Activities of Indrek TARAND

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones its decision on discharge to the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the joint undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2017;

2019/02/05
Committee: CONT

2018/2218(DEC)

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2017 /~~ Postpones the closure of the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2017;

2019/02/05
Committee: CONT

2018/2211(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the Joint Undertaking is responsible for the management of the Union’s contribution to the ITER project and that the budget cap of EUR 6 600 000 000 until 2020 must be maintained; ~~note~~highlights that that figure does not include the EUR 663 000 000 proposed by the Commission in 2010 to cover potential contingencies;

2019/01/30
Committee: CONT

2018/2211(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that in November 2016, the Council of ITER Organization (the ‘ITER Council’) approved a new ITER project baseline for the scope, ~~schedule~~the new delay and the over-costs of the project; ~~not~~stresses, moreover, that the overall project schedule for operations ’First Plasma’ and ‘Deuterium-Tritium’ was approved with additional delays; notes the fact that following the approval of the new ITER project baseline, the Joint Undertaking set the new timetable and recalculated the related cost at completion of the Joint Undertaking’s contribution to the project construction phase;

2019/01/30
Committee: CONT

2018/2211(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Highlights the fact that in addition to the construction phase, the Joint Undertaking will have to contribute to the ITER operational phase after 2035 and to the subsequent ITER deactivation and decommissioning phases; takes note that the contribution to the deactivation and the decommissioning phases were estimated at EUR 95 540 000 and EUR 180 200 000; is concerned that the contribution for the operational phase has not yet been estimated; ~~calls on~~demands that the Joint Undertaking to estimates the cost of the operational phase ~~as soon as possible~~by end of June 2019;

2019/01/30
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that Parliament's final appropriations for 2017 totalled EUR 1 909 590 000, or 19,25 % of heading V of the Multiannual Financial Framework9 set aside for the 2017 administrative expenditure of the Union institutions as a whole, representing a 3,9 % increase over the 2016 budget (EUR 1 838 613 983); stresses that this increase is largely above the Belgian inflation rate in 2017 which was only 2,65%; _________________ 9 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020.

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that seven transfers were approved in accordance with Articles 27 and 46 of the Financial Regulation in the financial year 2017, which amounted to EUR 57 402 860 or 3,01 % of final appropriations; observes that the majority of transfers were related to the Parliament’s buildings policy, and in particular to help fund the annual lease payments for the Konrad Adenauer building project; strongly rejects the often last-minute-transfers aiming at financing the Parliament’s building policy; asks the Secretary-General and the Bureau to provide the Budget committee with all the documents, plans and contracts related to the building policy, and to publish them;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Stresses the need for carry-overs in relation to large building or infrastructure projects, despite the annual nature of the budget;;~~deleted

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Secretary-General and all responsible DGs to work together to draft a comprehensive overview of reductions in staff numbers implemented from 2014 onwards, including moves by staff from administration to political groups and among institutions; underlines that this practice of staff rotation raises the question of whether job descriptions are appropriate; is strongly concerned that excessive staff reduction leaves Members and Accredited Parliamentary Assistants (APAs) with an additional administrative burden, which is to the detriment of the actual legislative work that Members and APAs are supposed to fulfil; underlines that a paperless office and the proper use of digital technology such as digital signature also for plenary-related files, two-step- verification and electronic files would lessen the administrative burden for all parties involved and contribute to the achievement of the paper-reduction objectives and the implementation of European Parliament's EMAS policy;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Notes with appreciation that technical solutions were created for Members who wish to use their individual page on the Parliament’s website for publication of meetings with interest representatives; ~~notes also that the Bureau is considering whether~~calls on the Bureau to extend this solution to ensure to all Members in order to that information is directly available on Parliament’s website;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – introductory part

30. Still strongly regrets that, according to the Court, the costs of the geographic dispersion of Parliament amount to EUR 114 million per year; takes note of the additional costs linked to Parliament’s 12 journeys per year to Strasburg, which can be broken down as follows for 2017: and also causes more than 19 000 tons of CO2 in emissions1a; _________________ 1a Peer reviewed study “European Parliament two-seat operation: Environmental costs, transport & energy” https://www.greens- efa.eu/files/doc/docs/5830c124ac32d7cfa2 44fda2739fc05a.pdf

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Reiterates its call for the European Parliament to have a single seat, in order to optimize parliamentary and institutional work and to reduce political costs; points out that the annual costs of Parliament’s geographical dispersion range from EUR 156 million to EUR 204 million and that the annual environmental impact is estimated to be as high as 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Notes that DG PERS’s lead indicator in 2017 is time to deliver; notes with satisfaction that targets and methods of data collection were refined with a general positive assessment of the results; notes that objectives to improve the procedures for recruiting APAs and for admitting children to the Parliament’s kindergarten were not met, but that the difficulties that had been encountered were resolved in 2018; underlines that the process of recruiting APAs at the beginning of the next parliamentary term can be challenging and that delays have to be avoided in the interest of Members and APAs;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Welcomes the fact that promoting equal opportunities remains a key component of Parliament's human resource management policy; ~~takes note~~strongly regrets that the gender equality roadmap continues not to be fully implemented ~~through concrete actions and a clear timeline for specific measures~~, especially concerning the representation of women in middle and senior management positions (40%) by 2020;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Welcomes the implementation of an occasional teleworking scheme for the Secretariat-General of the Parliament; supports the conduction of a survey on the first year of experience of teleworking and asks for the evaluation results to be shared with the Members and all the Parliamentary services; is of the opinion that if the evaluation is positive to generalised the scheme to all staff including the APAs and the staff working for political groups;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. RStrongly regrets that the number of women holding posts at the level of director- general fell from 25 % (3 posts) in 2016 to 17 % (2 posts) in 2017; ~~notes~~points out that the overall situation has not changed compared to 2006 when only the number of women holding posts at the level of director-general was 11,1%; highlights that the overall target for 2019 was set at 30% of women holding posts at the level of Director-General; regrets, furthermore, the number of women at director level remained steady from 201606 (29,6%) to 2017 at (30 % (and 14 posts); points out that the overall situation has not improved at all compared to 2006; highlights that the overall target for 2019 was set at 35% of women holding posts at the level of Director; highlights that those figures deviate largely from roadmap on gender equality and diversity; demands to the Secretary-General to report immediately to the BUDG, CONT and FEMM committees the reasons for not respecting the roadmap;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Notes the Parliament’s zero tolerance policy towards sexual harassment adopted in 2017; notes also that several initiatives were and are being put in place to deal with harassment practices, in particular an updated roadmap for the adaptation of preventive and early support measures to deal with conflict and harassment between Members and APAs, trainees or other staff, an external audit of the Parliament’s internal practices and procedures, the creation of a network of confidential counsellors, and the organisation of a public hearing with experts in harassment in the workplace; ~~expects~~notes that the results of the external audit ~~to be communicated without delay, once available;~~ were expected by early November 2018 and requests them to be communicated without delay, once available; further expects the full and transparent implementation of the roadmap in accordance with adopted parliamentary resolution, starting or advancing as much as possible already before the end of this legislature;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)

53a. Recommends a thorough revision of the Internal Rules governing missions and duty travel by officials and other servants of the European Parliament and of the Implementing measures for Title VII of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Union, in particular as to align the treatment of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants with that of Staff officials.

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)

57a. Reminds the statement by the European Parliament on the exemplary role of buildings in the context of the Energy Efficiency Directive to bring its buildings to the highest energy efficiency standard1a; calls for the development of a coherent, long-term deep renovation strategy for all European Parliament buildings, and for including standard specifications on the extraction of reusable building materials in building renovation contracts; _________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA- 2012- 0306+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN uage=EN

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61

61. Is concerned ~~that the cost/benefit assessment of prices and qual~~by the high quantity of single use plastics and plastic waste generated by European Parliament canteens and cafeterias and urges the administration to explicitly ~~of the food in Parliament’s self-service canteen remains unbalanced; is disappointed at~~ remove the possibility to offer plastic wrapped and single use plastic products for the upcoming call for tenders on catering; notes the difference in quality between canteens serviced by one and the same service provider; is of the opinion that this aspect needs closer monitoring and therefore calls for a user satisfaction survey to be launched;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 h (new)

68h. Recalls that on 23 October 1997, in its resolution on the general budget for 1998, Parliament called upon its Bureau to request the Court of Auditors to investigate Parliament’s voluntary pension scheme, which led to the issuance of the Court of Auditor’s opinion No 5/99 dated 16 June 1999 on the “Pension Fund and Scheme for Members of the European Parliament”; calls now on the Bureau tour gently request the Court of Auditors to produce another such opinion on the pension scheme and fund in 2019;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 i (new)

68i. Recalls that, in a note to the Bureau dated 8 March 2018, its Secretary-General accepted that the pension fund linked to the Members’ voluntary pension scheme “will exhaust its capital well before the end of the pension obligations and possibly already by 2024”; calls therefore upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau, while respecting fully the Statute for Members, to urgently establish with the pension fund a clear plan for the Parliament assuming and taking over its obligations and responsibilities for its Member’s voluntary pension scheme immediately after the 2019 elections;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 13 a (new)

Protection of whistleblowers

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)

73a. Repeatedly raises its concerns about the current code of conduct for Members since it does not offer sufficient safeguards in order to avoid conflicts of interests; strongly believes that Article 3 of the Code of Conduct for Members should be rephrased to include a clear ban on Members holding additional jobs or other paid work; rules should be further improved in order to avoid conflict of interest for former Members engaging in lobbying activities directed towards the European institutions during the period of time receiving transition allowance;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 b (new)

73b. Notes the Commission’s proposal of 23 April 2017 on Protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law; supports the Parliament’s corresponding report adopted in the Legal Affairs committee on 20 November 2018; laments that Union staff are not part of the material scope of the proposed directive; recognises that protections in the Legal Affairs committee report would afford more protections than in the Parliaments’ own internal rules; urges the Secretary- General to bring these internal rules into line with the parliament’s position on the proposed Directive;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 e (new)

73e. Highlights that transparency and freedom of information are enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights which establishes the right to access documents held by the European institutions and calls for an external review of the Parliament's transparency levels using key open government indicators with a view to increasing the already high standards of transparency; recalls that the reform of Regulation 1049/2001 is long overdue; and calls on the European Parliament administration to regularly publish – in an open source, machine- readable format, the results of committee and plenary votes;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 f (new)

73f. Calls for a reform of the Parliament's ethics Advisory Committee so that it is empowered to initiate investigations and proactively check the declarations of interest of Members; proposes that it be composed of independent experts and requests an assessment of the costs involved in setting up an independent office for ethics and integrity;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)

77a. Underlines the costs, emissions and health and safety issues created by Strasbourg transport boxes (“canteens”) and suggests their immediate removal in view of available IT solutions such as print-on-demand, system approaches such as paperless office and IT equipment such as tablets and laptops;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82

82. Welcomes the Parliament’s positive contribution to sustainable development through its political role and its role in legislative procedures; is aware of its own environmental impact which the institution tracks and continuously ameliorates through the EMAS Certification and its environmental policy;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83

83. Commends the Parliament’s commitment to green public procurement (GPP); notes that in 2017, 40,71 % of the contracts were classified as green, 10,96 % as light green and 48,33 % did not have any environmental dimension; calls for a mandatory consultation of the GPP helpdesk for all calls for tenders and for setting an ambitious target for green contracts to mainstream and fully exploit the potential of GPP in the European Parliament;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84

84. Welcomes the creation of a sustainable mobility working group in the European Parliament and the introduction of first measures such as the pilot-project of electric scooters for work- related journeys between the Union institutions’ buildings but also for commuting between home and work; notes, however, that the vehicles’ performance is lower than expected; encourages the Parliament to make sure the contractor will improve the vehicles’ capabilities, particularly the battery;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2167(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90

90. Welcomes the fact that the independent external auditor for the political groups issued only unqualified opinions; highlights that this is a positive development in contrast to the Parliament discharge procedure for the budget year 2016, where the independent external auditor issued a qualified audit opinion in the case of ~~one political group~~the ENF group (European of Nations and Freedom) ;

2019/02/12
Committee: CONT

2018/2161(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Insists on the fact that the enhanced economic role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) group, its increased investment capacity and the use of the EU budget to guarantee the EIB group’s operations must be accompanied by greater transparency and accountability; recalls that same principles of accountability and transparency must apply to EU bodies not financed by the EU budget, as reiterated in the European Court of Auditors Briefing Paper of February 2018;

2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG

2018/2161(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Invites the EIB to intensify its efforts in diversifying energy efficiency investments and renewable energy projects distribution across regions, governmental units and smaller enterprises;

2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas regular and thorough needs assessment in various sectors is key for detecting investment gaps and barriers in different regions, but also for identifying a pool of opportunities with potential for growth and jobs, for further contributions to the goals the 2015 Paris Agreement and adequately calibrate the nature and size of market failures depending on the existing externalities, sectoral and territorial development needs;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the EIB’s role in leveraging public money is essential for the capacity of the Union to respond and to adapt to new economic ~~trend~~and environmental trends and risks and geopolitical uncertainties while enhancing and strengthening the EIB Group risk oversight and prudential risk management;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that the EIB has a relevant financial role, which can bring considerable results in reduction of inequalities in the Union and calls on the EIB to focus investments that contribute to the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and enhance competitiveness and equality of opportunities and that support cohesion policy in less developed regions;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the EIB to shape sustainable finance or funding options and conducive investment environment mirroring Union’s political commitments and policies goals, with the view to foster cohesion and innovation within the Union, as well as to reinforce environmental and the social dimension of EIB investment; including by bridging the investment gap in social sector and infrastructures;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Welcomes the EIB's commitment to align its operations with the 2015 Paris Agreement by 2020; in the light of the recent IPPC Report calls on the EIB to review its climate strategy in order to align it with a 1,5°C global warming trajectory;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Notes the upcoming review of the EIB Energy Lending Criteria; expects this review to be aligned with the 2015 Paris Agreement; reiterates the call to the EIB to prioritise its lending to energy efficient and small-scale, decentralised RES and to present an ambitious plan to stop funding fossil fuels' projects;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Acknowledges the EIB efforts to ~~swiftly~~ contribute to sustainable development goals and to tackle global challenges related to migration ~~and to reinforce sustainable development~~; including with the launching of sustainability awareness bonds to finance the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is of the opinion that, beyond the effective level of investment, there is a need to work on the durability i.e. on the ability for a project to keep its benefits on the long term under an environmental, financial, economic or social form (direct or not) after the project has been completed;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Takes note that as of end-2017, the EIB group (EIB and EIF) had signed 606 operations under EFSI for a total financing of EUR 37.4 billion and that these operations are expected to mobilise investments of EUR 207.3 billion in all 28 Member States and across all objectives set out in the EFSI Regulation with the following distribution for the main sectors: 30% for SME, 24% for RDI, 21% for energy sector, 10% to digital area, 8% for transport, 4% for social infrastructure and 4% for environment and resource efficiency; urges the EIB to minimise its investments to carbon-intensive sectors and projects and to increase its share of investments to improving environments and resource efficiency;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)

Human Rights

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Calls on the EIB to establish a Human Rights Strategy and enhance its due diligence at project level to identify and address human rights relates risks in all its activities and throughout the lifespan of its projects; also calls on the EIB to set up an effective mechanism whereby human rights defenders could safely alert the bank about deteriorating environment or risks of conflict and reprisal;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Considers that there is room for improvement on transparency both at governing bodies’ and theoperational level; reiterates the need to systematically disclose 3PA and REM sheets; asks for the minutes of Management Committee and Board of Governors meetings to also be disclosed; notes with appreciation that the EIB started in 2017 to publish minutes of the EIB board of directors, the director’s declaration of conflict of interests and certain information on projects namely the environmental impact assessments;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reiterates its call on the EIB to extend the information published for projects implemented through intermediaries by including information on final projects which could allow to assess the economic, environmental and social impact of its investments;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Welcomes the adoption of the Interim Approach to the EIB policy towards weakly regulated, non-transparent and uncooperative jurisdictions (NCJ), adopted by the Board of Directors in January 2017, but expects that it should lead to the revision of this policy in order to ameliorate the EIB’s tax due diligence in its external lending alongside the revised EIB group AML-CFT framework; calls on the EIB to perform adequate corporate and integrity due diligence to identifying the true beneficial owners of all of its clients and operations as well as ultimate investee companies when EIB investments into equity funds are at stake;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Calls on the EIB to perform adequate corporate and integrity due diligence to identifying the true beneficial owners of all of its clients and operations as well as ultimate investee companies when EIB investments into equity funds are at stake;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42 a. Welcomes the upcoming review of the EIB Anti-Fraud policy; expects the policy review to lead to an ambitious outcome providing better tools for the EIB to stop further loan disbursements to projects under ongoing national or European corruption investigation;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 b (new)

42 b. Calls on the EIB to ensure more transparency on the handling of fraud and corruption investigations; reiterates its call on the EIB to disclose to public the main findings of the OLAF report on its loans to the Volkswagen Group and to report to the Parliament on steps already taken to implement its anti-fraud policy in this case; expresses its disappointment that the EIB has so far refused to disclose this report and has denied public interest in doing so;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Supports the European Court of Auditors’ position that the Court should be mandated to audit all ~~Union bodies including bodies created through agreements outsid~~EIB operations including those twhe ~~EU legal order to implement Union policies such as the EIB’~~re the EIB uses non- EU budget ~~activities.~~funds for its operations;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)

European parliament scrutiny

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46 a. Calls on its Committee on Budget Control to organise an annual workshop/hearing on activities and control of the EIB operations that would provide the Parliament with additional relevant information to support its work on the scrutiny of the EIB and its operations;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2151(INI)

Jordi SOLÉ, Indrek TARAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 – point c a (new)

c a) Parliament's call to stop further loan disbursements to projects under ongoing national ot European corruption- related investigation;

2018/11/27
Committee: CONT

2018/2046(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that, under current projections, only 19,3 % of the Union budget 2014 – 2020 would be devoted to climate-related measures, failing thus to reach the target of 20 %, an objective which pre-dates the Paris Climate agreement and should anyway be revised upwards; understands that this is largely due to delays in cohesion policy and the rural development programmes; urges Member States, who manage them, to speed up their implementation with a focus on climate- related spending in order to offset the lower allocations made during the first years of the MFF; calls on the Commission to develop an action plan within programmes having massive potential to contribute to reaching the climate-related spending target;

2018/10/03
Committee: BUDG

2018/2046(BUD)

Jordi SOLÉ, Indrek TARAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Expects the pressure on some Member States’ migration and asylum systems, as well as on their borders, to remain high in 2019, and is of the opinion that additional funding is needed in the field of migration, also in view of any future, unpredictable needs in this area; reinforces therefore the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund as regards supporting legal migration to the Union and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals ~~and enhancing fair and effective return strategies~~, in particular to support Member States in improving integration measures for migrants, especially children and unaccompanied minors;

2018/10/03
Committee: BUDG

2018/2046(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66

66. recalls that, in a note to the Bureau dated 8 March 2018, its Secretary-General accepted that the pension fund linked to the Member’s voluntary pension scheme “will exhaust its capital well before the end of the pension obligations and possibly already by 2024”; calls therefore upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau, while respecting fully the Statute for Members, to urgently establish with the pension fund a clear plan for the Parliament assuming and taking over its obligations and responsibilities for its Member’s voluntary pension scheme immediately after the 2019 elecDeplores the increasing and ever more substiantial actuarial deficit of the fund, urges the Bureau and the Secretary General, while respecting fully the Statute for Members, to explore all options to minimise the burden for the Parliament's Budget, including but not limited to levies on the pension paid out, increase of the retirement age for subsribers of the fund, and an end to indexations;

2018/10/03
Committee: BUDG

2018/2046(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)

68 a. Urges the Secretary-General of the European Parliament to devise detailed arrangements for the full sharing of back office functions and services between Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee;

2018/10/03
Committee: BUDG

2018/2046(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77

77. Decides ~~not~~ to restore the DB in thall but one line cut by the Council~~, due to a high increase of the total budget as compared to the previous year~~;

2018/10/03
Committee: BUDG

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Ivari PADAR, Sandra KALNIETE, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Tunne KELAM, Indrek TARAND, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Urmas PAET, Kaja KALLAS, Jana TOOM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas it is essential to ensure a level playing field for farmers in all Member States, fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Urmas PAET, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas there is a need for an updated and fairer system of payments, as ~~in many Member States the current~~the system of entitlements is based in many Member States on historic ~~benchmarks~~references, which are now ~~almost~~nearly 20 years old and which ~~constitute~~serve as an obstacle to generational renewal and ~~hinde~~access for young farmers~~’ access~~ to farm land~~, as~~ given the fact that new entrants do not possess entitlements and are thus ~~at a~~ disadvantaged;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Indrek TARAND, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Urmas PAET, Jana TOOM, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Algirdas SAUDARGAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the intention to simplify and modernise the CAP, but ~~emphasis~~underlines that the integrity of the sSingle mMarket and a truly common and adequately financed by the EU policy must be the overriding priorities of reform;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Urmas PAET, Jana TOOM, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Indrek TARAND, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common general set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I without national co-financing and thus a level playing field;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Jana TOOM, Urmas PAET, Indrek TARAND, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to avoid renationalisation of CAP and grant more flexibility to Member States and regions ~~with~~in the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules ;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Urmas PAET, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of ~~uniform~~general criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local conditions;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Urmas PAET, Indrek TARAND, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Jana TOOM, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Algirdas SAUDARGAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that the current CAP architecture can ~~only~~ deliver its objectives ~~if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next~~only if it remains a common, modern and well- funded EU policy which supports sustainable development of agriculture and is crucial for providing safe, high quality and diverse food, jobs and growth in rural areas; which contributes to further levelling of developmental gaps in agriculture and rural areas and which reflects social and economic cohesion in its financial and programming dimension as well as proposed instruments and thus calls for maintaining the CAP budget in the post-2020 MFF at at least athe current levels in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP ~~beyond~~after 2020;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Indrek TARAND, Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI, Urmas PAET, Jana TOOM, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and that this can be achieved by introducing a compulsory higher support rate for small farms~~; considers, moreover, that~~ and, at the same time and reflecting economies of scale considering different agricultural structures, support for larger farms should be digressive, ~~reflecting economies of scale,~~ with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Calls for~~Stresses that the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements~~, to~~ and not most recent data, should be replaced by an EU-wide uniform method of calculating payments~~, in order to~~ based on support paid per hectare, in order to ensure a level playing field for farmers in all Member States and make the system simpler and more transparent;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Bronis ROPĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Ivari PADAR, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Kaja KALLAS, Tunne KELAM, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Urmas PAET, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Is certain that both the Basic Payment Scheme(BPS) and the Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) should continue to apply and all Member States should be allowed to choose between them;

2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that the investment support(non-repayable) should primarily be used in areas of EU-level added value;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including ~~the~~ LEADER ~~initiative, in~~, to improve the synergy of different policies and to enhance competitiveness, promotes effective and sustainable economies and enhances development of rural areas, to support~~ing~~ multi-functional agriculture ~~and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture~~by financially strengthening Pillar II, thus increasing potential to generate income, to tackle depopulation, unemployment, poverty and theo pro~~vision of social services in rural areas~~mote social inclusion;

2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 169

(169) In order to improve agility of implementation of special instruments, it is appropriate to simplify mobilisation and transfer procedures by using Commission internal transfers for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and the European Union Solidarity Fund.deleted

2017/04/18
Committee: BUDG CONT

60 a. 'withdrawing Member State' means a Member State which has officially triggered Article 50 of the TEU and whose final agreement with the Union has not entered into force;

2017/04/18
Committee: BUDG CONT

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 60 b (new)

60 b. 'provisional agreement' means a temporary agreement agreed between the Union and a withdrawing Member State which shall end with the entry into force of the final agreement agreed between the Union and the withdrawing Member State;

2017/04/18
Committee: BUDG CONT

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 60 c (new)

60 c. 'volunteer' means a person doing an unpaid non-compulsory activity for a non-profit organisation.

2017/04/18
Committee: BUDG CONT

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Marietje SCHAAKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35

(35) The protection granted to publishers of press publications under this Directive should not affect the rights of the authors and other rightholders in the works and other subject-matter incorporated therein, including as regards the extent to which authors and other rightholders can exploit their works or other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. Therefore, publishers of press publications should not be able to invoke the protection granted to them against authors and other rightholders. This is without prejudice to contractual arrangements concluded between the publishers of press publications, on the one side, and authors and other rightholders, on the other side.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4

(4) ‘press publication’ means a fixation of a collection of literary works of a journalistic nature, which may also comprise other works or subject-matter and constitutes an individual item within a periodical or regularly-updated publication under a single title, such as a newspaper or a general or special interest magazine, having the purpose of providing information related to news or other topics and published in any media under the initiative, editorial responsibility and control of a service provider.deleted

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI

2016/0280(COD)

Felix REDA, Isabella ADINOLFI, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Max ANDERSSON, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Brando BENIFEI, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, David BORRELLI, Klaus BUCHNER, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Matt CARTHY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Daniel DALTON, Fabio DE MASI, Pascal DURAND, Stefan ECK, Bas EICKHOUT, Cornelia ERNST, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Laura FERRARA, Thomas HÄNDEL, Heidi HAUTALA, Benedek JÁVOR, Kaja KALLAS, Ska KELLER, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Philippe LAMBERTS, Marju LAURISTIN, Sabine LÖSING, Ulrike LUNACEK, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Martina MICHELS, Victor NEGRESCU, Jozo RADOŠ, Evelyn REGNER, Michel REIMON, Terry REINTKE, Judith SARGENTINI, Marietje SCHAAKE, Helmut SCHOLZ, Molly SCOTT CATO, Davor ŠKRLEC, Igor ŠOLTES, Catherine STIHLER, Dario TAMBURRANO, Indrek TARAND, Jana TOOM, Ernest URTASUN, Bodil VALERO, Monika VANA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Gabriele ZIMMER, Laura AGEA, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Yannick JADOT, Nessa CHILDERS, Rosa D'AMATO, Marco VALLI, Matthijs van MILTENBURG, Florent MARCELLESI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11

Protection of press publications 1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC for the digital use of their press publications. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall leave intact and shall in no way affect any rights provided for in Union law to authors and other rightholders, in respect of the works and other subject- matter incorporated in a press publication. Such rights may not be invoked against those authors and other rightholders and, in particular, may not deprive them of their right to exploit their works and other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. 3. Articles 5 to 8 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Directive 2012/28/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the rights referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall expire 20 years after the publication of the press publication. This term shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the date of publication.Article 11 deleted concerning digital uses

2017/04/28
Committee: JURI