various equality measures, but should instead be seen as a unique opportunity to raise women’s participation in the EU labour market, since this is a prerequisite for ensuring sustainable growth, making full use of job potential and strengthening competitiveness, whereas jobs in the new economy will need to take into account different lifestyles and should look to being more flexible to enable all women to participate,
2010/05/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2010/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
(1) Stresses the importance of focusing on gender equality in the transition to a new economy, since women are more likely to be in an insecure position on the labour market owing to precarious employment conditions and a consistent gender-based wage gap; recognises the need for women to be given a choice as to the type of work they undertake, if they wish to work; calls for the development of labour market policies at Member State level which address the gender dimension, accompanied by programmes designed to recruit women to non-traditional jobwhich empower and give confidence to women and also programmes designed to recruit women to non-traditional jobs; recalls that this can be achieved by increasing education for girls and women in normally male-dominated subjects;
2010/05/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2010/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
(3) Underlines that a targeted effort to ensure women’s access to education at all levels and provide life-long-learning is essential in order to break down gender segregation in the labour market; calls for the provision of adequate training in order to prevent the under-representation of female workers in low-carbon sectors of the economy; recognises that, once women have left the formal education system, they are less likely to enter post- university education;
2010/05/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2010/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
(6) Underlines the need to increase women’s participation in trade unions in non-traditional employment sectors, since it is crucial to protect women’s rights if jobs in the new economy are to be socially sustainableand it is only with the support of men that this can be achieved;
2010/05/31
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 103 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Recital 7
(7) In order to prevent a new crime being committed against the victim in the executing state, that state should be given a legal basis for recognising the decision previously adopted in the issuing state in favour of the victim, while also avoiding the need for the victim to start new proceedings or to produce the evidence in the executing state again as if the issuing state had not adopted the decision. However, it should be recognised that there are differences in Member States' criminal proceedings and legislative processes.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 123 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article - 1 (new)
Article -1 Objective This Directive sets out rules allowing a judicial or equivalent authority in a Member State, in which a protection measure has been issued with a view to protecting a person against a criminal act of another person which may endanger his life, physical or psychological integrity, personal liberty or sexual integrity, to issue a European protection order enabling a competent authority in another Member State to continue the protection of the person concerned in the territory of that Member State, provided that the protection measure was taken in the context of criminal proceedings following the commission of a criminal offence.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 127 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1) “European protection order” means a judicial decision relating to a protection measure issued by a Member State and aimingin the context of criminal proceedings following the commission of a criminal offence aimed at facilitating the taking by another Member State, where appropriate, of a protection measure under its own national law with a view to the safeguard of the life, physical and psychological integrity, freedom or sexual integrity of a person.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 131 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2) "Protection measure" means a decision adopted by a competent authority of a Member State imposing on a person causing dangerin the issuing State in the context of criminal proceedings by which one or more of the obligations or prohibitions, referred to in Article 2(2), provided that the infringement of such obligations or prohibitions constitutes a criminal offence under the law of the Member State concerned or may otherwise be punishable by a deprivation of liberty in that Member Stateare imposed on a person causing danger, for the benefit of a protected person with a view to protecting the latter against a criminal act which may endanger his life, physical or psychological integrity, personal liberty or sexual integrity.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 156 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2– subparagraph 2
If such a request is submitted in the executing State, its competent authority shall transfer this request as soon as possible to the competent authority of the issuing State in order, where appropriate, to issue the European protection order. The victim or the applicant shall be informed in a timely manner of the status and limitations of the European protection order by the issuing state
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 189 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority of the executing State shall inform without delay the person causing danger, the competent authority of the issuing State and the protected person about the measures adopted in accordance with this Article. whilst avoiding disclosing the address or other contact details concerning the protected person. The person causing danger must have the opportunity to challenge the measures.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 210 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. If the competent authority in the issuing State has modified the European protection order in accordance with paragraph 1(a), the competent authority in the executing State shall, as appropriate: (a) change the measures taken on the basis of the European protection order, acting in accordance with Article 8; (b) refuse to enforce the modified obligation or prohibition when it does not fall within the types of obligations or prohibitions referred to in Article 4, does not respect the wishes of the victim or is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), or if the information transmitted with the European protection order in accordance with Article 6 is incomplete and has not been completed within the time limit set by the competent authority of the executing state in accordance with Article 8(2a).
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 212 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
1. The competent authority of the executing State may revoke the recognidiscontinue the measures taken in execution of a European protection order: (a) where there is evidence that the protected person has definitively left the territory of the executing State. victim requests the discontinuation of the protection measure or the discontinuation of the protection measure is required to protect any person’s rights under the ECHR.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 219 #

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The European protection order shall be recognised without delay with the exception of emergencies, travel or death.
2010/07/19
Committee: LIBEFEMMLIBEFEMM
Amendment 33 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 - paragraph 4
4. Nectars and specific products of Annex III may be sweetened by the addition of sugars or, honey. The sales name shall include the word “sweetened” or “with added sugar”, followed by an indication of the maximum quantity of sugar added, calculated as dry matter and expressed in grams per litre or sweeteners. In such cases, the maximum quantity of sugar added and type of sugar added shall be clearly specified in the list of ingredients on the label.
2011/04/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 - paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The words ‘with no added sugars’ may be used in fruit juice labelling, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
2011/04/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 - paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Checks must be in place to ensure that no seeds of fruit are present in the final juice product. In cases where seeds may be present in the final juice product, they should be clearly labelled indicating the possible presence of seeds.
2011/04/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 46 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive 18 monththree years following its entry into force at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
2011/04/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Annex
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part I – point 1 – point b – paragraph 5
Flavour, pulp and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the juice. In the case where flavour is restored, the addition of flavour must feature on the label of the fruit juice product.
2011/04/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 56 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Poverty is a leading driver in the prevalence of trafficking in human beings, the EU has to do more to tackle poverty within the EU and outside of the EU.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 64 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) In order to tackle recent developments in the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, this Directive adopts a broader concept of what should be considered trafficking in human beings than under Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA and therefore includes additional forms of exploitation. Within the context of this Directive, forced begging should be understood as a form of forced labour or service as defined in the ILO Convention No. 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour of 29 June 1930. Therefore, exploitation of begging falls within the scope of the definition of trafficking in human beings only when all the elements of forced labour or services occur. In the light of the relevant case-law, the validity of the eventual consent to perform such a service should be evaluated case by case. However, when a child is concerned, the eventual consent should never be considered valid. The term “exploitation of criminal activities” should be understood as exploitation of a person to commit, inter alia, pick-pocketing, shop-lifting and other similar activities which are subject to penalties and imply financial gain. The definition also covers trafficking in human beings for the purpose of illegal adoption of children and unborn children, of the removal of organs, which can be linked with organ trafficking and constitutes a serious violation of human dignity and physical integrity.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 68 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) For effective prevention, protection and prosecution, it is necessary to distinguish between trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal which can only be committed if organs are removed from living donors and trafficking in organs, tissues and cells. A targeted approach to the two problems should be developed and implemented by the Commission and Europol which should as a priority improve monitoring of both cases of organ trafficking.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 92 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) In addition to measures available to all victims of trafficking in human beings, Member States should ensure that specific assistance, support and protective measures are available to child victims. These measures should be provided in the best interests of the child and in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Where the age of a person subject to trafficking is uncertain, and there are reasons to believe he/she is below the age of 18 years, that person should be presumed to be a child and receive immediate assistance, support and protection. Assistance and support measures for child victims should focus on their physical and psycho-social recovery and on a durable solution for the person in question. As the child victim should be reintegrated into society and into normal life within their natural family or adoption family as soon as possible, this will by necessity include a right to access to education. Given that child victims of trafficking are particularly vulnerable, additional protective measures should be available to protect them during interviews forming part of criminal investigations and proceedings.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 96 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Member States should establish and/or strengthen policies to prevent trafficking in human beings including measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation, and measures to reduce the risk of people falling victims to trafficking in human beings, by means of research, information, awareness raising, and education. In such initiatives Member States should adopt a gender perspective and a child rights approach. Any officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings should be adequately trained to identify and deal with such victims. This training obligation would in particular cover police officers, border guards, labour inspectors, health care personnel and consular staff, but could depending on local circumstances also involve other groups of public officials that are likely to encounter trafficking victims in their work. Member States shall take measures to ensure that clear and comprehensive guidance for social services, health, education, immigration and law enforcement to persons who have been victims of human trafficking is provided.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 114 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) This Directive respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and notably equality between women and men, human dignity, prohibition of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings, prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the rights of the child, the right to liberty and security, freedom of expression and information, protection of personal data, the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial and the principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties. In particular, this Directive seeks to ensure full respect for these rights and principles and has to be implemented accordingly.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 116 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the following intentional acts are punishable: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, including children, pregnant women and their unborn children by exchange or transfer of control over that person, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 118 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, including begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs, or the sale of children and unborn children for illegal adoption.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 121 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, including begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs. , cells, tissues and body parts.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 125 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that an offence referred to in Article 2 is punishable by penalties of a maximum of at least five years of imprisonment. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that an offence referred to in Article 2 is punishable by penalties of a maximum of at least ten years of imprisonment where it has been committed in any of the following circumstances: (a) the offence was committed by a public official in relation to the performance of her or his duties; (b) the offence was committed against a victim who was particularly vulnerable, which, in the context of this Directive, shall include at least child victims, and adults who were particularly vulnerable on grounds of pregnancy, health conditions or disability; (c) the offence was committed within the framework of a criminal organisation within the meaning of Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA. (d) the offence has deliberately or by gross negligence endangered the life of the victim; (e) the offence was committed by use of serious violence or has caused particularly serious harm to the victim. 3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that an offence referred to in Article 3 is punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, which may entail surrenderthe appropriate penalty is given. Member States are free to set penalties in accordance with their individual criminal legal systems.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 136 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures toand are responsible for ensureing that legal persons can be held liable for an offence referred to in Articles 2 and 3 committed for their benefit by any person, acting either individually or as part of an organ of the legal person, who has a leading position within the legal person, based on
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 144 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. In accordance with their own national law Member States shall ensure that investigation into or prosecution of offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 is not dependent on reporting or accusation by a victim and that criminal proceedings may continue even if the victim has withdrawn his or her statement.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 145 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with their own national law Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the prosecution of an offence referred to in Articles 2 and 3 for a sufficient period of time after the victim has reached the age of majority.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 149 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. In accordance with their own national law Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that persons, units or services responsible for investigating or prosecuting offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 are trained accordingly.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 150 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. In accordance with their own national law Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that effective investigative tools, such as those which are used in organised crime or other serious crime cases are available to persons, units or services responsible for investigating or prosecuting offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 152 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In accordance with their own national law Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish its jurisdiction over an offence referred to in Articles 2 and 3 where:
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 155 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures, as deemed appropriate by their national government to ensure that assistance and support are provided to victims before, during and for an appropriate time after criminal proceedings in order to enable them to exercise the rights set forth in Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA of 15 March 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings, and in this Directive.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 160 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish appropriate mechanisms aimed at early identification, assistance and support for victims, in cooperation with relevant support organisations, including those providing services to victims of trafficking, male violence against women and different forms of exploitation.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 180 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Child victims of trafficking in human beings shall be provided with assistance, support and protection, taking into account the best interests of the child and respecting international human rights standards.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 184 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that special assistance and support is provided to children who are victims of illegal adoption.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 196 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take appropriatethe strongest measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation related to trafficking in human beings.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 216 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States are urged to coordinate and cooperate in the area of cross border crime in a manner which is conducive to crime prevention. The sharing of information, the sharing of best practice and continued open dialogue between law enforcement agencies are positive, preventative steps to tackle human trafficking.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 223 #

2010/0065(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. The tasks of such mechanisms shall include the carrying out of assessments on trafficking in human beings trends, the measuring and monitoring of results of anti-trafficking actions and reporting to the relevant national and EU authorities.
2010/07/29
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 40 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) A zero tolerance approach amongst all stakeholders in combating child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography should be applied.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a)The danger posed by females who commit child sexual abuse, as well as the danger posed by men who do likewise should be investigated.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The internet is a part of society like any other and should not be viewed as a ´neutral´ space. As in normal society standards and rules governing its use will need to be applied.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 102 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States should be encouraged to use the confiscated assets from criminals to fund additional therapeutic and integration services for child pornography victims.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 120 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. It must be recognised that there are numerous access points for viewing child pornography images online and that offenders will adapt with the ongoing progression of technology and its application.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 121 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The owners of a domain should be made more responsible for the content that is registered to their website.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 126 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. It is important to recognise that there has been a significant decrease in the number of active commercial child pornography sites, and that the organisers of commercial child pornography sites are mainly distributing images but not producing images. Images on commercial sites are generally historic and often recycled.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 127 #

2010/0064(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The European Financial Coalition should expand its remit to cover all child pornography images online, and not just commercial child pornography sites.
2010/10/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2009/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 7
7. Maintains that the Commission’s directorates-general need to set up coordinating machinery to provide permanent follow-up to gender equality and equal opportunities policies spanning many different areas;deletion
2010/04/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 94 #

2009/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 11
11. Points to the importance of building on the analysis of the Beijing Platform (Beijing + 15) undertaken by the Swedish Presidency, not just with a view to developing appropriate indicators, but also with a view to defining goals and adopting the necessary policies in the 120 areas covered: - women and poverty - education and training of women - women and health - -violence against women - women and armed conflict - women and the economy - women in power and decision-making - institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women - human rights of women - women and the media - women and the environment - the girl child;
2010/04/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 133 #

2009/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 17
17. Points to the importance of ensuring that all women have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, not least by having access to contraception and abortion, free abortion advisory services, and information about their rights and the services available; stresses the importance of measures to make men more aware of their responsibility from the sexual and reproductive point of view;deletion
2010/04/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2009/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the ageing of society is too often seen in negative terms, i.e. in terms of challenges to the age structure of the labour force and the sustainability of social protection and health care, whereas in fact older people are a resource and offer key community and family support, and increasing the retirement age means working longer,
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2009/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that, in order forSupports Member States in their approach towards women to bebeing active for a higher number of paid hours per week in working life, the Member States must support flexible arrangements for working hours, including part-time work, job- sharing etc.; highlights the fact that unemployment among older women’ must be tackled in order to achieve the employment objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 37 #

2009/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to introduce new types of leave that make it possible to take paid leave for caring duties other than parental leave, because informal care in the home restricts a carer’s possibilities of working outside the home;deleted
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 39 #

2009/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks that the Member States develop mechanisms to ensure that the accumulation of pension rights is sufficient even during those times when the income level of a carer is temporarily lower due to caring duties, a situation which mainly concerns women;deleted
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2009/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that public and private services shall be easily accessible for older people and that the structure of public and private services shall support the longest possible period of care at home, or wherever they wish to be;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2009/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Asks that the appropriate tests be available for both men and women over the age of 70, such as smear tests;
2010/07/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas much attention has been focused on the male-dominated construction and car industries, in contrast to the equally negatively affected retailing, services and tourism sectors; whereas it is urgent to address the gender dimension for men and women alike of the impact of and solution to the economic and social crisis in national and European recovery plans,
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas studies have shown that violence against womensocial problems in the family intensifiesy when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis; whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse,
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 71 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recognises that many women have been empowered by recent job losses to establish their own businesses; calls on the Commission to bring forward legislation specifically aimed at SMEs to fulfil its objective of reducing administrative burdens on business by 25% by 2012 to help foster this entrepreneurial spirit;
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines and welcomes the fact that interventions and solutions require a contextual understanding of the crisis and recognition that there is not a ‘one-size- fits-all’ response; stresses that, at the same time, the recession can be used as a unique opportunity to make economic and social policies more gender-aware and to move towards creating a more gender-equal society;
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the fact that policy responses to the crisis, including recovery packages, have failed to acknowledge, analyse and rectify the gender impact of the crisis; criticises the fact that gender mainstreaming in the post-Lisbon strategy is basically non-existent; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integrate a gender chapter into the employment and macro-economic guidelines and the EU 2020 Strategy, and to introduce gender budgeting in all policies;deleted
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council, the Commission, the Member States and especially Parliament’s Special Committee on Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS) to ensure that recovery plans and structural adjustment programmes undergo a gender-impact assessment (ex- post assessment in cases where it has not been done ex-ante) and integrate a gender perspective including gender- disaggregated data and statistics;deleted
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to develop affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, in line with the European targets; underlines the fact that the potential of the Structural Funds and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for the financing of quality services should be fully utilised; urges the Commission to propose a directive on paternity, adoption and filial leave;deleted
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women and men increases in times of economic upheaval; therefore encourages the Member States to improvuse national laws and policies against all forms of gender-based violence and welcomes the Spanish Presidency’s initiative to set up an Observatory on Violence against Women; likewise welcomes the initiative by the Council regarding the overarching instrument on the protection of victims (European Protection Order)egislation to address all forms of gender-based violence;
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 119 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that women are under- represented in financial decision-making, in fact women are one of the groups currently excluded from financial decision-making that are adversely affected by financial risk; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to improve women’s participation at all levels of decision-making, especially in the areas of budgeting and of governance arrangements for European financial systems, including the European Central Bank;deleted
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 126 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the need for increasing the number of women on boards of public limited companies, but stresses that national governments should take action which is appropriate to their own needs,
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #

2009/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to set up a financial reserve within each Fund for equal opportunity activities, with additional support for across-the-board programmes and other special initiatives being funded separately under technical assistance; cCalls on the Member States to develop mechanisms for equality governance to include gender expertise within governmental departments and other agencies that implement measures under the Cohesion and Structural Funds and promote women’s organisations and networks;
2010/03/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2009/2103(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the most frequent types of cancers differ between women and men and women are mostly affected by breast, cervical, endometrial, fallopian tube, ovarian and vaginal cancer but also often by stomach and colorectal cancers, whereas the incidence of breast cancer is rising among women in many European countries affecting also younger women and 275.000 women contract breast cancer in the EU each year, and whereas male cancers include testicular, prostate and penis cancers and male breast cancer,
2010/02/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2009/2103(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas about 30%the consequences of cancers may be prevented and the consequences reduced by early detection and treatment while the effectiveness ofreduced by early detection through nationally- led screening programmes for women varies and depends on the coverage of the female population, accessibility to mammography and its quality, the treatment and other factorsboth women and men,
2010/02/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2009/2002(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the role of EU environmental policy to attain the global objective of sustainable development in the long run; supports Commission's dedication to a successful conclusion of the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 to conclude a new international climate agreement for the period after 2012; will not pre-empt any budgetary decision on the proposal to dedicated additional funds under the thematic programme ‘Environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including energy’ und the Development and Cooperation Instrument; stresses the importance of adequate budgetary measures for the protection of forests with a view to a future effective Commission proposal on forestry.
2009/09/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2009/2002(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the importance of the LIFE+ Programme as the coherent financial instrument for a streamlined and simplified approach to support environmental policy development and implementation; acknowledges the necessity of the whole amount of payments appropriations as foreseen in the PDB 2010 at an amount of EUR 167 million to follow the payment regime based on the requirements of the legal base; is urging the Council to reconsider its approach on this cut; stresses the importance of the Rural Development Programmes in strengthening rural communities, particularly in the aftermath of natural disasters such as the forest fires in Greece during August 2006 and in Spain during July 2009, as well as the floods across the UK during June 2007, and in better mitigating against the effects of climate change.
2009/09/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

2009/2002(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the implementation of the Public Health Programme 2008 - 2013; recognizes the need for the full amount of payment appropriations as foreseen in the PDB 2010 to honour contracted financial obligations; reminds Commission to ensure a cost-effective implementation of the available appropriations in terms of the Executive Agency on Health and Consumer; and emphasises again the importance of the Public Health Programmes and their funding in light of recent health pandemics, such as swine flu, and forthcoming legislative proposals from the Commission, such as the recommendations on seasonal flu vaccination (COM(2009)0353) and Childhood immunisation.
2009/09/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Safety features will be grouped so as to reflect the particularities of certain products or categories of products. They will be considered equivalent when they offer the same or a higher level of efficiency for ascertaining identification, authentication, traceability and absence of tampering, as well as the same level of technical difficulty for duplication. When removing, replacing or covering the safety feature, this point should also be applicable to the new safety feature.
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 192 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 46b – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) they are accompanied by a written confirmation from the exporting third country that the standards of good manufacturing practice applicable to the plant manufacturing the exported active substance are at least equivalent to those laid down by the Community, and that the plant is subject to strict and transparent control and enforcement ensuring that those good manufacturing practices cannot be circumvented.
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 210 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 54 - point o
(o) safety features making it possible to ascertain identification, authenticity and traceability of medicinal products, other than radiopharmaceuticals, subject to medical prescription as defined in Title VI. This point shall apply to all generic medicines subject to medicinal prescription.
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 279 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 54 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
The measures referred to in this paragraph shall take due account ofat least all of the following: (a) the cost-effectiveness of the system, in order to guarantee that any measure that is applied is based on a cost-benefit analysis; (b) the proportional application of costs related to the measures to all participants in the supply chain and the linking of those costs to the price of the medicinal product concerned; (c) the independence of the system and the legitimate interests to protect information of a commercially confidential nature and of the protection of industrial and commercial property rights and personal data.
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 333 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Title VII a (new) – Article 85 c (new)
(14a) The following Title VIIa and Article 85c are inserted after Article 85b: 'TITLE VIIa INTERNET SALES Article 85c 1. The Commission shall adopt an EU logo for the front page of internet pharmacy sites, helping the public to identify whether a website offering to sell medicinal products is connected to a registered pharmacy. The logo shall be tamper-proof and incorporate features that help prevent it from being copied and it shall also be linked to a secure central website at Member State level, to be established by the Member State, that allows the visitor to check the authenticity of the logo and that provides background information on the risks related to buying medicinal products on the internet. Those measures shall be adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 121a and subject to the conditions of Articles 121b and 121c. 2. Member States shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that all registered pharmacy internet sites linked to pharmacies within their territory display the EU logo referred to in paragraph 1 and to prevent non-registered pharmacy internet sites from using the logo and linking to the central website referred to in paragraph 1.'
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 337 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 b (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 85 d (new)
(14b) The following Article 85d is inserted: 'Article 85d 1. The Commission shall adopt measures to increase awareness among the general public on the risks related to purchasing medicinal products on the internet, which may include: - general information campaigns, in cooperation with the Member States; - easily accessible lists of accredited e- pharmacies Those measures shall be adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 121a and subject to the conditions of Articles 121b and 121c.'
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 362 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 17
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 118b b (new)
Article 118bb The Commission shall establish a network between the Commission, EMEA and the competent authorities in the Member States to ensure the exchange of information on the measures taken to combat the falsification of medicinal products, including on the penalties systems in place. This network shall aim at defining best practices and shall contribute to increased cooperation in the area of prevention and enforcement. The Commission, EMEA and the competent authorities in the Member States shall report to this network on the actions they have undertaken.
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 371 #

2008/0261(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Not later than two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, the internet pharmacy safety features included in this legislation shall be in place. The Commission shall also submit to the European Parliament and the Council an assessment report on the application of the safety features, including any related to internet pharmacies, referred to in point (o) of Article 54 of Directive 2001/83/EC and their estimated contribution to the reduction of the number of falsified medicines in the legal supply chain in Europe. The report should include an assessment of the safety features of other categories of medicines and of internet pharmacies, including medicinal products not subject to medical prescription as defined in Title VI of Directive 2001/83/EC. If appropriate the Commission shall present the proposals to the European Parliament and Council within a year of the publication of this report.
2010/03/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 113 #

2008/0260(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 3
For the purposes of point (3a) of the first subparagraph, for medicinal products included on the list referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the summary shall include the statement: “This medicinal product is under intensive monitoring.following statement, preceded by the symbol : All suspected adverse reactions should be reported to <name and web-address of the national competent authority>.”
2010/03/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 117 #

2008/0260(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(b a) the following paragraph is added: “This summary of essential information shall be reviewed after the entry into force of a new directive on information to patients, to be proposed by the Commission”:
2010/03/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 23 #

2008/0257(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the availability of the necessary expertise and resources for pharmacovigilance assessments at CommunityEU level, it is appropriate to create a new scientific committee within the Agency, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee. That committee should be composed of independent scientific experts with competence in the safety of medicines including the detection, assessment, minimisation and communication of risk, and the design of post-authorisation safety studies and pharmacovigilance auditCommittee.
2010/03/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 3
(3) On the basis of Article 88a of Directive 2001/83/EC, on 20 December 2007 the Commission submitted a Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on a "Report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products". The report concludes that Member States have adopted divergent rules and practices with regard to the provision of information, resulting in a situation where patients and the public at large have unequal access to information oin medicinal productsthe package leaflet and in the summary of product characteristics. Such unjustifiable inequalities in accessing information that is publicly available in other Member States should be redressed.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 48 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 8
(8) National competent authorities and health care professionals should remain importantthe main sources of information on medicinal products for the general public. Member States should facilitate the access of citizens to high-quality information through appropriate channels. Marketing authorisation holders may be a valuable source of non promotional information on their medicinal products. This Directive should therefore establish a legal framework for the disseminationmaking available of specific information on medicinal products by marketing authorisation holders to the general public in the context of a wider "information to patients" strategy. The ban on advertising to the general public for prescription-only medicinal products should be maintained. The provisions of this Directive concerning the making available of information by marketing authorisation holders are without prejudice to the relationship between patients and their doctors and should contribute to ensuring that patients are better informed. The quality and accuracy of information should be increased with a view to better informing patients and therefore to achieving better health outcomes for patients. This information must be based on scientific criteria.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 12
(12) Information to the general public on prescription-only medicinal products should only be provimade available by the marketing authorisation holdedr through specific channels of communication, including Internet and health-related publications, to avoid that the effectiveness of the prohibition on advertising is undermined by unsolicited provision of information to the public. Where information is disseminated via television or radiomade available by the marketing authorisation holder via television, internet sites, radio, or newspapers, magazines and similar publications, patients are not protected against such unsolicited information and such disseminmaking available of information should therefore not be allowed.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Commission should consult patient organisations and healthcare professionals on issues relating to the implementation of this Directive and its application by the Member States.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 2
2001//83/EC
Article 88 – paragraph 4
4. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to vaccination campaigns and other information campaigns in the interest of public health carried out by the industry and approved by the competent authorities of the Member States, where national authorities deem there to be a severe risk.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 168 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 100 c – introductory part
Information on authorised medicinal products subject to medical prescription disseminatedmade available by the marketing authorisation holder to the general public or members thereof shall not be made available on television or radio, internet sites, radio or newspapers, magazines and similar publications. It shall only be made available through the following channels:
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 197 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 100 d – paragraph 2 – point d
d) a maipostal address or e-mail address allowing members of the general public to send comments to, or request for further information from, the marketing authorisation holder.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 251 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 100 h – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
After registration of the Internet website, the information on a medicinal product contained therein may be provided by the marketing authorisation holder on other Internet websites throughout the Community if the contents are identicalregistered by the marketing authorisation holder in accordance with the provisions of the first subparagraph throughout the Community if the contents are identical. These websites shall be linked to the website which will be created by Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use .
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 262 #

2008/0256(COD)

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 100 h – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Internet websites registered in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not allow the identification of members of the general public which have access to those websites or the appearance therein of unsolicited material activelycontent distributed to the general public or members thereof. ThoseInternet websites shall not contain web-TVmay provide video content if it is useful for the safe and effective use of the medicine.
2010/05/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 86 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The objectives set out in the Presidency Conclusions of the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002 stated that Member States should remove obstacles to women's involvement in the labour market and aim to provide by 2010 childcare facilities for at least 90% of children between the age of three and the compulsory schooling age and aim for at least 33% of children under the age of three, and that such children should have equal access to such facilities in towns and rural areas.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The provisions of this Directive concerning maternity leave should not conflict with Member States’ other rules on parental leave and this Directive should not undermine those rules.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 92 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 9
(9) The vulnerability of pregnant workers and of workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 1824 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least six weeks allocated after confinement.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) For the purposes of helping workers reconcile their professional and family rights and obligations, it is essential to provide for longer maternity leave, including in the event of adoption for children under the age of 12 months.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 104 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Member States are urged to introduce into their national legal systems measures to ensure real and effective compensation or reparation, as they consider to be appropriate, for any harm caused to a worker by any breach of the obligations under this Directive, in a way which is dissuasive and proportionate to the damage suffered.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 107 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20
(20) This Directive lays down minimum requirements and thus offers the Member States the option of introducing or maintaining more favourable provisions. The implementation of this Directive should not serve to justify any regression in relation to the situation prevailing in each Member State, in particular in relation to national laws which, by combining parental leave and maternity leave, provide for an entitlement to the mother of at least 24 weeks of leave allocated before and/or after confinement, and remunerated at least at the level provided for in this Directive with due consideration to National legislation. Member States that have not already done so are strongly encouraged to take the appropriate measures to ensure equal treatment of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, in the public and private sectors, as well as for workers who do not fall within the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 92/85/EEC, so as to maximise the benefits of higher fertility rates and higher women’s employment. To that end tax incentives for employers should be considered.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 110 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 14
-1a. Recital 14 is replaced by the following: “Whereas the vulnerability of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 24 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least six weeks allocated [...] after confinement;"
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 112 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 c (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 17
-1c. Recital 17 is replaced by the following: "Whereas, moreover, provision concerning maternity leave would also serve no purpose unless accompanied by the maintenance of all rights linked to the employment contract [...] including maintenance of pay, which meet employment law standards in Member States;"
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 e (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 7
-1e. Article 7 is replaced by the following “Article 7 Night work 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers referred to in Article 2 are not obliged to perform night work [...]: (a) during the ten weeks prior to childbirth; (b) during the remainder of the pregnancy where necessary for the health of the mother or the unborn child; (c) during the period of breastfeeding for no more than six months 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 must entail the possibility, in accordance with national legislation and/or national practice, of: (a) transfer to a compatible daytime working timetable; or (b) leave from work or extension of maternity leave where such a transfer is not technically and/or objectively feasible [...]. 3. Workers wishing to be exempted from night work shall, in accordance with rules laid down by the Member States, inform their employer and, in the case referred to in paragraph 1 (b), submit a medical certificate to the employer. 4. For single parents and parents with children with severe disabilities, the periods referred to in paragraph 1 may be extended in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Member States."
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 119 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 1824 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 132 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. In relation to multiple births the period of maternity leave referred to in paragraph 2 shall be increased in accordance with national legislation.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 136 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additionalthe appropriate leave is granted in specific situations such as in the case of premature childbirth, stillbirth, caesarean section, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave, mothers with disabilities, teenage mothers, multiple births or births occurring within 18 months of the previous birth. The duration of the additional maternity leave after confinement should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 143 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Where national legislation and/or practice provide for maternity leave in excess of 18 weeks this can be counted towards any additional periods of maternity leave provided for under paragraphs 3 and 4.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 145 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Member States shall guarantee mothers’ rights by ensuring special working conditions so as to help children with disabilities.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 a (new)
1b. The following Article 8a is inserted: “Article 8a Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the provisions of this Directive concerning maternity leave also apply in the event of adoption of children less than 12 months old."
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 149 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – point 1
1. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that employers cannot, for reasons of their own convenience, interrupt maternity leave to care for a child, and to prohibit the dismissal and all preparations for a dismissal of workers within the meaning of Article 2 during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to at least six months following the end of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8(1). Dismissal during that period shall be formally justified and shall be duly specified in writing, save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition, which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 10 – point 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that during maternity leave, workers enjoy the same protection from dismissal afforded in Article 1 to workers within the meaning of Article 2.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 162 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 11 – point 3 a (new)
(ca) The following point 3a is inserted: "3a. The allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 shall not be lower than the allowance received by workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding within the meaning of Article 2 in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker’s state of health."
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 163 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 11 – point 5 a (new)
(da) The following point 5a is inserted: "5a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to encourage employers and to promote dialogue between the social partners to provide for reintegration and training support for workers returning to work after maternity leave, where necessary and/or where requested by the worker and in line with national legislation."
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 164 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 11 a (new)
3a. The following Article 11a is inserted: "Article 11a Time off for breastfeeding A mother who is breastfeeding her child shall be entitled to a period of leave for that purpose. Member States are urged to give due consideration to nursing mothers. "
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 165 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 b (new)
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 11 b (new)
3b. The following Article 11 b is inserted: "Article 11b Prevention of discrimination Member States shall encourage employers through collective agreements or practice, to take effective measures to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of pregnancy, maternity or adoption leave."
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 169 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission’s report shall take account, as appropriate, of the viewpoints of the social partners and relevant nongovernmental organisations. In accordance with the principle of gender mainstreaming, the report shall inter alia provide an assessment of the impact on women and men of the measures taken. It shall also include an impact study analysing the social and economic effects, in the EU as a whole, of a further increase in the duration of maternity leave. In the light of the information received, the report shall, where necessary, include proposals to revise and update Directive 92/85/EEC as amended by this Directive.
2009/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2008/0192(COD)

Council position
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) The period for which maternity benefits may be granted to female self- employed workers and to the participating spouses or, when and insofar as recognised by national law, the life partners of self-employed workers should be equal to the duration of maternity leave to employees as laid down by national law.
2010/04/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2008/0192(COD)

Council position
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) National governments should ensure that self- employed workers who are pregnant or have just given birth and who are breastfeeding and the spouses of self- employed workers who assist within the company/business who are pregnant or have just given birth and who are breastfeeding are granted readily available access to services required for motherhood.
2010/04/12
Committee: FEMM