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1054 Amendments of Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Amendment 10 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Facebook revealed the mobile phone number of its users for commercial purposes, which was a clear breach of Facebook’s data-use policy that states: “We do not share information that personally identifies you … with advertising, measurement or analytics partners unless you give us permission”; whereas Facebook has also developed a "conversion pixel" — basically a type of tracking device — within ads displayed on Facebook, which allows advertisers to target users directly with ads and then measure exactly how they respond to them;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Recital U
Q. whereas the investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom also covered the link between Cambridge Analytica, its parent company SCL Elections Limited and Aggregate IQ and involves allegations that personal data, obtained from Facebook, may have been misused by both sides in the UK referendum on membership of the EU and used to target voters during the 2016 American Presidential election process; whereas the investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom was mainly conducted under the Data Protection Act 1998 and under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) 2003, whilst also projecting forward to the General Data Protection Regulation where appropriate;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Recital V
V. whereas the UK House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee heard evidence that showed alleged Russian interference in electoral processes in the EU and urged the responsible national authorities to investigate these allegations; whereas in the US, a Special Counsel was appointed in May 2017 to investigate Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential elections and related matters and whereas this investigation is ongoing;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Recital X
X. whereas the Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom has already issued 23 Information Notices to 17 different organisations and individuals, including Facebook on 23 February 2018, to request provision of information from the organisations in a structured way; while Facebook confirmed on 18 May 2018 that Aggregate IQ created and, in some cases, placed advertisements on behalf of the DUP Vote to Leave campaign, Vote Leave, BeLeave and Veterans for Britain;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Recital Z
Z. whereas figures from the Electoral Commission of the UK have shown that the political parties in the United Kingdom spent £3.2 million on direct Facebook advertising during the 2017 general election;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Recital Z b a (new)
Z b a. whereas Facebook has been accused by political representatives, media outlets and a growing part of its employees of having a strong political liberal bias which Mark Zuckerberg did not deny during his audition in front of the US Senate;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 1
1. Expects all online platforms to ensure full compliance with Union data protection law, namely the GDPR and Directive 2002/58/EC (e-Privacy) and to help users understand how their personal information is processed in the targeted advertising model of only users that opt in for providing this data, and that effective controls are available, which includes greater transparency in relation to the privacy settings, and the design and prominence of privacy notices;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises that it is strictly forbidden for any online platforms to follow and process any non-user’s data;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Takes the view that in case the online platform is not able to guarantee a high level of security and protection of personal data, the platform should be banned;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of Facebook's statement that itFinds it unacceptable that Facebook exclusively uses data of non- Facebook users to create aggregated datasets from which it derives conclusions about how the service is used;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the digital age requires electoral laws to be adapted to this new digital reality and suggests; it remains the sole decision of Member States whether to introduce an obligatory system of digital imprints for electronic campaigning and advertising. Any form of political advertising should include easily accessible and understandable information on the publishing organisation and who is legally responsible for spending so that it is clear who sponsored campaigns, similar to existing requirements for printed campaign materials currently in place in various Member States;
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 11
11. Considers election interference to be a great challenge for democracy which requires a joint effort involving service providers, regulators and political actors and parties; welcomes the intention of the Commission to provide recommendations in this regard;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 12
12. Is of the opinion that if companies fail to agree and implement such a Code of Conduct on ethical campaigning, the European Commission should introduce regulation to make such ethical rules compulsory;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that data protection authorities should have the same, if not more technical expert knowledge as those organisations under scrutiny. Suggests this objective could be reached by introducing funding by a levy on the sector concerned;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2018/2855(RSP)


Paragraph 33
33. Is of the opinion Eurojust should urgently initiate, in cooperation with Member States authorities a special investigation into the alleged misuse of the online political space by foreign forces; calls on the Commission to swiftly come up with the necessary proposals to enlarge the competences of EPPO to include prosecution of crimes against electoral infrastructure;deleted
2018/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas European citizens are protected from discrimination by the Charter of Fundamental Rights that covers sex, race, colour, ethnicity, or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age andor sexual orientation;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. StressNotes that Article 2 of the TEU has a duty to protect minorities and to guarantee their rights; notes that Article 2 offrames the protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities as one of the fundamental values of the EU; points out, however, that the TEU framesTreaties, following the approtectionach of minorities as one of the fundamental values of the EUternational law, do not define the term ‘minorities’, which gives rise to legal ambiguity; further notes that Articles 21 (on non- discrimination) and 22 (on cultural, religious and linguistic diversity) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights acquired legally binding form in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU has a duty to protect minorities and to guarantee their rights; notes that Article 2 of the TEU frames the protection of minorities as one of the fundamental values of the EU; further notes that Articles 21 (on non- discrimination) and 22 (on cultural, religious and linguistic diversity) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights acquired legally binding form in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);(Does not affect the English version.)
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that there are Member States which do not extend voting rights in European Parliament elections to their nationals, who are European citizens; points out that this limits the diversity of views in the Parliament and mitigates the accountability of the European institutions to European citizensprinciple of universal suffrage;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the UK Government to ensure that the rights of EU citizens living in the UK are protected post-Brexit, an entitlement they possess under the Treaties.deleted
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the FRA report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014, shows thatdidn’t research one of the root causes of violence against women nerelateds to be tackled in all EU Member States, including those which have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)religion or ideology such as Islam and need to be tackled in all EU Member States, given the extent of the problem, the severe consequences of violence and the impact it has on women’sEU-citizens’ lives as well as on society as a whole;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas freedom of speech and freedom of expression are the cornerstones of our societies and should remain protected at all cost;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas in democratic societies, freedom of assembly is one of the instruments by which people can participate in the public debate and bring about social change; whereas media freedom, pluralism and independence are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and are vital to the democratic functioning of the EU and its Member States; whereas journalists and other media actors in the EU face multiple attacks, threats and pressures from state and non-state actors causing possible self- censorship;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas Article 21 (1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that any discrimination based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, languages or membership of a national minority shall be prohibited; whereas migrants, descendants of migrants and members of minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life; whereas, in spite of numerous calls on the Commission, only limited steps have been taken to ensure the effective protection of minorities; whereas persistent racist and xenophobic attitudes are embraced by opinion leaders and politicians across the EU, fostering a social climate that provides fertile ground for racism, discrimination and hate crimes;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression and information, which includes the right of freedom to hold opinions, and to receive and impart information and ideas;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas discrimination on grounds of gender is in violation with article 19 TFEU;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the arrival in Europe of illegal migrants and asylum seekers continued in 2017; whereas this reality requires real EU solidarity to put in place adequate reception structures for those most in need and most vulnerable; whereas many migrants place their lives in the hands of smugglers and criminals and are vulnerable to violations of their rights, including violence, abuse and exploitation; whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked and sexually abused at the hands of traffickers and there is therefore a need to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and the exploitation of children, in line with the commitments set out in the Valletta Action Plan are due to the open border policy and Schengen, while many Member States want to be sovereign and in control of their borders as has been proven by reinforced border controls in many Member States and election results in Italy, Hungary, Austria and Bavaria;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the FRA has become a centre of excellence in providing fundamental rights evidence to the EU institutions and Member States;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that the 2017 FRA paper entitled ‘Challenges to women’s human rights in the EU’ confirms that women and girls experience persistent gender discrimination, sexist hate speech, and genderreligious-based violence and intimidation in the EU, which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls in this regard on EU Member States to consider six main areas of intervention to step up their commitment to safeguarding the dignity and rights of women and girls, as suggested in the FRA report: empowering equality bodies to deal with the entire range of issues that impacts on women’s rights, from gender equality to violence against women; improving safety online; promoting gender equality in education and life-long learning more effectively; introducing gender quotas as a bold step towards positive action; mainstreaming gender equality in the coordination of economic policies across the EU through the European Semester; improving data collection and dissemination of knowledge on all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds that discrimination on grounds of gender is in violation with article 19 TFEU;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession toRegrets that the Istanbul Convention signed on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women against violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the Code of Conduct, which will govern the implementation of the Convention by the EUoes not include religious-based induced violence;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life; calls onwelcomes Member States to address the key obstacles to gender equality in economic empowerment and political participation, including sexual harassment which hampers women’s full participation in the labour market; highlights the fact that gender stereotypes must be tackled from an early age to effectively address the under- representation of women in work, decision making and politics; calls on Member States to appropriately address this issue in school curricula;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to life, to health, to be free from torture and ill-treatment, to privacy, equality and non-discrimination; recalls that Member States have the obligation, under international human rights law, to provide all women with accessible, affordable, good quality sexual and reproductive healthcare and services; notes that this should include the elimination of laws, policies and practices that infringe upon these rights as well as the prevention of the erosion of existing protections;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 148 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes Member States to take adequate measures to safeguard and promote a pluralist, independent and free media landscape in the service of democratic society, including the independence and sustainability of the media, which are crucial elements of a favourable environment for freedom of expression;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that public deliberation and debate are the lifeblood of a healthy and functioning democracy and encourages, in this context, the EU and the Member States to take further steps to safeguards and protect freedom of speech and assembly as basic principles of democratic processes; strongly condemns in this regard the increasing restrictions on freedom of assembly, which the authorities have enforced in some cases with violence against protesters; reaffirms the crucial role of these fundamental freedoms in the functiassembly and freedom of speech including the right to publish all opinions in (onling of democratic societies and calls on the Commission to take an active role in promoting these rights in line with international human rights standarde)media as basic principles of democratic processes;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 155 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reminds the EU institutions that all citizens have a guaranteed right to freedom of speech; calls on the EU institutions to respect this right of EU citizens to freedom of speech in all their decisions, actions and policies, as a means to thoroughly uphold media pluralism and media freedom;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses its concern that few specific legal provisions to ensure the protection of media actors from violence, threats and pressures can be identified at national level in EU Member States; expresses its concern over the precarious working conditions for journalists including non-paid reporters, bloggers or columnists and the amount of psychological violence they witness, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedoerefore could threaten media freedom and media pluralism;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the factNotes that whistle- blowing is an essential element in investigative journalism and press freedom, and in this context recalls its resolution of 24 October 2017 on legitimate measurtherefore welcomes Member States to have protection for whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies3; __________________ 3in national law accordingly; __________________ 3 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0402. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0402.
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 184 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes initiatives of Member States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists and other media actors, enabling them to perform their work in full independence and without undue interference – such as the threat of violence, harassment, financial, economic and political pressure, pressure to disclose confidential sources and materials, targeted surveillance, and the opinion of the ‘EU versus disinformation’;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 201 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that all EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of migrant and refugee children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion; calls on Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights, including children’s rights, in regular school curricuhave laws against aggression in national law;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 223 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to systematically record, collect and publish annually comparable data on ethnic discrimination and hate crime in order to enable them and other key stakeholders to develop effective, evidence-based legal and policy responses to these phenomena; recalls that any data should be collected in accordance with national legal frameworks and EU data protection legislation;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 230 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism; points out that the Member States should review their national integration strategies to ensure that all people regardless of race, ethnicity, religion gender or any other status are empowered to engage actively in the process of inclusion by promoting their social, economic, political and cultural participation in society; __________________ 4deleted OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary to step up efforts to uphold and reinforce the rule of law; recalls that these actors have the responsibility to address rule of law concerns and that they play an important role in preventing any erosion of the rule of law, which is not a blind application of law but our democratic acceptance of being ruled by law;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 289 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; insists that Article 7 of the TEU should be employed if all other remedies have failed;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 303 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5 , adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU; __________________ 5deleted OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 312 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Shares the view that any rule of law assessment should be based on solid, objective and comparable data and analysis; Welcomes in this regard the FRA’s new European Union Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS), which will bring together all existing information relevant to fundamental rights delivered under the different mechanisms at UN, Council of Europe and EU level;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 316 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that improving the quality, independence and efficiency of national justice systems, in particular judges, prosecutors and lawyers, remains a key priority of the European Union; stresses that there is an urgent need to introduce a gender-sensitive perspective into the Member States’ legal and judicial systems, including the development and institutionalisation of the gender component into training programmes for all judiciary staffremains part of the sovereignty of Member States;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 347 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee that the interoperability of large-scale IT systems does not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons, such as applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection, or to discriminatory profiling; calls on Member States to ensure that the implementation of interoperability aims at fulfilling a child protection objective, such as identifying missing children and assisting family reunification;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 384 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises the work carried out by different NGOs operating in the Mediterranean in their effort to save lives and provide humanitarian assistance to those in need; calls on Member States to transpose the humanitarian assistance exemption provided for in the Facilitation Directive with the objective of reducing the unintended consequences the Facilitators’ Package has for citizens providing humanitarian assistance to migrants and on the social cohesion of the receiving society;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 390 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Whereas the collusion between some NGOs and smuggler networks have been documented, encouraging illegal migration toward Member States;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 391 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the urgent need to restore internal border controls;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 392 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Is of the opinion that also NGO's should completely obey the law;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 402 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Points out that renaming 'illegal migrants' as 'irregular migrants' does not make the act of crossing borders legal;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 406 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Is of the opinion that family reunification is a threat to order, security, culture preservation and national identity, without complete acceptance of the norms and values of the host country;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 408 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Role and mandate of the FRAdeleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 409 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the positive findings of the FRA’s second independent external evaluation for the period 2013 to 2017 (October 2017) and the pursuant recommendations from the FRA’s Management Board;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Reiterates the European Parliament’s calls for alignment of the FRA’s mandate with the Lisbon Treaty, including by making ‘explicit’ that the Founding Regulation covers police and judicial cooperation;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 413 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the opinions of the FRA on draft EU legislation and agrees with the recommendation of its Management Board that ‘[w]here the EU legislator deals with legislative files that raise fundamental rights questions, the Agency should be able to provide its assistance and expertise where and when it is needed and not only when it is formally requested. Therefore, in order to make full use of the Agency’s expertise in the legislative process, the Founding Regulation should allow the Agency to deliver non-binding opinions on draft EU legislation on its own initiative’;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 415 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Recommends that EU legislators requests independent and external human rights advice from the FRA whenever a legislative file raises serious fundamental rights concerns;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic traditionally established European minorities are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible and independent, and whereas protecting and promoting traditionally established European minority rights is essential for peace, security and stability and for promoting tolerance, mutual respect and understanding and co-operation among all persons living on their territory;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the protection of the rights of persons belonging to traditionally established European minorities can help build a sustainable future for Europe and contribute to guaranteeing the respect of the principles of dignity, equality and non- discrimination; whereas benefits are not limited to traditionally established European minorities since this protection and promotion will bring stability, economic development and prosperity to all;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the European Union’s cultural heritage is rich and diverse; whereas cultural heritage enriches the individual lives of citizens; whereas Article 3 of the TEU affirms, that ‘the Union shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe’s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced’; whereas traditionally established European minorities that have been living together in Europe contribute to this rich, unique and diverse heritage and are an integral part of the European identity;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Recalls that while protection of minorities is a part of the Copenhagen criteria, both for the candidate countries and for the Member States, there is no guarantee that candidate states stick to the commitments undertaken under the Copenhagen criteria once they became Member States; recallunderlines that there is no standard for minority rights in Union policy nor a common understanding of who can be considered a member of a minority; notneed for a common Union policy on minority rights; underlines that there is no definition of minorities in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, nor in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM); recommends that, with respect to the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and non-discrimination, such a definition should be based on the definition, laid down in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1201(1993) for an additional protocol on the rights of minorities to the European Convention on Human Rights, of a ‘national minority’ as a group of persons in a state whounderlines that minority rights are already defined by law in the Member States and therefore a Union policy in this field is neither necessary nor justified;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 141 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States, while to safeguarding the national citizenship, and calls on the Commission, while promoting the European identity and common values, to safeguard the right ofright of traditionally established national minorities to preserve, protect and develop their own identity, and to take the necessary steps to ensure the effective participation of traditionally established national minorities in social, economic and cultural life and in public affairs;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that traditionally established national minorities are groups of persons belonging to minorities who have been living on the same territory and sharing a common identity, in some instances as a result of border changes, in others as a result of living a long time in an area, whereby they have managed to preserve their identity; calls onwelcomes the Member States and the Commission to protect the cultural and linguistic identity of traditionally established national minorities, and to create conditions for the promotion of that identity; points to the important role that regional and local authorities in the EU can play in protecting traditionally established national minorities, and considers that administrative reorganisation and territorial districting must not have negative consequences for them;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that maintaining the European cultural heritage of the EU is a common interest of the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and its Member States to support, enhance and promote the cultural rights of natraditionally established European minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action n°98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) n° 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) n° 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) n° 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union has been renamed the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (the ‘Agency’) and its tasks have been expanded with full continuity in all its activities and procedures. The key role of the Agency should be to establish a technical and operational strategy as part of the multiannual strategic policy cycle for implementation of European integrated border management, to oversee the effectivmonitor the functioning of border control at the external borders, to carry out risk analysis and vulnerability assessments, to provide increased technical and operational assistance to Member States and third countries through joint operations and rapid border interventions, to ensure the practical execution of measures in a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, to provide technical and operational assistance in the support of search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea, to organise, coordinate and conduct return operations and return interventions and provide technical and operational assistance to return activities of third countries.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) However, the Union’s framework in the area of control of external borders, returns and asylum. still needs to be further improved. To that end and to further underpin the current and future envisaged operational efforts, the European Border and Coast Guard should be reformed by giving the European Border and Coast Guard Agency a stronger mandate and, in particular, by providing it with the necessary capabilities in the form of a European Border and Coast Guard standing corps of 10 000 operational staff with executive powers to effectively support Member States on the ground in their efforts to protect the external borders, fight secondary movements and significantly step up the effective return of irregular llegal immigrants.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 148 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) In its conclusions of 28 June 2018, the European Council called for strengthening further the supportive role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, including in the cooperation with third countries, through increased resources and an enhanced mandate, with a view to ensure the effective control of the external borders and significantly stepping up the effective return of irregular llegal immigrants.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 153 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) It is necessary to monitor the crossing of the external borders efficiently, address migratory challenges and potential future threats at the external borders, ensure a high level of internal security within the Union, safeguard the functioning of the Schengen area and respect the overarching principle of solidarity. That should be accompanied by the proactive management of migration, including the necessary measures in third countries. In view of what has been stated, it is necessary to consolidate the European Border and Coast Guard and to further expand the mandate of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The Agency should be constituted principally by a European Border and Coast Guard standing corps consisting of 10,000 operational staff.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to reflect the further qualitative enhancement of its mandate, in particular by providing it with its own operational arm, the European Border and Cost Guard standing corps of 10,000 operational staff, the Agency formerly known as Frontex should from now on be referred to as and operate exclusively under the name "the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) Agency". This change should be reflected in all relevant instances, including its visualisation in the external communication materials.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The implementation of this Regulation does not affect the division of competence between the Union and the Member States or the obligations of Member States under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and other relevant international instruments.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 181 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The implementation of this Regulation does not affectimplies the repeal of Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . _________________ 18 Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, 9. p.93).
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 213 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) The Agency should prepare general and tailored risk analyses based on a common integrated risk analysis model, to be applied by the Agency itself and by Member States. The Agency should, based also on information provided by Member States, provide adequate information covering all aspects relevant to European integrated border management, especially border control, return, irregular secondary movements of third-country nationals within the Union, prevention of cross- border crime including facilitation of unauthorisedillegal border crossings, trafficking in human beings, terrorism and threats of a hybrid nature, as well as the situation in relevant third countries, so as to allow for appropriate measures to be taken or to tackle identified threats and risks with a view to improving the integrated management of the external borders.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Given its activities at the external borders, the Agency should contribute to preventing and detecting serious crime with a cross-border dimension, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings and terrorism, where it is appropriate for it to act and where it has obtained relevant information through its activities. It should coordinate its activities with Europol as the agency responsible for supporting and strengthening Member States' actions and their cooperation in preventing and combating serious crime affecting two or more Member States. Cross-border crimes necessarily entail a cross-border dimension. Such a cross- border dimension is characterised by crimes directly linked to unauthorisedillegal crossings of the external borders, including trafficking in human beings or smuggling of migrants. That said, Article 1(2) of Council Directive 2002/90/EC19 allows Member States not to impose sanctions where the aim of the behaviour is to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants. _________________ 19 Council Directive 2002/90/EC of 28 November 2002 defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence (OJ L 328, 5.12.2002, p. 17).
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 224 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The Agency should carry out a vulnerability assessment based on objective criteria, to assess the capacity and readiness of the Member States to face challenges at their external borders and to contribute to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps and technical equipment pool. The vulnerability assessment should include an assessment of the equipment, infrastructure, staff, budget and financial resources of Member States as well as their contingency plans to address possible crises at the external borders. Member States should take measures to address any deficiencies identified in that assessment. The executive director should identify the measures to be taken and recommend them to the Member State concerned. The executive director should also set a time-limit within which those measures should be taken and closely monitor their timely implementation. Where the necessary measures are not taken within the set time-limit, the matter should be referred to the management board for a further decision.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 241 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) In cases where there is a specific and disproportionate challenge at the external borders, the Agency should, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, organise and coordinate rapid border interventions and deploy both teams from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps and technical equipment, including from the Rapid Reaction Equipment Pool. Rapid border interventions should provide reinforcement for a limitn agreed period of time in situations where an immediate response is required and where such an intervention would provide an effective response. To ensure the effective operation of such intervention, Member States should make operational staff of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps available to form relevant teams and provide the necessary technical equipment. The Agency and the Member State concerned should agree upon an operational plan.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 275 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) When justified by the results of the vulnerability assessment, risk analysis or when a critical impact is attributed to one or more border sections, the executive Director of the Agency should recommend to the Member State concerned to initiate and carry out joint operations or rapid border interventions.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 279 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
(50) Where control of the external border is rendered ineffective to such an extent that it risks deemed jeopardising the functioning of the Schengen area, either because a Member State does not take the necessary measures in line with a vulnerability assessment or because a Member State facing specific and disproportionate challenges at the external borders has not requested sufficient support from the Agency or is not implementing such support, a unified, rapid and effective response should be delivered at Union level. For the purpose of mitigating these risks, and to ensure better coordination at Union level, the Commissionuncil should identify the measures to be implemented by the Agency and require the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. The Agency should then determine the actions to be taken for the practical execution of the measures indicated in the Commissionuncil decision. An operational plan should be drawn up by the Agency together with the Member State concerned. The Member State concerned should facilitate the implementation of the Commission decision and the operational plan by implementing among others its obligations provided for in Articles 44, 83 and 84. If a Member State does not comply within 30 days with that Commission decision and does not cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of the measures contained in that decision, the Commission should be able to trigger the specific procedure provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 to face exceptional circumstances putting the overall functioning of the area without internal border control at risk. _________________ 21 Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p. 1).
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
(51) The European Border and Coast Guard standing corps should be a standing corps composed of 10,000 operational staff being border guards, return escorts, return specialists and other relevant staff. The standing corps should be composed of three categories of operational staff, namely statutory staff members employed by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, staff seconded to the Agency by the Member States for long term durations and staff provided by Member States for short term deployments. The European Border and Coast Guard standing corps should be deployed in the framework of border management teams, migration management support teams or return teams.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 291 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
(53) Member States should ensure their respective minimum contributions to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps in accordance with Annexe III for long term secondments and Annex IV for short term deployments. The individual contributions of Member States have been established based on the distribution key agreed during the negotiations in 2016 for the Rapid Reaction Pool and set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1624.This distribution key was proportionally adapted to the size of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps. These contributions were also set up. The individual contributions of Member States should be set up by the Council based on the needs identified in the multiannual strategic policy cycle and in a proportionate way for the Schengen associated countries.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 326 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
(71) The Agency should also provide technical and operational assistance to return activities of third countries, in particular when such assistance is justified by the priorities of the irregular llegal immigration policy of the Union.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 354 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
(88) This Regulation should establish a complaints mechanism for the Agency in cooperation with the fundamental rights officer, to safeguard the respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency. This should be an administrative mechanism whereby the fundamental rights officer should be responsible for handling complaints received by the Agency in accordance with the right to good administration. The fundamental rights officer should review the admissibility of a complaint, register admissible complaints, forward all registered complaints to the executive director, forward complaints concerning members of the teams to the home Member State, and register the follow-up by the Agency or that Member State. The mechanism should be effective, ensuring that complaints are properly followed up. The complaints mechanism should be without prejudice to access to administrative and judicial remedies and not constitute a requirement for seeking such remedies. Criminal investigations should be conducted by the Member States. In order to increase transparency and accountability, the Agency should report on the complaints mechanism in its annual report. It should cover in particular the number of complaints it has received, the types of fundamental rights violations involved, the operations concerned and, where possible, the follow-up measures taken by the Agency and Member States. The Fundamental Rights Officer should have access to all information concerning respect for fundamental rights in relation to all the activities of the Agency.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 371 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 101
(101) In order to ensure the effective implementation of European Integrated Border Management through a multiannual strategic policy cycle, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect to the setting of policy priorities and the provision of strategic guidelines for European Integrated Border Management. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 377 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a European Border and Coast Guard to ensure European Integrated Border Management at the external borders with a view to managing the crossing of those external borders efficiently, as well as increasing the efficiency of the common return policy as a key component of sustainable migration managementanagement of immigration coming from third countries.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 381 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The Regulation addresses migratory challengesissues raised by immigration, including return, and potential future threats at those borders, thereby contributing to addressing serious crime with a cross-border dimension, to ensure a high level of internal security within the Union in full respect for fundamental rights, while safeguarding the free movement of persons within it.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 404 #

2018/0330(COD)

(19) ‘immigration management support team’ means a team of experts which provide technical and operational reinforcement to Member States, including at hotspot areas or in controlled centres, composed of operational staff from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps, experts deployed by the [the European Union Agency for Asylum], and from Europol, or other relevant Union agencies as well as from Member States; (Linguistic amendment which applies throughout the text)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 431 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 a (new)
(31 a) 'principle of non-refoulement' means the prohibition of expulsion or return according to Article 33 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – title
European Integrated External Border Management (This amendment applies throughout the text)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 441 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea launched and carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 andcarried out at the orders of the host Member State, in accordance with international law, taking place in situations which may arise during border surveillance operations at seaoperations at sea provided by this Regulation;
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 460 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) The Agency shall include the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps of 10 000 operational staff as referred to in Article 55.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 488 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission and the European Border and Coast Guarduncil shall ensure the effectiveness of European Integrated Border Management through a multiannual strategic policy cycle for the European Integrated Border Management.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 493 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
(4) Based on the strategic risk analysis for European Integrated Border Management referred to in Article 30(2), the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 118 developing a multiannual strategic policy for European Integrated Border Management. That delegated act and the vulnerability assessment referred to in Article 33, the Commission shall submit to the Council a proposal for a decision on a multiannual strategic policy for European Integrated Border Management. The Council may amend the Commission’s proposal and adopt the amended text as a Council decision. That decision shall define policy priorities and provide the strategic guidelines for the following four years in relation to the components set out in Article 3.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 499 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
(5) In order to implement the delegated actcision referred to in paragraph 4, the Agency shall, by decision of the management board, based on a proposal of the executive director, establish a technical and operational strategy for European integrated border management. The Agency shall take into account, where justified, the specific situation of the Member States, in particular their geographical location. This strategy shall be in line with Article 3 and the delegated actcision referred to in paragraph 4. It shall promote and support the implementation of European Integrated Border Management in all Member States.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 502 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
(6) In order to implement the delegated actcision referred to in paragraph 4, the Member States shall establish their national strategies for integrated border management through close cooperation between all national authorities responsible for the management of borders and return. Those national strategies shall be in line with Article 3, the delegated actcision referred to in paragraph 4 and the technical and operational strategy referred to in paragraph 5.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 504 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
(7) Forty-two months after the adoption of the delegated actcision referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission shall carry out, with the support of the Agency, a thorough evaluation of its implementation. The results of the evaluation shall be communicated to the Council and the Parliament, and taken into account for the preparation of the following cycle.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 507 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8
(8) Where the situation at the external borders or in the area of return requires a change of the policy priorities, the Commission shall submit to the Council a proposal for a decision amending the multiannual strategic policy for European Integrated Border Management in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 4. The Council may amend the Commission’s proposal and adopt the amended text as a Council decision. Also the strategies mentioned in paragraph 5 and 6 shall be adapted where needed.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 511 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(1) On the basis of the multiannual strategic policy cycle for European Integrated Border Management referred to in Article 8, the European Border and Coast GuardMember States shall establish an integrated planning for border management and returns.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 540 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 8
8. provide technical and operational assistance to Member States and third countries in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 andrequired by the host Member States in accordance with international law, in support of search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea which may arise during border surveillance operations at seaoperations at sea carried out according to this Regulation;
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 556 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 16
16. assist Member States in circumstances requiring increased technical and operational assistance to implement the obligation to return irregular llegal immigrants, including, coordination or organisation of return operations;
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 629 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
(1) EUROSUR shall apply to border checks at authorised border crossing points, and to the surveillance of external land, sea and air borders, including the monitoring, detection, identification, tracking, prevention and interception of unauthorisedillegal border crossings for the purpose of detecting, preventing and combating illegal immigration and cross- border crime and contributing to ensuring the protection and saving the lives of immigrants.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 631 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
(2) EUROSUR shall not apply to any legal or administrative measure taken once the responsible authorities of a Member State have intercepted cross-border criminal activities or unauthorisedillegal crossings by persons of the external borders.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 643 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) an events layer including all events related to unauthorisedillegal external border crossings, and cross-border crime, and the detection of unauthorised secondary movements;
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 651 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
(1) The Agency shall establish and maintain a European situational picture in order to provide the national coordination centres and the Commission with effective, accurate and timely information and analysis, covering the external borders, and the pre-frontier area and unauthorised secondary movements.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 719 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The aim of the vulnerability assessment is for the Agency to assess the capacity and readiness of Member States to face upcoming challenges, including present and future threats and challenges at the external borders; to identify, especially for those Member States facing specific and disproportionate challenges, possible immediate consequences at the external borders and subsequent consequences on the functioning of the Schengen area; and to assess their capacity to contribute to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps and Technical Equipment Pool, including the Rapid Reaction Equipment Pool. For the purpose of vulnerability assessment, in the Member States to which the Schengen acquis applies in full as well as in Member States to which, in accordance with the relevant Protocols annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, the Schengen acquis applies in part, the Schengen evaluation mechanism established by Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 shall apply. In the remaining Member States, the provisions referred to this Article shall apply. (Paragraph 4 is moved as first paragraph of the Article.)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 729 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. The aim of the vulnerability assessment is for the Agency to assess the capacity and readiness of Member States to face upcoming challenges, including present and future threats and challenges at the external borders; to identify, especially for those Member States facing specific and disproportionate challenges, possible immediate consequences at the external borders and subsequent consequences on the functioning of the Schengen area; and to assess their capacity to contribute to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps and Technical Equipment Pool, including the Rapid Reaction Equipment Pool. That assessment is without prejudice to the Schengen evaluation mechanism.deleted (Paragraph 4 is moved as first paragraph of the Article.)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 741 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 7
7. When necessary the executive director shall, in consultation with the Member State concerned, make a recommendation setting outuggesting the necessary measures to be taken by the Member State concerned and the time limit within which such measures shall be implemented. The executive director shall invite the Member States concerned to take the necessary measures based on an action plan developed by the Member State in consultation with the executive director.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 753 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
The Executive Director shall monitor the implementation of the recommendations by means of regular reports submitted by the Member States based on the action plans referred to in paragraph 7 of this Articland offer support by the Agency to facilitate the implementation of the measure.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 754 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
In case of a risk of delay in the implementation of a recommendation by a Member State within the set time-limit, the Executive Director shall immediately inform the member of the Management Board from the Member State concerned and the Commission and enquire with the relevant authorities of that Member State on the reasons for the delay and offer support by the Agency to facilitate the implementation of the measure.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 761 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 10
10. Where a Member State does not implement the necessary measures of the recommendation within the time limit referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article, the executive director shall refer the matter to the management board and notify the Commission. The management board shall adopt a decision on a proposal of the executive director setting out the necessary measures to be taken by the Member State concerned and the time limit within which such measures shall be implemented. TThe executive director shall report to the Council and the Commission as regards the implementation of the measures suggested in the drecision of the management board shall be binding on the Member State. If the Member State does not implement the measures within the time limit foreseen in that decision, the management board shall notify the Council and the Commission and further action may be taken in accordance withommendation referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article 43.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 805 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) within the framework of operations mentioned in points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 and international law, provide the technical and operational assistance torequired by Member States and third countries, in support of search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea which may arise during border surveillance operations at seaoperations at sea carried out according to this Regulation;
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 815 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may request that the Agency launch joint operations to face upcoming challengethreats, including illegal immigration, present or future threats at its external borders or cross-border crime, or to provide increased technical and operational assistance when implementing its obligations with regard to the control of the external borders.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 817 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. At the request of a Member State faced with a situation of specific and disproportionate challenges, especially the arrival at points of the external borders of large numbers of third-country nationals trying to enter the territory of that Member State without authorisation, the Agency may deploy a rapid border intervention for a limitn agreed period of time on the territory of that host Member State.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 822 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) a description of the tasks, powers, responsibilities, including with regard to the respect for fundamental rights, and special instructions for the teams, including on permissible consultation of databases and permissible service weapons, ammunition and equipment in the host Member State;
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 834 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Migration management support teams may be deployed, at the request of a Member State, or upon the initiative of the Agency and with the agreement of the Member State concerned, to provide technical and operational reinforcement to that Member State, in particular at hotspot areas and controlled centres.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 844 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3
3. The Commissionhost Member State shall, in cooperation with the host Member StateCommission and the relevant Union agencies, establish the terms of cooperation for the deployment of the migration management support teams as well as the deployment of technical equipment, and shall be responsible for the coordination of the activities of those teams.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 863 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. The executive director shall, based on the results of the vulnerability assessment or when a critical impact is attributed to one or more external border sections and taking into account the relevant elements in the Member State’s contingency plans, the Agency's risk analysis and the analysis layer of the European situational picture, recommend to the Member State concerned to initiate and carry out joint operations or rapid border interventions or any other relevant actions by the Agency as defined in Article 37.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 868 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – title
Situation at the external borders requiring urgent actionimperative and urgent action (This amendment applies throughout the text)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 873 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) a Member State does not take the necessary measures in accordance with a decision of the management board referred to in Article 33 (10); ordeleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 876 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) a Member State facing specific and disproportionate challenges at the external borders has either not requested sufficient support from the Agency under Article 38, Article 40, Article 41, Article 42 or is not taking the necessary steps to implement actions under thosen imperative and urgent action is deemed indispensable as a result of the negative reply of a Member State according to Articles 42(2),
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 879 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
the Council, upon proposal by the Commission, and after consulting the Agency, may adopt without delay a decision by means of an implementing act in accordance with the procedure as referred to in Article 117(3), identifying measures to mitigate those risks to be implemented by the Agency and requiring the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 890 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to the functioning of the Schengen area, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 117(4).deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 898 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. To mitigate the risk of putting in jeopardy the Schengen area, the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide for one or more of the following measures to be taken by the Agency:
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 913 #

2018/0330(COD)

4. The executive director shall, within two working days from the date of adoption of the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1,
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 941 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 8
8. The Member State concerned shall comply with the Commissionuncil decision referred to in paragraph 1. For that purpose it shall immediately cooperate with the Agency and take the necessary action, in particular by implementing the obligations provided in Articles 44, 83 and 84, to facilitate the implementation of that decision and the practical execution of the measures set out in that decision and in the operational plan.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 946 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
If the Member State concerned does not comply with the Commission decision referred to in paragraph 1 within 30 days and does not cooperate with the Agency pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Article, the Commission may trigger the procedure provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 961 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. The executive director shall terminathost Member State shall dispose for the termination of the activities of the Agency if the conditions to conduct those activities are no longer fulfilled. The executive director shall inform the Member State concerned prior and shall communicate to the executive director such termination.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 964 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. TIf the conditions to conduct those activities are no longer fulfilled, the Member States participating in a joint operation, rapid border intervention or migration management support team deployment may request that the executive directorhost Member State disposes for the suspension or the terminateion of that joint operation, or rapid border intervention or migration management support team deployment.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 965 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
4. The executive director shall, after consulting the fundamental rights officer and informing the Member State concerned, withdraw the financing of a joint operation, rapid border intervention, pilot project, migration management support team deployment, return operation, return intervention or working arrangement or suspend or terminate, in whole or in part such activities, if he or she considers that there are violations of fundamental rights or international protection obligations that are of a serious nature or are likely to persist. The executive director shall inform the management board of such a decision.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 973 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 5
5. If the executive directorhost Member State decides to suspend or terminate deployment by the Agency of a migration management support team, the or sheexecutive director shall inform the other relevant agencies active in that hotspot area or controlled centre of that decision.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 992 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) develop a reference model for a return case management system prescribing the structure of national return management systems, as well as provide technical and operational assistance to Member States in developing national return management systems aligned with the model;deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1027 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the competences of Member States as regards issuing return decisions and without entering into the merits of returnsuch decisions, the Agency shall provide technical and operational assistance and ensure the coordination or the organisation of return operations, including through the chartering of aircraft for the purpose of such operations or organising returns on scheduled flights. The Agency may, on its own initiative coordinate or organise return operations.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1046 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 6
6. The executive director shall evaluate the results of the return operations and shall transmit every six months a detailed evaluation report covering all return operations conducted in the previous semester to the Council, to the Parliament and to the management board, together with the observations of the fundamental rights officer. The executive director shall make a comprehensive comparative analysis of those results with a view to enhancing the quality, coherence and effectiveness of future return operations. The executive director shall include that analysis in the Agency's annual activity report.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1086 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A European Border and Coast Guard standing corps of 10 000 operational staff shall be part of the Agency. This standing corps shall be composed of the following three categories of staff in accordance with the annual availability scheme set in Annex I:
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1092 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In conjunction with the submission of the proposal for a decision referred to in Article 8(4), the Commission shall submit to the Council a proposal for a decision determining the annual plan of availability for each of the three categories of staff of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps for the time period corresponding to the strategic political cycle. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may amend the Commission proposal and adopt the text as amended in the form of a Council decision.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1099 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. OFollowing the Council decision referred to in paragraph 1, on a proposal by the executive director taking into account the Agency's risk analysis, the results of the vulnerability assessment and the multiannual strategic policy cycle, and building on the numbers and profiles available to the Agency through its statutory staff and ongoing secondments, the management board shall decide by 31 March of each year:
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1104 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 6
6. TWithin its statutory staff (Category 1), the Agency may recruit up to 4% of the total number of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps as staff having supportive functions for the establishment of the standing Corps, planning and management of its operations and for the acquisition of the Agency's own equipment.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1113 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall be responsible to ensure continuous contributions of operational staff as seconded team members in accordance withCouncil decision referred to in Article 55(1) shall determine the annual contributions of operational staff that each Member State shall be responsible to ensure as seconded team. Such contributions shall not go under those determined in Annex III.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1120 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the secondments in accordance with Article 57, by 30 June of each year, the Member States shall also contribute to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps by nominating border guards and other relevant staff to the national list of operational staff for short-term deployments (Category 3) in accordance with the contributions indicated in Annex IVCouncil decision referred to in Article 55(1) and in accordance with the specific numbers of profiles decided by the Management Board for the following year as referred to in Article 55(4). The national lists of nominated operational staff shall be communicated to the Agency. The payment of the costs incurred by staff deployed under this Article shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article 46(2).
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1163 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Based oOn a proposal of the executive director based on the multiannual strategic policy cycle for the European Integrated Border Management, after receiving the positive opinion of the Commissionuncil, the management board shall establish a comprehensive multiannual strategy on how the Agency's own technical capabilities shall be developed taking into account the multiannual strategic policy cycle for the European Integrated Border Management including the capability roadmap referred to in Article 9(4) as available and the budgetary resources made available for this purpose in the multiannual financial framework.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1165 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Agency does not have the required qualified statutory staff, the Member State of registration or the supplier of technical equipment shall provide the necessary experts and technical crew to operate the technical equipment in a legally sound and safe manner. Such experts and technical crew shall count as part of the contribution of that particular Member State to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps. In such case, technical equipment owned solely by the Agency shall be made available to the Agency upon its request and the Member State of registration may not invoke the exceptional situation referred to in Article 64(8).
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1179 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. Member States and the Agency shall establish operational plans for border management and returns. The operational plans of Member States related to border sections with high and critical impact levels shall be established in cooperation with neighbouring Member States and with the Agency. The Agency provides assistance to the Member States according to Article 7. For the activities of the Agency, operational planning for the following year shall be defined in annex to the single programming document referred to in Article 100 and for each specific operational activity through the operational plan referred to in Article 39 and Article 75(3).
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1196 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point k
(k) Missions and operations of the Common Security and Defence Policy.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1229 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency and Member States shall comply with Union law, including norms and standards which form part of the Union acquis, also when cooperation with third countries takes place on the territory of those countries.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1236 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. When doing so, it shall act within the framework of the external action policy of the Union, including with regard to the protection of fundamental rights and the principle of non-refoulement, with the support of, and in coordination with, Union delegations and, where relevant, CSDP missions and operations.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1245 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 4
4. Where available, it shall also act within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those authorities in accordance with Union law and policy, in accordance with 77(6). Those working arrangements shall specify the scope, nature and purpose of the cooperation and be related to the management of operational cooperation and may include provisions concerning the exchange of sensitive non-classified information and cooperation in the framework of EUROSUR in accordance with Article 75 (3). Any working arrangements on exchanging classified information shall be concluded in accordance with Article 77(6). The Agency shall comply with Union law, including norms and standards, which form part of the Union acquis.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1257 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may provide assistance to return activities of third countries and ensure the coordination or the organisation of return operations, during which a number of returnees are returned from this third country to another third country. Such return operations may be organised with participation of one or more Member States (‘mixed return operations’) or as national return operations, in particular when this is justified by the priorities of the irregular llegal immigration policy of the Union. The participating Member States and the Agency shall ensure that the respect of fundamental rights and the proportionate use of means of constraints are guaranteed during the whole removal operation, notably with the presence of forced return monitors and of third-country forced return escorts.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1283 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 3
3. The tasks of the Agency's liaison officers shall include, in compliance with Union law and respecting fundamental rights, establishing and maintaining contacts with the competent authorities of the third country to which they are assigned with a view to contributing to the prevention of and fight against illegal immigration and the return of returnees, including by providing technical assistance in identification of third-country nationals and the acquisition of travel documents. Those liaison officers shall coordinate closely with Union delegations and, where relevant, CSDP missions and operations.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1289 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency may, with the agreement of the Member States concerned, invite observers of Union institutions, bodies, offices, agencies or international organisations and CSDP missions and operations to participate in its activities, in particular joint operations and pilot projects, risk analysis and training, to the extent that their presence is in accordance with the objectives of those activities, may contribute to the improvement of cooperation and the exchange of best practices, and does not affect the overall safety and security of those activities. The participation of those observers in risk analysis and training may take place only with the agreement of the Member States concerned. As regards joint operations and pilot projects, the participation of observers shall be subject to the agreement of the host Member State. Detailed rules on the participation of observers shall be included in the operational plan. Those observers shall receive appropriate training from the Agency prior to their participation.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1297 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 2
2. In performing of its tasks, the European Border and Coast Guard shall ensure that no person is disembarked in, forced to enter, conducted to, or otherwise handed over or returned to, the authorities of a country in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement, or from which there is a risk of expulsion or return to another country in contravention of that principle.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1299 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In performing of its tasks the European Border and Coast Guard shall take into account the special needs of children, unaccompanied minors, persons with disabilities, victims of trafficking in human beings, persons in need of medical assistance, persons in need of international protection, and persons in distress at sea and other persons in a particularly vulnerable situation.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1307 #

2018/0330(COD)

3. Without prejudice to Article 94(1) as regards statutory staff of the Agency, members of the teams may only perform tasks and exercise powers under direct instructions from and, as a general rule, in the presence of border guards or staff involved in return- related tasks of the host Member State. The host Member State may authorise members of the teams to actMembers of the teams shall act solely upon mandate of the host Member State and on its behalf.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1308 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Members of the teams deployed from the Agency’s statutory operational staff or deployed following secondment for aboth long- term and short- term duration to the Agency by the Member States shall wear, where appropriate, the uniform of the European Border and Cost Guard standing corps while performing their tasks and exercising their powers. Members of the teams deployed from Member States for a short duration shall wear, where appropriate, their own uniform while performing their tasks and exercising their powers.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1311 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
All the members of the teams shall also wear visible personal identification and a blue armband with the insignias of the Union and of the Agency on their uniforms, identifying them as participating in a joint operation, migration management support team deployment, pilot project, rapid border intervention, return operation or return intervention. For the purposes of identification vis-à-vis the national authorities of the host Member State, members of the teams shall at all times carry an accreditation document, which they shall present upon request.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1314 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The design and specifications for uniforms of the European Border and Coast guards standing corps shall be established by a Commission implementing decision adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 117(3).deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1318 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 6
6. While performing their tasks and exercising their powers, members of the teams shall be authorised to use force, including service weapons, ammunition and equipment, with the consent of the home Member State and the host Member State or, for the Agency's staff with the consent of the Agency and the host Member State, in the presence of border guards of the host Member State and in accordance with the national law of the host Member State. The host Member State may, with the consent of the home Member State or the Agency where appropriate authorise members of the teams to use force in the absence of border guards of the host Member State.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1325 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 9
9. Decisions to refuse entry in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 shall be taken only by border guards of the host Member State or by the members of the teams if expressly authorised by the host Member State to act on its behalf.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1327 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Agency shall, in cooperation with the host Member State, issue a document in the official languages of the host Member State and at least another official language of the institutions of the Union to the members of the teams for the purpose of identifying them and as proof of the holder's rights to perform tasks and exercise powers as referred to in Article 83. The document shall include the following features of each member of the teams:
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1459 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106
1. A consultative forum shall be established by the Agency to assist the executive director and the management board with independent advice in fundamental rights matters. 2. The Agency shall invite EASO, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant organisations to participate in the consultative forum. On a proposal by the executive director, the management board shall decide on the composition of the consultative forum and the terms of the transmission of information to the consultative forum. The consultative forum shall, after consulting the management board and the executive director, define its working methods and set up its work programme. 3. The consultative forum shall be consulted on the further development and implementation of the fundamental rights strategy, on the establishment of the complaints mechanism, on codes of conduct and on common core curricula. 4. The consultative forum shall prepare an annual report of its activities. That report shall be made publicly available. 5. Without prejudice to the tasks of the fundamental rights officer, the consultative forum shall have effective access to all information concerning the respect for fundamental rights, including by carrying out on-the-spot visits to joint operations or rapid border interventions subject to the agreement of the host Member State, and to hotspot areas or controlled centres, return operations and return interventions.Article 106 deleted Consultative forum (The references to the consultative forum throughout the text are deleted accordingly)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1472 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107
1. A fundamental rights officer shall be appointed by the management board. He or she shall have the tasks of contributing to the Agency's fundamental rights strategy, of monitoring its compliance with fundamental rights and of promoting its respect of fundamental rights. The fundamental rights officer shall have the necessary qualifications and experience in the field of fundamental rights. 2. The fundamental rights officer shall be independent in the performance of his or her duties. He or she shall report directly to the management board and cooperate with the consultative forum. The fundamental rights officer shall so report on a regular basis and as such contribute to the mechanism for monitoring fundamental rights. 3. The fundamental rights officer shall be consulted on the operational plans drawn up in accordance with Articles 39, 43, 54(4) and 75(3). He or she shall have access to all information concerning respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency.Article 107 deleted Fundamental rights officer (The references to the fundamental rights officer throughout the text are deleted accordingly)
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1496 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – title
Complaints mechanism
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1497 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall, in cooperation with the fundamental rights officer, take the necessary measures to set up a complaints mechanism in accordance with this Article take the necessary measures to monitor and ensure the respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency under this Regulation.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1503 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 2
2. Any person who is directly affected by the actions of staff involved in a joint operation, pilot project, rapid border intervention, migration management support team deployment, joint return operation or return intervention and who considers him or herself to have been the subject of a breach of his or her fundamental rights due to those actions, or any party representing such a person, may submit a complaint in writing to the Agency may submit a complaint to the judicial authority competent for the territory where such activities have been carried out, in accordance with the relevant national law.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1507 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 3
3. Only substantiated complaints involving concrete fundamental rights violations shall be admissible.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1512 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 4
4. The fundamental rights officer shall be responsible for handling complaints received by the Agency in accordance with the right to good administration. For this purpose, the fundamental rights officer shall review the admissibility of a complaint, register admissible complaints, forward all registered complaints to the executive director, forward complaints concerning members of the teams to the home Member State, inform the relevant authority or body competent for fundamental rights in a Member State, and register and ensure the follow-up by the Agency or that Member State.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1518 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 5
5. In accordance with the right to good administration, if a complaint is admissible, complainants shall be informed that a complaint has been registered, that an assessment has been initiated and that a response may be expected as soon as it becomes available. If a complaint is forwarded to national authorities or bodies, the complainant shall be provided with their contact details. If a complaint is not admissible, complainants shall be informed of the reasons and, if possible, provided with further options for addressing their concerns. Any decision shall be in written form and reasoned.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1522 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 6
6. In the case of a registered complaint concerning a staff member of the Agency, the executive director shall ensure appropriate follow-up, in consultation with the fundamental rights officer, including disciplinary measures as necessary. The executive director shall report back within a determined timeframe to the fundamental rights officer as to the findings and follow-up made by the Agency in response to a complaint, including disciplinary measures as necessary. If a complaint is related to data protection issues, the executive director shall involve the data protection officer of the Agency. The fundamental rights officer and the data protection officer shall establish, in writing, a memorandum of understanding specifying their division of tasks and cooperation as regards complaints received.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1529 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 7
7. If a complaint is registered that concerns a team member of a host Member State or a team member from other participating Member States, including a seconded member of the teams or seconded national expert, the home Member State shall ensure appropriate follow-up, including disciplinary measures as necessary or other measures in accordance with national law. The relevant Member State shall report back to the fundamental rights officer as to the findings and follow-up made in response to the complaint within a determined time period, and if necessary, at regular intervals thereafter. The Agency shall follow-up the matter if no report is received from the relevant Member State.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1534 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 8
8. Where a team member is found to have violated fundamental rights or international protection obligations, the Agency may request that the Member State remove that member immediately from the activity of the Agency or the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1538 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 9
9. The fundamental rights officer shall report to the executive director and to the management board as to the Agency's and Member States' findings and follow-up made in response to complaints. The Agency shall include information on the complaints mechanism in its annual report.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1543 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 10
10. The fundamental rights officer shall, in accordance with the provisions set out in paragraphs 1 to 9 and after consulting the consultative forum, draw up a standardised complaint form requiring detailed and specific information concerning the alleged breach of fundamental rights. The fundamental rights officer shall also draw up any further detailed rules as necessary. The fundamental rights officer shall submit that form and such further detailed rules to the executive director and to the management board. The Agency shall ensure that information about the possibility and procedure for making a complaint is readily available, including for vulnerable persons. The standardised complaint form shall be made available on the Agency's website and in hardcopy during all activities of the Agency, in languages that third- country nationals understand or are reasonably believed to understand. Complaints shall be considered by the fundamental rights officer even when they are not submitted in the standardised complaint form.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1548 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 11
11. Any personal data contained in a complaint shall be handled and processed by the Agency including the fundamental rights officer in accordance with [Regulation (EC) No 45/2001] and by Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive (EU) 2016/680. When a complainant submits a complaint, that complainant shall be understood to consent to the processing of his or her personal data by the Agency and the fundamental rights officer within the meaning of point (d) of Article 5 of [Regulation (EC) No 45/2001]. In order to safeguard the interests of the complainants, complaints shall be dealt with confidentially by the fundamental rights officer in accordance with national and Union law unless the complainant explicitly waives his or her right to confidentiality. When complainants waive their right to confidentiality, it shall be understood that they consent to the fundamental rights officer or the Agency disclosing their identity to the competent authorities or bodies in relation to the matter under complaint, where necessary.deleted
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1566 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 118
1. The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8 (4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an undetermined period of time from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8 (4) 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. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. 5. As soon as it adopts aArticle 118 delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(4) 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.Exercise of the delegation
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1567 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1
1. Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 isand (EU) No 656/2014 are repealed.
2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1570 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Composition of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps per year and category in accordance with Article XX [...]deleted
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1580 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 6
6. border surveillance including patrolling between border crossing points to prevent unauthorisedillegal border crossings, to counter cross-border criminality and to take measures against persons who have crossed the border illegally, including interception/apprehension;
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1581 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 7
7. register fingerprints of persons apprehended in connection with the irregularllegal crossing of an external border in EURODAC (category 2) in accordance with Chapter III of the EURODAC Regulation;
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1583 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – title
Table with annual contributions of Table with minimum contributions of Member States to be provided to the Member States to be provided to the European Border and Coast Guard standing European Border and Coast Guard standing corps through the long term secondment of corps through the long term secondment of operational staff in accordance with Article operational staff in accordance with Article 57 57
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1584 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – table
Country / 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Year Belgium 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 6Belgium 30 Bulgaria 40 53 53 67 67 80 80 80 Czech 20 27 27 33 33 40 40 4 40 Czech 20 Republic Denmark 29 39 39 48 48 58 58 58 Germany 225 298 298 377 377 450 450 450 Estonia 18 24 24 30 30 36 36 36 Greece 50 67 67 83 83 100 100 100 Spain 111 148 148 185 185 222 222 222 France 170 225 225 285 285 340 340 340 Croatia 65 87 87 108 108 130 130 130 Italy 125 167 167 208 208 250 250 250 Cyprus 8 11 11 13 13 16 16 16 Latvia 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 60 Lithuania 39 52 52 65 65 78 78 78 Luxembourg 8 11 11 13 13 16 16 16 Hungary 65 87 87 108 108 130 130 130 Malta 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 Netherlands 50 67 67 83 83 100 100 100 Austria 34 45 45 57 57 68 68 68 Poland 100 133 133 167 167 200 200 200 Portugal 47 63 63 78 78 94 94 94 Romania 75 100 100 125 125 150 150 150 Slovenia 35 47 47 58 58 70 70 70 Slovakia 35 47 47 58 58 70 70 70 Finland 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 60 Sweden 17 23 23 28 28 34 34 34 [Switzerland] 16 21 21 27 27 32 32 32 [Iceland] 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 [Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ]* [Norway] 20 27 27 33 33 40 40 40 TOTAL 1500 2000 2000 2500 2500 3000 3000 3029 Germany 225 Estonia 18 Greece 50 Spain 111 France 170 Croatia 65 Italy 125 Cyprus 8 Latvia 30 Lithuania 39 Luxembourg 8 Hungary 65 Malta 6 Netherlands 50 Austria 34 Poland 100 Portugal 47 Romania 75 Slovenia 35 Slovakia 35 Finland 30 Sweden 17 [Switzerland] 16 [Iceland] 2 [Liechtenstein 0 ]* [Norway] 20 TOTAL 1500 (*) Liechtenstein will contribute through proportional financial support
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1586 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV
Annual contributions of Member States to deleted the EBCG standing corps for short term deployments of operational staff in accordance with Article 58 [...] (*) Liechtenstein will contribute through proportional financial support.
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1595 #

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 3 – paragraph 8
Any person may report suspected breaches by the Agency's statutory operational staff of the rules on the use of force applicable under this Annex under the complaint mechanism provided for inaccording to Article 1078.
2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) An effective and fair return policy is an essential part of the Union's approach to better manage immigration in all aspects, as reflected in the European Agenda on Migration of May 201511 . __________________ 11 COM(2015) 285 final.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) On 28 June 2018, in its conclusions, the European Council underlined the necessity to significantly step up the effective return of irregular migrants, and welcomed the intention of the Commission to make legislative proposals for a more effective and coherent European return policyllegal immigrants.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) That European return policy should be based on common standards, for persons to be returned in a humane manner and with full respect for their fundamentalhuman rights and dignity, as well as international law, including refugee protection and human rights obligations. Clear, transparent and fair rules need to be established to provide for an effective return policy which serves as a deterrent to irregular migration and ensures coherence with and contributes to the integrity of the Common European Asylum System and the legal llegal immigration system.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The link between the decision on ending of the legal stay of a third-country national and the issuing of a return decision should be reinforced in order to reduce the risk of absconding and the likelihood of unauthorised secondary movements, in particular when the third-country national poses a risk to public policy, public security or national security, and when he/she has been convicted for a criminal offence, even with a non- definitive sentence. It is necessary to ensure that a return decision is issued immediately after the decision rejecting or terminating the legal stay, or ideally in the same act or decision. That requirement should in particular apply to cases where an application for international protection is rejected, provided that the return procedure is suspended until that rejection becomes final and pending the outcome of an appeal against that rejection.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) To reinforce the effectiveness of the return procedure, clear responsibilities for third-country nationals should be established, and in particular the obligation to cooperate with the authorities at all stages of the return procedure, including by providing the information and elements that are necessary in order to assess their individual situation. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that third-country nationals are informed of the consequences of not complying with those obligations, in relation to the determination of the risk of absconding, the granting of a period for voluntary departure and the possibility to impose detention, and to the access to programmes providing logistical, financial and other material or in-kind assistance.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 167 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Where there are no reasons to believe that the granting of a period for voluntary departure would undermine the purpose of a return procedure, voluntary return should be preferred over forced return and an appropriate period for voluntary departure of up to thirty days, depending in particular on the prospect of return, should be granted. A period for voluntary departure should not be granted where it has been assessed that third- country nationals pose a risk of absconding, have had a previous application for legal stay dismissed as fraudulent or manifestly unfounded, or they pose a risk to public policy, public security or national security, or they have been convicted for a criminal offence, even with a non-definitive sentence. An extension of the period for voluntary departure should be provided for when considered necessary because of the specific circumstances of an individual case.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 197 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In cases where the principle of non- refoulement is not at stake, appeals against a return decision should not have an automatic suspensive effect. The judicial authorities should be able to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a return decision in individual cases for other reasons, either upon request of the third- country national concerned or acting ex officio, where deemed necessary. Such decisions should, as a rule, be taken within 48 hours. Where justified by the complexity of the case, judicial authorities should take such decision without undue delay.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) The necessary legal aid should be made available , upon request and provided that the specific case has not been deemed inadmissible, to those who lack sufficient resources. National legislation should establish a list of instances where legal aid is to be considered necessary.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 224 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Detention should be imposed, following an individual assessment of each case, where there is a risk of absconding, where the third-country national avoids or hampers the preparation of return or the removal process, or when the third country national concerned poses a risk to public policy, public security or national security, or when he/she has been convicted for a criminal offence, even with a non- definitive sentence.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 237 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) This Directive should not preclude Member States from laying down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties and criminal penalties, including imprisonment, in relation to the infringements of immigration rules, provided that such penalties are compatible with the objectives of this Directive, do not compromise the application of this Directive and are in full respect of fundamental rights.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 267 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) It is necessary and proportionate to ensure that a third country national who was already detained during the examination of his or her application for international protection as part of the asylum border procedure may be kept in detention in order to prepare the return and/or carry out the removal process, once his or her application has been rejected. To avoid that a third country national is automatically released from detention and allowed entry into the territory of the Member State despite having been denied a right to stay, a limited period of time is needed in order to try to enforce the return decision issued at the border. The third- country national concerned may be detained in the context of the border procedure for a maximum period of foursix months and as long as removal arrangements are in progress and executed with due diligence. That period of detention should be without prejudice to other periods of detention established by this Directive. Where it has not been possible to enforce return by the end of the former period, further detention of the third-country national may be ordered under another provision of this Directive and for the duration provided for therein.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) Establishing return management systems in Member States contributes to the efficiency of the return process. Each national system should provide timely information on the identity and legal situation of the third country national that are relevant for monitoring and following up on individual cases. To operate efficiently and in order to significantly reduce the administrative burden, such national return systems should be linked to the Schengen Information System to facilitate and speed up the entering of return-related information, as well as to the central system established by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… [EBCG Regulation].
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 275 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) The Union provides financial and operational support in order to achieve an effective implementation of this Directive. Member States should make best use of the available Union financial instruments, programmes and projects in the field of return, in particular under Regulation (EU) …/… [Regulation establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund], as well as of the operational assistance by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency according to Regulation (EU) …/… [EBCG Regulation]. Such support should be used in particular for establishing return management systems and programmes for providing logistical, financial and other material or in-kind assistance to support the return – and where relevantdeemed necessary the reintegration – of illegally staying third- country nationals.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 284 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
(46) The purpose of an effective implementation of the return of third- country nationals who do not fulfil or no longer fulfil the conditions for entry, stay or residence in the Member States, in accordance with this Directive, is an essential component of the comprehensive efforts to tackle irregular llegal immigration and represents an important reason of substantial public interest.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 308 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
9a. 'principle of non-refoulement' means the prohibition of expulsion or return according to Article 33 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 321 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The objective criteria referred to in point 7 of Article 3 shall include at least one of the following criteria:
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 351 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) existence of conviction for a criminal offence, even with a non- definitive sentence, including for a serious criminal offence in another Member State;
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 370 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, Member States shall establish that a risk of absconding is presumed in an individual case, unless proven otherwise, when one of the objective criteria referred to in points (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) and (p) of paragraph 1 is fulfilled.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 387 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the duty to remain presenton call and available throughout the procedures;
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 427 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall issue a return decision immediately after the adoption of a decision ending a legal either illegal stay of a third- country national, including a decision not granting a third-country national refugee status or subsidiary protection status in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… [Qualification Regulation].
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 462 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) where a conviction for a criminal offence exists, even with a non-definitive sentence, including for a serious criminal offence in another Member State;
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 500 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may impose an entry or stay ban, which does not accompany a return decision, to a third- country national who has been illegally staying in the territory of the Member States and whose illegal stay is detected in connection with border checks carried out at exit in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, where justified on the basis of the specific circumstances of the individual case and taking into account the principle of proportionality.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 518 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
SWhere such assistance may includes support for reintegration in the third country of return, the Member State concerned shall fund it by drawing on the [Asylum and Migration Fund].
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 530 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The granting of such assistance, including its kind and extent, shall be in any case subject to the cooperation of the third- country national concerned with the competent authorities of the Member States as provided for in Article 7 of this Directive.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 555 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The enforcement of the return decision shall be automatically suspended during the period for bringing the appeal at first instance and, where that appeal has been lodged within the set period, during the examination of the appeal, where there is a risk to breach the principle of non- refoulement. Should a further appeal against a first or subsequent appeal decision be lodged, and in all other cases, the enforcement of the return decision shall not be suspended unless a court or tribunal decides otherwise taking into due account the specific circumstances of the individual case upon the applicant’s request or acting ex officio.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 567 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) the return decision is the consequence of the decision on ending the legal stay that is aggravated by at least one of the following circumstances: - risk of absconding; - application for legal stay dismissed as fraudulent or manifestly unfounded; - the third-country national poses a risk to public policy, public security or national security.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 649 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Detention shall be for as short a period as possible, which shall in no case exceed foursix months. It may be maintained only as long as removal arrangements are in progress and executed with due diligence.
2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2018/0247(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs calls on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal..
2018/12/13
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 162 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) It is necessary to provide for definitions of de-alcoholised grapevine products and partially de-alcoholised grapevine products. These definitions should take into account the definitions set out in the Resolutions of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), OIV-ECO 433-2012 Beverage Obtained By Partial Dealcoholisation of Wine and OIV-ECO 523-2016 Wine With An Alcohol Content Modified by Dealcoholisation.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the rules governing labelling and presentation of products in the wine sector also apply to de-alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised grapevine products, to establish rules governing the dealcoholisation processes for the production of certain de- alcoholised or partially de-alcoholised grapevine products within the Union, and rules concerning the conditions of use of closures in the wine sector in order to ensure that consumers are protected from misleading use of certain closures associated with certain beverages and from hazardous closure materials that may contaminate the beverages, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 384 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint i
i) whose quality or characteristics are essentially or exclusively due to a particular geographical environment, with its inherent natural factors and, where relevant,and human factors;
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 389 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint v
v) which is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifera or a cross between the Vitis vinifera species and other species of the genus Vitis.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 403 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 96 – paragraph 6 and 7
(11) in Article 96, the following paragraphs 6 and 7 are added: ‘ 6. Commission without delay if any procedure is initiated before a national court or other national body concerning an application for protection that the Member State has forwarded to the Commission, in accordance with paragraph 5. 7. Where appropriate, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to suspend the examination of the application referred to in Article 97(2) until a national court or other national body has adjudicated on a challenge to an application for protection where the Member State has considered that the requirements are fulfilled in a preliminary national procedure in accordance with paragraph 5. Those implementing acts shall be adopted without applying the procedure referred to in Article 229(2) or (3).; ‘deleted The Member State shall inform the
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 541 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 164 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(22a) in Article 164, the following paragraph is added: “1a - In cases where a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation, operating in the tobacco sector on a transnational basis in the economic area of the European Union, is considered to be representative of the production of or trade in, or processing of tobacco, the European Union may, at the request of that organisation, make binding for a limited period of time some of the agreements, decisions or concerted practices agreed within that organisation on other operators acting in the tobacco sector in the economic area of the European Union, whether individuals or groups, who do not belong to the organisation or association.”
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 648 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – part II – points 18 and 19
(32) in Part II of Annex VII, the following points (18) and (19) are added: ‘ (18) The term ‘de-alcoholised’ may be used together with the name of the grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9, where the product: a) point 1, sparkling wine as defined in point 4, quality sparkling wine as defined in point 5, quality aromatic sparkling wine as defined in point 6, aerated sparkling wine as defined in point 7, semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 8, or from aerated semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 9; b) has undergone a dealcoholisation treatment in accordance with the processes specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII; and c) has a total alcoholic strength of no more than 0,5% by volume. (19) The term ‘partially de-alcoholised’ may be used together with the name of the grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9, where the product: a) point 1, sparkling wine as defined in point 4, quality sparkling wine as defined in point 5, quality aromatic sparkling wine as defined in point 6, aerated sparkling wine as defined in point 7, semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 8, or from aerated semi-sparkling wine as defined in point 9; b) has undergone a dealcoholisation treatment in accordance with the processes specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII; and c) more than 0,5% by volume and following the processes specified in Section E of Part I of Annex VIII its total alcoholic strength is reduced by more than 20% by volume compared to its initial total alcoholic strength.’; ‘deleted is obtained from wine as defined in is obtained from wine as defined in has a total alcoholic strength of
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 673 #

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VIII – Part I – point E
(33) in Part I of Annex VIII, the following Section E is added: ‘ E. Dealcoholisation processes The following dealcoholisation processes, whether used each of its own or in combination, shall be allowed to reduce part of or almost all the ethanol content in grapevine products referred to in points 1 and 4 to 9 of Part II of Annex VII: a) b) c) The dealcoholisation processes shall not result in organoleptic defects of the grapevine product. The elimination of ethanol in grapevine product must not be done in conjunction with the increase of the sugar content in the grape must.’. ‘deleted partial vacuum evaporation; membrane techniques; distillation.
2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 644 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims to contribute to theimproving total factor productivity, mitigationg and adaptationing to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and quality of soil and the protection and quality of biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhanced to take into account in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments, the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability, and in particular the nutrients management. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national standard for each of the standards set at Union level taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrient management plans will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient management functionalities. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 719 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Small farms remain a cornerstone of Union agriculture aswhen they play a vital role in supporting rural employment and contribute to territorial development. In order to promote a more balanced distribution of support and to reduce administrative burdens for beneficiaries of small amounts, which support employment, Member States should have the option of offering to small farmers the possibility of replacing the other direct payments by providing a round some payment for small farmers.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 949 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 420 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1833 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:only in respect of the part exceeding a set threshold determined by a Member State for a given calendar year.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1840 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2348 #

2018/0216(COD)

3. Member States shallmay also establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment at regional level.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2519 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, potatoes for human consumption, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oilpigmeat, poultry meat and eggs, tobacco, olive trees, bees, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2959 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) improve competitiveness of, promotional measures and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating wine markets for Union grapevine products in third countries; thatis objective relates to the objectives set out in points (b) and (h) of Article 6(1);
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4178 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
(dc) 100% for expenditure for the actions referred to in Article 54(4), for the wine sector;
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4469 #

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans, including, where applicable, the proposed regional rural development programmes, on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.deleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe's competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the "Skills Agenda for Europe" and the European Education Area, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management and financialisation, from which comes the sharp increase of immigration flows, and the increased security threat, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. For grants, this should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as envisaged in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation. To implement measures linked to the socio- economic integration of third country nationalshouseholds living in conditions of absolute or relative poverty, and in accordance with Article 88 of the Common Provisions Regulation, the Commission may reimburse Member States using simplified cost options including the use of lump sums.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to quality, non-segregated and inclusive to quality education and training, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, thereby fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non-formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners in learning mobility, should be supported within this context.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisdissemination of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In light of the persistent need to enhance efforts to address the management of the migration flows in the Union as a whole and in order to ensure a coherent, strong and consistent support to the solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts, the ESF+ should provide support to promote the socio-economic integration of third country nationals complementary to the actions financed under the Asylum and Migration Fund.deleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reformMember States' policies in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality between women and men and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 149 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting socio-economic integration of third country nationals and of marginalised communities such as the Romahouseholds living in conditions of absolute or relative poverty;
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 155 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
(ix) enhancing the equal and timely access to quality, sustainable and affordable services; modernisingfacilitating the dissemination of social protection systems, including promoting access to social protection; improving accessibility, effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services;
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 165 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the challenges identified in their national reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.deleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, and the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4.deleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 173 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 25% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integration of third country nationalshouseholds living in conditions of absolute or relative poverty.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
The actions addressing the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated priorities.Article 11 deleted Support to relevant country-specific recommendations
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall foster synergies and ensure effective coordination between the Health strand of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrumentdeleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 198 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) questions related to the ESF+ contribution to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including country-specific recommendations and semester-related priorities (national reform programmes, etc.);deleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
All personal data are to be broken down by gendersex (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not possible, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported.
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1b – paragraph 1 – indent 4
minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)ethnic or linguistic minorities**,
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – indent 6
— Number of end recipients with a foreign background and minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – indent 6 a (new)
— Number of end recipients belonging to ethnic or linguistic minorities
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – indent 13
— Number of end recipients with a foreign background and minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 207 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – indent 13 a (new)
— Number of end recipients belonging to ethnic or linguistic minorities
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In an increasingly interconnected world and in view of the demographic and migration dynamics, it is clear that Union migration policy requires a common approach that relies on the synergies and complementarities of the different funding instruments. In order to ensure coherent, strong and consistent support for solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts between Member States in managing migration, the ERDF should provide support to facilitate the long-term integration of migrants.deleted
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) increasing the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities, migrants and disadvantaged groupshouseholds living in conditions of absolute or relative poverty, through integrated measures including housing and social services;
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – table 1 – column 2 – RCO 64
RCO 64 - Capacity of rehabilitated housing – migrants, refugees and persons underhouseholds living in conditions orf applying for international protectionbsolute or relative poverty
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – table 1 – column 3 – RCR 67
RCR 67 - Occupancy of rehabilitated housing – migrants, refugees and persons underhouseholds living in conditions orf applying for international protectionbsolute or relative poverty
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – table 3 – point 4 – column 2 – point iii
(iii) Increasing the socio-economic integration of marginalised communities, migrants and disadvantaged groupshouseholds living in conditions of absolute or relative poverty, through integrated measures including housing and social services;
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – table 3 – point 4 – column 3 – CCO 19
CCO 19 - Additional capacity of receptionhousing infrastructures created or upgraded
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2018/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – table 3 – point 4 – column 4 – CCR 18
CCR 18 - Annual users served byHouseholds to whom a new and improved reception and housing facilitiesy has been assigned
2018/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2018/0153(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission's proposal.
2018/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs calls on the Committees on Budgets and on Budgetary Control, as the committees responsible, to propose a rejection of the Commission proposal.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regardsoccurred determination of the existence of a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law in theby a Member States
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The Commission´s interference in the Member States´ internal affairs is misleadingly presented as protecting the Union´s financial interests.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Treaty defines the Commission as an impartial referee: the Commission however sees itself as a political body, thereby jeopardizing the EU.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Reaffirms its commitment to the overriding principles of cultural identity and national sovereignty, principles that form an indivisible whole with the principle of freedom.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Generalised deficiencies in the Member States as regards the rule of lawSerious and persistent breaches of the rule of law by a Member State which affect in particular the proper functioning of public authorities and effective judicial review, can seriously harm the financial interests of the Union.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The identifictermination of a generalised deficiencythe existence of a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law requires a qualitative assessment by the Commission. That assessment could be based on the information from all available sources and recognized institutions, including judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, reports of the Court of Auditors, and conclusions and recommendations of relevant international organisations and networks, such as the bodies of the Council of Europe and the European networks of supreme courts and councils for the judiciary.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 80 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The possible measures to be adopted in the event of generalised deficienciesoccurred determination of the existence of a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law by a Member State which affects the financial interests of the Union and the procedure to be followed to adopt them should be determined. Those measures should include the suspension of payments and of commitments, a reduction of funding under existing commitments, and a prohibition to conclude new commitments with recipients.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The principle of proportionality should apply when determining the measures to be adopted, in particular taking into account the seriousness of the situation, the time which has elapsed since the relevant conduct started, its duration and its recurrence, the intention, and the degree of cooperation of the Member State concerned in putting an end to the generalised deficiency as regardsserious and persistent breach of the rule of law, and the effects of that deficiencybreach on the respective Union funds.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure uniform implementation of this Regulation and in view of the importance of the financial effects of measures being imposed pursuant to this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council which should act on the basis of a Commission proposal. To facilitate the adoption of decisions which are required to protect the financial interests of the Union, reversed qualified majority voting should be used under Article 7(3) and 7(4) TEU.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Before proposing and proceeding with the adoption of any measure pursuant to this Regulation, the Commission should inform the Member State concerned why it considers that a generalised deficiency regarding the rule of law might exist in that Member State. The Member State should be allowed to submit its observations. The Commission and the Council should take those observationsand the Council should take the observations submitted by the Member State concerned into account.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Council should vary or lift measures with suspensive effect on a proposal from the Commission, if the situation leading to the imposition of those measures has been sufficiently remedied.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the rules necessary for the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regardsoccurred determination of the existence of a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law in theby a Member States.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 97 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 'generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law' means a widespread or recurrent pracserious and persistent breach of the rule of law' means the occurred determination, pursuant to Article or omission, or measure by public authorities which affects the rule of law7(2) TEU, of the existence of a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law by a Member State;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Appropriate measures shall be taken where a generalised deficiency as regardsIn the event it decides to act according to Article 7(3) TEU, the Council may take appropriate measures pursuant to this Regulation where a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law inby a Member State affects or risks affecting the principles of sound financial management or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, in particular:.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the proper functioning of the authorities of that Member State implementing the Union budget, in particular in the context of public procurement or grant procedures, and when carrying out monitoring and controls;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 110 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the proper functioning of investigation and public prosecution services in relation to the prosecution of fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Union budget;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the effective judicial review by independent courts of actions or omissions by the authorities referred to in points (a) and b);deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the prevention and sanctioning of fraud, corruption or other breaches of Union law relating to the implementation of the Union budget, and the imposition of effective and dissuasive penalties on recipients by national courts or by administrative authorities;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the recovery of funds unduly paid;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the effective and timely cooperation with the European Anti-fraud Office and with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in their investigations or prosecutions pursuant to their respective legal acts and to the principle of loyal cooperation.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The following may, in particular, be considerdeleted generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law, (a) judiciary; (b) sanction arbitrary or unlawful decisions by public authorities, including by law enforcement authorities, withholding financial and human resources affecting their proper functioning or failing to ensure the absence of conflicts of interests; (c) effectiveness of legal remedies, including through restrictive procedural rules, lack of implementation of judgments, or limiting the effective investigation, prosecution or sanctioning of breaches of law.dangering the independence of failing to prevent, correct and limiting the availability and
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The additional national budgetary resources needed to fulfil the obligation referred to in the previous subparagraph shall not be counted for the purposes of the Stability and Growth Pact.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The measures taken shall be proportionate to the nature, gravity, persistence and scope of the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law. They shall, insofar as possible, target the Union actions affected or potentiallybreach of the rule of law. They shall exclusively target the financial interests of the Union affected by that deficiencybreach.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 139 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission finds that it has reasonable grounds to believe that the conditions of Article 3 are fulfilled, it shall send a written notification to that Member State, setting out the grounds on which it based its findingdeleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may take into account all relevant information, including decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, reports of the Court of Auditors, and conclusions and recommendations of relevant international organisations.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 144 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may request any additional information required for its assessment, both before and after having made a finding pursuant to paragraph 1.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State concerned shall provide all required information and may make observations within a time limit specified by the Commission, which shall not be less than 1 month from the date of notification of the finding. In its observations, the Member State may propose the adoption of remedial measures.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall takesubmit to the Council a proposal for a decision on the appropriate measures taking into account the information received and any observations made by the Member State concerned, as well as the adequacy of any proposed remedial measures, when deciding whether or not to submit a proposal for a decision on the appropriate measures.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 149 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Commission considers that the generalised deficiency as regards the rule of law is established, it shall submit a proposal for an implementing act on the appropriate measures to the Council.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 155 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The decision shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless it decides, by qualified majority, to reject the Commission proposal within one month of its adoption by the Commission.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may amend the Commission’s proposal and adopt the amended text as a Council decision. pursuant to the procedure set out in Article 7(3) TEU.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 161 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
LVarying or lifting of measures
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 162 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State concerned may, at any time, submit to the Commission evidence to show that the generalised deficiency as regardsserious and persistent breach of the rule of law has been remedied or has ceased to exist.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 164 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the situation in the Member State concerned. Once the generalised deficiencies as regardsserious and persistent breach of the rule of law which on the grounds of which the appropriate measures were adopted ceases to exist in full or in part, the Commission shall submit to the Council a proposal for a decision varying or lifting those measures in full or in part. The procedure set out in paragraphs 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Article 5 shall applyCouncil may amend the Commission’s proposal and adopt the amended text as a Council decision pursuant to the procedure set out in Article 7(4) TEU.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas Article 6(3) TEU also emphasises that fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, shall constitute general principles of the Union’s law;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) refers to fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter and in the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, as shown by the European Court of Auditors1a as well, the Commission plan aiming to subordinate EU funding to respect of rule of law is affected by irremediable fundamental deficiencies as regards rule of law itself; __________________ 1a Opinion No 1/2018 concerning the proposal of 2 May 2018 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States (COM(2018)0324 final).
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. States that the Charter of Fundamental Rights has to be applied with full respect for the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), while also recognising the importance of the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights and calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR and to give greater priority to the examination of the possibility of the EU’s accession to the European Social ChartCommunity Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Court of Justice ruled4 that the Commission must fully respect the Charter also in the tasks allocated to it under the ESM Treaty, in particular when it comes to signing memoranda of understanding, and that the same applies to the country-specific recommendations in the context of the European semester; calls onurges the Commission to better integrate fundamental and social rights impact assessments into EU socio- economic governance; __________________ 4 Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 September 2016, Ledra Advertising Ltd and others v European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB), ECLI:EU:C:2016:701.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. EmphasiseReminds that the Charter’s application also extends to the EU agencies; encourages in particular Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to work on a culture of fundamental rights, not only for application in their general policies but also in the daily activities of the border and coast guards, as well as the asylum officers, assigned to these agen in their general policies;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. States that there are still gaps in access to remedy for victims in third countries of business-related fundamental and social rights abuses and calls for mechanisms that allow victims to address such abuses when the company concerned is established within the EU to be built into the EU’s external agreements, in particular its trade and investment agreements;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. SupporRejects the proposal for Charter- conditionality of EU funds under the multiannual financial framework 2021- 2027, which should be achieved inter alia by introducing strong and consistent fundamental rights clauses into the operational texts of the draft regulations establishing the large EU fundssince it patently does not respect rule of law itself, in particular the principles of legality1a, legal certainty1b, prohibition of arbitrariness of the executive powers1c, separation of powers1d, and effective judicial protection by independent courts1e. __________________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 29 April 2004, CAS Succhi di Frutta, C- 496/99 PECLI:EU:C:2004:236, paragraph 63. 1b Judgment of the Court of Justice of 12 November 1981, Amministrazione delle finanze dello Stato v Srl Meridionale Industria Salumi and others Ditta Italo Orlandi & Figlio and Ditta Vincenzo Divella v Amministrazione delle finanze dello Stato. Joined cases 212 to 217/80, ECLI:EU:C:1981:270, paragraph 10. 1c Judgment of the Court of Justice of 21 September 1989, Hoechst, Joined cases 46/87 and 227/88, ECLI:EU:C:1989:337, paragraph 19. 1d Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 November 2016, Kovalkovas, C-477/16, ECLI:EU:C:2016:861, paragraph 36; Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 November 2016, PPU Poltorak, C-452/16, ECLI:EU:C:2016:858, paragraph 35; and Judgment of the Court of Justice of 22 December 2010, DEB,C-279/09, ECLI:EU:C:2010:811, paragraph 58. 1e Judgment of the Court of Justice of 27 February 2018, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v Tribunal de Contas C-64/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:117, paragraphs 31, 40-41.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 210 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The interoperability proposal is insufficient for combating illegal migration as the utility of Eurodac and the use of ESP have been neglected by the proposal, because asylum authorities won't have automatic access to VIS, SIS, or EES via ESP when receiving asylum applications.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 896 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 8(2) and 9(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time3 years from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 198 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Austrian and Italian governments have demonstrated to be very effective in protecting their national borders against illegal migrants.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 981 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 8(2) and 9(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time3 years from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
on regional quality branding: towards best practice in rural economiesdeleted
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1 a (new)
Towards best practice in rural economies: O.R.I.G.I.N. Optimising Rural Investments Granting Interterritorial Networking
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, as far as rural development is concerned, the ‘LEADER’ approach best encapsulates the concept of cooperation involving a diverse range of actors, without, however, altering the central focus on farming, and whereas the actors involved could pursue a shared sector-based territorial project seeking to emphasise the specific features and best practice of a given homogeneous area;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas less favoured areas and mountain regions in particular need a new support philosophy seeking to be of cross-cutting scope and, in different ways, to encompass activities which, though not entirely agricultural in the true sense, make up, together with farming, an important part of what territories have to offer, especially from the point of view of utilising and developing the countryside;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Maintains that territorial branding should not be part of, or interfere with, the recognition, protection, and support system for high-quality products;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and their regional authorities to promote more dynamic forms of participatory governance as a way of implementing collective territorial development projects which are not confined to the farming sector, on the basis of the gradual recognition of the identity of each territory, as defined and informed by its heritage; notes that these forms of governance are based on complex partnerships between actors and bodies, whose work must be coordinated under the umbrella of the LEADER approach to rural development programmes;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States and regional authorities to specify in the operational plans for measures related to the LEADER approach that LAGs will be permitted to draw up sector-based territorial projects aimed at developing the countryside and enhancing its added value;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Maintains that those programmes should cover many sectors, without, however, detracting from the overriding importance to be accorded to farming, and that they should be assessed by the managing authorities responsible for development plans;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2013/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes also that managing authorities should examine projects and gauge their real territorial impact in terms of benefit; considers that managing authorities should be empowered to assign priority to projects involving the promotion of one or more agri-foodstuffs covered by the arrangements for high-quality products;
2013/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas expiry of the milk quotas will affect the entire European milk market, in particularand whereas, unless targeted action is taken, dairy farmers in mountain areas and outermost regions where it willmay not be possiable to take advantage of the growth opportunities generated by deregulationthe industry’s deregulation, thus finding themselves at a competitive disadvantage compared to producers in low-lying areas;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas expiry of the quotas may also place parts of other less favoured areas at a competitive disadvantage;deleted
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges the fact that Member States and, where appropriate, regional authorities may, when drafting and administering rural development programmes, give a higher weighting, when applying the selection criteria, to holders of mountain farms who live in the area in which they carry out their farming activities;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that second-pillar measures such as compensatory allowances, agro- environmental premiums or investment aids are of great importance for sustainable milk production in these areas; urges therefore that Member States and regions be given the necessary opportunities to ensure the payment of adequate and clearly differentiated compensatory allowances and promotewhen drafting future development plans to include differentiated, environmentally- friendly and organic forms of agriculture; calls for adequate compensatory payments from the second CAP pillar to offset the higher investment costs for milk production in mountain areas occasioned by the particular nature of the terrameasures, in particular measures relating to organic farming;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for adequate co-financing to be provided under the second CAP pillar for milk production investment costs in mountain areas that are occasioned by the specific features of such areas; takes the view, in particular, that support measures should provide for the possibility of taking specific steps to: (a) encourage the training of farm workers and provide technical assistance in using the correct breeding and milking methods, with a view to guaranteeing the quality of upland milk; (b) ensure that investment support measures include a reserve for dairy farmers in less-favoured areas who group together to supply milk to a single processing undertaking; (c) ensure that, in connection with farming multifunctionality measures, a higher weighting is given to mountain farms that process their own milk, sell it directly in accordance with the current rules and conclude formal cooperation agreements with public bodies and/or private entities providing tourism and leisure services in their area;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that while food fraud may concern only quality issues, in the past it has been proven to have food safety implications too (‘Horsegate’ and phenylbutazone, methanol in wine, Sudan Red dyes, dioxin in feed and eggs, etc.), to which the utmost attention should be paid;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that increasing commercial pressures on producers, in addition to unfair trading practices (UTP) throughout the food supply chain, as recently identified by the Commission in a Green Paper, are widespread and widely recognised by most operators in the agri- food sector. These pressures tend to lower quality standards and facilitate fraud, also through the use of foodstuffs of uncertain origin;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is of the view that even behaviour that is legal and typical of modern distribution, such as selling at a loss, permanent promotions and food price discounting, contributes, in the medium to long term, to jeopardising the sustainability of the food chain. This provides an incentive to suppliers and intermediaries to replace genuine products with counterfeit ones, or to cut production costs, including basic food health and safety rules;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Recognises that the economic crisis that is afflicting several Member States can lead to fraud, both because of the growing segments of national populations for whom low cost is the vital issue when purchasing food and because of the incentive given to companies to cut their production costs;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Notes that food fraud takes advantage of the legal grey area consisting of vague marketing standards, which include product categories that can be very diverse from a quality point of view. Such marketing standards appear to be more pervious to food adulteration and counterfeiting technologies;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. When a market has average product prices that are consistently low, consumers have difficulty in appreciating the real value of the product and, therefore, the appropriate price. Against such a background, fraud (the sale of one thing for another) can prosper. Anti-fraud investigations should pay the utmost heed to such market signals (namely, sales prices that are below production costs, without appropriate justification);
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Abnormal price fluctuations, or production costs that are consistently low, should be adequately monitored at EU level, also by placing national statistics online, where available. The EU’s European Food Prices Monitoring Tool should be further broken down into retail categories that can be used to check the genuine price trends of specific foodstuffs, where possible;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Calls for the establishment of a standardised EU-wide food fraud database, along the lines of that which exists in the United States, for example;
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2013/2091(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes the establishment of a European food authority (Eurofood) which would have powers similar to those of the European police organisation, Europol, and whose remit would be to investigate international food scandals and fraud in the food industry;Deleted
2013/11/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) In order to comply with the competition rules, measures targeting the internal market should be limited to providing information on the specific characteristics of agricultural production methods in the Union or on themes which are relevant to the Union, such as the European quality systems established by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council16. __________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).deleted
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Over the period 2001-11, barely 30 % of the budget earmarked for information provision and promotion measures under Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 was spent on measures targeting third-country markets, even though these markets offer major growth potential. With the aim of reaching 75 % of estimated expenditure, sSpecific arrangements are therefore required to encourage a larger number of information provision and promotion measures for Union agricultural products in third countries, in particular through increased financial support.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
ba) promotion measures aimed at increasing sales of agricultural and food products from the EU.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty’), excluding the fishery and aquaculture products listed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2011)416] of the European Parliament and of the Council19 and tobacco; __________________ 19 Regulation (EC) No [COM(2011/416] of ... on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ ...).
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the food products based on agricultural products listed in point I of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council;, provided that the agricultural raw materials used are produced in the country of the proposing organisation in the case of single programmes or that the agricultural raw materials are produced in in the countries of the proposing organisations in the case of multiple programmes.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 187 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Wine may be the subject of information provision and promotion measures provided that other products as referred to in paragraph 1(a) or (b) are also covered by the programme in question and that the programme relates to wines with protected designations of origin and wines with geographical indications.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. With regard to spirit drinks as referred to in paragraph 1(c) and wine as referred to in paragraph 2, measures targeting the internal market shall be limited to informing consumers of the European quality schemes relating to geographical indications.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
ca) short supply chains and direct sale of local produce;
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c b (new)
cb) national voluntary certification schemes in line with ' EU best practice guidelines for voluntary certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs'.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the groups referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. The groups shall be representative of the quality scheme that is the subject of the programme.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 750 % of the eligible expenditure. Non-recoverable VAT that has been genuinely and definitively paid by beneficiaries shall be regarded as eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 60 % for: (a) a simple programme targeting one or more third country(-ies); (b) information and promotion measures on fruit and vegetables specifically targeting children in Union educational establishments,deleted
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 6075 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. Non-recoverable VAT that has been genuinely and definitively paid by beneficiaries shall be regarded as eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 point d a (new)
(da) the conditions to ensure that priority is given to brands owned by SMEs, in the case of programmes which provide for the presence of commercial brands, pursuant to Article 4;
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 324 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – point d b (new)
(db) the conditions to ensure that priority is given to projects which promote products made with agricultural raw materials from the countries of the proposing organisations, in the case of programmes which provide for processed products under Article 5(b).
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 335 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
[…]Article 28 deleted
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
(54) Member States should be required to ensure that adequate financial resources are always available in order to appropriately staff and equip the competent authorities performing official controls and other official activities. Although operators are primarily responsible for ensuring that their activities are carried out in compliance with Union agri-food chain rules, the system of own controls that they put in place for that purpose needs to be complemented by a dedicated system of official controls maintained by each Member State to ensure effective market surveillance along the agri-food chain. Such a system is, by its very nature, complex and resource demanding and should be provided with a stable influx of resources for official controls, at a level appropriate to the enforcement needs at any given moment. To reduce the dependency of the official control system from public finances, competent authorities should collect fees to cover the costs they incur when performing official controls on certain operators and for certain activities for which Union agri-food chain legislation requires registration or approval in accordance with Union rules on the hygiene of food and feed or rules governing plant health and plant reproductive material. Member States shall however retain the option not to apply such fees to food business operators solely providing local services, such as restaurants, local bakeries, local retailers, etc. Fees should also be collected from operators to compensate the costs of official controls performed in view of issuing an official certificate or attestation, and costs of official controls performed by the competent authorities at border control posts.
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) put in place procedures to ensure efficient and effective coordination between all authorities involved, and the consistency and effectiveness of official controls or other official activities across its territory, preventing enterprises from being subject to the same kind of control by different competent authorities during a calendar year;
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) set up a single controls register by establishing a single computerised management system to ensure coordination between the bodies involved in the control and the management of the controls.
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) the register referred to in point (c) shall include cross compliance controls pursuant to Regulation [xxx.2013] (CAP horizontal regulation).
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Official controls shall be performed as much as possible in a manner that minimises the burden on the operators. Where various official controls are applied to operators, Member States shall ensure a coordinated approach with the aim of combining existing control measures.
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) put in place procedures to ensure efficient and effective coordination between all authorities involved, and the consistency and effectiveness of official controls or other official activities across its territory, to ensure that, amongst other things, enterprises are not subject to the same kind of control by different competent authorities during a calendar year;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 224 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) set up a single controls register by establishing a single computerised management system to ensure coordination between the bodies involved in the control and the management of the controls; this register shall include cross-compliance controls pursuant to Title VI of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number of the Regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy].
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 297 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – title
Mandatory fFees
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) Member States may decide that the fees provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply to food business operators solely providing local services.
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78
Article 78 Costs 1. The competent authorities shall collect fees in accordance with Article 77 to recover the following costs: (a) the salaries of the staff, including support staff, involved in the performance of official controls, their social security, pension and insurance costs; (b) the cost of facilities and equipment, including maintenance and insurance costs; (c) the cost of consumables, services and tools; (d) the cost of training of staff referred to in point (a), with the exclusion of the training necessary to obtain the qualification necessary to be employed by the competent authorities; (e) the cost of travel of the staff referred to in point (a), and associated subsistence costs; (f) the cost of sampling and of laboratory analysis, testing and diagnosis. 2. If the competent authorities collecting fees in accordance with Article 77 also perform other activities, only the fraction of the cost elements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article which results from the official controls referred to in Article 77(1) shall be considered for the calculation of the fees.deleted
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Official controls shall be performed as much as possible in a manner that minimises the burden on the operators. Where various official controls are applied to operators, Member States shall ensure a coordinated approach with the aim of combining existing control measures.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 370 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 136 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The financial penalties deriving from the application of this article shall be used for information and training measures at the stage of production for which the penalty is being issued.
2013/11/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 748 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78
Article 78 Costs 1. The competent authorities shall collect fees in accordance with Article 77 to recover the following costs: (a) the salaries of the staff, including support staff, involved in the performance of official controls, their social security, pension and insurance costs; (b) the cost of facilities and equipment, including maintenance and insurance costs; (c) the cost of consumables, services and tools; (d) the cost of training of staff referred to in point (a), with the exclusion of the training necessary to obtain the qualification necessary to be employed by the competent authorities; (e) the cost of travel of the staff referred to in point (a), and associated subsistence costs; (f) the cost of sampling and of laboratory analysis, testing and diagnosis. 2. If the competent authorities collecting fees in accordance with Article 77 also perform other activities, only the fraction of the cost elements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article which results from the official controls referred to in Article 77(1) shall be considered for the calculation of the fees.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1031 #

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 136 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that the revenue from financial penalties imposed pursuant to this article is used for information and training measures focusing on the stage of production in respect of which each penalty is imposed.
2014/01/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Given the needs of producers and the requirements for flexibility and proportionality, this Regulation should not apply to reproductive material intended solely for testing, scientific and breeding purposes, to gene banks, organisations and networks devoted to the exchange and conservation of genetic resources (including on-farm conservation), or to reproductive material exchanged in kind between persons other than professional operators.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 100 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Varieties should, in principle, be registered on the basis of an official description produced by a competent authority or the Agency. However, in order to reduce the burden for the competent authorities and the Agency and ensure flexibility, it is appropriate to provide for the possibility that the examinations necessary to produce the official description may also be carried out by the applicants.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) However, the varieties registered on the basis of an officially recognised description should be produced in thehave a region where they have been historically grown andor in which they have naturally adapted, to ensure their authenticity and their added value for the conservation of genetic diversity and the protection of the environment. Therefore, they should only be included in national variety registers. For the same reason, those varieties should have been available on the market and/or collected e.g. in gene banks before the entry into force of this Regulation, or, should have been deleted for more than five years from the national variety register or Union variety register, in case they have been registered there on the basis of a technical examination concerning their distinctness, uniformity and stability.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 118 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) exchanged in kind between persons other than professional operators.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 130 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5) 'making available on the market' means the holding for the purpose of sale within the Union, including offering for sale or for any other form of transfer aimed at commercial exploitation, and the sale, distribution, import into, and export out of, the Union and other forms of transfer, whether free of charge or not, aimed at commercial exploitation;
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 155 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) ‘region of origin’ means the region or regions in which the variety is, or has been, traditionally cultivated. This definition does not apply to the preservation mixtures covered by Article 33.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 157 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 b (new)
(10b) ‘area of adaptation’ means the region or regions, other than the region of origin, in which the variety has naturally adapted.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 344 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the name, and, where applicable, the reference number, of the applicantbreeder;
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 345 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the date of the end of validity of registration;deleted
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 348 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the official description of the variety, or, where, applicable, the officially recognised description of the variety with an indication of the region(s) where the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally adapted (‘region(s) of origin’);
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 352 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the end of validity of the registration;deleted
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 389 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it is produced in thehas a region(s) of origin;
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 394 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3
3. After the registration of a variety in a national variety register pursuant to paragraph 2(a), competent authorities may approve, in agreement with the applicant, identify additional region(s) of origin for that variety.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 397 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) it is based, where available, on information from plant genetic resources authorities or from organisations recognised for that purpose by the Member States; andor
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 398 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) its accuracy is support is based byon the results of previous official inspections or unofficial examinations or knowledge gained from practical experience during cultivation, reproduction and use.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 426 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If a variety is included in a national variety register pursuant to Article 51, it shall be deemed to be distinct, uniform and stable for the purpose of the recognition of the plant variety right pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2100/1994 and shall be deemed to have a suitable denomination for the purpose of Article 63 of that Regulation.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 428 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The denomination of a variety may be expressed in the form of a code or an invented name. For the purposes of point (a) of Article 56(1), the denomination of a variety shall not be deemed suitable if:
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 438 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purposes of Article 57, where a variety is produced in an adaptation area, the denomination of that variety shall not be deemed suitable if it bears geographical references. This paragraph shall not apply where the variety in question is used as one of the products covered by Regulation (EU) No 1151/201221f. __________________ 21f OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 439 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 1a, if a variety is already registered in other national variety registers, or in the Union variety register, the denomination shall only be deemed suitable if it is identical to that appearing in those registrations.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 445 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
1. Any personBreeders or their representatives may submit to the competent authority an application for registration of a variety in the national variety register.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 469 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73
[…]deleted
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 649 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part A – point b
(b) the common name, or names in case of mixture, of the plant species concerned in one of the official Union languages and, optionally, in one or more of the regional or minority languages of the Member State in which the material has been placed on the market;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 655 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part B – point b
(b) the common name in one of the official languages of the Union and, optionally, in one or more of the regional or minority languages of the Member State in which the material has been placed on the market;
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 735 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the name, and, where applicable, the reference number, of the applicantbreeder;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 739 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the date of the end of validity of registration;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 758 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – point e
(e) the end of validity of the registration;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 868 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A variety placed on a national register pursuant to Article 51 shall be deemed to be distinct, uniform and stable, for the purpose of recognising the plant variety right pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2100/1994 and to have a suitable denomination for the purposes of Article 63 of that Regulation.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 871 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The denomination of a variety may be expressed in the form of a code or an invented name. For the purposes of point (a) of Article 56(1), the denomination of a variety shall not be deemed suitable if:
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 898 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
1. Any personBreeders or their representatives may submit to the competent authority an application for registration of a variety in the national variety register.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 154 – indent 19
– Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/9752 , __________________ 52 OJ L 204, 11.08.2000, p. 1.deleted
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 158
(158) In order to ensure legal certainty as regards the application of rules for identification and registration of animals, disease control measures for certain zoonoses and non-commercial movements of pet animals, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the date on which Regulations (EC) No 1760/2000, (EU) No XXX/XXX [Ex-998/2003] and (EC) No 21/2004 and Directives 92/66/EEC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, 2003/85/EC, 2005/94/EC and 2008/71/EC cease to apply.
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 763 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 258 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 19
– Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000,deleted
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 772 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 259 – title
Transitional measures related to the repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 and Directive 2008/71/EC
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 774 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 259 – paragraph 1
1. Notwithstanding Article 258(2) of this Regulation, Regulations (EC) No 1760/2000, and (EC) No 21/2004 and Directive 2008/71/EC shall continue to apply until the date to be determined in a delegated act adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article..
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 785 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 18
[...] (This amendment deletes point 18 entirely.)deleted Or. it
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2012/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas EU promotion policy is an important common agricultural policy instrument which could contribute to the competitiveness and long-term profitability of the agricultural and food sectors;
2012/08/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2012/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Endorses the provision of technical assistance to small and medium-sized undertakings in particular to help them develop their own marketing strategies and analyse their target markets;
2012/08/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2012/2077(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recommends the creation of an internet platform for the exchange of potential projects and best practices as a means of encouraging publicity campaigns from a European perspective;
2012/08/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas several cultures, such as Islam and Judaism, prescribe that animals should be slaughtered without pre-stunning and prohibit any physical harm to animals prior to slaughter;
2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is particularly concerned that the current derogation for un-stunned slaughter, as occurs in the preparation of kosher and halal meat, is abused to a large extent in some Member States, to the detriment of animal welfare, of farmers and of consumers; Welcomes the evaluation on the labelling of meat from animals slaughtered without stunning; Underlines, however, that labelling is not an alternative to proper enforcement as it can only guide consumers if the information provided is verified and correct;
2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to recognise the suffering that animals are subjected to during ritual religious slaughter for the production of halal and kosher food;
2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls that there is a whole range of halal agri-food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products;
2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2012/2043(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that guidelines should accompany EU animal welfare legislation to explain how the rules should be interpreted and applied , and calls on the EFSA to clarify the current situation as regards slaughter arrangements for halal and kosher meat production;
2012/04/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the transport of meat and other animal products iscould be, in certain situations, technically easier and financially more rational than the transport of live animals;
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Calls on the Commission to guarantee effective and uniform application of the existing Community legislation on the transport of animals in all EU Member States. Together with sufficient inspections conducted on a national level, this should guarantee and preserve the proper functioning of the internal market by avoiding the distortion of competition between EU Member States.
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that given that the Regulation has not fulfilled its aim of limiting the transport of animals, EU policy on the matter should be reviewed and should be directed at supportingshould promote, where possible, local processing, small local slaughterhouses and local meat processing plants, based on the supply of animals for slaughter from the immediate vicinity;
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that in its report the Commission used the scientific research presented by the EFSA, which highlights the need to significantly reduce the lengthdemonstrates the good welfare conditions of animals during transport are linked to the quality of the transport time for horses, which correlates with the suggestions advanced in P, in relation to the the load density, straw, feed, water and arliament’s Written Declaration of 25 February 2010tion, rather than the length of transport time;
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2012/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned that significant differences have arisen in individual Member States’ interpretation of the rules, since this threatens the aims of the Regulation and distorts competition; calls therefore on the Commission to introduce appropriate amendments to the Regulationguidelines, so as to eliminate the possibility of it being interpreted arbitrarily;
2012/06/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In accordance with Article 114(3) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter: "Treaty"), a high level of health protection should be taken as a basis, regard being had, in particular, to any new developments based on scientific facts. Tobacco products are not ordinary commodities and in view of the particularly harmful effects of tobacco, health protection should be given high importance, in particular to reduce smoking prevalence among young people. To that end, education, information and prevention campaigns and programmes to help citizens who wish to give up smoking continue to play an essential role.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessarywhich are essential for the manufacturinge of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavour. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision making. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) The labelling provisions also need to be adapted to new scientific evidence. For example the indication of the yields for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide on cigarette packets have proven to be misleading as it makes consumers believe that certain cigarettes are less harmful than others. Evidence also suggests that large combined health warnings are more effective than text-only warnings. In this light combined health warnings should become mandatory throughout the Union and, to ensure they are effective, cover significant and visible parts of the packet surface. A minimum size should be set for all health warnings to ensure their visibility and effectiveness.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimensionesign characteristics of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, 'natural', 'organic', ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, 'slim', names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Cross-border distance sales of tobacco facilitate access to tobacco products of young people and risk to undermine compliance with the requirements provided for by tobacco control legislation and in particular by this Directive. Common rules on a notification system are necessary to ensure that this Directive achieves its full potential. The provision on notification of cross-border distance sales of tobacco in this Directive should apply notwithstanding the notification procedure set out in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services40. Business to consumer distance sale of tobacco products is further regulated by Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts, which will be replaced by Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, as of 13 June 201441, and practices such as the free distribution or bartering of tobacco products in public places for promotional purposes, facilitate access to tobacco products of young people and risk to undermine compliance with the requirements provided for by tobacco control legislation and in particular by this Directive. They should, therefore, be prohibited.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, in particular concerning the format of ingredients reporting, and the determination of products with characterising flavours or with increased levels of toxicity and addictiveness and the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/201143.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission, in particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In accordance with Article 114(3) of the Treaty ofn the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter: “Treaty”), a high level of health protection should be taken as a basis, regard being had, in particular, to any new developments based on scientific facts. Tobacco products are not ordinary commodities and in view of the particularly harmful effects of tobacco, health protection should be given high importance, in particular to reduce smoking prevalence among young people. To that end, it is also essential to continue to provide education, information and prevention campaigns and programmes to help citizens who wish to give up smoking.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) the prohibition of cross-border distance sales of tobacco products;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'age verification system' means a computing system that unambiguously confirms the consumer's age in electronic form according to national requirements;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – introductory part
(11) 'cross-border distance sales' means a distance sales service where, at the time the consumer orders the product, the consumer is located in a Member State other than the Member State or the third country where the retail outlet is established; a retail outlet is deemed to be established in a Member State:
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
(a) in the case of a natural person - if he/she has his/her place of business in that Member State;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
(b) in other cases - if it has its statutory seat, central administration or place of business, including a branch, agency or any other establishment in that Member State;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) 'ingredient' means an additive, tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco), as well as any substance present in a finished tobacco product including paper, filter, inks, capsules and adhesives;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) ‘natural constituent’ means tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco);
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) 'maximum level' or 'maximum yield' means the maximum content or emission, including 0, of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) 'novel tobacco product' means a tobacco produ(Does not affect other than a cigarette, roll- your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco, water- pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, chewing tobacco, nasal tobacco or tobacco for oral use placed on the market after entry into force of this Directive; English version)
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(25) 'place on the market' means to make products available to consumers located in the Union, with or without payment, including by means of distance sale; in case of cross-border distance sales the product is deemed to be placed on the market in the Member State where the consumer is located;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
(30) 'substantial change of circumstances' means an increase of the sales volumes by product category, such as pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, by at least 10% in at least 10 Member States25% throughout the Union based on sales data transmitted in accordance with Article 5(4); or an increase of the prevalence level in the consumer group under 25 years of age by at least 5 percentage points in at least 10 Member Statesthroughout the Union for the respective product category based on ____ [this date will be set at the moment of adoption of the Directive] Eurobarometer report or equivalent prevalence studies;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessarywhich are essential for the manufacturinge of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavour. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision -making. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 119 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 1, taking into account scientific development ando internationally agreed standards.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the maximum yields that they set for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Taking into account internationally agreed standards, where available, and based on scientific evidence and on the yields notified by Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt maximum yields for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes that increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 3: (a) to internationally agreed standards, where available, or (b) where scientific evidence demonstrates that they increase the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify the Commission of the methods of measurement that they use for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt methods of measurement.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall notify the Commission of any methods of measurement that they use for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt EU methods of measurement.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. This article shall not apply to tobacco products other than cigarettes until such time as the EU methods of measurement referred to in Article 4(4a) are adopted.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 136 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) The labelling provisions also need to be adapted to new scientific evidence. For example the indication of the yields for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide on cigarette packets haves proven to be misleading as it makes consumers believe that certain cigarettes are less harmful than others. Evidence also suggests that large combined health warnings are more effective than text-only warnings. In this light combined health warnings should become mandatory throughout the Union and, in order to be effective, cover significant and visible parts of the packet surface. A minimum size should be set for all health warnings to ensure their visibility and effectiveness.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 138 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Furthermore, several scientific studies show that verbal encouragement to stop smoking is effective when it is aimed at smokers’ egos, indirectly hurting their pride and eliciting an emotional response. Text warnings of this kind, for example: ‘Smoking damages the skin and speeds up wrinkles’, ‘Smoking makes you less attractive’, ‘Nobody likes a cigarette- flavoured kiss’, ‘Quitting won’t make you fat: it will improve your life’, or ‘Think about it: stopping for a cigarette does more harm than the stress you are trying to relieve’, could therefore be combined with the text warnings currently in use.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 152 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimensionesign characteristics of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low- tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt by means of implementing actsbe empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 22, to lay down uniform rules on the procedures for determining whether a tobacco product falls within the scope of paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Paragraph 5 shall not apply to technical measures intended to decrease specific harmful components of smoke or enhance the biodegradability of tobacco products.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Cross-border distance sales of tobacco, and practices such as the free distribution or swapping of tobacco products in public places for promotional purposes, facilitate access to tobacco products ofby young people and risk to undermineing compliance with the requirements provided for by tobacco control legislation and in particular by this Directive. Common rules on a notification system are necessary to ensure that this Directive achieves its full potential. The provision on notification of cross-border distance sales of tobacco in this Directive should apply notwithstanding the notification procedure set out in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services. Business to consumer distance sale of tobacco products is further regulated by Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts, which will be replaced by Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, as of 13 June 2014. They should therefore be abolished. Or. it (See amendments to Article 16.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 183 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
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, in black Helvetica bold type on a white or coloured background. 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.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) to define the position, format, layout and design of the health warnings laid down in this Article, including their font typsize and background colour, with due regard for the linguistic constraints obtaining in each Member State.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) Non-tobacco nicotine-containing products are sold on the Union market. The different regulatory approaches taken by Member States to address health and safety concerns associated with these products have a negative impact on the functioning of the internal market, in particular considering that these products are subject to significant cross-border distance sales including via the internet.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 199 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use provides a legal framework to assess the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products including nicotine -containing products. A significant number of nicotine-containing products were already authorised under this regulatory regime. The authorisation takes into account the nicotine content of the product in question. Subjecting all nicotine- containing products, whose nicotine content equals or exceeds the content of aExcluding non- tobacco nicotine -containing product previouslys authorised under Directive 2001/83/EC, to from the same legal frameworkcope of this Directive clarifies the legal situation, levels out differences between national legislations, ensures equal treatment of all nicotine -containing products usable for smoking -cessation purposes and creates incentives for research and innovation in smoking cessation. This should be without prejudice to the application of Directive 2001/83/EC to other products covered by this Directive if the conditions set by Directive 2001/83/EC are fulfilled. Or. it (See amendments to Article 18.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 208 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Labelling provisProvisions on ingredients, labelling, and descriptions should be introduced for non-tobacco nicotine -containing products below the threshold set out incovered by this Directive in order to drawing the attention of consumers to potential health risks. Or. it (See amendments to Article 18.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 208 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) for unit packets of cigarettes, respect the following dimensions: (i) height: not less than 64 mm; (ii) width: not less than 55 mm.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, in particular concerning the format of ingredients reporting, and the determination of products with characterising flavours or with increased levels of toxicity and addictiveness and the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Or. it (See amendment to Article 6(2), subparagraph 2.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 224 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) define the position, format, layout, designlayout, design (including font type and size), rotation and proportions of the health warnings, with due regard for the linguistic constraints obtaining in each Member State;
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 226 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission, in particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, and reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your- own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council. (See amendments to Article 3, Article 6(2), second subparagraph, and Article 18.)Or. it
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 233 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The general warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 40 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 45 % for Member States with two official languages and 50 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 241 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the prohibition of cross-border distance sales of tobacco products; Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 257 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The variety of tobacco used to manufacture the product and/or its country of origin may be indicated on the unit packet.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 265 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 267 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘age verification system’ means a computing system that unambiguously confirms the consumer's age in electronic form according to national requirements; deleted Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 273 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindric shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – introductory part
(11) ‘cross-border distance sales’ means a distance sales service where, at the time the consumer orders the product, the consumer is located in a Member State other than the Member State or the third country where the retail outlet is established; a retail outlet is deemed to be established in a Member State: Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 294 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
(a) in the case of a natural person - if he/she has his/her place of business in that Member State; deleted Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 294 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be exempted from the application of paragraph 1 to 8 during a period of 510 years following the date referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 25.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 295 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
(b) in other cases - if it has its statutory seat, central administration or place of business, including a branch, agency or any other establishment in that Member State; deleted Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 300 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending toprohibit retail outlets established on their territory from engageing in cross- border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall prohibit on their territory the distribution of free or discounted tobacco products and the swapping of new, sealed packets of tobacco products for packets that have already been opened, irrespective of the channels used.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 305 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 307 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘ingredient’ means an additive, tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco), as well as any substance present in a finished tobacco product including paper, filter, inks, capsules and adhesives;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 c (new)
(18c) ‘natural constituent’ means tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco); Or. it (See amendment to Article 2(18).)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 317 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘maximum level’ or ‘maximum yield’ means the maximum content or emission, including 0, of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 321 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘novel tobacco product’ means a tobacco product other than a cigarette, roll- your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco, water- pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, chewing tobacco, nasal tobacco or tobacco for oral use placed on the market after entry into force of this Directive;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 323 #

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 30 % of the area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and of any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(25) ‘place on the market’ means to make products available to consumers located in the Union, with or without payment, including by means of distance sale; in case of cross-border distance sales the product is deemed to be placed on the market in the Member State where the consumer is located; ; Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 330 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2),6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from [Office of Publications: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive]..
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 336 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) 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.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act pursuant to Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) 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.
2013/05/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 343 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
(30) ‘substantial change of circumstances’ means an increase of the sales volumes by product category, (such as pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo,) by at least 10% in at least 10 Member States25% throughout the Union based on sales data transmitted in accordance with Article 5(4); or an increase of the prevalence level in the consumer group under 25 years of age by at least 5 percentage points in at least 10 Member Statesthroughout the Union for the respective product category based on ____ [this date will be set at the moment of adoption of the Directive] Eurobarometer report or equivalent prevalence studies;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 373 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 1, taking into account scientific development ando internationally agreed standards.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 389 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the maximum yields that they set for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Taking into account internationally agreed standards, where available, and based on scientific evidence and on the yields notified by Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt maximum yields for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes that increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.(Text split between paragraph 3 and a new paragraph 3a for greater clarity.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 394 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the yields set out in paragraph 3. a) to internationally agreed standards, where available, or b) where scientific evidence demonstrates that they can increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 413 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify the Commission of the methods of measurement that they use for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt methods of measurement.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 416 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall notify the Commission of any methods of measurement that they use for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt EU methods of measurement. Or. it (See Directive 2001/37/EC, Recital 31.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 441 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. This article shall not apply to tobacco products other than cigarettes until such time as the EU methods of measurement referred to in Article 4(4a) are adopted. Or. it (See Directive 2001/37/EC, Recital 31.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 501 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt by means of implementing actsbe empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 22, to lay down uniform rules on the procedures for determining whether a tobacco product falls within the scope of paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 538 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Paragraph 5 shall not apply to technical measures intended to decrease specific harmful components of smoke or enhance the biodegradability of tobacco products.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 611 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
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, in black Helvetica bold type on a white or coloured background. 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 634 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) to define the position, format, layout and design of the health warnings laid down in this Article, including their font typsize and background colour, with due regard for the linguistic constraints obtaining in each Member State.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 670 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % 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 698 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) be reproduced in accordance with the format, layout, design and proportions specified by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 3; Or. it (See amendment to Article 9(3)(c).)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 712 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) for unit packets of cigarettes, respect the following dimensions: (i) height: not less than 64 mm; (ii) width: not less than 55 mm.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 746 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) define the position, format, layout, designlayout, design (including font type and size), rotation and proportions of the health warnings, with due regard for the linguistic constraints obtaining in each Member State;
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 767 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The general warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 772 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 40 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 45 % for Member States with two official languages and 50 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 806 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 861 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The variety of tobacco used to manufacture the product and/or its country of origin may be indicated on the unit packet.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 910 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 928 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindric shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1014 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be exempted from the application of paragraph 1 to 8 during a period of 510 years following the date referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 25.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1042 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where theprohibit retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending toon their territory from engageing in cross-border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1047 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall prohibit on their territory the distribution of free or discounted tobacco products and the swapping of new, sealed packets of tobacco products for packets that have already been opened, irrespective of the channels used.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1055 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1063 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1071 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1080 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1090 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1098 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1107 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1151 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The following nicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC:Articles 6(1) to (9), 10, 12(1) and (2) and 16 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to nicotine-containing products other than tobacco products.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1165 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Nicotine-containing products other than tobacco products in respect of which marketing authorisations are granted under Directive 2011/83/EC shall not be covered by this Directive.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1178 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) products with a nicotine level exceeding 2 mg per unit, ordeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1191 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 4 mg per ml ordeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1205 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) products whose intended use results in a mean maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng of nicotine per ml.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1216 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1224 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall carry the following health warning: This product contains nicotine and can damage your health.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1237 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The health warning referred to in paragraph 3 shall comply with the requirements specified in Article 10(4). In addition, it shall: a) be printed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1246 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account scientific and market developments and to adopt and adapt the position, format, layout, design and rotation of the health warnings.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1261 #

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 30 % of the area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and of any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1272 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), and 4(4a), 6(2),6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(54(9) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from [Office of Publications: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive]..
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1284 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(54(9) 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1294 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act pursuant to Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(54(9) 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1353 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14 a) This product contains nicotine and is damaging to your health. (Amendment linked to the amendment on Title 1a (new) of Annex I.) Or. it See amendments to Article 18.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1356 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – heading 1 a (new)
List of the text warnings referred to in Article 18 Or. it See amendments to Article 18.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Title
Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of on our planet’ (Text with EEA relevance) (This amendment applies throughout the text)
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 108 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to turn the Union into amake competitive a circular, low- carbon economy that is resource- efficient, green and competitive low- carbon economy and respects the environment and ecosystems;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 4
4. Considerable headway has also been made in integrating environmental objectives into other Union policies and activities. The reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has, since 2003, linked direct payments to requirements for farmers to maintain land in good agricultural and environmental condition and to comply with relevant environmental legislation. FighAdapting to climate change has become an integral part of energy policy and progress is being made on integrating resource efficiency, climate change and energy efficiency concerns into other key sectors, such as transport and buildings.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 10
10. The following 2050 vision is intended to help guide action up to and beyond 2020: In 2050, we live well, within the planet's ecological limits. Our prosperity and healthy environment stem from an innovative, circular economy – on the basis of the fundamental postulate that 'nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed'1 – where nothing is wasted and where natural resources are managed in ways that enhance our society's resilience. Our low carbon growth has longwill, as far as possible, been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global sustainable economy. __________________ 1 Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 16
16. The EU’s economic prosperity and well-being is underpinned by its natural capital, which includes ecosystems that provide essential goods and services, from fertile soil and multi-functional forests to productive land and seas, from fresh water and clean air to pollination, flood control and climate regulation and protection against natural disasters. A substantialhuge body of EU legislation seeks to protect, conserve and enhance natural capital, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Air Quality and related directives and the Habitats and Birds Directives. Legislation to tackle climate change, chemicals, industrial emissions and waste also contribute to easing the pressures on biodiversity, including ecosystems, species and habitats.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 161 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 19
19. Protecting, conserving and enhancing the EU’s natural capital therefore also requires tackling problems at source through, inter alia, better integration of natural capital objectives into other policies, ensuring that policies are coherent and deliver co-benefits. The greening elements set out in the Commission’s reform proposals, notably for EU agriculture, fisheries and cohesion policy, backed by the proposals for greening the EU budget under the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (MFF) are designed to support these objectives. For instance, aquatic ecosystems in rural areas should benefit from the linking of farm payments to compliance with relevant requirements of the WFD as set out in the Commission's proposals for the reform of the CAP40. Greening of the CAP will also promote the environmentally beneficial agricultural practices of crop diversification, the protection of permanent grassland, and the establishment and maintenance of ecologically valuable farmland and forest areas.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 187 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – introductory part
26. In order to protect, conserve and enhance the EU's natural capital, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 206 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) STaking account of the different geographical and climate conditions, strengthening efforts to reach full compliance with EU air quality legislation and defining strategic targets and actions beyond 2020.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 218 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – Priority objective 2
Priority objective 2: To turn the EU into a resource-efficient, greenmake competitive a circular, low-carbon economy that is resource-efficient and respects the environment and ecompetitive low-carbon economy systems Or. it (Cf. amendment to Article 2(1)(b)).
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 220 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 27
27. The Europe 2020 Strategy’s ‘Resource- efficient Europe’ Flagship Initiative aims to support the shift towardsmake competitive an economy that is efficient in the way it uses all resources, decouples, absolutelys far as possible, economic growth from resource and energy use and its environmental impacts, reduces GHG emissions, enhances competitiveness through efficiency andaims at innovation and promotes greater energy security. The Roadmap to Resource Efficient Europe43 and the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy44 are key building blocks of the Initiative, setting out the framewoince they take some of the various possible scenarios as benchmarks for future actions to deliver on these objectives.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 225 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 28
28. Innovation to improve resource efficiency is required across the economy to improve competitiveness in the context of rising resource prices, scarcity and supply constraints. The business sector is the prime driver of innovation, including eco-innovation. However, markets will not deliver on their own. Government action, at Union and Member State level, is essential to provide the right framework conditions for eco-innovation, stimulating should therefore confine itself to providing a general framework for eco-innovation, in order to avoid skewing the natural evolution of the free market towards the development of sustainable business or technological solutions to environmental challenges.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 228 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 29
29. This key requirement for meeting the environmental challenge also has important socio-economic benefits. Potential job growth brought about by the transformation toincrease in competitiveness of a low carbon and resource-efficient economy is key for delivering the Europe 2020 employment objectives. Employment in environmental technologies and service sectors in the EU has been growing by around 3 % annually over recent years. The global market for eco-industries is estimated to be worth at least a trillion Euros, and is forecast to almost double over the next 10 years. European companies already have a global lead in recycling and energy efficiency and should be encouraged to benefit from this growth in global demand, supported by the Eco-innovation Action Plan. For example, the European renewables sector alone is expected to generate more than 400,000 new jobs by 2020.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 231 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 30
30. Fully implementing the EU Climate and Energy Package is considered to be essential tofor reaching the milestones identified for 2020 and for building a competitive, low-carbon economy bymeeting the objectives for 2050. Whereas the EU is currently on track to reduce domestic GHG emissions 20 % below 1990 levels by 2020, meeting the 20 % energy efficiency target will require far more rapid efficiency improvements. This is also important in the light of still-growing demand for energy andit is regrettable to note that the implementation of the package is causing an unsustainable increase in the cost of energy and is paradoxically encouraging carbon leakage. It is hoped that the new Energy Efficiency Directive will significantly remedy this problem. As regards the efficient and sustainable use of resources, account should be taken in particular of the on-going debate on conflicts between land use for food and for bio-energy. The new Energy Efficiency Directive is expected to make a significant contribution in this regardfuels.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 237 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 31
31. All sectors of the economy will need to contribute to reducing GHG emissions for the EU to deliver its fair share of global efforts. The EU needs to agree the next steps for its climate and energy framework beyond 2020 in order to prepare itself for international negotiations on a new legally binding global agreement, but also towith the aim of provideing Member States and industry with a clear framework to make the medium- and long-term investments needed. Hence the EU needs to consider policy options for delivering the reductions set out in the Low-Carbon Economy Roadmap for the period beyond 2020. The 2050 Energy roadmap and the White Paper on transport need to be underpinned by strong policy frameworks. Moreover, Member States need to develop and put in place long-term, cost-effective, low-carbon development strategies aimed at achieving the EU objective of reducing GHG emissions by 80% to 95% by mid-century, compared to 1990, as part of a global effort to limit average temperature increase to below 2°C. The EU Emissions Trading System will probably continue to be a central pillarone of the key instruments of EU climate policy beyond 2020.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 247 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 34
34. Since 80% of all product-related environmental impacts are locked in during their design phase, the EU policy framework should ensure thatact as an incentive for priority products placed on the EU market arto be ‘eco-designed’ with a view to optimising resource and material efficiency, by addressing inter alia recyclability, recycled content and durability. These requirements will have to be implementable and enforceable. Efforts will be stepped up at EU and national level to remove barriers to eco-innovation and to unlock the full potential of Europe’s eco- industries, generating benefits for green jobs and growth.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 264 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 38
38. Turning waste into a resource, as called for in the Resource Efficiency Roadmap, requires the full implementation of EU waste legislation across the EU, based on strict application of the waste hierarchy and covering different types of waste. Additional efforts are needed to: reduce per capitanational waste generation in absolute terms, limit energy recovery to non- recyclable materials, phase out landfillingrelation to GNP, ensure high quality recycling, and develop markets for secondary raw materials. Hazardous waste will need to be managed so as to minimise significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, as agreed at the Rio+20 Summit. To achieve this, market-based instruments that privilege prevention, recycling and re-use should be applied much more systematically across the EU. Barriers facing recycling activities in the EU internal market should be removed and existing prevention, re-use, recycling, recovery and landfill diversion targets reviewed so as to move towards a ‘circular’ economy, with a cascading use of resources and residual waste close to zero.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 273 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 39
39. Resource efficiency in the water sector will also be tackled as a priority to help deliver good water status. Even though droughts and water scarcity are affecting more and more parts of Europe, an estimated 20-40 % of Europe’s available water is still being wasted, for instance, through leakages in the distribution system. According to available modelling, there is still considerable scope for improving water efficiency in the EU. Moreover, rising demand and the impacts of climate change are expected to increase the pressure on Europe’s water resources significantly. Against this background, the Union and Member States should take action to ensure water abstraction respects available renewable water resource limits by 2020, including by improving water efficiency through the use of market mechanisms such as water pricing that reflects the true value of water, whilst ensuring that each citizen has access to this vital resource. Progress will be facilitated by accelerated demonstration and rolling out of innovative technologies, systems and business models building on the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Water.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 279 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – introductory part
41. In order to turn the EU into a resource-efficient, green and competitive low-carbon economymake competitive a circular, low-carbon economy that is resource-efficient and that respects the environment and ecosystems, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020: Or. it (Cf. amendment to Article 2(1)(b)).
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 281 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 1 - point a
(a) The EU has met its 2020 climate and energy targets and is working towards reducing GHG emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990, as part of a global effort to limit the average temperature increase below 2°that are consistent with the economic climate and the international situation within the UNFCCC.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 290 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 1 - point d
(d) Waste is safely managed as a resource, waste generated per capita is in absolute decline, energy recovery is limited to non- recyclable materials and landfilling of recyclable and compostable materials is effectively eradicatedin relation to GNP is in decline, recyclable and compostable waste is genuinely sent for recycling and recovery.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) Fullyreezing the implementingation of the Climate and Energy Package and agreeing on the EU’s climate and energy policy framework , with the exception of energy efficiency standards, until, internationally, a new legally binding global agreement has been signed, with a view to reducing GHG emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990, as part of a global effort the period beyond 2020o limit average temperature increase to below 2°C.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 300 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point c
(c) Giving impetus to the public and private research and innovation efforts required for rolling out innovative technologies, systems and business models which will speed up and lower the cost of transition toincrease the competitiveness and cost-efficiency of a low-carbon, resource- efficient economy.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 310 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 41 – subparagraph 2 - point e
(e) Fully implementing EU waste legislation. This will include applying the waste hierarchy and the effective use of market-based instruments and measures to ensure that landfilling is effectively phased out, energy recovery is limited to non- recyclable materialsrecyclable and compostable waste is genuinely sent for recycling and recovery, recycled waste is used as a majorn additional, reliable source of raw material for the EU, hazardous waste is safely managed and its generation is reduced, illegal waste shipments are eradicated and internal market barriers for environmentally-sound recycling activities in the EU are removed.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 336 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 48
48. Horizontal chemicals legislation (REACH and the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulations) provides baseline protection for human health and the environment and promotes the uptake of evolving non-animal testing methods. However, there is still uncertainty about the impacts on human health and the environment from the combined effects of different chemicals (mixtures), nanomaterials, chemicals that interfere with the endocrine (hormone) system (endocrine disruptors) and chemicals in products. In recent years, more information has come to light on the need for action to deal with these challenges, especially if the EU is to attain the goal agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, and reaffirmed at the Rio+20 Summit, to have ensured ‘the minimisation of significant adverse effects’ of chemicals on human health and the environment by 2020 and to respond to new and emerging issues and challenges in an effective, efficient, coherent and coordinated manner. The EU will further develop and implement approaches to address combination effects of chemicals and safety concerns related to the adverse effects of endocrine disruptors and set out a comprehensive approach for minimising adverse effects of hazardous substances, including chemicals in products, supported by a comprehensive chemical exposure and toxicity knowledge base. The safety and sustainable management of nanomaterials will be ensured as part of a comprehensive approach involving risk assessment and management, information and monitoring. Together these approaches will increase the chemical knowledge base and provide a predictable framework driving the development of more sustainable solutions.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 340 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 50
50. Climate change willis expected to further aggravate environment problems by causing prolonged droughts and heat waves, floods, storms and forest fires, and new or more virulent forms of human, animal or plant disease. Dedicated action should be taken to ensure that the EU is adequately prepared to face the pressures and changes resulting from climate change, strengthening its environmental, economic and societal resilience. Since many sectors are and will be increasingly subject to climate change impacts, adaptation and disaster risk management considerations need to be further integrated into EU policies.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 347 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) The combination effects of chemicals and safety concerns related to the adverse effects of endocrine disruptors are effectively addressed, and risks for the environment and health associated with the use of hazardous substances, including chemicals in products, is assessed and minimised.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 354 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) Implementing updated EU policy on air quality, aligned with the latest scientific knowledge and variety of geographical and climate conditions, and measures to combat air pollution at source.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 368 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 58
58. Second, the EU will extend requirements on inspections and surveillance to the wider body of EU environment law, complementing these with an EU-level capacity that can address situations where there is due reason for concernstrengthen the Member States' IMPEL network, providing appropriate long-term financing and stepping up the pooling of best practice, including at regional and local level.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 374 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 63 – introductory part
63. In order to maximise the benefits of EU environment legislation, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 382 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 63 – subparagraph 2 - point c
(c) Extending binding criteria for effective Member State inspections and surveillance to the wider body of EU environment law, and developing a complementary capacity at EU level to address situations where there is due reason for concern, backed up by support for networks of professionalswhilst at the same time strengthening the IMPEL network.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 402 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 69 – indent 4
– Ensuring all sectors contribute to efforts to combatadapt to climate change requires a clear overview of GHG measurement, monitoring and data collection, which is currently incomplete for key sectors, such as agriculture.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 405 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 71 – introductory part
71. In order to improve the evidence base for environment policy, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 422 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 72
72. The efforts required to achieve the objectives set out above will need adequate investment from public and private sources. At the same time, while many countries are struggling to cope with the economic and financial crisis, the need for economic reforms and the reduction of public debts offer new opportunities to move rapidly towards a more resource- efficient, low-carbon economymove towards a more resource-efficient, low- carbon economy can present an opportunity in terms of the reforms needed to boost economic growth and, accordingly, reduce public debt.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 425 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 74
74. The Union and Member States will need to put in place the right conditions to ensure that environmental externalities are adequately addressed and that the right market signals are sent to the private sector, with due regard to any adverse social impacts. This will involve applying the polluter-pays principle more systematically, through phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies and shifting taxation away from labour towards pollution. As natural resources become increasingly scarce, the economic rent and profits associated with their ownership or exclusive use may increase. Public intervention to ensure that such rents are not excessive and that externalities are taken into account will lead to more efficient use of these resources and will help to avoid market distortions, as well as generate public revenue. Environment and climate priorities will be pursued in the framework of the European Semester where these are relevant to the sustainable growth prospects of individual Member States to which country-specific recommendations are addressed. Other market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services, should be used more extensively aAt EU and national level to incentivise, private sector involvement and sustainable management of natural capital should be incentivised.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 437 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 82 – introductory part
82. In order to secure investment for environment and climate policy and get the prices right, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 446 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 86 – introductory part
86. In order to improve environmental integration and policy coherence, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 454 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 91 – introductory part
91. In order to enhance the sustainability of EU cities, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 470 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 95
95. The time span covered by this programme corresponds to key phases in international climate, biodiversity and chemical policy. TAccording to the IPCC, to remain within the 2 °C ceiling, global GHG emissions need to be cut by at least 50 % of their 1990 levels by 2050. However, only half the emission reductions required by 2020 have been pledged by Parties under the UNFCCC. Without more resolute global action, climate change is unlikely to be curtailmitigated. Even in a best- case scenario, countries will increasingly face inevitable impacts of climate change because of historical GHG emissions and will need to develop climate adaptation strategies. Under the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, a comprehensive and robust agreement applicable to all is to be agreed by 2015 and implemented as of 2020. The EU will remain engaged proactively in this process, including in discussions on how to close the gap between current emission reduction pledges by developed and developing countries, and on action needed to stay on an emission pathway compatible with the 2oC objective. The follow-up to Rio+ 20 should also help reduce GHG emissions, thus supporting the fight againstadaptation to climate change. In parallel, the EU should pursue and further intensify climate change partnerships with strategic partners and should take further action to mainstream environment and climate considerations in its development policexternal policy on the basis of reciprocity and conditionality.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 478 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 98
98. The EU should also leverage its position as one of the largest markets in the world to promote policies and approaches that decrease pressure on the global natural resource base. This can be done by changing patterns of consumption and production, as well as ensuring that trade and internal market policies support the achievement of environmental and climate goals and provide incentives to, on the basis of reciprocity, include clauses to ensure that other countries to upgrade and enforce their environmental regulatory frameworks and standards and combat environmental dumping. The EU will continue to promote sustainable development through the negotiation and implementation of dedicated provisions in its international trade agreements and should consider other policy options to reduce the impacts of EU consumption on the environment in non- EU countries. An example of such a policy option are the bilateral Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) partnerships, which establish a framework to ensure only legally-harvested timber enters the EU market from partner countries.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 483 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 100 – introductory part
100. In order to increase the EU’s effectiveness in addressing regional and global environmental and climate challenges, the programme shallould ensure that by 2020:
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 490 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 100 – subparagraph 2 - point b
(b) Working towards a more effective UN structure for sustainable development through strengthening UNEP in line with the outcome of Rio+20, while continuing to strive for an upgrade of UNEP's status to that of UN Agency, and supporting ongoing efforts to enhance synergies between Multilateral Environmental Agreements;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 491 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 100 – subparagraph 2 - point c
(c) Strengthening the impact of various sources of funding, including taxation and the release of domestic resource mobilisations, private investment, new and innovative sources, and creating options for using development aid to leverage these other sources of financing as part of the sustainable development financing strategy established in Rio, as well as in the EU’s own policies, including international commitments on climate and biodiversity finance.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 492 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 100 – subparagraph 2 - point d
(d) Engaging with partner countries in a more strategic way. This should involve focusing cooperation: 1) with strategic partners on the promotion of best practice in domestic environment policy and legislation and convergence in multilateral environmental negotiations; 2) with countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy on gradual approximation with key EU environment and climate policy and legislation and on strengthening cooperation to address regional environmental and climate challenges; 3) with developing countries to support their efforts to protect the environment, fightadapt to climate change and reduce natural disasters, and implement international environmental commitments as a contribution to poverty reduction and sustainable development.
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 497 #

2012/0337(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 100 – subparagraph 2 - point f
(f) Ratifying all key multilateral environmental agreements well before 2020.;
2013/03/27
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Such bans should only be introduced where they will result in lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, in particular from both the leakage of any fluorinated greenhouse gases and the CO2 emissions resulting from their energy consumption. Equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases should thus be allowed and promoted if their overall greenhouse gas emissions are less than those that would result from an equivalent equipment without fluorinated greenhouse gases, which has the maximum allowed energy consumption set out in relevant implementing measures adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC (Ecodesign).
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) ‘heat pump’ means a device or installation that extracts heat at low temperature from air, water or earth and supplies heat;
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘hermetically sealed system’ means a system in which all parts that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases have been hermetically sealed during their manufacturingrefrigerant containing parts are made tight by welding them, brazing them or otherwise making them tight byor a similar permanently connecting them and for which the refrigerant circuit does not need to be opened for placing the system into operationon, which may include capped valves and capped service ports that allow proper repair or disposal and which have a tested leakage rate of less than 3 grams per year under a pressure of at least a quarter of the maximum allowable pressure;
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 118 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
4. Persons and undertakingsUndertakings and operators, and the persons they employ, carrying out the following tasks shall be certified in accordance with Article 8:
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 190 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The certificates provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be valid for a maximum of 5 years. Member States may prolong tThe validity of the certificates provided for in paragraph 1 shall be prolonged when the person concerned is undergoing a compulsory periodic training every five years to update the knowledge on the subjects referred to in paragraph 2.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 224 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The use of SF6 in magnesium die- casting and in the recycling of magnesium die-casting alloys shall be prohibited. As regards installations using a quantity of SF6 below 850 kg per year, this prohibition shall only apply from 1 January 2015[...]1. __________________ 1 Please insert the date: three years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 237 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential of 2500 or more, to service or maintain refrigeration equipment with a charge size equivalent to 540 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020[...]1. This clause shall not apply to the use of recovered or reclaimed fluorinated greenhouse gases or to equipment intended for use at operating temperatures of below -50 °C. __________________ 1 Please insert the date: three years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 254 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. From [dd/mm/yyyy] [insert date 3 years after entry into force of this regulation], refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump equipment shall not be charged with hydrofluorocarbons before it is placed on the market or before it is made available to the end-user for its first installationequipment and products whose operation relies on hydrofluorocarbons shall not be imported into the European Union charged with hydrofluorocarbons unless the importer is registered on the quota registry as referred to in Article 15.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 256 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The equipment shall be charged where it is intended to be used, by persons certified in accordance with Article 8.deleted
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 261 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to hermetically sealed equipment or to equipment that contains a quantity of hydrofluorocarbons corresponding to less than 2 % of the equipment’s foreseen maximum capacity.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 264 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall ensure that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons that producers and importeras listed in Annexes I and II that producers and importers of hydrofluorocarbons or products containing hydrofluorocarbons are entitled to place on the market in the Union each year does not exceed the maximum quantity for the year in question calculated in accordance with Annex V. Each producer and importer of hydrofluorocarbons or products containing hydrofluorocarbons shall ensure that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons calculated in accordance with Annex V that it places on the market does not exceed the quota allocated to it pursuant to Article 14(5) or transferred to it pursuant to Article 16.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 278 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Producers and importers that have not reported production or imports under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 for the reference period referred to in paragraph 1 may declare their intention, as well as importers of equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons, shall declare whether or not they intend to produce or import hydrofluorocarbons in the following year.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 279 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Exporters of equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons shall declare whether they intend to apply for quota credits on the basis of the quantities exported in the previous year.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 281 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall allocate quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market for each producer and importer and for each importer of equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons for each year beginning with the year 2015, applying the allocation mechanism laid down in Annex VI.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 286 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) importers of products or equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons who declare they have opted for the quota allocation mechanism and submit a declaration within the meaning of Article 14(2);
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 287 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) exporters of products or equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons who declare they have opted for the quota allocation mechanism and submit a declaration within the meaning of Article 14(2);
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 289 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Each exporter of products containing fluorinated greenhouse gases entered in the registry referred to in Article 15(1) may be credited the quantities it has exported from the Union during the previous year, from the quota allocated to another undertaking operating in the Union, provided it is also registered.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 290 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall monitor the transfers made under paragraph 1a and shall publish an annual report on the functioning of the transfer system and present this to the Parliament and the Council.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 291 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 March 2014 and every year after that, each producer, importer and exporterundertaking that produced, imported or exported more than one metric tonne or 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 March 2014 and every year after that, each undertaking that placroduced, imported or exported more than 10 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II contained in products or equipment on the market during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 319 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 January 2014[...]1 __________________ 1 Please insert date: 1 January of the year following that of the entry into force of this Regulation.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 324 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 3 – second part
3. Fire protection systems that contain HFC-23 1° January 2015 and fire extinguishers please insert date: 3 years and fire extinguishers after entry into force of this Regulation
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 331 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 10
10. Domestic refrigerators and freezers that 1° January 2015please insert date: 3 years after entry into contain HFCs containing HFCs with GWP of force of this Regulation 150 or more
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 340 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 11 – first part
11. RStandalone refrigerators and that contain HFCs with GWP 1° January 2017 please insert date: 5 years and freezers for the storage, of 2500 or more display or distribution of after entry into force of this display or distribution of Regulation products in retail and food service ("commercial use") - hermetically sealed systems
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 344 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 11 – second part
11. RStandalone refrigerators and that contain HFCs with GWP 1° January 2020please insert date: 8 years and freezers for the storage, of 150 or more display or distribution of after entry into force of this display or distribution of Regulation products in retail and food service ("commercial use") - hermetically sealed systems
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 345 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12
12. Movable room air-conditioning 1° January 2020 appliances (hermetically sealed please insert date: 8 years after entry into appliances (equipment which is movable force of this Regulation between rooms by the end user) that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 346 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12 a (new)
12a. New fixed refrigerating equipment please insert date: 8 years after entry into containing HFCs with GWP of 2 500 or force of this Regulation more, unless intended for use at operating temperatures of below -50 °C
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 386 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The maximum quantity referred to in Article 13(1) shall be calculated by applying the following percentages to the annual average of the total quantity produced and imported into the Union during the period from 2008 to 2011, and shall be increased by 20% in order to include hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons imported in pre-charged equipment:
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 413 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 1 – paragraph 1
Each undertaking for which a reference value has been established receives a quota corresponding to 9580% of the reference value multiplied by the percentage indicated in Annex V for the respective year.
2013/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Under the existing Directive 2011/92/EU, the exploration and extraction of both conventional and non- conventional hydrocarbons is included in Annex II, regardless of the quantity explored or extracted. Such projects require monitoring on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex III, with the aim of determining the significance of their environmental effects. In accordance with the 'Guidance note on the application of Directive 85/337/EEC to projects related to the exploration and exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons'1 and as called for by the European Parliament resolution on the environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities2, projects involving non- conventional hydrocarbons must be subject to this Directive, as conventional activities already are. Annex I to Directive 2011/92/EU should therefore be amended so that projects related to the exploration and extraction of non-conventional hydrocarbons that are likely to have significant effects on the environment are subject to mandatory environmental impact assessment. __________________ 1 Ares(2011)1339393. 2 P7_TA(2012)0443.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) The new provisions should also apppply solely to projects for which the request for development consent is introduced before the time-limit for transposition but for which the environmental impact assessment has not been concluded before that datenvironmental impact assessment has not yet begun before the time-limit for transposition of this Directive.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 105 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
(a) in point (a) of paragraph 2, after the first indent is replaced by the following is added: "— the execution of construction or demolition works, or of other installations or schemes,"demolition works that do not fall within the scope of Directives 2004/35/EC and 2010/75/EU,
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 135 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ca) the following paragraph 4a is added: "4a. This Directive shall not apply to schemes established in connection with a permit issued pursuant to Directive 2010/75/EU or necessary for the implementation of measures to prevent or repair environmental damage pursuant to Directive 2004/35/EC."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 168 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 3 – point a
(a) population, human health, and biodiversityfauna and flora, with particular attention to species and habitats protected under Council Directive 92/43/EEC(*) and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(**);
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 178 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 3 – point b
(b) land, soil, water, air and climate change (in terms of greenhouse gas emissions);
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 221 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
6. The competent authority shall make its decision pursuant to paragraph 2 within three monthninety days from the request for development consent and provided that the developer has submitted all the requisite information. Depending on the nature, complexity, location and size of the proposed project, the competent authority may extend that deadline by a further 3 months; in that case, the competent authority shall inform the developer of the reasons justifying the extension and of the date when its decision is expected.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 239 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Where an environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with Articles 5 to 10, the developer shall prepare an environmental report. The environmental report shall be based on the determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and include the information that may reasonably be required for making informed decisions on the environmental impacts of the proposed project, taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the characteristics, technical capacity and location of the project, the characteristics of the potential impact, a description of the reasonable alternatives, adapted to the proposed project and to its specific features, and the extent to which certain matters (including the evaluation of alternatives) are more appropriately assessed at different levels including the planning level, or on the basis of other assessment requirements. The detailed list of information to be provided in the environmental report is specified in Annex IV.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 252 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
2. TShould the developer so require, before submitting a request for development consent, the competent authority, after having consulted the authorities referred to in Article 6(1) and the developer, shall determine the scope and level of detail of, shall provide guidance on the information to be included by the developer in the environmental report, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. In particular, the competent authority shall determineconsider:
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 267 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the individual stages of the procedure and binding time-frames with regard to their duration;
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 272 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) reasonable alternatives relevant to the proposed project and its specific characteristics;deleted
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 283 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) the information to be submitted relevant to the specific characteristics of a particular project or type of project;deleted
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 334 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1
(-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the authorities likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local jurisdiction are given an opportunity to express their opinion on the information supplied by the developer and on the request for development consent. To that end, Member States shall designate the authorities to be consulted, either in general terms or on a case-by-case basis. The information gathered pursuant to Article 5 shall be forwarded to those authorities. Detailed arrangements for consultation shall be laid down by the Member States."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 337 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(-aa) in paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added: "Requests for access to the information referred to in this paragraph shall be handled in accordance with Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 338 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a b (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 4
(-ab) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. The public concerned shall be given early and effective opportunities to participate in the environmental decision-making procedures referred to in Article 2(2), through its relationship with the competent authority or authorities. The latter, during the decision-making process, are required to report the comments and opinions that the public is entitled to express when all options are open before the decision on the request for development consent is taken."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 342 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
ReasonableThe Member States shall set binding time- frames for the different phases shall be provided, allowing sufficient time:
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 346 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The time-frames for consulting the public concerned on the environmental report referred to in Article 5(1) shall not be shorter than 30 days or longer than 60 days. In exceptional cases, where the nature, complexity, location or size of the proposed project so require, the competent authority may extend this time-frame by a further 30 days; in that case, the competent authority shall inform the developer of the reasons justifying the extension."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 380 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
If the competent authority decides to grant development consent, it shall ensure that the development consent includesconsider whether measures to monitor the significant adverse environmental effects should be included in that development consent, in order to assess the implementation and the expected effectiveness of mitigation and compensation measures, and to identify any unforeseeable adverse effects.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 385 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The type of parameters to be monitored and the duration of the monitoring shall be consistent with the requirements arising from other Union legislation and proportionate to the nature, location and size of the proposed project and the significance of its environmental effects.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 389 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Existing mMonitoring arrangements resulting from other Union legislation may shall be used if appropriate.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 397 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. When all necessary information gathered pursuant to Articles 5, 6 and 7 has been provided to the competent authority, including, where relevant, specific assessments required under other Union legislation, and the consultations referred to in Articles 6 and 7 have been completed, the competent authority shall conclude its environmental impact assessment of the project within three monthninety days.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 400 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Depending on the nature, complexity, location and size of the proposed project, the competent authority may extend that deadline by a further 3 months; in that case, the competent authority shall inform the developer of the reasons justifying the extension and of the date when its decision is expected.deleted
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 416 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) having examined the environmental report and, the concernmments and opinions expressed by the public concerned, and the main reasons andoutcome of the considerultations on which the decision is based, including information about the public participation processf that public and of the authorities referred to in Article 6(1), the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based;
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 422 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9 – point b
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(b) the following paragraph 3 is added: "3. Member States may also decide to make available to the public the information referred to in paragraph 1, when the competent authority concludes its environmental impact assessment of the project."deleted
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 425 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9 a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 3
(9a) Article 11, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. What constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right shall be determined by the Member States, consistently with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To that end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation meeting the requirements referred to in Article 1(2), which: (a) has an office based in the territory affected by the decisions, acts or omissions subject to the provisions of Article 6, and (b) meets the requirements of national law, shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article. Such organisations shall also be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired for the purpose of point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 450 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
Projects for which the request for development consent was introduced before the date referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1) and for which the environmental impact assessment has not been concluded before that date shall not be subject to the obligations referred to in Articles 3 to 11 of Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by this Directive.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 460 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point -1 (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex I – point 14
(-1) In Annex I, point 14 is replaced by the following: "14. Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes, also where extracted from gas-bearing strata of shale or in other sedimentary rock formations of equal or lesser permeability and porosity, where the amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes/day in the case of petroleum and 500000 cubic metres/day in the case of gas."
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 509 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) impacts of the project on climate change (in terms of greenhouse gas emissions including from land use, land- use change and forestry), contribution of the project to an improved resilience, and the impacts of climate change on the project (e.g. if the project is coherent with a changing climate);
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 567 #

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex IV – paragraph 4
4. A description of the aspects of the environment likely to be significantly affected by the proposed project, including, in particular, population, human health, fauna, flora, biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides, land (land take), soil (organic matter, erosion, compaction, sealing), water (quantity and quality), air, climatic factors, climate change (greenhouse gas emissions, including from land use, land use change and forestry, mitigation potential, impacts relevant to adaptation, if the project takes into account risks associated with climate change), material assets, cultural heritage, including architectural and archaeological ones, landscape; such a description should include the inter-relationship between the above factors, as well as the exposure, vulnerability and resilience of the above factors to natural and man-made disaster risks.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and couldwill negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriaFurthermore, increased use of biofuels produced from food crops contributes to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starchfood price volatility and could have negative impacts on for global food security. This has had significant negative social impacts on livelihoods and the ability to realise human rights incl. the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countaining crops accordinglyries outside the European Union In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impacts, it is appropriate to in particular, focus on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land..
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with lowno risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. After prior scientific assessment about their merits and their true sustainability. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with lowhich meet sustainability criteria, which do not compete with food for land, water or other resources and which have no estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication ‘Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe’ and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic value for other uses than biofuels, that use waste materials for energy purposes only in accordance with the waste hierarchy, that do not compete for the use of land and water so to protect land and food rights.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/777/EC and 2003/30/EC requires Member States to ensure that the share of energy from renewable energy sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10% of their final energy consumption. The blending of biofuels is one of the methods available for Member States to meet this target, and is expected has hitherto been the main contributor.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #

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 cshould include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1st January 2021sustainability criteria to be met for promoting advanced biofuels.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b a (new)
Directive 98/70/CE
Article 7a – paragraph 6a new
(6a) Member States shall ensure that the maximum contribution of biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops for the purpose of compliance with the target referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed an energy quantity corresponding to 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and couldwill negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriaFurthermore, increased use of biofuels produced from food crops contributes to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starchfood price volatility and could have negative impacts on for global food security. This has had significant negative social impacts on livelihoods and the ability to realise human rights including the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countaining crops accordinglyries outside the Union. In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impacts, it is appropriate to in particular focus on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In view of the effects linked to indirect land use change, the current balance of CO2 emissions runs counter to the spirit and aim of existing legislation, thus requiring the repeal of the general binding 10% target set by Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC as a necessary strategy for achieving a genuine reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Or. en (See amendments to Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC)
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production ofHowever, such advanced biofuels as these are currently not available commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with, despite numerous research projects and initial experiments, and many studies agree that in the short and medium term it will be impossible to increase their production volumes. In this context, as part of the renewable energy policy framework, advanced biofuels should be supported and, where necessary, subsidised, only after a preliminary scientific assessment has been carried out as to their merits and their true sustainability, proving that they have a low estimated indirect land use change impacts and that they enable high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 127 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with lowno risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. IAfter prior scientific assessment about their merits and their true sustainability, it is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with lowhich meet sustainability criteria, which do not compete with food for land, water or other resources and which have no estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 131 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – subpoint -a new
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(- a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added after the last subparagraph: "Energy from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to guarantee the efficiency of promotion measures, especially those targeted to further encourage biofuels giving additional benefits, it is appropriate that the support systems defined by Member States take into account the need to verify and cross-check biofuels volumes with the aim to avoid frauds regarding the real origin of the biofuels products or concerning untrustworthy multiple declarations of the same biofuels volumes under two or more national systems or international accreditation schemes. This should concern advanced biofuels as well as all conventional biofuels products, since frauds based on untrustworthy multiple declarations also concern voluntary and national biofuels sustainability schemes and not only specific measures for advanced biofuels.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 142 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication "Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe" and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe12 ", promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a highindustrial or economic value for other uses than biofuels, that use waste materials for energy purposes only in accordance with the waste hierarchy, that do not compete for the use of land and water so to protect land and food rights.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 150 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factfors into the appropriateroducing sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided foror incentivizing biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4)d of Directive 2009/28/EC.
2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The use of land for growing biofuel feedstocks should not result in the displacement of local and indigenous communities. To this end, only biofuels and bioliquids whose production does not impinge on the rights of local and indigenous communities should be considered as sustainable.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 214 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In order to permit adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Directive 2009/28/EC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the list of biofuel feedstocks that are counted multiple times towards the target set in Article 3(4), the energy content of transport fuels, criteria and geographic ranges for determining highly biodiverse grassland, the methodology for the calculation of indirect land-use change emissions, and the methodological principles and values necessary for assessing whether sustainability criteria have been fulfilled in relation to biofuels and bioliquids.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 221 #

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 cshould include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1st January 2021sustainability criteria to be met for promoting advanced biofuels. The Commission should carry out an appropriate analysis in order to evaluate the impact of the implementation of this Directive on the forestry sector and related industries.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 224 #

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 from the forestry and forestry-based industries and agriculture. 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.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 234 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(-a) in paragraph 2, the following point (ca) is inserted: "(ca) Member States shall ensure that the maximum contribution of biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops for the purpose of compliance with the target referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed an energy quantity corresponding to 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 1
-1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets mandatory national targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy [...]. It lays down rules relating to statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures, information and training, and access to the electricity grid for energy from renewable sources. It establishes sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids."
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 308 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point - 1 (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – point e
-1. In Article 2, point (e) is replaced by the following: "(e) "biomass" means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste, but excluding forestry and other wood fractions that are industrially or economically reusable or recyclable for further industrial use;"
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 310 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – point k
-1a. In Article 2, point (k) is replaced by the following: "(k) "support scheme" means any instrument, scheme or mechanism applied by a Member State or a group of Member States, that promotes the use of energy from renewable sources by reducing the cost of that energy, increasing the price at which it can be sold, or increasing, by means of a renewable energy obligation or otherwise, the volume of such energy purchased. This includes, but is not restricted to, investment aid, tax exemptions or reductions, tax refunds, renewable energy obligation support schemes including those using green certificates, and direct price support schemes including feed-in tariffs and premium payments; support schemes shall not create market distortion on raw material price for other industrial sectors that are traditionally using the same raw materials;"
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 321 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(b) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph is added: 'For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.'deleted
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 330 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 338 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
(c) paragraph 4 is amended as follows: (i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;" (ii) the following point (d) is added: "(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020. (iii) the following point (e) is added: The contribution made by: (i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; (ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content. Member States shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii). The list of feedstock set out in Annex IX may be adapted to scientific and technical progress, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the accounting rules set out in this Directive. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 (b) concerning the list of feedstock set out in Annex IX'deleted.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 358 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oilfood crops and dedicated energy crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 393 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e – subparagraph 2
Member States shall refer to an independent European-wide registration system for verifying the origin and the traceability of all biofuels and particularly of advanced biofuels listed under Annex IX or eligible for an extra-incentive or for a separate target at EU or national level: such register should consist in a single database certifying all biofuels volumes from their origin until their final consumption. The register shall be aimed to avoid untrustworthy multiple declarations of the same volumes under two or more national or European schemes, shall register biofuels as from their origination and shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii).
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 410 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
(-a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1: "Energy from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 459 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 11
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 25b – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(4)(d), Article 5(5), the third subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c), Articles 19(5), 19(6) and 19(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from [the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 464 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 11
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 25b – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(4)(d), Article 5(5), the third subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c), Articles 19 (5), 19 (6) and 19 (7) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation 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.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 467 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 11
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 25b – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(4)(d), Article 5(5), the third subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c), Articles 19 (5), 19 (6) and 19 (7) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 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 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 473 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for include an impact assessment analysis of the biofuels production on the forestry-based industries and wood availability. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing sustainability criteria to be applied for incentivising biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4)d of Directive 2009/28/EC.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 477 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 522 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/CE
Annex IX
(3) The following Annex IX is added: 'Annex IX Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy content (a) Algae. (b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. (c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste. (d) Straw. (e) Animal manure and sewage sludge. (f) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches. (g) Tall oil pitch. (h) Crude glycerine. (i) Bagasse. (j) Grape marcs and wine lees. (k) Nut shells. (l) Husks. (m) Cobs (n) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings. Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content (o) Used cooking oil. (p) Animal fats classified as category I and II in accordance with EC/1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption. (q) Non-food cellulosic material. (r) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.'deleted
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 544 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c
(c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste except if industrially or economically reusable for other industrial purposes.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 563 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n
(n) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 617 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
(d) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs that are industrially or economically reusable for any other industrial use, and any other ligno- cellulosic leftover reusable for other industrial purposes.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
-
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 23 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Title
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amendrepealing Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital -1 a (new)
(-1a) A reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is being achieved in the Union, in line with the targets set in the EU’s ‘climate and energy’ package, principally owing to the economic crisis that Europe has been suffering since 2008.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
(1) Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing aThere are clear structural shortcomings in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC does not specify how volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned are to be distributed over the trading period(EU ETS) established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003: on the one hand, rather than preventing carbon leakage, it has actually encouraged this, while on the other hand it has added to energy costs in ETS sectors where there is no leakage.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The collapse in demand for emissions allowances triggered by the economic crisis and by leakage has resulted in a sharp fall in the market value of allowances. Paradoxically, it is only in this way that the EU ETS has shown itself apt to meet the target set in Article 1(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC, which is ‘to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner.’ It is easy to predict that when the EU economy starts to grow again, carbon dioxide emissions will also begin to increase, and with them the market value of allowances.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The EU ETS has, by itself, therefore proved that it is not working, and for this reason it should be discontinued at the end of the current trading cycle in 2020, bearing in mind also that it is precisely in 2020 that a new global UNFCCC agreement will enter into force.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 41 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission is able in exceptional circumstances to adapt the auction timetable pursuant to Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC.deleted
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 54 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
(3) Directive 2003/87/EC should therefore be amended accordinglyrepealed with effect from 1 January 2021,
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) More generally, the climate change policy based on market mechanisms, as provided for in the Kyoto Protocol, has shown itself to be ineffective, especially when those mechanisms are not applied at global level, and to be non-transparent. The EU should therefore consider adopting alternative policies in good time.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 62 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1
In the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC the following sentence is added: "The CommissionThe scheme for greenhouse gas emission trading established by Directive 2003/87/EC is to end on 31 December 2020. Directive 2003/87/EC shall, w there appropriate, adapt the timetable for each period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market."fore be repealed with effect from 1 January 2021.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 71 #

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By 30 June 2015, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and to the Council a feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis of climate change policies based on instruments other than market mechanisms, including the introduction of a carbon tax at the EU’s borders.
2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 247 #

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Applications, dDecision-making procedures and decisions to regulate the prices of medicinal products in accordance with Article 3 or towhich determine their inclusion within the scope of public health insurance systems in accordance with Articles 7 and 9 shall be considered by Member States as administrative procedures which, as such, are independent from the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 251 #

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
With a view to ensuring that the provisions of this article are properly applied, those provisions shall not prevent applications submitted to the competent authorities or decisions by competent authorities regarding the setting of the price of a given product or the inclusion of that product in public health insurance systems from being considered objective and reasonable factors that may be taken into account by the competent judicial authorities when determining whether an intellectual property right is being or will be infringed.
2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 252 #

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 may be waived in Member States in which the issue of a marketing authorisation or a reimbursement authorisation for a generic product results in a change in the price of and/or reimbursement terms for the relevant reference product.
2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 254 #

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States may adopt specific measures and legal procedures to protect intellectual property rights in cases where the issue of a marketing authorisation or a reimbursement authorisation for a generic product results in a change in the price of and/or reimbursement terms for the relevant reference product.
2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 277 #

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. By [insert date - within three years after the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 18(1)], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Directive. The report may be accompanied by any, where appropriate, by proposals for the amendment of this Directive.
2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 113 #

2011/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 bis (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to fully apply the principle of subsidiarity, with the full involvement of local communities as they, to all intents and purposes, have the most knowledge of their own region, with specific biodiversity features that differ across the EU; this knowledge would encourage the overall improvement of action in the field of European water policy;
2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 23 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of them interconnected; whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas the toxic agents in certain pesticidand their synergies, changing climatic and environmental conditions, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies’ immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologies,
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas beekeepers are primarily responsible forcan help to improve and preserve the health and well-being of their bees, though farming methods have a role to play tooeven in a difficult environment,
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, because minimal use of veterinary products and active substances is advocated, as is maintaining a healthy colony immune system but resistance problems exist; whereas active substances and medicines are not metabolised by bees and end up in honey, because European producers rely on clean, residue-free, high-quality honey, and also because of the problem of resistance, minimal use of veterinary products and active substances is advocated, as is maintaining a healthy colony immune system,
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing non-chemical alternatives, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranaeas they are the main pathogenic agent which requires a greater variety of active substances to combat it because of its strong resistance, and to combat endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed; calls on the Commission to make research findings available to beekeepers;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to promote the setting up of appropriate national surveillance systems in close cooperation with beekeepers’ associations and to develop harmonised standards which are easy to introduce at EU level to allow comparison; stresses the need for uniform, and the annual identification and registration of bee hives;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to set up a steering committee, together with representatives of the beekeeping sector, which will assist the Commission in establishing the annual work programme of the EU reference laboratory; deplores the fact that the first annual work programme of the EU’s reference laboratory was presented without prior consultation of stakeholders;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to encourage young beekeepers to enter the sector and to support training programmes for beekeepers and farmers on disease prevention and control, botanical knowledge and the impact of pesticides, with the purpose of encouraging the acquisition of qualifications;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a comprehensive Animal Health Law to be implemented in a harmonised manner throughout Europe; calls on the Commission to support European beekeeping organisations in order to establish a common guide to good beekeeping practices; calls on the Commission to adjust the scope and financing of European veterinary policy to take account of the specific characteristics of bees and beekeeping so that bee diseases can be combated more effectively thanks to the adequate availability of effective and standardised medicines in all Member States; calls on the Commission to reconsider the status of the various diseases in the light of their endemic character and takes the view that they should consequently no longer be regarded as compulsorily notifiable diseases but should be subject to appropriate health checks;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to work out more flexible rules for the authorisation and availability of veterinary products for honeybees, especially medicines of plantnatural origin;, welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the revision of the veterinary medicinal product directive with particular attention for antibiotics, which should not be authorised for diseases which strike colonies when they are already debilitated, in view of their impact on the quality of beekeeping products;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessmentthe methodology for pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colonyassessing the risk posed to bee colonies by plant protection products, and to ensure freappropriate access to the findings of the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises that the European Union has only recently, with the committed involvement of the European Parliament, adopted new, stricter rules on the authorisation of plant protection products and their sustainable use, in order to ensure that they are safe for human beings and the environment; notes that these rules include additional, strict criteria relating to bee safety; calls on the Commission to keep Parliament informed about the successful implementation of the new rules;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to promote low-pest management with the lowest possible pesticide- input and integrated pest management and, integrated pest management; addition, the training and further training of farmers in the bee-friendly use of plant protection products and cooperation between farmers and beekeepers;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a provelant protection products and to carry out further research into substance- pathogen and substance-substance synergies; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific plant protection products whose use may have an adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods such as seed coating should also be considered;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission constantly to monitor the animal health situation in source countries, to apply the strictest animal health requirements and to put in place an appropriate monitoring system for the propagation material coming from third countries, in order to avoid introducing exotic bee diseases/parasites such as Aethina tumida beetles and Tropilaelaps mites into the EU; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with beekeeping organisations, to submit guidelines for the veterinary treatment of hives; calls on the Commission and Member States to increase transparency regarding the frequency, percentage, characteristics and above all the results of the security checks performed at border control posts;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to put in place or modify the annexes to Directive 2001/110/EC (Honey Directive) in order to improve the standards of EU production by establishing clear legal definitions for all apicultural products, including honey varieties, and defining the important parameters of honeythe quality of natural honey, such as proline and saccarase content, low level of HMF or humidity, and adulteration (such as the glycerine content, sugar isotope ratio (C13/C14), pollen spectrum and aroma and sugar content of honey); calls on the Commission to ensure that monitoring of the natural properties of honey which applies to European products also applies to products from third countries;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. In the spirit of the EU’s new quality policy, calls on beekeepers, their representative organisations and commercial companies to make better use of the EU origin labelling schemes (PDO and PGI) for hive products, which could contribute to the affordability of apicultural activity, and calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with beekeeping associations, to propose quality denominations and promote the direct sale of beekeeping products on local markets;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to provide significantly more financial resources for the beekeeping sectorlace existing support programmes for the beekeeping sector on a more permanent footing and to step them up, and to encourage the development of joint projects, and on the Member States to provide technical assistance for the beekeeping sector; calls on the Commission to ensure that beekeeping organisations are compulsorily consulted during the planning of beekeeping programmes and the drafting of any legislation concerning them, so as to ensure that they are effective and are implemented rapidly; calls on the Commission to provide a safety net or a common insurance system for apiculture in order to mitigate the impact of crisis situations on beekeepers;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to strengthen and develop the agri-environmental measures specific to the beekeeping sector, in the spirit of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy, and to encourage farmers to engage in agri-environmental measurMember States to establish agri-environmental measures targeted at beekeeping in their rural development programmes in order to support ‘bee-friendly’ grasslands on field margins, and to employ special crop rotation and variation;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. having regard to farmers' input in improving traditional farm production methods and their contribution to making the necessary adjustments to the CAP, which increases the quality, competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture,
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer poll, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level,
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas rural development is an important instrument of the CAP and whereas the new programmes should be geared even more strongly to the priority objectives of rural development and of farmers (employment, the agricultural environment, water, climate change, innovation and education, handover from one generation to the next, attractiveness of rural areas, forests, mountains, the landscape),
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that the costs of supporting a strong CAP are more than justified if compared to the costs to society of not supporting European agriculture;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 418 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical and individual reference values and calls for a transition tointroducing a uniform area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments, on a gradual basis, in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region or per sector;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 484 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a further simplification of the direct payment system, for example simplified transfer rules for payment entitlements in the event of non-activation, merging of minimum payment entitlements, simplification of the rules governing the national reserve and changes to gear them more to young farmers or reduce them, depending on the transition to the regional/national single area payment, abolition of handwritten cattle registries, an effective and unbureaucratic monitoring system for both pillars and uniform penaltierocedures for establishing reductions and exclusions; considers that administrative systems which can be proven to be operating well should be looked upon favourably in the light of the scale of monitoring prescribed;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 489 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that measures to target generational renewal in the agricultural sector are needed given that only 6% of European farmers are younger than 35, and at the same time 4.5 million will retire in the next 10 years; Recognizes that young farmers have obstacles to start up such as high investment costs, access to land and credit. The measures for young farmers contained in pillar II have proved to be insufficient in stopping rapid ageing in the agricultural sector. Thus, it is necessary to call for the possibilities of increasing the amount of direct payments for young farmers within pillar I in order to attract young people to the farming sector and support them in the first years of business, when they are the most vulnerable;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 537 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows)mitigate the impact of decoupling in specific areas and sector that are economically, environmentally and socially sensitive, for action to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors, for area-based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillar, and for quality improvement measures; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 564 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Observes that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, but endorses the Commission’s proposal to introduce different support arrangements for labour-intensive farms, with reference to employment volumes;
2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 632 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an central element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attainedjustifies, within the framework of the new challenges and objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, special support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC) and beyond the already existing agri-environmental programs; welcomes in this regard the proposed greening of the CAP, which meets this goal by effectively recognizing the environmental services delivered by farmers; considers that this greening should be applied through simple measures, widespread and accessible to as many farmers as possible, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained; demands that the implementation of such measures is accompanied by a simplification of the cross-compliance rules; considers that farmers already participating to a great extent in agri-environmental programs should not be discriminated under the new system;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 652 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers therefore that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers thatas far as possible, should simplify the SPS scheme, avoid duplication of controls and the introduction of additional administrative procedures; also considers that the possibility of a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losseunder the greening component, should be studied; stresses that these measures will have to balance environmental and economic performance, be relevant from an agronomic point of view and provide appropriate incentives for farmers;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 672 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Consideralls therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhereon the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, both the details of its proposed new scheme of direct payments as well as an impact assessment of the administrative and bureaucratic conditions related to the implementation of the greening component; observes that the greening should be pursued across Member States by means of a priority catalogue of area- based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration proceduresthat are 100% EU- financed; considers that any recipient of these particular payments must implement a certain number of greening measures, chosen from a national or a regional list established by the Member State on the basis of a broader EU list; demands, in order to streamline the administrative procedures associated with these measures that all agricultural controls are, as far as possible, operated concomitantly;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 707 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls foronsiders that the resources allocated to greening to be reserved for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greeningwill be inextricably linked to the level of budgetary resources allocated to the CAP as a whole;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 719 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to the simplification of the direct payments system and to the attainment of new compulsory environmental objectives; observes that, under this model, there is no need to step up the current rate of monitoring and the current monitoring capacities, as existing checks can be used, and that checks in the second pillar can be combined in the basic and regeneration programme; considers also that no new systems of payments or penalties need be introduced;deleted
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 739 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Realises that resources from the first pillar (as for a top-up model) should be used to pay for this environmental component; believes, however, that Member States where direct payments lie below the EU average should be given the option of making the payment by means of cofinancing from the first pillar or instead by means of financing entirely from the second pillar; observes that the Member States must notify the Commission of their decision on the financing by 31 July 2013; notes that individual Member States' modulation resources should be used;deleted
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 756 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Advocates compensation for natural disadvantages in the secondfirst pillar and rejects a complementary payment in the first pillar on account of if they are additional and not alternative to those to be retained in the second pillar; this will guarantee a certain degree of support to all active farmers in disadvantaged areas and will enable Member States to take action withe additional administrative work involvspecific policies, also taking account of the flexibility required;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 816 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Could envisage a modest adaptation of the requirements to maintain GAEC with regard to altered environmental and production conditions (for example,climate change, biomass, etc.), if the introduction of the new requirements in a comparable way throughout Europe were guaranteed;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 826 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientation of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retmarket instruments need to be restructured, not least in order to give producer organisations a more prominent role in order to ensure that farmers receive a fairer share of the added value generated along the food chained;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 946 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that private-sector insurance schemes, such as multi-hazard insurance and mutual funds, must be developed in view of increasing risks; is aware of the fact that, without public contributions to the financing (from the EU and Member States), this would be difficult; supports the adoption of an EU- wide and WTO- compliant environment to ensure that no distortions of competition occur among Member States; rejects, however, the introduction of EU-wide insurance systems;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 959 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Considers rather that these measures should be promoted optionally, by decision of the Member State, in the first pillar (now Article 69) within the existing financing ceiling of the Member State concerned and that Member States should be allowed, initially, on the basis of national and regional needs, to use up to 2% of direct paymentthe necessary and appropriate resources for risk management, stabilisation and prevention measures; considers, furthermore, that, in justified cases, Member States should be allowed to make additional resources available from national funds;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 961 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Considers it appropriate to extend the operational programme approach (fruit and vegetables CMO model), not least with a view to giving producer organisations a more prominent role and ensuring that insurance schemes (covering incomes and disasters) are managed in a properly organised manner;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 990 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessment with the legislative proposal; points out that mutual funds, which were already provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, provide another means of sharing risks; takes the view that, given that climate and financial risks are systemic risks whose management requires large amounts of capital, a network of capital and/or reassurance providers should be established and developed at European level in order to provide agricultural operators with the security and continuity they require when an adverse event occurs;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1029 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the Commission to investigate whether the current arrangement wherebymaintain the planting rights currently applying under the wSine market organisation ban on planting is to expire should be maintained, in view of anticipated market trendsgle CMO, in view of the specific features of this sector;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1032 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the Commission to investigate whether the current arrangement whereby the wine market organisation ban on plantconsider maintaining planting rights in the wine sector beyond 2015 and to take account of this ing its to expire should be maintained, in view of anticipated market trendsassessment report on the reform of the wine CMO to be submitted in 2012;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1074 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growth, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers; in face of the rapid ageing farming population in Europe, attractive measures for young farmers are urgent; as a supply to pillar I it is necessary to strengthen and improve existing supportive measures for young farmers in pillar II, in particular support for innovation and modernizing investments on the farm; encourages educational and training programmes to be developed for young farmers.
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1080 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for and agricultural entrepreneurs; calls therefore for Member States to be able to formulate second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growth, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1118 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decided by the Member States in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 « Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that and applying a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should apply;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1204 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Advocates that it should not be compulsory for national cofinancing to come from public funds; considers that at least 10 percentage points of any national cofinancing should come from public funds;deleted
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1227 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55 a. Stresses that the development of food quality policy, including in terms of geographical indication (PDO/PGI/TSG), must be a priority aspect of the CAP and be deepened and strengthened so that the EU can maintain its leadership position in this area; takes the view that, in the case of these high-quality products, the use of original management, protection and promotion instruments should be allowed, enabling them to develop in a harmonious fashion and to continue to make their major contribution to the sustainable growth and competitiveness of European agriculture;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1239 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Stresses that rural development must promote commercial investments, the prime objective being the introduction of technological and organisational innovations and measures designed to consolidate, promote and enhance production quality, seeking also to achieve improvements in these sectors in terms of speed, efficiency and transparency;
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1248 #

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Observes that there is a need for action with regard to national tax law applicable to farms in order to distribute the tax burden more evenly over a period of years;deleted
2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that, for Rural Development, there is an increase of 1.5 % in payment appropriations, with further payments in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan also expected in 2012, and that funding of the EAFRD is further increased and strengthened in 2012 with increased funds from modulation and specific transfers;
2011/05/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of increasing the measures to promote high-quality local agricultural products at European and international level; notes that, for the promotion of local products, appropriate measures are required to encourage action to preserve and protect their distinctive characteristics and origin;
2011/05/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses concern about decreased financing for veterinary and phytosanitary measures and urges the Commission to maintain close monitoring of the situation regarding animal and plant health, with particular reference to all the imported products which often fail to comply with Community veterinary, phytosanitary and animal welfare rules.
2011/05/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Agriculture and forestry are unique systems delivering commercial products but also wider societal public goods (including cultural and recreational value) and important ecological services such as functional and in-situ biodiversity, pollination, water regulation, landscape preservation, erosion reduction and carbon sequestration / GHG mitigation. Research activities will support the provisions of these public goods and services, through the delivery of management solutions, decision-support tools and the assessment of their non- market value. Specific issues to be dealt with include the identification of farming/forest/cultivation systems and landscape patterns likely to achieve these goals. Shifts inDeveloping the countryside through the active management of agricultural systems - including the use of technologies and change of practices - will increase GHG mitigation and the adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector to the adverse effects of climate change.
2012/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2011/0290(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No. 3/2008
Article 17 – point b a (new)
(ba) producer organisations not forming part of ad hoc working groups and representing, in particular, designation- of-origin and similar protected products.
2012/09/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) To ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, it is necessary to focus on a limited number of core priorities relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and farm viability, food chain organisation, short supply chains and risk management in agriculture, restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependant on agriculture and forestry, resource efficiency and the shift towards a low carbon economy in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors, and promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and the economic development of rural areas. In doing so account must be taken of the diversity of situations that affect rural areas with different characteristics or different categories of potential beneficiaries and the cross-cutting objectives of innovation, environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation action should relate to both limiting emissions in agriculture and forestry from key activities such as livestock production, fertilizer use and to preserving the carbon sinks and enhancing carbon sequestration with regard to land use, land use change and the forestry sector. The Union priority for rural development relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas should apply horizontally in relation to the other Union priorities for rural development.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure the immediate start and efficient implementation of rural development programmes, support from the EAFRD should be based on the existence of sound administrative framework conditions. Member States should therefore assess compliance with certain ex ante conditionalities. Each Member State should prepare either a national rural development programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for rural development and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities for rural development, while being adapted to national and regional contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular the agricultural market policy, cohesion policy and the common fisheries policy. If a Member States which opts for a set of national and/or regional programme should be able to also prepare a ns, the National fFramework, without a separate budgetary allocation, in order to facilitate co-ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challeng should comprise common elements to ensure coherence and links between the national strategy and regional strategies.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Member States should be able to include in their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes to address specific needs in areas of particular importance to them. Thematic sub- programmes should concern among others young farmers, women in agriculture, small farms, mountain areas and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address restructuring of agricultural sectors which have a strong impact on the development of rural areas. As a means to increase the efficient intervention of such thematic sub- programmes Member States should be allowed to provide for higher support rates for certain operations covered by them.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Union or national quality schemes for agricultural products and food provide consumers with assurances on the quality and characteristics of the product or the production process used as a result of the participation of farmers in such schemes, achieve added value for the products concerned and enhance their market opportunities. Farmers should therefore be encouraged to participate in these schemes. Given that it is at the moment of entering such schemes and in the early years of their participation that additional costs and obligations imposed on farmers as a result of their participation are not fully remunerated by the market, support should be limited to new participation and cover a period of no more than five years. Given the special characteristics of cotton as a farm product, quality schemes for cotton should also be covered. In order to ensure the efficient and effective use of EAFRD budgetary resources, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the Union quality schemes that may be covered by this measure.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The creation and development of new economic activity in the form of new farms, new businesses or new investments in non-agricultural activities is essential for the development and competitiveness of rural areas. A farm and business development measure should facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and of women in agriculture and the structural adjustment of their holdings after initial setting up, diversification of farmers into non-agricultural activities and the setting up and development of non- agricultural SMEs in rural areas. The development of small farms which are potentially economically viable should also be encouraged. In order to ensure the viability of new economic activities supported under this measure, support should be made conditional on the submission of a business plan. Support for business start up should cover only the initial period of the life of a business and not become operating aid. Therefore, where Member States opt to grant aid in instalments these should be for a period of no more than five years. In addition in order to encourage the restructuring of the agricultural sector, support in the form of annual payments should be provided for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 who commit to transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer who does not participate in that scheme.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Agri-environment-climate payments should continue to play a prominent role in supporting the sustainable development of rural areas and in responding to society's increasing demands for environmental services. They should further encourage farmers and other land managers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity. In this context the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture and the additional needs of farming systems that are of high nature value should be given specific attention. Payments should contribute to covering additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments undertaken and should only cover commitments going beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle. In many situations the synergies resulting from commitments undertaken jointly by a group of farmers multiply the environmental and climate benefit. However, joint action brings additional transaction costs which should be compensated adequately. In order to ensure that farmers and other land managers are in a position to correctly implement the commitments they have undertaken, Member States should endeavour to provide them with the required skills and knowledge. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007-2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 25% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate, organic farming and payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints measures.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Farmers are exposed today to increasing economic and environmental risks as a consequence of climate change and increased price volatility. In this context, effective management of risks has an increased importance for farmers. For this reason a risk management measure should be set up to assist farmers in addressing the most common risks faced by them. This measure should therefore support farmers to cover the premiums they pay for crop, animal and plant insurance as well as the setting up of mutual funds and the compensation paid by such funds to farmers for losses suffered as a result of the outbreak of animal or plant diseases, adverse climatic events or environmental incidents. It should also cover an income stabilisation tool in the form of a mutual fund to support farmers facing a severe drop in their income. In order to ensure that there is equal treatment among farmers across the Union, that competition is not distorted and that the international obligations of the Union are respected, specific conditions should be provided for the granting of support under these measures. In order to ensure the efficient use of EAFRD budgetary resources the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the minimum and maximum duration of commercial loans to mutual funds.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
(t) "short supply chain": a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, who have direct relations with consumers or are committed to co- operation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers and consumers;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 247 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) "young farmer": farmer who is less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application, possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding and/or who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) "associations of producer organisations”: associations of producer organisations as defined in Article 107 of the proposal for a regulation on the single CMO.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(xb) “agricultural service-providers”: agromechanical entrepreneurs who provide, and are qualified to provide, professional agricultural services in rural areas and who, for hire or reward, perform work relating to field crops, livestock farming or management of woodland and green areas belonging to public authorities, where the use of large and technically advanced equipment and machinery is required.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
(xc) "agricultural services": performance by agricultural service-providers, for public and private procurers, of work in fields, such as that relating to field crops, livestock farming and the management of woodland and green areas.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 339 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversificationand modernisation of farms;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 385 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) supporting farm risk management:the management of farm risk generated by economic, environmental and social factors.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 460 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may submit either a single programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes, a set of regional programmes or a set of national and regional programmes. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, each measure or type of operation shall be programmed at national or regional level.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 466 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, the national framework shall contain the common elements so as to ensure consistency and linkage between its national and regional strategies.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 475 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) young farmers and women in agriculture;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the development and promotion of agricultural products, including organic products, bearing official quality labels.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 597 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
In addition to tThe ex ante conditionalities referred to in Annex IV, the general ex ante conditionalities established in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] shall apply for the EAFRD shall apply for EAFRD programmes if they are relevant and applicable to the specific objectives pursued in accordance with those programmes’ priorities.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 636 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Each rural development measure shall be programmed to contribute specifically to the achievement of one or more Union priorities for rural development. An indicative list of measures of particular relevance to the Union priorities is set out in Annex V.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 758 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers, also through producer group associations and agri-food companies, cover new participation by farmers or previous participation during the 2007-2013 programming period in:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 794 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be determined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum duration of five years. Payments shall be made annually on presentation of the necessary documentation. However, the producer shall make a single application covering a five-year period.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 798 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this paragraph, 'fixed costs' means the costs incurred for entering a supported quality scheme and the annual contribution for participating in that scheme, including, where necessary, expenditure on checks required to verify compliance with the specifications of the scheme. The costs of the checks incurred by producer group associations which have submitted an application for recognition of a quality label shall be admissible from the commencement of the transitional period, that is to say while the documents are being forwarded by the Member State to the Commission.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 835 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply and, water management and hydro storage to sustain farming and in particular crop systems; or
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 848 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) are non productive investments linked to the achievement of agri- and forest- environment commitments, biodiversity conservation status of species and habitat as well as enhancing the public amenity value of a Natura 2000 area or other high nature value area to be defined in the programme.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 875 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructuring, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligibleindividual or combined agricultural holdings and agricultural service providers.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 892 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, women in agriculture, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 894 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraph 3 shall not apply to investments referred to in paragraph 1(c) and non- productive investments referred to in paragraph 1(d).
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 911 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall be granted to farmers or groups of farmers and undertakings engaged in the processing and/or marketing of products listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty. Support may also be granted to public entities where a link between the investment undertaken by such entities and agricultural production potential is established.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 922 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) young farmers and women in agriculture;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 929 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) non-agricultural activities and provision of agricultural services in rural areas;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 938 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in non-agricultural activities and provision of agricultural services;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 962 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and women in agriculture.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 979 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Support under paragraph 1(a)(ii) shall be granted to farmers or members of the farm household diversifying into non- agricultural activities and to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises and the provision of agricultural services in rural areas.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 993 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises in rural areas and to farmers or members of the farm household and micro- and small- enterprises providing agricultural services.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1012 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) may be used also for the purchase and/or lease of: (a) land; (b) equipment and machinery; (c) barns; taking the form of a bank guarantee for lease and/or purchase contracts for land and related capital investments. In such cases, the support shall be added to the flat-rate payment and subject to the rates specified in Annex I in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1059 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments by, for public bodiesuse, in recreational infrastructure, tourist information, small-scale tourist infrastructure, marketing of rural tourism services and sign-posting of touristic sites;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1062 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments by public and private bodies in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and sign-posting of touristic sites;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1077 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Investments under paragraph 1 shall be eligible for support where the relevant operations are implemented in accordance with plans for the development of municipalities in rural areas and their basic services, where such plans exist and shall by are consistent with any local development strategy, where one exists.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1091 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments improving the productivity, resilience and environmental value as well as the mitigation potential of forest ecosystems;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1120 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private land-owners and tenants, to other land managers, and to municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of agricultural income foregone and maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of ten years.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1139 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Both agricultural and non-agricultural land shall be eligible; however, with regard to agricultural land, provision shall be made for set-aside for a maximum period of one year between two successive plantings on the same land. Species planted shall be adapted to the environmental and climatic conditions of the area and answer to minimum environmental requirements. No support shall be granted for the planting of short rotation coppice, Christmas trees or fast growing trees for energy production. In areas where afforestation is made difficult by severe pedo-climatic conditions support may be provided for planting other perennial woody species such as shrubs or bushes suitable to the local conditions.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1142 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private land public owners, tenants, other land managers and municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of threeseven years.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1157 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. "Agro-forestry systems" shall mean land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with extensive agriculture on the same land. The maximum number of trees to be planted per hectare shall be determined by the Member States taking account of local pedo-climatic conditions, forestry species and the need to ensure sustainable agricultural use of the land, demonstrable by specifications that are recognised by the Member States.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1188 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of preventive actions concerning pests and diseases, the risk of a relevant disaster occurrence must be supported by scientific evidence and acknowledged by scientific public organisations. Where relevant, the list of species of organisms harmful to plants which may cause a disaster must be provided in the programme.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1204 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(d) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster, or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest has caused the destruction of at least 3015% of the relevant forest potential. This percentage shall be determined on the basis of either the average existing forest potential in the three-year period immediately preceding the disaster or on the average of the five-year period immediately preceding the disaster, excluding the highest and the lowest entry.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1213 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to natural persons, private forest owners, private law, public and semi- public bodies, municipalities and their associations. In the case of state forests support may also be granted to bodies managing such forests, which are independent from the state budget.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1221 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Investments shall be aimed at the achievement of commitments undertaken for environmental aims or providing ecosystem services and/or which enhance the public amenity value and productivity of forest and wooded land in the area concerned or improve the climate change mitigation potential of ecosystems, without exincluding also economic benefits in the long term.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1228 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to private forest owners, municipalitieand public land-owners and tenants and to otheir associationland managers and to SMEs for investments enhancing forestry potential or relating to processing and marketing adding value to forest products. In the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments support may also be granted to enterprises that are not SMEs.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1296 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Agri-environment-climate payments shall be granted to farmers, groups of farmers or groups of farmers and other land-managers who undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations consisting ofwhich correspond to one or more agri- environment-climate commitments on agricultural land. Where duly justified to achieve environmental objectives, agri- environment-climate payments may be granted to other land- managers or groups of other land- managers.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1301 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Agri-environment-climate payments cover only those commitments going beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012 and other relevant obligations established under Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012, relevant minimum requirements for fertiliser and plant protection products use as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national legislation. All such mandatory requirements shall be identified in the programme.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1313 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall endeavosure to providehat persons undertaking to carry out operations under this measure withhave the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and information required to implement them, including by setting up commitment-related expert advice and/or by making support under this measure conditional to relevant trainingsory services.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1333 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. Payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary they may also cover transaction costs to a value of up to 20% of the premium paid for the agri- environment-climate commitments. Where commitments are undertaken by groups of farmers and/or by other land managers, the maximum level shall be 30%.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1336 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Where commitments under this measure include the implementation of greening measures in preparation for meeting other commitments under the measure, these greening measures may be compensated within the measure. In that case they may not receive support as 'non- productive investments' under Article 18(1)(d).
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1397 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Payments to farmers in mountain areas and other areas facing natural or other specific constraints shall be granted annually per hectare of UAA in order to compensate farmers for additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned, and to avoid the risk of those areas being abandoned owing to their low profitability.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1430 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to be eligible for payments under Article 32, mountain areas shall be characterized by a considerable limitation of the possibilities for using the land as well as low profitability and by an appreciable increase in production costs due to:
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1456 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Areas other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be eligible for payments under Article 32 if they are affected by specific constraints and where land management should be continued in order to conserve or improve the environment, maintain the countryside or wetlands, conserve water resources, and preserve the tourist potential of the area or in order to protect the coastline.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1519 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) joint action undertaken with a view to mitigating or adapting to climate change, such as measures relating to water management and storage to sustain farming and in particular agricultural systems;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1570 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions toa mutual funds, to providinge compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1648 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1655 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Support under Article 37(1)(c) may take the form of a financial contribution towards farmers’ payments into the mutual fund. Member States shall lay down rules governing farmers’ contributions to the fund.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1678 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In cases where co-operation projects are not selected by the local action groups, Member States shall establish a system of ongoing application for co-operation projects.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1686 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. In order to be eligible for EAFRD support investment operations shall be preceded by an assessment of the expected environmental impact in accordance with legislation specific to that kind of investment where the investment is likely to have negative effects on the environment.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1715 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, onlynew investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25% shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can, including measures to sustain farming and crop systems and/or to modernise existing systems for the improvement of water use efficiency, shall be considered as eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impact.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1729 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of this Regulation the Managing Authority"rural area" shall be define "rural area" at programmd at Member State level.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1889 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. EIP operational groups shall form part of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability. They shall be set up by interested actors such as farmers, collective entities, land and irrigation managers, researchers, advisors and businesses involved in the agriculture and food sector.
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1994 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
The funds transferred to the EAFRD in application of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 shall be reserved for operations which provide a significant contribution to innovation relevant to agricultural productivity and sustainability, including climate mitigation or adaptation.deleted
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2000 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4
4. PExcept for forms of support under Article 57(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) [CSF/2012], payments by beneficiaries shall be supported by invoices and documents proving payment. Where this cannot be done, payments shall be supported by documents of equivalent probative value, except for forms of support under Article 57(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) [CSF/2012].
2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 440 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to assist farms whose activities are mostly seasonal, such as fruit and vegetables, or wine, for which more staff are employed at certain times of the year, and to facilitate employment for workers who are considered to be at risk of social exclusion, a system of work vouchers for the payment of casual labour should be introduced, along the lines of the system provided for under Italian legislation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 510 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85 a (new)
(85a) Data collected by the Farm Accountancy Data Network should be taken into consideration when formulating studies and research with the aim of preventing crises in the various agricultural sectors, given that they reflect the performance of farms. These data should be a useful tool for crisis prevention and management.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 530 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94 a (new)
(94a) However, the implementation of international agreements should not depart from the principle of reciprocity, particularly with regard to tariffs, plant health and the environment, and it should be carried out so as to ensure strict compliance with the mechanisms for entry prices, specific additional duties and compensatory levies.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 655 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common and durum wheat, barley and maize;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 721 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for common and durum wheat, barley, maize, paddy rice, sorghum and skimmed milk powder shall be equal to the respective reference prices fixed in Article 7 in the case of buying-in at a fixed price and shall not exceed the respective reference prices in the case of buying-in by tendering;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 728 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The public intervention prices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be without prejudice to price increases or reductions for quality reasons for common and durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice. Moreover, taking into account the need to ensure that production is orientated towards certain varieties of paddy rice, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to fix increases and reductions of the public intervention price.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 744 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aid for private storage mayshall be granted in respect of the products referred to in Article 1(2) and the following products, subject to the conditions set out in this Section and to requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Article 17 to 19:
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 770 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) tobacco;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 817 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and, the reference prices forand production costs of the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments in the sector in one or more Member States.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 834 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, restrict the granting of private storage aid or fix the private storage aid per Member State or region of a Member State on the basis of recorded average market prices. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2). As regards the olive oil sector, the activation price for private storage for each category of olive oil shall reflect the real market situation, in particular taking into account the production costs. A periodic review should also be put in place. The aid provided must cover all storage costs as well as the financial implications of production being left in storage. The Commission shall automatically activate the private storage when all the conditions are fulfilled.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 835 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. To implement the measure for the products referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2), in relation to specific areas of production, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts: (a) link the granting of aid to respective gross margins; (b) limit the placing of the stored product on the market to the period of February to August, to prevent any overlapping with the start of the new marketing year; (c) incentivise the placing of the stored product on third-country markets, through measures – such as a targeted promotion campaign together with the supply of a 'service package' – designed to facilitate the placing of the product on the markets of 'developing countries'. The measure shall be limited to the first three months of storage.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 878 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the conditions according to which it may be decided that products covered by private storage contracts may be re- marketed or disposed of, seeking to avoid re-marketing in certain periods in order to eliminate problems of supply surpluses;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 967 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the dissemination of information on measures carried out by operators’ organisations and on traceability and certification systems to improve the quality of olive oil and table olives;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 970 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the commercial promotion of products;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 973 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the modernisation and restructuring of production systems;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 978 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7590 % for activities in the areas referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 981 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 7590 % for fixed assets investments and 560 % for other activities in the area referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 985 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a National programmes to support olive oil and table olives 1. The European Union will finance national programmes in the field of olive oil and table olives with the following objectives: a) improve the competitiveness of the sector through the modernization of the productive potential; b) increase consumption of olive oil and olives in and outside the European Union. c) improve the quality of the production systems of olive oil and table olives;
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1037 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
f) support for the administrative costs of setting up and maintaining mutual funds.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1070 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34a 1. Member States may establish a national fruit and vegetable network that unites the organisations, associations and authorities involved in implementing the national strategy. 2. The network shall be financed by a maximum levy of 0.5% of the Community share of the financing of the operational funds and its aim shall be: to manage the network, examine transferable good practices and gather the relevant information, organise conferences and seminars for those involved in managing the national strategy, conduct programmes to monitor and assess the national strategy and carry out other activities identified by the national strategy.
2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1106 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) use of concentrated grape must in accordance with Article 49(a);
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1107 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Member States may grant national aid in accordance with the relevant Community rules on State aid for the measures referred to in Articles 43, 47 and 48.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1116 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this Article shall cover information or promotion measures concerning Union wines in third countries and on the internal market, thereby improving their competitiveness in those countries.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1123 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) information campaigns, in particular on the Union systems covering designations of origin, geographical indications and organic production; to that end it would be desirable for agreements to be concluded with major retail chains in third countries to ensure that the information given to consumers about these products in sales outlets is as clear as possible;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1135 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Support for green harvesting shall contribute to improving the quality of the grapes and restoring the balance of supply and demand in the Union wine market in order to prevent market crises.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1139 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Support for the setting up and consolidation of mutual funds shall provide assistance to producers seeking to insure themselves against market fluctuations.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1142 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2
2. Support for the setting up and consolidation of mutual funds may be granted in the form of temporary and degressive aid to cover the administrative costs of the funds.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1160 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments, including the registration of collective marks, in processing facilities, winery infrastructure, distilleries and marketing of wine which improve the overall performance of the enterprise and concern one or more of the following:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1193 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 a (new)
Article 49a Use of concentrated grape must 1. Support may be granted to wine producers who use concentrated grape must, including rectified concentrated grape must, to increase the natural alcoholic strength of products, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex XVa. 2. The amount of the aid shall be fixed per % volume potential alcoholic strength and per hectolitre of the must used for enrichment. 3. The maximum applicable aid levels for this measure in the different wine growing zones shall be fixed by the Commission.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1233 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3
3. A product shall be considered as conforming to the general marketing standard where the product intended to be marketed is in conformity with an applicable standard adopted by any of the international organisations listed in Annex V.deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1235 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Article 57 Delegated powers Taking into account the need to address changes in the market situation, and the specificity of each sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to adopt, modify and derogate from the requirements concerning general marketing standard referred to in Article 56(1), and rules on conformity referred to in Article 56(3).deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1240 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Fruit and vegetables that are intended to be sold to consumers as fresh products may be marketed only if they are of sound, fair and marketable quality and if the country of origin is indicated.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1242 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1
1. Taking into account the expectations of consumers and the need to improve the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products as well as their quality, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on marketing standards referred to in Article 55, at all stages of the marketing, as well as derogations and exemptions from such standards to adapt to the constantly changing market conditions, to the evolving consumer demands, to developments in relonly for a limited time and in exceptional cases, or in the evaent international standards and avoid creating obstacles to product innovationof market crises.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1244 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 may cover one or more of the following requirements, determined on a sectoral or product basis, and based on the characteristics of each sector, on the need to regulate the placing on the market and on the conditions laid down in paragraph 3:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1274 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical levelby providing for the indication of the place of production;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1283 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) the standard recommendations adopted by international bodies in Annex V.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1284 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) the possible risk of consumers being misled due to their expectations and habits, having regard to the availability and feasibility of informational means to exclude such risks;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1285 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Place of farming, in accordance with paragraph 3(c), shall mean the place of cultivation or breeding, namely the country from which the non-processed agricultural product, or product used in the preparation or production of a food, originates.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1296 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3
3. Taking into account the need to adapt to evolving consumer demands, and technical progress and to avoid creating obstacles to product innovation, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on modifications, derogations or exemptions to the definitions and sales descriptions provided for in Annex VI.deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1299 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Taking into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on tolerancerough the ordinary procedure a tolerance may be adopted for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products shall be considered as not respecting that standard.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1300 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In exceptional cases, or in the event of market crises and for a limited period of time, the Commission may adopt, by means of delegated acts, a tolerance for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products shall be considered as not respecting that standard.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1308 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, where necessary, adoptIn accordance with Article 43(2) of the Treaty, the methods referred to in point (d) of Article 59(3) for products listed in Part II of Annex VI by means of implementing actsshall be adopted. Those methods shall be based on any relevant methods recommended and published by the OIV, unless they would be ineffective or inappropriate in view of the legitimate objective pursued. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2)
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1311 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may allow the experimental use of unauthorised oenological practices in accordance with the conditions specified by the Commission, by means of delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1312 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Taking into account the specificities in trade between the Union and certain third countries and the special character of some agricultural products, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to defineensuring that consumers are not being misled due to their expectations and habits, the conditions under which imported products are considered to have an equivalent level of compliance with the Union marketing standards and conditions allowing derogation from Article 58 and determinemay be defined, through the ordinary procedure, and the rules concerning the application of the marketing standards to products exported from the Union may be determined.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1336 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) include the name of the vine variety together with the geographical reference.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1350 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
2a. The specification shall consist at least of: (a) the name to be protected; (b) a description of the wine(s); (i) for wines with a designation of origin, the description of their principal analytical and organoleptic characteristics; (ii) for wines with a geographical indication, the description of their principal analytical characteristics in addition to an evaluation or indication of their organoleptic characteristics; (c) where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to make the wine(s) as well as the relevant restrictions on making the wine(s); (d) the demarcation of the geographical area concerned; (e) the maximum yields per hectare; (f) an indication of the wine grape variety or varieties the wine(s) is/are obtained from; (g) applicable requirements laid down in Union or national legislation or, where provided for by Member States, by an organisation which manages the protected designation of origin or the protected geographical indication, having regard to the fact that such requirements shall be objective, and non-discriminatory and compatible with Union law; (h) the name and address of the authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the provisions of the product specification and their specific tasks.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1361 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall take the steps necessary to stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications within the meaning of paragraph 2.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1377 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the elements of the product specification;deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1391 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) preliminary national procedure;deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1414 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) an indication of the sugary substances used to increase the alcohol content of the wines.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1415 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation from point (ga) of paragraph 1, the indication may be omitted in the following cases: (a) for sparkling and semi-sparkling wines obtained from cuvées produced without the addition of any sugary substances; (b) for all grapevine products for which added sugary substances have been used, where the latter derive solely from grapes.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1616 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) concentration of supply and the direct placing on the market of the products produced by its members;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1645 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new)
(viia) taking action to improve quality, especially at the market placement stage;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1650 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
(viib) implementing policies designed to strengthen producer organisations and associations of producer organisations from an organisational, commercial and financial point of view.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1656 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) do not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty.deleted
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1828 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1
Where rules of a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation are extended under Article 110 and the activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of persons whose activities relate to the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition may decide that individuals or groups, in addition to processors and merchants, which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2179 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part IX – product line (new)
0714201 Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, and intended for human consumption.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2204 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part I – point I – paragraph 2 – point B – introductory part
B) Category Z: bovine animals aged from 8 months to lessno more than 12 months
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under this Regulation, establishing the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well as the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in the state suitable for production and the criteria to detat is, any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland and pasture or permiane the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grasslandnt crops – in the state suitable for production.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the UnThe redistribution of direct payments should comply with the basic principles of Europa 2020, while highlighting the need to use Union resources for economic growth. To that end, direct payments should be redistributed on the basis of appropriate, objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as the value of agricultural production, averagedded value, labour and purchasing power. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 201922 in a Member State or in a region should haveapproximate to or reach a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmeproductive sectors, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distributionmay retain an element of differentiation in relation to direct support in order to take account of differecnt support across the European Union during that periodtypes of land use.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practisces should take the form of simple, generalised, non- contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and pastures, of perennial crops associated with appropriate agronomic practices and of ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practisces should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in "Natura 2000" areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practisces are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "greening" component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the "greening" compThe same should apply to farmers who sign up for agri-environmental programmes as an aspect of rural development or take part in a national certification scheme of recognised environmental value, or who comply with the environment should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR]al guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the Single CMO, or who adhere to agri-environmental schemes approved at national level.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grassland and permanent crops is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 270 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) In order to promote the sustainable development of agriculture in areas with specific natural constraints and abandoned areas, Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area-based paymentpayment based on new criteria such as gross marketable output, added value or the number of workers employed, on top of the basic payment, to all farmers operating in such areas. That payment should not replace the support given under rural development programs and should not be granted to farmers in areas which were designated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) but have not been designated in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) (31) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by women and young farmers is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for that reason, an income support to women and young farmers commencing their agricultural activities should be established in order to facilitate the initial establishment of women and young farmers and the structural adjustment of their holdings after the initial setting up. Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area- based payment, on top of the basic payment, to young farmers. That payment should only be granted during a period of maximum five years, since it should only cover the initial period of the life of the business and should not become an operating aid.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a payment for young farmers who commence their agricultural activity and for women in farming;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) "permanent crops" means non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, and short rotation coppice and poplar plantations;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 430 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "permanent grassland and pasture" means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided thator features of importance for the grclasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominantification of the land as pasture;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 470 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) “poplar plantations” means areas planted with tree species of the genus Populus spp with a harvest cycle of no more than 15 years;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 550 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, whereMember States shall decide to grant direct payments to farmers in one of the following applicases:
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 588 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is lessmore than 5 % of the total receiptsincome they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 610 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(c).;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 621 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) they are identified in a national public register, on the basis of objective criteria, as are farmers;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 626 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) they devote a substantial amount of their working time to agricultural activities and earn a significant part of their income from such activities, in accordance with criteria established by the Member State.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 644 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 52 000 of direct payments for the previous year, to holdings in mountain areas affected by natural constraints or to holdings which restore abandoned areas.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 655 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Entities such as transport companies, airports, real estate companies, companies managing sport grounds, motorway companies, campsites and mining companies shall not receive direct payments. After having notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to add other types of entity to those listed in paragraph 2a.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 656 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to holdings in mountain areas affected by natural constraints.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 776 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and deccost of labour (salaries, wages and vouchers), calcularted by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social on a flat-rate basis per labour unit used, also taking into accountributions related to employment work done by family members, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 835 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Before 1 August 2013, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom may decide to increase by a maximum of 10 points the percentage of their annual ceilings referred to in the first subparagraph.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 852 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Should Article 20 of this Regulation be applied, the Member States may make available to the regions the amount referred to in the first subparagraph, in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 897 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States in which certain types of livestock farms are particularly important for economic and/or social reasons may retain their special entitlements until 31 December 2020.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1263 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. FarmersMember States shall grant an annual payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shallwhen they observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practises beneficial for the c, and in respect of which a greening applimcate and the environment: ion has been made, the following practices:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1288 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 and up to 20 hectares, and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearthree different crops where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1308 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivwhere in excess of 70% of the land is not dedicated withto crops under waterthat can be submerged for a significant part of the yearir cultivation cycle;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1323 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland and pasture on their holding; and
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1330 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to maintain existing permanent crops on their farms, together with specific agronomic practices; or
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1332 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) more than 70% of which is cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1424 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they come within the following categories: – farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No° 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter, or – beneficiaries of agri-environment- climatic payments established pursuant to Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR]; – farmers who comply with the environmental guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the single CMO or with national agri-environmental guidelines.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1452 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or are covered by agri-environment- climate measures in accordance with Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 29 of Regulation (EU) N° [...] [RDR] or by measures/actions provided for in the environmental guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the single CMO.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1469 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare declared according to Article 26(1), the amount of which shall be calculated annually by dividing the amount resulting from the application of Article 33(1) by the total number of eligible hectares declared in the Member State concerned according to Article 26.deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1493 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 in order to lay down further conditions relating to the commitments and the certification schemes referred to in paragraph 4a, in order to make sure that they are equivalent to the practices referred to in paragraph 1 in terms of the climate-related and environmental benefits they offer.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1508 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearup to 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least two different crops. None of those crops shall cover less than 10 % of the arable land. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 570 % of the arable land and the two main one shall not exceed 70crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1545 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivin excess of 70% of the land is not dedicated withto crops under waterthat can be submerged for a significant part of the yearir cultivation cycle, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1557 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: – where the arable land is mainly used for grass production or other forage, mainly left fallow, mainly cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these, or – where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 80% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent grassland and historical pastures, or by permanent crops.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1574 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. For the purposes of this article, “crop” means a crop of one of the genera defined in the botanical classification of crops or a crop of one of the species in the Brassicaceae, Solonaceae and Cucurbitaceae families, as well as land left fallow. However, autumn/winter crops and spring/summer crops shall be deemed to differ from each other even where they are of the same genus.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1585 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down the definition of 'crop' andin order to add other crops to those listed in paragraph 1b and to establish the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1599 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title
Permanent grassland and pasture
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1618 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland and pasture the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as “reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture”.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1636 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland and pasture in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1652 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1677 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland and pasture, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland and pasture in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture in case of transfer of land.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1705 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the agricultural area, excluding areas under permanent grassland, covers more than 15 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 73 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer stripland under permanent crops, terraces, landscape features such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, land under soil-improving crops such as pulses and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1908 #
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1935 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and to women engaged in farming and contributing to the rural economy who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1993 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 36, Member States shall use a percentage of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II which shall not be higher than 24 %. They shall notify the Commission, by 1 August 2013, of the estimated percentage necessary to finance that payment.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2000 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maximumfigure of 24 % set under paragraph 1, where the total amount of the payment applied for in a Member State in a particular year exceeds the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 4, and where that ceiling is lower than 24 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, Member States shall apply a linear reduction to all payments to be granted to all farmers in accordance with Article 25.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2025 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch pot referred to in Annex I to the Treatoy, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppicewith the exception of fisheries products.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2065 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasons. Member States shall pay particular attention to those sectors vulnerable due to the suppression of past EU coupled or specific payments.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2071 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Members States may grant coupled support to farmers who in the period 2008-2010 held special entitlements in accordance with Articles 60 and 65 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 independently of the basic payment referred to in Title III, Chapter 1.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2244 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) an amount not exceeding 150 % of the national average payment per beneficiary;
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2251 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a level equal to the amount to which the farmer would be entitled in respect of the number of hectares declared for the 2014 calendar year.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2288 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
[The breakdown of resources among the Member States that is put forward in Annex II should be reviewed on the basis of objective criteria, as provided for in Recital 21.]
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, athe Member States and local and regional authorities shall organise a partnership with the following partners:
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 407 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) regional, local, urban and other public authorities
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 472 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a) preserving and promoting the cultural and creative heritage of the Union;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 486 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6) preserving and protecting the environment, cultural and creative heritage and promoting resource efficiency;
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 645 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, approving the Partnership Contract no later than six months after its submission by the Member State, provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account. As part of its decision to adopt the Partnership Contract, the Commission shall take account of the effective involvement of the autonomous regional territories called to enter into the Partnership Contract, in accordance with the institutional system of each Member State. The Partnership Contract shall not enter into force before 1 January 2014.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 650 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the managing authorities shall independently select the thematic objectives and investment priorities on which to concentrate the Union's support.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 694 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
Article 18 Performance reserve 5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.deleted
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 695 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
Article 18 Performance reserve 5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.deleted
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 708 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20
[...]deleted
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 711 #
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 728 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21
[...]Deleted
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 731 #
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 749 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Programmes shall be submitted by the Member States at the same time aswithin six months of the submission of the Partnership Contract, with the exception of European territorial cooperation programmes, which shall be submitted within sixnine months of the approval of the Common Strategic FrameworkGeneral Regulation. All programmes shall be accompanied by the ex ante evaluation as set out in Article 48.
2012/06/04
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1693 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 120 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall reimburse as interim payments 905% of the amount resulting from applying the co-financing rate for each priority axis laid down in the decision adopting the operational programme to the eligible expenditure for the priority axis included in the payment application. It shall determine the annual balance in accordance with Article 130(1).
2012/06/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 128 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind, areas with a natural handicap and regions facing demographic challenges and handicaps.
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 160 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in accessible social, health and, educational, cultural, sport, and tourism infrastructure;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 341 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) promoting business R&I investment, product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation and, cultural and creative industries, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 367 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 bis (new)
(1 a) preserve and promote the cultural and creative heritage of the European Union (i) encourage shared cultural policies to support and enhance Europe’s cultural heritage, tangible and intangible, with a view to ensuring an economic and cognitive impact; (ii) support research, innovation and entrepreneurial activities in the cultural and creative sector; (iii) promote sustainable tourism, including maritime tourist activities, through the development of territories, networks and efficient, innovative and quality services;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 519 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
(c) protecting, promoting and developing cultural heritage, the environmental legacy and the landscape;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 520 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c – point i (new)
i) the support to the endogenous potential of specific areas, promoting the development, the use and the accessibility of cultural and natural resources, even through the development of small infrastructures and touristic services;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 662 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills and, lifelong learning and culture by developing education and training infrastructure and promoting cultural heritage;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 689 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
ETaking into account its specific territorial situation, each Member State shall establish in its Partnership Contract a list of critieria for the selection of functinal urban areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and an indicative annual allocation for these actions at national level.
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and more in particular bovine identification and voluntary beef labelling were listed as "information obligations with special importance in terms of the burdens they impose on businesses" in the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an "Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU" .deleted
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and more in particular bovine identification and voluntary beef labelling were listed as "information obligations with special importance in terms of the burdens they impose on businesses" in the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an "Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU" .deleted
2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 16 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Section II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 lays down rules for a voluntary beef labelling system which provide for the approval of certain labelling specifications by the competent authority of the Member State. The administrative burden and the costs incurred by Member States and economic operators in applying this system are not proportionate to the benefits of the system. That Section should therefore be deleted.
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the necessary rules for the proper functioning of the identification, registration and traceability of bovine animals and beef are applied, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of requirements for alternative means of identification of bovine animals, special circumstances in which Member States may extend the maximum periods for the application of the means of identification, data to be exchanged between the computerised databases of the Member States, the maximum period for certain reporting obligations, the requirements for means of identification, the information to be included in the passports and in the individual registers to be kept on each holding, the minimum level of official controls, the identification and registration of movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in different mountain areas, rules for labelling certain products which should be equivalent to the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the definitions of minced beef, beef trimmings or cut beef, the specific indications that may be put on labels, the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin, the maximum size and composition of certain groups of animals, the approval procedures related to labelling conditions on packaging of cut meat. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up such delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Section II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 lays down rules for a voluntary beef labelling system which provide for the approval of certain labelling specifications by the competent authority of the Member State. The administrative burden and the costs incurred by Member States and economic operators in applying this system are not proportionate to the benefits of the system. That Section should therefore be deleted.
2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14
(14) Articles 16, 17 and 18 are deleted.
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure that the necessary rules for the proper functioning of the identification, registration and traceability of bovine animals and beef are applied, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of requirements for alternative means of identification of bovine animals, special circumstances in which Member States may extend the maximum periods for the application of the means of identification, data to be exchanged between the computerised databases of the Member States, the maximum period for certain reporting obligations, the requirements for means of identification, the information to be included in the passports and in the individual registers to be kept on each holding, the minimum level of official controls, the identification and registration of movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in different mountain areas, rules for labelling certain products which should be equivalent to the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the definitions of minced beef, beef trimmings or cut beef, the specific indications that may be put on labels, the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin, the maximum size and composition of certain groups of animals, the approval procedures related to labelling conditions on packaging of cut meat. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up such delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 53 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 15
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 19 — letter b
b) the specific indications that may be put on labels;deleted
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 15
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 19 — letter c
c) the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin;deleted
2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Articles 16 - 18
(14) Articles 16, 17 and 18 are deleted. deleted Or. it (See Amendment deleting Recital 20.)
2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the specific indications that may be put on labels; deleted Or. it (See Amendment to Recital 22.)
2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 19 – point c
(c) the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin; deleted Or. it (See Amendment to Recital 22.)
2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 13 #

2010/2211(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the CAP, in addition to its fundamental objectives, has a multifunctional role in delivering public goods, such as environmental protection, high-quality food production, high animal welfare standards, and in shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes, particularly those in disadvantaged and mountainous regions in the EU; points out that it also plays a key part in combating land abandonment, rural depopulation - particularly of marginal land - and the ageing of the rural population in the EU by providing appropriate funding for rural communities;
2011/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2010/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the major role that rural and farm tourism play in creating a direct link with the supply chain for traditional food products and for other ecological and natural products, thus creating a system which ensures the production, processing and marketing of products locally;
2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2010/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the importance of the ‘ICT and tourism’ platform proposed by the Commission, but believes that greater efforts are needed to equip rural areas with the latest IT infrastructure (e.g. broadband Internet connection services), with a view to generating and putting online all the information required for the exchange of best practice;
2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the EU should support education at all levels and awareness- raising about nutrition, given that inform and the origin of products, given that conscious, informed and quality-oriented choices about diet can prevent disease and also reduce the heavy strain on social spending in Europe; also calls for more dietary support programmes, such as the School Fruit and School Milk programmes, and for the budgets for these programmes to be increased;
2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Wishes to stress in particular the importance of diversity in European agriculture and of ensuring the coexistence of different agricultural models, as well as that of the diversity of food and nutrition across Europe, with a view to fostering the development of rural areas and preserving the heritage of regional food and wine sectors;
2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that traditional agricultural practices, including small-scale farming and organic farming, can make a valuable contribution to food security, because they often represent the most effective way of utilising land through methods specifically developed in individual regions over lengthy periods of time and enable a deep connection to be established between a product and the area in which it originates which symbolises the quality and authenticity of the product;
2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights the fact that products from small-scale farming supply local markets with fresh food, which is more environmentally sustainable than transported food and, thereby helpsing to support established farming communities and enabling consumers to make quality- oriented, conscious and informed choices based on fair prices; calls on the Commission to address these agricultural models in its future CAP proposals, including the possibility of creating special financial incentives;,
2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas, despite the high degree of individualisation in the way that people live, the basic challenge for both men and women, and in particular for women, who are often solely responsible for family management, will remain that of combining their own work and their social and cultural involvement, on the one hand, with responsibility for family, on the other,
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need – in order to contribute to the economic development of rural areas which have been gradually abandoned over the past few years – to establish a system which ensures that local products are produced, processed and marketed first and foremost locally; it would also be useful, in order to increase development in those areas, to provide various activities that are complementary to farming, such as tourism-related activities or service provision;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls, in this regard, for further efforts to be undertaken to equip all rural areas with the most up-to-date IT infrastructure (e.g. broadband), in order to create and put online all information necessary for exchanging good practices;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages, to that end, support for projects which aim to create such services, such as 'farm crèches', which already exist in various parts of Italy and which ensure that women can continue working in rural and farming areas whilst at the same time creating work, so that more people are able to stay on the land;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes, in this context, Directive No 2010/41/EU and calls on the Member States to implement it effectively so as to safeguard the rights of women married to self-employed farmers and ensure that the work of farmers' wives is fully recognised, also by means of pension-related safeguards;
2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2010/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a new
34a. Hopes that specific measures will be taken to regulate the market and all the agricultural sectors in crisis, such as the fruit and vegetable sector and cereals sector, in such a way as to establish a consistent strategy;
2010/02/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 87 #

2010/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b new
34b. Hopes that serious measures will be taken in support of disadvantaged rural areas, such as foothill and mountain areas;
2010/02/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 16 #

2010/0364(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 38a(1), decide on measures implementing the prohibition on the use of GMOs and products produced from or by GMOsFor the purpose of the prohibition referred to in paragraph 1, the vendor declaration confirming that the products supplied have not been produced from or by GMOs shall be drawn up using the model established by the Commission, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 38a(1).
2011/04/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2010/0364(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 27
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Article 38a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to better take account of the expectations of consumers regarding the quality of organic products and to ensure the adequate application of rules by the authorities, bodies and operators concerned and the proper functioning of the single market and trade, the Commission shall, by means of delegated acts, adopt specific rules, measures and conditions necessary for the application of this Regulation, including the specific definitions related to its scope, subject to the objectives and principles laid down in Title II, for the following:
2011/04/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 b - paragraph 3
3. A product shall be considered as conforming to the general marketing standard where the product intended to be marketed is in conformity with an applicable standard, as appropriate, adopted by any of the international organisations listed in Annex XIIb.deleted
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 c
In order to address changes in the market situation, taking into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt, modify and derogate from requirements related to the general marketing standard referred to in Article 112b(1), and rules concerning the conformity referred to in paragraph 3 of that Article , only for a limited period and in exceptional cases, or in response to market crises.
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 1
1. In order to take account of the expectations of consumers and to contribute to the improvement of the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products as well as to their quality, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt marketing standards by sector or product referred to in Article 112a, at all stages of the marketing, as well as derogations and exemptions from the application of such standards in order to adapt to the constantly changing market conditions, to the evolving consumer demands, as well as in order to take account of developments in relevant international standards and avoid creating obstacles to product innovation, only for a limited period and in exceptional cases, or in response to market crises.
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, includingwhich specifies the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level;
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - point e a (new)
(ea) fair distribution of added value throughout the agri-food industry;
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 e - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1a (new)
The place of farming, as referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph, means the place of cultivation or rearing, namely the country of provenance of the agricultural product, whether unprocessed or for use in preparing or producing a foodstuff.
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2010/0354(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112g
In order to take into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt a tolerance for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products will be considered as not respecting the standard may be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure.
2011/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In respect of names registered without reservation of the name pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, a procedure should be introduced for replacing those names with names that may be registered and automatically entered in the register with reservation of the name.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'production step' means one of the following: production, processing or preparation and labelling;
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a With a view to ensuring that consumers are properly informed, in respect of protected geographical indication products the place of provenance of the agricultural product shall be specified, at least in cases where the place of provenance is not the same as the place in which processing took place.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
A Member State may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection to a name or accept an amendment to a product specification under this Regulation at national level, with effect from the date on which an application is lodged with the Commission.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. , together with depictions of the geographical area of origin as referred to in Article 5 and text, graphics or symbols referring to the Member State and/or region is which that geographical area of origin is located.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. The name or business name or registered trade mark of the producer or at least one of the persons subject to official controls shall also appear on the labelling.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in respect of products not covered by the registration insofar as those products are comparable to the products registered under that name or insofar as using the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including in cases where they are used as ingredients;
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any misuse, imitation or evocation, even if the true origin of the product or service is indicated or if the protected name is translated or accompanied by an expression such as ‘style’, ‘type’, ‘method’, ‘as produced in’, ‘imitation’ or similar, in so far as those products or services are comparable to the products registered under that name or in so far as the misuse, imitation or evocation of the name exploits the reputation of the protected name, including when used as an ingredient;
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1, in particular at the request of a producer group as provided for in point (a) of Article 42that are produced or marketed in that Member State.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of Directive 2008/95/EC. The collective geographical marks referred to in Article 15 of Directive 2008/95/EC shall be allowed to be used on labels, together with the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Names registered in accordance with the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), and in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, including those registered pursuant to applications referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 55(1) of this Regulation, may continue to be used under the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, until 31 December 2017, unless Member States use the procedure set out in paragraph 2a of this Article.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2016, submit to the Commission a list of traditional specialities guaranteed registered in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 and complying with this Regulation. Names of those traditional specialities guaranteed may be adjusted in order to comply with Article 18 paragraph 2(b). The Commission shall publish the full list in the Official Journal of the European Union. Within the two months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, a statement of opposition referred to in Articles 48 and 49 may be submitted to the Commission. The Commission, after the opposition procedure, shall, where appropriate, adjust the entries in the register referred to in Article 22. The corresponding specifications shall be the specifications referred to in Article 19.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Mountain product 1. The term 'mountain product' shall be established. This term may only be used to describe products intended for human consumption that are listed in Annex I to the Treaty of which the raw materials come from mountain areas. In addition, for the term to be applied to processed products, such processing must also take place in mountain areas or in certain circumstances in areas in close proximity to the mountains. 2. For the purposes of this Article, "mountain areas" within the Union are those areas within the meaning of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999. For products of third countries, "mountain areas" shall include areas that fulfil criteria equivalent to those set out in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 53 laying down derogations from the conditions of use referred to in paragraph 1 in duly justified cases and in order to take into account of natural constraints affecting agricultural production in mountain areas. 4. The Commission shall lay down guidelines, by means of delegated acts, in order to prevent the term ‘mountain’ or similar terms that are likely to mislead consumers from being used in the labelling of foodstuffs which do not comply with this article.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States also designate the competent authorities to put in place the necessary administrative and judicial steps of article 13(3).
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The costs of such verification of compliance with the specifications mayshall be borne by the operators subject to those controls. The Member States may also contribute to the costs.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Indications, abbreviations and symbols referring to the quality schemes may only be used in the labelling ofto identify products produced in conformity with the rules of the quality scheme to which they apply. This applies in particular to the following indications, abbreviations and symbols:
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) define rules that set out the conditions under which the protected PDO or PGI name can be used in the sales denomination of a prepared or a processed food, in accordance with Article 13(1);
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 219 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) take measures to enhance the value of products and, where necessary, take steps to prevent or counter any measures which tarnish, or are likely to tarnish the image of those products.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a 1. In the public interest, with the overall objective of ensuring an increasing level of quality of the products covered by this Regulation, and a balance between production and consumption, in order to eliminate speculative behaviour that runs counter to competition rules and is detrimental to quality, Member States may lay down rules at the production level, by way of implementing decisions taken by groups of operators handling the PDO or PGI considered. Such rules must not create obstacles to intra-European and/or international trade or violate relevant competition rules, shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not: (a) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (b) reduce an excessive proportion of the volume that is produced annually and normally available; (c) prevent the entry of new operators 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. Decisions and actions taken by Member States in year n accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2010/0353(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Operators preparing and storing a traditional speciality, protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication or who places such traditional speciality guaranteed, protected designation of origin and protected geographical indication on the market for the first time shall also be subject to the system of controls as referred to in Chapter I of this Title.
2011/05/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In July and August 2010, following heavy monsoon rains, devastating floods affected extensive regions of Pakistan, notably the areas of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Gilgit- Baltistan. According to United Nations sources, the flooding affected some 20 million people and 20 per cent of Pakistan's land, equivalent to at least 160,000 square kilometres, and leaving up to 12 million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid. However, the textile producing areas are situated outside the areas hit by the floods and there was no direct damage caused to plant or machinery.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Pakistan’s textile industry is located in areas which were not affected by the floods and did not suffer any direct damage as a result of them.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In November 2010, serious floods, caused by torrential rains, hit the Veneto Region, in Italy, and in particular the provinces of Vicenza, Verona and Padua, where there is a strong presence and concentration of textile and leather SMEs and industries. Some 293 municipalities were affected over an area of 140 hectares and the floods caused around EUR 1 billion’s worth of direct damage to land, homes, people, factories and machinery in these areas.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The autonomous trade preferences instrument is not an appropriate way of dealing with and resolving humanitarian emergency situations.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The effects of the application of the trade instrument would only be felt years after the floods and would mostly benefit international exporters and industrial groups in the sector, increasing their profits. Such measures would in no way mitigate the destruction of farmlands, the damage to civilian infrastructure and homes and the population’s dramatic health conditions resulting from the floods.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) The European Union addressed Pakistan’s humanitarian emergency by providing some EUR 150 million in humanitarian aid and the international community as a whole swiftly and effectively supplied Pakistan with EUR 500 million in humanitarian aid.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It will be important to use all available appropriate means to support Pakistan's recovery from this emergency and progress towards future development.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Trade, Growth and World Affairs – Trade Policy as a core component of the EU's 2020 strategy’ (COM(2010)612/4) states that in 2011 the Commission will assess the application of international trade as a standard aid instrument for third countries hit by natural disasters.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) It is therefore not appropriate to extend autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan by suspending for a limited period of time all tariffs for certain products of export interest to Pakistan. The provision of these trade preferences would not cause any meaningfulhave significant adverse effects on the domestic market of the Union and would not affect, especially on the markets of Member States with a strong presence and concentration of textile and manufacturing sectors, and would negatively affect least developed Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in competition with Pakistan for products in respect of which it is being proposed that customs duties be suspended.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The suspension of customs duties for Pakistan in respect of the textile and manufacturing sectors would be an unfair and inappropriate measure in the light of the similar floods which have recently hit the Veneto Region and Vicenza, Verona and Padua provinces in Italy, manufacturing areas with a high concentration of textile and leather producers. These events directly hit and flooded not only homes and extensive areas under crops, but also thousands of businesses, laboratories, factories and machines, causing a halt in production, the closure of many production plants and the loss of thousands of jobs. The trade measure involving the suspension of customs duties for Pakistan would cause a further deterioration in the situation of people living in the textile and manufacturing areas of the Veneto Region hit by the floods.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The Commission has not carried out any impact assessment on the measures to suspend customs duties for Pakistan as regards EU textile and manufacturing products. Such measures would cause direct and serious damage to the EU industry at an extremely critical juncture, characterised by a fall-off in orders, plant closures and steadily rising unemployment.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) Pakistan’s territory is characterised by the presence of high hydro-geological risk levels and has already experienced many floods of a similar magnitude in the past. The problems posed by Pakistan’s territory could be significantly reduced through engineering and environmental operations to make risk areas secure. The proposed trade instrument cannot enable the Pakistani Government to implement the necessary civil and environmental protection work, which would be the only means of ensuring that there is no recurrence of such disasters. The suspension of customs duties would provide benefits only for a few international trade operators.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 e (new)
(7e) The suspension of customs duties in respect of the textile and leather sectors would cause serious damage to the equivalent EU manufacturing and industrial sectors, which are already in a state of grave crisis.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 f (new)
(7f) European textile and leather production is based and concentrated in specific manufacturing and industrial areas within only a few Member States. The textile sector is the main economic and social asset of such areas. The harmful economic effects of the suspension of customs duties for Pakistan would hit such areas not only in terms of loss of earnings and increased unemployment, but would also have adverse repercussions on their entire social fabric, worsening situations of social distress resulting from the sector’s economic crisis.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The autonomous trade preferences will be either in the form of an exemption from customs duties upon import in the Union or in the form of tariff-rate quotas.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Humanitarian aid is the most suitable and appropriate instrument for bringing relief to the flood victims in Pakistan and for humanitarian crisis situations in general. The trade instrument is not in this case an effective and appropriate instrument for urgent and efficacious action against the effects of the flooding.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) It would be better if the Commission implemented a strategy to support and revive Europe’s industrial and manufacturing textile sector. The Pakistani flood victims will not be helped by aid being granted to strong global competitors and private industrial groups, which will damage the European textile sector, employment and the European Union’s strategy for growth.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) EU citizens in textile regions look to the EU institutions for protection and strategies for economic revival and development. Granting trade measures to assist the Pakistani textile sector would harm the textile regions of the Union, with economic damage, lack of growth, a drop in orders, rising unemployment and the spread of social unrest as a consequence. Decisions made by the EU institutions to which EU citizens look for protection and development would instead be inflicting economic damage on them.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Given the urgency of the situation in Pakistan, the Regulation should apply as of 1 January 2011, provided that the WTO has approved the request from the Union for the waiver from its obligations under GATT Articles I and XIII.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences until 31 December 2013the granting of humanitarian aid is recommended as the better solution.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Preferential arrangements 1. Products originating in Pakistan included in Annex I shall be exempt from customs duties upon import into the Union. 2. Products originating in Pakistan and included in Annex II shall be admitted for import into the Union subject to the special provisions laid down in Article 3.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 66 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Parliament rejects the Commission’s proposal and calls on it to apply the humanitarian aid instrument, increasing its scope, as this would seem in this case to be more suitable and effective in view of the urgent and needy conditions prevailing in the Pakistani humanitarian crisis.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. Products originating in Pakistan included in Annex I shall be exempt from customs duties upon import into the Union.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Products originating in Pakistan and included in Annex II shall be admitted for import into the Union subject to the special provisions laid down in Article 3.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Safeguard clause 1. Where a product cited in Annex I and originating in Pakistan is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause serious difficulties to a Union producer of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time by the European Commission. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may reject or amend the Commission's proposal. 2. At the request of a Member State or a national trade association or on the Commission's own initiative, the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received, and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed four months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing. 3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with Pakistan and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests. 4. In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia and where the information is available, of the following factors concerning Community producers: – market share, – production, – stocks, – production capacity, – capacity utilisation, – employment, – imports, – prices. 5. The investigation shall be completed within four months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. 6. The Commission shall take a decision within one month of the investigation being concluded, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8(2). This decision shall enter into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 7. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 b (new)
Revoking the measures If Pakistan adopts measures restricting human rights and workers’ rights, gender equality or religious rights or if it provides terrorist organisations of any kind with backing or support, the Commission shall immediately revoke the measures in this Regulation.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description GRAIN SPLITS OF BOVINE (INCLUDING BUFFALO) LEATHER, WITHOUT HAIR ON, FURTHER PREPARED 41079210 AFTER TANNING OR CRUSTING; OTHER THAN WHOLE HIDES AND SKINS LEATHER OF BOVINE (INCLUDING BUFFALO), WITHOUT HAIR ON, FURTHER PREPARED AFTER TANNING OR 41079910 CRUSTING; OTHER THAN WHOLE HIDES AND SKINS, OTHER THAN UNSPLIT FULL GRAINS AND GRAIN SPLITS deleted deleted deleted deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 117 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description deleted GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITS, OF LEATHER OR 42032100 COMPOSITION LEATHER, SPECIALLY DESIGNED FORdeleted deleted deleted deleted deleted USE IN SPORTS deleted deleted GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITS, OF LEATHER OR 42032910 COMPOSITION LEATHER, PROTECTIVE FOR ALL TRADES, OTHER THAN SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS MEN'S AND BOYS' GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER, OTHER THAN 42032991 SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS, OTHER THAN PROTECTIVE FOR ALL TRADES GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER, OTHER THAN SPECIALLY 42032999 DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS, OTHER THAN PROTECTIVE FOR ALL TRADES, OTHER THAN MEN'S AND BOYS' GLOVES IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH 61161020 RUBBER, KNITTED OR CROCHETED 61161080 MITTENS AND MITTS, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH PLASTICS OR RUBBER, KNITTED OR CROCHETED, AND GLOVES, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH PLASTICS, KNITTED OR CROCHETED GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR 61169200 CROCHETED GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES, 61169300 KNITTED OR CROCHETED 62160000 GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF UNCOMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52051200 MEASURING LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS 52052200 THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS 52052300 THAN 192,31 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 53 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING LESS THAN 192,31 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS 52052400 THAN 125 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 52 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 80 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE MULTIPLE "FOLDED" OR CABLED COTTON YARN, OF UNCOMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN 52053200 LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER PER SINGLE YARN), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE MULTIPLE "FOLDED" OR CABLED COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN 52054200 LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER PER SINGLE YARN), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE UNBLEACHED, PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52081190 WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2, OTHER THAN FABRICS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS AND MEDICAL GAUZES UNBLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52081216 WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 G/M2 BUT NOT MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING 165 CM UNBLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52081219 WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 G/M2 BUT NOT MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 165 CM 52081300 UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52081900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON BLEACHED, PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2, OTHER THAN BLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52082190 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2, OTHER THAN FABRICS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS AND MEDICAL GAUZES BLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52082219 WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 G/M2 BUT NOT MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 165 CM BLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52082296 WEIGHING MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING 165 CM OTHER BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52082900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON OTHER DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52083900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON PRINTED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52085100 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2 PRINTED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52085200 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 OTHER PRINTED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52085990 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON UNBLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52091100 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52091200 WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4- THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52091900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE 52092200 THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52092900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE 52093200 THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52093900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52111200 MIXED PRINCIPALLY OR SOLELY WITH MAN-MADE FIBRES, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL WOVEN FABRICS OF YARN CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS, INCLUDING WOVEN FABRICS OBTAINED FROM SYNTHETIC 54078100 MONOFILAMENT OF 67 DECITEX OR MORE AND OF WHICH NO CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION EXCEEDS 1 MM, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, UNBLEACHED OR BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF YARN CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS, INCLUDING WOVEN FABRICS OBTAINED FROM SYNTHETIC 54078200 MONOFILAMENT OF 67 DECITEX OR MORE AND OF WHICH NO CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION EXCEEDS 1 MM, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, DYED YARN (OTHER THAN SEWING THREAD) OF POLYESTER 55095300 STAPLE FIBRES , MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRES, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH FIBRES, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, OF A 55131120 WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 170 G/M2, PLAIN WEAVE, UNBLEACHED OR BLEACHED, OF A WIDTH OF 165 CM OR LESS WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRES, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH 55132100 FIBRES, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, OF A WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 170 G/M2, PLAIN WEAVE, DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRES, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH 55134100 FIBRES, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, OF A WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 170 G/M2, PRINTED CN Code Description deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 119 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description MEN'S OR BOYS' ANORAKS (INCLUDING SKI JACKETS), 61012090 WINDCHEATERS, WIND-JACKETS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED MEN'S OR BOYS' JACKETS AND BLAZERS, OF COTTON, 61033200 KNITTED OR CROCHETED MEN'S OR BOYS' TROUSERS, BIB AND BRACE OVERALLS, 61034200 BREECHES AND SHORTS (OTHER THAN SWIMWEAR), OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED MEN'S OR BOYS' NIGHTSHIRTS AND PYJAMAS, OF 61072100 COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' NIGHTDRESSES AND PYJAMAS, OF 61083100 COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED T-SHIRTS, SINGLETS AND OTHER VESTS OF WOOL OR 61099020 FINE ANIMAL HAIR OR MAN-MADE FIBRES, KNITTED OR CROCHETED BABIES' GARMENTS AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, OF 61112090 COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED (OTHER THAN GLOVES, MITTENSAND MITTS) TRACK-SUITS OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES, KNITTED OR 61121200 deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted CROCHETEDdeleted deleted PANTYHOSE, TIGHTS, STOCKINGS, SOCKS AND OTHER HOSIERYAND FOOTWEAR WITHOUT APPLIED SOLES, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED (EXCL. GRADUATED 61159500 COMPRESSION HOSIERY, PANTYHOSE AND TIGHTS, WOMEN'S FULL-LENGTH OR KNEE-LENGTH STOCKINGS, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN LESS THAN 67 DECITEX) MEN'S OR BOYS' ANORAKS, WINDCHEATERS, WIND- 62019300 JACKETS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF MAN-MADE FIBRES MEN'S OR BOYS' TROUSERS AND BREECHES OF 62034319 SYNTHETIC FIBRES (OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL) WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' ENSEMBLES, OF COTTON (OTHER 62042280 THAN INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL) 62046290 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' COTTON SHORTS MEN'S OR BOYS' SINGLETS AND OTHER VESTS, 62079100 BATHROBES, DRESSING GOWNS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF COTTON WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' SINGLETS AND OTHER VESTS, 62089100 BRIEFS, PANTIES, NEGLIGES, BATHROBES, DRESSING GOWNS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF COTTON 62114290 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' GARMENTS, OF COTTON WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' APRONS, OVERALLS, SMOCK- 62114310 OVERALLS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL CLOTHING, OF MAN-MADE FIBRES TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN LINEN, OF TERRY 63026000 TOWELLING OR SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS, OF COTTON TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN LINEN, OF COTTON, OTHER 63029100 THAN OF TERRY TOWELLING OR SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS CURTAINS (INCLUDING DRAPES) AND INTERIOR BLINDS, 63039100 CURTAIN OR BED VALANCES, OF COTTON, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED CURTAINS (INCLUDING DRAPES) AND INTERIOR BLINDS, 63039290 CURTAIN OR BED VALANCES, OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES, NOT NONWOVENS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED CURTAINS (INCLUDING DRAPES) AND INTERIOR BLINDS, CURTAIN OR BED VALANCES, NOT OF COTTON OR 63039990 SYNTHETIC FIBRES, NOT NONWOVENS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED OTHER FURNISHING ARTICLES, OF COTTON, NOT 63049200 KNITTED OR CROCHETED FLOORCLOTHS, DISHCLOTHS, DUSTERS AND SIMILAR 63071090 CLEANING CLOTHS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED, NOT NONWOVENS OTHER MADE-UP TEXTILE ARTICLES, INCLUDING DRESS 63079099 PATTERNS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED, NOT OF FELT deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, WHICH CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AS MEN'S OR WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND 64039993 FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL TOECAP, NOT COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, FOR MEN, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL TOECAP, NOT 64039996 COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, FOR WOMEN, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL 64039998 TOECAP, NOT COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The nutritional information ‘with no added sugar’ has for a long time been used in relation to fruit juice. Its disappearance next may mislead consumers, prompting them to turn to other drinks that do feature such a statement. It would therefore be appropriate to permit the continued use of that nutritional information to enable the industry to inform consumers properly.
2011/04/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2010/0254(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – point 3 a (new)
The nutritional information ‘with no added sugar’ may be used for the labelling of fruit juices, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods1. 1 OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9.
2011/04/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2009/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on national and European competition authorities to take action against established abusive buyer practices of dominant wholesalers and retailers which systematically put farmers in an extremely unequal bargaining position the part of any operator in the food supply chain;
2010/05/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2009/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit a legand on the organislative proposal on better implementation of competition rules in the food chain so as to effectively limit the development of dominant market positions andons representing farmers to draw up a range of proposals with a view to strengthening farmers’ bargaining power through efficient producer organisations and SMEs;
2010/05/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2009/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adapt EU hygiene standards in relation to local or distance marketing and the shelf life of products, to decentralise and simplify certification and control systems, and to promote direct producer-consumer relations and short food supply chains, the sustainability benefits of which have been documented by EC research projects;
2010/05/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, since the CAP will have to confront many challenges and pursue broader objectives after 2013, it is essential that the budget the EU allocates to the CAP is at least maintained at current levels;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas high-quality products are essential exports of the European Union and represent a very large share of its international trade; whereas the EU is exporting high-profile products with considerable economic value, and in the case of products with protected origin and geographical indications the net value of these products and foodstuffs is €14 billion a year (excluding wines and spirits, which also account for a significant share of EU exports), and whereas, if the EU is to continue to produce high-quality products, the specific needs of every sector must be taken into account;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level, in close cooperation with the Member States' regional authorities,
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture, improving and revitalising abandoned or disadvantaged rural areas and improving product marketing and competitiveness;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the CAP must continue to provide solutions to, and tangible assistance to combat, the threat of land abandonment, rural depopulation and the ageing of the rural population in the EU, by establishing appropriate funding and assistance for that purpose, to ensure the long-term sustainability of rural communities in the EU;
2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 314 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for agricultural products within the EU and, bearing in mind the need for common objectives, hopes that the funding will have an impact on vast regional areas which have a wide range of agricultural practices but pursue common objectives;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 560 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall balanced distribution; calls on the Commission to examine additional criteria which take account of the complexity and diversity of the agricultural sector with a view to ensuring funds are distributed fairly;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 621 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grassland livestock areacontinued agricultural activity in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive sectors, in compliance with WTO requirements;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 634 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
55. Identifies the need for fivesix key building blocks, namely: Food Security and Fair Trade, Sustainability, Agriculture across Europe, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection, and Green Growth, as well as the further development of food quality certification systems to achieve a fairer, greener and more sustainable CAP;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 746 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Considers that controlling the development of production potential could be a valuable means of ensuring sustainable growth in many agricultural sectors;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 a (new)
66a. Stresses that the development of agricultural product quality strategies, especially in respect of geographical indications (PGO/PGI), should be a priority for the common agricultural policy and that it should be further developed and consolidated so as to enable the EU to maintain its leadership in this area;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 782 #

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 b (new)
66b. It is necessary to deploy management, protection and promotion tools to facilitate the harmonious development of all quality products and enable them to continue to make a major contribution to the sustainable development of the CAP;
2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2009/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the responsibility of the Member States in connection with the objective designation of areas with natural handicaps and the formulation of balanced programmes for rural development; stresses at the same time the need for notification and approval of these national and regional decisions by the Commission;
2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2009/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers it desirable that the regions should participate in indicating the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps in view of the role of the regions in managing the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and because they possess better, direct knowledge of the regional features and problems of these areas;
2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that agricultural and forestry production are vulnerable to climatic phenomena such as drought, storms, frost, hail, forest fires and floods, to health risks such as plagues and epidemics, and to human activities like pollution, acid rain and unintentional and deliberate genetic contamination, to landslides because of problems related to urban planning, to forest fires due to absence of forest maintenance and criminal behaviour, and to contamination of rivers due to chemical discharges from factories
2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that agriculture is crucial in this context, as it ensures the existence of rural economies and curbs migration to urban areas, providing good environmental conditions for the land, reducing carbon emissions and contributing to their sequestration, improving soil maintenance, returning river and coastal water systems to their natural state and promoting the recovery of natural spaces;
2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2009/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - point d a (new)
(d a) sustaining the agricultural activity in areas affected by depopulation and subject to the risk of natural disasters and contributing to the reintegration of human activity by creating infra- structures to enable those who live in such areas to remain on the territory.
2010/03/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that forest fires are a serious problem and that measures should be taken to avoid dense afforestation and alter the composition of the forest; believes preference should be given to native species and mixed forests in the interest of higher resistance to fires, storms and insect damage; calls on the Commission to urge Member States to include legal provisions with sanctions on civil and criminal liability for arsonists, and to coordinate assessment teams to be consulted on the recovery of the affected area, in order to avoid speculative activity;
2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that, in setting the thresholds referred to in paragraph 15, all rural areas with specific natural disadvantages and abandoned areas should also be taken into consideration, so as to incentivise non-abandonment of those areas.
2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the net quantity of the food; See amendment 95 of the Parliament’s first reading posi at the moment of packaging; Or.en Justification
2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 201 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where several ingredients or processing aids of a food originate from a single substance or product listed in Annex II, the labelling shall make it clear for each ingredient or processing aid concerned.deleted
2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 259 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Those reports shall take into account the need for the consumer to be informed, the feasibility of providing the mandatory indication referred to in the first subparagraph to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level, taking into account the specificities of the product concerned, and an analysis of the costs and benefits of the introduction of such measures, including the legal impact on the internal market and the impact on international trade.
2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the name or business name andor a registered trademark and the address of the manufacturer, orf the packager and, for products coming from third countries, of a seller established within the Community;
2009/12/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 378 #

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 2
2. In the case of foods that have been frozen before sale and which are sold defrosted, the name of the food shall be accompanied by the designation ‘defrosted’, unless the food is suitable for re-freezing.
2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI