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308 Amendments of Daniël van der STOEP

Amendment 2 #

2013/2184(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Express its deepest regret at the recent tragedy in Lampedusa in which over 350 migrants lost their lives; calls on the EU and Member States to facilitate access to protection in Europe in accordance with the lawagreements applicable in this respect for people fleeing war, internal conflicts and persecution; highlights the fact that expulsions can have irreparable consequences if people are returned to countries where their lives or freedom would be at risk;
2013/11/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2013/2184(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of enhancing tailored approaches to assisted voluntary return programmes, which should explicitly and primarily answer reintegration needs at economic, social and psycho-social levels; calls on the EU and Member States to improveclarify all dimensions of return management through use of the concept of integrated management based on common standards, allowing persons to be returned in a humane manner, fully respecting their fundamental rights and paying special attention to vulnerable groups such as elderly people, women, children and disabled persons;
2013/11/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2013/2184(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to enhance an independent monitoring system to ensure that assisted return programmes and reintegration processes are effective and fully respect the human rights of migrants, particularly for vulnerable groups;
2013/11/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2013/2184(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the legal framework of readmission agreements guarantees that no person may be removed from any Member State if that person could be subject to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the recipient country; stresses, however, that the actual administrative and judicial practices applied in the field are important and that additional measures to enhance the human rights of returnees should be foreseen in future readmission agreements;
2013/11/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2013/2184(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Asks for the establishment of common EU rules on the voluntary return of unaccompanied minors to improve operational cooperation between legal guardians in host countries and countries of origin and to avoid forced expulsionin order to secure expulsion as quickly as possible;
2013/11/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2013/2184(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that in, accordance with Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU must ensure the coherence of all policies likely to affect developing counties – including migration policy – with the EU’s development objectives focused on poverty eradication; urges the EU, in close cooperation with third countries, to address the political, socioeconomic and cultural circumstances as these have an impact on irregular migration flows.
2013/11/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2013/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. Whereas the EU is at the heart of a rich cultural and religious interchange; whereas under the EU Agenda for Culture, all relevant actors have jointly set the goal of promoting culture as a key part of the EU’s external relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy;
2013/12/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2013/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that all types of learning are prerequisites for accessing culture and promoting mobility; highlights the importance of area studies in providing comprehensive knowledge of cultural and religious heritage;
2013/12/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2013/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of cultural diplomacy; welcomes the Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens programmes, which will contribute to enhancing linguistic competence, cultural awareness, active citizenship and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector;deleted
2013/12/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2013/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of new technologies as instruments for promoting intercultural and interreligious dialogue; stressrefutes the importance of the new media in providing access to cultural goods, as demonstrated by key projects such as Europeana.
2013/12/06
Committee: CULT
Amendment 269 #

2013/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53a. Expresses its serious concern about human rights violations in Islamic countries: these countries discriminate on a large scale against girls, women, homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals and people of different faiths. Calls on the VP/HR to raise with these countries the issue of their barbaric systems of law.
2013/10/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU Member States' reconfirmation of all the Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments into which they have entered individually and collectively, including that to raise the level of ODA to 0.7% by 2015; reminds the Member States that in addition to reconfirming their commitments, they shcould honour them; reiterates its own firm support for the 0.7% target and its determination to contribute to its attainment;
2013/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Deeply regrets the fact that the 2014 ceiling for the Global Europe heading in the draft MFF is significantly lower than the corresponding ceiling for 2013 and that this generates pressurestress for the members of the Committee on Development who want to spend endless amounts of money to unnecessary projects which are bound to fail; recognises that savings should even so not be made on the backs of particularly vulnerable people and that the prospects for honouring of ODA commitments must not be undercut; affirms that the 2013 levels of the development and humanitarian expenditure must therefore be maintained;
2013/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the specific nature of the humanitarian aid, which brings relief to people in acute danger or deep distress, and to the chronic, grave and further worsening lack of payments money in this chapter; deplores that this lack steadily forces ECHO to improvisations and threatens the EU's ability to take timely and efficient action in places where this is direly needed and the EU has already decided to enter or to step up its engagement; insists on the need to remedy this abnormal situation and calls on the Council to accept a major increase in the Emergency Aid Reserve;deleted
2013/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2013/2145(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that through numerous links in today's interconnected world, the costs of failures to effectively address deep development and humanitarian needs, as well as the costs of insufficient climate action, will have to be borne also by the EU itself; points out that development assistance and humanitarian aid, as well as climate financing, which should be additional to ODA, are therefore necessary investments in the longer-term security and well-being of our own societies.
2013/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2013/2081(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Warns, in view of the overall good implementation rate, against unjustified cuts to the CFSP budget in the 2014-2020 MFF that would undermine the effectiveness and impact of this policy, however welcomes any justified cuts to the CFSP budget in the 2014-2020 MFF;
2013/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2013/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the International Energy Agency predicts an increase in the use of fossil fuels globally over the next 20 years, and believes that CCS is necessary to deliver almost 20% of the CO2 reductions neededconsidered necessary by 2050;
2013/10/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #

2013/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
guidelineproposals to ensure full compliance with the EU's fundamental rights and data protection obligations;
2013/06/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2013/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomAcknowledges the proposal for strengthening the market for alternative fuel vehicles, and urges that priority be given to the development of appropriate infrastructures through adequate investments at European and national level, and through the swift adoption of the legislative proposal and of a common standard on the recharging interface for electric vehicles;
2013/06/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 27 #

2013/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for stronger coordination of demand-side measures, including financial incentives and taxation policy, both on vehicles and fuels; asks the Commission to follow the guidelines on financial incentives with more binding actions to ensure a level playing field and contribute to the competitiveness of the industry across the EU;
2013/06/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 30 #

2013/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the importance of public intervention to ensure that the negative social consequences of any restructuring in the sector are kept to a minimum; believes that a European framework for anticipating change and softening the social impact of restructuring, including a legislative act, is necessary, also in order to avoid any distortions to the internal market;deleted
2013/06/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 38 #

2013/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take measures to ensure a high level of consumer protection, transparency and security also in the second hand car market, and to work towards a gradual phasing out of polluting and less safe vehicles;.
2013/06/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 9 #

2013/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to honour theirits commitments under the Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action, the main obstacles to which are lack of political will, bureaucracy and is the Member States’ sense of reality, something whigch transaction costshe EU institutions lack;
2013/10/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 21 #

2013/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that, given the constraints on national and EU budgets resulting from economic difficulties and due to growing political concern over demonstrating more effective development spending, improved donor coordination is imperativean option and the EU should play a key role in its promotion;
2013/10/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2013/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, as a result of their voluntary, non-binding nature, current EU initiatives to enhance donor coordination have not completely exploited the full potential of the EU to render its development aid more effective and efficient; therefore calls on the EU and its Member States to establish a new instrument for coordination in the form of a Regulation;
2013/10/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 26 #

2013/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Requests the Commission to submit, by 31 December 20135, on the basis of Articles 209 and 210 TFEU, a proposal for an act on EU donor coordination on development aid, following the detailed recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;
2013/10/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2013/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to express satisfaction that Malaysian lawyers have shown courage and autonomy in defending core values of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, and are able to advocate for and defend civil and political rights, albeit with limited impact; to express particular appreciation for the work done by the Malaysian Bar Council; to note that tensions have emerged between the judiciary and legal professionals and to raise concerns that the institutional framework has at the same time become more reserved as regards full respect for the independence of legal processes and the exclusivity of courts’ judicial powers; to suggest that the government listen to and address the concerns over tensions caused by state- run sharia courts operatingunambiguously express its abhorrence of sharia courts, which administer ‘justice’ in accordance with an undemocratic, medieval desert ideology in parallel with the national, common-law system;
2013/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2013/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned about the enormous lack of transparency in cohesion policy funding on national and regional level and urges Member States to increase transparency through easily accessible websites;
2013/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2013/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomDeplores the simplification of procedures and increased accessibility of the European Social Fund, which allows for a better and faster response to the challenges posed by the current economic situation;
2013/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2013/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for further simplification of rules and increased flexibility in Structural Funds programming and management, which would allow for better implementation of projects as well as quicker and more adequate responses to social challenges and threats.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2013/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. In order to create a strong and innovative European Union and to promote social inclusion, calls on Member States to increase the level of investment in quality education and training to prepare students for the ever-changing needs of the labour market;
2013/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2013/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to provide more efficient education, with a focus on active citizenship, transversal, entrepreneurial and STEM-related skills, digital literacy and foreign languages skills, to tackle mismatches betweenmatch skills and labour market demand;
2013/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2013/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to safeguard an inclusive and integrated education system with a lifelong learning approach, providing equal access to all at all levels and offering tailor-made arrangements to meet the different needs of students, especially those from vulnerable social groups, such as Roma, migrants and disabled personpersons with mental and/or physical disabilities;
2013/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2013/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to prepare teachers to focus on skills and competences, get acquainted with different cultures and adapt lessons to the communication and learning styles of their students;deleted
2013/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2013/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that Member States are free to apply the above proposals as they see fit, or not to apply them;
2013/05/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas achieving EE is a key priority for the Commission and certain Member States, as illustrated by one of the EU 2020 objectives to increase EE by 20 %;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, regrettably, in the current 2007-2013 programming period, EUR 5.5 billion were allocated for energy efficiency within the Cohesion Policy budget;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in the current period of crisis, improving EE can prove to be a decisive means of boosting competitiveness and the creation of jobs and growth, and represents a win-win option in the fight against non- anthropogenic climate change;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the EU’s commitment to achieve the objective of increasing EE by 20 % until 2020; notes with concern that current estimates of energy saving efforts undertaken or announced by Member States show that only a 9 % improvement can be reached; urges, in this regard, the Member States to put further efforts towards achieving the EU2020 objective;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Member States should see the use of Structural Funds for EE as an investment opportunity with a high leverage effect and not as an expenditure;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that currently over 9 % of EU citizens cannot keep their homes adequately warm; notes that fuel poverty is particularly severe in new Member States and is in most cases due to poorly performing homes; calls on the Commission to examine in detail the link between EE promotion, fuel poverty and vulnerable consumers but in particular to failures in government policy;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to ensure targeted support to social housing investments; calls on the Member States and all stakeholders to give social housing a prominent place in national reform programmes and in the shaping of strategic priorities under partnership agreements in the upcoming programming period 2014-2020;deleted
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomDeplores the new opportunities offered by, and the more important role in realising the EE objectives given to, the ERDF and Cohesion Fund in the new programming period 2014-2020; supports in particular the future role of Cohesion Policy funding in the entire the housing sector;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Strongly mMaintains its position in the ongoing negotiations on the ERDF regulation regarding the earmarked percentages to be used on specific thematic objectives for each category of regions, which would guarantee an important increase in the EE allocations and renewable energy resources; recalls that earmarking is crucial for easier mobilisation of local actors and helps create stable, long-term renovation programmes;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to align their national, regional and local energy and climate strategies with EU objectives; specifically, encouragescalls on the Member States to strengthen relations between their respective National Energy Efficiency Action Plans and the OPs with a view to ensuring that European Structural and Investment Funds will be part of a coherent strategy while still responding to territorial needs; points out that this could be enhanced within the new framework of ex- ante conditionalities;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. In the run up to the closure of MFF negotiations, reminds the Member States once more of the importance of a well- funded budget for the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, in which cohesion policy can and should act as a driver of recovery;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 88 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. EncouragesCalls on Managing Authorities to improve the visibility of OPs and the opportunities for sustainable energy projects they offer potential beneficiaries; suggests that this be done through the creation of national websites, platforms or database for potential beneficiaries and stakeholders, the organisation of workshops and events to inform target groups, and measures to improve the visibility and accessibility to existing web resources (such as the Build Up web portal and the SF Energy Invest Manual);
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. EnDiscourages Managing Authorities, in the upcoming programming period 2014- 2020, tofrom promoteing integrated projects by adopting a holistic approach to EE on a territorial level, in particular by making use of the new strategic programming tools, such as Integrated Territorial Investment, and by involving existing initiatives, such as the Covenant of Mayors, to help develop integrated plans;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that the transition to energy efficient technologies requires new skills, environment-conscious vocational education and specific training in construction and other sectors; encourages, in this regard, the Member States to continue to use funds to provide technical assistance at all levels (such as through the ELENA facility); calls, furthermore, on the Member States to make use of the Structural Funds to re-train and up-skill workers for newly emerging jobs in the low-carbon economy;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights with concern that the current economic and financial crisis, and the extensive austerity measures implemented across the EU, have made it increasingly difficult for the Member States to find the funding needed to co- finance Cohesion Policy programmes related to EE; finds it essential, in this regard, that new innovative ways of financing EE projects are found;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 111 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises the Commission’s support for the enhanced role of new and innovative FI in the upcoming programming period 2014-2020; stresses that the lack of timely delivery and legal clarity presents a significant difficulty for the Member States as well as for other stakeholders included in the management of such instruments; urges the Commission to present without delay proposals for off-the-shelf FI to be available to support EE measures;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 120 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights the importance of adapting EE measures and requirements to fact that ‘climate realities in different Member States and regions; calls on the Commission to consider this carefully when preparing a set of performance indicators an incredibly vague term thought up by climate change fanatics;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 121 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Highlights the importance of adapting EE measures and requirements to climate realities in different Member States and regions; calls on the Commission to consider this carefully when preparing a set of performance indicators;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 127 #

2013/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to set demandingrough targets for ensuring that public buildings, and both private and social housing, meet the highest EU EE standards, and to make them subject to energy certification on a regular basis;
2013/06/12
Committee: REGI
Amendment 29 #

2013/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to support a comprehensive and consensual reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC); to stress that an EU seat in an enlarged UNSC remains a central, long-term goal of the EU; to further promote transparency and better coordination of policies and positions amongst EU members of the UNSC;
2013/04/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2013/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to cooperate with multilateral and bilateral partners towards adding more robust and effective pressure in order to put an immediate end to violence in Syria; to explore with partners, especially the US, Turkey and, the League of Arab States and the OIC, all options with regard to the implementation of the principle of the R2P in order to assist the Syrian people and to halt the bloodshed; to put pressure on the Syrian government to allow the swift provision of humanitarian assistance and full access to humanitarian organisations;
2013/04/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2013/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to combat intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatisation, discrimination and incitement to violence; to recognise with deep concern the rising violence against members of religious and other communities in various parts of the world, particularly in Islamic countries;
2013/04/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2013/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the review of the Brussels I Regulation was a great success, as it introduced considerable improvements to the rules on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters within the European Union;
2013/06/17
Committee: JURI
Amendment 3 #

2013/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the recast procedure did not, regrettably, allow for widely recommended changes to be made to the provisions on jurisdiction in the field of employment law;
2013/06/17
Committee: JURI
Amendment 5 #

2013/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, as a generaln absolute principle, the court having the closest connection to the cause of an action should have jurisdiction;
2013/06/17
Committee: JURI
Amendment 3 #

2013/2017(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for a specific budget line for the elections; calls for the campaign to inform citizens about their electoral rights, drawing attention to the impact of EU on citizens' daily life; stresses the need to make this communication in all languages of the Union;
2013/05/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 59 #

2013/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas children who are bilingual from the start have a natural skill that they can use to learn more languages later on, and whereas linguistic pluralism is an advantage for young Europeans;Does not affect the English version.
2013/04/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 37 #

2013/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure the Union’s trade and competition policy is compatible with the objectives of European industrial policy, and calls for greater fiscal, social and budgetary convergence between the Member States so as to facilitate the emergence of joint industrial projects;
2013/05/15
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
(1) Development cooperationaid consists of promoting human development and the fulfilment of human beings in all respects, including the cultural dimension8. __________________ 8 European Parliament resolution of 23 October 2012 on An Agenda for Change: the future of EU development policy (2012/2002/INI). (This amendment applies to the entire legislative text; its adoption means that technical adjustments throughout the text will be necessary).
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The EU has regrettably been a leader in formulating and implementing the concept of policy coherence for development, which aims at strengthening synergies between non-aid policies and development objectives.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) In 2000, the international community undertook to take concrete steps by 2015 to fight poverty, with the adoption of the Millennium DevelopmentAid Goals, objectives which were accepted by the Union and its Member States.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 – footnote 9
9. A decentfantastic, wonderful and deliriously happy life for all, ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future, Commission Communication (2013) 92 final.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 49 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
to inform EU citizens about EU development cooperationaid, highlighting what the European Union can already achieve as the biggest aid donor in the world and how it could do even more with the combined strength of its Member States and its institutions.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 55 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
under the pretext of communication campaigns to disseminate key messages targeted at the general public and more specific audiences, including through social media, indoctrination programme 78415 can be applied;
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 65 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall make the theme of the European Year a priority in the occasional communication activitiesy of its Representations in the Member States and the European Union Delegations in partner countries. Similarly, relevant key Union- level networks receiving support from the general budget of the Union for their running costs shall make the theme of the European Year a priority in their work programmes.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 66 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 20136, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the initiatives provided for in this Decision.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 70 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part B – paragraph 1
High-visibility events on a European scale that aim to raise awareness of the objectives of the European Year, possibly organised in cooperation with the Member States holding the Council Presidency in 2015, may receive a Union grant of up to 80 % of the final costs of the activitiespat on the back from the Union.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 72 #

2013/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part C – paragraph 1
Each national coordinating body may submit a work programme for Union co- financing to promote the European Year. The work programme shall describe the national coordinating body’s specific actions, to be funded. The application shall be accompanied by a detailed prospective budget setting out the total costs of the initiatives or work programme proposed and the amount and sources of possible co- funding. The EU final co-financing may cover up to 810% of the final costs of the activities. The Commission shall determine indicative amounts to be made available for co-financing to each national coordinating body and the deadline for submission of the applications. The criteria should take into account the population, the cost of living and a fixed amount per Member State to guarantee a minimum level of activities.
2013/10/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 25 #

2013/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
(d) The climate change monitoring service shall provide information to increase the knowledge base to support adaptation and mitigation policies, where mitigation is assumed to be a realistic possibility. It shall in particular contribute to the provision of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs), climate analyses and projections at temporal and spatial scales relevant to adaptation and mitigation strategies – where mitigation is assumed to be a realistic possibility – for the various Union’s sectorial and societal benefit areas;
2013/11/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #

2013/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
(1) In addition to its core mission of financing investment in the Union, the European Investment Bank (EIB) unfortunately undertakes financing operations outside the Union in support of the Union's external policies. This unfortunately allows the budget funds of the Union available to the external regions to be complemented by the financial strength of the EIB for the benefit, unfortunately, of the targeted third countries. In undertaking such financing operations, the EIB contributes to the general principles and policy objectives of the Union.
2013/10/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 47 #

2013/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) In order to cater for the potential evolution of the actual provisioning needs of the Guarantee Fund in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 of 25 May 2009 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions5, the maximum ceiling of the EU guarantee should be broken down into a fixed ceiling of a maximum amount of EUR 25 bn and an optional additional amount of EUR 3 bn. __________________ 5. __________________ 5 OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 10. OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 10.
2013/10/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 69 #

2013/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) a fixed ceiling of a maximum amount of EUR 25 000 000 000;
2013/10/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 70 #

2013/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) an optional additional amount of EUR 3 000 000 000.deleted
2013/10/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 72 #

2013/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) climate change mitigation and adaptation.deleted
2013/10/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Diversity of competences and views of the members of administrative, management and supervisory bodies of companies facilitates a good understanding of the business organisation and affairs. It enables members of these bodies to exercise a constructive challenge of the management decisions and to be more open to innovative ideas, addressing the similarity of views of members, the “group-think” phenomenon. It contributes thus to effective oversight of the management and a successful governance of the company. It would therefore be important to enhance transparency regarding the diversity policy companies have in place. This would inform the market of corporate governance practices and thus put indirect pressure on companies to have more diversified boardHowever, such matters should be left to the discretion of companies’ administrative, management and supervisory bodies.
2013/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The obligation to disclose their diversity policies for their administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, educational and professional background should only apply to large listed companies. Therefore small and medium-sized companies that may be exempted from certain accounting obligations under article 27 of Directive 78/660/EEC should not be covered to by this obligation. Disclosure of the diversity policy should be part of the corporate governance statement, as laid down by Article 46a of Directive 78/660/EEC. Companies not having a such a diversity policy should not be obliged to put one in place, but they should clearly explain why this is the case.deleted
2013/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46a
(2) Article 46a is amended as follows: (a) In paragraph 1, the following point (g) is added: ‘g) a description of the company’s diversity policy for its administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to 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.’ (b) The following paragraph 4 is added: ‘4. Point (g) of paragraph 1 does not apply to companies within the meaning of Article 27.’deleted
2013/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2013/0045(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) In order to prevent tax avoidance and abuse through artificial schemes, it is necessary to provide for a general anti- abuse rule. A specific rule based on the same principles should be added with a view to address the particular problems linked to depositary receipts and similar securities.
2013/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 63 #

2013/0045(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) In order to prevent tax avoidance and abuse through artificial schemes, it is necessary to provide for a general anti- abuse rule may be provided for. A specific rule based on the same principles shouldmay be added with a view to address the particular problems linked to depositary receipts and similar securities.
2013/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 66 #

2013/0045(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to harmonise the essential features of a FTT within the participating Member States at Union level, cannot be sufficiently achieved by these Member States and cannot therefore, by reason of improving the proper functioning of the Single Market, be better achieved at Union level, the UnionMember States 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 in order to achieve this objective,
2013/04/30
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #

2012/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in the EU an individual is not protected outside the workplace against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation; takes the view that non- discrimination in the field of occupation and employment is only effective if discrimination is comprehensively outlawed in all other fields, including education, access to goods and services and social protection;
2013/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #

2012/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it regrettable that the idea that human rights are universal, indivisible and interrelated is a principle of law that remains more theory than practice, given that different aspects of human identity are treated separately in existing EU legal instruments; stresses that discrimination and hate do not manifest themselves separately, that human rights are indivisible, that our identities are plural and that we cannot split rights or indeed ourselves; emphasises that multiple discrimination is a reality for many individuals living in the EU, which needs to beis recognised by EU law;
2013/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2012/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, due to the financial and structural crisis in Europe, the level of unemployment among many groups, in particular young people, including those with disabilities, and older people is increasing with unacceptable speed, threatening social peace and solidarity in many countries;
2013/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2012/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the Member States' lack of political will, the lack of transparency in the negotiation process within the Council, and the abuse of the unanimity principle by opposing Member States; recalls that it has called upon the Council to adopt the proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation 11 times over the past 4 years, and that the Council has failed to acnot acted upon it;
2013/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2012/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas other distinguished studies and publications show that, despite basically covering four grounds of discrimination (religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation), the Directive has so far mainly been referred to in cases of age- related discrimination;
2013/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2012/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that human rights serve the interests of all people and are the safeguards not only of peace, harmony and justice in society, but also of a much stronger and flexible European Union in the future, with higher levels of employment and more sustainable population change and consumption patterns;
2013/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2012/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges that sanctions applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to the transposition of Directive 2000/78/EC must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, in accordance with the judgments of the Court of Justice in cases C-246/09 (Bulicke), C-303/06 (Coleman) and C- 415/10 (Meister) and proportionate;
2013/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2012/2324(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure, through infringement and non- compliance procedures, that Member States respect their legal obligations in fully transposing Directive 2000/78/EC; believes that its competent committee should play a role in the ongoing monitoring of Member States’ obligations under the Directive, in accordance with its resolution of 21 October 2008 on monitoring the application of Community law – 24th annual report from the Commission (2008/2046(INI));
2013/06/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2012/2308(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for Parliament to express its view as to whetherObserves that it would be preferable to strip Brussels of its status as a seat of the cEurrent arrangement should continue; and if an appropriate majority vote is recorded, recommends that Parliament propose Treaty chaopean Parliament, as this can be done more or less immediately and would already yield substantial cost savinges under Article 48.in the relatively short term;
2013/06/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 60 #

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need for the EU institutions to set examples of good practice within their own mobility management services, such as the further development of Parliament’s mobility point for its Members, staff and visitorsbut not in the form of pointless symbolic gestures such as Parliament’s mobility point;
2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1 #

2012/2295(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that a bio-basedn economy, that relies on exploitation of biological resourcesnuclear energy instead of fossil energy, must be guided by a sound political framework that takes into account not only economic viability, but also social and ecological sustainability factors;
2013/05/07
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2012/2295(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Deems it crucial to develop international legally binding sustainability standards for all sectors of biomass uses, as well as binding sustainable forest management criteria; urges the EU to pursue adoption of multilateral agreements and provide, especially for LDCs, related institutional and technical support for ensuring sustainable use of biomass.
2013/05/07
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the inclusion of the most favourable clause and the non-regression clause in order to avert the danger that a European transnational company agreement might result in evasion of national collective agreements and national company agreements, or impair them;deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends furthermore, as a second stage, introducing a European extrajudicial dispute resolution agency, to devise and then implement a tenable solution with the participation of the contracting parties, in which context the dispute resolution agency should be convened at the request of the European social partners voluntarily and from case to case in order to settle conflicts extrajudicially;deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends, in the medium term, in view of the increasing transnationalisation of industrial relations, establishing over the next few years an independent three-tier system of European labour courts;deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2012/2292(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends the establishment of fundamental criteria for European transnational company agreements which the negotiating parties should discuss and whose outcome they should record in writing in order to prevent problems of subsequent interpretation and application; notes that the following points, in particular, should be covered: the mandating procedure, i.e. clarification of the legitimacy and representativeness of the negotiating parties between which agreements are concluded, the place and date of conclusion of an agreement, substantive and geographical scope, the most favourable clause and the non- regression clause, the period of validity, the preconditions for denouncing the agreement and the dispute settlement procedures;deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2012/2287(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls its suggestion that a Transatlantic Political Council (TPC) be created to serve as a body for systematic consultation and coordination on foreign and security policy, led by the HR/VP and the US Secretary of State;deleted
2013/04/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2012/2287(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes President Obama's renewed commitment to the fight against climate change; urges the partners to agree, as early as possible, on binding commitments on the reduction of emissions; highlights the need to involve the Atlantic countries in this effort, especially because of the impact of climate change on food production, biodiversity and deforestation in Latin America and Atlantic Africa;deleted
2013/04/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2012/2287(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Urges the partners to stand behind the State of Israel in the case of Iranian aggression but also in the case of an Israeli pre-emptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities;
2013/04/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2012/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises in this context that tax evasion and avoidance represents a major risk for the EU public finances; stresses that an estimated EUR 1 trillion in public money is lost due to tax fraud and tax avoidance every year in the EU, which represents a rough yearly cost of EUR 2000 for every European citizen; points out that the average of the tax lost in Europe today exceeds the total amount that Member States spend on healthcare, and it amounts to more than four times the amount spent on education in the EU;
2013/04/26
Committee: CONT
Amendment 22 #

2012/2285(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers, however, that the increase in cigarette smuggling is a direct result of the huge increase in excise duties on cigarettes in some Member States;
2013/04/26
Committee: CONT
Amendment 18 #

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas many unaccompanied minors enter the European Union, with or without pressure from their parents, to seek their fortune, and are attracted by the generous European social security provision;
2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that an unaccompanied minor is above all a minor who is potentially in danger and that child protection, rather than immigration control, must be the major consideration for States and the European Union when dealing with themmight potentially be in danger;
2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to comply strictly and without fail with the fundamentalwith the obligation neverot to place a minor in detention, other than in exceptional cases;
2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 121 #

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores the unsuitable and intrusive nature of the medical techniques used to ascertain age in some Member States; recommends that the Commission establish a common method for ascertaining age, consisting of a multidisciplinary assessment performed by independent, trained practitioners, and with minors always being given the benefit of the doubt; considers that it should be possible to appeal against the results of this assessment; welcomes the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) on this subject, which should be taken as a basis for dealing with all minors;
2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 193 #

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses firmly that the ultimate aim, once an unaccompanied minor has arrived in European territory, must be to seek an appropriate solution for him, which respects his interests; recalls that efforts to achieve this must always begin with an examination of the possibilities of family reunification in the country of origin;
2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the integration of unaccompanied minors in the host country must be centred around an individual life project drawn up for, and with, the minor;deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2012/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EEAS is a new body of hybrid nature, drawing upon community and intergovernmental sources, which has no precedent in the EU and which therefore cannot be expected to be fully functional within two years of its establishment; whereas, therefore, a review of its organisation and functioning should be based on fair and constructive criticism;
2013/04/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2012/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the multiple roles entrusted by the Lisbon Treaty to the HR/VP calls for the creation of (a) political deputy/ies in order to ensure that (s)he is assisted in the accomplishment of her/his tasks; whereas that funding for such deputy/ies should be found within the current budget of the EEAS;
2013/04/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2012/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. to provide support to the HR/VP in the accomplishment of his/her multiple duties by foreseeing the appointment of (a) political deputy/ies; to ensure that these deputies, given their political role, appear before the responsible committee of Parliament prior to their taking up duties; to consider, possibly, a more regular involvement of the Member States' foreign ministers for specific tasks and missions on behalf of the Union; to ensure that funding for such deputy/ies should be found within the current budget of the EEAS;
2013/04/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2012/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. in line with Article 24 TEU, to ensure that Member States support the Union's external and security policy actively and unreservedly, in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity, and that they comply with the Union's actions and support the EEAS in carrying out its mandate;
2013/04/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2012/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. to seriously develop the opportunities opened up by the EEAS Decision and by the TEU, notably by enhancing the coordinating role of delegations, especially in crisis situations, and by enabling them to provide consular protection to EU citizens from Member States who are not represented in a given country; to ensure any additional tasks do not take resources away from existing policies and priorities, unless there is a reorientation and redeployment of staff is to take up these new challenges;
2013/04/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that Member States are often using overriding reasons of public interest (Article15 of the Services Directive) to protect and favour their domestic market; highlights the fact that burdensome legal- form and shareholder requirements, territorial restrictions, economic needs tests and fixed tariffs create unjustified obstacles to cross-border establishment;deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 54 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned at the growing number of discrimination cases reported by consumers; urges Member States to properly enforce Article 20(2) of the Services Directive and calls on businesses to refrain from unjustified discriminatory practices on grounds of nationality or place of residence;deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 82 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States to upgrade to second-generation Points of Single Contact that are fully functional, multilingual and user-friendly e-government portals; stresses the importance of taking a service- provider approach covering the entire business cycle; believes that e-procedures will enhance simplification, reduce compliance costs and increase legal certainty; calls on Member States to ensure full interoperability of their PSCs and make them known across borders; calls on the Commission to set out clear benchmarking criteria for the evaluation of PSCs and to regularly report to Parliament on progress made;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 98 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the fact that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked in a way that damages the internal market for services; regrets that the proportionality assessment is rarely made; asks the Commission to clarify the concept of proportionality and issue practical guidance to the Member States on how to apply it;deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 110 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supports the Commission’s zero tolerance policy; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules, in dialogue with Member States; calls for fast-track infringement procedures to be applied whenever breaches of the directive are identified;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 39 #

2012/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to develop political concepts and instruments which combine the Cohesion and Structural Funds with industrial policy approaches, in order to support the structural transformation from old industrialised regions to modern industrial regions;deleted
2013/03/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2012/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the sustainable regeneration of old industrialised regions takes decades and is very costly, often exceeding the administrative and financial capacities of in situ public bodiesis very costly;
2013/03/22
Committee: REGI
Amendment 352 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 102 mg per cigarette for tar,
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 353 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 12 mg per cigarette for nicotine,
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 354 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 120 mg per cigarette for carbon monoxide.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 442 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6
[...]deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 588 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Health warnings shall occupy the entire surface reserved for them and they shall not be commented on, paraphrased or referred to in any form.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 589 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. In order to ensure their graphic integrity and visibility, health warnings shall be irremovably printed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted, including by tax stamps, price marks, tracking and tracing marks, security features or by any type of wrapper, pouch, jacket, box or other device or by the opening of the unit packet.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 604 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8
Article 8 Text warnings for tobacco for smoking 1. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of tobacco for smoking shall carry the following general warning: Smoking kills – quit now 2. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of tobacco for smoking shall carry the following information message: Tobacco smoke contains over 70 substances known to cause cancer 3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 43 mm. For roll-your-own tobacco the information message shall be printed on the surface that becomes visible when opening the unit packet. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover 50% of the surface on which they are printed. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22: (a) to adapt the wording of the health warnings laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 to scientific and market developments; (b) to define the position, format, layout and design of the health warnings laid down in this Article, including their font type and background colour.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 635 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – title
Combined hHealth warnings for tobacco for smoking
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 639 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of tobacco for smoking shall carry combined health warnings. The combined health warnings shall:
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 642 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) be comprised of a text warning listed in Annex I and a corresponding colour photograph specified in the picture library;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 655 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 7530 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 680 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) show the same text warning and corresponding colour photograph on both sides of the unit packets and any outside packaging;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 715 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) height: not lessmore than 6432 mm;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 722 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
(ii) width: not lessmore than 525 mm.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 727 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The combined health warnings shall be divided into three sets rotating on an annual basis. Member States shall ensure that each combined health warning is displayed as nearly as possible on equal numbers of each brand.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 734 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to: (a) adapt the text warnings listed in Annex I to this Directive taking into account scientific and technical developments; (b) establish and adapt the picture library referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article taking into account scientific and market developments; (c) define the position, format, layout, design, rotation and proportions of the health warnings; (d) by way of derogation from Article 7(3), lay down the conditions under which health warnings may be broken during unit packet opening in a manner that ensures the graphical integrity and visibility of the text, photographs and cessation information.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 765 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The general warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 3015 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 3217 % for Member States with two official languages and 3520 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 769 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 430 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 4532 % for Member States with two official languages and 350 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 778 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) printed in black HelveticaComic Sans bold type on a white background. In order to accommodate language requirements, Member States may determine the point size of the font, provided that the font size specified in their legislation is such as to occupy the greatest possible proportion of the area set aside for the text required;
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 782 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) surrounded by a black border not less than 3 mm and not more than 42 mm in width inside the surface reserved for the text of the warning.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 805 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) cover 3015 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 3217 % for Member States with two official languages and 3520 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 851 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs, misleading colours, inserts or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1016 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall prohibermit the placing on the market of tobacco for oral use, without prejudice to Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1238 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) cover 3015 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 3217 % for Member States with two official languages and 3520 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1259 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. The health warning shall comply with the requirements laid down in Article 10(4). It shall cover not less than 3015 % of the area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and of any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 3217 % for Member States with two official languages and 3520 % for Member States with three official languages.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1338 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 1
(1) Smoking causes 9 out of 10 lung cancersdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1339 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 2
(2) Smoking causes mouth and throat cancerdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1341 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 4
(4) Smoking causes heart attacksdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1342 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 5
(5) Smoking causes strokes and disabilitydeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1344 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 7
(7) Smoking increases the risk of blindnessdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1345 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 8
(8) Smoking damages your teeth and gumsdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1346 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 9
(9) Smoking can kill your unborn childeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1348 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 11
(11) Smokers’ children are more likely to start smokingdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1349 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 12
(12) Quit smoking – stay alive for those close to youdeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1350 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 13
(13) Smoking reduces fertilitydeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1351 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 14
(14) Smoking increases the risk of impotencedeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 47 #

2012/0364(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
1. AdopRejects its position at first reading hereinafter set out;
2013/06/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 10 #

2012/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The award of contributions should also be simplified and adapted to the specificities of the European political parties, in particular by the absence of selection criteria, the establishment of 100% pre-financing as a general rule or the possibility to use lump sums, flat-rate and unit cost financing.deleted
2013/03/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 62 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) At company level, it is widely acknowledgassumed that the presence of women on boards improves corporate governance, because team performance and the quality of decision- making armay be enhanced due to a more diverse and collective mind-set incorporating a wider range of perspectives and therefore reaching more balanced decisions. Numerous studies have also shown that there is a positive relationship between gender diversity at top management level and a company's financial performance and profitability. Enhancing female representation on the boards of publicly listed companies in the Union can therefore have a positive impact on the performance of companies concerned.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 66 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Existing evidence also shows that labour market equality can improve economic growth substantially. Enhancing female presence in the boardrooms of listed companies in the Union not only affects the women appointed to boards, but also contributes to attracting female talent to the company and ensuring a greater presence of women at all levels of management and in the workforce. Therefore, a higher share of women on company boards hascan have a positive impact on closing both the gender employment gap and the gender pay gap. Making full use of the existing female talent pool would constitute a marked improvement in terms of return on education for both individuals and the public sector. Female under- representation in the board rooms of publicly listed companies in the EU is a missed opportunity in terms of achieving long-term sustainable growth for Member States' economies at large.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Despite the existing Union legislation aimed at preventing and combating sex discrimination, the Council recommendations aimed specifically at increasing the presence of women in economic decision-making and Union- level actions encouraging self-regulation, women continue to be strongly outnumbered by men in the highest decision-making bodies of companies throughout the Union. In the private sector and especially in listed companies this gender imbalance is particularly significant and acute. The Commission's key indicator of gender representation on corporate boards shows that the proportion of women involved in top-level business decision- making remains very low. In January 2012, women occupied on average just 13.7 per cent of board seats in the largest publicly listed companies in Member States. Among non-executive directors only 15 per cent were women.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 73 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) The current lack of transparency of the selection procedures and qualification criteria for board positions in most Member States may represents a significant barrier to more gender diversity among board members and it negatively affects both the board candidates' careers and freedom of movement, as well as investor decisions. Such lack of transparency prevents potential candidates for board positions from applying to boards where their qualifications would be most required and from challenging gender-biased appointment decisions, thus restricting their freedom of movement within the internal market. On the other hand, investors have different investment strategies that require information linked also to the expertise and competence of the board members. More transparency in the qualification criteria and the selection procedure for board members enables investors to better assess the company's business strategy and to take informed decisions.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 77 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) While this Directive does not aim to harmonise national laws on the selection procedures and qualification criteria for board positions in detail, the introduction of certain minimum standards as regards the requirement for listed companies without balanced gender representation to take appointment decisions for non- executive directors on the basis of an objective comparative assessment of the qualifications of candidates in terms of suitability, competence and professional performance is necessary in order tomay attain gender balance among non-executives directors. Only an EU-level measure can effectively help to ensure a competitive level-playing field throughout the Union and avoid practical complications in business life.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 81 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The Europe 2020 Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth ascertained that increased female labour force participation is a precondition for boosting growth and for tackling demographic challenges in Europe. The Strategy set a headline target of reaching an employment rate of 75 per cent for women and men aged 20-64 by 2020, which can only be reached if there is a clear commitment to gender equality and a reinforced effort to tackle all barriers to women's participation in the labour market. The current economic crisis has magnified Europe's ever-growing need to rely on knowledge, competence and innovation and to make full use of the pool of available talent. Enhancing female participation in economic decision- making, on company boards in particular, is expected to have a positive spill-over effect on female employment in the companies concerned and throughout the whole economy.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 83 #

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 in the form 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.deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 90 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Companies listed on stock exchanges enjoy a particular economic importance, visibility and impact on the market as a whole. The measures provided for in this Directive should therefore apply to listed companies, which are defined as companies incorporated in a Member State whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market within the meaning of Article 4(1) (14) of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments, in one or more Member States. These companies set standards for the economy in its entirety and their practices can be expected to be followed by other types of companies. The public nature of listed companies justifies that they be regulated to a greater extent in the public interest.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 102 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Listed companies in the Union should be imposed obligations of means providing for appropriate procedures with a view of meeting specific objectives regarding the gender composition of their boards. Those listed companies in whose boards members of the under-represented sex hold less than 410 per cent of non-executive director positions should make the appointments to those positions on 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 attain the said percentage at the latest by 1 January 2020. Therefore, the Directive establishes the objective of at least 410 per cent of non- executive directors of the under- represented sex by that date. This objective in principle only concerns the overall gender diversity among the non-executive directors and does not interfere with the concrete choice of individual directors from a wide pool of male and female candidates in each individual case. In particular, it does not exclude any particular candidates for director positions, nor does it impose any individual directors on companies or shareholders. The decision on the appropriate board members thus remains with the companies and shareholders.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 109 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Member States exercise a dominant influence over listed companies which are public undertakings within the meaning of Article 2(b) of Commission Directive 2006/111/EC of 16 November 2006 on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings, as well as on financial transparency within certain undertakings. Due to that dominant influence, they have the instruments at their disposal to bring about the necessary change more rapidly. Therefore, in such companies the objective of least 410 per cent of non-executive directors of the under-represented sex should be set at an earlier date.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 113 #

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 410 per cent. Therefore, the number of board positions necessary to meet the objective should be the number closest to 410 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.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 126 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Where an unsuccessful candidate of the under-represented sex establishes the presumption they were equally qualified as the appointed candidate of the other sex, the listed company should be required to demonstrate the correctness of the choice.deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 130 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Member States shouldmay 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 made contrary to the national provisions adopted pursuant to Article 4(1).
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 140 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Since listed companies should aim to increase the proportion of the under- represented sex in all decision-making positions, Member States may provide that the objective laid down in this Directive should be considered to be met where listed companies can show that members of the under-represented sex hold at least one thirdenth of all director positions, irrespective of whether they are executive or non- executive.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 145 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) Member States shouldmay require listed companies to provide information on the gender composition of their boards as well as information on how they managed to meet the objectives laid down in this Directive, on a yearly basis to the competent national authorities in order to enable them to assess the progress of each listed company towards gender balance among directors. Such information shouldmay be published and, where the company in question has not met the objective, it should include a description of the measures that it has taken so far and intends to take in the future in order to meet the objective. However, this is not compulsory for listed companies.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 150 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Member States may have already taken measures providing for means to ensure a more balanced representation of women and men in company boards before the entry into force of this Directive. Such Member States should have an opportunity to apply those measures in place of the procedural requirements relating to appointments where they can demonstrate that the measures taken are of equivalent efficacy in order to attain the objective of a presence of the under-represented sex of at least 410 per cent among non-executive directors of listed companies at the latest by 1 January 20240 or at the latest by 1 January 20138 in case of listed companies which are public undertakings.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 154 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) While some Member States have taken regulatory action or encouraged self- regulation with mixed results, the majority of Member States have not taken action or indicated their willingness to act in a way that would bring about sufficient improvement. Projections based on a comprehensive analysis of all available information on past and current trends as well as intentions show that a balanced gender representation among non- executive board members across the Union in line with the objectives set out in this Directive will not be achieved by Member States acting individually at any point in the foreseeable future. In the light of those circumstances and given the growing discrepancies between Member States in terms of the representation of women and men on company boards, the gender balance on corporate boards across the Union can only be improved through a common approach, and the potential for gender equality, competitiveness and growth can be better achieved through coordinated action at Union level rather than through national initiatives of varying scope, ambition and effectiveness. Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can, therefore, by reason of the scale and effect of action, 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.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 157 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) In accordance with the principle of proportionality, the objective to be met by listed companies should be limited in time and remain in force only until sustainable progress has been achieved in the gender composition of boards. For that reason, the Commission should regularly review the application of this Directive and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The Directive is due to expire on 31 December 202813. The Commission should assess, in its review, if there is a need to extend the duration of the Directive beyond that period.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 170 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that listed companies in whose boards members of the under-represented sex hold less than 410 per cent of the non-executive director positions make the appointments to those positions on 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 attain the said percentage at the latest by 1 January 20240 or at the latest by 1 January 20138 in case of listed companies which are public undertakings.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 179 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The number of non-executive director positions necessary to meet the objective laid down in paragraph 1 shall be the number closest to the proportion of 410 per cent, but not exceeding 419 per cent.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 194 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shallmay take the necessary measures, in accordance with their national judicial systems, to ensure that where an unsuccessful candidate of the under- represented sex establishes facts from which it may be presumed that that candidate was equally qualified as the appointed candidate of the other sex, it shall be for the listed company to prove that there has been no breach of the rule laid down in paragraph 3.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 207 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that listed companies undertake individual commitments regarding gender-balanced representation of both sexes among executive directors to be achieved at the latest by 1 January 20240, or, in case of listed companies which are public undertakings, by 1 January 20138.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 235 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay adopt and publish, by [two years after adoption] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 237 #

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-executive directors 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 enable members of the under-represented sex to hold at least 410 per cent of the non-executive director positions of listed companies by at the latest 1 January 20240, or at the latest 1 January 20138 for listed companies which are public undertakings.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 243 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 1 January 20137 at the latest and every two10 years thereafter a report on the implementation of this Directive. These reports shall include, amongst others, comprehensive information about the measures taken with a view to attaining the objectives laid down in Article 4(1), information provided in accordance with Article 5(2) and information about individual commitments taken by listed companies pursuant to Article 5(1).
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 244 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States having suspended pursuant to Article 8(3) the application of the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1), (3), (4) and (5) shall include information in the reports mentioned in paragraph 1 demonstrating the concrete results obtained by the national measures referred to in Article 8(3). The Commission shall then issue a specific report ascertaining whether those measures effectively enable members of the under-represented sex to hold at least 410 per cent of the non-executive director positions by 1 January 20138 for listed companies which are public undertakings, and by 1 January 20240 for listed companies which are not public undertakings. The first such report shall be issued by the Commission by 1 July 20137, and subsequent reports shall be issued within six months after notification of the respective national reports under paragraph 1.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 247 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States in question shall ensure that listed companies, which by applying the national measures referred to in Article 8(3) have not appointed or elected members of the under-represented sex for at least 410 per cent of the non-executive director positions of their boards by 1 January 20138, where they are public undertakings, or by 1 January 20240, where they are not public undertakings, apply the procedural requirements relating to appointments contained in Article 4(1), (3), (4) and (5) with effect respectively from those dates.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 251 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall review the application of this Directive and report to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 20241 at the latest and every two years thereafter. The Commission shall evaluate in particular whether the objectives of this Directive have been achieved.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 253 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. In its report, the Commission shall assess whether, in the light of developments in the representation of men and women in the boards of listed companies and at different levels of decision-making throughout the economy and taking into account whether the progress made is sufficiently sustainable, there is a need to extend the duration of this Directive beyond the date specified in Article 10(2) or to amend it.deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 255 #

2012/0299(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. It shall expire on 31 December 202813.
2013/05/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 56 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Over the last decade, environmental issues, such as resource efficiency, biodiversity, climate change, and disaster risks, have become more important in policy making and should therefore also constitute critical elements in assessment and decision-making processes, especially for infrastructure projects.
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 64 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity ("the Convention"), to which the European Union is party, requires assessment, as far as possible and as appropriate, of the significant adverse effects of projects on biological diversity, which is defined in Article 2 of the Convention, with a view to avoiding or minimising such effects. This prior assessment of impacts shouldmight contribute to attaining the Union headline target adopted on 2010 of halting biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystem services by 2020 and restoring them where feasible.
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 66 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Climate change will continue to cause damage to the environment and compromise economic development. Accordingly, the environmental, social and economic resilience of the Union should be promoted so as to deal with climate change throughout the Union’s territory in an efficient manner. Climate change adaptation and mitigation responses need to be addressed across many of the sectors of Union legislation.deleted
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 73 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) When determining whether significant environmental effects are likely to be caused, the competent authorities should may identify the most relevant criteria to be considered and use the additional information that may be available following other assessments required by Union legislation in order to apply the screening procedure effectively. In this regard, it is appropriate to specify the content of the screening decision, in particular where no environmental assessment is required.
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 79 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) The environmental report of a project to be provided by the developer shouldmay include an assessment of reasonable alternatives relevant to the proposed project, including the likely evolution of the existing state of the environment without implementation of the project (baseline scenario), as a means to improve quality of the assessment process and to allow integrating environmental considerations at an early stage in the project’s design.
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 82 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) With a view to ensuring transparency and accountability, the competent authority should be required tomay substantiate its decision to grant development consent in respect of a project, indicating that it has taken into consideration the results of the consultations carried out and the relevant information gathered.
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 86 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure thea simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 101 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
2011/92/EU
Article 3 – point a
(a) population, human health, and biodiversity, with particular attention to species and humand habitats protected under Council Directive 92/43/EEC(*) and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(**)ealth;
2013/05/13
Committee: PETI
Amendment 28 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) The minimum greenhouse gas saving threshold for biofuels and bioliquids produced in new installations should be indecreased with effect from 1st July 2014 in order to improve their overall greenhouse gas balance as well as discouraging further investments in installations with low greenhouse gas savings performance. This increase provides for investment safeguards in biofuels and bioliquids production capacities in conformity with Article 19(6) second subparagraph.
2013/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The 5% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.
2013/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The objectives of this Directive, to ensure a single market for fuel for road transport and non-road mobile machinery and ensure respect for minimum levels of environmental protection from use of this fuel, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Union level, the Union may not adopt measures, in accordance with the principle 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 Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
2013/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact, which could include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1st January 20251.
2013/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) It is of particular importance that the Commission in application of this Directive carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2013/05/08
Committee: INTA
Amendment 28 #

2012/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Commission will not be in a position to report to the European Parliament and the Council on the measures concerning restocking, including the evolution of market prices by 1 July 2011, due to late transmission by some Member States of the relevant information. The deadline for this report should therefore be postponed to 31 December 20124.
2013/04/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) It should be left to Member States to establish the language requirements for the application dossier. To ensure that the assessment of the application for authorisation of a clinical trial functions smoothly, Member States should consider accepting a commonly understood language in the medical fieldEnglish as the language for the documentation not destined to the subject.
2013/03/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2012/0192(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
(55) In order to carry out the activities provided for in this Regulation, Member States should be allowed to levy fees. However, Member States should not require multiple payments to different bodies assessing, in a given Member State, an application for authorisation of a clinical trial.
2013/03/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2012/0184(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 1
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2013/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2012/0180(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Aggregating of different music repertoires for multi-territorial licensing facilitates the licensing process and, by making all repertoires accessible to the market for multi-territorial licensing, enhances cultural diversity and contributes to reducing the number of transactions an online service provider needs in order to offer that service. That aggregation of repertoires should facilitate the development of new online services, and should also result in a reduction of transaction costs that are passed on to consumers. Therefore, collecting societies that are not willing to or are not able to grant multi-territorial licences directly in their own music repertoire should be encouraged to mandate other collecting societies voluntarily with the task of managing their repertoire under non- discriminatory terms. Where the request to mandate takes place, the requested collecting society should be required to accept, provided that it aggregates repertoire and offers or grants multi- territorial licences. In addition, exclusivity in agreements on multi-territorial licenses would restrict the choices available to users seeking multi-territorial licenses and also restrict the choices available to collecting societies seeking administration services for their repertoire on a multi-territorial basis. Therefore, all representation agreements between collecting societies providing for multi-territorial licensing should be concluded on a non-exclusive basis.
2013/05/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In most cases service providers from another Member State cannot use their electronic identification to access these services because the national electronic identification schemes in their country are not recognised and accepted in other Member States. This electronic barrier excludes service providers from enjoying the full benefits of the internal market. Mutually recognized and accepted electronic identification means willcould facilitate cross-border provision of numerous services in the Internal Market and enable businesses to go cross-border without facing many obstacles in interactions with public authorities
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 57 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) To enable the Commission and the Member States to assess the effectiveness of the breach notification mechanism introduced by this Regulation, supervisory bodies should be requested to provide summary information to the Commission and to European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) To ensure sustainability and durability of qualified trust services and to boost users’ confidence in the continuity of qualified trust services, supervisory bodies should ensure thatmay preserve the data of qualified trust service providers are preserved and keptnd make them accessible for an appropriate period of time even if a qualified trust service provider ceases to exist.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
(51) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission, in particular for specifying reference numbers of standards which use would give a presumption of compliance with certain requirements laid down in this Regulation or defined in delegated acts. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 80 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish the necessary modalities to facilitate the cooperation between the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 with a view to fostering a high level of trust and security appropriate to the degree of risk. Those implementing acts shall concern, in particular, the exchange of information, experiences and good practice on electronic identification schemes, the peer review of notified electronic identification schemes and the examination of relevant developments arising in the electronic identification sector by the competent authorities of the Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the facilitation of cross border interoperability of electronic identification means by setting of minimum technical requirements.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 38, concerning the definition of procedures applicable to the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define the circumstances, formats and procedures for the report referred to in paragraph 3. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, specify the formats and procedures for the mutual assistance provided for in this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, in particular if a breach of security or loss of integrity concerns two or more Member States, the supervisory body concerned shall inform supervisory bodies in other Member States and the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 105 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 38, concerning the further specification of the measures referred to in paragraph 1.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 106 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define the circumstances, formats and procedures, including deadlines, applicable for the purpose of paragraphs 1 to 3. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the specification of the conditions under which the independent body carrying out the audit referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and in Article 15(1) and in Article 17(1) shall be recognised.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define the circumstances, procedures and formats applicable for the purpose of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define the circumstances, formats and procedures for the purpose of paragraphs 1, 2 and.3 Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 110 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify to the Commission, without undue delay, information on the body responsible for establishing, maintaining and publishing national trusted lists, and details of where such lists are published, the certificate used to sign or seal the trusted lists and any changes thereto.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall make available to the public, through a secure channel, the information, referred to in paragraph 3 in electronically signed or sealed form suitable for automated processing.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the definition of the information referred to in paragraph 1.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 113 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define the technical specifications and formats for trusted lists applicable for the purposes of paragraphs 1 to 4. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 117 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for trustworthy systems and products. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 19 shall be presumed where trustworthy systems and products meet those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the definition of the different security levels of electronic signature referred to in paragraph 4.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for the security levels of electronic signature. Compliance with the security level defined in a delegated act adopted pursuant to paragraph 6 shall be presumed when an electronic signature meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the further specification of the requirements laid down in Annex I.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 121 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for qualified certificates for electronic signature. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex I shall be presumed where a qualified certificate for electronic signature meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for qualified electronic signature creation devices. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex II shall be presumed where a qualified electronic signature creation device meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 123 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Qualified electronic signature creation devices may be certified by appropriate public or private bodies designated by Member States provided that they have been submitted to a security evaluation process carried out in accordance with one of the standards for the security assessment of information technology products included in a list that shall be established by the Commission by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall notify to the Commission and other Member States the names and addresses of the public or private body designated by them as referred to in paragraph 1.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the establishment of specific criteria to be met by the designated bodies referred to in paragraph 1.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Publication of a list of certified qualified electronic signature creation devices 1. Member States shall notify to the Commission without undue delay, information on qualified electronic signature creation devices which have been certified by the bodies referred to in Article 23. They shall also notify to the Commission, without undue delay, information on electronic signature creation devices that would no longer be certified. 2. On the basis of the information received, the Commission shall establish, publish and maintain a list of certified qualified electronic signature creation devices. 3. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define circumstances, formats and procedures applicable for the purpose of paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).Article 24 deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the further specification of the requirements laid in down in paragraph 1.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for the validation of qualified electronic signatures. Compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be presumed where the validation of qualified electronic signatures meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for qualified validation service referred to in paragraph 1. Compliance with the requirements laid down in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be presumed where the validation service for qualified electronic signature meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the further specification of the requirements laid down in paragraph 1.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for the preservation of qualified electronic signatures. Compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be presumed where the arrangements for the preservation of qualified electronic signatures meet those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the definition of different security assurance levels of electronic seals referred to in paragraph 4.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 133 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for the security assurance levels of electronic seals. Compliance with the security assurance level defined in a delegated act adopted pursuant to paragraph 6 shall be presumed when an electronic seal meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the further specification of the requirements laid down in Annex III.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for qualified certificates for electronic seal. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex III shall be presumed where a qualified certificate for electronic seal meet those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for the accurate linkage of time to data and an accurate time source. Compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be presumed where an accurate linkage of time to data and an accurate time source meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, define formats of electronic signatures and seals that shall be accepted whenever a signed or sealed document is requested by a Member State for the provision of a service online offered by a public sector body referred to in paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 138 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the specification of mechanisms for sending or receiving data using electronic delivery services, which shall be used with a view to fostering interoperability between electronic delivery services.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 139 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for processes for sending and receiving data. Compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be presumed where the process for sending and receiving data meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 concerning the further specification of the requirements laid down in Annex IV.
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 141 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for qualified certificates for website authentication. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex IV shall be presumed where a qualified certificate for website authentication meets those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 8(3), 13(5), 15(5), 16(5), 18(5), 20(6), 21(4), 23(3), 25(2), 27(2), 28(6), 29(4), 30(2), 31, 35(3) and 37(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 8(3), 13(5), 15(5), 16(5), 18(5), 20(6), 21(4), 23(3), 25(2), 27(2), 28(6), 29(4), 30(2), 31, 35(3) and 37(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 8(3), 13(5), 15(5), 16(5), 18(5), 20(6), 21(4), 23(3), 25(2), 27(2), 28(6), 29(4), 30(2), 31, 35(3) and 37(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.Article 38 deleted Exercise of the delegation
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 143 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation 182/2011 shall apply.Article 39 deleted Committee procedure deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 144 #

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation. The first report shall be submitted no later than four years after the entry into force of this Regulation. Subsequent reports shall be submitted every four years thereafter.Article 40 deleted Report
2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2012/0082(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The conditions referred to in points (i) and (ii) shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to impose extra requirements through national legislation regarding the determination of the normal residence of natural persons.
2013/06/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 81 #

2012/0082(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) where the national legislation of a Member State permits refusal, irrespective of the reason.
2013/06/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 82 #

2012/0082(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Any decision taken by a vehicle registration authority refusing to register a vehicle registered in another Member State shall be duly substantiated. The person concerned may within a period of one month from receipt of the negative decision request the competent vehicle registration authority to review the decision. That request shall include reasons for such review. Within one month from receipt of that request, the competent vehicle registration authority shall confirm or reverse its decision.deleted
2013/06/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 94 #

2012/0082(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) where the national legislation of a Member State permits refusal, irrespective of the reason.
2013/06/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 103 #

2012/0082(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may not impede, for reasons related to the registration of the vehicle, the free movement of vehicles covered by a professional vehicle registration certificate.
2013/06/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 20 #

2011/2067(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that labour mobility among EU countries remains low, and calls on the Commission to consider the establishment of a pan-European service to direct skilled labour force to vacant posts across Europe, supporting a labour market of European added value. In this context, calls for the full implementation of the 2012 Single Market projects proposed by the Commission;deleted
2011/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2011/2067(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that the proposed reduction in non-wage labour costs will assist the creation of jobs, but notes that the resulting loss of revenue for social insurances should be financed by the new funding methods proposed by the European Commission, with the lowest impact on industry competitiveness.deleted
2011/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 14 #

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas after the atrocious attacks of 11 September 2001 the first decade of the 21st century has been marked by the ‘War on Islamic Terrorism’, especially with regard to the US approach; whereas although the attacks did not take place on European soil, all Europeans felt them to be an attack on their values and their way of life in the name of the appalling ideology of Islam,
2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the aim of counter-terrorism policies should be to undermine the objectives of terrorism, which are to destroy the fabric ofis at present predominantly Islamic in nature, namely to destroy the ‘dar al-harb’ – literally, ‘the house of war’, i.e. all non-Islamic territory – including our free, open and democratic Western society; whereas the aim of counter-terrorism must be to protect and strengthen thate fabric of democratic society and the effectiveness of counter- terrorism policies must be measured against this aim; whereas in this logic, strengthening civil liberties and democratic scrutiny is not an obstacle to such policies, but their prime objective,
2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States and the Commission to strengthen EU policy on fighting direct and indirect discrimination, exploitation of EU migrant workers and abuse of their rights due to their insufficient knowledge of languages and laws applicable to their employment in the host Member State;deleted
2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 28 #

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the promotion of workers’ mobility based on European law has to be complemented by EU legal provisions which foresee effective sanctions, remedies and redress in cases of violations of workers’ rights;deleted
2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for closer and more efficient cooperation between the competent national authorities in checking the compliance of labour contracts with national and EU law; points out that mutual assistance and information exchange have to be guaranteed between the Member States in case of breacheslaw;
2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to strengthen the implementation of Directive 91/533/EEC concerning the minimum information that workers should receive from their employer on their employment relationship, including all relevant provisions concerning their employment situation in the host Member State;deleted
2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that increased workers’ mobility also demands the active involvement of social partners, especially trade unions, in order to provide the workers concerned, especially those temporarily working abroad, with adequate and effective information, support and protection regarding their social and labour rights;deleted
2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to control more strictly the work of employment agencies in order to ensure that the rights of EU migrant workers are respecdeleted.
2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #

2010/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the competitiveness of the European tourism industry will only be guaranteed by using the best technologies available, and that therefore skills, experiences and best practices in the tourism sector should be shared; underlines the importance of mutual recognition of diplomas and qualifications in the tourism sector across Europe, but reserves the right for Member States at any time to interpret foreign diplomas and qualifications in accordance with domestic criteria and consequently to recognise them or refuse to do so;
2011/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that any counterterrorism measure should therefore be in full accordance with the fundamental rights and obligations of the European Union Member States, which are necessary in a democratic society and must be proportionate, prescribed by law and thus delimited within the specific aim it wishes to achieve;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the fact that the use of body scanners is not restricted only to airports but also to other public places; urges therefore that the Commission present a proposal covering the deployment and use of security scanners in places other than airports;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Insists furthermore that body scanners should only be equipped with technology that does not enable any possibility of rendering full body images but merely standardised gender-neutral ‘stick figure’ images that are fully anonymised, and that no data processing or data storage should be possible;deleted
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that every person shcould have the right to refuse a body scan, without the obligation to give anyalbeit provided that they give a demonstrably sound explanation, and must have the right to request a standard security check, with full respect for the rights and dignity of that person; calls in this regard for all security personnel to receive proper, extensive training;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the reasons stated for refusaling to undergo a body scan should not constitute ipso facto any suspicion of the person concerned and that,may be investigated; takes the view that any form of profiling in the procedure before being submitted to a body scan or related to the refusal of a body scan, any form of profiling based on, for example, sex, race, colour, ethnicity, genetic features, language, religion or belief is unacceptdesirable;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for people who are willing to be submitted to a body scan to be properly and comprehensibly informed about the body scanner, including their right to refuse to be submitted to a body scan and their right to complain and seek redress in case of perceived irregularities related to the body scan or their refusal to be submitted to it and the subsequent standard security check;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that any proposal to allow the deployment and use of body scanners as a permissible screening method should be extensively justified in an impact assessment covering inter alia the fundamental rights aspect of body scanners and the possible health risks, taking into account the opinions of the European Union, international and national human rights and data protection authorities, such as the EDPS, the FRA and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorismpossible health risks associated with body scanners;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to develop a favourable environment stimulating the start-up of enterprises and the exchange of young entrepreneurs, and to create the conditions for the internationalisation of European SMEs as well as for strengthening their competitiveness and development to protect their position against unfair competition;
2011/03/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of raw materials availability for the development and competitiveness of European industry; calls, therefore, on the Commission to present an ambitious and comprehensive raw materials strategy for Europe with concrete measures for improving access to raw materials on both internal and external markets;
2011/03/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2010/0325(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Decision has no implications for the budget of the European Union.
2011/03/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2010/0325(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In the framework of the Committee referred to in Article 7(1), Member States shall exchange informatWith a view to reaching a harmonised position, Member States may inform the Commission onf the groundir reasons for the recognitionsing or non-t recognition ofsing specific travel documents with a view to reaching a harmonised position.
2011/03/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2010/0325(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7
Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee (the Travel Document Committee). 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.deleted
2011/03/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2010/0325(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8
The Commission shall make the list, including and the notifications pursuant to Article 4, including any reasons given, available to the Member States and the public via a constantly updated electronic publication.
2011/03/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 139 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point d
(d) ‘seasonal worker permit’ means the authorisation bearing the words ‘seasonal worker’ entitling its holder to reside and work in the territory of a Member State underon the termbasis of this Directiveone or more fixed-term employment contracts;
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 142 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point e
(e) ‘single application procedure’ means a procedure leading, on the basis of one application for the authorisation of a third- country national’s residence and work in the territory of a Member State, to a decision on the application;Does not affect the English version.
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 147 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a valid fixed-term work contract or, as provided for in national law, a binding job offer to work as athe seasonal worker of a job in order to work in that capacity in the Member State concerned with an employer established in the Member State that specifies the rate of pay and the working hours per week or month and, when applicable, other relevant working conditions;
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 151 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a valid travel document held by the seasonal worker, as determined by national law. Member States may require the period of the validity of the travel document to cover at least the duration of the residence permit;
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 153 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) evidence of havingthat the seasonal worker has or, if provided for by national law, havings applied for sickness insurance for all the risks normally covered for nationals of the Member State concerned for periods where no such insurance coverage and corresponding entitlement to benefits are provided in connection with, or as a result of, the work contract;
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 156 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) evidence, for example in the form of a certificate or diploma, that the seasonal worker, if national legislation so requires, possesses sufficient knowledge of the language(s) of the Member State concerned to be able to perform the seasonal work concerned and meet social needs;
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 157 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) evidence of havingthat accommodation ais set out in Article 14being provided for the seasonal worker.
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 229 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Seasonal workers shall be allowed to reside for a maximum of six months in any calendar year, after which they shall proceed or return to a third country.
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 235 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – title
Facilitation of re-entryRefusal to grant authorisation
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 236 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall either: (a) upon application, issue up to three seasonal worker permits covering up to three subsequent seasons within one administrative act (‘multi-seasonal worker permit’), or (b) provide a facilitated procedure for third-country nationals who were admitted to that Member State as seasonal workers and who apply to be admitted as such in a subsequent year.deleted
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 242 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall provide thatmay:
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 244 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) deny a third-country national who has not complied with the obligations arising from the admission decision during a previous stay as a seasonal worker, and in particular with the obligation to return to a third country on the expiry of the permit, shall be excluded from admission as seasonal worker for one or more subsequenadmission as a seasonal worker for so long as the Member State concerned chooses and for no matter what yrearson;
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 250 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) prohibit an employer who has not fulfilled the obligations arising out of the work contract shall be subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions. Such employers shall be excluded from applications for seasonal workers for one or more subsequenfrom applying for seasonal workers for so long as the Member State concerned chooses and for no matter what yrearson.
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 278 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay communicate to the Commission statistics on the number of residence permits and visas issued for the first time or renewed and, as far as possible, on the number of residence permits and visas withdrawn for the purpose of seasonal employment to persons who are third-country nationals, disaggregated by citizenship, age and sex, length of validity of the permit and economic sector.
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 279 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The statistics referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to reference periods of one calendar year and shall be communicated to the Commission within six months of the end of the reference year. The first reference year shall be [the year following the point of time referred to in Article 20(1)].deleted
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 283 #

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by (24 months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union) 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. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.Transposition deleted
2011/07/20
Committee: LIBEEMPL
Amendment 1 #

2010/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) This Regulation may only enter into force if Albania as a member of, and Bosnia and Herzegovina as an observer at, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) give up their membership or observer status respectively.
2010/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2009/0165(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The main objective of this Directive is to develop further minimum standards for procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection with a view to establishing a common asylum procedure in the Community.
2011/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2009/0165(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay provide for interpretation arrangements in order to ensure communication between persons who wish to make an application for international protection and border guards or personnel of detention facilities.
2011/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2009/0165(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they shall receive the services of an interpreter for submitting their case to the competent authorities whenever necessary. Member States shall consider it necessary to give these services at least when the determining authority calls upon the applicant to be interviewed as referred to in Articles 13, 14, 15, 16 and 30 and appropriate communication cannot be ensured without such services. In this case and in other cases where the competent authorities call upon the applicant, these services shall be paid for out of public fundsprimarily by the applicant;
2011/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2009/0165(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) ensure that the person who conducts an interview on the substance of an application for international protection does not wear a uniform;deleted
2011/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2008/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each set of data relating to a third country national or stateless person as referred to in Article 11(1) shall be stored in the Central System for oneten years from the date on which the fingerprints of the third country national or stateless person were taken. Upon expiry of this period, the Central System shall automatically erase the data from the Central System.
2010/12/10
Committee: LIBE