3166 Amendments of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS
Amendment 32 #
2018/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the EIB’s responsibility to intervene when there are specific market failures, such as the financial crisis and difficulties in accessing finance for SMEs and innovators; applauds the success of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), under which 898 operations have been approved and which is expected to trigger EUR 335 billion in investment across the 28 EU Member States; underlines the necessity to accelerate the work on building a Capital Markets Union thus enabling the EIB to really focus on filling the gaps where there are market failures or to provide financing for highly risky projects;
Amendment 42 #
2018/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the important role played by the EIB as the EU Bank, which is the only International Financial Institution that is entirely owned by EU Member States, guided fully by EU policies and standards;
Amendment 52 #
2018/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Welcomes the progress made by the EIB in contributing to preventing tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance, aggressive tax planning, money laundering and the financing of terrorism through the full application of EU policies and standards, for example the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes; underlines the absolute necessity for the EIB to remain constantly vigilant and to adapt its actions to the permanently evolving reality concerning those practices;
Amendment 122 #
2018/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognisecalls theo intensifiedy the cooperation of the EIB Group with national promotional banks and institutions (NPBIs) and calls on the EIB to continue strengthening its work with NPBIs in order to ensure outreach and further develop advisory activities and technical assistance to support a geographical balance in the long termgrowth where it is needed;
Amendment 163 #
2018/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. recalls that the EIB group’s transparency policy is based on a presumption of disclosure and that everyone can access EIB group documents and information; calls on the EIB group to continue efforts to improve and increase its transparency practices, in line with recently undertaken improvements such as the publication of the minutes of its Board of Directors' meetings and the publication of the Scoreboard of indicators for projects supported by the EFSI guarantee; stresses, however, the importance of properly taking into account the EIB’s role as a financial institution that works with the private sector and which requires the strict protection of commercially sensitive information, in line with the respective EU legal framework;
Amendment 55 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the urgent need for an effective framework tailored to the challenges of the data-driven economy; notes in particular that digital platforms, in controlling ever-increasing data flows,; users are not aware to the extent their data is being used and passed on to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes and certainly didn't give explicit consent for such utilisation1a; generate considerable network externalities and economies of scale, and ultimately, by dint of excessive concentration, rent extraction and abusive market power, bring about market failures; __________________ 1a https://ig.ft.com/mobile-app-data- trackers/
Amendment 62 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the EU has established comprehensive rules to protect the privacy and data protection of individuals in the EU; Individuals whose personal data are processed benefit from the rights provided under the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR1a including a right to object to processing and to withdraw consent. The GDPR requires amongst others that processing be lawful, fair and transparent, and that personal data be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. In addition, Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive)1b complements and particularises the GDPR as regards the processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector. Notably, Article 5(3) provides that the storing of information or the gaining of access to the information already stored in the terminal equipment is only allowed when the subscriber or user concerned has given his or her consent; such storage or access is necessary to transmit the communication; or it is necessary to provide an information society service explicitly requested by a subscriber or user; __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:3201 6R0679&from=EN 1b https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:3200 2L0058&from=EN
Amendment 69 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls the European Commission to organise a hearing with tech companies inviting the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Apple in order to discuss in particular how consumers’ personal data is harvested and used by third countries. In fact, users, regulators and sometimes even the app developers and advertisers are unaware of the extent to which data flow from smartphones to digital advertising groups and other third parties. Data collected by third parties through smartphone apps can include anything from profile information such as age and gender to location details, including data about nearby cell phone towers or Wi-Fi routers, and information about every other app on a phone. The EU should empower individuals to understand the monopoly and concentration issues surrounding these tracking companies;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In line with EU comprehensive rules to protect the privacy and data protection GDPR of individuals in the EU; Requests big technological companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple to process and collect personal data for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. This processing shall be lawful, fair and transparent. Calls on the EU, in line with Article 5(3) of the Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive) to force digital companies to exploit personal data only after the subscriber or user concerned has given his explicit consent. Without this consent, data cannot been transferred to third parties with which the company or platform has an agreement with;
Amendment 107 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the EC Antitrust decision fining Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine; calls on the Commission to conclude in 2019 the Google Shopping antitrust case that was launched in November 2010, 8 years ago. Reminds the Commission to conclude the investigation of Google's treatment in its search results of other specialised Google search services, including the issues related to local search that Yelp raised in its recent complaint; recommends to the Directorate-General for Competition to reflect on the length of digital antitrust cases and to reflect on the most appropriate tool for addressing those; notably asks the Commission to consider the possibility of setting deadlines for antitrust cases such as in merger cases;
Amendment 117 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Reiterates the need for the Commission to also consider the full structural unbundling of digital tech monopolies as a possible solution to restore competition and a level playing field within the European digital market;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the discrepancies between the rules on state aid in the area of liquidation aid and the resolution regime under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD); underlines the lack of harmonisation between the BRRD and the 2013 Banking Communication, especially as regards to the business reorganisation plan established by the BRRD and the restructuring plan established by the 2013 Banking Communication, in some specific resolutions where the Fund would be used as liquidation aid; points out that in two recent cases, in spite of the Single Resolution Board’s (SRB) conclusions that resolution could not be justified on the grounds of public interest and that the SRB could not rely on proper information issued by its independent expert, the Commission approved state aid on the basis that it would mitigate economic disturbance at a regional level, thereby demonstrating two distinct interpretations of public interest; urges the Commission, therefore, to reconsider its interpretation of the relevant state aid rules in a manner consistent with the BRRD and to revise its 2013 Banking Communication accordingly, including the area of liquidation aid;
Amendment 135 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the definition of “failing or likely to fail” was labelled by the SRB in its annual conference of 15 October 2018 as raising extremely difficult questions; underlines the necessity to revise this definition in order to ease future resolution procedures, also when liquidation aid might be involved; recalls that the first European resolution ever made to a bank, Spain’s Banco Popular, has been controversial and is still a matter of denunciation by its shareholders, who also wish their voice heard in this Parliament;
Amendment 159 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the Commission decision to open an in-depth investigation to assess whether the 900 million bridge loan given to Italian airline Alitalia constitutes state aid and whether it complies with EU rules for aid to companies in difficulty; Notes that Italian authorities have been asked to provide clarifications about several issues, such as the acquisition of new uniforms, the building of a new lounge and whether interest has been paid to the State on the EUR 900 million loan. Calls the Commission to be strict with Italian authorities in particular with regards Point 55 of the EC Rescue and restructuring rules.1a The Commission must set the standards in order to avoid other companies imitating this kind of behaviour and wasting taxpayers money; __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5200 4XC1001(01)&from=EN
Amendment 165 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Asks the Commission to analyse carefully the significant potential harmful impact of the proposed Siemens / Alstom merger on the competitiveness of the European rail market and its adverse effects on rail users; who would be faced with higher prices, less choice and lower levels of service, quality, and innovation. The proposed merger will probably harm the market for high-speed rolling stock, for mainline and metro trains, as well as the entire rail infrastructure by creating a dominant position in signalling in the EU, and specifically in Member States such as Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom;
Amendment 207 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of endowing competition authorities with sufficient human and financial resources to carry out their work; supports, in this connection, the proposed competition strand of the single market programme under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF);
Amendment 212 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Insist on the need of regular and permanent structural dialogues between the European Commissioner for competition with the ECON committee and in particular with the Competition working Group of this Committee;
Amendment 215 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses the importance for the European Commission in its regular exchanges with national competition authorities to insist on the importance of full independence of such authorities. In particular, the appointment of its Presidents and top management should not be political appointments. Sufficient and adequate financial and human resources are a prerequisite for an effective enforcement of competition rules;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that the independence of the ECB gives the members of the Executive board the freedom to decide, responsibly and based on the respect of appropriate accountability, about participating in fora, including those not open to the wider public, if they consider it is necessary to ensure the best conduct of the ECB monetary policy;
Amendment 70 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU economy grew at its fastest rate in 10 years in 2017 and that all Member States saw their economies expand; that, while continuing to dramatically affect youth in the EU, EU unemployment is at the lowest level since 2008 welcomes the role of the ECB and the structural reforms undertaken in some Member States as part of the ongoing recovery;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the ECB’s positive view on the establishment of a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS) as the third pillar of the banking union; recognises that risk sharing is, as ECB President Draghi has stated, an effective risk reduction method and that the two should go hand in hand; considers therefore that in parallel to the risk reduction efforts already implemented or well on track, a third pillar should be completed as soon as possible; this third pillar should allow depositors to be better protected both individually and collectively than in the current system;
Amendment 135 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees with the ECB’s decision to end the APP, subject to incoming data confirming its medium-term inflation outlook, and considers that this instrument should only be used on a temporary basis, as it creates new risks for financial stability and reduces incentives to consolidate public finances and to implement structural reforms;
Amendment 211 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of the ECB being accountable towards Parliament; welcomes, in this respect, the permanent dialogue between the ECB and Parliament, and the regular appearances of the President of the ECB and, where applicable, other Members of the Executive Board, before the ECON committee and Plenary; encourages the ECB to continue this dialogue and, when necessary, to better explain its decisions and policies; stresses that the ECB has improved its communication; believes that the ECB should continue its efforts in order to make its decisions available and understandable to all citizens as well as its actions to maintain price stability in the euro area and therefore preserve the purchasing power of the common currency;
Amendment 222 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the coming months will see important changes in the Governing Council of the ECB, with several Board members, including the President; concluding their terms; considers that these changes should be prepared carefully and in full transparency with Parliament, in line with the treaties; stresses that the members of the Executive Board must be selected solely on the basis of their recognised standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters; reiterates its position that the Executive Board needs to significantly improve gender balance, as well as in the ECB staff more generally;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the approach presented during plenary debates on the ‘Future of Europe’, whereby the future EU budget should promote European added value, ensure finances for new challenges and, continue supporting European solidarity, stability and growth as well as the modernisation of EU policies; and the respect and promotion of fundamental values as stated in articles 2 and 3 of the TEU;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of commitment to the process of completing the Banking Union and the need to ensure openness and equal treatment of all Member States participating in the Banking Union; calls on the Commission to prioritise regulations over directives as the legislative tool for the Banking Union and financial services legislation in order to avoid creating fragmentation and having supervisors dealing with different national regimes;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Invites the Commission, with the help of the European Supervisory Authorities, to identify and remove obstacles to the internal market; is of the opinion that one of the main priorities of the Commission should be to effectively enforce EU legislation;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the urgent need to complete the Capital Markets Union; stresses that deep and well-integrated capital markets are complementary to the Banking Union, due to its contribution to private risk-sharing, increasing economic convergence and helping to cushion future shocks, helping to cushion future shocks and potentially participating to a better allocation of funds where it is needed; calls for a comprehensive study on the most appropriate framework, including through treaty change if necessary, for the adoption of legislation, enforcement and review in the field of the Economic and Monetary Union, notably to better take into account the rapidly evolving nature of financial services; considers in this respect that enabling the European Supervisory Authorities to write "no action letters" is an interesting path;
Amendment 33 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of continuing the process of deepening and completing the EMU in order to preserve the stability of the single currency and enhance the convergence of economic, fiscal and labour market policies among the Member States; reiterates that the Euro is the currency of the EU and that, with the exception of Denmark's opt-out, every single Member State is bound to adopt the Euro; is of the opinion that additional provisions for enhanced dialogue between the Member States whose currency is the euro are not necessary provided all the other Member States, with the exception of Denmark, commit themselves to a realistic and middle-term timeline to adopt the common currency, commonly agreed, with the help of the ECB; supports further steps in the development of the ESM and the common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) as confirmed by the European Council;
Amendment 42 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of the Reform Support Programme having in mind that the European Semester has been strengthened and streamlined, but the implementation of key reforms in the Member States is still slow and remains a priority; believes that Country Specific Recommendations should better steer, or even condition, access to European funds; welcomes the convergence facility which will provide an incentive and help Member States outside the euro area to implement reforms and fulfil the criteria for introducing the euro;
Amendment 65 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deems it necessary to embark on acontinue the comprehensive review of existing VAT legislation; welcomes the work of the Commission on the fair taxation of the digital economy.
Amendment 69 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Invites all the European institutions to enhance to an even greater extent their crucial communication efforts in order to inform and explain to Europe's citizens what they are doing;
Amendment 1 #
2018/2093(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls its conclusions that intergovernmental decision-tmaking structures and processes increase complexity of institutional responsibility, reduce transparency and democratic accountability and that the Community method is best for the functioning of the Union;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2093(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the completion of the Single Market is a catalyst for economic integration and convergence of the Member State economies that it consists of; Calls on the Commission as a matter of priority to enforce the current legislation and accelerate the work on removing obstacles to its completion.
Amendment 1 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. - Whereas Blockchain in itself is not an application, but the technology behind its applications;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas Blockchain is a disruptive technology with a potentially disruptive impact on different stakeholders around the industries it affects;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas DLTs, and in particular blockchain, could optimise transparency and traceability, in turn building confidence and fostering competitiveness and the capacity for innovation in the EU; Whereas nodes within the Blockchain operate under a pseudonym, and can therefore, by definition not operate anonymously;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. - Whereas Blockchain’s inherent characteristics are automatic tracing, recognition, verification and supervision;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that it is not desirable to legislate the Blockchain technology itself, but its applications instead. Notes that legislating the technology at the basis of the applications would limit innovation and the creation of new applications;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the potential of the integration of DLTs with other technologies such as the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, and calls for further research into their applicability to the digital transformation and automation of international trade; Welcomes the Commission proposal to set up the DigitalEurope Programme that will strengthen the EU΄s capacities for those technologies, as these are catalysts for blockchain technology;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that Blockchain is becoming an important tool across various sectors and industries, notably in the financial sector and supply-chain modelling.
Amendment 23 #
2018/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas some EU regional and metropolitan areas have already started developing this technology through specific projects and programmes, based on their own characteristics, and creating networks for spreading best practices
Amendment 31 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to collaborate with Member States in coordinated actions using DLTs to improve monitoring, control, security and verification mechanisms to fight unlawful payments, facilitate anti-money laundering policies and detect misappropriation of assets; Notes that the technology can provide an alternative to the central supervisory authority in models where this authority cannot be trusted;
Amendment 33 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that Blockchain can play an important role in the protection and sharing of intellectual property, specifically regarding the protection of the rights of the owner; Calls on the Commission to consider the role of Blockchain in the development of Smart IP Rights;
Amendment 41 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for measures to encourage SMEs and start-ups to explore the use of DLT to improve international trade operations and the development of an innovation ecosystem that reduces entry barriers and facilitates access to financing; Stresses blockchain's potential role in enhancing the level playing field for SME's through a reduction in the administrative burden; Emphasises that the developing industry around Blockchain brings new employment opportunities;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Emphasises that Blockchain can be used in applications of regulatory technologies (RegTech), significantly reducing compliance costs;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Highlights that the rise of a new industry around Blockchain comes with high efficiency gains and an increase in productivity;
Amendment 50 #
2018/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the 'EU Blockchain and Observatory Forum' and eon the 1st of February 2018. Requests hereby the Commission to explore the possibility to expand the mandate of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum in order to involve relevant stakeholders in the framework of addressing upcoming challenges; Encourages it to study applications aimed at facilitating international trade.
Amendment 95 #
2018/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that those EU regional and metropolitan areas that have already started developing this technology through specific projects and programmes shall be able to count on the expertise and knowledge treasured by the European institutions on this matter;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas that the motto of the European Union is “United in diversity” and that it means truly recognising it, respecting the rights of minorities and preventing their violation from causing territorial tensions that can have disastrous consequences for the stability of the Union.
Amendment 127 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recall that a series of political orientations should be promoted to enhance a legal and agreed democratic solution to conflicts involving sovereignty, co-sovereignty or interdependence that may occur within a Member State. The key is to apply principles such as those that supported Canada’s law of clarity. Neither party can impose their point of view nor can one prevent debates on these matters. Majorities must be established in order to be able to take decisions in this area and deadlines to avoid constantly repeating consultations on this type of decision. Additionally, the process to enable the permanence in the Union, of an eventual new State resulting from a potential process of assumption in peace, freedom and democracy, of its own destiny within a Member State, should be studied through a simplified system.
Amendment 146 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 50 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSR); is concerned that in the period 2011 - 2017 only 9 % of CSRs have been fully implemented; stresses that in particular the implementation of CSRs targeted to fight corruption and to sustain ageing societies need to be stepped up;
Amendment 59 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the urgency of carrying on the fight against the inequalities that hamper economic growthto use the current economic good period of carrying out structural reforms to improve competitiveness to create jobs and growth and to make the economy more resilient;
Amendment 65 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that growth-orientated fiscal policies are needed at the European level, alongside an appropriate monetary policy, in order to strengthestructural reforms are needed to strengthen both the European economy and the economies of the Member States; therefore supports the proposal to make part of the allocation of European funds conditional on the European economySemester;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports flexibility in the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact as proposed by the Commission in 2015; considers that much more flexibility is required to boost investment and growth in the EU; calls, therefore, for a reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the introduction of an aggregate euro area fiscal stancein specific cases, which strike the right balance between fiscal responsibility and supporting growth; stresses that Member States need to build up fiscal buffers, particularly in economic good times to improve the resilience of their economies against future shocks with the aim of sustaining jobs and growth;
Amendment 104 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the development of new budgetary tools aimed at stabilisation and convergence in the euro area would be extremely important for the economic governance of the Eurozone in order toproper implementation and enforcement of the existing economic governance framework would avoid, as far as possible, the re- emergence of events already experienced before and during the years of the financial crisis;
Amendment 127 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 189 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 215 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is concerned by the still very high public debt levels in the Euro area, which hamper job creation and growth, make Member States vulnerable to crisis and are a burden for future generations; stresses that high levels of public and private debt reduce the possibility to invest, which is necessary to create jobs and growth;
Amendment 241 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists on the need for the CSR to take due account of the 20 key principles and rightsimplementation of the CSR, which will channel investment into innovation and research and development, to support fair and well- functioning labour markets outlined in the European Pillar of Social Rights, which should serve as a compass for a renewed process of upward convergence towards better working and living conditions in the European Unand address the challenges of an ageing society such as reforming health care and pension system to ensure sustainability of public finances in the interest of all generations;
Amendment 279 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. RegretStrongly welcomes the fact that the Commission makes part of the allocation of European funds conditional on the European Semester and economic governance;
Amendment 316 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that the completion of the EMU requires strong political commitment, efficient governance based on the Community method and democratic accountability, and better use of the available financial resourcimplementation of the existing rules ;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the HLEG final report of January 2018 entitled ‘Financing a Sustainable European Economy’,
Amendment 23 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32
Citation 32
— having regard to the Bankwatch Network briefing of May 2017European Investment Bank (EIB) 2016 Statistical Report, which foundshows that in 16 EU Member States European Investment Bank (EIB) support for climate actionEIB support for climate action continues to reflect the different market contexts across the EU and did not reach even the level of 20 % in 16 EU Member States in 2016, and that while climate action investment in 2016 was predominantly located in the EU’s stronger economies, with 70 % of European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) support for renewable energy being concentrated in Belgium, while 80 % of energy efficiency investment through the EFSI was allocated to France, Finland and Germany,the EIB financed renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in 18 Member States in 20161a; _________________ 1aEuropean Investment Bank 2016 Statistical Report, 27.04.2017.
Amendment 71 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the potential of a faster green transition as an opportunity for orienting capital markets towards long- term, innovative and efficient investments; notes that environmental, social and governance (ESG) benefits and risks are notoftentimes not sufficiently reflected in prices and that this provides a market advantage to unsustainable and short- termist geared finance; stresses that a political and regulatory framework to govern sustainable finance is overdue;
Amendment 84 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the financial sector as a whole and its core function of allocating capital to benefit society should be governed by the values of equity andprinciple of sustainability; emphasises in that respect the instrumental role of economic, and fiscal and monetary policy in fostering sustainable finance by facilitating capital allocation to decarbonised and resource- efficient economic activities which are able to reduce the current need for future resources and thereby capable of meeting EU sustainability goals; insists that a substantial price for greenhouse gas emissions is a key component of a functioning and efficient environmental and social market economy;
Amendment 105 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the massivepotential systemic risks that stranded carbon assets represent to financial stability; stresses the need for the identification and mandatory reporting of these assets as essential to the orderly transition to climate-positive investments; calls fto explore the possibility of introduction ofing ‘carbon stress tests’ for banks and other financial intermediaries to determine the risks related to such stranded assets;
Amendment 106 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasizes the potential risks to systemic shocks that could develop as a consequence of an abrupt shift in finance to sustainability; calls for the need to work towards a balanced, stable and gradual transition, that enables stakeholders to orientate themselves towards a higher degree of sustainability; emphasizes that sufficient access to capital plays an essential role in this process;
Amendment 207 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to develop guidelines for model contracts between asset owners and asset managers, which would clearly incorporate the transmission of the beneficiary interest as well as clear expectations as regards the identification and integration of ESG risks on behalf of the asset manager; Calls on the EU institutions to ensure the allocation of sufficient funding to the ESAs to fulfill this task;
Amendment 213 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the ESA's to explore the option to develop a sustainability stress test;
Amendment 236 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the urgent need for a uniform standard for green bonds; insists that such green bonds should include periodic reporting on the environmental impacts of the underlying assets; underlines that green bonds should also respect negative criteria and must not include any form of fossil fuel asset, nuclear power or investment in aviation infrastructurenotes the existence of various methods for investors to establish sustainability criteria;
Amendment 262 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to establish a legally binding labelling system for personal bank accounts, investment funds, insurance, and financial products indicating their level of conformity with the Paris Agreement and ESG goals;
Amendment 302 #
2018/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 47 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Given the increasing mobility of taxpayers, the number of cross-border transactions and the internationalisation of financial instruments, which go well beyond the Union borders, adaptations of or extensions of European electronic systems to third countries not associated to the Programme and international organisations could have an interest for the Union or the Member States. In particular, they would avoid the administrative burden and the costs implied by developing and operating two similar electronic systems for, respectively, Union and international exchanges of information. Therefore, when duly justified by such an interest, adaptations of or extensions to European electronic systems for cooperation with third countries and international organisations should be eligible costs under the Programme. Provided priority actions have been funded, specific actions with least developed countries, especially on automatic information sharing, could also be encouraged under the Programme where appropriate.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Individual national anti-fraud initiatives could potentially shift the fraud to other, often neighbouring, Member States, and create disproportionate administrative burden on compliant businesses as well as a lack of legal certainty when trading internationally. It is therefore crucial that the Commission aligns national anti-fraud measures through coordination of national best practices at EU level.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Programme has the specific objective to support tax policy, tax cooperation and administrative capacity building, including human competency and the development and operation of the European electronic systems, as well as the progressive modernisation of reporting and auditing tools to be applied uniformly across Member States.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Provided priority actions have been funded, least developed countries can be encouraged to participate in accordance with the conditions laid down in a specific agreement covering their participation. Contrary to point c) of paragraph 1, their participation shall be cost-free for them and shall focus on achieving international tax objectives, such as automatic exchange of tax information. The specific agreement shall guarantee the rights of the Union to ensure sound financial management and to protect its financial interests.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. To ensure the programme is designed to effectively tackle fraud, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 to review and update, where appropriate, the list of eligible actions.
Amendment 94 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Wherever beneficial for the achievement of the actions implementing the objectives referred to in Article 3, representatives of governmental authorities, including those from third countries not associated to the programme pursuant to Article 5, and, where relevant, representatives of international and other relevant organisations, of economic operators and organisations representing economic operators and of civil society may take part as external experts to actions organised under the Programme.
Amendment 99 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) the coordination of nationally applied anti-fraud measures through regulating national best practices at EU level;
Amendment 102 #
2018/0233(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. No later than 31 October of each year, the Commission shall, on the basis of the annual reports referred to in paragraph 4, establish a consolidated report assessing the progress made by Member States (including a mapping exercise, listing of the best practices) and the Commission in the implementation of the plan referred to in paragraph 1 and make that report publics well as the progress in achieving the programme’s objectives mentioned in Article 3. The report shall be public and published on a dedicated Commission webpage and serve as a basis for evaluation reports and future multiannual work programmes.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The rules of the InvestEU Fund should endorse synergies with Member States’ resources under shared management, allowing in accordance with Article [10] of the Regulation [Common Provisions Regulation] and with Article [75] of the Regulation [Common Agriculture Policy] for voluntary contributions of part of Member States’ allocations into the InvestEU. This possibility should increase the added value of the EU backed budgetary guarantee by providing it to a wider range of final recipients and projects and diversifying the means of achieving the objectives of the funds under shared management.
Amendment 189 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) 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, the InvestEU Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the swift achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the Union budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the InvestEU Programme are expected to contribute 340 % of the overall financial envelope of the InvestEU Programme to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the InvestEU Programme's preparation and implementation and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 201 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Investment projects receiving substantial Union support, notably in the area of infrastructure, should be subject to sustainability proofing in accordance with guidance that should be developed by the Commission in cooperation with implementing partners under the InvestEU Programme and, using in an appropriate way the criteria established by [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment] for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable and coherently with the guidance developed for other programmes of the Union. Such guidance should include adequate provisions to avoid undue administrative burden.
Amendment 230 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Each policy window should be composed of two compartments, that is to say an EU compartment and a Member State compartment. The EU compartment should address Union-wide market failures or sub-optimal investment situations in a proportionate manner; supported actions should have a clear European added value. The Member State compartment should give Member States the possibility to contribute a share of their resources of Funds under shared management to the provisioning of the EU guarantee to use the EU guarantee for financing or investment operations to address specific market failures or sub-optimal investment situations in their own territory, including in vulnerable and remote areas such as the outermost regions of the Union, to deliver objectives of the Fund under shared management. Actions supported from the InvestEU Fund through either EU or Member State compartments should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the internal market.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Actions supported from the InvestEU Fund through either EU or Member State compartments should target sectors and issues where there are clear market or institutional failures inhibiting private sectors financing. InvestEU actions should focus on projects involving greater risks than private lenders are prepared to undertake on a commercial basis alone. They not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the internal market.
Amendment 254 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The EU guarantee underpinning the InvestEU Fund should be implemented indirectly by the Commission relying on implementing partners with outreach to final recipients. There should be a level- playing field among all implementing partners and the selection of implementing partners should be transparent, justified by the nature of the intervention and free of any conflict of interests. A guarantee agreement allocating guarantee capacity from the InvestEU Fund should be concluded by the Commission with each implementing partner, to support its financing and investment operations meeting the InvestEU Fund objectives and eligibility criteria. The InvestEU Fund should be provided with a specific governance structure to ensure the appropriate use of the EU guarantee.
Amendment 279 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) The gender balance shall be ensured in the overall composition of the governance structure.
Amendment 423 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Financing and investment operations under the sustainable infrastructure policy windows referred to in point (a) of paragraph (1) shall be subject to climate, environmental and social sustainability proofing with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate, environment and social dimension. For that purpose, promoters requesting financing shall provide adequate information based on guidance to be developed by the Commission. Projects below a certain size defined in the guidance shall be excluded from the proofing.
Amendment 445 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Amendment 498 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The EU guarantee shall be granted to the implementing partners in accordance with [Article 219(1)] of the [Financial Regulation] and managed in accordance with [Title X] of the [Financial Regulation]. The EU guarantee shall be irrevocable, unconditional and provided on first demand to eligible counterparts for the financing and investment operations covered by this Regulation and its pricing shall be exclusively linked to the characteristics and risk profile of the underlying operations, taking into due account the nature of the underlying operations and the achievement of the policy objectives targeted, including the possible application of specific derogative terms and incentives as needed, in particular: (a) in situations where stressed financial market conditions would prevent the realisation of a viable project; (b) where necessary to facilitate the establishment of investment platforms or the funding of projects in sectors or areas experiencing a significant market failure and/or suboptimal investment situation; (c) where necessary to address the social infrastructure gap;
Amendment 501 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 536 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the EU compartment, the eligible counterparts shall have expressed their interest and shall be able to cover financing and investment operations in at least thretwo or more Member States. The implementing partners may also cover together financing and investment operations in at least thretwo or more Member States by forming a group. The implementing partners, whose contractual responsibility is limited by their respective national mandates, may also address market failures or suboptimal investment situations with respective, locally adapted, comparable instruments.
Amendment 589 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point a – point ii a (new)
(iia) promote coordination and exchange of best practices in order to facilitate the role of the Commission to guarantee a uniform implementation of InvestEU by the different implementing partners;
Amendment 594 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Risk Assessment Methodology 1. The Commission in cooperation with the EIB Group and after consulting the advisory board, composed of the implementing actors, shall supplement this Regulation by establishing a risk assessment methodology. Such risk assessment methodology shall include: (a) a risk rating classification, to ensure consistent and standard treatment of all operations independent from the intermediary institution; (b) a methodology to assess the value at risk and the probability of default based on clear statistical methods, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria; (c) a method to assess exposure at default and loss given default, taking into account the value of financing, the project risk, the repayment terms, the collateral, and other relevant indicators.
Amendment 598 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
Amendment 663 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
When acting in accordance with this Article, the Investment Committee shall be supported by the documentation provided by the implementing partners and any other document the Investment Committee considers relevant. Any project assessmentscoreboard provided conducted by an implementing partner shall not be binding on the Investment Committee for the purposes of a financing or investment operation benefiting from the coverage by the EU guarantee. The chairperson of the Investment Committee shall invite a representative of the relevant implementing partner to present its scoreboard and those representatives shall be available to respond to enquiries raised by members of the Investment Committee.
Amendment 709 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The InvestEU Advisory Hub shall assist in the transfer of knowledge to the regional and local level, taking into account the existing local landscape, with a view to building up, where necessary, regional and local capacity and expertise as referred in paragraph 1. The InvestEU Advisory Hub may cooperate with national and regional promotional banks or institutions in order to reach its objective.
Amendment 1128 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Amendment 1131 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Core network corridor "Mediterranean" Alignment Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona/Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Marseille – Genova/Lyon – Torino – Novara – Milano – Bologna/Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper – Ljubljana – Budapest Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border Pre- Cross- Lyon – Torino: base tunnel and access Rail identified border routes sections Nice – Ventimiglia Trieste – Divača Ljubljana – Zagreb Zagreb – Budapest Budapest – Miskolc – UA border Lendava – Letenye Road Vásárosnamény – UA border Missing Perpignan – Montpellier Rail link Madrid – Zaragoza – Barcelona Koper – Divača Rijeka – Zagreb Milano – Cremona – Mantova – Porto Inland Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste Waterways
Amendment 1093 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'farmer' means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who exercises an agricultural activity as defined by Member States and is recorded as carrying out farming activities in a national tax or social security register;
Amendment 1222 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers. In any case, farming activity shall be considered only an insignificant part of all their economic activities when their farm activities make up less than 25% of their total income. To prevent social sectors in rural areas from being excluded, the previous paragraph shall not apply to farmers who receive EUR 1 250 or less in direct payments.
Amendment 2437 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare or per LSU or per beehive and it shall be granted as either:
Amendment 3403 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9
Article 65 – paragraph 9
9. Where support under this type of interventions is granted to agri- environment-climate commitments, commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as defined in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and forest environmental and climate services, Member States shall establish a payment per hectare. In duly justified cases, where the interventions are oriented towards environmental and climate commitments linked to livestock, the payment may be granted per LU or per beehive.
Amendment 4581 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) The stakeholder organisations that are representative of economic, social and environmental interests shall be informed concerning the preparation, amendment and approval of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 4905 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 132 – paragraph 1
Article 132 – paragraph 1
Payments by Member States in relation to operations falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU that are intended to provide additional financing for interventions for which Union support is granted at any time during the CAP Strategic Plan period, including national tax measures to offset the full additional costs borne and the losses of income suffered when the partial payments provided for in Article 28(6)(b), Article 66(3), Article 67(4) and, possibly, Article 65(6) are made, may only be made if they comply with this Regulation, are included in Annex V to the CAP Strategic Plans as provided for in Article 103(5) and have been approved by the Commission.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) With regard to the reform delivery tool, it is necessary to identify the types of reforms that should be eligible for financial support. To ensure their contribution to the objectives of the Programme, the eligible reforms should be those addressing the challenges identified in the context of the European Semester of economic policy coordination, including those proposed to address the country- specific recommendations.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to guarantee respect for Union values, Member States who are subject to an ongoing procedure pursuant to article 7 paragraph 1 or 2 of the Treaty on European Union should not be eligible for financial support under this Programme.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) For the purpose of simplification, tThe determination of the financial contribution should follow simple criteria. The financial contribution should be the total maximum indicative amountrelated to the nature and importance of the reform if the reform commitments proposed by the Member State fully meet the criteria for assessment, and should be half the maximum indicativeof this amount if the reform commitments proposed by the Member State meet those criteria only in a satisfactory manner. No financial contribution should be awarded to the Member State if the proposal for reform commitments does not satisfactorily address the assessment criteria.
Amendment 273 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States who are subject to an ongoing procedure pursuant to article 7 paragraph 1 or 2 of the Treaty on European Union shall not be eligible for financial support under this Programme.
Amendment 336 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 4 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 4 b (new)
() are reforms that would not have been implemented without financial support under this Programme;
Amendment 358 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
A disbursement shall not be made to Member States that is subject to an ongoing procedure pursuant to article 7 paragraph 1 or 2 of the Treaty on European Union.
Amendment 365 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A Member State in which there is a serious and persistent of the values referred to in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union as determined by the European Council shall repay to the Commission any financial contribution paid to it pursuant to Article 15.
Amendment 366 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The independent fiscal institution, the European Fiscal Board, the national court of auditors and the European Court of Auditors may provide, at any time, an opinion to the Commission about the sustainability and economic impact of the reforms made by a Member State.
Amendment 48 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Furthermore, Member States should comply with the existing EU economic governance rules.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In particular, in order to support Member States whose currency is the euro to respond better to rapidly changing economic circumstances and stabilise their economy by preserving public investment in the event of large asymmetric shocks, a European Investment Stabilisation Function (EISF) should be established based on conditionality and the principle to exclude any type of moral hazard.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Both the determination of the amount of the national compartment and contributions to the Stabilisation Support Fund and their transfer should be governed by an intergovernmental agreement to be concluded between Member States whose currency is the euro and other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II). That agreement should provide that national compartment function as a contingency fund and that the national contributions for all the Member States are calculated based on the share 10%of the national central banks of those Member States whose currency is the euro in the monetary income of the Eurosystem. For Member States which participate in ERM II a specific key should be foreseen to determine the national contributions. The Commission should assist the Member States for the calculation of those contributions. To that end, the European Central Bank (ECB) should communicate to the Commission the amount of monetary income the national central banks of the Eurosystem are entitled to.
Amendment 206 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The EISF shall provide financial assistance in the form of loans and interest rate subsidies for public investment to a Member State which is experiencing a large asymmetric shock, based on conditionality.
Amendment 220 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'eligible public investment' means: (a) the public investment in support of policy objectives as defined in Regulation (EU) No [XX] of [XX] [insert reference to new Common Provisions Regulation]16 and (b) any expenditure in areas of education, research and development, and training as defined in Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 and not covered in point (a); _________________ 16 [Insert correct reference to new version of Common Provisions Regulation]
Amendment 222 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) ‘national unemployment financing mechanism’ means: financing for unemployment benefits paid to persons in situation of unemployment
Amendment 224 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'EISF support' means Union financial assistance within the meaning of Article [220] of the Financial Regulation in the form of loans and interest rate subsidies under the EISF in support of eligible public investment; and reinsurance unemployment mechanism
Amendment 269 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) a pending procedure under article 7 Treaty on the European Union.
Amendment 304 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Supported investment and reinsurance unemployment mechanism
Amendment 309 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) invest insupport eligible public investment or a national unemployment scheme by an amount corresponding to at least the amount of the EISF loan,
Amendment 313 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) maintain the same level of its support for public investment and national unemployment scheme compared to the average level of its public investmensupport in the five previous years.;
Amendment 463 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) GDP, GNI, internal demand, current account and subnational imbalances;
Amendment 4 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The principle of partnership is a key feature in the implementation of the Funds, building on the multi-level governance approach at local, regional and national level, and ensuring the involvement of civil society and social partners. In order to provide continuity in the organisation of partnership, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/201413 should continue to apply. _________________ 13 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 8 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Member States should determine how relevatake into account country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) of the TFEU and relevant Council recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 148(4) of the TFEU ('CSR's) are taken into account in the preparation of programming documents. During the 2021–2027 programming period ('programming period'), Member States should regularly present to the monitoring committee and to the Commission the progress in implementing the programmes in support of the CSRs. During a mid-term review, Member States should, among other elements, consider the need for programme modifications to accommodate relevant CSRs adopted or modified since the start of the programming period.
Amendment 9 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) 15. The Partnership Agreement, prepared by each Member State, should be a strategic document guiding the negotiations between the Commission and the Member State concerned on the design of programmes. Member States should take into account features and specificities pointed out from local and regional administrations. In order to reduce the administrative burden, it should not be necessary to amend Partnership Agreements during the programming period. To facilitate the programming and avoid overlapping content in programming documents, Partnership Agreements can be included as part of a programme.
Amendment 14 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Mechanisms to ensure a link between Union funding policies and the economic governance of the Union should be further refined, allowing the Commission to make a proposal to the Council to suspend all or part of the commitments for one or more of the programmes of the Member State concerned where that Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process. In the case of significant non-compliance payments should be suspended automatically. In order to ensure uniform implementation and in view of the importance of the financial effects of measures being imposed, 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 ensure effective action in the context of the economic governance process, reversed qualified majority voting should be used.
Amendment 16 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to examine the performance of the programmes, the Member State should set up monitoring committees. For the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund, annual implementation reports should be replaced by an annual structured policy dialogue based on the latest information and data on programme implementation made available by the Member State with the information given by regional and local entities.
Amendment 28 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
a more competitive and economic resilient Europe
Amendment 38 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the criteria applied by the Member State to select indicators also given by regional and local entities;
Amendment 43 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission mayshall request a Member State to review and propose amendments to relevant programmes, where this is necessary to support the implementation of relevant Council Recommendations.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Such a request mayshall be made for the following purposes:
Amendment 47 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Member State fails to take effective action in response to a request made in accordance with paragraph 1, within the deadlines set out in paragraphs 3 and 4, the Commission mayshall suspend all or part of the payments for the programmes or priorities concerned in accordance with Article 91.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Priority shall be given to the suspension of commitments; payments shall be suspended only when immediate action is sought and; in the case of significant non- compliance payments shall be suspended automatically. The suspension of payments shall apply to payment applications submitted for the programmes concerned after the date of the decision to suspend.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
The Commission may, on grounds of exceptional economic circumstances due to an event outside the control of a Member State or following a reasoned request by the Member State concerned addressed to the Commission within 10 days of adoption of the decision or recommendation referred to in the previous sub-paragraph, recommend that the Council cancel the suspension in full or parts of it referred to in the same sub- paragraph.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In the case of a significant non- compliance the proposal by the Commission shall be deemed adopted automatically.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Each managing authority shall identify a communication officer for each programme ('programme communication officer'). The communication officer shall take into account all the official and co- official languages of the Member State, or the official languages of the regional and/or local entity or entities, where the programme is to be implemented.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o – point i
(i) investments in an economic activity that contributes to an environmental objective, including an environmentally sustainable investment as defined in Article 2 of [PO: Please insert reference to Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment], that promote or support good governance practices as defined in Article 2(o)(iii), and that do not significantly harm any other environmental or social objective;
Amendment 103 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o – point ii
(ii) investments in an economic activity that contributes to a social objective, and in particular an investment that contributes to tackling inequality, an investment fostering social cohesion, social integration and labour relations, or an investment in human capital or economically or socially disadvantaged communities, that promote or support good governance practices as defined in Article 2(o)(iii), and that do not significantly harm any other environmental or social objective;
Amendment 105 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o – point iii
(iii) investments that promote or support good governance practices in companies following good governance practices in companies, and in particular companies withpromoting sound management structures, employee relations, remuneration of relevant staff and tax compliance, and that do not significantly harm any other environmental or social objective;
Amendment 114 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) 'sustainability risks' means environmental, social and governance risks in the investment decision or advisory processes as part of duties towards policy-holders, customers and/or beneficiaries1a. _________________ 1a FISMA C4 SG/acg(2018)4365900, p.3
Amendment 128 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i (new)
(i) Organisational requirements of firms, including risk management and governance;
Amendment 129 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point ii (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point ii (new)
(ii) Operating conditions, in particular investment strategy and asset allocation; and
Amendment 130 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii (new)
(iii) Risk management.
Amendment 186 #
2018/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where a financial product is marketed as sustainable, has as its target sustainable investments or investments with similar characteristics, and an index has been designated as a reference benchmark, the information to be disclosed pursuant to Article 4(1) shall be accompanied by the following:
Amendment 168 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Union classification of environmentally sustainable economic activities should enable the development of future Union policies and strategies, including Union- wide standards for environmentally sustainable financial products and eventually the establishment of labels that formally recognise compliance with those standards across the Union. Uniform legal requirements for considering investments as environmentally sustainable investments, based on uniform criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities, are necessary as a reference for future Union legislation aiming at enabling those investments.
Amendment 213 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) In defining the technical screening criteria, the Commission should also take into account transitional measures towards activities that support the transition to a more sustainable, low- carbon economy.
Amendment 259 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) measures adopted by Member States or by the Union setting out any requirements on market actorfinancial market participants in respect of financial products or corporate bonds that are marketed as environmentally sustainable.
Amendment 277 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) The criteria mentioned in Article 1 (1) may be used for the purpose mentioned in that paragraph by financial services providers that are not addressed by Article 1 (2) on a voluntary basis, and with respect to other financial products than those established in Article 2, paragraph 1 point (c).
Amendment 301 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'climate change mitigation' means the process of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, including to make the transition to achieve these targets;
Amendment 323 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the economic activity contributes or will contribute substantially to one or more of the environmental objectives set out in Article 5 in accordance with Articles 6 to 11;
Amendment 361 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. No disclosure requirements that are required under the [Commission proposal for a Regulation on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341] shall be required in this Regulation;
Amendment 368 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall immediately notify the Platform on Sustainable Finance of the request addressed by financial market participants.
Amendment 411 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) generating, storing, distributing or using renewable energy or climate-neutral energy (including carbon-neutral energy), including through using innovative technology with a potential for significant future savings or through necessary reinforcement of the grid;
Amendment 461 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) reducing the content of hazardous substances in materials and products, in accordance with the provisions laid down by EU legislation ensuring safe management of substances, materials and products;
Amendment 503 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of Article 3(b), taking into account its full life-cycle, in as far as relevant information is available, an economic activity shall be considered as significantly harming:
Amendment 539 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) take into account the environmental impacts of the economic activity itself, as well as of the products and services provided by that economic activity, throughout their lifecycle, in as far as relevant information is available, notably by considering their production, use and end-of-life;
Amendment 574 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
i) experts representing relevant private stakeholders including non- financial companies; and
Amendment 37 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Marine litter is of a transboundary nature and is recognized as a global problem. Successful prevention and management of plastic waste is most effective through international cooperation and when using a scientific, evidence-based approach. Reducing marine litter is a key action for the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 which calls to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.36 The Union must play its part in tackling marine litter and aim to be a standard setter for the world. In this context, the Union is working with partners in many international fora such as G20, G7 and United Nations to promote concerted action. This initiative is part of the Union efforts in this regard. _________________ 36 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
Amendment 38 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Marine litter is of a transboundary nature and is recognized as a global problem. Reducing marine litter is a key action for the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 which calls to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.36 The Union must play its part in tackling marine litter and aim to be a standard setter for the world. In this context, the Union is workingshould enforce its collaboration with partners in many international fora such as G20, G7 and United Nations to promote concerted action. This initiative is part of the Union efforts in this regardto reduce waste for a sustainable and circular economy. _________________ 36 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201648 , the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive. That evaluation should be based on experience gathered and data collected during the implementation of this Directive and data collected under Directive 2008/56/EC or Directive 2008/98/EC. The evaluation should provide the basis for an assessment of possible further measures and an assessment whether, in view of monitoring of marine litter in the Union, the Annex listing single-use plastic products needs to be reviewed. The evaluation should also consider whether scientific and technical progress that has taken place in the meantime, including the development of biodegradable materials and the development of criteria or a standard for biodegradability of plastics in the marine environment, as foreseen in the European Plastics Strategy, allows the setting of a standard for biodegradation of certain single-use plastic products in the marine environment. That standard would include a standard to test if, as a result of physical and biological decomposition in the marine environment, plastics would fully decompose into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water within a timescale short enough for the plastics not to be harmful for marine life and not lead to an accumulation of plastics in the environment. If that is the case, single-use plastic products that meet such a standard could be exempted from the prohibition on placing on the market. While the European Strategy for Plastics already envisages action in this area, it also recognises the challenges in relation to determining a regulatory framework for plastics with biodegradable properties due to different marine conditions across seas. Furthermore, the assessment shall evaluate the impact of the additional administrative burden and compliance costs, on sectors most affected by this Directive, with a specific focus on SME's. _________________ 48 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 70 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of this Directive is to strengthen the Union's leading role in preventing and reduceing the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, in particular the aquatic environment, and on human health as well as to promote the transition to a circular economy with innovative business models, products and materials, thus also contributing to the efficient functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve a significantprogressive reduction in the consumption of the single- use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive]of 25% by 2022; 50 % by 2026; and 75 % by 2030.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, public procurement measures, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures may vary depending on the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph or a tax on the use of virgin plastic.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable and recyclable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments, providing for economic incentives or disincentives, such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures may vary depending on the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall ensure a minimum percentage of recycled plastic in single use plastic products when this does not affect food-safety requirements.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the appropriate waste disposal options for the product or waste disposal means to be avoided for that product,is not flushing it into the toilet or releasing it to the sewage system, or
Amendment 106 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The competent authority shall ensure that the costs on the producers related to the extended producer responsibility shall be proportionate and communicated to those entities affected, on a regular basis and in an accessible, transparent manner.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establish separate collection targets for relevant extended producer responsibility schemes., or
Amendment 111 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) establish any proven garbage collection system that they consider will achieve the targets.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) the economic impact on the sectors affected is proportionate and in line with projections;
Amendment 116 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(c b) the implementation of this Directive has in any way negatively impacted the competitiveness of the sectors that are most affected by this proposal, compared to their non-EU based competitors.
Amendment 117 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D – indent 2
Annex I – part D – indent 2
— Wet wipes, i.e. pre-wetted personal care, domestic and industrial wipes and waste pre-wetted toilet paper.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part E – indent 6
Annex I – part E – indent 6
— Wet wipes, i.e. pre-wetted personal care, domestic and industrial wipes, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons and tampon applicators and disposable nappies
Amendment 120 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part F – indent 1
Annex I – part F – indent 1
— Beverage bottlescontainers (bottles, bricks, cans and other non-vitrus disposable beverage containers)
Amendment 32 #
2018/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is relevant to acknowledge the inclusion in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129[1] of the EU Growth Prospectus, which applies to SMEs that issue capital on the markets. The EU Growth Prospectus is a condensed form of the full Prospectus, which includes essential information and documentation. The EU Growth Prospectus is shorter and therefore cheaper to produce, reducing costs for SMEs. SMEs may choose to use the EU Growth Prospectus. Moreover, in offers of securities up to EUR20 million any issuer may also choose to use the EU Growth Prospectus unless they are going for admission to trading to a regulated market. This covers issuers whose public offers might be admitted to trading on an SME Growth Market, as well as issuers that make public offers that will not be traded on an exchange. Alternatively, issuers may choose to draw up full Prospectus under the Regulation. [1] Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC Text with EEA relevance
Amendment 39 #
2018/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The use of SME growth markets should be actively promoted. Many SMEs are still not aware of the existence of this new category trading venue. To solve this situation, the Commission, in close cooperation with the competent national authorities and organisations representing SMEs should conduct awareness-raising campaigns to inform the SMEs about the possibilities that the SMEs growth markets offer.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The current less stringent requirements for SME growth markets issuers to produce, in accordance with Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, an insider list only upon the request of the competent authority, is of limited practical effect, because those issuers are still subject to ongoing monitoring of the persons who qualify as insiders in the context of ongoing projects. The existing alleviation should therefore be replaced by the possibility for SME growth markets issuers to maintain only a list of permanent insiders, which should include persons who have regular access to inside information due to their function or position within the issuer. The listing alleviation rules should also be in the form of a list of selected criteria and voluntary best practices that all trading venues may follow. Calibration of each criterion should remain at local level under the responsibility of market operators together with their regulators.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0165(COD)
1. in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the following points d isand d a are added:
Amendment 56 #
2018/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) The listing alleviation rules shall be in the form of a list of selected criteria and voluntary best practices that all trading venues may follow. Calibration of each criterion shall remain at local level under the responsibility of market operators together with the competent regulatory authorities.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Amendment 20 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 3 October 2018 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards harmonising and simplifying certain rules in the value added tax system and introducing the definitive system for the taxation of trade between Member States (COM(2017)0569 – C80363/2017 –2017/0251(CNS));
Amendment 21 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
Having regard to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 3 October 2018 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards rates of value added tax (COM(2018)0020 –C8- 0023/2018 – 2018/0005(CNS));
Amendment 22 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
Having regard to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 3 July 2018 on the amended proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards measures to strengthen administrative cooperation in the field of value-added tax (COM(2017)0706 – C8-0441/2017 – 2017/0248(CNS));
Amendment 25 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) In order to guarantee an efficient cooperation between Member States, the Commission shall guarantee the transparency of the system, notably with the annual compulsory publication of frauds committed in each Member State. Transparency is also important in order to understand the scale of the fraud, to raise the awareness of the general public and to put pressure on Member States.
Amendment 29 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) A high level of non-compliance generates not only economic losses for compliant taxable persons but also threatens the cohesion and coherence of the fiscal system and creates a generalised feeling of unfairness through the distortion of competition. An efficient and understandable system is key to generating public revenues and to ownership by both citizens and companies.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 b (new)
Recital 26 b (new)
(26 b) With particular focus on the needs of SMEs engaging in intra-Community cross-border businesses and in order to facilitate trade and increase legal certainty in the single market, the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, should establish a comprehensive and publicly accessible Union VAT Web information portal for businesses. That multilingual portal should provide quick, up-to-date and accurate access to relevant information about the implementation of the VAT system in the different Member States and in particular about the correct VAT rates for different goods and services in the different Member States, as well as the conditions for zero-rate. Such a portal might also help to address the current VAT gap.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0164(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 b (new)
Article 1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 904/2010
Article 49a
Article 49a
Article 1 b Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 (2) The following new Article 49a is added: "Article 49a Member States and the Commission shall establish a common system of collecting statistics on intra-Community VAT fraud and involuntary non-compliance and shall publish on a yearly basis national estimates of VAT losses resulting from that fraud, as well as estimates for the Union as a whole. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the practical arrangements for such a statistical system. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 58(2)."
Amendment 50 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Certain Union acts, in particular in the area of financial services, such as Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse49 , and Commission Implementing Directive 2015/2392, adopted on the basis of that Regulation 50 , already contain detailed rules on whistleblower protection. Such existing Union legislation, including the list of Part II of the Annex, should be complemented by the present Directive, so that these instruments are fully aligned with its minimum standards whilst maintaining any specificities they provide for, tailored to the relevant sectors. This is of particular importance to ascertain which legal entities in the area of financial services, the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing are currently obliged to establish internal reporting channels. _________________ 49 50 Commission Imple, the proper implementation of the Late Paymentings Directive (EU) 2015/2392 of 17 December 2015 on Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards reporting to competent authorities of actual or potential infringements of that Regulation (2011/7/EU, terrorist financing and cyber-crime are currently obliged to establish internal reporting channels. OJ L 332173, p. 126).
Amendment 106 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) financial services, prevention of tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering and terrorist financing, also cyber- terrorism and cyber-crime;
Amendment 136 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
c) private legal entities of any size operating in the area of financial services or vulnerable to money laundering or, terrorist financing or cyber-crime, as regulated under the Union acts referred to in the Annex.
Amendment 175 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Natural persons shall address the permanent representations of the European Union in their municipalities, or in the closest municipalities to their municipality, in order to report on breaches of Union law. The representations of the EU shall assist these persons.
Amendment 6 #
2018/0095M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Singapore is by far the EU’s largest partner in the region, accounting for slightly under one-third of EU-ASEAN trade in goods and services, and roughly two-thirds of investments between the two regions. Notes that over 10.000 European companies have their regional offices in Singapore and operate normally in a context of legal security and certainty;
Amendment 80 #
2018/0095M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack of provisions on investors’ obligations, including binding corporate social responsibility standards; calls on the Commission to propose legislation laying down mandatoryBelieves that corporate social responsibility is essential and complementary to legislation; calls on the Commission to consider due diligence standards in sectors other than conflict minerals and timber, such as the garment industry;
Amendment 85 #
2018/0095M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Warmly welcomesTakes note of the work initiated in the UN by the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights on the establishment of a binding UN instrument; calls son the Commission and the EU Member States to engageapply a constructively in the nego approach to this initiationsve;
Amendment 13 #
2018/0093M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas within the ASEAN region Singapore is by far the EU’s largest partner, accounting for slightly under one third of EU-ASEAN trade in goods and services, and roughly two thirds of investments between the two regions; Notes that over 10.000 European companies have their regional offices in Singapore and operate normally in a context of legal security and certainty;
Amendment 15 #
2018/0093M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Singapore is a party to, together with five other parties, already has ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans- Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) andwhich was signed as recently as March this year, and whereas it is also party to the ongoing negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP);
Amendment 43 #
2018/0093M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes Singapore’s patience and continued willingness to, despite this delay, engage in finding solutions to get this agreement to signature and ratification;
Amendment 113 #
2018/0093M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to triggermake good use of the general review clause of the agreement as soon as possible in orderwhen it is necessary to strengthen the enforceability of labour and environmental provisions including through a sanctions-based mechanism as a last resort;
Amendment 206 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The financial crisis led to the build-up of NPEs in the banking sector. Consumers were significantly affected by the subsequent recession and the drop in housingprices. Safeguarding consumers’ rights is essential when tackling the issue of NPEs in line with relevant Union law such as Directive 2008/48/EC and Directive 2014/17/EU. Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (Late Payments Directive) fosters prompt payment by both enterprises and public authorities and would help prevent the kind of build-up of NPEs that occurred during the years of thefinancial crisis.
Amendment 207 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) The concentration of NPLs was also due to an increase of the concentration of banks in some Member States’ banking systems. Noting that some banking systems are diversified and some are otherwise, the Union acknowledges that those Member States with lower levels of concentration and higher levels of small and medium-sized traditional banks and sustainable banks have been able to endure in better terms.
Amendment 213 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) An integrated financial system will enhance the resilience of the Economic and Monetary Union to adverse shocks by facilitating private cross-border risk- sharing, while at the same time reducing the need for public risk-sharing. In order to achieve these objectives, the Union should complete the Banking Union and further develop a Capital Markets Union (CMU). Addressing high stocks of NPLs and their possible future accumulation is essential to completing and strengthening the Banking Union as it is essential for ensuring competition in the banking sector, preserving financial stability and encouraging lending so as to create jobs and growth within the Union.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In July 2017 the Council in its "Action Plan to Tackle Non-Performing Loans in Europe"25 called upon various institutions to take appropriate measures to further address the high number of NPLs in the Union, preventing their future accumulation. The Action Plan sets out a comprehensive approach that focuses on a mix of complementary policy actions in four areas: (i) bank supervision and regulation (ii) reform of restructuring, insolvency and debt recovery frameworks, (iii) developing secondary markets for distressed assets, and (iv) fostering restructuring of the banking system. Actions in these areas are to be taken at national level and at Union level where appropriate. The Commission announced a similar intention in its "Communication on completing the Banking Union" of 11 October 201726 , which called for a comprehensive package on tackling NPLs within the Union. _________________ 2511/07/2017, http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/p ress-releases/2017/07/11/conclusions-non- performing-loans/pdf. 26Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on completing the Banking Union, COM(2017) 592 final, 11.10.2017.
Amendment 218 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Credit institutions will be required to put aside sufficient resources when new loans become non- performing, which should create appropriate incentives to address NPLs at an early stage and should prevent an excessive accumulation of them. Where loans become non- performing, more efficient enforcement mechanisms for secured loans would allow credit institutions to enforce NPLs, subject to appropriate safeguards for borrowers. Nevertheless, should NPL stocks become too high – as it is currently the case for some credit institutions and some Member States – credit institutions should be able to sell them in efficient, competitive and transparent secondary markets to other operators. Competent authorities of credit institutions will guide them in this, as well as in the need to assess the possible protection of the consumer, based on their existing bank-specific, so-called Pillar 2, powers under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 (CRR). Where NPLs become a significant and broad-based problem, Member States can set up national asset management companies or other alternative measures within the framework of current state aid and banks resolution rules. _________________ 27Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1)In addition, the European Banking Authority should provide for guidelines to better implement this alternative measures.
Amendment 222 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Credit institutions should make every effort to avoid transferring consumer non-performing loans and exposures to third parties. Member States should ensure that creditors exercise reasonable forbearance towards the distressed borrowers, as established in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2014/17/EU and the EBA Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure EBA/GL/2015/12. Forbearance measures could include some concessions to the consumer, such as a total or partial refinancing of a credit agreement, a modification of the previous terms and conditions of a credit agreement. In case of foreclosure, when the credit is secured by the consumer’s primary residence, return or transfer to the creditor or a third-party of the security or proceeds from the sale of the security should be sufficient to repay the credit.
Amendment 223 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7 b) Credit servicers and credit purchasers should always act in good faith, treat consumers fairly and respect their privacy. They should not give misleading information to consumers, commit harassment on consumers, and they should not charge fees to consumers that exceed the costs directly related to the management of the debt. Member States could place a cap on those fees and penalties according to principles of fairness, rationality and proportionality, and their national competent authorities could rely on the assistance of EBA for this purpose. Furthermore, Member States should be able to maintain the existing national measures aimed at protecting distressed borrowers, as well as to adopt personal insolvency measures.
Amendment 224 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7 c) In any court hearing involving a distressed borrower, there should be consideration of the equality of representation status to ensure a full and fair hearing and full and complete comprehension of all the parameters and legal contentions being addressed. There should be an equivalent of legal representation provided and available to all distressed borrowers and to ensure comprehensive preparation of all relevant facts and detail for appropriate court representation of the case in dispute. Where necessary, this service could be provided at the cost of the Member State through free legal aid or its equivalent and assistance, if needed, by EBA.
Amendment 234 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Therefore, action at Union level is necessary in order to address the position of credit purchasers and credit servicers in relation to credit originally granted by credit institutions. It is not proposed to cover credit originally issued by non-credit institutions or debt collection in general at this stage, as there is no evidence of macroeconomic relevance, misaligned incentives or ill-functioning markets for such an extended scope. Action at Union level is also important when the EBA prepares guidelines and reports on best practices for both credit purchasers and credit servicers, and for national competent authorities.
Amendment 237 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) It is open to Member States to regulate the credit servicing activities that do not fall within the scope of this Directive. EBA should help the national competent authorities where these deem it necessary for their proper work. Furthermore, EBA should prepare best- practices guidelines for Member States in order for them to regulate the off-scope credit servicing activities in order to achieve a level playing field across the Union.
Amendment 249 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Member States that have already in place rules equivalent or stricter than those established in this Directive for credit servicing activities may recognize in their national law implementing this Directive the possibility for existing entities providing credit servicing activities to be automatically recognized as authorized credit servicers. EBA and the Commission, where deemed appropriate and necessary by the national competent authority, may provide for assistance in order for Member States to properly implement the law and to maintain a level playing field across the Union.
Amendment 251 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The authorisation of a credit servicer to provide credit servicing activities throughout the Union should be subject to a uniform and harmonised set of conditions that should be applied in a proportionate manner by the competent authorities. To avoid a reduction in debtor or borrower protection and in order to promote trust, the conditions for granting and maintaining an authorisation as a credit servicer should ensure that credit servicers, persons who hold a qualifying holding in the credit servicer or who are part of the management of the service provider have a clean police record in relation to serious criminal offences linked to crimes against property, to crimes related to financial activities, to money laudering, to fraud, or to crimes against the physical integrity and that they are of good repute. EBA and the national competent authorities should ensure that the members of the management or administrative body possess adequate knowledge and experience to conduct the business in a competent and responsible manner. Furthermore, national competent authorities should assess the adequate knowledge and experience conditions and should inform EBA. National competent authorities should not pose barriers to the free movement of authorised credit servicers within the Union. For this purpose, EBA should develop guidelines to reduce the risk of divergent interpretations of these requirements, as well as recommendations for further harmonisation. Similarly, these persons as well as the credit servicer should not be subject to an insolvency procedure or have not previously been declared bankrupt, unless they have been reinstated in accordance with national law. Finally, to ensure compliance with debtor protection as well as personal data protection rules, it is necessary to require that appropriate governance arrangements and internal control mechanisms and recording and handling of complaints, are established and subject to supervision. Moreover, credit servicers should be obliged to act fairly and with due consideration for the financial situation of the borrowers. Where debt advice services facilitating debt repayment are available at national level, the credit servicers should consider referring borrowers to such services.
Amendment 289 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) ‘non-performing loan or NPL’ means loans where the borrower is unable to make the scheduled payments to cover interest or capital reimbursements. When the payments are more than 90 days past due, or the loan is assessed as unlikely to be repaid by the borrower, it shall be classified as an NPL.
Amendment 296 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
(11 a) ‘credit service provider’ means a third party used by a credit servicer to perform any of the activities stated in Article 3 (9).
Amendment 297 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 b (new)
(11 b) ‘Complaint’ means substantive and relevant remarks attributable to the credit servicers management of the credit agreement within the framework of its duties as credit servicer.
Amendment 306 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) are of sufficiently good repute and are expected to conduct the business in a competent and responsible manner;
Amendment 308 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) have a clean police record or other national equivalent in relation to serious criminal offences relating to property, to financial activities, money laundering or to physical integrity;
Amendment 311 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the applicant has appropriate governance arrangements and internal control mechanisms in place which ensure respect for borrower rights and compliance with personal data protection rules in accordance with the laws governing the credit agreement, and Regulation (EU) 2016/679. For the lawfulness of processing personal data, it shall be noted that credit servicing is a task carried out in the public interest.
Amendment 312 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the applicant has adequate and specific internal procedures in place which ensure the recording and handling of borrower complaints, for a period no longer than is necessary for the purposes of the implementation of this Directive and in accordance with the relevant applicable national laws and in any event no longer than ten years.
Amendment 313 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) the applicant has adequate anti- money laundering and counter-terrorism procedures in place in accordance with national laws transposing the Directive 2015/849/EU, it shall be noted that for the purpose of implementing Customer Due Diligence procedures, the customer in this respect is the creditor with whom the credit servicer has entered into the contractual relationship in accordance with Article 9 herein.
Amendment 317 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) the applicant has adequate anti- money laundering and counter-terrorism procedures in place;
Amendment 325 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. All obligations about consumers’ protection currently applicable to banks shall also be applicable to the credit servicers under this Directive.
Amendment 328 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(h a) evidence of the procedures referred to in Article 5(1)(f);
Amendment 330 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Rules of conduct for credit servicers 1. Credit servicers shall respect consumers’ privacy. 2. The following practices shall be preempted from happening: a) Provision of misleading information; b) Harassment, including communication or information about the debt of the consumers to their employer or family; c) Charging fees and penalties to consumers that exceed the costs directly related to the management of the debt. EBA, together with the national competent authorities, shall place a cap on those fees and penalties according to principles of fairness, rationality and proportionality.
Amendment 334 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) where a credit institution has been convicted judicially for repeated attacks on the privacy of and harassment on consumers.
Amendment 337 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities establish and maintain a list or, when appropriate, a national register of all authorised credit servicers authorised to provide services within their territory, including credit servicers providing services under Article 11. Where applicable, and under the request of the national competent authority, EBA shall provide for best- practices guidelines in order to guarantee a level playing field across the Union.
Amendment 338 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The register shall be made publicly accessible online and shall be updated on a regular basis. Under the request of the national competent authority, EBA shall provide for best-practices guidelines in order to guarantee a level playing field on transparency across the Union.
Amendment 390 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. EBA shall develop draft implementing technical standards that specify the formats to be mandatorily used by creditors who are credit institutions for the provision of information as set out in Article 13(1), in order to provide detailed information on their credit exposures in the banking book to credit purchasers for the screeninganalysis, financial due diligence and valuation of the credit agreement.
Amendment 399 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Credit servicers shall respect consumers’ privacy.
Amendment 407 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Credit purchasers shall not commit the following practices: a) Provision of misleading information; b) Harassment, including misleading communication or information about the debt of the consumers.
Amendment 477 #
2018/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
The provision of information to individuals about the processing of personal data and the processing of such personal data and any other processing of personal data for the purposes of this Directive shall be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. For the lawfulness of processing personal data, it shall be noted that credit servicing is a task carried out in the public interest. The processing of personal data for the purposes of this Directive shall be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679(on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data) and Regulation (EU)2018/1725 (protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data).
Amendment 62 #
2018/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The establishment of a comprehensive strategy to address the issue of non-performing exposures (NPEs) is a priority for the Union. While addressing NPEs is primarily the responsibility of banks and Member States, there is also a clear Union dimension to reduce the current high stocks of NPEs, as well as to prevent any excessive build-up of NPEs in the future. Given the interconnectedness of the banking and financial systems across the Union where banks operate in multiple jurisdictions and Member States, there is significant potential for spill-over effects for Member States and the Union at large, both in terms of economic growth and financial stability.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Consumers should not be deemed exclusively responsible of the cause of the severe build-up of NPLs during the years of the financial crisis. In some Member States, housing bubbles were caused by irresponsible lending practices, and an over-reliance on the growth of house prices. An incorrect implementation and transposition of Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (Late Payments Directive) was also at the roots of the NPLs’ increase, as several small and medium- size enterprises (SMEs) could not attend their dues when facing a late payment. The Union therefore acknowledges that consumers are not to be deemed responsible for the severe increase of the NPL portfolio in the EU.
Amendment 66 #
2018/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) An integrated financial system will enhance the resilience of the European Monetary Union to adverse shocks by facilitating private cross-border risk- sharing, while at the same time reducing the need for public risk-sharing. In order to achieve these objectives, the Union should complete the Banking Union and further develop a Capital Markets Union. Addressing the current high stocks of NPEs and their possible future accumulation is essential to completing the Banking Union as it is essential for ensuring competition in the banking sector, preserving financial stability and encouraging lending so as to create jobs and growth within the Union.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) The prudential backstop for non- performing exposures should not result in any changes in the requirements for institutions’ own estimates of the loss given default (LGD) in the case of institutions that have been authorised to use their own LGD estimates for their exposures.
Amendment 362 #
2018/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 47c – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 47c – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
EBA shall assess the range of practices applied for the valuation of secured non- performing exposures and may develop guidelines to specify the scope, the level, a common methodology, including possible minimum requirements for re-valuation in terms of timing and ad hoc methods, for the prudential valuation of eligible forms of funded and unfunded credit protection, in particular regarding assumptions pertaining to their recoverability and enforceability. When developing these guidelines, EBA shall take into account also the effects of the provisioning standards, and harmonisation of supervisory practices. EBA may include additional considerations in its guidelines if deemed necessary.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0048(COD)
(3) The provision of crowdfunding services generally relies on three types of actors: the project owner that proposes the project to be funded, investors who fund the proposed project, generally by limited investments or loans, and an intermediating organisation in the form of a service provider that brings together project owners and investors through an online platform.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0048(COD)
(17a) Alternative investment instruments, such as Initial Coin Offerings, have potential in funding SMEs, innovative start-ups and scale-ups, and accelerate technology transfer, and can be an essential part of the Capital Markets Union. The legal certainty of a regulatory framework can be instrumental in increasing investor’s and consumer’s protection and reducing risks stemming from asymmetric information, fraudulent behaviours, illegal activities such as money laundering and tax evasion. It is therefore appropriate that the Commission in its review report analyses the necessity of a legal framework for ICOs or other alternative investment instruments and that, if deemed useful, this report is accompanied by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 165 #
2018/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Online technologies such as the distributed ledger (DLT), also known as blockchain, should be monitored by the Commission in order to seek its possible utilisation in crowdfunding procedures and processes.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Granting those competences to ESMA allows for a more efficient and centrally managed authorisation and oversight, generating economies of scale. Such a central supervisory regime avoids divergence within the Union and is beneficial to the market participants in terms of greater transparency, investor protection and market efficiency.
Amendment 198 #
2018/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member State legislation on license requirements relating to project owners or investors shall not prevent them from using crowdfunding services provided by crowdfunding service providers pursuant to and authorised under this Regulation.
Amendment 309 #
2018/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Crowdfunding service providers shall have in place and apply adequate procedures to verify the completeness, the correctness and the clarity of information contained in the key investment information sheet.
Amendment 327 #
2018/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the functioning of the market for crowdfunding service providers in the Union, including market development and trends, taking into account supervisory experience acquired by ESMA, the number of crowdfunding service providers authorised by ESMA and their market share and in particular examining whether any adjustments are needed to the definitions and thresholds set out in this Regulation and whether the scope of services covered by this Regulation remains appropriate;
Amendment 331 #
2018/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the implementation of the technological innovation in the crowdfunding sector, including the application of the newnon-bank financing methods (including initial coin offering), innovative business models and technologies;
Amendment 35 #
2018/0005(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Member States should try to ensure that all the current reduced rates and derogations be maintained and made available to charities and other public benefit organisations across Europe.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0005(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2006/112/EC
Article 98 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 98 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Reduced rates and exemptions applied pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall only benefit the final consumer and shall be applied to pursue, in a consistent manner, an objective of general interest. To that end, deduction of input VAT of non- taxable services and deliveries provided by charities and other public benefit organisations shall be allowed.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0005(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
By 31 December 2026 and every fivthree years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the scope of Annex IIIa, accompanied by any proposals to amend that Annex, where necessary.;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that one of the key objectives for equivalence is to promote regulatory convergence on the basis of international standards; recalls that other key objectives for equivalence is to maintain an open and globally integrated financial market in the EU;
Amendment 229 #
2017/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls to that end, moreover, for the EU-US Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue to be upgraded to include more regular meetings; stresses that the EU should push to have a financial services chapter as part of any potential future EU- US trade agreement, taking into account examples already in place, such as the upcoming EU–Singapore Free Trade Agreement, which comprises a chapter on financial regulation;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas according to the debt sustainability analysis done by the Commission the aggregate public debt is projected to decrease slightly under 85 % of GDP by mid-2020, it is under the same scenario projected to increase again in the second half of the 2020 due to the costs of ageing resulting in public debt levels far above 60 % of GDP for the foreseeable future, while these public debt developments vary significantly across member states, due to a different composition of the population and a wide variance in the implementation of structural reforms;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the size of government debt can be affected both by contingent and implicit liabilities;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas according to Eurobarometer EU companies, particularly small and young ones, have a rather negative opinion of the quality of public administration and the ease of formalities linked to running a business;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the publication of the 2018 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal consolidation, presented as a way to further promote higher growth levels and to strengthen European recovery and upward convergence; is optimistic that if Member States accelerate the implementation of structural reforms to modernise their economies and sustain sound public finances the objectives of increased growth and job creation can be achieved;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, however, the persistent structural problem of insufficient growth of potential output and productivity, flanked by too low a level of investments and wages, leading to persistent social inequalities in some Member States; is concerned that the EU will embark on a path of low growth for a long time if it does not tackle the structural problems in the internal market;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a wage increase at European level in order to boost private consumption as the main support for growth; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and incomes (including wage and profit development) policies rather than only fiscal issudevelopments in line with productivity; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and structural policies to be prepared for an environment of phasing out of unconventional monetary policy measures and rising interest rates;
Amendment 126 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the improvements in public finances, in particular the gradually declining debt/GDP ratiopublic debt levels for the EU and euro area and falling headline budget deficits; recalls that, while many Member States have limited fiscal leeway forcautions against too much optimism as the costs of ageing may lead to an increase in public debt levels in the medium-term; recalls that Member States need to implementing sustainable, growth- friendly structural reforms, some Member States still have large surpluses which should be used to sustain investments and growth across the EU to sustain sound public finances in the medium to long term and to create the conditions for investments and growth across the EU; calls on the Commission to broaden its debt sustainability analysis of Member States by including contingent, implicit and other off-budget obligations, and make them public;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of publicabolishing barriers to investment for boosting and leveraging investment in the EU; considers that the policy mix proposed in the AGS 2018 should be further developed to remedy the current decrease in public investment in the EUconcretely address barriers to investment such as rigidities in labour and product markets, high administrative and tax burden, and inefficient public administration; highlights that this decrease also affects local and regional authorities, threatening their ability to deliver quality public services;
Amendment 177 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the European Semester and the Country-Specific Recommendations should achieve the objectives set out in the Pillar of Social Rightsbe fully implemented; recalls that over the past years around 50 % of CSRs have not been implemented or only with limited progress while full implementation is below 10 %;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that, as a consequence of the non-binding character of Country- Specific Recommendations regarding structural reforms, responsibility for the consequences of non-implementation remains with the Member States; takes the view that the sharing of the burden of the consequences is conditional to the implementation of the Country-Specific Recommendations;
Amendment 200 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need to develop within the European semester a comprehensive strategy to support investment that enhances environmental sustainability; recalls on the Commission, in this respect, to demonstrate how its statement that ‘the SDGs are now fully integrated importance of credible fiscal rules for regaining the Semester’ (Commission communication of 22 May 2017, COM(2017)0500) is reflected in Annual Growth Survey 2018 and will be reflected in the subsequent Semester procesrust of financial markets, which is fundamental to attract investments;
Amendment 208 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the fact that the AGS 2018 acknowledges the need for efficient and fair tax systems to ensure sustainable finance and reverse the current fall in capital income taxationgovernment revenues; supports the Commission’s initiatives to achieve increased transparency, and a reformed VAT system and a common consolidated corporate tax base; welcomes efforts on the international level to fight tax avoidance; notes that improving effectiveness of national tax systems can increase government revenues significantly;
Amendment 232 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets thatNotes the overall neutral fiscal stance proposed in the recommendations for the euro area, even though the fiscal stance is expected to be slightly expansionary in a number of Member States in 2018, does not appear to fully support the strengthening of economic growth and job creation; stresses the importance of independent fiscal surveillance by national fiscal councils;
Amendment 279 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the tools availabproper enforcement of EU fiscal rules and Single Mare not yet equal to the task of fullyket legislation would significantly improve addressing the EU’s cyclical and structural problems, in particular the need to strengthen inclusive growth and productivity, to boost job creation, promote convergence, support sustainable investments and enhance resilience to shocks;
Amendment 292 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not through redeployments that would undermine the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy – representresilient economy and sound public finances with adequate buffers to deal with cyclical downturns are necessary tool for increasing incentives for convergence ands to counter asymmetric or symmetric economic shocks;
Amendment 324 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the completion of the Banking Union, ioncluding a credible European deposit-insurance scheme and a common fiscal backstope adequate risk reduction measures have been implemented;
Amendment 342 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of an improved European Semester process, including the formalisation of the euro area aggregate fiscal stance as a key tool for policy formulation and implewhich would allow for a proper enforcement process of the fiscal and economic policy recommentdation across the EMU; calls for a broader reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in order to improve its flexibility, to incorporate the differentiated treatment of investments and to introduce the concept of aggregate fiscal stances; stresses the need for prudent fiscal policies in anticipation of rising interest rates;
Amendment 362 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that any further step towards a deepening of the EMU must go hand in hand with stronger democratic controls; insists that, to this end, the role of the European Parliament and national parliaments must be strengthened; asks to include trade unions in the negotiationconsult the social partners in the process at both national and European level; urges the launch of the long- awaited negotiation of an interinstitutional agreement (IIA) on the Semester;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the level of transparency and openness sets the conditions for true and fair competition;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls forRegrets that updated trade defence instruments to be updated to make them, which need to be stronger, faster and more effective may be necessary; stresses the importance of the Union devising a reliable new method of calculating anti-dumping duties;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses however that the EU needs foreign investments and that closing our markets will not improve the conditions for the economy to grow;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take account of the needs of SMEs when conducting negotiations and trade, with a view to ensuring better access to markets and making the firms in question more competitive;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to maintain regular contact with the members of Parliament’s competent committee in addition to the Structured Dialogue with Commissioner for Competition;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In the context for next EU budget discussions, calls the EU Institutions to consider a separate operational budget to increase the efficiency and management of DG competition, modernizing its electronic and informatics tools for example;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that in order to improve speed of major Antitrust investigations, EC and stakeholders could increase the use of streamlined antitrust proceedings, for instance by making more use of confidentiality rings for lawyers and data rooms to allow companies to have access to the evidence against them; Antitrust authorities should be strict about the delays by companies in responding to the European Commission requests for information;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the European Commission to be well prepared and equipped for the first bid data case. The utilisation by big tech companies of personal data is unprecedented and consumers often are not aware and informed to the extent their data is being used for super profiling's used for advertising purposes for example;
Amendment 214 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Asks the Commission to apply State aid rules strictly and uniformly to European airlines such as Alitalia and Air Berlin; believes that restructuring aid is one of the most distortive forms and that the same rules should be applied to national and low-cost carriers; Moreover, in the Lufthansa-Air Berlin acquisition deal, the Commission should carefully assess the impact on competition and potential harm to consumers, notably through higher prices in accordance to the EU's merger control process with particular attention to percentage of market share by incumbent operator on certain routes;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to strictly apply state aid rules to railway undertakings as well; in particular those which have already benefited from restructuring aid in the past;
Amendment 222 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Requests that the Commission carefully assesses all airline merger deals in accordance with the EU’s merger control procedure, including the impact of these deals on market competition and potential harm to consumers, most notably through higher prices and restrictions to direct access of destinations;
Amendment 223 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Urges the Commission to complete the implementation of the Single European Railway Area, ensure full transparency in the flows of money between infrastructures managers and railway undertakings, and verify that each Member State has a strong and independent national Antitrust regulator;
Amendment 224 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Is concerned by the anti- competitive effects of common ownership by large institutional investors; believes that the fact that these investors hold a significant part of the shares of direct competitors in a same sector, among airlines companies for example, creates a quasi-oligopoly having adverse effects on consumers and the economy as a whole by limiting competition; Calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to deal with possible anti-competitive effects of common ownership; furthermore, calls on the Commission to investigate into common ownership and to draw up a report to be presented to Parliament about the effects of common ownership on European markets, particularly on prices and innovation;
Amendment 227 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the revision of Regulation (EC) No 868/2004 in order ton safeguarding fair competition, aimed at in Union external aviation relations and to ensuringe reciprocity and the eliminatingon of unfair practices, including alleged subsidies and State aid awarded to airlines from certain third countries; believes that transparency in the fair competition clause is an essential element to guarantee a level playing field that could distort the market, it is necessary for fair competition clauses to require full financial transparency. Such transparency is necessary in order to enable the Commission to confirm or dismiss the alleged subsidies. Moreover this Regulation or other appropriate legislative vehicles should prevent anticompetitive behaviour in ticket distribution, such as the imposition by certain airlines of surcharges or restricted access to information for those using booking channels other than their own;
Amendment 238 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that, in line with the current Commission Guidelines, and taking into account the need of connectivity of outermost and peripheral regions, all airports financed by the EU budget should be based on a positive cost- benefit analysis to avoid the financing of ghost airports in Europe; calls on the Commission to come up with a public list of such potential ghost airports;
Amendment 245 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the importance of safeguarding the transparency of flight information, ensuring a level playing field in the market and ultimately protecting European consumers’ ability to make informed choices and therefore calls on the European Commission to abide by these principles when reviewing the Code of Conduct on CRS and the Air Services Regulation;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ECB has missed its 2 % inflation targetinflation in the Eurozone has been significantly below 2 % in each of the four years since 2013 and forecasts that it will not reach this target beforestay below 2 % until 2020;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in 2016, the ECB’s net profit stood at EUR 1.19 mbillion compared with EUR 1.08 mbillion in 2015;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 69 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the federal naturindependence of the ECB, which in its ruoles out national vetoes, enabling it to act decisively in addressing the crisis as the euro area´s monetary authority;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Gives a positive assessment of the monetary policy pursued by the ECB in the period 2012-2016 in terms of its contribution to economic recovery by preventing deflation, preserving favourable financing conditions and maintaining financial stability and the proper functioning of the payment systems but stresses its concern regarding the potential consequences of a negative interest rate policy for individual savers and the financial equilibrium of pension schemes as well as about the build up of asset bubbles due to quantitative easing;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the ECB will likely not reach its inflation target for at least six consecutive years and will remain below the medium-term target level ofNotes that the inflation in the Eurozone is expected to remain below 2 % until at least 2020 despite pursuing a verya accommodative monetary policy, which indicates that the economy is not operating at full capacity by the ECB;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Agrees with the ECB that in order to reach the inflation target, supportive fiscal policies and socially balanced productivity-enhancinga balanced mixed between fiscal policies and growth enhancing structural reforms are required;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 167 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 191 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that GDP growth in the Eurozone has been stable but modest, standing at 2 % in 2015 and 1.8 % in 2016, and that the Commission’s Spring 2017 Economic Forecast predicts that GDP growth will remain below 2 % until at least 2019;
Amendment 214 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the positive effect of the ECB monetary policy on growth, employment and the financing costs of Member States, non-financial companies and households but stresses that monetary policy will fall short if not complemented by growth-enhancing structural reforms;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that according to the ECB, economic recovery in the Eurozone has relied on the fall in oil prices and the ECB’s monetary policy, which will add a cumulative 1.7 % to growth in the period 2016-2019, with no sizable positive contribution from fiscal policy so far;been affected by the fall in oil prices
Amendment 230 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the single monetary policy alone is not sufficient to achieve a sustainable and more even and inclusive economic recovery, and that public and private investments should therefore be encouraged in the context of a moderately positive fiscal stance in the Eurozone as proposed by the Commission;cannot stimulate aggregate demand unless it is complemented by sound fiscal policies and ambitious growth enhancing structural reform programmes at Member State level; recalls that the main benefit of monetary policy is to safeguard price stability in order to guarantee a stable environment for investment; considers that monetary policy is not the appropriate tool to solve the structural problems of the European economy
Amendment 248 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Agrees with the ECB that all Eurozone countries would benefit from intensifying efforts towards achieving a more growth-friendly composition of public finances;
Amendment 252 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that while unemployment has decreased, aggregate demand in the euro area remains subdued, largely as a result of the rise in poor quality, temporary, low-paid jobs; calls on the ECB to evaluate how this phenomenon is slowing the recovery and explore ways to stimulate demand in spite of wage stagnationmany Eurozone continues to suffer from a high level of unemployment and more should be done to tackle youth unemployment and to create high quality jobs;
Amendment 263 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes with concern that the Eurozone continues face a low level of productivity growth following a lack of investment since the beginning of the crises;is concerned that the still high level of public debt and large numbers of non- performing loans in the banking sector in some Member States are still fragmenting the financial markets, thus reducing room to manoeuvre to support the most fragile economies
Amendment 280 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the MIP foresees actions if excessive current account surpluses in some Member States must be corrected through appropriate fiscal policieare detrimental to others;
Amendment 292 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 298 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 321 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Agrees with the ECB that a bank’s profitability depends on its business model, low interest rates notwithstanding; and that the European banking sector is characterized by diversity, not least as a result of national specificities, but because it contributes to the stability of the financial system
Amendment 337 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Acknowledges that the current policy of low interest rates has a positive effect on the level of nonperforming loans (NPLs); calls for a European strategy involving a secondary market for NPLs in order to alleviate the burden of NPLs in some Member States which would include strict conditionality on progress in Member States regarding insolvency law or banks' governance;
Amendment 358 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls the ECB’s attention to the need for the sufficiently wide coverage of recent stress tests vis-à-vis the resolution or liquidation of certain banks; calls the ECB as overseer of financial market infrastructures to assess constantly the resilience of the individual cyber security systems, the network as a whole but also its own system;
Amendment 379 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the ECB to go one step further by ensuring full transparency on the volumes and eligibility criteria in respect of the potential participation of SMEpurchased for each company in CSPP as well as to make public its operational guidelines;
Amendment 380 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls the ECB to publish all data from CSPP in a single, user-friendly spreadsheet that can facilitate public accountability of the program.
Amendment 382 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Calls on the ECB to put up guidelines that ensure that CSPP does not create distortions in competition among companies inside the single market.
Amendment 385 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 405 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Agrees that a well-functioning, diversified and integrated capital market would support the transmission of the single monetary policy; is of the opinion that the CMU plays a key role in expanding the pool of capital in the EU; calls for the full and timely completion and implementation of the capital markets union and the banking union;
Amendment 416 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the positive opinion of the ECB on the quickConsiders that establishment of the European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS) as the third pillar of a fully-fledged banking union; stresses that the EDIS willcould further help to enhance and safeguard financial stability; underlines the importance of risk reduction measures preceding further risk sharing
Amendment 422 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 443 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Agrees with the ECB on the importance of physical money as the only legal tender, and reminds all Eurozone countries that euro coins and banknotes must not be rejected in transactions;
Amendment 469 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. UrgeAsks the ECB to support Greece, for example through ensuring the eligibility of Greek companies for the CSPP and the inclusion of Greek sovereign bonds in the APPcontinue providing the necessary support with any Member State of the Eurozone or to the area as a whole in accordance with the Treaty;
Amendment 494 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that ECB profits from seigniorage revenue shcould be considered an EU budgetary resource, since they are directly linked to a fully developed, sui generis European policy;
Amendment 513 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that the ECB’s growing number of responsibilities and tasks necessitate greater ECB transparency and accountability towards Parliamentgoes hand in hand with a growing accountability towards Parliament in association with the CJEU, the European Ombudsman, the European Court of Auditors, the OLAF and the European Data Protection Supervisor;
Amendment 520 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Is aware of the growing expectation among the citizens in terms of accountability;considers that accountability of the euro area tasks should be done by a euro area composition of the European Parliament;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas in 2016 only 2 % of country-specific-recommendations (CSRs) have been fully implemented, 43 % with some progress and 45 % with limited or no progress;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the good performance of the European economy, supported by moderate GDP growth and decreasing, yet still high, unemployment rates; considers that the positive trend is due to the right policy mix in the past years; notes that the modest recovery, however, remains fragile and that the development of GDP per capita is close to stagnation;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the challenges linked to ageing societies as a matter of priority;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that a greater degree of upward convergence improving overall competitiveness would be needed to sustain the economic recovery in the EU and the euro area in the longer term;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the correct implementation of EU law is a basic instrument for economic convergence inside the EU and the Eurozone, and calls for stronger enforcement and public pressure from the Commission on infringing Member States;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the uneven growth and employment situation in the euro area requires better coordination of structural reforms, in particular through improved implementation of the country-specific recommendations (CSR); notes that in 2016 55 % of CSRs have not been implemented or only seen limited progress, and only 2 % have been fully implemented; warns that the low implementation rate of CSRs jeopardizes the convergence process in the euro area and hinders growth and job creation;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that youth unemployment remains excessively high across the countries of the Euro area;points out that elevated and persistent youth unemployment represents a dangerous long-term structural risk to the economy of the Euro area;considers that specific policies must be developed and implemented to tackle this;
Amendment 155 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that, as a consequence of the non-binding character of CSR's, responsibility for the consequences of non-implementation towards their population remains with the Member States;takes the view that the sharing of the burden of the consequences is conditional to the implementation of the CSR's;
Amendment 192 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance ofat wage developments in line withshould not outstrip productivity;
Amendment 210 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the lack of competitiveness and investment in the EU is, in part, linked to a general tax burden that is 10 to 15 % higher than in competing markets, creating hindering tax wedges on companies, investments and labour; believes that moderately lowering the tax burden on labour would increase employment and foster growth;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes that difficulties in access to finance faced by companies across the EU, in particular by small and medium- sized enterprises, represents an obstacle to the overall competitiveness of the euro area;considers the implementation of measures to improve access to finance a key priority for the improvement of competitiveness in the euro area;
Amendment 219 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Considers the deepening of the single market to be a major contributor to the economic development of the euro area;notes that administrative, legal and financial obstacles remain to cross-border economic activity, which represent a particular burden to small and medium- size enterprises;considers that steps should be taken for the harmonisation of administrative, legal and financial requirements for cross-border economic activity;
Amendment 223 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Emphasises that excessive and inefficient government bureaucracy represents an obstacle to business across the EU, being particularly burdensome to small and medium-sized enterprises, and could represent a barrier to entry;considers that measures need to be implemented to streamline government bureaucracy and make it more efficient;stresses that digitalisation of such bureaucracy would be a welcomed step forward;
Amendment 246 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that reforms removing investment bottlenecks would allow for immediate support for economic activity and at the same time set the conditions for long-term growth; stresses that the completion of the Capital Markets Union is a crucial factor to attract and to increase investment, and improve the financing of growth and jobs;
Amendment 250 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers research, technology and education to be of vital importance to the long-term economic development of the Euro area;stresses the vast disparities between member states in investment in these areas;notes that investment in these areas can contribute to the development of innovation in the EU;considers that member states should take active measures to meet their target gross domestic expenditure on research and development in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 298 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that deficits in the euro area are projected to decline; is concerned, however, that this process is slowing down and agrees that government debt remains too high in some Member States impeding on investment and growth and making them vulnerable to interest rate shocks;
Amendment 337 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recalls the assessment of the European Fiscal Board of 20 June 2017, which concludes that in 2018 there is neither the case for a discretionary fiscal impulse nor for a fiscal contraction;supports its recommendation to recompose government expenditure towards higher investment spending in full compliance with the SGP;
Amendment 361 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises that Member States have made progress in the area of fiscal policy and active labour market policies, while least progress was made in areas such as competition in services and the business environment, constituting a significant portion of the EU economy, and the business environment; calls on the Commission to enforce the implementation of the CSRs, where possible, through the fiscal and macroeconomic surveillance framework; calls on the Commission to propose a binding legal framework enabling the enforcement of all CSRs; expects a greater commitment on the part of Member States to take the necessary policy actions based on the CSRs;
Amendment 392 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers it of great importanceessential therefore that all Member States take the necessary policy action to address imbalances, in particular high levels of indebtedness, and commit to structural reforms ensuring the economic sustainability of each individual Member State, thereby ensuring the overall competitiveness and resilience of the European economy;
Amendment 402 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Considers that the implementation of country-specific recommendations launched in the framework of the European Semester is crucial to addressing imbalances in the Euro area;notes that the voluntary nature for the implementation of the recommendations represents a vulnerability for the Euro area as a whole;calls on the Commission to make the country-specific recommendations binding;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 (new)
Citation 4 (new)
– having regard to the Copenhagen criteria, and the body of Union rules that a candidate country must fulfil if it wishes to join the Union (the acquis),
Amendment 14 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11 (new)
Citation 11 (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages,
Amendment 15 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 12 (new)
Citation 12 (new)
– having regard to the study commissioned by the Policy Department C of the European Parliament at the request of the LIBE committees in 2016 entitled “Towards a Comprehensive EU Protection System for Minorities”,
Amendment 47 #
2017/2069(INI)
Ea. whereas experience shows that, pre-accession countries are more willing to respect the Copenhagen criteria on democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights and to advance the situation of minorities; whereas at present there is no adequate framework to guarantee the fulfilment of these criteria after accession and thus to protect EU citizens from the effects breaches of the Copenhagen criteria would entail;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas, when laying down the citizenship of the Union, article 9 of the TEU expressly mentions that the Union shall observe the principle of the equality of its citizens, who shall receive equal attention from its institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; whereas, despite the fact that equality and non-discrimination are key principles of the European legal framework, European citizens belonging to minority groups can be treated differently, depending on which EU Member State they live in and contingent on their country’s history, on national and international political contexts etc.;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2069(INI)
Ec. whereas at present, except for infringement procedures, the EU has only tools of limited efficacy to respond to systematic and institutional manifestations of discrimination, racism and xenophobia against minorities across the EU Member States; whereas infringement proceedings do not cover threats falling outside the scope of EU secondary law;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the Roma citizens of the EU make up the largest and most vulnerable minority group in the EU; whereas the Roma face multi-layered discrimination and social exclusion in Europe; Whereas EU soft law tools, such as the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS), have played only a limited role in ensuring that Member States respect their obligations to comply with fundamental human rights standards on minority protection and addressing institutional manifestations of discrimination;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is of the opinion that, in order to fill with substance the reference made to minorities in article 2 of the TEU, and to the equality of all EU citizens in article 9 TEU, the aim of the EU should be to lay down high standards of minority protection, starting from those codified in international law instruments, such as those of the Council of Europe. Such standards should be strongly embedded in a legal framework guaranteeing democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights across the EU;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that observation by the EU of the TEU requirement to respect, safeguard and enhance Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU both among and within Member States would greatly reinforce the links between citizens and the European project;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Believes that the systematic discrimination of Roma citizens in their home countries, as well as their evictions and expulsions when they exercise their right to free movement to and residence in another member state are in contradiction with the fundamental right of non- discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin and the right move to and reside in another member state and put the foundations of EU citizenship rights to the test;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls for maintaining the EU support to sports policy, the sports chapter of the Erasmus+ programme and the financing of Special Events, such as the Special Olympics in 2017;
Amendment 18 #
2017/0358(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The proper functioning of the internal market requires that the responsibility for supervising the financial soundness of an investment firm, and in particular its solvency and its financial soundness, lies with the competent authority of its home Member State or, in case the Member State does not possess a competent authority with the characteristics laid down in this Directive, with the competent authority that the Member State should create for the purpose of this Directive. To achieve an effective supervision of investment firms also in other Member States where they provide services or have a branch, close cooperation with the competent authorities of these Member States should be ensured.
Amendment 19 #
2017/0358(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To strengthen the prudential supervision of investment firms and the protection of clients of investment firms, auditors should report promptly and as impartially as possible to the competent authorities those facts which can have a serious effect on the financial situation of an investment firm or its administrative and accounting organisation.
Amendment 184 #
2017/0358(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) request an auditor or expert to carry out the verification promptly and as impartially as possible in order to possess a third-party assessment.
Amendment 21 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Structural reforms are to include the correct and timely transposition and implementation of legal acts of the Union as the proper functioning of these acts is fundamental to achieve economic convergence.
Amendment 41 #
2017/0334(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2017/825
Article 4
Article 4
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and growth-sustaining structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming and strengthening institutions, governance, public administration, and economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges, with a view to enhancing cohesion, competitiveness, productivity, sustainable growth, job creation, and investment, which will also prepare for participation in the euro area, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient, effective and transparent use of the Union funds as well as for the correct and timely transposition and implementation of legal acts of the Union.;
Amendment 31 #
2017/0333R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the ESM can recapitalise credit institutions directly via the Direct Recapitalisation Instrument (DRI);
Amendment 43 #
2017/0333R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the accumulation of sovereign and bank support in one public body could negatively affect the sovereign-bank nexus;
Amendment 92 #
2017/0333R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the actual capacity of the common financial backstop to the SRF will depend on the capability of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) to repay any backstop use by collecting sufficient contributions from the banking sector in the aftermath of a severe financial crisis; whereas the common backstop for the SRF would make that the ESM would have the necessary capacity to mobilise large amounts at short notice to the benefit of the SRF;
Amendment 225 #
2017/0333R(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Acknowledges that the ESM reformis parallel to the completion of the banking union, further risk reduction measures vis-à-vis risk sharing instruments, which need to be implemented at European and Member State level;
Amendment 42 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point fb a(new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point fb a(new)
(fba) the Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament;
Amendment 85 #
2017/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Amendment 353 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) enhancing customer protection. Or. en(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02010R1093-aa) in paragraph 5, point (f) is replaced by the following: "(f) enhancing customer protection to ensure that all customers are treated fairly by financial institutions." 20160112&from=EN)
Amendment 381 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point fa (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point fa (new)
(iiia) the following point (fa) is inserted: "(fa) to lead, together with competent authorities, back-testing assessments of internal models as well as benchmarking exercises on internal model outcomes with a view to analysing the range of undue variability of risk parameters as well as their predictive capacity, and, in that context, to issue guidelines and recommendations and to identify best practices, in order to strengthen consistency in the internal model outcomes; "
Amendment 387 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iv b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iv b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ivb) the following point (ia) is inserted: "(ia) to coordinate enforcement activities among competent authorities; "
Amendment 401 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point aa (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point aa (new)
(-a) in paragraph 1, the following point (aa) is inserted: "(aa) coordinating mystery shopping activities of competent authorities;"
Amendment 408 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
(ba) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. The Authority may temporarily prohibit or restrict certain financial activities and products that threaten to cause significant financial damage to customers or threaten the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the Union in the cases specified and under the conditions laid down in the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2) or, if so required, in the case of an emergency situation in accordance with and under the conditions laid down in Article 18. The Authority shall review the decision referred to in the first subparagraph at appropriate intervals and at least every 3 months. If the decision is not renewed after a 3three-month period, it shall automatically expire. A Member State may request the Authority to reconsider its decision. In that case, the Authority shall decide, in accordance with the procedure set out in the second subparagraph of Article 44(1), whether it maintains its decision. The Authority may also assess the need to prohibit or restrict certain types of financial activity and, where there is such a need, inform the Commission in order to facilitate the adoption of any such prohibition or restriction. "
Amendment 504 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 29a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Competent authorities shall identify and inform the Authority about supervisory activities which should be prioritised in order to address relevant micro-prudential trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities. Upon the entry into application of Regulation [XXX insert reference to amending Regulation] and every three years thereafter by 31 March, based on the contributions from competent authorities, the Authority shall issue a recommendation addressed to competent authorities, laying down supervisory strategic objectives and priorities ("Strategic Supervisory Plan") and, taking into account any contributions from competent authorities,. The Authority shall transmit the Strategic Supervisory Plan for information to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and shall make it public on its website.
Amendment 596 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point a
Regulation (EU) 1093/2010
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall systematically assist the Commission in preparing equivalence decisions pertaining to regulatory and supervisory regimes in third countries following a specific request for advice from the Commission or where required to do so by the acts referred to in Article 1(2).;
Amendment 662 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point -a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point -a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 3
(-a) paragraph 3, is replaced by the following: “3. The members of the Banking Stakeholder Group shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, following proposals from the relevant stakeholders. In making its decision, the Board of Supervisors shall, to the extent possible, ensure an appropriate geographical and gender balance and representation of stakeholders across the Union. The selection process should be fully transparent.”
Amendment 665 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(a) in paragraph 4, the last sentence of the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: 4. The Authority shall provide all necessary information subject to professional secrecy as set out in Article 70 and ensure adequate secretarial support for the Banking Stakeholder Group. Adequate compensation shall be provided to members of the Banking Stakeholder Group representing non-profit organisations, excluding industry representatives. This compensation shall take into account the members' preparatory and follow-up work and shall be at least equivalent to the reimbursement rates of officials pursuant to Title V, Chapter 1, Section 2 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1) (Staff Regulations). The Banking Stakeholder Group may establish working groups on technical issues. Members of the Banking Stakeholder Group shall serve for a period of fourive years, following which a new selection procedure shall take place.;
Amendment 674 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point b a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point b a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 7
(b a) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: “7. The Authority shall make public the opinions and advice of the Banking Stakeholder Group and the results of its consultations. as well as how these opinions, advice and results of consultations were taken into account by the Authority.”
Amendment 712 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point –a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point –a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(-a) in paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. Decisions of the Board of Supervisors shall be taken by a simple majority of its members. Each member shall have one vote. In the event of a tie, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote.”
Amendment 714 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
With regard to the acts specified in Articles 10 to 16 and measures and decisions adopted under the third subparagraph of Article 9(5) and the last subparagraph of Article 9(56) and Chapter VI and by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Board of Supervisors shall take decisions on the basis of a qualified majority of its members, as defined in Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union, which shall include at least a simple majority of the members, present at the vote, from competent authorities of Member States that are participating Member States as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 (participating Member States) and a simple majority of the members, present at the vote, from competent authorities of Member States that are not participating Member States as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 (non-participating Member States).
Amendment 731 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The full time members shall be selected on the basis of merit, skills, knowledge of financial institutions and markets, and experience relevant to financial supervision and regulation. The full time members shall have extensive management experience. At least one of the full time members should during the three years prior to being appointed not have been employed by a competent authority. The selection shall be based on an open call for candidates, to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, following which the Commission shall draw up a shortlist of qualified candidates.
Amendment 756 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 45a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 45a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Executive Board shall meet prior to every meeting of the Board of Supervisors and as often as the Executive Board deems necessary. It shall meet at least five24 times a year.
Amendment 838 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 43 – point a a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 43 – point a a (new)Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
Article 62 – pararagraph 1a (new)
(a a) the following paragraph 1a is inserted: 1a. The revenue received by the Authority shall not compromise its independence or objectivity.
Amendment 870 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 1094/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 6 – point f
Amendment 877 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 8 –paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 8 –paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(iiia) the following point (ia) is inserted: “(ia) to coordinate enforcement activities among competent authorities;”
Amendment 888 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
(da) in paragraph 5, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘5. The Authority may temporarily prohibit or restrict certain financial activities and products that threaten to cause significant financial damage to customers or threaten the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the Union in the cases specified and under the conditions laid down in the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2) or, if so required, in the case of an emergency situation in accordance with and under the conditions laid down in Article 18.’
Amendment 908 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(11a) In Article 22, subparagraph 1 of paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Upon a request from one or more competent authorities, the European Parliament, the Council, including at the request of one or several Member States, or the Commission, or on its own initiative, the Authority may conduct an inquiry into a particular type of financial institution or type of product or type of conduct in order to assess potential threats to the stability of the financial system, or to the protection of policyholders, pension scheme members and beneficiaries, and make appropriate recommendations for action to the competent authorities concerned.’
Amendment 920 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 29 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall identify and inform the Authority about supervisory activities which should be prioritised in order to address relevant micro-prudential trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities. Upon the entry into application of Regulation [XXX insert reference to amending Regulation] and every three years thereafter by 31 March, based on the contributions from competent authorities, the Authority shall issue a recommendation addressed to competent authorities, laying down supervisory strategic objectives and priorities ("Strategic Supervisory Plan") and, taking into account any contributions from competent authorities,. The Authority shall transmit the Strategic Supervisory Plan for information to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and shall make it public on its website.
Amendment 925 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
(15a) in Article 31, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: The Authority shall fulfil a general coordination role between competent authorities, in particular in situations where adverse developments could potentially jeopardise the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the financial system or the protection of policyholders, pension scheme members and beneficiaries in the Union.
Amendment 927 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) taking all appropriate measures15a) In Article 31, point (e) of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: (e) taking all appropriate measures, including, upon a request from the competent authorities or on its own initiative, setting up and coordinate the activity or functioning of collaboration platforms as referred to in Article 31c in case of developments which may jeopardise the functioning of the financial markets with a view to facilitating the coordination of actions undertaken by relevant competent authorities;
Amendment 936 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 31 b (new)
Article 31 b (new)
(17a) The following Article 31b is inserted: ‘Article 31b Early coordination on cross border activities 1. The competent authorities of the home Member State shall inform the competent authorities of the host Member(s) State(s) concerned and the Authority if the competent authorities of the home Member State intend to carry out an authorization related to a financial institution which is under their supervision in accordance with the acts referred to in Article 1(2), where the business plan of the financial institution entails that significant parts of its activities will be done on a cross-border basis. 2. Such information shall be provided without delay to the competent authorities of the host Member(s) State(s) concerned and the Authority, and prior to the formal notifications provided in the acts referred to in Article1(2), so as to allow the competent authorities of the host Member(s) State(s)to express their views on this request. 3. When the competent authorities of a Member State identify an event deteriorating the solvency position, financial condition or organizational structure of a financial institution that may have a cross-border effect, they shall notify the Authority and the competent authorities of the host Member States concerned. 4. In case of incorrect implementation of paragraphs 1, 2 or 3, the authorities of the home Member State or of the host Member State(s) may refer the matter to EIOPA and request its assistance in accordance with Article 19.’
Amendment 937 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 31c (new)
Article 31c (new)
Amendment 950 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 4
(-a) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The members of the Stakeholder Groups shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, following proposals from the relevant stakeholders. In making its decision, the Board of Supervisors shall, to the extent possible, ensure an appropriate geographical and gender balance and representation of stakeholders across the Union. The selection process should be fully transparent.’
Amendment 952 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. The Authority shall provide all necessary information subject to professional secrecy as set out in Article 70 and ensure adequate secretarial support for the Stakeholder Groups. Adequate compensation shall be provided to members of the Stakeholder Groups representing non-profit organisations, excluding industry representatives. Members of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group and of the Occupational PensionsThis compensation shall take into account the members' preparatory and follow-up work and shall be at least equivalent to the reimbursement rates of officials pursuant to Title V, Chapter 1, Section 2 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1) (Staff Regulations). The Stakeholder Groups may establish working groups on technical issues. Members of the Stakeholder Groups shall serve for a period of fourive years, following which a new selection procedure shall take place.
Amendment 953 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 8
Article 37 – paragraph 8
(ba) paragraph 8 is replaced by the following: ‘8. The Authority shall make public the opinions and advice of the Stakeholder Groups and the results of their consultations. as well as how these opinions, advice and results of consultations were taken into account by the Authority.’
Amendment 958 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 1 and 2
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 1 and 2
(-a) in paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: ‘1. Decisions of the Board of Supervisors shall be taken by a simple majority of its members. Each member shall have one vote. In the event of a tie, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote. With regard to the acts specified in Articles 10 to 16 and measures and decisions adopted under the third subparagraph of Article 9(5) and the last subparagraph of Article 9(6) and Chapter VI and by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Board of Supervisors shall take decisions on the basis of a qualified majority of its members, as defined in Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union and in Article 3 of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions.’
Amendment 965 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The full time members shall be selected on the basis of merit, skills, knowledge of financial institutions and markets, and experience relevant to financial supervision and regulation. The full time members shall have extensive management experience. At least one of the full time members should during the three years prior to being appointed not have been employed by a competent authority. The selection shall be based on an open call for candidates, to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, following which the Commission shall draw up a shortlist of qualified candidates.
Amendment 969 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 45 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 45 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Executive Board shall meet prior to every meeting of the Board of Supervisors and as often as the Executive Board deems necessary. It shall meet at least five24 times a year.
Amendment 973 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 62 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(aa) the following paragraph 1a is inserted: 1a. The revenue received by the Authority shall not compromise its independence or objectivity.
Amendment 974 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
Article 62 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(ab) in paragraph 4, the following subparagraph is added: Estimates shall be based on the objectives and the expected results of the annual work programme referred to in Article 47(2) and shall take into account the financial resources necessary to achieve those objectives and expected results, in accordance with the principle of performance based budgeting.
Amendment 982 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) enhancing customer protection.ba) in paragraph 5, subparagraph 1, point (f) is replaced by the following: "(f) enhancing customer protection to ensure that all customers are treated fairly by financial institutions."
Amendment 985 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point iii a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 8 –paragraph 1 – points i a (new), i b (new) and i c (new)
Article 8 –paragraph 1 – points i a (new), i b (new) and i c (new)
(iiia) the following points (ia), (ib), and (ic) are inserted: ‘(ia) to contribute to the design of a common EU financial data strategy with a view to streamlining the collection, reporting, transfer and usage of data by or to the Authority, competent authorities and third country authorities; (ib) to coordinate enforcement activities among competent authorities; (ic) to publish and maintain databases and tools as laid down in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings and amending Regulations (EU) No 345/2013 and (EU) No 346/2013;’
Amendment 992 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
(ca) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘5. The Authority may temporarily prohibit or restrict certain financial activities and products that threaten to cause significant financial damage to customers or threaten the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the Union in the cases specified and under the conditions laid down in the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2) or if so required in the case of an emergency situation in accordance with and under the conditions laid down in Article 18.’
Amendment 1021 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 29 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall identify and inform the Authority about supervisory activities that should be prioritised in order to address relevant micro-prudential trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities. Upon the entry into application of Regulation [XXX insert reference to amending Regulation] and every three years thereafter by 31 March, based on the contributions from competent authorities, the Authority shall issue a recommendation addressed to competent authorities, laying down supervisory strategic objectives and priorities ("Strategic Supervisory Plan") and, taking into account any contributions from competent authorities,. The Authority shall transmit the Strategic Supervisory Plan for information to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and shall make it public on its website.
Amendment 1050 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall systematically assist the Commission in preparing equivalence decisions pertaining to regulatory and supervisory regimes in third countries following a specific request for advice from the Commission or where required to do so by the acts referred to in Article 1(2).;
Amendment 1063 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point -a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
(-a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 3. The members of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, following proposals from the relevant stakeholders. In making its decision, the Board of Supervisors shall, to the extent possible, ensure an appropriate geographical and gender balance and representation of stakeholders across the Union. The selection process should be fully transparent.
Amendment 1064 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(a) in paragraph 4 the last sentence of the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: 4. The Authority shall provide all necessary information, subject to professional secrecy, as set out in Article 70, and ensure adequate secretarial support for the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group. Adequate compensation shall be provided to members of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group that are representing non-profit organisations, excluding industry representatives. This compensation shall take into account the members' preparatory and follow-up work and shall be at least equivalent to the reimbursement rates of officials pursuant to Title V, Chapter 1, Section 2 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1) (Staff Regulations). The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group may establish working groups on technical issues. Members of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall serve for a period of fourive years, following which a new selection procedure shall take place.;
Amendment 1066 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 37 – paragraph 7
Article 37 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1073 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point -a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(-a) in paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following ‘1. Decisions of the Board of Supervisors shall be taken by a simple majority of its members. Each member shall have one vote. In the event of a tie, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote.’
Amendment 1074 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point -a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point -a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(-aa) in paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘With regard to the acts specified in Articles 10 to 16 and measures and decisions adopted under the third subparagraph of Article 9(5) and the last subparagraph of Article 9(6) and Chapter VI and by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Board of Supervisors shall take decisions on the basis of a qualified majority of its members, as defined in Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union and in Article 3 of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions.’
Amendment 1081 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The full time members shall be selected on the basis of merit, skills, knowledge of financial market participants and markets, and experience relevant to financial supervision and regulation. The full time members shall have extensive management experience. At least one of the full time members should during the three years prior to being appointed not have been employed by a competent authority. The selection shall be based on an open call for candidates, to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, following which the Commission shall draw up a shortlist of qualified candidates.
Amendment 1086 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 45 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 45 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Executive Board shall meet prior to every meeting of the Board of Supervisors and as often as the Executive Board deems necessary. It shall meet at least five24 times a year.
Amendment 1097 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 62 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(aa) the following paragraph 1a is inserted: ‘1a. The revenue received by the Authority shall not compromise its independence or objectivity.’
Amendment 1098 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 46 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Article 62 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(ab) in paragraph 4, the following subparagraph is added: ‘Estimates shall be based on the objectives and the expected results of the annual work programme referred to in Article 47(2) and shall take into account the financial resources necessary to achieve those objectives and expected results, in accordance with the principle of performance based budgeting.’
Amendment 1177 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129
Article 31a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 31a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) prospectuses drawn up by any legal entity or person established in the Union and relating to the admission to trading on a regulated market of non-equity securities, which are to be traded only on a regulated market, or a specific segment thereof, to which only qualified investors can have access fose denomination per unit amounts to at least EUR 100000, to trading on regulated markets in more the purposes of trading such securities;an one Member State;
Amendment 1178 #
2017/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129
Article 31a – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 31a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) prospectuses drawn up by any legal entity or person established in the Union and relating to the trading of asset backed securities in more than one Member State;
Amendment 83 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. 'foreign investor' means a natural person of a third country or an undertaking of a third country intending to make or having made a foreign direct investment; or a natural person or an undertaking that holds the following rights in the investing undertaking:
Amendment 85 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a (new)
a) right to excercise more than 50% of the voting rights; and
Amendment 86 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b (new)
b) ownership right amounting to 50% of the undertaking’s capital or owns more than 50% of the rights giving entitlement to profit.
Amendment 90 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall maintain, amend or adopt mechanisms to screen foreign direct investments on the grounds of security or public order, under the conditions and in accordance with the terms set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 111 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
- critical technologies, including artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, technologies with potential dual use applications, cybersecurity, biotechnology, space or nuclear technology;
Amendment 117 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- the security of supply of critical outputs such as healthcare;
Amendment 133 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Commission shall develop and share a ‘best practice’ screening mechanism which may be adopted by Member States, for instance where there is currently no screening mechanism in place. Member States may call upon the Commission's Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) in setting up their screening mechanism.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect projects or programmes of Union interest on grounds of security or public order, the Commission mayshall issue an opinion addressed to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed.
Amendment 157 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Where Member States are in an Excessive Deficit Procedure, the Commission conducts additional oversight over foreign direct investments in these Member States. Where the Commission considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order, it shall issue an opinion addressed to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed.
Amendment 159 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may request fromUpon request of the Commission, the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed shall deliver any information necessary to issue the opinion referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 167 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Information received as a result of the application of this Regulation shall be used only for the purpose for which it was requested, without leading to the disclosure of a commercial, industrial or professional secret or of a commercial process, or of information whose disclosure would be contrary to public policy.
Amendment 169 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States and the Commission shall ensure the protection of confidential and commercially sensitive information acquired in application of this Regulation.
Amendment 495 #
2017/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. When proposing a PEPP, the PEPP provider or PEPP distributor shall provide potential PEPP savers with information on which national compartments are immediately available.
Amendment 624 #
2017/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Eurovignette is an efficient system to ensure that high speed roads don't generate public deficits.
Amendment 12 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 15 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) It is important for Member States to earmark revenues from transport taxes (such as road tolls, fuels, purchase and sale of passenger and heavyvehicles, registration of vehicles) to ensure that these are allocated into transport infrastructure or transport research and development.
Amendment 82 #
2017/0090(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 2 – point 8
Article 2 – point 8
(1) In Article 2, point (8) is replaced by the following: ‘(8) “financial counterparty” means an investment firm authorised in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , a credit institution authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, an insurance of reinsurance undertaking authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council32 , a UCITS authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC, an institution for occupational retirement provision within the meaning of Article 6(a) of Directive 2003/41/EC, an AIF as defined in Article 4(1)(a) of directive 2011/61/EU, a central securities depository authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 and a securitisation special purpose entity as defined in Article 4(1)(66) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council34;’. _________________ 31 Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173 12.6.2014, p. 349). 32 Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1). 33 Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 (OJ L 257 28.8.2014, p. 1). 34Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 74 #
2016/2323(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that investments in research and innovation represent a pre- condition for achieving genuine competitiveness in the EU; regrets the fact that, a, and for having an innovative and competitive EU economy on a global level; regrets that Member States a result of an alarmingly low success rate of applications, fewer high- quality projects in the field of research and innovation are receiving EU funding cutting their funding for R&I activities and recognises that more applications are directed towards the EU as a result and notes that many interested parties, many of which are new comers or SME's, are being deterred from submitting time-consuming Horizon 2020 project proposals due to lower success rates; calls in this respect for an adequate level of appropriations to be ensured for Horizon 2020;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2323(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the important role and potential of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in reducing the investment gap in Europe, and recognises the positive results achieved so far; welcomes also the Commission proposal for extending the EFSI until 2020, which will serve to further improve its functioning, especially as regards the additionality principle and the geographical balance; with added focus on technological additionality; underlines that the selection of projects finances through EFSI should be based on quality and demand-driven; welcomes the Commission's intentions to reinforce the role of the European Investment Advisory Hub in terms of providing more targeted local technical assistance across the EU; has reservations on the proposal to again cut funds from Connecting Europe Facility;
Amendment 272 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Believes that in big Member States fiscal federalism would allow low-growing regions to set their own economic growth strategies, attract more talent and be less dependent on transfers from the central government.
Amendment 283 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that well-functioning, flexible labour markets have proven to be quicker to recover from the economic downturn; Calls big Member States to consider decentralized collective agreements as way to increase their competitiveness.
Amendment 301 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned about the effects of demographic developments on public finances, conditioned by, inter alia, low birth rates, ageing societies and the influx of refugees; points in particular to the impact of ageing populations on pension and healthcare systems in the EU; notes that, owing to different demographic structures, the effects of these developments will vary across Member States, but warns that the already foreseeable funding costs will have a significant impact on public deficits; highlights the fact that current consolidation paths will not be sufficient to ensure compliance with EU fiscal rules if pension systems are not reformed or current reforms are reversed or not implemented; calls the Commission to propose measures that would create a good framework for the return of birth rates to sustainability.
Amendment 374 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that six Member States continue to be under the Excessive Deficit Procedure; underlines that this become very problematic in case interest rates go up before it is expected.
Amendment 486 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national level, leading to greater ownership; adds that the possibility of reducing the number of recommendations but making it of binding compliance would enhance the efficiency of the European Semester.
Amendment 281 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that European leadership in industrial digitalisation requires a strong standardisation strategy; emphasises the important and unique make-up of Europe’s standardisation bodies, including their inclusive approach; calls on the Commission to promote the development of open standards and welcomes its intention to guarantee access to standard essential patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory) conditions and to ensure that those who contribute to the standard obtain a fair return on investment to incentivize global R&D and innovation; calls for an EU coordinated approach towards international fora and consortia such as the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC);
Amendment 10 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas global inequalities are decreasing thanks to trade globalisation and millions of people have escaped poverty the last decades.
Amendment 38 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that investment creates jobs and that unemployment is obviously one of the main causes of inequality both between the employed and unemployed, but also among workers themselves;believes that lowering corporate and labour- related taxes could be a useful tool to enhance employment; notes that it is well known that high levels of unemployment exert downward pressure on wages and working conditions;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Considers retraining of workers a basic tool to combat unemployment to ensure that technology advancement does not become a source of inequalities.
Amendment 63 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that modern societies are facing crucial social challenges that involve inequality issues even though its consequences are very much nuanced by the existence of the welfare state; stresses that dealing with these challenges is both a responsibility for public policy-making and an opportunity for private investors.
Amendment 69 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that in order to lower the investment gap, the deepening of financial markets through the capital markets union is fundamental to attract and fund innovative projects that can boost employment.
Amendment 18 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 April 2016 on the EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (2015/2060(INI)),
Amendment 123 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that there are risks associated with sovereign debt; notes, however, that modifying its prudential treatment could have a significantpositive effect on the financial sector, which calls for caution in reform efforts; awaits with interest the stability; considers that its resgults of the international work on this issue; considers that, in the end, a better regulatory framework, be it European or international, will be neededatory treatment should be modified to reflect sovereign risk and should therefore introduce risk weights for sovereigns in the framework of a new Basel agreement;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that there are risks associated with sovereign debt; notes, however, that government bonds play a critical role as a source of high-quality, liquid collateral and that modifying its prudential treatment could have a significant effect on both the financial and the public sector, which calls for caution in reform efforts; awaits with interest theconsiders that, in the end, a better resgults of theatory framework, be it European or international, work on this issueill be needed; considers that, in the end, a better regulatory framework, be it European or international, will be neededEuropean framework should enable market discipline in delivering sustainable policies and providing safe assets for the financial sector and safe liabilities for governments;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it essential to ensure the comparability of risk-weighted assets across institutions in order to allow for effective supervision; welcomes the work done internationally to streamline the resort to internal models and to re-establish the credibility of internal models, as well as the introduction of a leverage ratio to act as a backstop; recalls, however, that the regulatory changes planned should not result in significantunjustified increases in capital requirements, nor harm the ability of banks to finance the real economy, in particular SMEs;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that guidance provided by international fora should be used in order to avoid the risk of regulatory fragmentation; stresses the importance of the role of the Commission, the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority to engage in the work of the BCBS and provide the European Parliament and the Council with transparent and comprehensive updates on the status of the development of the BCBS discussions; considers that the EU should work on having an appropriate representation in the BCBS and notably for the euro area; calls for a stronger visibility of this role during ECOFIN meetings, as well as enhanced accountability towards the ECON Committee in the European Parliament with a regular de-brief by EU representatives party to the discussions;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that guidance provided by international fora should be used in order to avoid the risk of regulatory fragmentation; stresses that the EU needs to further consolidate its representation and unify its position in these fora;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SNotes that there are very different banking models within the Banking Union but stresses that national options and discretions are hindering the creation of a level playing field between Member States and the comparability of the financial reporting by banks to the public; welcomes the ECB guidance and regulation harmonising the exercise of some of these within the Banking Union; looks forward to the upcoming amendments to the CRR as a means of closing the most significant oneto keep only the ones strictly necessary because of the diversity of banking models;
Amendment 182 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that there has been a natural learning phenomenon for all the members of the Supervisory Board since the creation of the SSM to deal with a variety of different business models and entities of different sizes, which needs to be supported and accelerated;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the ‘'too-big-to-fail’' issue still needs to be addressedis being addressed; recalls the words of Mark Carney, Chair of the Financial Stability Board, that agreement on proposals for a common international standard on total loss-absorbing capacity for G-SIBs is a watershed in ending "too big to fail" banks; stresses that these agreements, once implemented, will play important roles in enabling globally systemic banks to be resolved without recourse to public subsidy and without disruption to the wider financial system; notes that TLAC will complement EMIR's mandatory requirement to centrally clear and the capital surcharge for G-SIBs;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the ‘'too-big-to-fail’' issue still needs to be addressedis being addressed; points to the proposals on total loss absorbing capacity for G-SIBs in this respect;
Amendment 212 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that competition in the banking sector is decreasing due to the continued process of concentration since the crisis;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that centralisation and concentration of the banking systems could be detrimental to economic growth in many European regions, particularly in case of a new banking or economic crisis;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the ECB and national competent authorities to decrease the necessary conditions to create a new bank, and demands them to publish a full list of all new bank licences given since the introduction of the Banking Union and a report on the rejected applications;
Amendment 230 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the need to find, in the exercise of supervision, a balance between the need for proportionality and the need for a consistent approach; invites the SSM to reduce as much as possible the supervisory fees; points out that all banks should be subject to an appropriate level of supervision; reminds that an appropriate supervision is key to monitor all risks whatever the size of the banks;
Amendment 242 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on national competent authorities and Member States to fully provide the ECB with the necessary human resources and economic data in order to do its job;
Amendment 250 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Reminds of the potential conflict of interest between supervisory tasks and responsibility for monetary policy; believes that the independence of the ECB as monetary policy authority needs to be strengthened;
Amendment 298 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note of the differences between the FSB TLAC standard and the MREL; stresses, however, that both standards share the same objective: to make sure that banks have enough regulatory capital and loss-absorbing liabilities to make bail-in an effective instrument in resolution (without causing financial instability and without needing public money); concludes therefore that a holistic approach to loss-absorption can be reached by combining the two; highlights that due consideration should be given to retaining the two criteria of size and risk- weighted assets;
Amendment 320 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that it is crucial to harmonise the hierarchy of claims in bank insolvency across Member States in order to make the implementation of the BRRD more consistent and effective; welcomes the Commission's proposal on this subject;
Amendment 358 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on all Member States to apply and correctly implement BRDD and DGSD before EDIS comes into force.
Amendment 385 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes a European approach to deposit insurance, which must make it possible to address outstanding DGSD implementation issues and phase in the risk reduction measures; is of the opinion that every final scheme should include enough time to build the trust necessary among all stakeholders and citizens; reminds that protection of deposits is a common concern for all EU citizens;
Amendment 398 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends that the Commission, the ECB and the EBA study the possibility and suitability of accompanying the introduction of the EDIS with an assessment of the capital and liquidity situation of banks in order to better quantify the risks to be insured and their proportionality;
Amendment 406 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that Article 114 seems to be anis the appropriate legal basis for the establishment of both the EDIS and the DIF; considers therefore that a recourse to an IGA is not warranted and would create legal uncertainty;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas political developments such as the question of the UK’s membership of the Union, relations with Russia and the refugee crisisgrowing political instability have compounded uncertainties and further served to inhibit investment;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Europe’s investment challenges in the context of the global economic slowdown
Amendment 69 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the challenges in the EU are linked to the deteriorating international environment and the divergences in the economic and social performance achieved in different parts of the Union due to a lack of structural reforms as well as the short-comings in completing the single market, which deprive the EU of its full growth potential;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Fully supports the efforts made to ensure greater national ownership in the formulation and implementation of CSRs as an ongoing reform process; recalls that CSRs are endorsed by the Heads of State and Government and adopted by the EU Finance Ministers; believes that to achieve greater national ownership CSRs should become part of a legally binding convergence code;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that Europe’'s long economic crisis has shown that there is a strong need to focus on public andstructural reforms, public investment where Member States have fiscal space and regulatory initiatives that incentivise greater private investment, in order to enhance the EU’'s competitiveness;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the still-too-high unemployment rates show that the capacity to create jobs in most Member States is still limited; emphasises that further action is needed, in consultation with social partners and in accordance with national practices, to make labour markets more inclusive overall; believes that the capacity to create jobs would increase if the EU had a single European labour market;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses disquiet about the current ‘liquidity trap’ the EU economy seems to have fallen into, with interest rates at the Zero Lower Bound (ZLB), weak demand prospects, and restricted investment and spending by households and companies, not least in surplus countries; due to a lack of confidence in the macro-economic environment and reform fatigue in certain Member States;
Amendment 185 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Endorse further reform in the national jobs markets, specifically targeting solutions to address youth unemployment in the form of increased incentives to hire young people through reduced social security charges or an effective implementation of the Youth Guarantee scheme;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the fact that investment has so far lagged and failed to lead to sustainable and inclusive growth in the EU because measures to improve the business environment are missing and that under the current circumstances, monetary policy alone is unlikely to bring about recovery, even though the rules made necessary by banking union have imposed more stringent financial criteria on banks; considers that a coordinated fiscal expansion is also needed in the EU, therefore, in line with the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact and its flexibility clauses, in order to place emphasis on public and private investment;
Amendment 229 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to improve the EU’s overall capacity to create and sustain jobs and thus to tackle high levels of unemployment, while considering that. In order to sustain demand and avoid a crisis in the welfare state that could create an intergenerational clash, migration could play an important role in compensating for the negative effects of the ageing population; emphasises, however, that this alone cannot be the main response to address structural demographic, labour market or fiscal challenges but as well as policies directed to increase the natality rate among European citizens through structural reforms in the fiscal and labour domains; moreover emphasises, that it should be complemented with efficient public expenditure, especially in high-quality social and environmentally sustainable investments;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to improve the EU’s overall capacity to create and sustain jobs and thus to tackle high levels of unemployment, while considering that migration could play an important role in compensating for the negative effects of the ageing population; emphasises, however, that this alone cannot be the main response to address structural demographic, labour market or fiscal challenges but that it should be complemented with efficient public expenditure, especially in high-quality social and environmentally sustainable growth enhancing investments;
Amendment 253 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of resilient labour markets where an appropriate trade-off is maintained between economic, social and human costs and where wages are in line with productivity in accordance with the EU values of solidarity and subsidiarity, with a focus on the upgrading of educational systems and vocational education;
Amendment 257 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13a (new)
Paragraph 13a (new)
13a. Calls the Commission to focus more on its recommendations on the harmful effects of fiscal centralization for the effectiveness of economic reforms in many European regions and the importance of building a strong an sustainable productive economy less based on transfers and subsidies from the capital and more in innovation and economic policy flexibility;
Amendment 259 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13b (new)
Paragraph 13b (new)
13b. Highlights that the decentralisation of expenditure without decentralisation of tax revenue control can increase economic divergences between regions and harm its fiscal sustainability;
Amendment 283 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deeply deplores the fact that with regard to the Europe 2020 strategy, the biggest failure to be recorded concerns the goal of reducing the scale of poverty in the Union, as not only will the goal not be reached, but poverty will in fact have increased; notes however for the first time fighting poverty was part of an EU strategy; considers that fighting poverty should be included right from the conception of all EU policies;
Amendment 314 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that in 2014 only 10 of the 157 main recommendations made to Member States in the framework of the European Semester were fully implemented or showed substantial progress[1]; calls, in this context, for the recommendations on the European Semester in the Five Presidents' report on deepening the EMU to be followed, namely: more concrete and ambitious Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) and a clearer focus on defined priorities while leaving the necessary room for manoeuvre to Member States in the implementation of CSRs, as well as a more systematic use of reporting, peer review and the 'comply-or-explain' approach in order to ensure proper implementation as well as a greater public debate leading to greater national ownership; [1] Success rate of around 6.5%: Zsolt Darvas and Alvaro Leandro, 'The Limitations of Policy Coordination in the Euro Area under the European Semester', Bruegel, November 2015;
Amendment 317 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
Paragraph 17a (new)
17a. Requests a report from the Commission no later than three months after the adoption of this resolution, which lists all CSRs and Single Market laws by Member State that are not fully implemented and details concrete measures the Commission will undertake to ensure full implementation as well as a timetable by which full implementation will be achieved;
Amendment 324 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17b (new)
Paragraph 17b (new)
17b. Emphasises the fact that the European Semester recommendations to MS have a similar responsiveness rate as the unilateral OECD recommendations (29% vs 30% in 2014), even though the compliance with the latter is based just on a voluntary basis; notes that, according to data, compliance in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic is systematically higher for OECD recommendations;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission's investigations into certain anti- competitive practices by a number of companies, in particularly Google, Amazon, Qualcomm and other media companies, film studios and TV distributors; calls on the Commission to speed up all procedures against behaviour which infringes EU antitrust rules; calls on the Commission to address Google's widespread abuse of its dominant position across key vertical search markets, including local search;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 20 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU competition policy is an essential instrument for a properly functioning internal market in the Unionfighting fragmentation of the internal market and thus creating and maintaining a level playing field for businesses throughout the EU;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the Commission SO on Android, a thorough investigation into the Google practice is needed whereby the 'Android' operating system is offered only in conjunction with other Google services, and whereby manufacturers may not pre- install rival products; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to examine in detail Google's dominant market position in the area of direct hotel bookings and local searches, and to seek an appropriate solution to this problem; supports the Commission measures designed to bring about a greater degree of interoperability and portability across all digital sectors and, thereby, avoid a winner-takes-all scenario; stresses the importance of equipping the Commission with the right tools to maintain an up-to-date overview of swift developments on the digital market;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas global cooperation on competition enforcement helps to avoid inconsistencies in remedies and outcomes of enforcement actions, and helps businesses to reduce their costs of compliance;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the case law of the ECJ and the decision making practice of the Commission give a different interpretation to the notion of 'economic activity' depending on whether the internal market rules or the competition rules are involved; whereas this confusing practice troubles the already burdensome notion of 'economic activity' even further;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the annual report by the Commission on competition policy, which caand its focus on thelp to restore a sufficient level of investment and innovation by creating a fair competition environmen contribution of competition policy to eliminating barriers and distortive state aid measures for the benefit of the internal market; also reiterates that Europe’'s future should be based on innovation;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that ensuring a level playing field for companies in the internal market also depends on decisively combating social dumping;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that net neutrality is of the uttermost importance to ensure that there is no discrimination between internet services and competition is fully guaranteed. Where "Net neutrality" means the principle according to which all internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independently of its sender, recipient, type, content, device, service or application;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that all market players should pay their fair share of tax; Welcomes the Commission’s in-depth investigations into anti-competitive practices such as selective tax advantages or excess profit ruling systems; stresses that the reduction of tax fraud and tax avoidance is fundamental in order to consolidate sound public budgets ; calls the Commission to provide the European Parliament all the requested documentation regarding the tax rulings affaires;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that all market players should pay their fair share of tax; Welcomes the Commission’s in-depth investigations into anti-competitive practices such as selective tax advantages or excess profit ruling systemsconsiders that healthy tax competition is one of the constitutive elements of the internal market; emphasises therefore the need to eliminate distortive anti-competitive fiscal state aid measures; welcomes the Commission’s in-depth investigations in this regard;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls Member States to publish information on their tax rulings and to present it in a regional breakdown, to ensure that there is not an excess of tax rulings in some regions creating de facto state aid to them;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to reinforce the single market through a fiscal union, and calls for the treaties to be amended accordinglyConsiders that a successful European competition policy must take account of the innovativeness of European industry and the competitive conditions afforded to SMEs;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the Commission should further strengthen the links between competition policy and transport policy to improve the competitiveness of the European transport sector; Calls on the Commission to open up competition in the transport sector in order to complete the Single Market; in particular in those Member States that have port and airport public networks managed and monopolised by the central government or if they persistently generate public deficits; Encourages the Commission to investigate whether certain practices with regard to the imposition of specific hub airports – based on the terms of the over 1000 existing bilateral air services agreements signed by Member States with non-EU countries – are detrimental to fair competition between carriers and airports, and are against European consumers' interests;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the Commission to complete the implementation of the Single European Railway Area, ensure full transparency in the flows of money between infrastructures managers and railway undertakings, and verify that each Member State has a strong and independent national regulator;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Amendment 134 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy; reiterates thatemphasises that, according to the Commission's estimates, a unified digital single market could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and could contribute EUR 415 billion per year to the EU economy by breaking down regulatory barriers;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to take more ambitious steps’s sectoral investigation of e-commerce, the preliminary results of which have identified certain business practices in this sector which could restrict online competition; calls on the Commission, where necessary, to eliminate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier-free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the sharing economy is offering EU consumers numerous innovative products and services; but reiterates that beside the taxation and security aspects, the Commission should also examine its competition aspects; underlines that national or EU rules must not impose the same conditions for different kinds of services or cities;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses Google's widespread abuse of its dominant position across key vertical search markets, notably in the area of local search; calls on the European Commission to order Google to refrain from abusing its dominant general search engine to give advantages to its own specialised search products and to explore additional remedies that would seek to undo the harms that Google has already inflicted on competition, consumers and innovation in all verticals;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s investigations into certain anti-competitive practices by a number of companies, in particularly Google, Amazon, Qualcomm and other media companies, film studios and TV distributors; calls on the Commission to speed up all procedures against behaviour which infringes EU antitrust rules; calls on the Commission to address Google's widespread abuse of its dominant position across key vertical search markets, including local search;
Amendment 185 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets the long duration of the investigations into Google's practices, the shopping search probe was opened in November 2010 1a and the fact that these investigations have already dragged on for several years without any final results; welcomes the Supplementary Statement of Objections sent by the Commission to Google on comparison shopping service1b; asks the EC to decide its next steps before the end of 2016; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including other areas of local search bias, as it is ultimately part of ensuring a level playing field for all market players in the digital market; __________________ 1a http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 10-1624_en.htm 1bhttp://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 16-2532_en.htm
Amendment 188 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the Commission Statement of Objection (SO) on Android, a thorough investigation into the Google practice is needed whereby the 'Android' operating system is offered only in conjunction with other Google services, and whereby manufacturers may not pre- install rival products; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to examine in detail Google's dominant market position in the area of direct hotel bookings and local searches, and to seek an appropriate solution to this problem; supports the Commission measures designed to bring about a greater degree of interoperability and portability across all digital sectors and, thereby, avoid a winner-takes-all scenario; stresses the importance of equipping the Commission with the right tools to maintain an up-to-date overview of swift developments on the digital market;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to conduct and complete all other pending cartel investigations carefully, and to do away with any market restrictions; calls for the proceedings to be speeded up so that results can be achieved within the next year; welcomes, therefore, the supplementary statement of objections sent by the Commission on the comparison shopping service; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including other areas of search bias, in order to guarantee a level playing field for all market players in the digital market;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that competition in the internet search and telecommunications sectors is essential, not only to drive innovation and investment in networks the digital economy but also to encourage affordable prices and choice of services for consumers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to safeguard competition in thisese sectors, including with regard to internet services and spectrum allocation;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the Commission's investigation into airline distribution, in particular around 'redistribution restrictions,' and calls on the Commission to tackle anti-competitive practices that may undermine European consumers' ability to use a variety of online channels, including metasearch comparison services and online travel agents, for the purposes of finding and comparing available flight ticket options;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Amendment 254 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to clarify the rules and procedures that apply to state aid in the financial sector by taking into account of the difference in timing between the recent rules in the banking sector on burden- sharing and those on the full bail- in; invites the Commission, together with the SRB and the SRM, to conduct a careful assessment of the transition period and to ensure that, in line with the requirements of the legislation, the new rules are implemented with the necessary proportionality and fairness; recalls at the same time that a strong and independent State aid control is necessary to protect the taxpayers that carry the burden of bank rescues, and to ensure that competition between banks in the internal market is not distorted; calls on the Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to guarantee appropriate investor protection;
Amendment 262 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the new Guidelines on State Aid to Airlines and Airports in the EU, as part of the Commission's State Aid Modernisation; calls on the Commission to urgently establish a similar set of rules for subsidised airlines operating from third countries to and from the EU in international agreements, in order to ensure fair competition between EU and third country carriers; calls on the Commission to urgently submit a proposal for the revision of EU Regulation 868/2004 for the protection against subsidisation and unfair pricing practices causing injury to Community air carriers in the supply of air services from countries not members of the European Community;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is of the opinion that a better understanding is needed at local and national level as regards classification of illegal state aid; welcomes the Commission’s recent decisions clarifying which Member State public support measures can be carried out without a state aid assessment by the Commission; regards those decisions as providing helpful guidance for local and municipal projects, reducing administrative burden and at the same time increasing legal certainty;
Amendment 269 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that it is a priority to ensure that State aid rules are adhered to when dealing with future banking crises, so that taxpayers are protected against the burden of bank rescues;
Amendment 270 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Amendment 274 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recalls that according to the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive, the use of deposit guarantee schemes to prevent the failure of a credit institution should be carried out within a clearly defined framework and should in any event comply with State aid rules;
Amendment 275 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Commission to open up competition in those Member States that have port and airport public networks, particularly if their management is monopolised by the central government or if they persistently generate public deficits; Encourages the Commission to investigate whether certain practices with regard to the imposition of specific hub airports – based on the terms of the over 1000 existing bilateral air services agreements signed by Member States with non-EU countries – are detrimental to fair competition between carriers and airports, and are against European consumers' interests;
Amendment 280 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Believes that the Commission should consider the possibility for state aid to banks to be linked to conditionality on credit to SMEs;
Amendment 282 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Understands that the analysis of State aid for banks must take place on a case-by-case basis, but recalls that Member States and banks must be treated equally when implementing the State aid rules;
Amendment 291 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to keep its cartel enforcement record strong and effective in all cases where it has sufficient evidence of infringement; welcomestakes note of last year’'s five decisions relating to a total of approximately EUR 365 million in fines;, also calls, however, for extra vigilance regarding airlines’ ‘anti-competitives documented in the Commission staff working document accompanying its report on coomperatition practices’olicy 2015;
Amendment 293 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that the existing rules relating to fines for infringements could be supplemented by on-going penalties against those responsible; Calls the Commission to consider the possibility to complement cartel fines with personal sanctions aimed at company decision makers, as well as individual penalties for those employees responsible for actually leading their company to commit a violation of competition law. The Commission should, thus, be able to impose measures such as director disqualifications or personal pecuniary sanctions when necessary.
Amendment 298 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Commission’s recently launched consultation on certain procedural and legal aspects of EU merger control; calls on the Commission, in connection with the planned reform of the Merger Regulation, to examine carefully whether current assessment procedures take sufficient account of circumstances on digital markets and of the internationalisation of markets; considers that, above all within the digital economy, merger assessment criteria must be adapted;
Amendment 305 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls again on the Commission to verify carefully Member States’ transposition of Anti-Trust Damages Directive 2014/104/EU; points out that that directive must be properly transposed by 27 December 2016; deplores the fact that progress with transposition has been slow so far and that many Member States have not yet tabled draft legislation; calls on the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, to remind Member States of their obligation;
Amendment 364 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the Commission has not been pursuing retail price maintenance cases for more than a decade. Yet it is quite obvious that, instead of disappearing, this sort of anticompetitive practices is expanding in certain sectors such as fast food: for a given brand a given product is everywhere at the same price, regardless whether the outlet is operated by the brand or by a licensee; Urges the Commission to start investigating retail price maintenance issues again;
Amendment 376 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls the Commission to investigate more thoroughly the effects of banking consolidation for competition; particularly, believes that it should be analysed taking into account the effects for credit in case of a new economic crisis;
Amendment 382 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls the Commission to propose measures to tear down existing regulatory barriers in the cross-border activities of the banking system and financial markets in order to deepen and make more effective the single market;
Amendment 384 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls the Commission to fully take into account the possible market distortions of trade agreements with third countries for the agricultural producers in Europe given their delicate financial situation and their fundamental role in our society; believes that the Commission should pay particular attention to those deals with countries that have notably less agricultural and health regulations than the EU;
Amendment 402 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes, in that connection, the consultation procedure launched by the Commission, which is likely to lead to a legislative proposal on strengthening the enforcement and sanctioning tools available to the national competition authorities, the so-called ECN+; Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for EU action to ensure that the national competition authorities are more effective enforcers, so that the full potential of the decentralised system of EU competition enforcement can be realised; calls for the European Parliament to be fully involved under the codecision procedure;
Amendment 409 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights the importance of global cooperation on competition enforcement; supports an active participation of the Commission and the national competition authorities in the International Competition Network;
Amendment 412 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Considers that international trade and investment agreements should have a strong competition section;
Amendment 414 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Emphasises that international cooperation is essential in the age of globalisation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to foster closer international cooperation on competition-related issues; welcomes the agreement on the application of competition law recently concluded with Canada; takes the view the agreements such as these make a significant contribution to international cooperation;
Amendment 416 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Welcomes the Commission's more economic approach in competition law, also in the field of services of general economic interest (SGEI); shares the Commission's view that market failure is an inherent condition for the existence of a service of general economic interest; notes, however, the on-going debate in academic circles on what kind of market failure can justify a qualification as SGEI;
Amendment 419 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that the independence of DG Competition is of the uttermost importance to achieve its goals in a successful manner. Calls the Commission to re-allocate sufficient financial and human resources to DG competition from other less priority or overcrowded services in order to cope with the growing number of important cases they have to deal with;
Amendment 420 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Amendment 421 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Notes the growing revolving door problem around the Chief Economist Team (CETs) of EC's Directorate general for competition. Too many economists, including CETs themselves, end up working as consultants for dominant companies. It is concerned that this affects the objectivity of their appraisal of abuses of dominant positions while working for the EC. Ethical rules on CETs and their teams need to brought in line with practices for other EC officials. They also need to be properly monitored, including vis-à-vis CET economists who have already left the EC. Urges the Commission to remedy this situation as a matter of grave urgency.
Amendment 432 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament should also be granted codecision powers in the field of competition policy, and regrets that this area of Union policy has not been strengthened in its democratic dimension in recent treaty amendments; calls for the treaties to be amended accordinglyfuture legislative acts which affect the internal market to be based on Article 114 TFEU, should no Treaty amendment be likely in the immediate future;
Amendment 439 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and, the Commission, the national and where applicable regional competition authorities.
Amendment 195 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that effective cooperation with the National and Regional Promotional Banks (NPBs) can help the EIB to select the best projects in each Member State;
Amendment 196 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is worried that in some Member States like Spain, EFSI projects have been used to finance activities of corporations that already have cheap access to the financial markets; believes that these actions have no additionality.
Amendment 198 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that TEN-T and TEN-E projects should be taken more thoroughly into account by EFSI as currently some Member States are not investing in them and these are projects with a proven European Added Value.
Amendment 211 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the strongNotes the increase in EIB lending to innovative projects, which stood at EUR 18.7 billion in 2015, as compared to less than EUR 10 billion in 2008 but is of the opinion that it is still insufficient; urges the EIB to continue this effort and to focus on the development of technologies for the future such as energy- efficiency transport, the digital economy and new medical treatments for a better life; believes that concentrating on InnovFin and FinTech will attract projects with added value in the Member States;
Amendment 232 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Believes that EIB should explore the possibility to put in place programs to incentivize the emission of social investment bonds by local municipalities and corporations with good CSR standards.
Amendment 25 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EFSI was launched to help resolve difficulties and remove obstacles to financing as well as to implement strategic, transformative and productive investments that provide a high level of added value to the economy, the environment and society to complement structural reforms in EU Member States to modernise their economies to create growth and jobs;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the role of Parliament as foreseen in the regulation, in particular in relation to the monitoring of EFSI implementation; acknowledges, however, that it is too early to finalise a comprehensive assessmentwelcomes the Commission’s evaluation on the use of the EU guarantee and the functioning of the guarantee fund; regrets however that its proposal for the extension of the funcdurationing of EFSI and its impact on the EU economy, but is of the opinion that a preliminary evaluation is crucial in order to identify possible areas of improvement for EFSI 2.0 and thereafterfor increasing the EU guarantee is not accompanied by a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment, which is in contradiction to better regulation guidelines;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the purpose of EFSI is to ensure additionality by helping to address market failures or suboptimal investment situations and supporting operations which could not have been carried out under existing Union financial instruments; notes however that there is a need for further clarification of the concept of additionality; recalls that EIB’s Special Activities operations are currently automatically considered as providing additionality and requires that EIB demonstrates and documents in a systemic way that all EFSI guaranteed projects meet the additionality criteria as set out in Article 5(1) of the Regulation (EU) 2015/2017;
Amendment 87 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 123 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the criteria according to which projects are assessed are unclear and lack transparency; requests further information from the EFSI governing bodies on the evaluations carried out on all projects approved under EFSI accordingly, in particular as regards their additionality and contribution to growth and job creation as defined in the Regulation; believes that TEN-T and TEN-E core network projects should be more thoroughly taken into account as they have a clear European Added Value as stated by the European Commission;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 224 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that the Managing Director (MD) is responsible for the day-to-day management of EFSI, the preparation and chairing of meetings of the IC and for external representation; recalls that the MD is assisted by the Deputy Managing Director (DMD); regrets that, in practice, the respective roles, especially that of the DMD, have not been clearly identified; invites the EIB to reflect on spelling out the tasks of the MD and the DMD more clearly in order to ensure transparency and accountability; suggests that the MD, assisted by the DMD, could be explicitly put in charge of setting the agenda of the IC meetings, of carrying out an initial screening of the projects presented by the EIB as well as being made explicitly accountable for the decisions of IC experts; suggests, furthermore, that the MD should devise procedures for tackling potential conflicts of interest within the IC, report to the Steering Board (SB), propose sanctions for breaches as well as the means to implement them; believes that the authority of the MD and the DMD in carrying out these tasks would be enhanced by enjoying greater autonomy vis-à-vis the EIB; invites the EIB accordingly to explore options for increasing the independence of the MD and the DMD;
Amendment 253 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that diversified investments with a geographical or thematic focus should be made possible by helping to finance and bundle projects and funds from different sources; notes with concern that the first investment platform was only set up in the third quarter of 2016; requests the EIB and the EIAH to promote the use of investment platforms as a way to achieve geographic and thematic diversification of investments;
Amendment 295 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges that GDP and the number of projects approved are linked; recognises that larger Member States are able to take advantage of more developed capital markets and are therefore more likely to benefit from a market-driven instrument such as EFSI; underlines that lower EFSI support in EU-13 may be attributable to other factors, such as the small size of projects, and competition from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF); observes with concern, however, the disproportionate benefit to certain countries and underlines the need to diversify geographical distribution further, especially in crucial sectors such as modernising andby improving the productivity and sustainability of economies with a key focus on technological development;
Amendment 324 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Notes that the Commission has proposed an extension of EFSI, both in terms of duration and financial capacity, and that this would have an impact on the EU budget; recalls the Parliaments opposition to finance EFSI by making cuts to Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon 2020 and expresses its intention to put forward alternative financing proposals for the proposed extension;
Amendment 349 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Believes that without the implementation of structural reforms, particularly concerning the improvement of the business environment, to complement EFSI operations, EFSI will fall short of its potential; stresses, therefore, that EFSI financing and investment operations on the territory of a Member State should only be approved if the relevant Member State has made substantial progress in implementing country specific recommendations under the European Semester;
Amendment 380 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Acknowledges that EFSI alone - and on a limited scale- will probably not be able to close the investment gap in Europe, but that it nevertheless constitutes a central pillar of the EU’s investment plan and signals the EU’s determination to tackle this issue; calls for further proposals to be made on how to permanently boost investment in Europe, such as completing the single market in services, digital and energy, and establishing a genuine Capital Markets Union;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Agrees that a well-functioning, diversified and integrated capital market would support the transmission of the single monetary policy. Calls in that context for a swift completion of the banking union and full MS compliance with its related legislation as well as the building of a financial union as it is a decisive step to improve the effectiveness of the single monetary policy and to mitigate the risks arising from a shock in the financial sector;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers of crucial importance to solve the issue of non-performing loans for the national banking sectors which are the most affected in order to restore a smooth transmission of monetary policy for the whole euro area;
Amendment 210 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that the unavoidable process of exiting of unconventional monetary policy will be a very complex issue that this process will have to be carefully planned in order to avoid negative shocks on the capital markets;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2015 on aviation2 , __________________ 2in particular paragraphs 6, 7 and 11 regarding the revision of Regulation (EC) No 868/2004 in order to safeguard fair competition in EU external aviation relations and reinforce the competitive position of the EU aviation industry, prevent unfair competition more effectively, ensure reciprocity and eliminate unfair practices, including subsidies and state aid awarded to all airlines from certain third countries that distort the market. Financial transparency in the fair competition clause is an essential element to guarantee this level playing field. __________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8 TA(2015)0394. Texts adopted, P8 TA(2015)0394.
Amendment 9 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors Special Report No 21/2014 "EU-funded airport infrastructures: poor value for money" 1a, __________________ 1a http://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=30441
Amendment 19 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Court of Auditors Special Report Number 21/2014 "EU-funded airport infrastructures: poor value for money" 1a , besides the specific cases of airports in remote areas, connectivity in Europe should be based on economic sustainability and all infrastructures such as airports must be supported by a positive Cost-Benefit- Analysis when they are submitted to the Commission for approval. Taxpayers’ money should not be wasted in "ghost airports" that exist across Europe; __________________ 1a http://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=30441
Amendment 24 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 42 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of proper implementation of EU legislation, and political unwillingness in the Councilon the part of the Commission and the Council to treat Spain's issue with Gibraltar Airport as a matter of application of EU law, prevent the aviation sector from unleashing its full potential, damage its competitiveness and lead to greater costs at the expense of businesses, passengers and the economy;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. notes that currently the signature of the EU-Ukraine Common Aviation Area Agreement is delayed by the Gibraltar issue; On the basis of a study, which was contracted by the Commission and concluded in December 2005, the annual economic impact of the non- signature of this Agreement is estimated around EUR 400 million;1a __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAl lAnswers.do?reference=E-2016- 002690&language=EN
Amendment 48 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Amendment 80 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to rethink on-going initiatives and propose alternativesand the Council to remove the deficiencies of the aviation sector resulting from the late and incomplete implementation of EU legislation such as the Single European Sky (SES); urges the Member States finally to make progress on other essential dossiers such as revision of the Slot Regulation and the Passenger Rights Regulation;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 93 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to remove such deficiencies and make progress on these essential dossiers by applying EU law to Gibraltar Airport in accordance with Gibraltar's status under the EU Treaties;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the European aviation sector can fit into a competitive global environment by further building on and developing its assets;Welcomes the Commission's proposal to revise Regulation 868/2004 addressing unfair practices and to issue guidelines on ownership and control; stresses however that nor arising protectionism nor measures to ensure fair competition alone will guarantee the competitiveness of the EU aviation sector; believes that the European aviation sector can fit into a competitive global environment by further building on and developing its assets, such as, for example high safety standards, the role of EASA, geographical positioning, innovative industry, social and environmental goals; strongly believes that competition from third countries, if fair, should be seen as an opportunity to develop further a European aviation model that has the potential to provide a unique and competitive response to the specificities of competitors;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the European aviation sector can fit into a competitive global environment by further building on and developing its assets; believstresses that competition from third countries, if fair, should be based on reciprocity and a level playing field; with a fair competition clause and financial transparency in the upcoming aviation agreements, competition should be seen as an opportunity to develop and strengthen further athe European aviation model;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 114 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the initiative to negotiate at EU-level air transport agreements and bilateral aviation safety agreements with third countries representing emerging and strategic markets (China, Japan, ASEAN, Turkey, Qatar, the UAE, Armenia, Mexico, China, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi- Arabia) and encourages fast negotiations; calls on the Commission and the Council, in respect of Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to fully involve and inform the European Parliament at all stages of negotiations;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 141 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that air space is also part of the EU single market including Gibraltar airport, and that any fragmentation resulting from diverging national practices has an impact on the rest of the market and hampers EU competitiveness;
Amendment 153 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that many of the limits to growth, both in the air and on the ground, can be addressed by taking connectivity as the main indicator when assessing and planning actions in the sector; Connectivity within Europe should be based on projects supported by a positive cost benefit analysis approved by the European Commission in order to avoid tax payers money is lost in non-viable projects. In the interest of public finances and the environment, particular attention should be given to airports in close proximity to each other and the catchment areas of neighbouring airports.1a __________________ 1a http://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=30441
Amendment 169 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that connectivity should not only be limited to number, frequency and quality of air transport services, but should also be assessed based on a cost- benefited analysis and within an integrated transport network and extended to other criteria, such as time, affordability and environmental cost, in order to reflect the actual added value of a route; calls, therefore, on the Commission to explore the possibility of developing an EU indicator based on other existing indices;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that such a type of connectivity index, without undermining the EU objective of territorial cohesion to be enhanced by the forthcoming interpretative guidelines on the Public Service Obligations' rules, can serve the overall strategic planning by distinguishing economically viable opportunities from unprofitable projects, in order to favour for instance profitable specialisation of airports and to avoid ghost airports, and by identifying intermodal and cost- efficient solutions;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that such a type of connectivity index, without undermining the EU objective of territorial cohesion, can serve the overall strategic planning by distinguishing economically viable opportunities supported by a cost benefit analysis approved by the European Commission from unprofitable non-viable projects and by identifying intermodal and cost- efficient solutions;
Amendment 184 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 196 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates that the TEN-T corridors are the backbone for the development of multimodal options where airports are core hubs; regrets that multimodal initiatives across Europe are fragmented and limited in number; calls on both the Commission and the Member States to give greater priority to the multimodal objective within the TEN-T corridors while removing bottlenecks; calls on the Commission promptly to present its proposal for a multimodal approach to transport, with the aviation sector fully integrated;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the Commission's evaluation of the Airport Charges Directive should help clarifying whether the current provisions are an effective tool to promote competition against the risk of abuse of monopoly power and to further the interests of European consumers and promote competition, or whether a reform is needed;
Amendment 264 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deplores the repeated industrial actions of air traffic controllers that too often paralyses passengers and damage the EU economic activity. Between 2010 and 2015 the EU air transport system suffered from almost 170 days of Air Traffic Control (ATC) strikes, causing a loss of some €9.5bn to EU GDP, as calculated by PwC in a study commissioned earlier this year.1a In 2016 alone, France's skies have been disrupted 14 times already. Calls the European Commission together with Members States to guarantee a minimum service in case of strike at least for overflights or sufficient advance notification periods for Unions and for individual controllers so as to improve the predictability of the level of disruption. __________________ 1ahttps://a4e.eu/wp- content/uploads/2016/06/A4E-ATC- Strikes-Economic-Impact-Final- Summary-slides-160628.pdf
Amendment 270 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the landmark agreement reached by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on 6th October 2016, with the adoption of a Global Market-Based Measure (GMBM) to reduce international aviation emissions. The European Union and its Member States played an instrumental role in brokering this deal, which constitutes the first-ever agreement to reduce CO2 emissions in a global sector. Days after the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the EU, this new multilateral deal shows that the EU is committed to keep global warming well below 2°C. ICAO needs to develop all the remaining elements and implementation tools to allow the GMBM to become operational in 2021. Participating states are expected to take all necessary steps to develop relevant implementing measures at domestic level. The EU should closely monitor the concrete steps and application of this agreement. The Commission should make a proposal to review the scope of the European Union Emissions Trading System, with due consideration to be given to the necessary consistency to EU 2030 climate objectives and policy.
Amendment 297 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the aviation sector is contributing, directly and indirectly, to the creation of jobs; believes that maintaining decent working conditions and preventing unfair practices contribute to the sustainability of the aviation sector; acknowledges the necessity to bring clarityrecommends that the Commission's examination onf the ‘'home base’' criterion, and welcomes the Commission’s decis gives due attention to the competitiveness and job-creation benefits of the multiplicity of employment models in aviation; to have guidelines issued on the applicable labour law and competent courts;akes note that where employment models are demonstrated to be consistent with international aviation rules and compliant with the relevant national and EU employment, social security and taxation laws, there should be no a priori assumption that practice should conform to a traditional model;'
Amendment 317 #
2016/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to guarantee fair competition and better quality of services in the management of airport networks, particularly where their management is a central government monopoly; stresses that competition does not necessarily entail privatisation of the existing services.
Amendment 131 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph r a (new)
Paragraph r a (new)
(ra) to keep working in order to ensure that territorial conflicts around the world are peacefully and democratically solved, taking into account the Scottish and Canadian examples as successful models in this regard;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Deplores that the situation with regard to media pluralism and diversity is assessed as unsatisfactory in several member states 1a ; Notes that without genuine freedom of expression and free media, there can be no safeguards against the abuse of power. _________________ 1a https://edoc.coe.int/en/index.php?controll er=get-file&freeid=6926
Amendment 18 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the report of 22 July 2014 of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non- recurrence,
Amendment 30 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that Across the continent, too many national judiciaries suffer from undue political interference, for example. Almost half of member states are failing to guarantee the safety of journalists. Too frequently the freedoms of expression, assembly and association are coming under attack 1a The Commission should ensure the effective follow-up of the Council of Europe's Action Plan on the Independence and Impartiality of the Judiciary; _________________ 1a https://edoc.coe.int/en/index.php?controll er=get-file&freeid=6926
Amendment 31 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The Commission should establish a level playing field to protect judiciary independence in all Member States. The concerns expressed by the Council of Europe on the politization of Spain's judiciary system should in this regard be taken fully into account.
Amendment 94 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 44 a (new)
Citation 44 a (new)
– having regard to the procedure set out in the EU framework to strengthen the rule of law adopted by the Commission on 11 March 2014,
Amendment 175 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas most of the unsolved disappearances that occur in the EU each year are related to trafficking in human beings,
Amendment 177 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the legal, social and personal problems that a disappearance causes have a specific impact on those involved that must be recognised and addressed,
Amendment 488 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Draws attention to the link between people-trafficking and the problem of missing persons in Europe; stresses the need for a comprehensive strategy to address the particular suffering of relatives of missing persons, given the particular legal, social and emotional nature of such cases; takes the view that this strategy should be launched with a Commission communication on this issue;
Amendment 489 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Considers that this strategy should focus on stepping up judicial and police cooperation, particularly during the initial phase following the reporting of disappearance suspected of being connected to a criminal offence, particularly in cross-border areas. Adds that training for the relevant staff should be promoted – with a special emphasis on caring for those affected by events – with the strong support of, and cooperation with, civil society organisations working in this field;
Amendment 578 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deems it crucial that all EU Member States cooperate with national or international judicial investigations attempting to clarify responsibilities and endeavouring to ascertain the truth and secure justice and redress for the victims of crimes against humanity committed in the Union by totalitarian regimes. Calls on the Member States to provide the necessary training for legal practitioners in this area; urges the European Commission to conduct an objective assessment of the state of play in such processes to foster democratic remembrance in all Member States; Warns that failing to comply with international recommendations on democratic remembrance and the principles of universal jurisdiction is a breach of the basic principles of the rule of law;
Amendment 957 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Commission to be more resolute in its use of the instruments at its disposal under the framework for the prevention of systemic threats to the rule of law in EU countries, by applying the prevention capacities provided for in the phases involving objective assessment and dialogue with the Member State concerned in cases of clear and serious breaches of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, even if those breaches are not strictly related to the implementation of EU law;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls Member States to integrate electronic vote procedures in their electoral laws in order to ease electoral participation for their citizens living abroad, furthermore that the efforts of local or regional administrations to achieve this objective should not be undermined;
Amendment 227 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In light of the consequences that the failure of a CCP and the subsequent actions may have on the financial system and the economy of a Member State, as well as the possible ultimate need to use public funds as a last resort to resolve a crisis, the Ministries of Finance or other relevant ministries in the Member States should be closely involved, at an early stage, in the process of recovery and resolution.
Amendment 233 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Recovery plans should explicitly set out actions to be taken by the CCP in case of cyber-attack where there is a potential effect of leading to a significant deterioration of their financial situation or a risk of breaching their prudential requirements under Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) The prime objectives of resolution should be to ensure the continuity of critical functions, to avoid adverse effects on financial stability, and to protectavoid the use of public funds by minimising reliance on extraordinary public financial support to failing CCPs.
Amendment 266 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Should all other options be practically unavailable or be demonstrably insufficient to safeguard financial stability, government participation in the shape of equity support or temporary public ownership should be possible, in accordance with applicable rules on State aid, including a restructuring of the operations of the CCP, and enable the deployed funds to be recouped from the CCP over time. The use of government stabilisation tools is notwithstanding the role of central banks in providing liquidity to the financial system even in times of stress.
Amendment 271 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) 'default event’ means a scenario where a clearing member fails to honour its financial obligations to the CCP;
Amendment 273 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
(7b) ‘non-default event’ means a scenario where losses for the CCP arise from any event other than a default event, such as a business, custody, investment, legal or operational failure;
Amendment 294 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) exchange information relevant for the development of resolution plans, for assessing the CCP's interconnectedness with other financial market infrastructures, with other financial institutions and with the financial system in general, and for the application of preparatory and preventative measures and for resolution;
Amendment 295 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) exchange recovery and resolution plans of clearing members and assess potential impact and interconnectedness with the CCP;
Amendment 302 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point g a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point g a (new)
(ga) making sure the college members exchange all relevant information in a timely manner for the exercise of their tasks under this Regulation.
Amendment 307 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities and, resolution authorities and ESMA shall cooperate closely in the preparation, planning and application of resolution decisions.
Amendment 323 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Resolution authorities and, competent authorities shall, on request, provideand ESMA shall spontaneously and on request, provide, in a timely manner, each other with all therelevant information relevant for the exercise of their tasks under this Regulation.
Amendment 326 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. CCPs shall draw up and maintain a comprehensive recovery plan providing for measures to be taken in order to restore their financial positionthe case of both default and non-default events in order to restore their financial position without any public financial support in order to enable them to continue to provide clearing services following a significant deterioration of their financial situation or a risk of breaching their prudential requirements under Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
Amendment 329 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Those indicators shall be based on the CCP's risk profile. CCPs, resolution authorities, competent authorities and ESMA shall cooperate closely in order to assess regularly at least the financial, operational and cyber risk profile of the CCP.
Amendment 330 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
CCPs shall put in place appropriate arrangements for the regular monitoring of the indicators. CCPs shall regularly report to ESMA and competent authorities on the outcome of this monitoring.
Amendment 333 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Any decision taken pursuant to paragraph 3 and its justification shall be notified to the competent authority without delay. Where a CCP intends to activate its recovery plan, it shall inform the competent authority and ESMA of the nature and magnitude of the problems it has identified, setting out all relevant circumstances and indicating the recovery measures or other measures it intends to take to address the situation.
Amendment 334 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
When activating the recovery plan, in default and non-default cases, CCPs, resolution authorities, competent authorities and ESMA shall cooperate closely in order to assess the CCP's interconnectedness with other financial market infrastructures, other financial institutions and with the financial system in general. Recovery and resolution plans from clearing members shall be taken into account during this assessment.
Amendment 336 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where the competent authority considers that a recovery measure that the CCP intends to take may cause significant adverse effects to the financial system, it may, after consultation with ESMA, require the CCP to refrain from taking that measure.
Amendment 351 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. The board of the CCP shall assess, taking into account the advice of the risk committee in accordance with Article 28(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, and approve the recovery plan before submitting it to the competent authority and to ESMA.
Amendment 360 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. When assessing the recovery plan, the competent authority shall, in cooperation with ESMA, take into consideration the CCP's capital structure, its default waterfall, the level of complexity of the organisational structure and the risk profile of the CCP, including in terms of financial, operational and cyber risks, and the impact that the implementation of the recovery plan would have on clearing members, their clients, financial markets served by the CCP and on the financial system as a whole.
Amendment 375 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The resolution authority shall, after consultation with the competent authority and ESMA and in coordination with the resolution college, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 15, draw up a resolution plan for each CCP.
Amendment 398 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A CCP shall exchange information on a timely manner with competent authorities and ESMA in order to facilitate the assessment of the risk profiles of the CCP and the interconnectedness with other financial market infrastructures, other financial institutions and with the financial system in general as defined in Articles 9 and 10 of this Regulation.
Amendment 443 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20a Issuance of instruments of ownerships in future profits to clearing members and clients that have suffered losses due to non-default losses at the CCP Where a CCP in Recovery has suffered non-default losses and allocated them to clearing members and their clients, and has not entered Resolution as a result, the Competent Authority of the CCP may, once a matched book has been restored, require the CCP to recompense the participants for their loss, either through cash payments or, where appropriate, may require the CCP to issue instruments of ownership in future profits of the CCP. The value of instruments of ownership in future profits of the CCP issued to each affected clearing member, which must be passed on to clients in a suitable form, shall be proportionate to its loss and shall be based on a valuation conducted in accordance with Article 24(3). These instruments of ownership shall entitle the possessor to receive payments from the CCP on an annual basis until the loss has been recouped in full up to a maximum of 15 years from the date of issuance. Up to 90% of the CCP’s annual profits shall be used towards payments relating to these instruments of ownership.
Amendment 452 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to protectavoid the use of public funds by minimising reliance on extraordinary public financial support;
Amendment 454 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) a resolution action is necessary in the public interestto maintain market liquidity and to achieve the resolution objectives where winding down the CCP under normal insolvency proceedings would not meet those objectives to the same extent.
Amendment 455 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to subparagraph 1, in case of a non-default event the conditions for resolution shall considered to be met if: (a) the CCP is mismanaged according to the resolution authority; and (b) a resolution action is necessary to maintain market liquidity and to achieve the resolution objectives where winding down the CCP under normal insolvency proceedings would not meet those objectives to the same extent.
Amendment 470 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The decision to take a resolution action in relation to a CCP as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1a may only be challenged on the basis that this decision was arbitrary and unreasonable at the time of the decision, based on the information then readily available to the resolution authority.
Amendment 483 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. IOnly in the event of a systemic crisis, and only if it is necessary to maintain market liquidity, the resolution authority may also provide extraordinary public financial support by using government stabilisation tools in accordance with Articles 45, 46 and 47 on the condition of prior and final approval under the Union State aid framework.
Amendment 498 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
(ca) from any clearing member, to the extent that a clearing member does not incur greater losses than it would have incurred if the resolution authority would not have taken resolution action in relation to the CCP and they would instead have been subject to possible outstanding obligations pursuant to the CCP's recovery plan or other arrangements in its operating rules or the CCP had been wound up under normal insolvency proceedings.
Amendment 520 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Following a non-default event the resolution authority shall only reduce the value of gains payable as referred to in paragraph 1 if this tool is deemed to be the only tool available to avoid the use of public funds.
Amendment 582 #
2016/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 a (new)
Article 62 a (new)
Article 62a Recoupment of payments The resolution authority shall recover any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with a payment as referred to in Article 62 in any of the following ways: (a) from the CCP under resolution, as a preferred creditor; (b) from any consideration paid by the purchaser where the sale of business tool has been used; (c) from any proceeds generated as a result of the termination of the bridge CCP, as a preferred creditor; (d) from any clearing member, to the extent that a clearing member does not incur greater losses than it would have incurred if the resolution authority would not have taken resolution action in relation to the CCP and they would instead have been subject to possible outstanding obligations pursuant to the CCP's recovery plan or other arrangements in its operating rules or the CCP had been wound up under normal insolvency proceedings.
Amendment 42 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Companies which seek to do business across frontiers within the Union encounter serious obstacles and market distortions owing to the existence and interaction of 28 disparate corporate tax systems. Furthermore, tax planning structures have become ever-more sophisticated over time, as they develop across various jurisdictions and effectively take advantage of the technicalities of a tax system or of mismatches between two or more tax systems for the purpose of reducing the tax liability of companies. Although those situations highlight shortcomings that are completely different in nature, they both create obstacles which impede the proper functioning of the internal market. Action to rectify these problems should therefore address both these types of market deficiencies while respecting the principle of tax neutrality but also the free movement of services in the European Single Market.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) As pointed out in the proposal of 16 March 2011 for a Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)7 , a corporate tax system which treats the Union as a single market for the purpose of computing the corporate tax base of companies would facilitate cross-border activity for companies resident in the Union and promote the objective of making it a more competitive location for investment internationally, and remove obstacles that impede the proper functioning of the internal market, without harmonizing corporate tax rates. The proposal of 2011 for a CCCTB focussed on the objective of facilitating the expansion of commercial activity for businesses within the Union. In addition to that objective, it should also be taken into account that a CCCTB can be highly effective in improving the functioning of the internal market through countering tax avoidance schemes. In this light, the initiative for a CCCTB should be re- launched in order to address, on an equal footing, both the aspect of business facilitation and the initiative's function in countering tax avoidance. Such an approach would best serve the aim of eradicating distortions in the functioning of the internal market. __________________ 7 Proposal for a Council Directive COM (2011) 121 final/2 of 3.10.2011 on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The principal tax authority will provide SME's with the necessary tools that will help them to comply with the administrative and organisational requirements that an opt-in to the CCCTB entails.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The apportionment formula needs to fully reflect the economic activity that has taken place in each Member State, by duly taking into full account of potential significant differences between their economies. Where the formula results in an imbalanced apportionment that fails to reflect the economic activity, a safeguard clause will remedy such a situation.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The apportionment formula needs to reflect a modern, 21st century economy. The Commission shall establish a definition of digital activity, and will consider a formula that takes full account of this, in order to better reflect economic activity in each Member State.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Encourages the Commission to assess the establishment of a Dispute Settlement Mechanism to ensure a proper dispute settlement when different Member states are involved.
Amendment 122 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) This Directive shall be regarded in conjunction with Council Directive 2016/xx/EU on a common corporate tax base upon which it builds. In order to obtain the full objectives of both Directives and the resulting positive effects to the functioning of the internal market. Therefore, it is important that both are implemented at the same time. This goal can be obtained by refraining from the inclusion of provisions that form a barrier to the compatibility of both Directives.
Amendment 129 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In order to reduce red tape, the implementation of harmonised accounting rules and administrative practices in tax matters is a prerequisite to guarantee a fully functioning common consolidated corporate taxbase system as mentioned in the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2015 on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect(2015/2066(INI)).
Amendment 135 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The Commission shall consider additional studies that analyse the potential impact of the CCCTB on the corporate tax revenues of individual Member States, and potential competitive disadvantages for the EU in relation to third countries.
Amendment 158 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 26
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 26
(26) 'competent authority' means the authority designated byregional and national tax authorities from each Member State tohat administer all matters related to the implementation of this Directive;
Amendment 189 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Groups shall apply a consistent and adequately documented method for recording intra-group transactions. Groups may change the method only for valid commercial reasons and only at the beginning of a tax year. The Commission shall provide guidelines on what an adequate and consistent documentation method entails.
Amendment 209 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
The treatment of an entity located in a third country in which at least two group members hold an interest shall be determined by an agreement between the relevant Member States. TWhe principal tax authority shall decide where there is no agreementre there is no agreement, the disagreement will be considered to be a dispute and be brought before the Dispute Settlement Mechanism for resolution, as set out in Article 65.
Amendment 226 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the event of no agreement between the competent authorities, the case shall be considered a dispute, that shall be resolved in accordance with article 65.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The definition of an employee shall be determined by the national law of the Member State where the employment is exercised, which will serve only for the purposes of this proposal, shall be determined by the Commission.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. In the five years that follow a taxpayer joining an existing or new group, its asset factor shall also include the total amount of costs incurred for research, development, marketing and advertising by the taxpayer over the sixtwenty years that preceded its joining the group.
Amendment 255 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
The Commission maywill adopt acts laying down rules on the electronic filing of the consolidated tax return, on the form of the consolidated tax return, on the form of the single taxpayer's tax return and on the supporting documentation required. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 77(2).
Amendment 263 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Where the competent authority of the Member State in which a group member is resident for tax purposes or situated in the form of a permanent establishment disagrees with a decision of the principal tax authority made pursuant to Articles 49 or 56(2) or (4) or the second subparagraph of Article 56(5) may challenge that decision before the courts of the Member State of the principal tax authoritythrough the Dispute Settlement Mechanism, set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, within a period of three months.
Amendment 264 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission will consider different options for a proposal to establish a Dispute Settlement Mechanism for the purpose of this Directive.
Amendment 290 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31st December 2020the date that is stated in the first paragraph of Article 70 of Council Directive 2016/xx/EU at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 296 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those provisions from 1st January 2021the date that is stated in the second paragraph of Article 70 of Council Directive 2016/xx/EU.
Amendment 29 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The development of digital technologies and internet has transformed the distribution of and access to television and radio programmes. Users increasingly expect to have access to television and radio programmes both live and on- demand, using traditional channels such as satellite or cable and also through online services. Broadcasting organisations are therefore increasingly offering, in addition to their own broadcasts of television and radio programmes, online services ancillary to their broadcast, such as simulcasting and catch-up services. Retransmission services operators, which aggregate broadcasts of television and radio programmes into packages and provide them to users simultaneously to the initial transmission of the broadcast, unaltered and unabridged, use various techniques of retransmission such as cable, satellite, digital terrestrial, closed circuit IP-based or mobile networks as well as the open internet. On the part of users, there is a growing demand and need for access to broadcasts of television and radio programmes, including catch-up services, not only originating in their Member State but also in other Member States of the Union, includingespecially from members of linguistic minorities of the Union as well as from, persons who live in another Member State than their Member State of origin as well as persons who study other languages than their mother tongue.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A number of barriers hinder the provision of online services which are ancillary to broadcasts and the provision of retransmission services and thereby the free circulation of television and radio programmes within the Union. Broadcasting organisations transmit daily many hours of news, cultural, political, documentary or entertainment programmes. These programmes incorporate a variety of content such as audiovisual, musical, literary or graphic works, which is protected by copyright and/or related rights under Union law. That results in a complex process to clear rights from a multitude of right holders and for different categories of works and other protected subject matter. Often the rights need to be cleared in a short time-frame, in particular when preparing programmes such as news or current affairs. In order to make their online services available across borders, broadcasting organisations need to have the required rights to works and other protected subject matter for all the relevant territories which further increases the complexity of the rights' clearance.
Amendment 61 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Council Directive 93/83/EEC17 facilitates cross-border satellite broadcasting and retransmission by cable of television and radio programmes from other Member States of the Union. However, the provisions of that Directive on transmissions of broadcasting organisations are limited to satellite transmissions and therefore do not apply to online services ancillary to broadcast while the provisions concerning retransmissions of television and radio programmes from other Member States are limited to simultaneous, unaltered and unabridged retransmission by cable or microwave systems and do not extend to such retransmissions by means of other technologies. _________________ 17 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15– 21.
Amendment 70 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Therefore, cross-border provision of online services ancillary tof broadcasters and retransmissions of television and radio programmes originating in other Member States should be facilitated by adapting the legal framework on the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for those activities.
Amendment 78 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The ancillary online services covered by this Regulation are those services offered by broadcasting organisations which have a clear and subordinate relationship to the broadcast. They include services giving access to television and radio programmes in a linear manner simultaneously to the broadcast and services giving access, within a defined time period after the broadcast, to television and radio programmes which have been previously broadcast by the broadcasting organisation (so-called catch- up services). In addition, ancillary online services include services which give access to material which enriches or otherwise expands television and radio programmes broadcast by the broadcasting organisation, including by way of previewing, extending, supplementing or reviewing the relevant programme's content. The provision of access to individual works or other protected subject matter that have been incorporated in a television or radio programme should not be regarded as an ancillary online service. Similarly, the provision of access to works or other protected subject matter independently of broadcast, such as services giving access to individual musical or audiovisual works, music albums or videos, do not fall under the definition of ancillary online service.
Amendment 164 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to prevent circumvention of the application of the country of origin principle through the extension of the duration of existing agreements concerning the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for the provision of an ancillary online service as well as the access to or the use of an ancillary online service, it is necessary to apply the principle of country of origin also to existing agreements but with a transitional period.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) "ancillary online service" means an online service consisting in the provision to the public, by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation, of linear and non-linear radio or television programmes before, simultaneously with or for a defined period of time after their broadcast by the broadcasting organisation as well as of any material produced by or for the broadcasting organisation which is ancillary to such broadcast;
Amendment 236 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – title
Article 2 – title
Application of the principle of ‘country of origin’ to ancillary online services
Amendment 247 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
(1) The acts of communication to the public and of making available occurring when providing an ancillary online service by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation as well as the acts of reproduction which are necessary for the provision of, the access to or the use of the ancillary online service shall, for the purposes of exercising copyright and related rights relevant for these acts, be deemed to occur solely in the Member State in which the broadcasting organisation has its principal establishment.
Amendment 272 #
2016/0284(COD)
Exercise of the rights in retransmission and in re-use of broadcasting organisations' on-demand services by right holders other than broadcasting organisations
Amendment 300 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5 a) The principles of paragraphs 1 to 5 shall apply also to the integral re-use of the broadcasting organisation’s on- demand services by a party other than the broadcasting organisation under whose control and responsibility such services were primarily made available.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) That positive momentum should be maintained and efforts need to be continued to bring investment back to its long-term sustainable trend. The mechanisms of the Investment Plan work and should be reinforced to continue the mobilisation of private investments in sectors important to Europe's future and where market failures or sub-optimal investment situations remain. To foster growth three dimensions complementing each others and necessary to each others need to be worked on in parallel: a framework to finance investment and innovation (including CMU), structural reforms and a common policy mix.
Amendment 136 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Additionality, a key feature of the EFSI, should be strengthened in the selection of projects. In particular, operations should only be eligible for EFSI support if they address clearly identified market failures or sub-optimal investment situations. The purpose of additionality should be limited to ensuring that selected projects are those that could not have otherwise obtained financing on the market due to a higher risk profile. Operations in infrastructure under the Infrastructure and Innovation Window linking two or more Member States, including e-infrastructure, should be considered additional given their inherent difficulty and their high added value for the Union.
Amendment 140 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Additionality, a key feature of the EFSI, should be strengthened in the selection of projects. In particular, operations should only be eligible for EFSI support if they address clearly identified market failures or sub-optimal investment situations. Operations in infrastructure under the Infrastructure and Innovation Window linking two or more Member States, including e-infrastructure or the TEN-T and TEN-E networks, should be considered additional given their inherent difficulty and their high added value for the Union.
Amendment 145 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The EIB has also the responsibility to supervise and do a cost-benefit analysis also those projects between 10 and 50 million euros to avoid misuses of the EFSI fund at national level.
Amendment 151 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Due to their potential to increase the efficiency of the EFSI intervention, blending operations combining non- reimbursable forms of support and/or financial instruments from the Union budget, such as those available under the Connecting Europe Facility, and financing from EIB Group, including EIB financing under the EFSI, as well as other investors should be encouraged. Blending aims to enhance the value added of Union spending by attracting additional resources from private investors and to ensure the actions supported become economically and financially viable. Further action to ensure that EU funds and EFSI support can be easily combined is necessary. The Commission has already published a concrete guidance on this matter, however the approach on the issue of combining the EFSI with the EU funds should be further developed while taking into account economic efficiency and adequate leverage.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) It is appropriate to encourage partnerships with National Promotional Banks or Institutions including for setting up Investment Platforms and, where, on a case by case basis, the National Promotional Banks or Institutions could select projects thereafter.
Amendment 197 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) Investment platforms participating in EFSI shall be able to work in a cross- border basis in order to increase their efficiency and to reduce geographical imbalances.
Amendment 198 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) In the framework of a partnership between the Investment Committee and an investment platform, a national promotional bank or an institution, the Investment Committee may at any time supervise the project selection procedure applied in order to guarantee the respect of this Regulation.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16 c) Simplification is needed in the procedures for processing operations so that the information which final beneficiaries, especially SMEs are required to provide is the minimum necessary to ensure their success without imposing an excessive bureaucratic burden on SMEs.
Amendment 207 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) Considers that the possibility should be considered of extending EFSI financing to other financial initiatives launched by the Commission and managed through the EIF as the Cultural and Creative Sector Guarantee Facility (CCS GF).
Amendment 214 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) The annual country-by-country reports of EFSI will include the exact funding that every project has required.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its activities should focuaddress any shortcomings oin needs not covered adequately under current arrangementhe implementation of the EFSI. It should play an instrumental role in empowering project promoters to initiate and develop viable, sustainable and quality projects. It should pay particular attention to supporting the preparation of projects involving two or more Member States or regions and projects that contribute to achieving the objectives of COP21. Notwithstanding its objective to build upon existing advisory services of the EIB and the Commission, so to act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union, tThe EIAH should also contribute actively to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI and proactively support the EIB where needed in originating projects and launching originating projectsperations. The EIAH activities should be complementary to the existing structures and overlaps to the services in the Member States should be avoided. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding with the EFSI. It is considered necessary for the EIAH to establish a strong local presence, where needed, to leverage local knowledge about the EFSI and better consider local needs. The EIAH should aim to conclude agreements with national and regional promotional banks or institutions in each Member State. To achieve those objectives, the staff capacity of the EIAH should be commensurate to the tasks that it is called upon to undertake.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) should be enhanced and its activities should focus on needs not covered adequately under current arrangements. It should pay particular attention to supporting the preparation of projects involving two or more Member States, two or more regions or a cross- border macro-region, and projects that contribute to achieving the objectives of COP21. Notwithstanding its objective to build upon existing advisory services of the EIB and the Commission, so to act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union, the EIAH should also contribute actively to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the EFSI and support the EIB where needed in originating projects. It should also actively contribute to the establishment of investment platforms and provide advice on the combination of other sources of Union funding with the EFSI.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) Blending with existing funds, in order to promote the investment goals of this Regulation, should be encouraged as it would enable providing adequate concessionalities in the financing terms and conditions.
Amendment 253 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 2 – point 4 – point b
Article 2 – point 4 – point b
Amendment 259 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2017/1017
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
(a a) in point (b), point (iii) is replaced by the following: ‘(iii) a provision that the Steering Board is to take decisions by consensus; in the event that a consensus cannot be reached, the Steering Board shall decide by a three-fourths majority of its component members;’;
Amendment 267 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/117
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 278 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 2015/2017
Article 5 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 3
To better address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, EIB special activities supported by the EFSI shall typically have features such as subordination, participation in risk-sharing instruments, cross-border characteristics, European added value, exposure to specific risks or other identifiable aspects as further described in Annex II.
Amendment 283 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The projects supported by the EFSI that consist of physical infrastructure linking two or more Member States or of the extension of physical infrastructure or services linked to physical infrastructure from one Member State to one or more Member States, shall also be considered to provide additionality. and should be prioritized in cases like TEN-T and TEN- E where the EU has already selected them as high priority infrastructure projects with European added value.
Amendment 303 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(3 a) In Article 6, a new paragraph 2a is inserted: ‘2a. When a national court of audit or an independent council or any anti- corruption body of a Member State has expressed some concerns on a project, a type of investment or on a body having the responsibility of investing public money and these concerns are communicated to the EFSI. The Steering Board should take into account the opinions expressed and shall take a decision by consensus.’
Amendment 306 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
(-a) in paragraph 3, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The Steering Board shall comprise four members: three appointed by the Commission and one by the EIB. Before the official nomination, the European Parliament shall be kept informed of the candidates, respecting strict confidentiality requirements. The Steering Board shall elect a Chairperson from among its members for a fixed term of three years, renewable once. The Steering Board shall strive to take its decisions by consensus. In the event that a consensus cannot be reached, the Steering Board shall decide by a three-fourths majority of its component members.’;
Amendment 309 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
(-a) in paragraph 3, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The Steering Board shall comprise four members: three appointed by the Commission and one by the EIB. Before the official nomination, the European Parliament shall be kept informed of the candidates, respecting strict confidentiality requirements. The Steering Board shall elect a Chairperson from among its members for a fixed term of three years, renewable once. The Steering Board shall take its decisions by consensus.’
Amendment 311 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 315 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
(-aa) in paragraph 5, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The Managing Ddirector shall be assisted by a deputy managing director. The Managing Director shall report every quarter on the activities of the EFSI to the Steering Board.Both can, on their request, participate in the meetings of the Steering Board as non- voting members.’;
Amendment 317 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a b (new)Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point -a b (new)Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(-ab) In article 7, a new paragraph 5a is inserted: ‘5a. The overall composition of the Steering Board, Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director shall strive for ensuring gender balance.’;
Amendment 341 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(-a) In article 9, paragraph 2, introductory part is replaced by the following : The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Aarticle 7(7) or for funding or guarantees to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 11(3) and in accordance with the guidance of the Steering Board. Cooperation of the EIB with NPB/NPIs should be encouraged to leverage the deep market knowledge of these entities with the increased financing capacity of the EIB provide by the EU guarantee. The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and support any of the following general objectives:.
Amendment 343 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(-a) in Article 9, paragraph 2, point (b), point (ii) is amended as follows: ‘(ii) energy efficiency and energy savings (with a focus on reducing demand through demand-side management and the refurbishment of buildings including prisons);’
Amendment 358 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point i
Amendment 373 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
(b a) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added: ‘The EIB shall use the EU guarantee for supporting investment platforms or funds and national promotional banks or institutions that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation (eligible vehicles), after approval by the Investment Committee. In order to strengthen its objective, the Investment Committee shall encourage cooperation with cross-border investment platforms.’
Amendment 399 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Where the EIB provides funding or guarantees to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations, the EU guarantee shall provide for a full guarantee on such funding or guarantees provided that an amount of at least EUR 4 000 000 000 of funding or guarantees is provided by the EIB without coverage by the EU guarantee, up to an initial limit of EUR 6 500 000 000. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, that limit may where appropriate be adjusted by the Steering Board up to 10 000 000 000.
Amendment 420 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
e) providing pro-active support on the establishment of investment platforms, in particular cross-border and macroregional investment platforms in which several Member States and regions are involved;
Amendment 423 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) providing pro-active support on the establishment of investment platforms with a local presence and taking into account existing support schemes;
Amendment 424 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) providing pro-active support on the establishment of investment platforms, with a view also to supporting smaller scale projects;
Amendment 438 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point d a (new)
(ii a) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 6: ‘6a. In order to actively ensure a wide geographic outreach of the advisory services across the Union and to successfully leverage local knowledge about the EFSI, the local presence of the EIAH shall be established, where needed and taking into account existing support schemes, with a view to providing tangible, pro-active, tailor-made assistance on the ground.'.
Amendment 458 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The EIB and EIF shall inform or shall oblige financial intermediaries to inform the final beneficiaries, including SMEs, of the existence of EFSI support. Similarly, financial intermediaries will be required to launch active dissemination campaigns among potential beneficiaries of the lines of finance that they manage and which are supported by the EFSI, as well as their conditions and the form of access to them.
Amendment 468 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(11 a) In Article 21, the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. OLAF may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 1), Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 ( 2 2) and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 ( 3 3) in order to protect the financial interests of the Union, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption, money laundering or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with any financing and investment operations covered by this Regulation. OLAF may transmit any information obtained in the course of its investigations to the competent authorities of the Member States concerned. The competent authorities shall follow up on the information transmitted, unless not compatible with the national legal framework.’
Amendment 475 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
(13 a) In Article 24, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘2. The Commission shall assess the operations referred to in paragraph 1 and, where they comply with the eligibility criteria set out in Article 6, the general objectives set out in Article 9(2) and Annex II, Annex II, and the principles of operations' own merit, and without any geographic or sectorial allocation, decide that the EU guarantee coverage extends to them.’
Amendment 483 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point a
Annex II – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 a (new)
EFSI support to motorways shall be avoided, unless it is needed to support private investment in transport in cohesion countries or in cross-border transport projects involving at least one cohesion country; EFSI support for high speed trains shall also be avoided except in cases where there is a clear and positive outcome of cost-benefit analysis with European standards.
Amendment 492 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 b a (new)
Annex II – point 1 b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Annex II – section 2 – point 2 a (new)
Annex II – section 2 – point 2 a (new)
(b a) A new point is added: (2 a) The EIB shall use the EU guarantee for supporting investment platforms or funds and national promotional banks or institutions that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation (eligible vehicles), after approval by the Investment Committee. In order to avoid geographical concentration, Investment Committee shall encourage cooperation with cross-border investment platforms.
Amendment 496 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Annex II – section 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – section 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The scoreboard shall be made public as soon as an operation under the EU guarantee is signed, with the exclusion of commercially sensitive information; a compilation of the scoreboard results shall be presented to MEPs in an annual basis.
Amendment 26 #
2016/0209(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is therefore necessary to ensure the access by the tax authorities to the AML information, procedures, documents and mechanisms for the performance of their duties in monitoring the proper application of Directive 2011/16/EU and to include this information, when relevant, in the automatic exchanges between Member States, and with the Commission, on a confidential basis.
Amendment 32 #
2016/0209(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In addition, it is important that tax authorities have adequate information and communications technology (ICT) systems in place that can trace money- laundering activities at an early stage. In that respect, tax authorities should have adequate ICT and staff resources that can cope with the large amount of AML information to be exchanged between Member States.
Amendment 37 #
2016/0209(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Given the global character of anti- money laundering activities, international cooperation is key to an effective and efficient fight against such activities.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0209(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to all taxes of any kind levied by, or on behalf of, a Member State or the Member State’s territorial or administrative subdivisions, including the local authorities, as well as to virtual currency exchange services and custodial wallet providers.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0209(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
The following article is inserted: “Article 8a The tax authorities of a Member State shall, within six months of their collection, automatically exchange the documents and information referred to in Article 22 of this Directive with any other Member State, and with the Commission on a confidential basis, if the beneficial owner of a firm, or, in the case of a trust, the settler, one of the trustees, the protector (where applicable), a beneficiary or any other person exercising genuine control over the trust, or, lastly, the holder of an account referred to in Article 32a of Directive (EU) 2015/849 is a taxpayer in that Member State.”
Amendment 281 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Regulation does not apply to the activities referred to in Article 2(2) of Directive 2006/123/EC with the exception of point (g) in Article 2(2) of Directive 2006/123/EC.
Amendment 362 #
2016/0152(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) receive electronically supplied services, the main feature of which is the provision of access to and use of copyright-protected works or other protected subject matter, in respect of which the trader has the requisite rights for the territory from which the consumer seeks to receive such services;
Amendment 258 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) There are new challenges, in particular in connection with video-sharing platforms, including social networking platforms and similar services fulfilling the necessary criteria to be considered as such, on which users - particularly minors - increasingly consume audiovisual content. In this context, harmful content and hate speech stored on video-sharing platforms have increasingly given rise to concern. It is necessary, in order to protect minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred, to set out proportionate rules on those matters.
Amendment 293 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) It is appropriate to involve the video-sharing platform providers that manage social networking platforms and similar services as much as possible when implementing the appropriate measures to be taken pursuant to this Directive. Co- regulation and self-regulation should therefore be encouraged. With a view to ensuring a clear and consistent approach in this regard across the Union, Member States should not be entitled to require video-sharing platform providers that manage social networking platforms and similar services to take stricter measures to protect minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred than the ones provided for in this Directive. However, it should remain possible for Member States to take such stricter measures where that content is illegal, provided that they comply with Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, and to take measures with respect to content on websites containing or disseminating child pornography, as required by and allowed under Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and the Council35 . It should also remain possible for video-sharing platform providers to take stricter measures on a voluntary basis __________________ 35 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 298 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) New technologies make it easier to integrate live video streaming into social media platforms. They enable live broadcasting and real-time interaction while the video is being streamed on a social network platform, something that has proven extremely popular among users and is expected to grow exponentially in coming years. The popularity of such tools, whether live video streaming or video hosting, is such that social media platforms expect that the majority of content published on them is audiovisual.
Amendment 462 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure freedom of reception and shall not restrict retransmissions on their territory of audiovisual media services from other Member States for reasons which fall within the fields coordinated by this Directive.
Amendment 576 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure by appropriate means that audiovisual media services provided by media service providers and video-sharing platform services under their jurisdiction do not contain any incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, language, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 585 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 a – paragraph 1
Article 6 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers and video-sharing platform services provide sufficient information to viewers about content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors. For this purpose, Member States may use a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content of an audiovisual media service.
Amendment 598 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 a – paragraph 3
Article 6 a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission and ERGA shall encourage media service providers and video-sharing platform services to exchange best practices on co-regulatory systems across the Union. Where appropriate, the Commission shall facilitate the development of Union codes of conduct.
Amendment 722 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that providers of on-demand audiovisual media services under their jurisdiction secure at least a 250% share of European works in their catalogue, and ensure prominence of these works well as ensuring prominence of those works, and take into account the cultural and linguistic diversity of the territory in which they provide their service, or at which their service is aimed. In that connection, providers of on-demand audiovisual media services must ensure that at least 30% of the European works in their catalogue are available in the official languages of the territory in which they provide their service, or at which their service is aimed. Furthermore, the aforementioned service providers shall ensure the promotion of the languages referred to in the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Amendment 741 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services under their jurisdiction to contribute financially to the production of European works, including via direct investment in content and contributions to national funds. Furthermore, those service providers must take into account the cultural and linguistic diversity of the territory in which they provide their service, or at which their service is aimed. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services, targeting audiences in their territories, but established in other Member States to make such financial contributions. In this case, the financial contribution shall be based only on the revenues earned in the targeted Member States. If the Member State where the provider is established imposes a financial contribution, it shall take into account any financial contributions imposed by targeted Member States. Any financial contribution shall comply with Union law, in particular with State aid rules.
Amendment 910 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 3
Article 28 a – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of the implementation of the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall encourage co-regulation and self- regulation as provided for in Article 4(7) among social networking platforms that meet the requirements of a video-sharing platform service.
Amendment 1015 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 a – paragraph 2
Article 30 a – paragraph 2
2. It shall be composed of national independent regulatory authorities in the field of audiovisual media services, including sub-state independent regulatory authorities that are fully competent for audiovisual media services. They shall be represented by the heads or by nominated high level representatives of the national regulatory authority with primary responsibility for overseeing audiovisual media services, or in cases where there is no national regulatory authority, by other representatives as chosen through their procedures. A Commission representative shall participate in the group meetings.
Amendment 27 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of ensuring free movement of persons, goods and services, including by an efficient and sustainable freight transport system, for the development of the internal market, prosperity and economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that a seamlessn EU infrastructure system will onlythat is seamlessly implemented and consistent with the TEN-T already adopted will deliver its benefits to the logistics sector if the Union’s agreed legislation is properly transposed into national law, avoiding additional legal requirements tha; urges the Member States to transpose legislation correctly into national law without hampering the free exchange of goods; calls on the Member States to refrain from introducing new barriersapply and abide by European legislation, and urges the Commission to bring to the Court of Justice Member States that delay the implementation of EU law;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 4
Paragraph 4 – indent 4
- aimed at accelerating uptake of new technologiepplying innovative technical and technological solutions that will strengthen the sector’s performance;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the further implementation of the core TEN-T network must serve to boost integrated multimodal freight transport in the EU, in particular its core network corridors to be completed by 2030within the time- frames laid down, completed by 2030, will eliminate bottlenecks, improve interoperability between the various modes of transport and national, regional and local infrastructure and will deliver integrated multimodal freight transport in the EU, and also the national planning included inof the comprehensive network in line with the core network, which will have to be completed by 2050;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the further implementation of the TEN-T network must serve to boost integrated multimodal freight transport in the EU, in particular its core network corridors to be completed by 2030, and also the national planning included which should receive budgetary priority by Member States over other investments in the comprehensive network or high speed trains;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that while the comprehensive network is mainly a responsibility of the Member States, both layers are crucial to EU logistics, bringing capillarity to the core network, feeding the corridors with traffic, and performing last- mile distribution; takes the view that secondary networks should not be left outside the European purview, including in terms of financing and regulatory measures, in particular those pertaining to access to the network, slot allocation and charges;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the distribution of a large number of nodes and freight traffic in the TEN-T network follows highly populated areas in cross-border zones and dense networks that share capacity with passenger traffic; considers it necessary to rethink howimplement freight infrastructure should be shaped in the TEN-T, in particular in highly congested areas; calls on the Commission to reassess the methodology for establishing freight networks and to pay increased attention to alternative freight routes linking less congested nod, in coordination with the European coordinators, to assess progress in the implementation of the projects and to urge Member States, terminals and portso deliver;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that too often Member States’ national infrastructure plans are decided without reference to the TEN-T objectives; urges the Commission to increase coordination between the two levels of planning and suggests adding to the European Semester a chapter on supervising its coherence with appropriate corrective measures; calls on the Commission not to prioritise Member State projects that are not in line with the TEN-T programming;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that an efficient EU logistics system requires further coordination beyond physical connectivity and an operational TEN-T network; calltween the coordinators onf the Commission to appoint a TEN-T European logistics coordinator that could effectively complement, coordinate and give coherence to the ongoing work of the coordinators in the area of multimodalityEuropean priority projects and the national, regional and local authorities;
Amendment 122 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to propose a digital framework for electronic information exchange and transport management in multimodal transport (e- freight) in order to facilitate a simplified, paperless, seamless, transparent information flow among businesses and authorities;
Amendment 127 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of innovation in the use of new technologies, such as digitalisation, access to data and data exchange as enablers for more efficient transport and logistics solutions, provided interoperability and equal and non- discriminatory access are ensured;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the need to further develop information and communication systems, fully deploying Galileo and related traffic management and information systems in all modes, providing access to all available financial tools to encourage private investment;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to ensure enough EU funding for the implementation of the TEN-T beyond the present MFF; expects the Commission to present the CEF mid-term review in 2017, proposing streamlining of measuresresources for the implementation of the priority projects in good time; insists on the ‘use it or lose it’ principle, whereby unspent CEF funds are made available for upcoming calls for proposals; suggests launchingurges the Commission to assess a proposal for a specific call on logistics in 2017, including multimodal transport and freight solutions in urban nodes;
Amendment 156 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the fact that soft measures such as interoperable rolling stock (low wagons, multi-gauge locomotives, etc.) can significantly alleviate interoperability constraints; urges, an aim that will be achieved through the application of the interoperability directive by all Member States; suggests that Shift 2Rail toshould analyse the EU market, as well as future developments, and toshould incentivise the availability of soft multi- operable infrastructure and rolling stock solutions to increase multimodal and combined transport;
Amendment 167 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that further measures are needed to make road transport more efficient and environmentally friendly in the logistics chain; calls for the possibility to be introduced in the core network corridors of allowing loaded HCVs running on clean alternative fuels compliant with the highest emissions, noise, safety and social standards to circulate without restrictions 365 days a year; insists that the core-network corridors be provided at least with alternative filling stations and safe truck parking areas;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2348(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes with concern that the logistics sector will face a shortage of workforce in the coming years and that slow adaptation of its workforce to new technologies, including digital technologies, could undermine the sector’s performance; calls on the Commission to identify training and learning needs at EU level, and working conditions, costs and barriers that discourage the workforce from entering the transport sector, and to propose as a matter of urgency measures to make it more attractive to young people and to future generations; regards this as an opportunity to increase the proportion of women and new entrants on the transport labour market, for example EU migrants;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability, Regulation (EU) No 473/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area, Regulation (EU) no 1173/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area, Regulation 1174/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area, Regulation (EU) no 1175/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, Regulation 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, Regulation (EU) no 1177/2011 of 8 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Treaty on European Union establishes the creation of the single market, whose currency is the euro; whereas the European Monetary Union referred to in TEU article 3.4 currently consists of 19 members, two of whom having the Euro, two members haveing opt-out clauses, and the remaining seven EU Member States having yetbound to join; whereas no financial liability will be incurred by the two countries with opt-outs from EMU in the framework of any fiscal capacity for the euro area;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas economic convergence is a condition for forming a stable common currency, and cohesion policy has not been sufficient in its aim to decrease the divergence between Member States;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas rapid technological development risk benefitting different parts of the Eurozone to different degrees leading to further cementing divergence between Member States in the Eurozone;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas contrary to the budgetary arrangements in all other federations, the EU budget is largely dependent on contributions from Member State level to EU level, which is different to fully fledged federations;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it became apparent during the sovereign debt crisis that the European Treaties do not provide the euro area with the instruments to deal effectively with shocks in the absence of Member States’ compliance with fiscal surveillance frameworks and structural reforms to increase competitiveness and resilience of their economies, and full labour and capital market integration, both of which play an important shock absorbing function in a monetary union;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it became apparent during the sovereign debt crisis that the European Treaties do not provide the euro area with the instruments to deal effectively with shocks; whereas the rules-based system, with loose adherence to the rules by the Member States, and mere coordination of national economic policies failed to provide the required resilience during the crisis;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, following nominal and increased real convergence in the run-up to the introduction of the common currency, the euro area witnessed structural divergence between 1999 and 2009 with the economies at the centre relying more on exports and tradable activities and the economies in the periphery on non- tradable activities and construction, which made the euro area as a whole less resilient to shocks; whereas regulatory adjustments and structural reforms aimed at reducing risks and improving convergence have been introduced since 2009 at both European and national level, but some euro area Member States still require solidarity and sustainablefar reaching structural reforms in their catching- up process;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Euro acted as a shield during the financial crisis and whereas many Member States would have experienced a worse situation without it; whereas improvements are however required for the Euro to really meet its promises and potential;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas any budgetary capacity for the euro area should not be seen independently from the other necessary evolutions required for the euro area to be an optimal currency area, nor from other tools that already exist (inter alia EIB/EIF), nor from existing rules;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Community method was abandoned in favour of intergovernmental agreementsintergovernmental agreements instead of the Community method have been used in order to allow for rapid responses in the crisis; whereas this has made the European Council the leading actor in the crisis, while the European Commission, the European Parliament and its national counterparts have been sidelined;
Amendment 171 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the introduction of the euro as a common currency has eliminated tried and tested policy options for counterbalancing asymmetric shocks such as exchange rate devaluation; acknowledges that the Euro in itself is a shield against exchange rate fluctuations; reiterates that the relinquishing of autonomy over monetary policy therefore requires alternative adjustment mechanisms to cope with asymmetric macroeconomic shocks in order to make the euro zone an optimal currency area able, inter alia, to implement a proper policy mix;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the introduction of the euro as a common currency has eliminated tried and tested policy options for counterbalancing asymmetric shocks such as exchange rate fluctuationrequired the carrying out of structural reforms to compensate for the loss of monetary policy as a stabilisation tool; reiterates that the relinquishing of autonomy over monetary policy therefore requires alternative adjustment mechanisms to cope with asymmetric macroeconomic shocks in order to make the euro zone an optimal currency area able, inter alia, to implement a proper policy mix;
Amendment 183 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that EMU exposed its vulnerability in the context of the global financial and economic crisis when unsustainable imbalances, triggered by capital flows from core euro area nations to the periphery and a rising public spending ratio in some Member Statein the light of excessive public and private debt levels, unsustainable imbalances, triggered by a lack of structural reforms to foster competitiveness, aggravated and led to a sovereign debt crisis, in which government borrowing costs dramatically increased in some Member States, jeopardising, in the absence of a proper fiscal backstop, the mereand the lack of consolidation of public finances, partly due to non-adherence to agreed budgetary rules, the very existence of the euro area;
Amendment 203 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the crisis has proved that a common monetary policy without a common fiscal policy cannot address asymmetric shocks to the euro area; reiterates that mere coordination of national fiscal policies without credible enforcement mechanisms, as well as loose adherence by Member States to the common fiscal framework, has not prevented an investment gap, has proved insufficient to trigger growth-enhancing, sustainable and socially balanced structural reforms and has not enhanced the national capacity to absorb economic shocks;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure has not been used to its full potential to prevent imbalances and to foster greater convergence;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Observes that in the absence of the willingness of euro area Member States’ governments to take action to rapidly consolidate their public finances and modernise their economies the stabilisation of the economic cycle since the beginning of the crisis has relied almost exclusively on the ECB, and that the reduced options available for monetary policy in a context of zero lower bound rates have led the ECB to implement unconventional monetary policy measures; recalls that the President of the ECB has called for integrated institutions, for a stronger and proactive fiscal policyfiscal surveillance framework on the euro area scale and for euro area Member States to deliver on structural reform;
Amendment 262 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Makes it clear that rapid action is needed to ensure the sustainabila well-defined roadmap is needed to realise the full benefitys of the eurocommon currency; stresses that this requires strong joint efforts on the part of the EU and its Member States to complete the EMU and to restore the trust of citizens and markets;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that in order to regain trust, the euro must deliver on its promise of stability, convergence, growth and jobs; regards a fiscal capacity as a vitalpossible element in this enterprise, which can be successful only if solidarity is closely linked to responsibility, meaning that financial support is provided on the basis of clear criteriamoral hazard is prevented and responsibility and solidarity are closely linked, meaning that financial support is provided on the basis of adherence to the fiscal and macroeconomic surveillance framework, the CSRs and to commitments that are being made under specific programmes;
Amendment 269 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that in order to regain trust, the euro must deliver on its promise of stability, convergence, growth and jobs; regards a fiscal capacity as a vital element in this enterprise, which can be successful only if solidarity is closely linked to responsibility, meaning that financial support is provided on the basis of clear criteria; considers that it should go hand in hand with completion of the internal market, with an EU budget funding European and future oriented investments;
Amendment 281 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Argues that convergence, good governance and conditionality enforced through institutions being held democratically accountable at the euro-area and national level are key, notably to preventing permanent transfers and moral hazard; states that responsibilities must be assigned at the level where decisions are taken or implemented, with national parliaments scrutinising national governments and the European Parliament scrutinising the European executives; believes that this is the only way to ensure the required increased accountability of decision-making;
Amendment 302 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that incentives for sound fiscal policymaking and for addressing structural weaknesses at national level, taking into account the aggregate euro area fiscal stance, are core elements for the functioning of the euro area; considers that a fiscal capacity should, moreover, address specific concerns for the euro area in the case of absorbing shocksto prevent shocks and in order to enable daily political management;
Amendment 311 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that a sufficient degree of wage and price flexibility, and labour mobility need to be guaranteed to ensure that a fiscal capacity is sustainable and does not lead to permanent transfers between Member States;
Amendment 317 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that, while seeking complementarities and avoiding overlaps, a fiscal capacity must be created on top of existing EU funding instruments, within its legal framework, in order to ensure consistent development between euro and non-euro Member States; considers however that the option of an ad-hoc Euro area Treaty should not be disregarded, as this has been the tool chosen for the UK settlement;
Amendment 330 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that effective stabilisation of large euro area Member States or a group of closely economically intertwined countries requires sufficient resourcesadequate own resources, drawing lessons from one of the main failures of the EU budget coming from the expectation of a "fair return", calculated only in numerical terms; recalls the creation of the interinstitutional group on own resources (the Monti group), whose creation in itself reveals an awareness of this problem;
Amendment 342 #
Amendment 344 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that, in opposition to the ESM, EFSF, EFSM which were conceived as emergency tools, the budgetary capacity of the euro area should be seen as a permanent governance tool and fund the stability of the Euro area, labour mobility, investment to bring prosperity, in order to make it an optimal currency area;
Amendment 350 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that three different functions have to be fulfilled; argues, first, that in ordera sound management of the Euro area must include notably the following elements: to foster economic and social convergence within the euro area and to improve the economic competitiveness and resilience of the euro area, Member States’ structural reforms should be incentivised in good economic times; argues, secondly, that differences in the business cycles of euro area Member States stemming from structural differences create the need for an instrument to address asymmetric shocks; considers, thirdly, that symmetric shocks should be addressed so asto address asymmetric shocks, to increase the resilience of the euro area as a whole;
Amendment 394 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Demands that the ESM be integrated into the Union’s legal framework and evolve towards a Community mechanism, as provided for in the ESM Treaty and as constantly requested by the European Parliament and foreseen in the Five Presidents’ report; underlines that the ECJ Pringle case-law and jurisprudence open up the possibility of bringing the ESM within the Union’s framework, within the existing Treaties, on the basis of Article 352 TFEU; calls, therefore, on the Commission to bring forward as a matter of urgency a legislative proposal to that end; demands that the ESM be made fully accountable to the Members of European Parliament elected in the contributing Member States;
Amendment 412 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the ESM, whilst fulfilling its ongoing tasks, to be further developed and turned into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) with adequate lending and borrowing capacities and a clearly defined mandate, including its contribution to a euro area fiscal capacity; stresses that an EMF should be managed by the Commission and held democratically accountable by the Members of the European Parliament elected in the contributing Member States; emphasises that national parliaments would be adequately involved in the process, given thatif their constitutional prerogatives regarding financial resources couldwere to be affected;
Amendment 415 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the ESM, whilst fulfilling its ongoing tasks, to be further developed and turned into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) with adequate lending and borrowing capacities and a clearly defined mandate, including its contribution to a euro area fiscal capacity; stresses that an EMF should be managed by the Commission and held democratically accountable by the European Parliament; emphasises that national parliaments would be involved in the process, given that their constitutional prerogatives regarding financial resources could be affected;
Amendment 420 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that any EMF financial assistance program with a Member State should be based on strict reform conditionality as well as a sustainable debt path.
Amendment 427 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists that once it is integrated into Community law, the fiscal capacity for the euro area should be integrated into the EU budget, provided control and accountability is the responsibility of those contributing to it, but over and above the ceilings of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);
Amendment 433 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists that once it is integrated into Community law, the fiscal capacity for the euro areaEMF should be integrated into the EU budget, but over and above the ceilings of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);
Amendment 458 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that compliance with a convergence code based on the country- specific-recommendations should be the condition for access to funding from the ESM/EMF; reiterates its call on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal to this end;
Amendment 461 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that compliance with a convergence code should be the condition for access to fundborrowing from the ESM/EMF; reiterates its call on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal to this end;
Amendment 464 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Amendment 513 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Suggests that the convergence code define criteria to be reached within five years, building on the merits of the Maastricht criteria and focusing for the first period on convergence requirements regarding:
Amendment 518 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
Amendment 524 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
– taxation: base and rate of corporate taximplementation of a CCCTB and modification of fiscal rules detrimental to the optimal allocation of capital as underlined in the Werner report,
Amendment 531 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Amendment 536 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
– labour market, including minimum wages within sectors (within the Member State), and pension systems,
Amendment 546 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Amendment 549 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 564 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 2
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 589 #
Amendment 602 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that increased convergence within the euro area will significantly increase the capacity of its Member States to absorb asymmetric shocks; believes, however, that no matter how great the efforts regarding convergence and sustainable structural reforms, asymmetric shocks with an impact on the stability of the euro area as a whole cannot be ruled out completely, given the strong integration of the euro area Member States; stresses, therefore, the need to have an instrument available for this emergency which provides an immediate stabilisation effectrecalls the ESM in this respect, which is the instrument available for this emergency;
Amendment 610 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 675 #
Amendment 701 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that in the case of symmetric shocks brought about by a lack of internal demand, monetary policy alone cannot reignite the economy, particularly in a context of zero lower bounds; is therefore convinced that public and private investment must be increased, the administrative burden reduced and a proper, simpler regulatory framework developed and implemented, with a view to stimulating potential growth;
Amendment 751 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 768 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls urgently for the European Parliament and national parliaments to be given a strengthened role in the renewed economic governance framework in order to reinforce democratic accountability; calls for increased national ownership in the European Semester in order to improve compliance with the CSRs;
Amendment 790 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that in order to provide for a genuine EMU, a euro area treasury should be created for collective decision- making, supervision and management of the budgetary capacity for the euro area; calls for the inclusion of this treasury within the European Commission with full macroeconomic, fiscal and financial competences; calls for a vice-president of the European Commission to head the treasury and simultaneously to act as president of the Eurogroup; urges full accountability of this treasury to the European Parliament with appropriate accountability;
Amendment 808 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Considers that those non-euro countries that do not have an opt-out will eventually become part of the EMU and therefore may join the governance framework on a voluntary basis with a special status; considers it essential to differentiate between discussion concerning policies for the euro area and related decision making; modalities must be found to allow all Member States who are committed to joining the euro area to participate in discussions concerning the euro area, if they so wish, however only Member States who are members of the euro area should be able to vote on these decisions;
Amendment 822 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Acknowledges that the current political climate characterised by deep inequality, mistrust and uncertainty is not conducive to proper reforms to achieve and complete EMU; believes, therefore,Believes that a comprehensive roadmap, including clear milestones and convergence criteria within an agreed timetable and taking into account the political situation, should be urgently adopted with a clear commitment by euro area Heads of State and Government to achieving a genu; considers that the roadmap should also address the issue of sovereign debt stock ine and complete EMU appropriate manner;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas in 2014 the European Commission received 3715 complaints reporting potential breaches of EU law, being Spain (553), Italy (475) and Germany (276) the Member States that most complaints were filed against;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Whereas in 2014 the Commission launched 893 new infringement procedures, being Greece (89), Italy (89) and Spain (86) the Member States with a highest number of open cases;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Amendment 12 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. calls on the Commission to dedicate, for each directorate-general, a webpage listing the Member States not having transposed directives or not complying with decisions and regulations; considers it should be updated on a monthly basis and should detail which directives have not been transposed and/or which decisions and regulations have not been complied with;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. considers that the Commission should more actively tackle cases of improperly transposed directives, as it may cover cases of both involuntary and of voluntary action by Member States;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. considers it the duty of the Commission to oppose the two legislative branches of decision making at the European level leaving substantive elements to be decided through delegated acts/implementing acts during the co- decision process, due to the legal uncertainties and potential risks, dangers and complications which could result;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. expresses concern that the settlement concluded with the UK on February 19 2016 has been concluded outside of the EU treaty framework which could create legal uncertainties; underlines the importance of the Court of Justice in its enforcement control as well as its sovereign power;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Late Payments Directive is still not implemented well in 11 Member States, most of them being the ones that suffered most from the economic crisis and would be most able to reap its benefits, and that the situation is worst in Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and Greece, where the delay in B2B2 payments is well above average3 ; __________________ 2causing additional problems for SMEs3a; __________________ 2 Business-to-business. Business-to-business. 3 See ‘Transposition and implementation of the Directive on Late Payments in Commercial Transactions’, European Parliamentary Research Service. 3a"The Economic Impact of Late Payments", September 2014, European Commission.
Amendment 24 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that non-compliance with the Maastricht criteria, and the lenient enforcement of the Stability and Growth Pact rules by the Commission and the Council before 2010, contributed to the emergence of the European debt crisis that followed the global financial crisis; and points out that besides the persistent non- compliance of Greece, France and Germany infringed deficit rules earlier (in 2003-2004) and that Commission and Council did not react to these breaches with a stringent application of the rules, including possible sanctions.
Amendment 31 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is deeply worried by the fact that under the Excessive Deficit Procedure from SGP while France has not complied with the structural deficit targets of the Commission in 2013 and 2014, and while no assessment of the effective action has been carried out by the Commission for the whole correction period (2013-2015), it has again been granted additional years to correct its excessive deficit; calls on the Commission to ensure that Spain and Portugal take action to reach their structural deficit targets1. __________________ 1Briefing from the ECON governance support unit: "Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Opinions on the 2016 Draft Budgetary Plans".
Amendment 37 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the fact that the European Semester recommendations to MS have a similar responsiveness rate as the unilateral OECD recommendations (29% vs 30% in 2014), even though the compliance with the latter is based just on a voluntary basis; notes that, according to data, compliance in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic is systematically higher for OECD recommendations1. __________________ 1 Same as last one.
Amendment 39 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that for MS which are part of the Euro area or participate in the Banking Union, transposition of the BRRD is indispensable for the Single Resolution Mechanism to function, as in many cases decisions of the Single Resolution Board must be implemented based on national law transposing the BRRD1. __________________ 1 As stated by the Commission press release from 22.10.2015 on the referral of six countries to the ECj for failing to transpose BRRD.
Amendment 49 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that it is the lack of proper exchange of information under the Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation ("DAC") what led to the malpractices that were at the root of the LuxLeaks case and other abusive tax practices in other MS.
Amendment 75 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the creation of a subcommittee of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to focus inside JURI to focus mores especially on monitoring the application of EU law in the Member States and the causes of non-compliance in systematic cases. A structured dialogue with the Commissioner in charge of Rule of Law in the EU should also be established with the same objective. The creation of a JURI sub-committee would be an opportunity to find the structural flaws behind the failures to apply the EU law and for the Parliament to do an even more thorough control of its implementation; monitoring the application of EU law in the Member States. reover, it would be possible to produce country-specific reports on those cases where a certain Member State shows a systematic non- compliance or late transposition of EU legislation. The creation of the subcommittee would be very positive to raise awareness on the importance for the EU that Member States comply with its legislation in order to maintain credibility in front of citizens and would allow the European Parliament to hold the Commission and Member States fully accountable.
Amendment 78 #
2015/2326(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that the European Commission needs to correct its democratic deficit in order to enhance its political legitimacy and fully enforce rule of law in the EU; calls the EU institutions and MS to make steps to ensure that the next President of the European Commission is directly elected by the European citizens in the 2019 European election.
Amendment 65 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the 2016 EU Justice Scoreboard and the European Commission Annual Report 2015 on compliance with EU law.
Amendment 66 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
– having regard to the 2015 Competitiveness report of the World Economic Forum.
Amendment 133 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the rule of law cannot be based on the imposition of laws by a majoritarian demographic or national group.
Amendment 174 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the 2016 EU Justice Scoreboard from the European Commission as well as the judiciary independence ranking from the World Economic Forum show that beyond the already perceived cases of Poland or Hungary, some other Member States from Western Europe have also deep problems regarding the rule of law and judiciary independence.
Amendment 224 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas the systematic non- compliance of EU laws by a Member State should also be considered as a trigger for the new procedure.
Amendment 251 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital W a (new)
Recital W a (new)
Wa. whereas the new system should link up the compliance with the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights with receiving structural funds from the EU institutions.
Amendment 368 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3
Paragraph 9 – indent 3
- Enabling individuals, local and regional governments to bring actions directly before the CJEU;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas increased coherence between EU internal and external policies stands as an indispensable requirement for a successful EU human rights policy; the area of judiciary independence is particularly sensitive as the obvious failures in some Member States represent a bad example particularly for candidate countries;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it is important that the EU in its internal policies is able to show that promoting democracy is of the utmost importance; thus, organizing a popular consultation should never receive as an answer judicial prosecution and even less the risk of prison sentences;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that it is important to diversify the banking system in Europe in order to cushion the fall of credit during recessions; notes in this sense that rules in order to create small banks should be utterly analysed to see if they are hampering competition, and should be harmonized across Member States;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the tax avoidance practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to support extending the public country-by- country reporting regime on taxes for multinational companies to all sectors as well as a CCCTB;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the long duration of the investigations into Google's practices and the fact that these investigations have already dragged on for several years without any final results; welcomes, therefore, the Statement of Objections sent by the Commission to Google on comparison shopping service; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including all other areas of vertical search, as it is ultimately part of ensuring a level playing field for all market players in the digital market;
Amendment 633 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3.1 a (new)
Subheading 3.1 a (new)
3.1a. Antitrust proceedings and Abuse of dominant position:
Amendment 634 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -19 a (new)
Paragraph -19 a (new)
-19a. Regrets the long duration of the investigations into Google's practices and the fact that these investigations have already dragged on for several years without any final results; welcomes, therefore, the Statement of Objections sent by the Commission to Google on comparison shopping service; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including all other areas of vertical search, as it is ultimately part of ensuring a level playing field for all market players in the digital market;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas competition raises companies’ productivity, by raising managers’ incentives to out-perform competitors and, therefore, is often associated with higher levels of total factor productivity;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas each year losses of EUR 181- 320 billion – approximately 3 % of EU GDP – accrue owing to the existence of cartels;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas tax evasion, tax fraud and tax havens are costing the EU taxpayers an estimated 1 trillion euros per year in lost revenue, distorting competition in the single market between those companies who pay taxes and those who do not;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas in terms of energy costs the European single market performs worse than the US, with a price dispersion of 31 percent compared to 22 percent in the US;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas in many Member States a severe credit crunch is still affecting SMEs, which represent 98% of the EU firms and 67% of employed people;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in international air transport rules on fair competition and the regulation of State Owned Enterprises are lacking with respect to airlines from certain third countries operating to and from Europe dominating certain routes, causing considerable harm to European airlines and impairing connectivity of European hub airports, reducing choice for European consumers;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. Calls the Commission, considering the urgency of the matter, to present without unnecessary delays a legislative proposal for the revision of 868/2004 guaranteeing reciprocity fair and open competition among EU and non EU carriers;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. Welcomes the EU unitary patent as a step forward to complete the single market and calls on all Member States to participate in it;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that Competition Commissioner Vestager wishes to develop, in close cooperation with the European Parliament, a competition policy as one of the key instruments of the European Union towards making the common internal market a reality; (close cooperation with the European Parliament is essential and should be reinforced)
Amendment 73 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the European Parliament should have co-decision powers in competition policy; regrets that Articles 103 and 109 TFEU provide only for consultation of Parliament; believes that this democratic deficit cannot be tolerated; proposes that this deficit be overcome as soon as possible through inter-institutional arrangements in the field of competition policy and corrected in the next Treaty change; (Considering the importance and impact competition policy has on our citizens, the European Parliament, as only democratically elected body, should be fully involved.)
Amendment 74 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that the independence of DG Competition is of the uttermost importance to achieve its goals in a successful manner. Calls the Commission to re-allocate sufficient financial and human resources to DG competition from other less priority or overcrowded services in order to cope with the growing number of important cases they have to deal with;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that TTIP and all other trade and investment international agreements should have a strong competition section;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 104 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the existing rules relating to fines for infringements could be supplemented by on-going penalties against those responsible; Calls the Commission to consider the possibility to complement cartel fines with personal sanctions aimed at company decision makers, as well as individual penalties for those employees responsible for actually leading their company to commit a violation of competition law. The Commission should, thus, be able to impose measures such as director disqualifications or personal pecuniary sanctions when necessary.
Amendment 110 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that imposing fines is an important tool for competition policy and that quick action is needed for the success of investigations; believes that legal certainty is crucial, and calls on the Commission to incorporate the rules on fines into a legislative instrument;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that it is fundamental that companies related to the digital and sharing economy pay taxes and comply with regulations at the same level as all other enterprises to ensure a level playing field;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that the Commission needs to be strict with the introduction of energy market reforms to reduce its prices, particularly in those Member States under the excessive deficit procedure;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Commission to investigate if there is any kind of relationship between a high presence of politicians and former ministers in the governing boards of energy companies, and oligopolistic practices in the energy sector in some Member States;
Amendment 122 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Asks the Commission to ensure that energy regulations and directives are transposed and applied correctly in all Member States; calls on the Commission to be particularly vigilant when prices reach above the EU-average, as high prices distort competition and harm consumers;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. QuerieRegrets the long duration of the investigations into American Internet giant Google and regretsGoogle’s practices and the fact that these investigations have already dragged on for several years with no result, because until 2014 the Commission was reluctant to indicate its intention to abolish market restrictions; out any final results; welcomes, therefore, the Statement of Objections sent by the Commission to Google on comparison shopping service; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including other areas of search bias, as it is ultimately part of ensuring a level playing field for all market players in the digital market; (Among the antitrust cases, the Google antitrust case is a clear case of abuse of a dominant position. This case must be solved by the EC without losing 5 more years if it wants to be credible with its Digital single market strategy. It is essential to ensure a level playing field for all market players in the digital market.)
Amendment 130 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that under Article 8 of the Cartel Proceedings Regulation, Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the Commission may order interim measures when there is a risk of serious and irreparable damage to competition; calls on the Commission to determine how far such measures could be applied in protracted competition proceedings, especially on the digital market;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that net neutrality is of the uttermost importance to ensure that there is no discrimination between internet services and competition is fully guaranteed. Where ‘Net neutrality’ means the principle according to which all internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independently of its sender, recipient, type, content, device, service or application; (This section exists because of the intent to ensure a neutral treatment of internet traffic and the issue of the existence of a net neutrality principle has been already settled in MS primary legislation and other legislation or equivalent around the world. It is crucial for this text to be clear, to minimise uncertainty and to protect against anticompetitive behaviour.)
Amendment 136 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Welcomes the final adoption of the directive on actions for damages, as this is a good example of successful close interinstitutional cooperation in the competition policy sphere;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Welcomes the Commission’s newly adopted amendments to Regulation (EC) No 773/2004, relating to the conduct of proceedings, and the related communications arising out the directive on actions for damages; considers it unfortunate that Parliament was not involved in the drafting of the amendments;
Amendment 153 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls the Commission to open up an investigation on how TV licenses are distributed inside Member States in order to ensure fair competition in the media sector;
Amendment 154 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls the Commission to investigate the relation between government subsidies to newspapers and the closeness of its editorial line to the ideology of the government in question;
Amendment 165 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the new Guidelines on State Aid to Airlines and Airports in the EU, as part of the Commission’s State Aid Modernisation; calls on the Commission to urgently establish a similar set of rules for subsidised airlines operating from third countries to and from the EU in international agreements, in order to ensure fair competition between EU and third country carriers; calls on the Commission to urgently submit a proposal for the revision of EU Regulation 868/2004 for the protection against subsidisation and unfair pricing practices causing injury to Community air carriers in the supply of air services from countries not members of the European Community. (European legacy carriers have to continue to modernise and restructure becoming more efficient. However Status quo is not an option for the EU with regard subsidies and the kind of competition coming from third countries such the Gulf carriers. A binding fair competition clause should be included when the EC negotiates comprehensive air service agreements. Moreover the Commission is called to urgently submit a proposal for the revision of EU Regulation 868/2004 for the protection against subsidisation and unfair pricing practices.)
Amendment 172 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Amendment 173 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)
Amendment 174 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 c (new)
Subheading 2 c (new)
Calls on the Commission to open up competition in those Member States that have port and airport public networks, particularly if their management is monopolised by the central government or if they persistently generate public deficits; Encourages the Commission to investigate whether certain practices with regard to the imposition of specific hub airports – based on the terms of the over 1000 existing bilateral air services agreements signed by Member States with non-EU countries – are detrimental to fair competition between carriers and airports, and are against European consumers’ interests;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 d (new)
Subheading 2 d (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Members States to increase their efforts in order to guarantee the opening of the railway transport sector to fair competition, as well as a better quality of services;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to further develop Article 107 of the Treaties regarding state aid to regions, as there are wide suspicions that sustained overinvestment for political reasons is creating distortions in the single market;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that road systems based on the Eurovignette are fairer and do not create distortions on the competition among market participants as they ensure that there are not unfair advantages link to their origin;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that the Commission should consider the possibility for state aid to banks to be linked to conditionality on credit to SMEs;
Amendment 211 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Banking regulations should take into account that small institutions have fewer resources to ensure their compliance and thus should be as simple as possible in order to avoid creating distortions in favour of big banks;
Amendment 213 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Urges the Commission to monitor closely those markets in the banking sector where concentration is high or growing, in particular as a result of restructuring in response to the crisis and to ensure that increased concentration does not end up in a decrease of credit for SMEs as data from some Member States seems to suggest;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Calls on the Commission to follow closely the conditions to be proposed by the ECB to give new banking licenses to ensure that creates a level playing field without high barriers of entrance to the market; strongly believes that given the high concentration in the banking sector of some Member States, a higher number of banking entities would be good for consumers and SMEs;
Amendment 241 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that healthy tax competition is one of the constitutive elements of the internal market of the Union but unfair tax competition must be prevented through minimum rates of taxation and harmonised tax bases;
Amendment 257 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that in view of an estimated volume of tax fraud and tax avoidance of up to one btrillion euros a year the Member States must ultimately tackle and restrict this practice; Believes that the reduction of tax fraud and tax avoidance is fundamental to go forward in the consolidation of public budgets.
Amendment 269 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the intention of the Competition Commissioner to reorganise the control of State aid as part of a fair tax burden for all; Expects that prior to this reorganisation there will be an unconditional and complete evaluation and calls on the Member States to abandon their current blockade mentality and to provide to the European Parliament all the requested documentation regarding the tax rulings affaire;
Amendment 272 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on Member States to publish information on their tax rulings and to present it in a regional breakdown, to ensure that there is not an excess of tax rulings in some regions creating de facto state aid to them;
Amendment 280 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for an EU legislative framework to prevent distortions of competition by aggressive tax planning and tax evasion; with a view to creating a level playing field, recommends to introduce an automatic mandatory exchange of tax rulings, a CCCTB and a guarantee that no profit leaves the EU untaxed;
Amendment 302 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 304 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that all tried and tested and existing forms of dialogue held to date should be maintained, but an organisational separation of legislative and executive authority is inalienable for democratic reasons;
Amendment 60 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the existing gap between financing rates granted to SMEs and those granted to bigger companies; considers that this long-standing problem is not appropriately addressed by the recent measures implemented by the ECB to boost bank lending; a bigger effort should be made through an increase in the share of SME related assets inside the APP program.
Amendment 78 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. AcknowledgNotes that, in reaction to a complex environment of falling inflation, contraction of credit and sluggish economic growth, and with its interest rates close to the zero lower bound, the ECB resorted to non-conventional monetary policy instruments; insists that monetary policy cannot resolve the fiscal and economic problems that exist in many Member States and cannot be a substitute for necessary structural reforms.
Amendment 86 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of the organisational independence of the European Systemic Risk Board and calls on the ECB to consider ways of enhancing the ESRB´s independence;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned atPoints out the dangers to financial stability posed by artificially low interest rates, notes the rise in long-term domestic yields in most Member States observed since the second quarter of 2015, which could ul and emphasises the need for proper, prudent and timately erode the expected positive impactmanagement of the winding down of non-conventional monetary policy measures adopted by the ECB;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the positive impact of the Asset Purchase Programme (APP) on money and credit dynamics remains modest, with new loans to enterprises still weak and with significant differences across euro area economies; notes that since the launch of the APP, medium-term inflation expectations have risen, gradually converging towards the target of 2 %, while the risks of a deflation trap have decreased; asks the ECB to apply the APP to all Member States, without discrimination;and to consider extending its composition to regional and local government debt assets in order to avoid any possible preferential treatment among levels of government inside the Member States.
Amendment 119 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that to avoid that the ECB trespasses its own limits in the holding of certain Member States public debt assets, the ECB should change the composition of APP in order to increase the share of EIB bonds, moreover increasing the purchases of these infrastructure-related assets may have a more positive effect to achieve inflation targets.
Amendment 151 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges those euro area Member States which are subject to a macroeconomic adjustment programme to act pursuant to Article 7(9) of Regulation No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 to carry out a comprehensive audit of their public finances in order, inter alia, to assess the reasons that led to the build-up of excessive levels of debt, as well as to track any possible irregularities; this audit will be to achieve a better understanding of past mistakes and not in order to start an ad hoc debt restructuring process that could initiate again the debt crisis in some Member States.
Amendment 164 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that as the American example shows, it is necessary that all Member States are able to commit themselves to balanced budgets in order to create trust and confidence among partners and for the Eurozone to be able to further integrate.
Amendment 165 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Believes that bailouts even though necessary have created tensions in the Eurozone that could have unintended consequences in the medium term and calls all actors involved to revise its design.
Amendment 166 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Considers that without clear political and democratic legitimacy at the Commission, the application of the economic governance framework is doomed to fail when confronted with national heads of government unwilling to comply with it.
Amendment 177 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 210 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Deplores the fact that the ECB has exceeded even a broad interpretation of its Treaty-based mandate, inter alia in its role in the Troika and Quadriga; urges the ECB to take a step backwards andUrges the ECB to reinforce its independence from political decisions, abiding by the ECJ judgment in Case C- 62/14 of 16 June 2015, especially its paragraph 102, as well as the opinion expressed by Advocate-General Cruz Villalón in the same case, especially its paragraphs 227 and 263;
Amendment 229 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for a thorough assessment of the Troika’s modus operandi and of the ECB’s involvement in the Troika and Quadriga frameworks, with a view to clarifying and redefining the scope of responsibilities and ensuring greater democratic accountability with the involvement of the European Parliament in the adoption and implementation of bailout programmes; invites the Council to reconsider the involvement of the ECB and IMF in the Troika;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point b
Paragraph 25 – point b
Amendment 254 #
2015/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that the role of the ECB includes the protection of financial stability and thus the need to give enough liquidity to avoid public bank runs in solvent banks connected to the Eurosystem network.
Amendment 168 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that improved coordination, coherence and accessibility in the Member States’ leave systems (maternity, paternity and parental) increases participation levels and overall efficiency; stresses in that regard that an EU directive on a two-week paternity leave is essential and urgent;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States and the social partners to continue with their efforts at sharing best practices on positive action in the area of work-life balance, paying particular attention to policies that help mothers to enter the job market and be able to have the chance of a successful professional career without renouncing to their family, as well as to fathers to participate more than now in family life;
Amendment 198 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls the Commission to envisage how fiscal reforms could reinforce the objectives of maternity and paternity leaves as well as the conciliation of family and work;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas solidarity should not be understood only at the Member State level. In order to enhance the relocation of refugees, regional governments with legislative and fiscal powers and political will to help should be able to reach deals with other regional and national governments in the EU without difficulties. Moreover, the relocation mechanism of the EU should include those regions that want to participate in it on its own terms;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2060(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 9 – indent 4 a (new)
- Believes that, when needed, the European Parliament should adopt resolutions, even with urgent character, to give a democratic mandate to Eurozone representatives in International Financial Institutions, regarding issues of strategic importance for the Euro area and the EU;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2010(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas at a time of spending cuts at government level, the fact that multinational companies avoid paying their due makes more difficult to achieve the ambitious objectives fixed for budgetary matters without hurting social expenditure and disposable income of families;
Amendment 64 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centresfor the priorities of the TEN-T network as defined in the TEN-T Guidelines; transport investments shall represent at least 33% of the total investments under the EFSI; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure;
Amendment 77 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Fund for Strategic Investments and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013
Amendment 80 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Endowments to the guarantee fund referred to in paragraph 2 shall be used to reach an appropriate level to reflect the total EU guarantee obligations ('target amount'). The target amount shall be set at 525%/30%/40% of the Union's total guarantee obligations.
Amendment 93 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013
Article 5 – Paragraph 1
Article 5 – Paragraph 1
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No In Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1.The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 942 259 000 (*) in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 550 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 041 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 350 075 000. These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884).’rticle 19 deleted 1316/2013
Amendment 160 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The investment environment within the Union should be improved by removing barriers to investment, reinforcing the Single Market and by enhancing regulatory predictability, in particular by completing the opening of the digital, transport, energy and telecoms markets . The work of the EFSI, and investments across Europe generally, should benefit from this accompanying work.
Amendment 162 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The investment environment within the EUnion should be improved by removing barriers to investment, such as obstacles to PPPs that remain at national and EU level, by reinforcing the Single Market and by enhancing regulatory predictability. With the view to mobilising private companies and supporting the development of PPPs, it should be ensured that there is no discrimination depending on the management of the projects, be it private or public. The work of the EFSI, and investments across Europe generally, should benefit from this accompanying work.
Amendment 217 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market and private equity and venture capital financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high- quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
Amendment 228 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The EFSI will work with a wide range of financial instruments. Among others, the EFSI will be able to use debt instruments, guarantees, equity, quasi- equity instruments, credit enhancement tools or venture capital.
Amendment 310 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be economically and technically viable, which may entail a high degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing.
Amendment 314 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be economically and technically viable, which may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing. When a national court of audit or an independent council or any anti-corruption body of a Member State has expressed some concerns on a project, a type of investment or on a body having the responsibility of investing public money and these concerns are communicated to the EFSI, it should take into account the opinions expressed.
Amendment 367 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to allow for further increase in its resources, participation in the EFSI should be open to third parties, including Member States, natregional governments with fiscal and legislative powers, national and regional promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, private sector entities and entities outside the Union subject to the consent of existing contributors. Third parties may contribute directly to the EFSI and take part in the EFSI governance structure.
Amendment 439 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Alongside the financing operations that will be conducted through the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') should be created. The EIAH should provide strengthened support for project development and preparation across the Union, by building on the expertise of the Commission, the EIB, national and regional promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds. This should establish a single point of entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union.
Amendment 479 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To partially finance the contribution from the Union budget, the available envelopes of the Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 will be progressively authorised by a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council2 , and the Connecting Europe Facility, provided by Regulation (EU) No in the framework of the annual budgetary procedures up to 2020, using in priority all provisions under Council regulation (EU, Euratom) n°13161/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , should be reduced. Those programmes serve purposes that are not replicated by the EFSI. However, the reduction of both programmes to finance the guarantee fund is expected to ensure a grealaying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014- 2020, in particular its articles 5, 11, 13 and 14, as well as any budgetary surplus entered investment in certain areas of their respective mandates than is possible through the existing programmes. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect within thto the general budget of the European Union, and avoiding to affect programmes that already serve an investment purpose, areas of research, development and innov operational and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure compared to if the resources had been spent via grants within the planned Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmes. It is, therefore, appropriate to redirect part of the funding presently envisaged for those programmes to the benefit of EFSI. __________________ 3Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Coucontain a possibility to use innovative financial instruments. Therefore, envelops of programmes under the sub-heading 1A of the multiannual financial of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129)framework could be reduced only if proved necessary and as a last resort solution.
Amendment 502 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States, in partnership with their regional governments, have also begun work at national level on establishing and promoting project pipelines for projects of national and European significance. The information prepared by the Commission and the EIB should provide links to the accompanying national project pipelines.
Amendment 711 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To meet that objective, the EIAH shall use the expertise of the EIB, the Commission, national and regional promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Amendment 730 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Member States and third parties that become parties to the EFSI Agreement shall be able to provide their contribution, in particular, in the form of cash or a guarantee acceptable to the EIB. Other third parties shall be able to provide their contribution only in cash.
Amendment 778 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For as long as the only contributors to the EFSI are the Union and the EIB, the number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions in the form of cash or guarantees. Additionally, the European Parliament should also be represented in the Steering Board without voting rights.
Amendment 808 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
When a national court of audit or an independent council or any anti- corruption body of a Member State has expressed some concerns on a project, a type of investment or on a body having the responsibility of investing public money and these concerns are communicated to the EFSI, the Steering Board should take into account the opinions expressed and shall take a decision by a majority of three quarters of the votes.
Amendment 886 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. When carrying on their duties, the members of the Investment Committee shall be independent and shall not take instructions from the EIB, the Union institutions, Member States or any other public or private body.
Amendment 915 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, be based on a positive cost-benefit analysis, and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 936 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centrwith priority for the TEN-T network as defined in the TEN-T Guidelines; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure;
Amendment 942 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital and telecoms infrastructure;
Amendment 1023 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the EU guarantee shall be granted for support of dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks, national and regional promotional banks, Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM), which manage Alternative Investment Fund (AIFs) authorised in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU, managers of collective investment undertakings authorised in accordance with Regulation 2013/345/EU (qualifying venture capital funds) and managers of collective investment undertakings in accordance with regulation 2013/346/EC (qualifying social entrepreneurship funds), via the EIB, that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation. In that case, the Steering Board shall specify policies regarding eligible investment platforms, AIFs, qualifying venture capital and social entrepreneurship funds.
Amendment 1045 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. EIB financing and investment operations on the territory of a Member State according to this Regulation shall take into account if the relevant Member State has made substantial progress in implementing Council recommendations under Regulation (EC) No 1466/97, Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 and country specific recommendations under the European Semester.
Amendment 1083 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EIB loans, guarantees, counter- guarantees, capital market instruments, any other form of funding or credit enhancement instrument, equity (including venture capital) or quasi- equity participations. These Instruments shall be granted, acquired or issued for the benefit of operations carried out in the Union, including cross-border operations between a Member State and a third country, in compliance with this Regulation and where EIB financing has been granted in accordance with a signed agreement which has neither expired nor been cancelled;
Amendment 1123 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) payments from the general budget of the Union, originating from, in order of priority, decommitments from the 2007- 2013 financial period, unused contingency margin, yearly surplus.
Amendment 1146 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The target amount shall be set at 25% of the Union's total guarantee obligations. The target amount shall initially be met by the gradual payment of resources referred to in paragraph 2(a). If there have been calls on the guarantee during the initial constitution of the guarantee fund, endowments to the guarantee fund provided for in points (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 2 shall also contribute to meet the target amount up to an amount equal to the calls on the guarantee.
Amendment 1155 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Without prejudice to Article 8(5), the initial target amount shall be met by gradual budgetary contributions to the guarantee fund, to be decided by the budgetary authority in the frame of the annual budgetary procedures up to 2020, making use in priority of all means available under Council regulation 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, in particular article 5, 11, 13, 14, as well as any budgetary surplus entered in the general budget of the European Union. If needed, as a last resort solution and in full respect of point 17 and 18 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, funds from multiannual programmes under heading 1A may be redeployed to the guarantee fund if these programmes prove to be under- implemented.
Amendment 1168 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) any surplus shall be paid in one transaction to a special heading in the statement of revenue in the general budget of the European Union of the year n+1, and shall be reallocated to programmes which envelopes might have been reduced to finance the guarantee fund, as referred to in paragraph 5a (new), in order to compensate these losses;
Amendment 1213 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular and structured basis, information on current and future investment projects in their territory. Member States authorities shall collaborate with regional authorities in those cases when projects affect their territory.
Amendment 1228 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The EIB, in cooperation with the EIF as appropriate, shall report annutrimestrally to the European Parliament and to the Council on EIB financing and investment operations. The report shall be made public and include:
Amendment 1294 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Managing Director shall reply to written questions addressed to the EFSI by any Member from the European Parliament.
Amendment 1296 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Upon request of the competent committees of the European Parliament, and without disclosing information on ongoing investigations, OLAF may provide information on the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 1297 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The European Commission shall reply to written questions addressed to its role in the governance of the EFSI by any Member of the European Parliament through the normal procedure.
Amendment 1298 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Minutes of the meetings of the Steering Board shall be made available to the European Parliament including for each project the results of the votes in case the Steering Board did not take a decision by consensus.
Amendment 1299 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. At the request of the European Parliament, the Commission and/or the EIB shall report to the European Parliament on the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 1343 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The EU guarantee and the payments and recoveries under it that are attributable to the general budget of the Union shall be audited by the Court of Auditorsexternal audit of the activities undertaken in accordance with the EFSI Regulation is carried out by the European Court of Auditors in accordance with Article 287 TFEU.
Amendment 1362 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
OLAF may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5 ), Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96(6 ) and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 (7 ) in order to protect the financial interests of the Union, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption, money laundering or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with any operations supported by the EU guarantee. OLAF may transmit to the competent authorities of the Member States concerned information obtained in the course of investigations. The competent authorities shall follow up on the information transmitted, unless not compatible with the national legal framework. __________________ 5 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 6 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2). 7 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1).
Amendment 1432 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 1440 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Regulation (EU) N°1316/2013
Article 5, paragraph 1
Article 5, paragraph 1
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No In Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 942 259 000 (*) in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 550 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 041 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 350 075 000. These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884). ’rticle 19 deleted 1316/2013
Amendment 43 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
Citation 19
– having regard to the hearing of Frans Timmermans before the European Parliament on 7 October 2014, and to his appearance at its sitting of 11 February 2015,
Amendment 78 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU, and by each individual Member State, in everything they do;
Amendment 119 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the manifestations of extreme nationalism, racism, xenophobia and intolerance have not yet disappeared from our communities; on the contrary, especially after the recent terrorist attacks they appear to be on the rise in many Member States which affects traditional minorities and new national minority communities as well;
Amendment 255 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) clearly defining the criteria for its application and ensuring that it is implemented swiftly and transparently, making good use of the early warning tool and the political dialogue included in the framework, without waiting for fundamental rights violations to materialise;
Amendment 263 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) ensuring the full involvement, at the launch and dialogue stages, not only of the Commission and the Member State in question, but also of the European Parliament, the Council, national parliaments, and regional parliaments where the fundamental rights of national minorities represented in those parliaments are at stake, as well as the FRA and civil society, and guaranteeing the use of all available data;
Amendment 322 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on promoting understanding, acceptance and tolerance between the different national communities in the Member States through the principles of equality, non-discrimination and respect for diversity; calls on particularly the condemnation of hate speech and all forms of aggression;
Amendment 325 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Warns of the reluctance of the judicial authorities of some Member States to implement framework decisions relating to criminal justice and the impact this is having on the people being affected by these decisions; regrets, moreover, the effect these decisions are having on the mutual trust on which the construction of the third pillar is based;
Amendment 569 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of the framework decision on racism and xenophobia and firmer deployment of the EU network against intolerance;
Amendment 579 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for measures to ensure that, in Member States that have experienced dictatorships or suffered totalitarian regimes, efforts are made to keep their historic memory alive, so as to prevent any glorification thereof; urges that any efforts by national authorities to impede exercise of universal jurisdiction over the perpetrators of crimes during these periods be brought to an end within the Union; considers these legal measures to be a guarantee of justice, truth, redress and non-recurrence in accordance with established UN doctrine;
Amendment 675 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new)
- organise coordinated and efficient international rescue procedures intended to prevent loss of life resulting from the sinking of vessels carrying migrants;
Amendment 715 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for closer monitoring of migrant reception and detention centres, the treatment of migrants and asylum formalities in the Member States; expresses concern at 'hot return' procedures and at the violent incidents occurring in various 'hotspots' in southern Europe, necessitating the immediate launching by Commission within this framework of political dialogue with countries engaging in such practices with a view to upholding the rule of law;
Amendment 776 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately; in response to the humanitarian crises that might be caused by spending cuts affecting social protection programmes;
Amendment 844 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Proposes the launching of a European anti-corruption code, a transparent system of indicators regarding corruption levels in the Member States and progress made in eradicating corruption as well as an annual comparative report on the extent to which this major problem has taken hold at European level;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in order to create a genuine bi- cameral legislative system, the existing specialised Council configurations should be reduced to a single legislative one, and the transparency of its decision-making should be greatly improved;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas to enhance the political legitimacy of the Commission to implement economic governance and fiscal rules, it is fundamental that the President of the Commission is chosen through a clear and well understood procedure in the European elections.
Amendment 102 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the European Semester process should be simplified, and rendered more focused and democratic, by enhancing Parliament’s scrutiny role over it and by investing it with a more substantial role in the various cycles of negotiations;country-specific recommendations should be more strictly followed by Member States.
Amendment 369 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls that the Commission and Parliament must ensure a much better application and implementation of European Union law as currently many Member States either don't comply or tweak the basic intentions of the European legislator;
Amendment 372 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Believes that the 'Rule of Law' instrument will be fundamental to ensure that all Member States comply with European legislation in a similar way. It is also important that European rules are applied to all countries following the same standards in order to have a level playing field.
Amendment 380 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the European Parliament to enable a procedure to include the CoR and the EESC recommendations in concrete regulations as amendments to be voted at committee level.
Amendment 426 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Believes that the plenary of the European Parliament should be consulted before a European financing instrument is used either to safeguard the financial stability of a Member State or its banking system.
Amendment 449 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Underlines the importance of a clear division of competences between the EU institutions and the Member States increasing the Member States’ ownership of, and the national and regional parliaments’ role in, implementation programmes;
Amendment 470 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Considers it necessary for Parliament to be invested with a more substantial role in negotiations within the framework of the European Semester by allowing it to call hearings with governments of Member States affected by Cmore assertive in asking Member States to comply with the country S-specific Rrecommendations, Economic Partnership Programmes (EPP), Corrective Action Plans (CAP) and Alert Mechanism Reports (AMRs); in order to make them meaningful.
Amendment 513 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for better use of the existing structural funds in the direction of fostering competitiveness and cohesion, and for the creation of an increased EU investment capacity through the exploitation of innovative approaches such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments, or through the creation of a specific facility to finance and guarantee infrastructure projects in the interest of the Union;.
Amendment 547 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. The establishment of a fiscal capacity within the eurozone could be used as a tool to alleviate the effects of asymmetric shocks that cause above-average rises in unemployment.
Amendment 556 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Pledges to increase the resilience of the EMU when facing economic shocks while preventing any form of permanent fiscal transfers;
Amendment 841 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Considers it necessary to notably strengthen Frontex and transform it into a European System of Border Guards, to be supported, when necessary, by military instruments such as a European Maritime Force (Euromarfor) and an upgraded European Corps (Eurocorps), together with the resources pooled through Permanent Structured Cooperation; suggests that automatic adjustment should also be envisaged of the databases of border agencies such as Eurodac, and, in future, Smart Borders, such that they incorporate the ‘European list of dangerous persons’ and the ‘European Database for wanted persons’;
Amendment 852 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. Stresses the importance of distinguishing between the concepts of ‘unsafe third countries’ (war zones) and ‘safe third countries’ (mostly Western Balkans countries), and the corresponding distinction of procedures for processing applicants coming from these two categories of countries; calls for the signature of agreements with safe third countries in order to control and reduce migration flows before migrants arrive at the EU border; insists, at the same time, on strict and swift procedures for returning applicants with unfounded claims;
Amendment 853 #
2014/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98 a (new)
Paragraph 98 a (new)
98a. Calls the Commission and Member States to increase spending on training asylum specialists and enhancing the efficiency of asylum-seeking procedures;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this problem, coupled with a lack of a common vision on the part of our Member States as regards the future of our continent, has given rise to unprecedented levels of ‘euroscepticism’ that risk a return to nationalism and the disintegration of the Union;
Amendment 67 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 92 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, as regards Schengen, the free movement of people and the resulting abolition of internal border controls, all formally integrated into the Treaties, ‘opt- outs’ were given to the UK and Ireland; whereas four other Member States are also not taking part, but have the obligation to do so, while ‘opt-ins’ were accorded to three countries outside the European Union; whereas this fragmentation not only prevents the total abolition of some remaining in the Schengen area is one of the cornerstones of the Union and its future political and economic development and shall thus be preserved; believes that greater attention should be paid to the protection of the Schengen area external borders, but also hinders the establishment of a true internal market and of a fully integrated area of freedom, security and justicey the EU itself and not only its Member States;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 151 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas this is also the case for the necessary reform and modernisation of the financial resources of the whole European Union; whereas the agreement on the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) was only reached after long and strenuous negotiations and was accompanied by the decision to establish a high-level group to review the Union’s revenue system of ‘own resources’, due to report in 2016; whereas the current MFF severely limits the financial and political autonomy of the Union, as most of the revenue consists of national contributions by the Member States and a large part of the expenditure is already preordained by means of returns to these same Member States;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas currently the EU lives through a rule of law crisis in which close to 400 new infringements of EU law are done every year and some of the flagship policies of the Union (e.g. deficit control, banking resolution or refugee quotas) are infringed without real consequences;
Amendment 173 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas there needs to be a mechanism where Member States that systematically infringe EU law can risk losing their vote on the Council for the areas concerned in the infringements;
Amendment 177 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas this review is also needed to rebalance the functioning of the Union, and if need be give back some competences to the Member States with the aim of less bureaucratic regulation and more effective policymaking; whereas this exercise also concerns the competences conferred on the Union that impair the ability to make progress towards some of its stated objectives such as the energy union, common migration management and security policy;
Amendment 211 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the EU seems to be more able to influence MS policies on fundamental rights, rule of law and corruption when countries are still candidates to enter into the Union, and the Rule of Law mechanism should be applied with equal strength to all Member States;
Amendment 214 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas clarifications are still needed as regards the European elections and on the matter of who leads the Union; whereas, despite the outcome of the 2014 European parliamentary elections having for the first time led directly to the nomination of the candidate for President of the Commission, a clear direct democratic link is still lacking, although the European Council has agreed to review the ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process in time for 201918 ; whereas, moreover, there is still confusion – not least among third parties – about the interrelationship of the Presidents of the Commission and the European Councilthe ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process failed as citizens had no real knowledge of the candidates due to the inability to vote for them in a pan-European list; whereas this failure has to be urgently corrected in time for 201918 elections as without it, the Commission lacks real democratic accountability; __________________ 18 EUCO conclusions of 27 June 2014.
Amendment 222 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. Whereas enhancing the democratic legitimacy of the European Commission is fundamental to continue deepening the single market and put in place the big pan-European projects needed to make the Union succeed while at the same time retaining a link with the electorate that ensures that the principle of subsidiarity between the EU, the MS and the regions with legislative powers is fully respected;
Amendment 237 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the EU should facilitate the European future of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar respecting the will of their citizens as stated in the results of the referendum of June 23rd which gave a clear pro- European majority in the three constituencies; believes that the EU should engage in bilateral and multilateral negotiations with their governments;
Amendment 250 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the UK’s decision creates an opportunity to reduce and drastically simplify the ‘variable geometry’ and complexity of the Union; whereas it offers at least theoffers an opportunity to clarify what membership of the Union really means and what could be a clear structure in the future for the EU’s relationship with non- members in our periphbut close partnerys (the United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.); whereas the founding fathers of the Union had already envisaged a type of ‘associate status’;
Amendment 255 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas regions with legislative powers, should have a direct say on the works of the Union regarding the policies that affect their competences; notes that sometimes there is a clear divergence between the political interest of a national government and the one from the regions, undermining the legitimacy of the decisions taken and excluding relevant ideas and points of view on EU policies.
Amendment 353 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ‘Union method’ is the only method for legislating which ensures that all interests, especially the common European interest, are taken into account; understands by ‘Union method’ that the Commission as the executive initiates legislation, Parliament and the Council representing respectively the citizens and the states decide by majority voting, and the Court of Justice oversees and provides ultimate judicial control; recognizes that a fast-track procedure should be put in place to ensure that even in cases of urgency the ‘Union method’ is respected;
Amendment 363 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the fundamental importance of complying with European law by Member States, and considers that its correct implementation must be more thoroughly enforced and surveilled by the Commission and the European Parliament;
Amendment 379 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 426 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that the EU should work towards helping Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar to remain inside (or as attached as possible to) the EU in respect of their democratic will, both in case they maintain their current national status or they democratically choose to change it;
Amendment 509 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that regarding the country-specific recommendations, they should be tailor-made taking into account the different institutional set up of Member States; if needed, concrete recommendations should be done for concrete regions in order to avoid generalization;
Amendment 510 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Underlines the astounding economic success of fiscal federalism in some regions of Spain at reducing unemployment and having a higher control of its budgetary deficit, and considers them a role model to reproduce in other parts of the Union;
Amendment 520 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is acutely aware of the need to review the efficacy of the many recent crisis-management measures taken by the EU, and to codify in primary law certain decision-making procedures – such as ‘reverse qualified majority voting’ – as well as the need to entrench the legal bases of the new regulatory framework for the financial sector; agrees with the Five Presidents’ Report that the ‘open method of coordination’ as the basis for Europe’s economic strategy does not function and needs to be elevated into binding legal acts; moreover, the current sanctions procedure has been undermined by the unwillingness of Member States to sanction each other;
Amendment 574 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses, however, that conditionality in this new debt instrument will only be credible if complemented by an insolvency procedure for sovereigns, which will not only provide predictability to the markets in the event of an insolvent state, but also safeguard market discipline for both Member States and private creditors while avoiding new bail-outs which have proven politically toxic for the European project;
Amendment 701 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls, finally, for the banking union to be completed as soon as possible on the basis of a fast-track timetable as soon as all the euro-area Member States comply with current legislation;
Amendment 878 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Welcomes the successful new procedure whereby European political parties promote their top candidates for the President of the European executive, but believes that they should be able to stand during the next elections as official candidates in all Member States; proposes, thereforeProposes to reform the procedure to choose the President of the European Commission, following its legislative proposal on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union, empowering the electorate by giving them two votes, one for the national or regional lists and a second one for the European party lists; these European lists will be headed by the parties’ nominees to become President of the European executive or government and will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the Member States;
Amendment 881 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Strongly believes that a more democratically legitimate European Commission shall have the political strength to protect the rule of European law in all the Union and enforce, in a level playing field, the EU rule of law mechanism to all Member States that infringe basic democratic principles such as independence of the judiciary, actions against media pluralism, fundamental rights or persecution of political rivals with the tools of government;
Amendment 1021 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Believes, finally, that the current Treaty ratification procedure is too rigid to befit such a supranational polity as the European Union; proposes allowing amendments to the Treaties to come into force if not by an EU-wide referendum then after being ratified by a qualified majority of four-fifths of the Member States, having obtained the consent of Parliament; correspondingly, once this threshold has been met, Member States which still decline to ratify the amended Treaty should decide, in accordance with their own constitutional requirements, whether to start the process of secession or to opt for an associate status; considers that the unanimity rule shall not be applied to the membership of new Member States.
Amendment 1026 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Believes that European citizens and enterprises inside current Member States that show a democratic will to keep being part of the EU shall be protected.
Amendment 1028 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 b (new)
Paragraph 52 b (new)
52b. Believes that a time of rising euroskepticism and anti-European populism, pro-European movements inside Member States are welcome, even if they challenge their national status-quo.
Amendment 25 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas some studies suggest that a relevant part of the existing jobs will disappear or greatly diminish in quantity due to automatization.
Amendment 29 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas non-routinary jobs are less vulnerable to disappear due to automatization.
Amendment 327 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Calls Member States to reduce the tax burden on labour and compensate with increases in indirect, property and wealth taxes in order to have a more growth friendly and neutral fiscal stance.
Amendment 331 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31 b. Calls on Member States to take fully into account the importance of automatization as a trend that may erode the quantitative importance of many jobs, and direct their training programmes for unemployed into learning of skills useful in non-routinary jobs.
Amendment 336 #
2014/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States to learn from best practices that deliver lower unemployment rates and undertake reforms which draw on those practices; particularly to reform those labour market laws that entrench duality and keep much of the young people out of stable jobs.
Amendment 1 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the EU directives for the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US, unanimously adopted by the Council on 14 June 20131 and declassified and made public by the Council on 9 October 2014, __________________ 1 http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docum ent/ST-11103-2013-DCL-1/en/pdf
Amendment 6 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusion on TTIP of 20 March 2015,
Amendment 23 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b a (new)
ba. notes the fundamental importance of achieving an agreement, as it will permit Europe to multiply its commercial ties with one of the biggest markets and more reliable democratic countries in the world. Together this agreement will bring together more than 800 million consumers;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b b (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b b (new)
bb. believes that a good agreement on regulatory standards can act as a global precedent for future trade and investment agreements, reducing costs for companies, in particular SMEs around the world;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b c (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b c (new)
bc. acknowledges that the main beneficiaries from TTIP can be SMEs, as big corporations have economies of scale that allow them easily to access markets in both sides of the Atlantic. SMEs do not have the financial, legal and other resources to cope with regulatory differences and other barriers to trade;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b d (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph b d (new)
bd. calls the Commission to ensure that the TTIP agreement includes a specific chapter for SMEs;
Amendment 34 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas exports through trade and growth through investments are key drivers of jobs and economic growth which do not require government investments;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU's GDP is heavily dependent on trade and export and benefits from rules based trade and investment; whereas an ambitious agreement with the US mayshould support the reindustrialisation of Europe and help achieve the 2020 target for an increase of the EU’s GDP generated by industry from 15 % to 20 %; whereas it has the potential to, by strengthening the trans- Atlantic trade in both goods and services; whereas it should create opportunities especially for SMEs, which suffer more from non-tariff barriers (NTBs) than larger companies; whereas an agreement between the two biggest economic blocs in the world has the potentigoal to create standards, norms and rules which will be adopted at a global level, which would serve to the advantage of third countries as well;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Notes the fundamental importance of achieving a comprehensive and ambitious agreement, as it will permit Europe to multiply its commercial ties with one of the biggest markets and more reliable democratic countries in the world. This agreement will create a precedent for future trade deals;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a comprehensive and ambitious TTIP will likely have geopolitical effects through strengthening a rules-based global trading system, diversifying the EU's exports and strengthening the trans-Atlantic relationship between the world's two largest and most open economic blocs, which are based on a mutual commitment to human rights, fundamental freedoms, upholding standards and strengthening our values globally;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the main beneficiaries from TTIP can be SMEs, as big corporations have economies of scale that allow them more easily to access markets in both sides of the Atlantic. SMEs do not have the financial, legal and human resources to cope with regulatory differences and other barriers to trade;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, taking into account the democratic trends in certain Member States, high levels of unemployment, lack of internal demands and the high level of indebtedness of several Member States, economic growth cannot come through more public debt but only through the opening of new markets, thus trade must be the privilege tool for growth;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the recent crises on the EU's borders and developments around the world show the need to invest in global governance and a system based on rules and values
Amendment 63 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the negative impact on EU exporters of Russian sanctions must encourage the Commission to do more to open up new markets to EU businesses large and small;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, given the growing interconnectedness of global markets – up to 40 % of European industrial products are manufactured from imported upstream products – it is crucial that policymakers shape the way these markets interact; whereas proper trade rules and removing unnecessary barriers are fundamental to creating added value in Europe, since industrial production takes place in global value chains;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph g
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph g
g. take immediate action to ensure reciprocal market access for European companies to public contracts in the United States; underlines that an imbalance of market access to public contracts constitutes unfair competition; reminds that 85% of public tenders in the European Union are already open to US suppliers, while only 32% of US tenders are open to EU suppliers;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph h
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph h
h. take immediate proactive measures against American protectionism, and address legislation that hinders European market access to the United States, such as Buy American, Buy America and the American Job Act;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas we are faced with an unregulated picture of globalisation and a well-designed trade agreement cshould contribute to harnessingfurther trade liberalisation, while upholding standards and values; whereas such an agreement should not only focus on reducing tariffs and NTBs but should also be a tool tosecure the protection of workers, consumers and the environment; whereas a strong and ambitious trade agreement is an opportunity to create a framework by strengthening regulation towhich sets the highest standards at a global level in order to prevent social and environmental dumpingline with the values upheld and cherished on both sides of the Atlantic;
Amendment 92 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i
Amendment 96 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas even though common high standards are in the interest of the consumers, it should be noted that they also make sense from an economic perspective, as the higher costs stemming from higher standards are compensated by increased economies of scale in a potential joint market of 850 million consumers;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas even though common high standards are in the interest of the consumers, it should be noted that they also make sense from an economic perspective, as the higher costs stemming from higher standards are compensated by increased economies of scale in a market of 850 million consumers;
Amendment 105 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas many economic impact studies on TTIP should be taken with caution as they are built on computable general equilibrium economic models with very optimistic predictions about the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers to trade; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respecthowever given the high levels of unemployment's; lack of internal demands and the high level of indebtedness of several Member States, economic growth cannot come through more public debt but only through the opening of new markets, thus trade must be the privilege tool for growth;
Amendment 110 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i a (new)
ia. acknowledges the importance of the inclusion of an ISDS, but at the same time believes that a modernisation of the system is needed in order to respect the will of European citizens and at the same time to give judicial guarantee for investors;
Amendment 116 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i b (new)
ib. stresses that any and all dispute mechanisms set in place within the TTIP- framework must uphold full transparency and be subject to democratic principles and scrutiny;
Amendment 118 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas many economic impact studies on TTIP should be taken with caution as they are built on computable general equilibrium economic models with very optimistic predictions about the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers to trade; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respectpredict growth on both sides of the Atlantic; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU, but should be seen as an element in a broader European strategy to create jobs and growth, and to strengthen our position in the global economy;
Amendment 118 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i c (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i c (new)
ic. recalls that currently Member States already have more than 1300 bilateral investment agreements which include an outdated form of ISDS; believes that a sound reform of ISDS should be included and is necessary, as it will serve as a model for future Trade agreements around the world, in particular with many countries with a weaker democratic governance and lower levels of respect for the rule of law;
Amendment 119 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph j
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph j
Amendment 126 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas previous trade agreements have shown significant benefits for the European economy;
Amendment 135 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph k
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph k
k. stress the need to uphold the EU’'s tradition for organising its public services, and call fos to thoroughly consider an exclusion of public services related to the welfare state from the agreement;
Amendment 141 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l
Amendment 144 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the wellbeing of ordinary citizens, workers and consumers, as well as increased opportunities for businesses as the drivers of growth and jobs, has to be the benchmark for a trade agreement; whereas TTIP should be a model for a good trade agreement responding to these requirements;
Amendment 149 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l a (new)
la. ensure that European competition law is properly respected in all fields, and particularly regarding the digital markets;
Amendment 156 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l b (new)
lb. believes that the TTIP can be a good opportunity to open up competition in many sectors of the European economy which currently suffer from an excessive market concentration;
Amendment 159 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l c (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l c (new)
lc. ensure that the European Parliament will have a proper role on the regulatory convergence decisions to be held after the agreement is ratified;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l d (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l d (new)
ld. take immediate action to involve and consult regional governments with legislative competences in order to take them fully into account during the negotiations;
Amendment 166 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the secret character of negotiatEuropean Commissions has they have been conducted in the past has led to deficiencies in terms ofmade significant efforts to increase access to information by launching a transparency initiative, which has increased democratic control of the negotiation process;
Amendment 171 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. welcomes the steps and actions taken by Commissioner Malmstrom for greater transparency in the negotiations and the publication of several documents;
Amendment 175 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. take immediate action to involve and consult regional governments with legislative competences in order to take them fully into account during the negotiations.
Amendment 206 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas President Juncker has also clearly stated in his Political Guidelines that he will not accept that the jurisdiction of courts in the Member States is limited by special regimes for investor disputes; whereas now that the results of the public consultation on investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP are available, a reflection process – taking account of critical and constructive contributions – is needed within and between the three European institutions on the best way to achieve investment protection and equal treatment of investorsnon- discrimination;
Amendment 229 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas since July 2013 talks between the US and the EU have been going on, but up to now no common text has been agreed and it is now exactly the right time to undertake a reflection on the state of play;
Amendment 263 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) to emphasise that while the TTIP negotiations consist of negotiations on three main areas – ambitiously improving reciprocal market access (for goods, services, investment and public procurement at all levels of government), reducing NTBs and enhancing the compatibility of regulatory regimes, and developing common rules to address shared global trade challenges and opportunities – all these areas are equally important to be included in a comprehensive package; TTIP should be ambitious and binding on all levels of government on both sides of the Atlantic, the agreement should lead to lasting genuine market openness on a reciprocal basis and trade facilitation on the ground, and should pay particular attention to structural means of achieving greater transatlantic cooperation while upholding regulatory standards and preventing social and environmental dumping, welcomes therefore the fact that all major players in the negotiations have publically committed to these goals;
Amendment 302 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) to ensure that the market access offers in the different areas are equally ambitious and reflect both parties’ expectations, as market access for industrial goods, agricultural products, services and public procurement is equally important in all cases and a balance is needed between the different proposals for these areas; reminds that 85% of public tenders in the European Union are already open to US suppliers, while only 32% of US tenders are open to EU suppliers
Amendment 329 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) to aim at the elimination of all duty tariffs, while respecting sensitive products on both sides, noting that CETA could be a good point of reference in this regard;
Amendment 368 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) to increase market access for services according to the ‘positive listan approach’ whereby services that are to be opened up to foreign companies are explicitly mentioned and new services are excluded while ensuring that possible standstill and ratchet clauses only apply to non- discrimination provisich safeguards governments' right to regulate, protects public services and utilities, but which also fosters innovations and allow for enough flexibility to bring services back into public controlstrengthens the possibilities for innovative goods and services to access both the European and American markets;
Amendment 402 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) to ensure an adequate carve-out of sensitive services such as public services and public utilities (including water, health, social security systems and education) allowing national and local authorities enough room for manoeuvre to legislate in the public interest; awelcomes the joint declaration reflecting negotiators’ clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiations would be very helpful in this regardstance that public services are excluded from TTIP;
Amendment 414 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new)
(via) to ensure mutual recognition of professional qualifications between the Parties and for the promotion of mobility across the Atlantic through the facilitation of entry for high-skilled professionals in sectors covered by TTIP;
Amendment 419 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi b (new)
(vib) to promote, in parallel to the negotiations, that the EU-US enter into talks towards an additional agreement lifting work permit requirements, so as to create maximum mobility of professionals between the EU and the US;
Amendment 452 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
(viii) to ensure that the EU’s acquis on data privacy is not compromised through the liberalisation of data flows, in particular in the area of e-commerce and financial services; to ensure that no commitments on data flows are taken up before European data protection legislation is in placeany provisions on data flows are in accordance with the EU’s acquis on data privacy, in particular in the area of e-commerce and financial services, noting the importance of cross border data flows to both the digital economy and increasingly also to traditional industry; to ensure that the agreement takes account of Article XIV of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provisions on the protection of personal data;
Amendment 481 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
(x) to keep in mind that the agreement should not risk prejudicing the Union’s cultural and linguistic diversity, including in the audiovisual and cultural services sector, and that existing and future provisions and policies in support of the cultural sector, in particular in the digital world, are kept out of the scope of the negotiationsand that the mandate given to the European Commission by the Member States explicitly excludes the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 492 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
(xi) to ensure that account is taken of the large discrepancies in the openness of public procurement markets on both sides of the Atlantic and the huge interest on the part of European companies in obtaining access to public contracts in the US both at federal and state level, for example for construction services, traffic and transport infrastructure and goods and services whil, noting that 85% of the EU public tenders are open to the US while only 32% of US public tenders are open to the EU; to ensure respecting of sustainability criteria for procurement on both sides, inter alia the new EU procurement and concession package entering into force in 2016;
Amendment 501 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi a (new)
(xia) to acknowledge the particularly sensitive status of defence procurement and investment, but to ensure that it is not misused as covert state aid;
Amendment 536 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv a (new)
(xiva) to ensure that TTIP is an open agreement, and to look for ways in which valued partners, which have an interest in the TTIP negotiations because of Customs Union agreements with either the EU or the US, can be more actively informed of the developments;
Amendment 538 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv b (new)
(xivb) to seek to ensure that developing countries indirectly benefit from TTIP and to remain committed to advancing the multilateral trade agenda;
Amendment 563 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i a (new)
(ia) to address customs issues that go beyond the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) rules and stress that, in order to achieve real administrative burden removal, there is a need to work towards a maximum degree of regulatory alignment on customs and border related policies and practices;
Amendment 597 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) with regard to the horizontal regulatory cooperation chapter, to give priority to fostering bilateral cooperation between regulatory bodies, which could help develop common definitions and to avoid unnecessary divergence in the future, especially when it comes to new technologies and services, such as electric cars, smart grids, nano technology and green goods; to achieve this through enhanced information exchange and to promote the adoption, strengthening and timely implementation of international instruments, on the basis of successful international experiences such as, for instance, ISO standards or under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29); to establish that the prior impact assessment for the regulatory act, as defined in the horizontal provisions on regulatory cooperation, should also measure the impact on consumers and the environment next to its impact on trade and investment; to handle the possibility of promoting regulatory compatibility with great care and only without compromising legitimate regulatory and policy objectives;
Amendment 641 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the sustainable development chapter aims at the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of standards which align with the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and their content, the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the core international environmental agreements; provisions should be aimed at improving levels of protection of labour and environmental standards; an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter should also include rules on corporate social responsibility based on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and a clearly structured civil society involvement;
Amendment 689 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources and reducing dependence on current sources, while recognising that this cannot be seen as a substitute for an ambitious EU green and sustainable energy policy;
Amendment 705 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ix
(ix) to ensure that TTIP supports the use and promotion of green goods and services, including through facilitating the development of these goods and services, thereby tapping into the considerable potential for environmental and economic gains offered by the transatlantic economy;
Amendment 725 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xi
(xi) to ensure that TTIP includeswelcome the commitment of both sides and the inclusion of a specific chapter on SME’s andin TTIP that aims at creating new opportunities in the US for European SMEs, for instance by eliminating double certification requirements, by establishing a web-based information system about the different regulations, by introducing ‘fast-track’ procedures at the border or by eliminating specific tariff peaks that continue to exist; it should establish mechanisms for both sides to work together to facilitate SMEs’ participation in transatlantic trade, for instance through a common SME ’one-stop shop’;
Amendment 731 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xii
(xii) to ensure that TTIP contains a comprehensive chapter on investment including provisions on both market access and investment protection; the investment chapter should aim at ensuring non- discriminatory treatment for the establishment of European and US companies in each other’s territory, while taking account of the sensitive nature of some specific sectors; Recalls that 85% of public tenders in the European Union are already open to US suppliers, while only 32% of US tenders are open to EU suppliers;
Amendment 738 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xii
(xii) to ensure that TTIP contains a comprehensive chapter on investment including provisions on both market access and investment protection, recognising that the free flow of capital and access to capital stimulate jobs and growth; the investment chapter should aim at ensuring non- discriminatory treatment for the establishment of European and US companies in each other’s territory, while taking account of the sensitive nature of some specific sectors;
Amendment 749 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Amendment 772 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’recognising that both state-to-state dispute settlement and the use of national courts present significant difficulties and that there are also legitimate concerns regarding the investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses ands the US’ devely have been adopted legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement systemin the past in more than 1300 bilateral investment agreements by European Member States; to continue, therefore, to explore all avenues to improve and reform ISDS in such a way that concerns regarding the right to regulate , transparency, appeals procedures and othe use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment dispur procedural aspects of tribunals and the relationship between national courts and ISDS are addressed; to move ahead, alongside the TTIP negotiations, with finding a broader solution to the concerns about ISDS clauses which are contained in other European investment agreements, including treaties between EU member states;
Amendment 774 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv – point a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv – point a (new)
(a) Recalls that currently Member States already have more than 1300 bilateral investment agreements which include an outdated form of ISDS; believes that a sound reform of ISDS should be included and is necessary, as it will serve as a model for future Trade agreements around the world, in particular with many countries with a weaker democratic governance and lower levels of respect for the rule of law.
Amendment 776 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv – point b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv – point b (new)
(b) Acknowledges the importance of the inclusion of an ISDS, but at the same time believes that a modernisation of the system is needed in order to respect the will of European citizens and at the same time to give a judicial systems that guarantee foreign investments
Amendment 777 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv – point c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv – point c (new)
(c) Stresses that any and all dispute mechanisms set in place within the TTIP- framework must uphold full transparency and be subject to democratic principles and scrutiny;
Amendment 796 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
(xv) to ensure that TTIP includes an ambitious and modern Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter that includes strong protection of precisely and clearly defined areas of IPR without impeding the EU's need to reform its copyright system, including enhanced protection and recognition of European Geographical Indications (GIs), using CETA as a model, and reflects a fair and efficient level of protection such as laid out in the EU’s and the US’s free trade agreement provisions in this area, while continuing to confirm the existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), notably in the area of public health;
Amendment 810 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xvi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xvi
(xvi) to ensure that the IPR chapter does not include provisions on criminal sanctions as a tool for enforcement, as having been previously rejected by Parliament including the proposed ACTA treaty;
Amendment 845 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
(iii) to promote an even closer engagement with the Member States, who were responsible for the negotiating mandate which directed the European Commission to open negotiations with the US, with the aim of forging their active involvement in better communicating the scope and the possible benefits of the agreement for European citizens, ands committed to in the Council Conclusions adopted on 20 March 2015, in order to ensure a broad, fact-based public debate on TTIP in Europe with the aim of exploring the genuine concerns surrounding the agreement;
Amendment 866 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to skeek evep on closerly engagementing with Parliament, which will continue to closely monitor the negotiating process and to engage on its part with the Commission, the Member States, and the US Congress and Administration, as well as with stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic, in order to ensure an outcome which will benefit citizens in the EU, the US and beyond;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the investment plan should not be used to spend taxpayers money in projects with no-economic return or without a positive cost-benefit analysis. The model settled by TEN-T networks in Transport and Energy should be swiftly extended and replicated in order to invest in projects with real European added value.
Amendment 92 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that a lack of access to finance, particularly for SMEs, is one of the greatest obstacles to growth in the EU; believes that alternatives to bank financing are needed, especially by improving the business environment for venture capital, but also, more broadly, by improving the efficient allocation of capital through capital markets; deepening of the single market for capital markets is fundamental to achieve these objectives in the short and medium term.
Amendment 113 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the ambitious structural reforms implemented by those Member States most affected by the crisis; welcomes as well the fact that after the announcement of the OMT program, some of those Member States that have successfully implemented adjustment programmes or financial sector programmes have been able to return to the capital markets, where they now access capital at low interest rates;
Amendment 131 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the EU cannot compete on costs alone, but needs to increase productivity through sustainable investment in research and development, education and skills, and resource efficiency, at national as well as European level; notes that the effectiveness of education policies is not only related to its relative spending, but also on the quality of the educational system, high rates of school leaving in some Member States show that there is a wide room for improvement.
Amendment 155 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that reforms in order to enhance the effectiveness of finance ministries in fighting against fiscal evasion and avoidance, as this is a constraint in the fiscal consolidation of some Member States.
Amendment 156 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that high energy costs due to a lack of reforms and excessive subsidies are dragging down the economy in some Member States.
Amendment 178 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates the importance of ensuring labour mobility (both cross-border and cross-sectoral), enhanced labour productivity (connected with skills trainings to improve employability) and labour market flexibility, while preserving the necessary scope of work security; taking into account the growing number of young people who go to work to other places of the Union, legislative proposals should arise at the European level to enhance and make easier this mobility, particularly regarding social security and pension mobility.
Amendment 203 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Agrees with the Commission that most Member States need to continue to pursue growth-friendly fiscal consolidation; invites Member States with sufficient fiscal space to consider reducing taxes and social security contributions with a view to stimulating private investment;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that treaties protecting and attracting international private investments are fundamental for the economic development of many emerging nations. Notes that protection of the domestic rule of law is of the utmost importance for growth.
Amendment 30 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Believes that competition policy is a driver of economic growth and job creation, especially in crisis times;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. Agrees therefore with the Commission that the crisis should not be a pretext to relax the enforcement of competition rules;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas by triggering a misallocation of resources, lack of competition may therefore imply less economic benefits to be divided between sellers and buyers;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas competition raises companies’ productivity, by raising managers’ incentives to out-perform competitors and, therefore, is often associated with higher levels of total factor productivity;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas each year losses of EUR 181- 320 billion – approximately 3 % of EU GDP – accrue owing to the existence of cartels;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the equivalent of EUR 1.6 trillion was granted in State aid to banks in the EU in the period 2008 until the end of 2011;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas tax evasion, tax fraud and tax havens are costing the EU taxpayers an estimated 1 trillion euros per year in lost revenue, distorting competition in the single market between those companies who pay taxes and those who do not;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in terms of energy costs the European single market performs worse than the US, with a price dispersion of 31 percent compared to 22 percent in the US;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the creation of a ‘single market administration passport’ would reduce distortions in competition and the fragmentation of the single market, enhancing the growth potential of the European economy;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in many Member States a severe credit crunch is affecting SMEs, which represent 98% of the EU firms;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas uncovered cartels’ duration fluctuates between 6 to 14 years from their commencement affecting the economy with a higher burden on customers and ultimately on consumers;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Amendment 57 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. Welcomes the EU unitary patent as a step forward to complete the single market and calls on all Member States to participate in it;
Amendment 58 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Believes that the independence of DG Competition is of the uttermost importance to achieve its goals in a successful manner.
Amendment 62 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the essential role of competition policy enforcement in productivity and innovation, creating a level playing field across the single market and across all business models, including SMEs, in full respect of national diversities;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the European Commission relies increasingly on commitment decisions. Believes that more transparency on the substance of allegations, and the establishment of a higher number of legal precedents, are however necessary. This applies in particular to cases that tackle antitrust issues in new areas, such as markets for digital goods, in which companies might find it difficult to assess if a certain behaviour constitutes a violation of competition rules;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that in order to ensure greater transparency and mitigate some of the drawbacks of commitment decisions, while retaining their main benefits, the full detail of the objections addressed by the European Commission to defendants should be published;
Amendment 108 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that further investigation should be given to sports clubs (particularly in football) who owe millionary sums to social security without paying them or be reclaimed by government, as de facto this may constitute state aid;
Amendment 115 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its concern that the use of fines as the sole sanction available may be too limited, even though the fines imposed in the lasts years appear minimal in comparison with the harm caused to the European economy by collusion; calls again for the development of more sophisticated instruments; invites the Commission to consider a general review of its 2006 Fining Guidelines;
Amendment 117 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that imposing fines is an important tool for competition policy and that quick action is needed for the success of investigations; believes that legal certainty is crucial, and calls on the Commission to incorporate the rules on fines into a legislative instrument;
Amendment 118 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls the Commission to consider the possibility to complement cartel fines with personal sanctions aimed at company decision makers, as well as individual penalties for those employees responsible for actually leading their company to commit a violation of competition law. The Commission should, thus, be able to impose measures such as director disqualifications or personal pecuniary sanctions when necessary;
Amendment 119 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls for the creation of special cross- DG taskforces envisaged to monitor sectors in which structural features (such as high barriers to entry or high customer switching costs) make antitrust violations more likely;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls the Commission to help to put in place an institutional mechanism that each time that a national authority takes an antitrust decision, an automatic follow-up check where the Commission would survey if similar issues affect different geographic markets throughout Europe where the sanctioned companies are also active;
Amendment 121 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Supports the ongoing cooperation within the European Competition Network (ECN) which allows EU-wide coherence of public enforcement of competition rules and encourages its further development;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9g. Takes the view that market dominance achieved by means of expansion, innovation and success is not in itself a competition problem; regards the abuse of a dominant market position, conversely, as a serious competition problem; calls on the Commission, therefore, to continue to safeguard the impartiality and objectivity of competition-related proceedings;
Amendment 137 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9h. Calls on the Commission determinedly to address all the matters brought to light in current anti-trust law investigations and to take any measures required to put an end to damaging practices and restore fair competition;
Amendment 139 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that merger control should be able to take into account in its analysis if there may be negative spill- overs in terms of work-force lay-offs;
Amendment 140 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls the Commission to be attentive to those cases where just after a merger is cleared, consumer prices rise or there is a relevant reduction of a product’s quality;
Amendment 160 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that the fall of wholesale prices (oil prices in particular) have not been translated into a reduction in the energy element of retail consumer prices and believes that high levels of market concentration undermine competition, as well as universal retail price regulation;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Believes that the Commission needs to be strict with the introduction of energy market reforms to reduce its prices, particularly in those Member States under the excessive deficit procedure;
Amendment 162 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls the Commission to investigate if there is any kind of relationship between a high presence of politicians and former ministers in the governing boards of energy companies, and oligopolistic practices in the energy sector in some Member States;
Amendment 163 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Asks the Commission to ensure that energy regulations and directives are transposed and applied correctly in all Member States; calls on the Commission to be particularly vigilant when prices reach above the EU-average, as high prices distort competition and harm consumers;
Amendment 177 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that net neutrality is of the uttermost importance to ensure that there is no discrimination between internet services and competition is fully guaranteed;
Amendment 178 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the announcement by the Commissioner for competition of further investigations by the European Commission into Google’s anticompetitive practices in the mobile sector and in the digital market in general;
Amendment 179 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Considers that throughout the past four years of negotiations between the European Commission and Google none of the three sets of commitment proposals from Google has succeeded to solve the main competition concern – the anti- competitive preferential treatment of own services within Google’s market dominant search engine thereby causing a traffic diversion away from rival verticals; believes that carrying on this route would further increase the caused damages;
Amendment 180 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Stresses the need for the European Commission to urgently solve the Google Antitrust case if it wants to remain credible in its Digital agenda strategy; urges the Commission to act decisively on all concerns that have been identified, and, as a priority, to take all the necessary measures to ensure fair competition in the online search and search advertising markets, given dominance of certain actor, and the possible abuse of this dominance calls on the European Commission and the Members States to take stronger measures against such abuses in the fast moving and dynamic digital market both on the national and European level;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Urges the Commission to act decisively on all concerns that have been identified, and, as a priority, to take all the necessary measures to ensure fair competition in the online search and search advertising markets, given Google’s growing dominance, with a market share of over 90 % in most Member States, Google has become de facto gatekeeper to the internet. Its persistent abuse of this dominance requires a decisive enforcement of EU competition rules, taking into account input from all relevant stakeholders and the entire structure of the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 182 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Stresses the need for the European Commission to urgently solve the Google Antitrust case if it wants to remain credible in its Digital agenda strategy; urges the Commission to act decisively on all concerns that have been identified, and, as a priority, to take all the necessary measures to ensure fair competition in the online search and search advertising markets, given dominance of certain actor, and the possible abuse of this dominance calls on the European Commission and the Members States to take stronger measures against such abuses in the fast moving and dynamic digital market both on the national and European level;
Amendment 183 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13g. Calls the Commission to launch an investigation on the ridesharing companies to ensure that their practices are not distortions competition in the market;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13g. Calls for the Commission to analyse how to accommodate into the European legislation the rise of the sharing economy and believes that it should be adapted, in order to have level-playing field that ensures fair competition among all actors involved;
Amendment 185 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
Believes that companies related to the so- called sharing economy have to pay taxes and comply with regulations in the same way as traditional businesses, as otherwise it would not only constitute a distortion in competition, but also would have negative fiscal consequences for the finances of Member States.
Amendment 186 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 i (new)
Paragraph 13 i (new)
13i. Calls on the Commission to act quickly against Google and carefully consider and evaluate the following proposals of remedies in view of a long- term solution towards a balance, fair and open internet search structure: - ‘Rotation mechanism’ pursuant to which Google’s and competing verticals would be displayed in the same location and with the same prominence on the search results page; - a new legislation to regulate search engines; - The Statement of objections decision and the threat of a fine
Amendment 187 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 j (new)
Paragraph 13 j (new)
13j. Highlights that effective scrutiny of the behaviour of dominant firms, as well as quick reaction in case of abuses, is particularly important, since illegal practices may cause the early exit from the market of small and innovative competitors;
Amendment 188 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 k (new)
Paragraph 13 k (new)
13k. Notes that lack of regulation in the sharing economy, gives some companies an unfair advantage, while at the same time decreases incentives for investment in those sectors concerned;
Amendment 192 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Acknowledges the important role played by State aid control since the beginning of the crisis as a restructuring and resolution mechanism for distressed banks;
Amendment 193 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Believes that the Commission should consider the possibility for state aid to banks to be linked to conditionality on credit to SMEs;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Amendment 195 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Believes that State aid control during the crisis should focus both on stabilising the banking system and on tackling unfair segmentation of the credit conditions and discrimination of SMEs in the single market;
Amendment 196 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Urges the Commission to monitor closely those markets in the banking sector where concentration is high or growing, in particular as a result of restructuring in response to the crisis; recalls that oligopolistic markets are particularly prone to anticompetitive practices; fears that this concentration may ultimately harm consumers;
Amendment 197 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14f. Urges the Commission to make sure that banks, before they receive any State aid, sell their stakes in other companies, thereby reducing the burden for the taxpayer;
Amendment 198 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 g (new)
Paragraph 14 g (new)
14g. Calls the Commission to follow closely the conditions to be proposed by the ECB to give new banking licenses to ensure that creates a level playing field without high barriers of entrance to the market. Strongly believes that given the high concentration in the banking sector of some Member States, a higher number of banking entities would be good for consumers and SMEs;
Amendment 222 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the need in the transport sector forCalls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a level playing field which allows free but also fair competition in all transport modes;
Amendment 227 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that the Commission should further strengthen the links between competition policy and transport policy to improve the competitiveness of the European transport sector;
Amendment 228 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to increase their efforts in order to guarantee the opening of the railway transport sector to fair competition, as well as a better quality of services;
Amendment 229 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Calls on the Commission to open up competition in those Member States that have port and airport public networks, particularly if their management is monopolised by the central government or if they persistently generate public deficits;
Amendment 230 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Urges the Commission to complete the implementation of the Single European Railway Area, ensure full transparency in the flows of money between infrastructures managers and railway undertakings, and verify that each Member State has a strong and independent national regulator;
Amendment 231 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Stresses that the single market in the rail freight sector is affected by incorrect or incomplete transposition of EU law by Member States and by bottlenecks to cross-border mobility that harm competition and growth; calls on the Commission to verify whether technical or market barriers that differ from one Member States to another, such as track gauges, energy supply and signalling systems, can be considered infringements of competition rules;
Amendment 232 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19f. Invites the Commission to provide a justified overview to ascertain which air carriers benefit from advantages over other service providers through special conditions or alleged abuses of their dominant position in certain airports;
Amendment 233 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Encourages the Commission to investigate whether certain practices with regard to the imposition of specific hub airports – based on the terms of the over 1000 bilateral air services agreements signed by Member States with non-EU countries – are detrimental to fair competition between carriers and airports, and are against European consumers’ interests;
Amendment 239 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls the Commission to take action in order to reduce fragmentation in the rent-a-car sector, as currently national regulations greatly increase the costs for trans-border movements, damaging thus the single market;
Amendment 255 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the fact that the Framework Agreement provides for equal treatment of Parliament and the Council regarding access to meetings and the provision of information in the preparation of legislation or soft law in the field of competition policy;
Amendment 262 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers that it should have co- decision powers in competition policy; regrets that Articles 103 and 109 TFEU provide only for consultation of Parliament; believes that this democratic deficit cannot be tolerated; proposes that this deficit be overcome as soon as possible through interinstitutional arrangements in the field of competition policy and corrected in the next Treaty change;
Amendment 268 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls the Commission to fully investigate if the use of tax ruling as unveiled by the LuxLeaks case constitutes a form of illegal state aid and if this is an existing situation in other Member States;
Amendment 269 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Hopes that in order to ensure that the investigation on the LuxLeaks case is perceived as neutral by the European public, the President of the Commission should recuse himself from taking part into the final decision of the Commission regarding the legality of the tax rulings, avoiding any kind of conflict of interests;
Amendment 270 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Whereas the massive avoidance of taxes by some enterprises distorts competition in the single market;
Amendment 271 #
2014/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Believes that the Commission should propose a convergence code with tax ranges that would avoid extreme cases, as well as increase efforts to introduce the Common Corporate Consolidated Tax Base. Moreover, a country-by country compulsory reporting should be imposed in all multinational companies. These measures would ensure tax competition among Member States and at the same time create a level-playing field for all European enterprises;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the success of the OMT program in lowering borrowing interest rates should not be used by Member States as an opportunity to avoid structural reforms to enhance growth potential and achieve fiscal sustainability in the medium term.
Amendment 27 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas low energy prices, particularly oil, have been one of the main contributors on the decrease in inflation rates in the eurozone.
Amendment 29 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the level of public and private investment in the euro area has been stagnating at levels significantly below those registered before the start of the crisis; whereas it has been common among big enterprises to use the environment of cheap money to realize self-serving buybacks instead of new investments.
Amendment 39 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the results of the comprehensive assessment of European banks should have a positive impact on current monetary policies and the bank's willingness to increase their lending activities, particularly to the real economy;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the size of the euro system’s balance-sheet has declined steadily over the course of 2013, reflecting receding financial fragmentation; however, this decreasing financial fragmentation has not had effect on loans to SMEs and households;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the effects of a possible Quantitative Easing in the eurozone, would probably be dampened by the excessive credit intermediation of the banking sector;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas the European credit markets need to diversificate through the gradual increase of the share on credit intermediation through financial instrum ents. This diversification would render monetary policy more effective;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas current evidence suggests that Quantitative Easing doesn't have any substantial effect on bank lending, and beyond a change in inflation expectations, its main effect is to raise the price of assets and more specifically stock markets;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas Article 282 TFEU states that the primary objective of the ECB is to maintain price stability; whereas Article 123 TFEU and Article 21 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB prohibit the monetary financing of governments; recalls that this was a sine qua non condition for several Member States to go into the European Monetary Union.
Amendment 53 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the high level of public and private indebtedness in some Member States are obstacles for the correct transmission of monetary policy;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the low risk premium paid by many eurozone Member States in the last months, it is not so linked to the action of their governments but the success of the OMT program and the existing close to zero inflation;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that low borrowing costs by Member States are running hand in hand with rising public debts, close or beyond 100% of GDP in many cases, and warns that a new crisis could start a reassessment of risk by financial markets;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the ECB to consider in its balance sheet expansion policy the buying of EIB project bonds, which fund some of the more productive investments in the eurozone, particularly from those projects chosen by the Commission as having European added value after a cost-benefit analysis, particularly TEN-T projects in energy and transport;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls the ECB to consider the possibility of easing access to its liquidity to non-monetary financial institutions such as regional public banks;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that regarding the collateral framework, bonds issued by regional governments with legislative and tax collection powers should have the same haircut as central government bonds, as otherwise the current gap creates distortions between layers of government;
Amendment 96 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes the ECB should improve its collateral framework in order to reduce excessive pro-cyclicality of haircuts on eligible assets;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the measures announced by the ECB in June 2014 aimed at enhancing the functioning of the monetary policy transmission mechanism; acknowledges that the TLTRO introduces, for the first time, a link between loans to the non- financial private sector granted by banks and the amount of refinancing the banks can claim; hopes that the satisfactory results in the AQR will enhance the use of the TLTRO by European banks.
Amendment 108 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the ECB has announced that it will purchase asset-backed securities (ABS) and covered bonds in order to empower the credit-easing impact of the TLTROs; stresses that such interventions on ABS market must be conducted in a transparent manner that does not create excessive risks for the ECB’s balance sheetrelevant enough to have an effect on lending rates for SMEs, reduce fragmentation and to be conducted in a transparent manner;
Amendment 117 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses its concern regarding the considerable fragmentation of lending conditions for SMEs across the eurozone countries, and by the existing gap between financing rates granted to SMEs and those granted to bigger companies; insists that these long-standing problems are not appropriately addressed by the recent measures announced by ECB to boost bank lending, and that the ECB should study the possibility of launching a specific programme to support SMEs access to credit; calls the ECB to investigate if this gap has any correlation with concentration in the banking sector;
Amendment 123 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that the idea of buying corporate bonds should be rule out, as due to the use of buybacks by big enterprises would probably have little effect on stimulating investment and internal demand.
Amendment 152 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the TARGET 2 system should be improved in the medium term, taking the model of the Federal Reserve as a template in order to reduce excessive risk taking and improve the financial safety of the euro system;
Amendment 158 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that the independence of the ECB in the conduct of its monetary policy, as enshrined in the Treaties, is crucial to the objective of safeguarding price stability and keeping inflation close by below 2%;
Amendment 160 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls the ECB to make a step backwards in its role inside the Troika in order to reinforce its independence from political decisions;
Amendment 166 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the complexity of monetary policy instruments makes it difficult for the citizen of the euro area to understand the ECB’s actions; asks the ECB to strengthen its communication efforts in order to make its actions more transparentWelcomes the step forward brought by the ECB in order to publish the minutes of its meeting and looks forward to the beginning of this practice in January 2015. Is satisfied that this demand from the last European Parliament reports has been acknowledged by the ECB governing council;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that recent information that has come to the public light underline the importance of a prudent use of ELA in the future. It cannot be accepted again that a Member State's banking sector indebts itself for a relevant %of its GDP in this way;
Amendment 171 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Encourages the ECB to keep improving its gender policy in its nominations in order to eliminate the current gap. Welcomes the nomination of Ms Daniel Nouy to head the supervision of the European Banking sector, particularly for her high merits and strong resumé;
Amendment 176 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the fact that the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), the first pillar of the Banking Union, became fully operational on 4 November 2014; notes that this major step in European financial integration was achieved thanks to the successful completion of the preparatory work, including the Asset Quality Review (AQR); thanks the ECB for using its credibility to support the European banking system, particularly because some national supervisors where the banking sector was bailed-out were already widely discredit;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Hopes that the results of the AQR have adequately taken into account all risks, in order to avoid the japanification of European banking and the ever- greening of loans impossible to repay;
Amendment 182 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Believes that the ECB should go forward in the codification of common accounting standards for all European banks, avoiding distortions;
Amendment 183 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Encourages the ECB to use its capacity to give banking licenses to those who demand in order to start new banking projects and to open up competition in the Member States with the most concentrated banking sectors;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Considers that the ECB has great responsibility in ensuring that future bank recapitalizations will be done through the bail-in scheme, when access to markets is difficult or impossible;
Amendment 185 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Calls the ECB to ensure in its daily practices the complete ring-fencing between monetary policy and its role as banking supervisor;
Amendment 190 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Supports the idea that in order to make bail-in more credible and effective, the European legislation should advance to separate the more risky investment activities from traditional banking;
Amendment 191 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Believes that the current structure of the Banking Union should be complemented in the future by a common European Deposit Guarantee that avoids capital flight to safety in the event of a future banking crisis;
Amendment 203 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Points out that activity on government securities continues to be a major source of profit for banks of the euro area, even though credit to the non-financial private sector remains sluggish; calls the ECB to warn on those banks that keep increasing their holdings of government bonds while decreasing credit to the private sector.
Amendment 209 #
2014/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that the task of the ECB would be greatly complemented by the existence of an eurozone fiscal capacity, and some kind of eurobills able to help to absorb asymmetric shocks;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas particular efforts should be made to expand joint interventions (combining EIF or other guarantee tools) for financing SMEs oreducing fragmentation on interest rates inside the single market as well as tangible and intangible sustainable infrastructures;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note in that context of the establishment of a Task Force, led by the Commission and the European Investment Bank, with a view to identifying concrete actions to boost investment, including a pipeline of potentially viable projects of European relevance to be realised in the short and medium term; emphasises that this Task Force should explicitly identify hurdles and remedies for increasing investments and actively seek the involvement of Parliament, social partners and CSOs; believes that TEN-T projects in Energy and Transport should be prioritized, as well as other projects with an European added value and a positive cost-benefit analysis;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that, in this respect, appropriate EIB involvement in an EU investment plan will require a substantial increase in EIB lending and borrowing ceilings within the next five years with a view to significantly increasing its balance sheet size; points out that such an increase will imply a combination of a new capital increase and guarantees provided to new credit lines in the framework of the plan; believes that an excessive level of leverage will undermine the objectives of the investment plan;
Amendment 106 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets in particular the role played by the EIB and the Commission in the Castor project, which is funded in the framework of PBI, involving a risk assessment which did not take account of the risk of increased seismic activity associated with the injection of gas, despite the existence of studies clearly warning of the potential dangers8 ; urges the Commission and the EIB to take action in order to avoid Spainish citizens having to pay EUR 1 300 million in compensation over a disastrously assessed project either through a higher deficit or raising energy costs that would have a negative impact on poverty; __________________ 8 See: Observatori de l’Ebre (CSIC, URLL). Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (SGEA/SHG; Ref.: GAD/13/05) - ‘Almacenamiento subterráneo de gas natural Amposta (Permiso Castor) Ttarragona); IAM 2109-07 - Estudio elaborado por la Dirección General de Política Ambiental y Sostenibilidad del Departamento de Medio Ambienta y Vivienda de la Generalitat de Catalunya sobre el estudio de impacto ambiental del Proyecto de almacén subterráneo de gas natural Castor’; and Simone Cesca, Francesco Grigoli, Sebastian Heimann, Álvaro González, Elisa Buforn, Samira Maghsoudi, Estefania Blanch y Torsten Dahm (2014): ’The 2013 September– October seismic sequence offshore Spain: a case of seismicity triggered by gas injection?’, Geophysical Journal International, 198, 941–953.
Amendment 36 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it of paramount importance to use the available resources for supporting, enhancing and promoting cultural heritage on the basis of an integrated and holistic approach, while taking into account the cultural, economic, social, historical, environmental and scientific components;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to the Commission’s autumn forecast, after two consecutive years of unanticipated negative growth, gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro area is expected to rise by 0.8 % in 2014 and by 1.1 % in 2015, meaning that the pre-crisis growth rate will not be regained this yeareconomic recovery is gaining ground;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, according to the Commission’s autumn forecast, investment in the euro area decreased by 3.4 % in 2012, by 2.4 % in 2013 and by 17 % since the pre-crisis period, with the expected rebound rate in 2014 (0.6 %) and that anticipated for 2015 (1.7 %) being very weak; whereas both a lack of investment can be just as detrimental to future generations as excessive public debtd excessive public debt are a burden for future generations;
Amendment 124 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a European investment plan is being put in place to raise EUR 315 billion in new investments over the next three years whose success also depends on the implementation of structural reforms to create an investor-friendly environment in Member States;
Amendment 144 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines, however, that since the new rules have been introduced, progress has been made in addressing fiscal consolidation, with the EU-28 average fiscal deficit falling from 4.5% of GDP in 2011 to a forecast of around 3% of GDP in 2014;
Amendment 145 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Welcomes the Commission communication (COM(2014) 905) on the application of the Six- and Two-Pack; agrees with the Commission that the ability to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of the regulations is limited by the short experience of their operation, which in addition has been characterised by a severe economic crisis and hence leaves the rules untested in normal economic times;
Amendment 146 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Stresses that at the core of the economic governance system is the prevention of excessive deficit and debt levels as well as excessive macroeconomic imbalances; underlines therefore that an assessment of the application of the six- pack and two-pack at this stage remains partial as the efficiency of the system to a large extent relies on the proper working of the preventive part of it, which is precisely what remains to be proven in better economic times;
Amendment 147 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Welcomes the measures taken by the EU to respond to the weaknesses in its economic governance system revealed by the economic and financial crisis, namely the six-pack and two-pack; believes these represent a necessary first step to strengthen budgetary surveillance and economic policy coordination;
Amendment 258 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that ensuring the credibility of the framework is key to enhancing its democratic legitimacy; stresses that credibility can only be assured by a consistent and fair implementation of the framework across countries and over time;
Amendment 275 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns that the accumulation of procedures that is due to the nature of its creation makes the economic governance framework complex and not transparent enough, which is detrimental to the ownership and acceptance by parliaments, social partners and citizens of guidelines, recommendations and reforms stemming from this framework by parliaments, social partners and citizens in Member States;
Amendment 386 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. BelievStresses that the structural reform clause under the preventive arm and the means of consideringprecondition for the application of the structural reform pclansuse under the correcpreventive arm constitute a step forward as regards ensuring the more efficient implementais the formal parliamentary adoption of a reforms by Member States; calls for further clarification as to the types of structural reforms eligible under this new scheme; believes that a direct link to the cost, timeframe impact and value of structural reforms should also be explicit in the corrective arm of the SGPcompatibility of the reinterpretation of the rules with the Treaty and secondary law;
Amendment 616 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Takes the view that a more decentralised fiscal governance framework does not impair the proper functioning of EMU if Member States take full ownership of its rules and compliance with the fiscal surveillance framework can be fully ensured by EU institutions, while including sovereign default as a possible and credible last resort option;
Amendment 617 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Takes the view that implementation and an effective enforcement of the current economic governance framework is the best way forward for the EMU: stresses the need for political ownership of the common rules and tool both at EU and national level which includes a stronger commitment of national parliaments and governments to implement structural reforms;
Amendment 658 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for a newUnderlines that the legal framework for future assistance programmes needs to be improved in order to ensure that all decisions are taken under the responsibility of the Commission with full involvement of Parliament; stresses that Parliament should without delay follow up on its resolution of 13 March 2014 on the enquiry on the role and operations of the Troika and prepare a new, separate resolution fully dedicated to this issue drawing and building on the first enquiry;
Amendment 777 #
2014/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 3
Paragraph 37 – indent 3
– the inclusion of the ESM in Union law and a new approach towards a Eurobonds, pean insolvency procedure for sovereigns to safeguard market discipline;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the joint statement of 6 May 2014 by 10 MSs on enhanced cooperation on the FTT and the progress of its implementation; calls on participating MSs to reach an agreement including derivative transactions by the end of 2014; Believes that the FTT revenues should go directly or indirectly to the European budget;
Amendment 125 #
2014/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that the EU budget should be financed through own resources in order to be independent from discretionary transfers coming from central governments;
Amendment 283 #
2014/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that in those regions with legislative powers fiscal federalism, which means tax collection at regional level, is the tool to enhance the fiscal responsibility and efficiency of regional governments.
Amendment 223 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that structural reforms should particularly be targeted at improving labour markets’ capacity to integrate young people into the workforce; believes, also, that structural reform should be aimed at the mid- and long-term sustainability of social security, health-care and pension systems, as well as lowering energy prices to increase the competitiveness of European enterprises;
Amendment 236 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that the absence of a well functioning internal labour market and of a positive approach to immigration hampers growth in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a common labour market and a modercommon immigration policy;
Amendment 263 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the fact that structural reforms must be complemented by longer- term investment in education, research, innovation and sustainable energy; stresses, however, the fact that, in some fields, private investment is more conducive to growth than public investment;
Amendment 313 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Believes that urgent reforms should be envisaged for all those states where the difficulties for the creation of enterprises hamper potential growth and job creation.
Amendment 322 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Underlines the upmost importance of setting up the legislation on long-term investments.
Amendment 343 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the fact that the European Semester must in no way jeopardise the prerogatives of the European Parliament or those of the national and regional parliaments; underlines the fact that there should be a clear division between EU and national competences, and that Parliament is the seat of accountability at Union level;
Amendment 8 #
2014/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) This Regulation should not interfere with the division of regional or local competences within the Member States, including regional and local self- government.
Amendment 24 #
2014/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission should have the power to adopt delegated acts under Article 290 of the TFEU to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of particular legislative acts, notably to take account of economic, social and technical developments. The Commission should ensure that these delegated acts do not impose a significantn additional administrative burden on Member States or on the respondent units, other than what is absolutely necessary.
Amendment 56 #
2014/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 184/2005
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. When exercising the powers delegated in Article 2(3), the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significantn additional administrative burden on Member States and on the respondents, other than what is absolutely necessary.
Amendment 59 #
2014/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 184/2005
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 2(3), shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of twohree 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 twohree months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 815 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, a product shall be regarded as bearing terms referring to organic production where, in the labelling, advertising material or commercial documents, such a product, its ingredients or feed materials are described in terms suggesting to the purchaser that the product, its ingredients or feed materials have been obtained in accordance with this Regulation. In particular, the terms listed in Annex IV, or their equivalents in other languages that, while not being official languages of the Union, their status is officially recognised by the constitution of a Member State; their derivatives or diminutives, such as ‘'bio' and 'eco', alone or combined, may be used throughout the Union [and in any language listed in that Annex] for the labelling and advertising of products referred to in Article 2(1) which comply with this Regulation.
Amendment 155 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'minerals' means ores and concentrates containing tin, tantalum and tungsten, and gold as set out in the Annex Icovered resources' means all natural resources;
Amendment 171 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 199 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) 'importeoperator' means any natural or legal person declaring minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation for release for free circulation within the meaning of Article 79 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/199213 ; __________________ 13Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1).that places covered products on the market for the first time;
Amendment 205 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) 'covered products' means all covered resources and products comprising or containing covered resources [Note: seec. below for definition];
Amendment 206 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) 'placing on the market' means the supply by any means, irrespective of the selling technique used, of products for the first time on the internal market for distribution or use in the course of commercial activity whether in return for payment or free of charge, including the supply by means of distance communication as defined in Directive 97/7/EC; 'placing on the market' also includes the supply on the internal market of products derived from covered products already placed on the internal market;
Amendment 268 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Any importer of minerals or metals within the scope of the Regulation mayshall self-certify as responsible importer by declaring to a Member State competent authority that it adheres to the supply chain due diligence obligations set out in this Regulation. The declaration shall contain documentation in which the importer confirms its adherence to the obligations including results of the independent third- party audits carried out.
Amendment 132 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) This Regulation should not interfere with the division of regional or local competences within the Member States, including regional and local self- government.
Amendment 3 #
2014/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the compliance with all the macroeconomic conditionality previous to the entrance of Lithuania to the euro sets a good precedent on its economic policy and future governance;
Amendment 4 #
2014/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the euro has been a very effective shield to protect the eurozone from an exchange rate crisis;
Amendment 5 #
2014/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the particular situation of the Lithuanian banking sector (dominated by foreign banks) makes a good and cooperative implementation of the Banking Union of the utmost importance;
Amendment 10 #
2014/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the entrance of Lithuania into the eurozone, and states satisfaction that already 19 countries have decided to share the European Union common currency;
Amendment 13 #
2014/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7(a) Calls for a swift implementation of the Fiscal Compact during 2014 and 2015 to show Lithuania’s full commitment to fiscal discipline and balanced budgets;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is based on a draft macroeconomic adjustment programme prepared by the Member State requesting financial assistance and approved by the Council; whereas a MoU is an agreement between the Member State concerned and the Troika, which results from negotiations and whereby a Member State undertakes to carry out a number of actions in exchange for financial assistance; whereas the Commission signs the MoU on behalf of euro area finance ministers; whereas it is stipulated in the ESM Treaty that a Member State requesting assistance from the ESM has also to address a request for assistance to the IMF;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the ECJ has stated in its Pringle ruling that the prohibition laid down in Article 125 TFEU ensures that the Member States remain subject to the logic of the market when they enter into debt, since that ought to prompt them to maintain budgetary discipline and that compliance with such discipline contributes at Union level to the attainment of a higher objective, namely maintaining the financial stability of the monetary union; it stresses, however, that Article 125 TFEU does not prohibit the granting of financial assistance by one or more Member States to a Member State which remains responsible for its commitments to its creditors provided that the conditions attached to such assistance are such as to prompt that Member State to implement a sound budgetary policy;
Amendment 132 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. Whereas the system should evolve towards a bigger democratic accountability of EU institutions, including the possibility that the European Parliament votes on the approval of adjustment programs.
Amendment 143 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the programmes were in the short run primarily meant to avoid a disorderly default and stop speculation on sovereign debt; whereas the medium term aim was to ensure that the money that was lent would be reimbursed, thus avoiding a large financial loss that would rest on the shoulders of the taxpayers of the countries which are providing the assistance and guaranteeing the funds; whereas this also requires the programme to deliver on sustainable public finances, sustainable growth and effective debt reduction in the medium and long term; whereas the programmes were not suited to comprehensiveis also requires the programme to deliver on modernising the public sector to establish a lean and efficient public administration as a pre- condition for the swift and proper implementation of these programmes and further structural reforms; whereas the programmes could only partly correcting macroeconomic imbalances which had accumulated sometimes over decades;
Amendment 153 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas it is crucial to recognize in this context that the four Member States under assistance were very different in terms of their industrial and financial structures and that for this reason one- size fits all policies could not work;
Amendment 154 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas programme countries have received several hundred billion euros from other countries in the eurozone.
Amendment 155 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. Whereas the European public should be aware that creditor countries risk losing several billion euros in case that an OSI materialises in the coming years.
Amendment 174 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the precise triggers for the crises differed in all four Member States; points out that excessive public and private debt, and a loss of competitiveness played a crucial role all of which could not be prevented by the existing EU economic governance framework;
Amendment 181 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that while domestic policy mistakes were important factors in the development of the underlying vulnerabilities, all four Member States also fell victim to repercussions of the global financial crisis that first surfaced with Lehman Brothers and further spread to the euro area, exposing rigidities and incompleteness in the fiscal and structural architecture of the EMU;
Amendment 282 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that data should be published on the use that European funds from bail-outs. The quantity of funds directed to finance the deficit, fund the government and repay private creditors should be clarified.
Amendment 371 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Deeply regrets that the return of credit to the healthy private sector is not one of the main objectives in rescue programmes directed to the banking sector.
Amendment 388 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that each Member State's reform efforts need to be tailor-made taking the experiences and histories of the respective country into consideration;
Amendment 429 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the end of the programme for Ireland and the expected end of the programme for Portugal and the financial sector programme for Spain; regrets the lack of progress in Greece despite unprecedented reforms having been undertaken;
Amendment 549 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that too little attention has been given to alleviating the negative impact of adjustment strategies in the programme countries; deplores that too often the one-size fits all approach taken to crisis management did not fully consider the balance in the social impact of the prescribed policy measures;
Amendment 584 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the Troika’s mandate has been perceived as being unclear and lacking transparency; welcomes however that since the entry into force of Regulation No 472/2013 which codifies the surveillance procedures to be employed in the euro for countries experiencing financial difficulties, a de facto mandate for the Troika has been established; calls for full implementation and full ownership of this regulation;
Amendment 618 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30c. Stresses that despite the Commission acting on behalf of the Member States the ultimate political responsibility for the design and approval of the macroeconomic adjustment programmes lies with EU Finance Ministers and their governments;
Amendment 619 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Deplores that neither the President of the Eurogroup nor the President of the European Council did attend the hearings in the European Parliament on the role of the Troika;
Amendment 624 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes the admission by the former President of the Eurogroup before the European Parliament that the Eurogroup endorsed the recommendations of the Troika without considering their specific policy implications; stresses that, if accurate, this does not discharge euro area finance ministers from their political responsibility for the macroeconomic adjustment programmes and the MoUs;
Amendment 646 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Points equally to a possible conflict of interest between the current role of the ECB in the Troika as ‘technical advisor’ and its position as creditor of the four Member States as well as its mandate under the Treaty; requests that possible ECB conflicts of interest, especially as regards crucial liquidity policy are carefully scrutinized; notes that throughout the crisis, the ECB has had crucial information on the health of the banking sector and financial stability in general, and that it has subsequently exerted policy leverage on decision- makers, at least in the cases of the Greek debt-restructuring, the Cypriot ELA operations and the Irish non-inclusion of senior-bondholders in the bail-in; calls for the appropriate lessons to be learnt;
Amendment 659 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that the ECB’'s role is not sufficiently defined, as it is stated in Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 and the ESM Treaty that the Commission should work ‘in liaison with the ECB’, thus reducing the ECB’s role to that of a provider of expertise; further notes that the ECB mandate is limited by the TFEU to monetary policy and that the active involvement of the ECB in any matters related to budgetary, fiscal and structural policies ris therefore on uncertain legal groundks being outside its mandate;
Amendment 671 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Points to the generally weak democratic accountability of the Troika in programme countries at national level; notes however that this democratic accountability varies between countries, depending on the will of national executives; Notes with concern that three independent institutions of the Troika with an uneven distribution of responsibility between them, coupled with differing mandates and negotiation and decision-making structures with different levels of accountability, resulted in a lack of appropriate scrutiny and democratic accountability of the Troika as a whole;
Amendment 688 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Recalls that the Parliaments of the Member States requesting financial assistance approved the macroeconomic adjustment programmes; points out that a national parliament objected to such a programme and thereby proved wrong the criticism that there is no alternative but to approve as objection to and revision of programmes is possible;
Amendment 696 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
3a. Deplores that EU institutions are being portrayed as the scapegoat for adverse effects in Member States' macroeconomic adjustment while it is the Member States' Finance Ministers that bear the political responsibility for the Troika and its operations; stresses that this may lead to increased Euroscepticism although responsibility lies with the national not the European level;
Amendment 697 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. Calls on the Eurogroup, the Council and the European Council to assume full responsibility for the operations of the Troika;
Amendment 850 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Requests that in any reform of the Troika framework the ECB role is carefully analysed in order to align it with the ECB mandate; requests especially to assess the viability granting the ECB a transparent and clearly defined advisory role while not allowing it to be a full negotiation partner and discontinuing ECB co-signing mission statements;
Amendment 851 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Is concerned, in particular, to improve the accountability of decisions of the Eurogroup with regard to financial assistance as finance ministers bear the ultimate political responsibility for macroeconomic adjustment programmes and their implementation while often neither being directly accountable to their national parliament nor the European Parliament for specific decisions; believes that before financial assistance is being granted the President of the Eurogroup should be heard before the European Parliament and the EU finance ministers in their respective parliament; stresses that the President of the Eurogroup and the finance ministers should both be required to regularly report to the European parliament and national parliaments;
Amendment 852 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Believes that in political actions derived from the adjustment programmes conditionality, the Commission should be fully accountable to the MEPs and should answer all the parliamentary questions presented.
Amendment 889 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Stresses that the EU and the euro area in particular need to continue the path of economic reforms to increase the overall competitiveness of the Union, to create growth and jobs, and to make it more resilient to external shocks;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on relations between the European Parliament and national and regional parliaments
Amendment 22 #
2013/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the reference to national parliaments should be understood as the national and/or regional parliament that has legislative powers on a certain issue.
Amendment 43 #
2013/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. Whereas the European Parliament should take fully into account the views from regional parliaments with legislative powers, as many times European legislation needs to be implemented at regional level.
Amendment 133 #
2013/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes legislative moves directed to make start-ups and innovative SMEs less dependent on bank lending and have better access to capital markets;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2013/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Member States' judiciary should have the tools to prosecute those torturers that have never been judged, particular attention should be given to the torture cases during dictatorships in Europe as a lot of times these crimes have gone unpunished;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas it is deeply embarrassing that some torture cases that happened in Europe are being judged for the first time in third countries like Argentina;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Member States should apply at least the same transparency standards as the EU institutions;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the Commission should make a proposal in order to harmonize the rules regarding right to access documentation in all Member States and ensure that all documents older than 100 years are made public;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas private documents held by Member States governments and EU institutions should be returned to their legitimate owners;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Commission should also prepare an Annual Report to check if Human Rights as enshrined in the Copenhagen criteria, and the Treaties are fully respected in the EU.
Amendment 163 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the European Commission's decision to place the rule of law at the heart of the enlargement process; urges the EU to remain vigilant during the enlargement processes and to demand rigorous implementation of provisions critical to human rights, such as protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities and guaranteeing no discrimination against them, particularly those based on the language that they use, establishing the rule of law and effective access to justice, and guaranteeing fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates that unused structural funds can now be used as a special guarantee fund for EIB lending, especially in Greece; highlights, furthermore, the success of EIB pilot-project bonds; calls for the continued and increased use of such bonds; believes however that EIB should better evaluate on which projects to invest and their safety and risk profile, as the Castor Project in Spain which benefits from the project-bonds has created dozens of microseisms and may even have to close with millionaire losses.
Amendment 30 #
2013/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Arrangements should be made to ensure that the election of the Commission President is made between elected MEPs.
Amendment 86 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas historical research and history education do not attempt to transmit a single truth about the past, but nevertheless aim to approach the historical truth as near as possible based on solid facts and qualified evidence and by striving towards objectivity;
Amendment 226 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that it is unacceptable to apply double standards when assessing and critically analysing Communism, Fascism and National Socialism;
Amendment 271 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the proposal for a Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the aim of which is to establish an international judicial body to deal with the most serious crimes of the Communist dictators; believes that it should also deal with the crimes of Fascist regimes and dictatorships that never confronted a similar judicial body;
Amendment 291 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls the Commission to ensure that there is no banalization of totalitarian regimes in the media, the schools and the political discourse in Member States, and to be strict in the compliance with Council Decision 2008/913/JAI;
Amendment 317 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Strongly believes that no public funds should go to civil society platforms that their main issue is to promote the positive remembrance of totalitarian regimes and their leaders, as it has happened in Spain with Fundación Francisco Franco;
Amendment 349 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls Member States to ensure that those private documents taken by force by totalitarian regimes and held by public archives are returned to citizens if they request it;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that food fraud has the potential to undermine the significant work undertaken at the national and EU level in strengthening and modernising health and safety and quality controls in the food chain and to damage the reputation of European foodstuffs;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that consumers who, either knowingly or unknowingly, buy counterfeit foodstuff are putting their health at risk as fraudulent foods are often not subject to any health and safety or quality controls;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the extension of current traceability regimes and the systematic implementation of the ‘step-free’ traceability provided for in basic Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 covering food and feed, food-producing animals, and all other substances destined for this purpose or which can be expected to be used in the production of food or feed; calls for the entire food chain in Europe, including all stages of production, processing and sales and distribution, to be transparent and fully open to scrutiny by inspectors in order to ensure that food fraud and poor quality products can be quickly identified and remedial action undertaken without delay.
Amendment 1 #
2013/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the creation of South Sudan was decided by voting in a referendum, and this method should stand as best practices in order to resolve territorial political conflicts;
Amendment 256 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the Union and Member States should step up their measures to promote equality, combat discrimination and protect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, and their measures relating to gender equality, the rights of the child, the rights of older persons, the integration of people with disabilities and the rights of LGBT persons; reiterates for the umpteenth time its call for the Council to adopt the Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; considers that discrimination on linguistic grounds should also be tackled
Amendment 351 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that European citizenship cannot be lost by citizens in any circumstance involving a democratic decision.
Amendment 370 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Expresses its concerns on the politization of constitutional courts in certain Member States and remembers the utmost importance of an independent judicial system.
Amendment 5 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to the Commission services' spring 2013 forecast, GDP in the eurozone fell by 0.6 % in 2012 , after a rise of 1.4 % in 2011 and will contract by 0.4 % in 2013 before rising by 1.2 % in 2014;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the same forecast, unemployment in the eurozone rose from 10.2 % at the end of 2011 to 11.4 % at the end of 2012 and risks further increasing to 12.2 % in 2013 before slightly decreasing again in 2014;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Article 282 TFEU states that the primary objective of the ECB is to maintain price stability and that the ECB should support general economic policies of the Union without prejudice to price stability; whereas the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) works under the auspices of the ECB in the area of financial stability;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the recommendations concerning transparency of voting and the publication of summary minutes put forward in previous Parliament resolutions on the ECB annual reports have not yet been taken into account;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas maintaining a flow of credit to SMEs is particularly important as they employ 72 % of the eurozone's labour force and have significantly higher gross job creation (and destruction) rates than large enterprises;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the deposit facility held EUR 315.754 million on 28 September 2012;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas credit in the Eurozone is falling by 2% annually and in some countries as Spain the annual fall is at 8% only in 2012;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas SMEs have to pay much higher borrowing costs depending on the country of the Eurozone in which they are situated, creating distortions in the single market;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas the borrowing costs of SMEs are no longer related to their balance sheet and viability but to their origin inside the Eurozone;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Recital G g (new)
Gg. Believes that the credit crunch that is currently affecting SMEs in some parts of the Eurozone is one of the fundamental problems delaying the economic recovery;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WBelcomesieves that the positive effects of the decisions of July 2012 to reduce the key ECB interest rates in the context of very low inflation expectations and weak economic activityare limited as in many parts of the Eurozone the monetary transmission channel is broken or deeply impaired;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Remarks that the LTROs were used by the banks to buy sovereign debt and refinance their bonds but credit to SMEs has not grown as a result of it;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Regrets that two enterprises from the automotive sector used the LTRO to finance themselves though their banking branch; asks the ECB not to permit this situation in the future;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the availability of the ECB to provide furAsks the ECB to take into account the possibility that in the future, ther support to the financial and banking system must be properly to be subject to conditionality, in particular the commitment by institutions benefiting from such support to increase levels of credit or decreasing borrowing interest rates to small and medium-sized enterprises and to households, without which such efforts would prove to be ineffective;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 86 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the setting-up of the OMTs, with no ex ante quantitative limits, in order to safeguard monetary policy transmission, but deplores the decision to link the activation of the OMT to strict conditionalities attached to an EFSF/ESM programme; calls on the ECB to activate OMTs independently from strict conditionality;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers unnecessaryWelcomes the full sterilisation of the liquidity injected by the OMTs, as inflation expectations remain extremely low in a context of weak economic activity;
Amendment 110 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 122 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the ECB to publish, in its monthly report, figures for the amount of public debt of each Member State posted as collateral by financial institutions;
Amendment 123 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is concerned about the significantly high levels of Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) lines provided by national central banks in the course of 2011 under the authorisation of the ECB and demands further disclosure of, and complementary information on, the precise extent of such lines and the underlying operations and on the conditions attached to them;
Amendment 124 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Remarks that the ELA should only be used for banks that are still viable; is concerned about the use of ELA in Cyprus and believes that this program should be cautiously applied;
Amendment 125 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Asks the ECB to lower collateral requirements and the stance on collateral rules for asset-backed securities (ABS), as these are deeply correlated with loans to households and SMEs;
Amendment 126 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Believes that, on collateral rules, the same standards should apply for sovereign as for regional government bonds in those cases where regions have legislative and tax powers, as both types of bond have relevant influence on the good transmission of the ECB monetary policy;
Amendment 127 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Acknowledges that, since the monetary transmission mechanism is not functioning properly, the ECB should seek ways to target SMEs more directly; points out that at present similar SMEs from across the Eurozone do not have similar access to loans despite having similar economic prospects and risks; invites the ECB to implement a policy to purchase high quality securitised SME loans directly, particularly from some Member States where the monetary transmission mechanism is broken; stresses that this policy should be limited in amount and time, fully sterilised and directed to avoid risks on the ECB balance sheet;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9g. Believes that the ECB should take very seriously into account the possibility of launching a specific program to help SMEs to access to credit in the lines of the funding for lending scheme of the Bank of England;
Amendment 129 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9h. Deems that the TARGET2 settlement system has played a crucial role for safeguarding the integrity of the Eurozone financial system; notes, however, that the significant TARGET2 imbalances reveal the worrying fragmentation of financial markets within the Eurozone, as well as the ongoing capital flight in Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability;
Amendment 130 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 i (new)
Paragraph 9 i (new)
9i. Underlines that interesting lessons may be drawn for the Eurozone from the study of the functioning of balance of payments systems in other federal monetary unions such as the United States;
Amendment 133 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 140 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the ECB to make public the legal decision concerning the OMT programme in order to be able to analyse more deeply its details and implications;
Amendment 150 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 155 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Argues that the conduct of monetary policy should be democratic and should result from open deliberation between different viewpoints and approachesin order to strengthen transparency and thereby democratic accountability;
Amendment 159 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 175 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the ECB's independence should not justify lack ofmust be tied to democratic accountability;
Amendment 176 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the ECB's independence should not justify lack of democratic accountabie need for democratic accountability with regard to the SSM and the ECB's involvement in the Troika, while stressing the ECB's independence in the field of monetary politcy;
Amendment 181 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 191 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the ECB to study the possibility of using forward guidance as a non-conventional tool to enhance the correct transmission of monetary policy; remarks that forward guidance should be tied to positive changes in the economic growth of the Eurozone or to a increase in inflation in the medium term beyond 2%;
Amendment 204 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of a fruitful cooperation between the ECB and the competent national authorities within the framework of the SSM, in order to ensure an effective and smooth supervision, while guaranteeing full separation between monetary policy and supervision;
Amendment 223 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it urgent to approve the establishment of a European Resolution System and Authority in order to protect depositors and prevent further banking crises;
Amendment 235 #
2013/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the ECB to publish the summary minutes of the Governing Council meetings, including arguments and voting records;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in many Member States a severe credit crunch is affecting SMEs, which represent 98% of the EU firms;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that competition policy is a driver of economic growth and job creation, especially in crisis times;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Agrees therefore with the Commission that the crisis should not be a pretext to relax the enforcement of competition rules
Amendment 41 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that it should have co-decision powers in competition policy; regrets that Articles 103 and 109 TFEU provide only for consultation of Parliament,; believes that this democratic deficit cannot be tolerated; proposes that this deficit be overcome as soon as possible through interinstitutional arrangements in the field of competition policy and corrected in the next Treaty change;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of treating Parliament and Council equally as regards access to meetings and the provision of information for the preparation of legislation or soft law in the field of competition policy, as provided for in the Framework Agreement; regrets that this has not been respected by the Commission
Amendment 46 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission to continue to issue soft law guidelines in the field of competition policy, duly taking into account the existing ECJ case law, in order to ensure some legal certainty for stakeholders; considers, however, that soft law cannot replace legislation in areas where legal certainty is crucial;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the Commission should put forward a proposal in order to regulate the competition issues related to minority shareholding.
Amendment 68 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of fostering the global convergence of competition rules; encourages the Commission to conclude bilateral cooperation agreements on competition enforcement such as the recent agreement with Switzerland; welcomes the new rules on information exchange contained in this agreement;
Amendment 78 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Supports the ongoing cooperation within the European Competition Network (ECN) which allows EU-wide coherence of public enforcement of competition rules and encourages its further development;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that NCAs and other national sector regulators should continue to cooperate to ensure complementary action, particularly in sectors where liberalisation is not yet completed or fully operative; suggests the creation of a wider network for European regulators including NCAs and sector regulators for the exchange of best-practices;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Invites the Commission to increase its cooperation with national courts to facilitate private enforcement and the correct resolution of State aid disputes; welcomes the Commission training programmes for national judges;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges the important role played by State aid control since the beginning of the crisis as a restructuring and resolution mechanism for distressed banks;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that DG COMP experience in the field of bank crisis should be considered a best practice and be used in the future more to prevent than for ex- post interventions
Amendment 91 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the Commission should take into account the possibility for state aid to banks to be sometimes be linked to conditionality on credit to SMEs; .
Amendment 103 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that, particularly in the case of banks receiving state aid, the refinancing of loans should take fully into account the viability of the receiver; in the case of multinational corporations, the selling of assets and shares on participated companies should be put as a condition for loan refinancing.
Amendment 110 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that AMCs should try to sell their assets as soon as possible in order to regain market normality and end public intervention in a specific sector.
Amendment 121 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure open and fair competition in all transport modes.
Amendment 124 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that the Commission should further strengthen the links between competition policy and transport policy to improve the competitiveness of the European transport sector;
Amendment 125 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to increase their efforts in order to guarantee the opening of the railway transport sector to fair competition, as well as a better quality of services.
Amendment 132 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -21 (new)
Paragraph -21 (new)
-21. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to revise the EU aviation and airport state aid guidelines by the end of 2013 which will have to eliminate any distortion of competition and establish a level playing field for all market participants
Amendment 142 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -23 (new)
Paragraph -23 (new)
-23. Believes that the Commission needs to be strict with the introduction of energy market reforms to reduce its prices, particularly in those Member States under the excessive deficit procedure.
Amendment 168 #
Amendment 169 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the Commission to open up investigations against the existence of state aid in football as it creates a distortion on the use of public resources.
Amendment 170 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Recalls that net neutrality is of the uttermost importance to ensure that there is no discrimination between internet services and competition is fully guaranteed.
Amendment 171 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Believes that the Commission should carefully study any loan or any refinancing of loans from banks that have received state aid directed to football clubs; particularly the loan rates compared to the average rate in lending and its size compared to the debt of the football club in question
Amendment 47 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that, to tackle youth unemployment, the involvement of regional and local authorities in the design and implementation of the correct policy mix is fundamental;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 128 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, local and regional authorities, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 174 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives, local and regional authorities and third- sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 195 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw up, in cooperation with local and regional authorities and economic and social actors, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school-leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
Amendment 218 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission to include specific measures addressed to combat youth unemployment in all its programmes, taking into account a global and integrated vision according to the emblematic initiative "Youth on the Move" in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 220 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the key role that the European Social Fund should have to combat youth unemployment, and calls on the Member States and Managing Authorities in all Operational Programmes to include measures aimed to achieve this goal;
Amendment 258 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, including measures of mobility to other countries in the European Union and all over the world, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness- raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;
Amendment 271 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and nation, national, regional and local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and nation, national, regional and local stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 283 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster the mobility of young workersemployment opportunities for young people firstly in their territory, and complement this through facilitating the mobility of young workers to other EU countries and the rest of the world, through measures that help enhance their training and experience, and by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 289 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to guarantee policies with measures to facilitate the return of young people to their countries of origin preventing "brain drain" and the loss of human capital.
Amendment 294 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities. Additionally, calls for a greater coordination between EURES and other portals and services for citizens and business (i.e.Europe Direct information points or the European Enterprise Network for SMEs), for greater efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Union working method is based on subsidiarity and multilevel governance between the EU, the Member States and its regions and local authorities;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas some countries like Ireland and Spain have seen their revenue coming from the housing industry greatly falling as a result of the end of its bubble, and they need a change in their taxing distribution or its public expenditure;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas tax systems in the EU shall be oriented to be business friendly in order to enhance their capacity to create growth and jobs;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas in an environment of slow growth and recession, late devolution of anticipated tax payments create additional liquidity problems for corporations;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas tax evasion and avoidance deprive Member States of 1 trillion Euros of taxes;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas some academic studies show that precisely those Member States more affected by the debt crisis and with more difficulties to have a balanced budget inside the eurozone are those that have a bigger share of grey economy;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas fiscal federalism may be a good tool in order to achieve self- responsibility in the tax management at regional level and so entails higher economic efficiency;
Amendment 41 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that all EU legislation shall take duly into account when being drafted the existence not only of national tax regimes but regional too in some parts of Europe;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the healthy competition between different tax systems that exists in the Single Market, its Member States and, in some particular cases, its regions, as this competition boosts, accelerates and stimulates the European economies;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that excessive deficits at the regional level are sometimes related to the lack of relation in their budgets between tax revenue and tax expenditure. At the same time this hinders the creation of the necessary environment to build a self- sustaining growth model;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges that fiscal federalism gives incentives to those regions with legislative and budgetary powers to be responsible for part of their own resources and so can be a useful tool in order to fight against tax fraud;
Amendment 67 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the Commission Action Plan to strengthen the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion and calls the Commission to put forward the proposals announced as soon as possible;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Understands that in order to make the EU budget a useful instrument to enhance growth, own resources are necessary in order to have more autonomy for the Commission in its proposals. In this sense, the revenues coming from an FTT may be a good option;
Amendment 77 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that VAT should not have a flat tax rate for all products. Those products that are considered of first need, and those related to culture, should be treated in a differentiated form;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 137 #
2013/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls Member States to be very careful on obliging enterprises to pay corporate taxes and VAT in an anticipated way, late devolution of part of these taxes creates distortions in theirs accounts and can create liquidity problems and even closure.
Amendment 19 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Thinks that being able to propose a few pieces of legislation every year should be a mid-term goal for the European Parliament.
Amendment 21 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the greater role played by national parliaments in the activities of the European Union, as enshrined in Protocols No 1 (on the role of the national parliaments in the European Union) and No 2 (on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality) annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, has had a positive impact on the development and functioning of the area of freedom, security and justice in particular, not only because the subsidiarity principle is now more likely to be complied with, but also because the broader and closer involvement of the peoples of Europe in the democratic process has made a significant contribution to law-making and European policy-making; believes that subsidiarity should also be applied with those regional governments who have legal powers on this field.
Amendment 28 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that the public should be made more aware of Parliament's democratic role and that European election campaigns should focus on genuinelyall issues that affect European issues;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Deplores that in some Member States the electoral law for the European elections is based on a single and blocked national list. Reminds that this creates a big gap between elected representatives and citizens that reinforce political disaffection against the EU.
Amendment 37 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls all Member States with populations bigger than 20 M to ensure that their electoral law for the European elections includes regional circumscriptions in order to minimize distortions.
Amendment 61 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls urgently for measures to address the so-called Copenhagen dilemma, describing a situation in which the Union sets high standards for candidate countries to meet but lacks tools for Member States; announces its intention to set up a Copenhagen Commission within the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; believes that the current situation undermines the political goals behind the accession process.
Amendment 63 #
2013/2024(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Believes that the current situation, in which Member States can infringe, or permit the infringement, of European Values and conditions for accession as, for example, judiciary independence or equality between citizens, without political consequences is unacceptable and should not continue.
Amendment 307 #
2013/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Expresses deep concern about the chronic poverty, and lack of basic services and adequate housing in the Polisario Front-administered refugee camps near Tindouf; repeats the recommendations of the UNSR on adequate housing that sufficient international funding be directed for this purpose; notes in this regard the lack of clear documentation about the precise number of inhabitants in Tindouf, and urges the authorities to conduct or facilitate regular censuses or formal registrations; notes that despite the harsh living conditions and the heavy dependence on international humanitarian aid of the inhabitants of Tindouf, children's education and empowerment of women remains a priority in the camps.
Amendment 322 #
2013/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Calls on the Moroccan authorities in the occupied territories of Western Sahara to allow and facilitate regular contacts, exchanges and visits of Sahrawi families between the refugee camps and the occupied territories;
Amendment 4 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 17 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the identification between nation state and a single language, or the attempt to establish a process of language replacement in an effort to impose monolingual regimes, is archaic and a restriction and a violation of the European Union's fundamental values;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cohesive multilingual societies that manage their linguistic diversity democratically and sustainably help to foster plurality and are more open and better placed to form part of the richness that linguistic diversity represents;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the situation for some non- hegemonic European languages, which are spoken by cross-border communities and enjoy very different levels of development and protection depending on the Member State or region in which speakers of the language concerned live, reveals that the principle of respect for multilingualism is a value whose implementation varies widely within the Union;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas this type of situation results from the fact that certain Member States insist on upholding archaic notions of political nationalism based on identity between nation state and a single language;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas these disparities imply a restriction on the fundamental rights of European citizens set out in Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the notion of linguistic diversity in the European Union embraces not only official languages, but also co-official languages and languages that are not officially recognised within the Member States, including non-hegemonic languages which link cross-border communities and whose survival could be threatened in some of the states where they are currently spoken;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Community authorities to include effective respect for linguistic diversity, and protection for non- hegemonic European languages in particular, as a condition that must be met by all states wishing to be admitted as an EU Member State;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recommends that the debate on multilingualism in the European Union should be depoliticised, with respect for multilingualism being enshrined in the cultural and democratic acquis of the Member States, promoting language policies to match the benefits which the scientific community agrees should be attributed to early bilingualism, immersion-based education policies and the proven impact of these practices on protection for non-hegemonic European languages;
Amendment 95 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adapt EU policies and programmes so as to support endangered languages and linguistic diversity using EU financial support tools for the period between 2014 and 2020, including: programmes on education and training, youth and sport, the culture and media programme, the structural funds (cohesion fund, ERDF, ESF, European territorial cooperation, EARDF) and all instruments designed to promote new technologies and multimedia platforms, encompassing support for the generation of both content and applications;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that up to 25% of these funds be earmarked for promoting non- hegemonic cross-border languages with varying levels of protection, with aid being linked to structured cooperation programmes between communities of speakers in different Member States;
Amendment 99 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recommends that recovery policies for endangered languages should be structured around three pillars that have proved effective in promoting vulnerable languages in the past: a suitable legal status centring, as a minimum, on the recognition of speakers' linguistic rights and a mandate for public authorities to safeguard them, an active language policy to foster knowledge and use of the language, and a willingness on the part of the public and involvement of speakers of the language concerned in a context of social and political consensus;
Amendment 131 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that the Member States organise or strengthen domestic observatories to monitor the development of non-hegemonic languages, involving both state authorities and the authorities of territories which have their own languages, whether or not these are official languages;
Amendment 132 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recommends that the task of collecting and analysing data from these observatories and issuing the corresponding recommendations should be given to existing independent organisations which have a proven track record in this field and currently receive European funding, such as the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD);
Amendment 141 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to provide constant support, via its various programmes, for transnational networks and European-level initiatives and activities that are designed to promote endangered languages, and emphasises that active participation is needed in order to ensure that UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger remains a permanent fixture and further develop a homogeneous set of indicators that will make it possible to monitor the state of each language and the results of policies being implemented to prevent its disappearance;
Amendment 75 #
2013/0407(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Member States' governments should not leak false information to the media in order to politically attack a person and undermine its right to be presumed innocent.
Amendment 144 #
2013/0407(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that their interior or justice ministries do not leak internal investigations to the media, undermining the right of the accused person.
Amendment 90 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The inability of certain Member States to have well-functioning institutions in the field of bank resolution has increased the damage of the banking crisis over the last years
Amendment 91 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) National authorities may have incentives to bailout the banks with public money before approaching a resolution process, and so the creation of a European Resolution Mechanism will be fundamental to create a level playing field and a more neutral approach to decide if a given bank has to be resolved.
Amendment 127 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) "Semi-professional investor" means any investor who (a) commits to investing a minimum of EUR 100 000 and (b) states in writing, in a separate document from the contract to be concluded for the commitment to invest, that they are aware of the risks associated with the envisaged commitment or investment;
Amendment 129 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
(6b) "Professional ELTIF" means an ELTIF eligible to be marketed only to professional and semi-professional investors;
Amendment 130 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new)
(6c) "Retail ELTIF" means an ELTIF whose investors include retail investors;
Amendment 222 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The rules or instruments of incorporation of the ELTIF shall disclose all the requirements and conditions for the exercise of the redemption rights such as possible initial lock-up period, notification requirements, notification periods, the frequency of the exercise of the redemption rights, the methods of the evaluation of ELTIF units, possibility for restrictions as to the amount of withdrawals from the fund.
Amendment 226 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The end of life of the ELTIF shall be clearly indicated as a specific datn aspirated date as well as of any right of temporary expansion or any right of reducing the life-cycle in the ELTIF rules or instruments of incorporation and disclosed to investors.
Amendment 252 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) iInform investors about the aspirated end of the life of the ELTIF; and of any right of temporary extension or any right of reducing the life-cycle and the specific details.
Amendment 71 #
2013/0181(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The fine referred to in paragraph 1 shall be effective, dissuasive and proportionate to the nature, seriousness and duration of the misrepresentation. The amount of the fine shall not exceed 0.052% of the GDP of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 53 #
2013/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The principles of this Directive should be internally applied in Member States in order to ensure that private cultural objects unlawfully removed from citizens during the 20th century are returned.
Amendment 59 #
2013/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
1) ‘Cultural object’ shall mean an object which: is classified, before or after its unlawful removal from the territory of a Member State, among the ‘national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value’ under national legislation or administrative procedures within the meaning of Article 36 of the Treaty or a private object unlawfully removed from an individual citizen.
Amendment 141 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Each service provider, and especially one that is a new market entrant, should demonstrate its ability to serve a minimum number of vessels, established by the managing body of the port, with its own staff and equipment. The service provider should apply the relevant provisions and rules including applicable labour laws, applicable collective agreements, and quality requirements of the port concerned.
Amendment 211 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure the proper and effective application of this Regulation, an independent supervisory body, which could be an already exevery Member State should ensure that an effective mechanism ist ing body, should be designated in every Member State place to handle complaints.
Amendment 213 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The different independent supervisory bodiMember States should exchange information on their work and cooperate in order to ensurfacilitate a uniform application of this Regulation.
Amendment 220 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 319 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. If the estimated value of the port service exceeds the threshold defined in paragraph 3, the rules on the award procedure, the procedural guarantees and the maximum duration of the concessions as set out in Directive …./…. [concession] shall applyThe selected provider or providers and the managing body of the port shall conclude a port service contract.
Amendment 323 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The threshold and the method to determine the value of the port servParagraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be those of the relevant and applicable provisions of Directive .…/…. [concession]not apply in the cases referred to in Article 9.
Amendment 324 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The selected provider or providers and the managing body of the port shall conclude a port service contract.is Regulation is without prejudice to Directive .../... [concession], Directive ..../....[public utilities] and Directive .../... [public procurement]
Amendment 330 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The duration of port service contracts shall be proportional to the investments made.
Amendment 413 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. In order to contribute to an efficient infrastructure charging system, the structure and the level of port infrastructure charges shall be defined in an autonomous way by the managing body of the port according to its own commercial strategy and investment plan reflecting competitive conditions of the relevant market and in accordance with State aidwith due regard to State aid and competition rules.
Amendment 418 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, port infrastructure charges may vary, inter alia, in accordance with commercial practices related to frequent users, or in order to promote a more efficient use of the port infrastructure, short sea shipping or a high environmental performance, energy efficiency or carbon efficiency of transport operations. The criteria used for such a variation shall be relevant, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory and in due respect of the competition rules. The resulting variation shall in particular be available to all relevant port service users on equal termfair and with due regard to State aid and competition rules.
Amendment 472 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. In the event of a disruption of port services for which public service obligations are imposed or when an immediate risk of such a situation occurs, the competent authority may take an emergency measure. The emergency measure may take the form of a direct award so as to attribute the service to a different provider for a period up to one year. During that time period, the competent authority shall either launch a new procedure to select a provider of port service in accordance with Article 7 or shall apply Article 9. Collective actions cannot disrupt the services given to port users. Any collective action that may disrupt port services should be subject to emergency measures in order to avoid possible damage to port users.
Amendment 592 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, port infrastructure charges may vary in accordance with commercial practices related to frequentthe port’s economic strategy and the port’s spatial planning policy, related inter alia to certain categories of users, or in order to promote a more efficient use of the port infrastructure, short sea shipping or a high environmental performance, energy efficiency or carbon efficiency of transport operations. The criteria used for such a variation shall be relevant, objective, transparent, objective and non-discriminatory and in due respect of the competition rules. The resulting variation shall in particular be available to all relevant port service users on equal ton the basis of nationality and shall comply with state aid and competition rules. Port infrastructure charges may vary also in accordance with commercial practices related inter alia to certain categories of userms.
Amendment 600 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Amendment 615 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – title
Article 15 – title
Consultation of port users and other stakeholders
Amendment 619 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The managing body of the port shall establish a committee of representatives of operators of waterborne vessels,Without prejudice to the competence on the issues listed in points (a) to (d) of this paragraph, the managing body of the port shall when appropriate consult representatives of port users, providers of port services and other relevant stakeholders at least on the following: (a) the general chargo owners or other port users which are requested to paying policy; (b) measures to improve the connections with the hinterland and where appropriate measures to develop and improve the efficiency of rail and infrastructure charge or a port service charge or both. This committee shall be called the ‘land waterways connections; (c) the efficiency of the administrative procedures in port and where appropriate possible measures to simplify them, as well as the proper coordination of port users’ advisory committee’vices within the port area; (d) environmental issues.
Amendment 623 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Amendment 628 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 638 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – title
Article 17 – title
Amendment 642 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an independent supervisory body monitors and superviseseffective mechanism is in place to handle complaints arising from the application of this Regulation infor all the seamaritime ports covered by this Regulation on the territory of each Member State.
Amendment 647 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The independent supervisory body shall be legally distinct from andhandling of complaints shall be carried out in a manner which excludes conflicts of interest and which is functionally independent of any managing body of the port or providers of port services. Member States tshat retain ownership or control of ports or port managing bodies shall ensull ensure that there anis effective structurfunctional separation between the functions rehandling of complating to the supervision and monitoring of this Regulation and the activities associated with that ownership or control. The independent supervisory body shall exercise its powersts on the one hand and the ownership and management of ports, provision of port services and port use on the other hand. The handling of complaints shall be impartially and transparently and withshall duely respect to the right to freely conduct business.
Amendment 652 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The independent supervisory body shall handle the complaints lodged by any party with a legitimate interest and the disputes brought before it arisMember States shall ensure that port users and other relevant stakeholders are informed of where and how to lodge a complaint, including, an indication of the authorities responsible for the handling inof connection with the application of this Regulationmplaints and relevant national authorities referred to in Articles 12(5), 13(3) and 14(7).
Amendment 656 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 660 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Amendment 663 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Amendment 666 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
Article 17 – paragraph 7
Amendment 669 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 88 #
2013/0110(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The obligation to disclose their diversity policies for their administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, language, disability, educational and professional background should only apply to large listed companies. Therefore small and medium-sized companies that may be exempted from certain accounting obligations under article 27 of Directive 78/660/EEC should not be covered to by this obligation. Disclosure of the diversity policy should be part of the corporate governance statement, as laid down by Article 46a20 of Directive 78/660/EEC. Companies not having a such a diversity policy should not be obliged to put one in place, but they should clearly explain why this is the case.2013/34/EU
Amendment 146 #
2013/0110(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 a – point a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a – point a (new)
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point fa (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point fa (new)
(3a) Article 20 is amended as follows: In paragraph 1, the following point is added: '(fa) a description of the undertaking's diversity policy for its administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, disability, language educational and professional background, the objectives of this diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. If the undertaking has no such policy, the statement shall contain a clear and reasoned explanation as to why this is the case.'
Amendment 24 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Calls on the Commission to demonstrate in a comprehensive impact assessment and cost benefit analysis that any enhanced cooperation will respect the competences, rights and obligations of those Member States which do not participate in it.
Amendment 32 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) It is important to emphasize that non- participating Member States' interests should be taken into account after the this Directive on enhanced cooperation has been implemented since the introduction of the tax will effect the single market as a whole. A tax with a narrower tax base would reduce the negative effects of the tax.
Amendment 45 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Transactions on public debt from EU Member States should not be included in the scope of the tax
Amendment 60 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
Amendment 72 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 76 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Amendment 80 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 82 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Amendment 83 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
(7 c) 'SME, small and medium-sized enterprises' means a company that has an average market capitalisation of less than EUR 200 000 000 in accordance with Article 4 (12) in Regulation No.../...[MiFID];
Amendment 88 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point f
Amendment 95 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) 'Public debt' means debt titles issued by any of the levels of administration of a participating Member State.
Amendment 103 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) SME growth markets;
Amendment 105 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) Small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 106 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
(c c) a pension fund or an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6(a) of Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , an investment manager of such fund or institution;
Amendment 116 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g a (new)
(ga) Transactions of public debt.
Amendment 121 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g b (new)
(gb) Transactions with any financial product issued by SMEs
Amendment 122 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g c (new)
(g c) A reverse repurchase agreement, a repurchase agreement, a contractual agreement on securities lending and borrowing.
Amendment 124 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g d (new)
(gd) Currency and interest rate related derivatives as specified in MiFID Annex 1 Section C.
Amendment 137 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
In the case of financial transactions referred to in point 2(c) of Article 2(1) and, in respect of derivative contracts, in points 2(a), 2(b) and 2(d) of Article 2(1), the taxable amount of the FTT shall be the notional amounteconomic value referred to in the derivatives contract at the time of the financial transaction.
Amendment 141 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those rates shall not be lower thanbe:
Amendment 145 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) 0,02% on over the counter derivatives
Amendment 163 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Establishment of the FTT Committee 1. The Commission shall establish an expert working group (the FTT Committee) comprising representatives from all EU Member States, the Commission, the ECB, and ESMA to assist participating Member States in the effective implementation of this Directive and prevent tax fraud, evasion and avoidance and to preserve the integrity of the Single market. 2. The FTT Committee shall assess the effective implementation of this Directive, assess the effects on the single market, for participating and non participating Member States, and detect avoidance schemes including abusive arrangements as defined in Article 14 in order to propose countermeasures, where appropriate, making full use of Union law in the field of taxation and financial services regulation and of the instruments for cooperation on tax matters established by international organisations including the OECD and the Council of Europe.
Amendment 50 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The opening of the market for domestic passenger transport will have a positive impact on the working of the European railway market; this will lead to more flexibility and more possibilities for companies and passengers. Railway personnel will also benefit from the opening, as it will improve their chances to provide their services to new players on the market. Experienced workers can create an added value to the new players, leading to better labour conditions.
Amendment 111 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Despite the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing independence vertically integrated undertakings could abuse of their structure to provide undue competitive advantages for railway operators belonging to such undertakings, For this reason, without prejudice to Art 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission should verify, upon request of a Member State, a railway undertaking or on its own initiative, that these safeguards are effectively implemented and that any remaining distortions of competition are removed. In case the Commission is not in a position to confirm that this has been achieved, all Member States should have the possibility to limit or revoke access rights of the integrated operators concerned.
Amendment 128 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In the light of the experience acquired through the network of regulatory bodies provided for in Article 57 of Directive 2012/34/EU, the Commission should draw up a legislative proposal strengthening the network of regulatory bodies, formalising its procedures and giving it legal personality, not later than 31 December 2016. That body should have a supervisory and arbitration function enabling it to deal with cross-border and international problems and to hear appeals against decisions taken by national regulatory bodies.
Amendment 139 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) In light of the experience acquired through the network of regulatory bodies established with Article 57, the Commission should draw up a legislative proposal to replace the network with a European Regulatory Body, formalising its procedures and giving it legal personality, not later than 31 December 2019, in time for the opening of domestic passenger transport services by rail. That body should have a supervisory and arbitration function enabling it to deal with cross-border and international problems and to hear appeals against decisions taken by national regulatory bodies.
Amendment 361 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 c – paragraph 1
Article 7 c – paragraph 1
1. Upon request of a Member State, a railway undertaking or on its own initiative, the Commission shall decide whether infrastructure managers which are part of a vertically integrated undertaking fulfil the requirements of Article 7a and Article 7b and whether the implementation of these requirements is appropriate to ensure a level playing field for all railway undertakings and the absence of distortion of competition in the relevant market.
Amendment 387 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 d – paragraph 1
Article 7 d – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that infrastructure managers set up and organise Coordination Committees for each network. Membership of this committee shall be open at least to the infrastructure manager, known applicants in the sense of Article 8(3) and, upon their request, potential applicants, their representative organisations, representatives of users of the rail freight and passenger transport services and, where relevant, regional and local authorities. Member State representatives and the regulatory body concerned shall be invited to the meetings of the Coordination Committee as observers.
Amendment 400 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g (a) (new)
Article 7 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g (a) (new)
(ga) issues faced by the users of the rail freight and passenger transport services including for instance the service performance, the infrastructure charges, the amount and the transparency of the rail service prices
Amendment 408 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 d – paragraph 3
Article 7 d – paragraph 3
3. The Coordination Committee shall draw up rules of procedure that include, in particular, rules on participation in and frequency of meetings which shall be at least quarterly. The rules of procedure shall include the regular consultation of the users of the rail freight and passenger transport services and, in any case, at least once a year. A report of the Coordination Committee's discussions shall be submitted annually to the infrastructure manager, the Member State, the regulatory body and users of the rail freight and passenger transport services concerned and the Commission with an indication of the respective positions taken by the Committee members.
Amendment 432 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 e – paragraph 2
Article 7 e – paragraph 2
2. The Network shall participate in the market monitoring activities referred to in Article 15 and benchmark the efficiency of infrastructure managers on the basis of common indicators and quality criteria, such as the reliability, capacity, availability, punctuality and safety of their networks, asset quality and utilisation, maintenance, renewals, enhancements, investments, transparency of the charging framework and of the charging rules and financial efficiency.
Amendment 440 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7e a (new)
Article 7e a (new)
With a view to preventing discrimination against applicants, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 of this Directive shall give prior approval of any change to the structure or the level of charges for access to railway infrastructure and for access to service facilities operated by it and of such a framework agreement referred to in Article 42. The regulatory body shall and control a framework agreement in force on its own initiative. An applicant shall also have the right to appeal to the regulatory body if it believes that it has been unfairly treated, discriminated against or is in any other way aggrieved by any change to the structure or the level of charges for access, a framework agreement, scheduled or unscheduled maintenance work or any other decision of the infrastructure manager. In the event of an appeal against a framework agreement, the regulatory body shall either confirm that no modification of the framework agreement is required, or it shall require modification of that framework agreement in accordance with directions specified by the regulatory body, not later than one month after the appeal is received. The infrastructure manager and the railway undertaking shall comply as soon as is materially feasible, and in any case not later than one month after receiving notification of the request from the regulatory body. Whilst performing the functions described in this paragraph, the regulatory body shall pay particular attention to the protection of business secrets.
Amendment 452 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may limit the right of access provided for in Article 10(2) to passenger services between a given place of departure and a given destination when one or more public service contracts cover the same route or an alternative route if the exercise of this right would compromises the economic equilibrium of the public service contract or contracts in question.
Amendment 475 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 a new
Article 1 – point 6 a new
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
6a. The following new Article 11a is inserted: 1. Member States shall limit the right of creating new passenger services under public service contracts between a given place of departure and a given destination or an alternative route which are covered by one or more passenger services the access of which is provided for in Article 10(2) when the new public service contract compromises the economic equilibrium of the existing services; 2. Whether the economic equilibrium of a passenger service the access of which is provided for in Article 10(2) would be compromised shall be determined by the relevant regulatory body or bodies referred to in Article 55 on the basis of an objective economic analysis and based on pre-determined criteria, after a request from any of the following: (a) the competent authority or competent authorities that plan to award the public service contract; (b) the railway undertaking performing the service under Article 10(2) (c) the infrastructure manager; The request shall be made within a month from the last publication done under Article 7, Regulation 1370/2007. 3. The regulatory body shall give the grounds for its decision and the conditions under which one of the parties mentioned in the previous paragraph may ask for a reconsideration of the decision within one month of its notification. 4. If the regulatory body decides that the economic equilibrium is compromised, it shall limit the new public service so that it no longer compromises the economic equilibrium of the existing passenger services. It may also forbid the new public service. Member States shall take all necessary measures to allow decisions under paragraph 4 to be submitted to judicial review.
Amendment 548 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 d (new)
Article 1 – point 8 d (new)
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 57 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 9 a (new)
8d. In Article 57, the following new paragraph 9a is added: 9a. The European Commission shall adopt a legislative proposal to establish and make operational the European Regulatory Body not later than 31 December 2019. The new Body is intended to replace the European Network of Regulatory Bodies established with Article 57.
Amendment 551 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 d (new)
Article 1 – point 8 d (new)
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 57 - paragraphs 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d (new)
Article 57 - paragraphs 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d (new)
8d. Article 57 is amended as follows: (a) The following new paragraph 9 a (new) is added: 9a. Where an applicant believes that the decisions of one or more infrastructure managers or bodies in charge of essential functions are hindering the development of cross-border services, the applicant may submit a request for a regulatory opinion directly to the network. This request shall also constitute a request for a decision from the relevant national regulatory body or bodies. The network shall, if appropriate, require relevant information from the infrastructure managers or bodies in charge of essential functions and, in any case, from the relevant national regulatory bodies, in accordance with the procedure described in article 57(4). The network shall then issue a non-binding opinion, aiming at facilitating rather than hindering the services in question. The opinion shall be communicated to the relevant national regulatory bodies and to the applicant not later than one month after the request is received. The relevant national regulatory bodies shall take the opinion of the network into consideration before taking their decisions, not later than one month after the opinion of the network is received, and shall justify to the applicant in writing any deviation from that opinion.' (b) The following new paragraph 9b is added: 9b. The network of regulatory bodies referred to in Article 57(1) shall adopt rules of procedure by consensus or, in the absence of consensus, by a two-thirds majority vote, one vote being expressed per national regulatory body. The network shall elect a chairperson from among its members and shall submit an annual report of its activities to the Commission. The Commission shall transmit the annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council, where appropriate with comments.' (c) The following new paragraph 9c is added: 9c. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the network of regulatory bodies referred to in Article 57(1). Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by members, observers and experts, in connection with the activities of the network, shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission.' (d) The following new paragraph 9d is added: 9d. The European Commission shall adopt a legislative proposal not later than one year after the entry into force of this directive, to establish the network of regulatory bodies and provide it with legal personality.'
Amendment 559 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 63 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20240, the Commission shall evaluate the impact of this Directive on the rail sector and shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on its implementation.
Amendment 561 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 1 – point 9 a (new)
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
9a. In Article 63 the following new paragraph 2a is added: 2a. By 2020, the Commission shall also investigate whether the organisation of the national labour market hampers further market opening, integration and the quality of services provided to the customers. If appropriate, the Commission shall propose new legislative measures to ensure a level playing field for all railway undertakings.
Amendment 564 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 63 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By the same date, the CommissionEuropean Regulatory Body shall assess whether discriminatory practices or other types of distortion of competition persist in relation to infrastructure managers which are part of a vertically integrated undertakingand shall publish recommendations for further policy measures. The Commission shall, if appropriate, propose new legislative measures based on the recommendations of the network of regulatory bodies.
Amendment 573 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Points 5 to 8 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 20187 [in time for the working timetable starting on 14 December 20198].
Amendment 83 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In view of creating framework conditions for enabling society to fully reap the benefits of effective opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail it is important that Member States ensure (a) an adequate level of social protection for the staff of public service operators. (b) a minimum service level during public transport strikes
Amendment 117 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 – point c
Article 2 – point c
Amendment 183 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) a framework that establishes a minimum level of services during public transport strikes
Amendment 233 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 5 a (new)
By [18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article [...] to specify the requirements of the public transport plans and the specifications of the public service obligations.
Amendment 240 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
compliance of the assessment and of the procedure set out in this Article shall be ensured by the regulatory body referred to in Art 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU upon request by any relevant stakeholder as referred to in Article 2a (1) last paragraph or including on its own initiative.
Amendment 257 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) the competent authority shall publish at the end of each year a list of all public service contracts that it intends to award within at least the next 10 years. The information to be published should at least contain the expected date of award, the launch of a related public tender procedure, a short description of the contract and its expected duration.
Amendment 284 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The following paragraph 3 a is added: "(3a) The competent authority may exclude operators from third countries from the competitive tendering procedure if such countries do not effectively provide possibilities of market access to companies from the Member States of the Union”
Amendment 290 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The following paragraph is added: “(3a) Until 2 December 2019, a competent authority may exclude from competitive tendering procedures railway undertakings established in Member States which have no generally applicable rules providing that rail contracts shall be awarded following a competitive tendering procedure. A competent authority may also exclude from competitive tendering procedures railway undertakings established in third countries which have no generally applicable provision providing that rail contracts shall be awarded following a competitive tendering procedure.”
Amendment 323 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: “5. In the event of a disruption of services or the immediate risk of such a situation, the competent authority may take an emergency measure. A situation of emergency may include the inability of the competent authority to timely launch a tender procedure for a public service contract and/or to timely award that contract to an operator.”
Amendment 339 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
The following subparagraph 6 a is added: “During the transitional period running until 3 December 2019, if the competent authority decides to make a direct award of a public service contract for public transport by rail, it shall publish a justification no later than 18 months before the start of the contract in which it shall provide evidence that the viability, efficiency and quality objectives of the public service can only be achieved through this award procedure. This provision shall not apply to a direct award under Articles 5(2), 5(4) and 5(5). It shall send this justification to the regulatory authority referred to in Art 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU for its approval.”
Amendment 347 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 5
Article 1 point 5
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 1
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 1
Member States shall in compliance with State aid rules take the necessary measures to ensure effective and non-discriminatory access conditions to suitable rolling stock for public passenger transport by rail for operators wishing to provide public passenger transport services by rail under public service contract.
Amendment 365 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 5
Article 1 point 5
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) by acquiring itself at market price the rolling stock used for the execution of the public service contract with a view to making it available to the selected public service operator at market price or as part of the public service contract pursuant to Article 4(1)(b), Article 6 and, if applicable, to the Annex,
Amendment 367 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 5
Article 1 point 5
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) by providing a guarantee for the financing of the rolling stock used for the execution of the public service contract at market price or as part of the public service contract pursuant to Article 4(1)(b), Article 6 and, if applicable, to the Annex. Such a guarantee shall also apply for supporting the financing of refurbishing used rolling stock. It may cover the residual value risk while respecting the relevant state aid rules when applicable,
Amendment 372 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 5
Article 1 point 5
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) by ensuring that all the operator concerned have effective, non- discriminatory and commercially viable conditions to leasing of rolling stock for the PSO contract concerned;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 26 #
2012/2309(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that in the Member States with a population of more than 30 million, the electoral law for European elections should include regions as constituencies, so as to ensure their proportionate representation;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2296(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
(Ga) whereas consumer use of high speed public roads must be charged, either directly through tolls or indirectly through the compulsory obligation to buy a vignette, in order to protect the sustainability of public finances.
Amendment 11 #
2012/2296(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
(Gb) whereas Member States should have an internally harmonized approach to the strategy on tolling in high speed roads in order to avoid inequalities between their regions.
Amendment 47 #
2012/2296(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 50 #
2012/2296(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
(13a) Believes that Member States that don't want to implement a vignette system at national level, should give room of manoeuvre for those regions that want to set up their own system.
Amendment 14 #
2012/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas fiscal incentives can be a useful tool to enhance eco-innovation in Europe.
Amendment 181 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Underlines the importance of solar energy in the process of empowering and raising standards of living in countries with high demographic dispersion;
Amendment 210 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Believes that there has to be a balance between public aid that is used as a government-to-government transfer and the gradual creation of a sustainable tax base;
Amendment 228 #
2012/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Points out the importance of protecting private property in order to enhance an investment environment and the rule of law;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 99 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 145 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 201 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal distribution of powers inside Member States in its country-specific recommendations, and to ensure that the sharing of the burden between administrations is proportionate to their expenditure relative weight.
Amendment 173 #
2012/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned on the use, in some of the Member States most stricken by the debt crisis, of public Pension Reserve Funds to buy almost exclusively national debt; this practice raises risks for the eventual full disbursement of these funds and distorts debt markets delaying necessary reforms; (For example in Spain, the Pension Reserve Fund with 55 Billion euros was initially built on a balanced approach buying only triple AAA assets. In the last years this practice has been abandoned and now 90% of assets are Spanish public debt.)
Amendment 43 #
Amendment 113 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas new Member States that are part of an internal enlargement within the EMU should remain part of the EMU automatically;
Amendment 271 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AS
Recital AS
AS. whereas the European level of supervision should have ultimate responsibility for all financial institutions within the countries included in the system, for the guidance of national supervisory authorities and for determining the overall strategic supervisory framework; however, banks and savings banks should be analysed with different standards according to their size;
Amendment 423 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BT a (new)
Recital BT a (new)
BTa. whereas political decisions taken at Union level are highly preferable to monetary action in order to solve the EMU debt crisis;
Amendment 482 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CB
Recital CB
CB. whereas it must be kept in mind that the introduction in a hasty or not credible way of instruments for common issuance of debt may lead to uncontrollable consequences and the loss of long-term trust in the euro area's capacity to act decisively;
Amendment 485 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CB a (new)
Recital CB a (new)
CBa. whereas the establishing of an European redemption fund is a fundamental step in order to solve the debt crisis in the EMU;
Amendment 571 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CN
Recital CN
Amendment 757 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
-establishing a European redemption fund
Amendment 778 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – part 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex – part 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Union budget should increase notably to make it more functional and achieve a level of close to 5% of the Union GDP.
Amendment 806 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part 3 – Point 3.2 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex – Part 3 – Point 3.2 – indent 1 a (new)
- Regions with fiscal and legislative powers which an economic size close to median average of Member States, should be involved or invited to participate in the European Semester process in all its phases to make it more efficient.
Amendment 96 #
2012/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Lauds the economic dialogue held so far between Parliament and national representatives, and wishes to conduct further dialogues; notes that a closer dialogue between Commission and Council representatives and national and regional parliaments with fiscal powers is fundamental to strengthen the ownership of the reforms proposed in the framework of the European Semester.
Amendment 201 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Reiterates its concern, however, with the persistently disappointing lack of progress in a number of human rights dialogues, and the lack of transparent benchmarks to genuinely assess improvements or deterioration in human rights; notes the continued EU difficulties to negotiate improved modalities for the dialogue with China and Russia, Russia and Vietnam; calls on the newly appointed EUSR on Human Rights to inject new momentum into these and other dialogues;
Amendment 212 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Remains disappointed that there has been no systematic involvement of Parliament in the assessments of the human rights dialogue, including for Russia, China and ChiVietnam; calls for Parliament's access to these assessments to be formalised, and recalls that the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Dialogues state that ‘'civil society will be involved in this assessment exercise’';
Amendment 264 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Regrets that persecution and marginalisation of human rights defenders remain a widespread tendency in China, Russia, Vietnam and all other countries that still mistake high human rights standards for an imposition of the EU, the UN and global human rights organisations; regrets that disbarred lawyers in China and politically persecuted journalists and media workers are regarded as an internal affair;
Amendment 361 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Remains deeply concerned that discrimination based on religion or belief continues in many regions of the world, and that persons belonging to particular religious communities, including religious minorities, continue to be denied their human rights; is particularly concerned by the situation in Vietnam and China where individuals who practise their religion outside officially sanctioned channels, including Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners, often face persecution; urges China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as it has promised; urges the Chinese authorities to suspend and subsequently amend, through genuinely consultative processes with Tibetans, the policies that most negatively impact Tibetan Buddhism, culture and tradition;
Amendment 365 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81 a (new)
Paragraph 81 a (new)
81a. Notes that freedom of religion or belief is inter-related with issues pertaining to recognition, equal citizenship and equal enjoyment of rights in a given society. Encourages the EU to work for equality and equal citizenship as a matter of priority for representatives of marginalised and discriminated groups in society, including inter alia the Muslim Rohingyas in Burma and neighbouring countries, Ahmadi Muslims in Indonesia and Pakistan, Copts in Egypt, Christians, Jews and Bahai's in Iran, ethnic Christians and members of the Unified Buddhist Church in Vietnam etc..
Amendment 1 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 2 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 16 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the application of article 24 should go hand in hand with respect for article 2 and 3 of the TEU to fully respect the values of the Union and ensure that the armed forces are not used, or threatened to be used, inside EU Member States to fight peaceful and democratic political movements.
Amendment 41 #
2012/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 18 #
2012/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there's a link between SMEs accessing to their finance needs on realist conditions and the existence of small and median commercial and savings banks with strong knowledge of their structure, management and plans;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the two LTRO operation conducted by the ECB haven't resulted in a generalised increase on credit for SMEs as acknowledged by the ECB;
Amendment 139 #
2012/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Asks the ECB to frame a minimum conditionality to its LTRO operations in order to ensure that the transmission of monetary policy is correct and effective for SMEs;
Amendment 140 #
2012/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Whereas the Commission should propose conditionality regarding lending to SMEs in all memorandum's of understanding signed with a Member State receiving a bail out for their financial sector;
Amendment 141 #
2012/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Asks the ECB to analyse how to modify their collateral acceptance policy regarding loans to SMEs in order to make these loans more attractive;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the AVMSD guarantees a free flow of audiovisual media services as an internal market instrument reflecting the right to freedom of expression and information and protecting public interest objectives; however, the AVMSD should be reformed to ensure that this freedom of expression is not misused to make statements in favour or in sympathy of totalitarian regimes;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls Member States to ensure that there are not intra-State political and administrative barriers to audiovisual media services;
Amendment 113 #
2012/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that incentives associated with securitisation need to be adequately addressed; invites the Commission to examine the securitisation market, propose steps to notably increase its transparency, and to submit a legislative proposal at the latest by the beginning of 2013 for limiting the number of times a financial product can be securitised; calls on it to impose particular requirements on suppliers of securitisation (e.g. originators or sponsors) to retain part of the risks associated with securitisation and of measures to achieve transparency, by the introduction of an external valuer of the underlying assets and standardisation of securitisation products as well as resolution processes;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2078(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that fiscal consolidation efforts directed to comply with the new economic governance rules should be shared between the different administrations in a fair way, taking into account the services they provide.
Amendment 81 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes that passengers should be adequately informed when buying tickets in overbooking.
Amendment 94 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to enable the current law on price transparency and unfair commercial practices to be implemented and enforced effectively, in accordance with Directive 2011/83/EC, and to ensure that the headline price corresponds exactly to the final price and that no unreasonable extra costs (e.g. handling charges or a charge for payment by credit card) are added just before a purchase is made;
Amendment 128 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to produce a standard EU-wide complaint form, to be translated into all EU languages that are official inside EU Member States and used for all modes, which should be given to passengers when they make a reservation; believes that a fixed maximum time limit for handling complaints should be laid down for all modes;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas as part of their corporate social responsibility strategies, banks should share responsibility with public authorities and civil society for the provision of access to basic banking services without cost or in any case at a reasonable and market driven cost;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the deepening of the Single Market in the personal telecommunications field, particularly regarding roaming, would be very welcomed by European citizens,
Amendment 16 #
2012/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the elimination of regulatory and physical barriers to the creation of a European Single Railway area, particularly regarding freight transport, would enhance economic growth inside the single market,
Amendment 32 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeploreConsiders that somthe actions fromincluded in the Action Plan for 2006–2010 couldhave not been completed and calls on the Commission to align the target dates for the new actions to the legal deadlines;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to include animal welfare in its trade policy and when negotiating international trade agreements, and to promote animal welfare in third countries by requiring equivalent welfare standards for imported products and by promoting all the possible mechanisms of control for the correct verification of these welfare standards;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the Strategy fails to reflect the link between the wellbeing of animals and public health; Calls on the Commission to apply the ‘One Health’ principle to its Strategy, as good animal husbandry helps to preventbearing in mind the link between the correct management of the animals, the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 75 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the evaluation of an electronic identification system for animals used for food production compatible with the principles of food safety;
Amendment 88 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Shares the Commission's view that there are today still shortcomings as regards compliance withConsiders that there are today compliance issues concerning some animal welfare rules, despite the progress made in several fields;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that there are imbalances in the food chain, which place the primary producer at a disadvantage, and that this situation limits the scope for animal welfare investments at farm level;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to implement justified ‘legal milestones’ in partnership with all stakeholders during the transitional period in future animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 127 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is particularly concerned thatby the cuorrentct application in all Member States of the derogation for un-the stunned slaughter is abused to a large extent in some Member States,ing of animals in cases of ritual slaughter 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;
Amendment 152 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the inclusion of a European Animal Welfare Framework Law in the Strategy, as suggested by the Parliament, and calls on the Commission to present its proposal in conjunction with the revision of Directive 98/58/EC foreseen for 2013; Believes that such a Framework Law should be clearly written, with previous consultation of all the stakeholders, should focus on both inputs and outcomes and result in better animal welfare;
Amendment 157 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the Parliament considers that such a Framework Law should be based on validated science and proven experience and cover all kept animals, as well as abandoned animals, including stray animals of domesticated species; Recalls that; Considers that it would be appropriate to cover animals raised for food production and abandoned animals, including stray animals of domesticated species but differentiating clearly and without confusion the different requirements for each type of animal; Recalls that for the species of animals raised for food production, the Parliament has called for the Animal Welfare Quality project to be further developed as regards its simplification and practical application;
Amendment 182 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point d
Paragraph 20 – point d
d. a certificate or other proof of competence for any unqualified person handling animals in the course of their professional duties, along with adequate training requirements for specific animal welfare responsibilities when needed, and a system for pre-testing permits for the construction or reconstruction of animal premises;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas all action designed to ensure the protection and welfare of animals should be based on the principle that animals are sentient beings whose specific needs should be taken into account, and also that the protection of animals in the 21st century is an expincresasion of humanity and a challenge facing European civilisation and cultureng demand in many countries and especially in the European Union;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transport of animals is necessary for economic reasons, whilsyet at the same time givingit could give rise to an increase in the financial costs of animal production, which arwould be borne on the one hand by farmers and breeders, and on the other hand by consumers;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the transport of animals may gives rise to additional social and environmental costs (increased road traffic, additional CO2 emissions);
Amendment 54 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas animal slaughter and meat processing at the closest possible proximity to the breeding location, provided that financial factors make this viable, is important for the stimulation of rural areas and their sustainable development;
Amendment 86 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that the data from the Member States contained in the Report, without any possibility of exact verification, may not fully reflect the actual state of affairs with regard to the transport of animals because of the differing methods and control mechanisms used in individual Member States;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that in relation to the weak and ineffectualimprovable system of monitoring compliance with the conditions of animal transport in Member States it seems expedient to consider the creation, in Member States, of specialised monitoring institutes that would monitor compliance with provisions governing the protection and welfare of animals, including conditions for the transport of animals;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the Commission Report does not contain a full evaluation of all the economic, social and environmental costs of animal transport, limiting itself to taking into account the costs of hauliers, and therefore calls on the Commission to present a full evaluation of all the economic, environmental and social costs incurred by the transport of animals, with all stakeholders involved;
Amendment 118 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses disappointment that the Commission has not presented a full analysis supported by calculations of the effect of the costs of live animal transport on the price of meat products within the European Union, being satisfied with the thesis, unsupported by any proof, that transport companies were unable to transfer their costs onto any other entity in the social sector;
Amendment 137 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. BelieGivesn that given that the Regulation has not fulfilled its aim of limitingthe current market trend clearly indicates the need for the transport of animals, EU policy on the matter should be reviewed and should be directed at two fundamental features: on the one hand, supporting local processing, small local slaughterhouses and local meat processing plants, based on the supply of animals for slaughter from the immediate vicinity; and on the other hand, to bolster the welfare conditions of animals in the transport of live animals;
Amendment 168 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on a reconsideration of the issue of limiting the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to eight hours, with some exceptions based on geographic conditions, and the option of longer transport of some animal species confirmed by scientific research results, provided that the rules on animal welfare are complied with; highlights that the Commission’s report makes special mention in its conclusions, in agreement with the opinion of EFSA, that ‘it appears that parts of the Regulation are not fully in line with the current knowledge’; for this reason, it is important to underline the need to consider the latest scientific knowledge in preparing regulations on animal welfare. It highlights that in the EFSA opinion document (DOC. EFSA 2011:9(1):1966, (125 pp.)) that other aspects come into play in the welfare of animals aside from the duration of the journey, such as proper loading and unloading, as well as the design of the vehicles;
Amendment 191 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the improvement in the quality of animal transport, but believes that the Commission findings referred to above are based on the results of surveys carried out among slaughterhouses and business and transport enterprises engaged in the transportation of live animals. The results of the surveys carried out by the Commission may therefore not fully reflectust be analysed precisely to understand the actual state of affairs;
Amendment 200 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In view of the situation described above, calls on the Commission to develop an objective and reliable system for evaluating the welfare of animals during transport, based on scientific criteria;
Amendment 241 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the information on the introduction of a navigation system for monitoring the transport of animals, but is disappointed that this system is bein the present difficulties ing used only to a limited extenting such systems in Member States for the purposes of monitoring the transport of animals;
Amendment 253 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. ICalls 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 the Commission to evaluate the differences of interpretation of the Regulation among the various Member States, and to evaluate the possibility of’ amendments to the Regulation so as to eliminate the possibility of it being interpreted arbitrarily;
Amendment 262 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned that certain Member States are prepared to tolerate blatant infringement of the provisions of the Regulation, such as the acceptance of transport schedules which are impossible to fulfil;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas monetary policy engaged by the ECB is not the solution to the fiscal and structural problems of Member States and its non-standard measures have limits in their effectiveness.
Amendment 28 #
2012/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas public debt buying in the secondary markets by EFSF and/or ESM is not a sustainable long-term solution to solve Member States liquidity problems.
Amendment 80 #
2012/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognizes the existent distress on the sub-sovereign debt markets and its links to stress in their Member States.
Amendment 84 #
2012/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls Member States with big amounts of sub-sovereign debt to put in place mechanisms to issue common stability bonds that, linked to fiscal discipline conditionality, relieves sub-sovereigns debt stress to levels equivalent to that of their Member States.
Amendment 37 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the re-evaluation of the accession criteria should take into account the possibility of internal enlargement inside the EU;
Amendment 234 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to prepare an accession roadmap for possible new Member States emerging from inside the EU;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the TEN-T programme plays a central role in the attainment of the objectives of competitiveness and employment in the Europe 2020 Strategy by creating the missing infrastructure, removing bottlenecks and ensuring the future sustainability of the EU transport networks; welcomes the Commission's proposed increase by ca. EUR 85 million compared to the Budget 2012 but asks for further clarifications on the proposed reduction by EUR 118 million as compared to the Financial programming; calls the Commission to increase drastically the sum available for the Project Bonds pilot phase in 2013 in order to realise as many European added value infrastructure projects as possible;
Amendment 31 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 24
Annex 1 – paragraph 24
24. Although nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to the EU environment have decreased considerably over the past 20 years, excessive nutrient releases continue to affect air and water quality and to have a negative impact on ecosystems, causing significant problems for human health. In particular, ammonia release from inefficient fertiliser management and inadequate waste water treatment urgently need to be tackled to achieve further significant reductions in nutrient releases. Further efforts to manage the nutrient cycle in a more cost-effective and resource- efficient way, and to improve efficiency in use of fertilisers are also required. This calls for, as well as creating a sustainable nutrient cycle between urban and rural areas. This calls for investments in research, improving the implementation of EU environmental legislation to address these challenges, tightening standards where necessary and addressing the nutrient cycle as part of a more holistic approach which interlinks and integrates existing EU policies, for example Horizon 2020, that play a role in tackling excessive nutrient releases and eutrophication.
Amendment 36 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) Forests and the multitude of services they provide are protected and sustainably managed and their resilience to climate change and fires is improved, since forests are an important renewable source of raw materials.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 2 – point g
Annex 1 – paragraph 26 – subparagraph 2 – point g
(g) Developing and implementing a new EU Forest Strategy that addresses the multiple demands on and benefits of forests and contributes to a more strategic approach to protecting and enhancing forests, while respecting the different regional conditions for sustainable forestry.
Amendment 44 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 28
Annex 1 – paragraph 28
28. IResearch and innovation to improve resource efficiency is required across the economy to improve competitiveness in the context of rising resource prices, scarcity and supply constraints. There is a need for innovation in the energy consumption of the agriculture and forestry sectors in order for them to be self-sufficient on their own renewable energy. 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 the development of sustainable business or technological solutions to environmental challenges.
Amendment 61 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 69 – indent 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 69 – indent 1
– Advanced research to fill data and knowledge gaps and adequate modelling tools are needed to better understand complex issues related to environmental change, such as climate change and disaster impacts, the transformation of bio-waste in urban areas into agricultural inputs through efficient cleaning, the implications of species loss for ecosystem services, environmental thresholds and ecological tipping points. While available evidence fully warrants precautionary action in these areas, further research into planetary boundaries, systemic risks and our society's ability to cope with them will support the development of the most appropriate responses. This should include investment in closing data and knowledge gaps, mapping and assessing ecosystem services, understanding the role of biodiversity in underpinning them and how they adapt to climate change.
Amendment 72 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 87
Annex 1 – paragraph 87
87. The EU is densely populated and by 2020, 80% of the EU population is likely to live in urban and peri-urban areas. Quality of life will be directly influenced byin rural areas will depend on the state of the urban environment. The environmental impacts of cities also spread well beyond their physical limits, as they rely heavily on peri-urban and rural regions to meet demand for food, energy, space and resources, and to accommodate wastewhile the waste created belongs to a cycle of nutrients.
Amendment 74 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – paragraph 91 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Annex 1 – paragraph 91 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) Defining and agreeing a set of criteria to assess the environmental performance of cities, taking into account economic and social impacts and the interdependency with the surrounding rural areas.
Amendment 168 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall enstablish binding measures that ensure that the listed companies in whose boards members of the under-represented sex hold less than 40 per cent of the non-executive director positions make the appointments to those positions on the basiset a target figure for the proportion of the under-represented gender in boards. The individual company shall thus specifically set a target which is realistic and ambitious for the company itself. The listed companies are also required to have a policy for increasing the proportion of the under-represented gender at the management levels of athe comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre-establnies in general. This means that the individual company must establish the optimum recruitment basis in the light of its specific needs and ideas. Lishted, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, in order to attain the said percenompanies must report on the status of fulfilment of the target set out in the annual report, including, if so, why the companies failed to achieve the targe at the latest by 1 Jt set. Moreover, companies must present the policy in the annuary 2020 or at the latest by 1 January 2018 in case of listed companies which are public undertakings.l report, how the policy is implemented and what has been achieved. If the companies fail to do so, they may be fined. These requirements do not apply to representatives of the employees
Amendment 178 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 183 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 187 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 192 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 198 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Amendment 202 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Amendment 19 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
Amendment 21 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2 b) Article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 23 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the ‘Fund’) should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting, primarily through the provision of food supplies, national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children.
Amendment 26 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The Fund cannot replace public policies undertaken by Member State governments to limit the need for emergency food aid and to develop sustainable targets and policies for the full eradication of hunger, poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to establish a maximum level of co-financing from the Fund to the operational programmes to provide for a multiplier effect of Union resoThe Member States most in need of the Fund are least likely to be able to afford to co-finance the measurces, while the situation of Member States facing temporary budget difficulties should be addressetherefore the Fund should be 100% funded by the Union in order to ensure the highest possible uptake of the Fund.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) All citizens in the European Union should be treated equally and yet levels of deprivation differ across Member States. The Commission should produce a report showing what percentage the European funds make up of national budgets for aid programmes for most deprived persons.
Amendment 44 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) Much of the work undertaken by associations working with the provision of food to Europe's most deprived is undertaken by volunteers. Therefore, the process for applying to be a beneficiary of the Fund must not be prohibitively complicated.
Amendment 47 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) Member States and partner organisations should work actively with large and small scale companies throughout the food supply chain, in line with their corporate and social responsibility programmes, as well as economical incentives, to reduce food waste and to ensure this produce is made available to associations working with Europe's most deprived.
Amendment 75 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace or reduce national, long-term, sustainable poverty eradication and social inclusion programmes, which remain the responsibility of Member States.
Amendment 83 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Fund may support accompanying measures, primarily complementing the provision of food and goods, contributing to the social inclusion of the most deprived persons. It should also encourage collaboration with organisations which focus on the eradication of poverty and long-term social reintegration.
Amendment 99 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 12 a (new)
(12 a) The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace Member States' authorities' responsibilities, for eradicating poverty and social exclusion, notably through the provision of long-term, sustainable programmes aiming at social reintegration rather than alleviating immediate food deprivation and material needs.
Amendment 100 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 12 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 12 b (new)
(12 b) Member States, and the bodies designated by them, shall build partnerships with companies throughout the food chain to create programmes allowing food companies to reduce waste and fulfil corporate and social responsability programmes, and for associations working with Europe's most deprived to gain access to food resources.
Amendment 136 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This platform shall include encouraging an exchange between those working on immediate material deprivation alleviation and organisations working for longer- term, sustainable social reintegration, and looking at how links could be developed between these different objectives.
Amendment 166 #
Amendment 169 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The co-financing rate at the level of the operational programme shall not be higher than 85be 100% of the public eligible expenditure.
Amendment 174 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 178 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 94 #
2012/0244(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to provide for the single supervisory mechanism, Council Regulation (EU) No …/… [127(6) Regulation] on a temporary basis until 31 December 2015, confers specific tasks on the ECB concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions in the Member States whose currency is the euro. Other Member States may enter in a close cooperation with the ECB. Under that Regulation, the ECB is to coordinate and express the position of those Member States on the decisions to be taken by the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) falling within the scope of the ECB tasks. By 1 January 2016 a permanent supervisory structure should be in place building on the existing European supervisory authorities while drawing upon the expertise and experience of the ECB, particularly for the execution of supervisory tasks. For this reason, all references to tasks conferred to the ECB in this Regulation shall be regarded as temporary, even where not explicitly stated.
Amendment 273 #
2012/0244(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Without prejudice to Article 81 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, by 31 JanuaryDecember 20163, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of the provisions of this Regulation in relation to:
Amendment 281 #
2012/0244(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The report shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and to the Council. The Commission shall make accompanying proposals to the report to establish by 1 January 2016 a single European Supervisory Authority built on the European System for Financial Supervision and competent for all aspects of prudential supervision in the Union.
Amendment 119 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A European banking union should therefore be set up, underpinned by a true single rulebook for financial services for the Single Market as a whole and composed of a single supervisory mechanism, and a common deposit insurance and resolution framework. . In view of the close links and interactions between Member States participating in the common currency, the banking union should apply at least to all Euro area Member States. With a view to maintaining and deepening the internal market, and to the extent that thiNevertheless, maintaining the unity of the internal market is of crucial importance, and the banking union must therefore be open to the participation of other Member States ias well. The institutionally possible, the banking union should also be open to the participation of other Member States and legal modalities to allow for this must strike a balance between equal status for all participating Member States and offering incentives for non-Euro area Member States to join the common currency.
Amendment 354 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to carry out its supervisory tasks effectively, the ECB should exercise the supervisory tasks conferred on it in full independence, in particular from undue political influence and from industry interference which would affect its operational independence. At the same time, it is a founding principle of democratic societies that an independent institution bestowed with a public function should be accountable to citizens and their elected representatives for the conduct of its policies. Accountability is therefore an important counterpart of independence. As stated in the interim report "Towards a genuine economic and monetary union" of 12 October 2012, "a further strengthened role of EU institutions must be accompanied with a commensurate involvement of the European Parliament in the EU procedures". The European Parliament should put in place appropriate internal accountability modalities in order to mirror those of the Member States participating to this regulation.
Amendment 386 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 b (new)
Recital 44 b (new)
(44b) In order to ensure legal continuity in the prudential surveillance, it is necessary to ensure that all decisions adopted by national competent authorities, pertaining to the tasks conferred upon the ECB by the present Regulation, before its entry into force, remain in force as long as the ECB has not modified or repealed them.
Amendment 773 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. WThen carrying out the tasks conferred upon it by this Regulation, the ECB shall act independentl members of the Supervisory Board shall act independently and objectively in the sole interest of the Union as a whole and shall neither seek nor take instructions from the Union institutions or bodies, from any government of a Member State or from any other public or private body.
Amendment 775 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Neither Member States, the Union institutions, or bodies, offices and agencies and the governments of nor any other public or private body shall seek to influence the Mmember States shall respect that independences of the Supervisory Board in the performance of their tasks.
Amendment 813 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Chair, the Vice-chair and the other members of the Supervisory Board shall be appointed by the European Parliament following a hearing of the candidates designated by the Council from among persons of recognised standing and professional experience in banking matters. The list of candidates shall be gender-balanced.
Amendment 814 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Only nationals of Member States participating in this regulation may be members of the Supervisory Board.
Amendment 825 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. In addition, the supervisory board shall include a Chair elecappointed by the members of the Governing Council from the members, with the exception of the President, of the Executive Boardafter an open selection procedure and after approval by the European Parliament, and a Vice-Chair elected by and from the members of the Governing Council of the ECBsupervisory board.
Amendment 893 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Chair of the supervisory board mayshall, at the request of the European Parliament, beparticipate in a hearding on the execution of its supervisory tasks byin the competent committees of the European Parliament.
Amendment 904 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Supervisory board shall also examine specific issues at the invitation of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission.
Amendment 934 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 2015, a permanent supervisory structure shall be in place to take over all tasks conferred to the ECB through this Regulation. By 31 December 2013, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation. That report shall evaluate, inter alia:
Amendment 953 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
The report shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and to the Council. The Commission shall make accompanying proposals, as appropriate to the report to establish, by 1 January 2016, a single European Supervisory Authority built on the European System for Financial Supervision and competent for all aspects of prudential supervision in the Union.
Amendment 22 #
2012/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The first successes have become apparent since Eel Management Plans came into force in 2009. However, the status of European eel stocks remains critical and further actions are therefore necessary. These actions should take into consideration the importance of eel fishery for the recreation of the stocks.
Amendment 23 #
2012/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) A sustainable eel fishery in Europe can be only achieved if the export of glass eel to Asia and the re-importation of European eel from Asia are strictly restricted and the implementation of these restrictions is tightly controlled.
Amendment 205 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – subparagraph 1
3. ‘insurance mediation’ means the activities of advising on , proposing or carrying out other work preparatory to the conclusion of contracts of insurance, concluding such contracts or assisting in the administration and performance of such contracts, in particular in the event of a claim, and the activity of professional management of claims and loss adjusting. These activities shall be considered to be insurance mediation also if carried on by an insurance undertaking without the intervention of an insurance intermediary.
Amendment 366 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 17 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. In order to prevent conflicts of interest, Member States shall lay down rules ensuring that insurance intermediaries and employees of insurance undertakings disclose to the customer whether they are: (i) an intermediary representing a customer and, where insurance advice is provided, whether it is provided independently on the basis of a fair analysis of a sufficiently large number of insurance contracts available on the market; (ii) an intermediary acting for and on behalf of one or more insurance undertakings and, where insurance advice is provided, whether it is on the basis of an analysis of the products offered by one or more insurance undertakings; or (iii) an employee of an insurance undertaking and, where insurance advice is provided, that it is provided only on the basis of an analysis of the products offered by the insurance by the insurance undertaking.
Amendment 369 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. PAn insurance intermediary, prior to the conclusion of any insurance contract, an insurance intermediary – including tied ones – shall provide the customer with at least the following information:
Amendment 377 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) it gives independent advice on the basis of a fair analysis, or
Amendment 392 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) whether in relation to the insurance contract, the source of remuneration is: (i) the policyholder; (ii) the insurance undertaking; (iii) another insurance intermediary; (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii).
Amendment 394 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 410 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 420 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 425 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 430 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 436 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 442 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 453 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Amendment 456 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 457 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 459 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 464 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. PWhere advice is provided prior to the conclusion of any specific contract, the insurance intermediary – including tied ones– or insurance undertaking shall indentify ,shall on the basis of information provided by the customer:
Amendment 468 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) identify the demands and the needs of that customer;
Amendment 470 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) and shall specify to the customer the underlying reasons for any advice given to the customer on a specified insurance product if given.
Amendment 481 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. When the insurance intermediary or the insurance undertaking informs the customer that it gives its advice on the basis of a fair analysis, it is obliged to give that advice on the basis of an analysis of a sufficiently large number of insurance contracts available on the market, to enable it to make a recommendation, in accordance with professional criteria, regarding which insurance contract would be adequate to meet the customer's needs.
Amendment 485 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Prior to the conclusion of a contract, whether or not advice is givenprovided, the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking shall givprovide the customer the relevant information about the insurance product in a comprehensible form to allow the customer to make an informed decision, while taking into account the complexity of the insurance product and the type of coustuomer.
Amendment 514 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. 2. When an insurance service or product is offered to a consumer together with another service ornon insurance product as a package, the insurance undertaking or, where applicable, the insurance intermediary shall offer and inform the customer thatwhether it is possible to buy the components of the package separately and if possible shall provide information of the costs and charges of each component of the package that may be bought through or from it separately.
Amendment 524 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 574 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. When the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking informs the customer that insurance advice is provided on an independent basis, the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking shall: that advice is provided independently, the appropriate information referred to in paragraph 3 shall include the following which shall be provided before the insurance advice: (a) the range of insurance products on which the recommendation will be based and, in particular, whether the range is limited to insurance products issued or provided by entities having close links with the intermediary who represents the customer; and (b) whether a fee is payable by the customer for the advice (c) whether the insurance intermediary receives any fees or commissions from third parties in relation to the insurance contract. 5a. Member States may additionally prohibit or further restrict the offer or acceptance of fees, commissions or non- monetary benefits from third parties in relation to the provision of insurance advice. This may include requiring any such fees, commissions or non-monetary benefits to be returned to the clients or offset against fees paid by the client. Member States may further require that where an intermediary informs the client that advice is given independently, the intermediary shall assess a sufficiently large number of insurance products available on the market which are sufficiently diversified with regard to their type and issuers or product providers to ensure that the client's objectives can be suitably met and shall not be limited to insurance products issued or provided by entities having close links with the intermediary.
Amendment 578 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 591 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 28 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the online distribution of audiovisual products is an excellent opportunity to enhance knowledge of European languages and whereas this objective can be achieved through original versions and the possibility to include translation of the audiovisual products into a great variety of languages;
Amendment 68 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the legislative and fiscal framework should be friendly with the enterprises that promote online distribution of audiovisual products with an economic value;
Amendment 99 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that higher education has the potential to promote social inclusion and upward social mobility; calls on Member States and higher education institutions to widen access for students from all social backgrounds and to recognise multiculturalism and multilingualism as a fundamental value of the EU that needs to be fostered; recalls that in order to achieve this objective, the principle of subsidiarity should prevail, respecting the competences from regional and local authorities on linguistic matters;
Amendment 62 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that small-scinshore coastale fishing should be the subject of differentiated treatment, with management systems and models adapted to its specific characteristics and problems;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Rejects a definition of small-scale fishing that is restrictive and detached from reality; considers that the definition of small-scinshore coastale fishing should cover a range of criteria, in addition to the strict boat-size criterion, including, inter alia, the impact of fishing techniques on the marine ecosystem, time spent at seaime spent at sea, the link with local coastal communities, the limitation of the activity to local fisheries, the freshness of fishery products and the characteristics of the economic unit exploiting the resources;
Amendment 95 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that local management, that is based on scientific knowledge and that involves the sector in setting out and implementing policy, is the management type that best meets the needs of small- scinshore coastale fishing;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the importance of taking into account, not only the quantity of the fleet, but also its quality; considers that the future CFP should encourage the increased sustainability of the fleet in environmental, economic and social terms, by promoting the progressive prevalence of sectors and operators that use fishing techniques with less impact on resourceswith greater sustainability (environmental, economic and social), and that benefit the communities of which they are part in terms of generating jobs and of the quality of these jobs;
Amendment 140 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to work with the Member States to improve the definition of small-scinshore coastale fishing in the EU;
Amendment 146 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Advocates the drawing up of an EU programme supporting small-scinshore coastale fishing that links up existing instruments, particularly in the financial field, so as to respond to the specific problems of this sector and support the local and sustainable management of the involved fisheries;
Amendment 187 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (COM) should increase its contribution, so as to ensure the output of small-scinshore coastale fishing, market stability, the improved marketing of fisheries products and the increase of their value added; expresses its concern about the possibility of abolition of the still-existing public market-regulation instruments, and calls for an ambitious reform that enhances the COM’s instruments for achieving its goals;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the common fisheries policy (wildextractive fisheries and aquaculture sector) needs a thorough and ambitious reform if the EU is to lay the foundations of a socio-economically viable and environmentally sustainable fisheries industry in the Union;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the EU’s wildextractive fisheries and aquaculture sector, if properly managed, could make a greater contribution to European society’s needs, in terms of food security, employment, and the maintenance of dynamic fishing and coastal communities;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that incentives should be offered to those who fish sustainably using environment-friendly fishing methods, in order to ensure positive use of such fishing praccoastal fleets linked to the sustainable development of coastal communitices;
Amendment 69 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the management of fisheries resources on the basis of MSY, in order to phase out overfishing and, achieve sustainable stock conservation and establish a timetable and the suitable economic means for its achievement;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 102 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that a ban on discards should only be put in place if accompanied by technical measures to reduce unwanted bycatch and incentives to encourage selective fishing practices, provided the ecosystem balance is maintained; priority should go to avoiding unwanted catches in the first place, and secondly to returning species with a high survival rate to the sea, rather than finding ways to market them; also stresses the importance of stakeholder engagement and careful design of the landing obligationelimination of discards based on the characteristics and realities of the different modalities and fisheries, in order not to shift from unwanted fish in the sea to unwanted fish on land;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the discard ban should be based on a step-by-step introduction by fishery, to make it easier for the sector to adapt; stresses that the producers’ organisations and the fishermen’s organisations (Fishermen’s Guilds) should be actively involved in the gradual implementation of such a ban;
Amendment 157 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the main reason for this lack of basic scientific data on the majority of stocks is inadequate reporting by Member States; in this respect, calls on the Commission to provide Member States with technical and financial assistance for the collection and analysis of reliable data, aiming for regionalisation to meet the information needs of the different regions and fisheries, employing both positive and negative incentives;
Amendment 178 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the proposal to introduce ‘Transferable Fishing Concessions’ (TFCs), contained in the basic regulation, raises concerns regarding the concentration and creation of monopolies; stresses that in a number of countries transferable fishing rights have allowed fishing capacity to be reduced, which is commendable; emphasises, however, that adequate safeguards would need to be introduced in order to protect small-scale and littoral coastal fishing, which is the most economically endangered part of the industry but also that providing most of the jobs and economic activity in coastal regions;
Amendment 186 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that such a measure should offer priority access to those who fish in a socially and environmentally responsible way; believes that TFCs should not be the only measure proposed for reducing overcapacity, and that a Member State should be exempted from the obligation to introduce TFCs if it achieves the necessary capacity reduction without their use;
Amendment 228 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the fisheries sector can remain sustainable only if there are sufficient and adequately trained and skilled workers; believes that in order to achieve this, careers in fishing need to remain attractive and standards of qualifications and training need to meet international and European requirements; calls on the Commission to promote proper training and mandatory education schemes in best practice in different areas of the sector, since this will attract young people and help create a competitive and eco- friendlysustainable fisheries and aquaculture sector;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas the relation between Eurostat and the national courts of auditors should be strenghtened
Amendment 9 #
2011/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas National Statistical Institutes should be reformed in Member States to comply with the new European legislation as soon as possible.
Amendment 33 #
2011/2289(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that national statistics presented to Eurostat should include a complete analysis on the territorialization at regional level of spending by the central government of Member States.
Amendment 29 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 1
Paragraph 10 – indent 1
– an explicit link between the objectives and the sectoral concentration of bilateral aid in order to strengthen social cohesion, especially through the co-financing of active policies and programmes to reduce inequality in terms of income and opportunities, as well as other more advanced programmes supporting competitiveness and promoting sustainable development, including the promotion of technological and scientific cooperation and technical assistance, the improvement of tax collection, priority access to thematic programmes, moves towards reimbursable aid and scholarship programmes;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Notes that enhacing current research institutes on agriculture practices is fundamental for the development of the continent.
Amendment 137 #
2011/2286(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the improvement of tax collection is fundamental in order to build a competent state capable of supplying its people with basic services such as health, public sanitation and education.
Amendment 37 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that budgetary consolidation remains a necessity, given the high level of public debt and deficits in some Member States and the difficulty in returning public finances to a sustainable path; this situation triggers strong pressure from financial markets;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the long-term sustainability of public finances is a condition for growth and for maintaining appropriate levels of public expenditure, including investments; stresses that a high level of debt generates adverse effects on health care, pensions, employment and, equity among generations and weak growth;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to strictly follow the recommendations adopted by the Commission and the Council in line with the rules set by the ‘six-pack’ on economic governance' in order to implement fiscal consolidation in a credible and timely manner;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Invites the Member States to find agreement with a view to adopting the "two-pack" as soon as possible, by the end of the year at the latest;
Amendment 83 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to focus consolidation efforts on the expenditure side while as much as possible, and at the same time safeguarding growth-enhancing items such as R&D and education; considers that particular attention should also be paid to maintaining or reinforcing the coverage and effectiveness of employment services and active labour market policies such as training schemes for unemployed people;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the pursuit of the reform and modernisation of pension systems, while respecting the role of social partners, in order to ensure the financial sustainability and adequacy of pensions; supports policies directed to increase the number of people that decide to continue in the labour market in the first years after their retirement age;
Amendment 100 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Member States to implement consolidation procedures on the revenue side to avoid outright tax hikes, and to focus on improving tax compliance and its management; considers that, if this is not sufficient, a broadening of the tax base should be considered, also in view of the reduction of economic distortions; more efforts must be given to fight against tax avoidance and tax fraud;
Amendment 104 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that in order to have a balanced public finances for the medium and long term, it is important to apply cost-benefit analysis to all infrastructure projects with a significant weight in the budget;
Amendment 112 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to clarify the responsibility and rol, role, fiscal transfers and revenue source of different levels of government (regional and local) in maintaining sound and sustainable public finance framework;
Amendment 114 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that in some Member States, sub-sectors of government and ministries exist without concrete powers; these sub- sectors of government make the general administration more inefficient and profligate and so should be eliminated as part of the fiscal consolidation efforts;
Amendment 115 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Notes that fiscal consolidation efforts should be shared between the different administrations in a fair way, taking into account the services they provide;
Amendment 116 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Recognizes that some Member States with high levels of debt are still increasing the net quantity of public workers even though their public commitment to freeze or decrease their share in the labour market;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Calls Member States with budgetary problems to prioritize fiscal consolidation measures related to the diminishing of unnecessary defence expenditure and purchases of new and expensive military equipment;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas fiscal federalism inside Member States has been a great economic success when applied, with a relevant increase in tax self-responsibility both for the regions involved and the central government, and so the possibility to extend this policy to other regions in Europe should therefore be thoroughly studied;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that taxation is still a matter for national and in some cases regional sovereignty, and that the different structures of theses regions and Member States' (MS) tax systems should therefore be respected; notes that Treaty changes would be necessary in order for decision- making on tax policies to be transferred from the national to the EU level;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that MS with high deficits will have to increase tax revenues through higher taxes, pursue expenditure reductions, fight against tax fraud and increase public savings;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that fiscal federalism is the best tool in order to achieve self- responsibility in the tax management at regional level and so entails a higher economic efficiency;
Amendment 65 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that excessive deficits at the regional level are sometimes related to a lack of relation between tax revenue and tax expenditure, that at the same time impede the creation of the necessary environment to build a self-sustaining growth model;
Amendment 79 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals on corporate taxation, green and consumption taxation, avoidance of tax fraud, good governance and double taxation;
Amendment 137 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Acknowledges the fact that fiscal federalism gives incentives to regions to be responsible for their own resources and so can be a useful tool in order to fight against tax fraud;
Amendment 139 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – introductory part
Paragraph 28 – introductory part
28. Calls on MS and regional authorities to
Amendment 84 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls Member States to ensure that cultural communities divided in several regional governments or Member States are able to have access to media in their language, and that no political decision cuts this access;
Amendment 184 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls Member States to update their transposition of Directive 2010/13/EU and Decision 2008/913/JHA in order to make judicially punishable xenophobic, and totalitarian nostalgic expressions also in Internet Social Media, particularly those related to the national-socialist era;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas in order to enhance economic efficiency, regional airports should not be managed by a centralised entity;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas regional airports should be mainly managed by regional and local authorities and the private sector;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the construction of new regional airports should be based on a cost-benefit analysis;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas transparency in statistical passenger data is key for the development of regional airports;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas investment from the public sector in the reforming of airports shall display a certain relationship between the amount of money spent and the number of passengers using the infrastructure;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that regional airports should not be enhancing tools for public deficits and should generally be economically sustainable in the mid term;
Amendment 105 #
Amendment 108 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that regional and local authorities, together with the private sector, are best prepared to successfully manage regional airports;
Amendment 109 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that the European Commission should put in place the necessary legislation in order to liberalise regional airport management and ensure that such airports are not managed in a centralised way in order to increase economic efficiency;
Amendment 142 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets that the Commission has not paid attention to the request from Parliament and the Council in Article 10(4) of Decision 884/2004/EC for regional airports to be connected to the network, especially in view of the need for air transport services to Europe's regions to be ensured alongside the development of high-speed rail services, as air transport can in certain circumstances reach further and serve thinner markets more efficiently in terms of time, cost and environmental impact; therefore highlights the great importance of connecting high-speed and long-distance rail services to airports;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. All statistical data on regional airports shall be released in order to improve their management;
Amendment 140 #
2011/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22a. Calls on the Commission to create a new programme with the objective of furthering the implementation of EU environmental legislation and its integration with other policies. This programme, equipped with financial resources and based on Article 192.3 of the TFEU, could be called ‘ACTION 21,’ and it should be aimed essentially at local authorities and include the following variables:- Urban ecosystem. Balance between nature – built environment and relationship with their suroundings. - Efficient use of resources (water, waste and energy). - Economic and trade dynamism. - Mobility and accessibility. - Identity, visual quality and sense of belonging. - Social inclusion and active participation of citizens.
Amendment 162 #
2011/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines the important role of regional and local authorities, as well as civil society and the private sector, in the promotion and implementation of effective environment policy across the EU; underlines that specific targets should exist for those regions with fiscal and legislative competences
Amendment 111 #
2011/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that Croatia’s accession will necessitate a change to the Treaty to make Croatian an official language of the European Union; calls on the Member States to accept Catalan as an official language of the EU, given that it is the 13th most spoken language in Europe, with more than 10 million speakers;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EIB to keep up the efforts to ensure that loans are effectively transmitted to SMEs by financial intermediaries;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls that the EIB in common agreement with the European Commission should put up a comprehensive plan on the functioning of project bonds as soon as possible;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that the EIB should take into account the financial situation of Member States in order to set in which infrastructures the pilot phase of project bonds should be implemented; this pilot phase should give priority to those projects placed in Member States suffering low growth and liquidity problems in the financial markets;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the activities of the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders as well as the EU guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 6 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the protection of the rights of the child and the guidelines on children and armed conflict, as well as many previous European Parliament resolutions touching on these issues,
Amendment 19 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas democracy is, justice and accountability are the best safeguard of human rights, tolerance and equality;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas non-governmental organisations are essential to the development and success of democratic societies and the promotion of mutual understanding and tolerance;
Amendment 96 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the mainstreaming of international justice must include systematically taking account of the fight against impunity in the broader context of trade, development and rule-of-law assistance; stresses that victims and affected communities must be the central concern, with a special focus on vulnerable groups, including women, children, young people and people with disabilities; recommends that the Rome Statute of the ICC be added to the package of international treaties on good governance and the rule of law to be ratified by third countries admitted to the System of Generalised Preferences Plus (GSP+); recommends the consistent inclusion of ICC clauses in EU agreements with third countries;
Amendment 123 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Recognises the critical role of the Rome Statute system in the fight against impunity through its promotion of the principle of complementarity, whereby States retain the primary responsibility to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute those accused of committing crimes under international law; welcomes the efforts of the European Commission to establish an "EU Complementarity Toolkit"; welcomes the efforts of EU Member States' civil society to support complementarity efforts in countries where crimes under international law and massive human rights violations have occurred, and encourages such efforts to continue;
Amendment 180 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Considers that since the "Arab Spring" began, in-country NGOs and organised citizens are playing a critical role in mobilising people and promoting their participation in public life both conducting education and awareness- raising campaigns aimed at informing people of their rights and empowering them to understand and embrace democracy; stresses that, in order to reinforce these processes, priorities on the political agenda for future reforms will need to stem from participatory consultations with in-country NGOs and civil rights advocates;
Amendment 208 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51 a. Calls on all Member States to actively intervene on the issue of the human rights of detainees and the overpopulation of prisons in and outside the European Union;
Amendment 213 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52 a. Restore section on children's rights;
Amendment 224 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55 a. Reaffirms the commitment given in the Report on Human Rights in the World 2007, and urges the Commission to finally follow up without delay, with the necessary initiatives and financial commitments, the 2007 objectives whereby the European Parliament considered "non-violence as the most appropriate means of ensuring that fundamental human rights are enjoyed, upheld, promoted and respected" believing that "its promotion should constitute a priority objective in EU human rights and democracy policy";
Amendment 226 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 b (new)
Paragraph 55 b (new)
55 b. Considers the Gandhian non-violent methodology of peaceful activism and civil protest to be the most appropriate for the defence and promotion of fundamental human rights, especially given the long history of non-violent activism in European history and its contemporary global relevance, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa; believes that the promotion and support of non-violence reflects an international value that should constitute a priority for the European Union's human rights and democracy polices, particularly in consideration of the non- violent methodology offering the most appropriate means and outcomes for the prevention of conflict and the support for democracy, the rule of law, and civil society around the world; proposes to give non-violence a central role of relevance and political weight in the internal and external policies of the European Union with support given to those initiatives that can sustain and develop non-violent and peaceful activism around the world with the dissemination of practical assistance to support non-violent activists and human rights defenders;
Amendment 227 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 c (new)
Paragraph 55 c (new)
55 c. Calls for a European Conference on Non-Violence to be convened in 2014 and that 2015 be designated 'The European Year of Non-Violence'; calls on the Member States to endeavour, under the auspices of the United Nations, to ensure that the 'Decade of Non-Violence 2010- 2020' is proclaimed;
Amendment 239 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Strongly condemns female genital mutilation (FGM) as a barbarian breach of the bodily integrity of women and girls; firmly rejects any reference to cultural, traditional or religious practice as a mitigating factor; urges the Commission to pay specific attention to such traditional harmful practices in its strategy to combat violence against womenflagrant violation of the fundamental human right to physical integrity, which must be combated with legislation banning the practice; congratulates African Heads of State for their adoption, at the African Union Summit of July 2011, of a Decision in support of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution banning FGM worldwide, as a demonstration of the highest degree of political will and commitment to extend all efforts to bring an end to the practice; urges the 66th Session of the UNGA to adopt a Resolution that fulfils these aspirations; emphasizes the need for the Commission to provide the means necessary to support the adoption and effective implementation both within and outside the EU of an international ban and of national laws aimed at the elimination of FGM, including outreach to ensure knowledge of the law, mechanisms to facilitate reporting and prevention, prosecution of presumed offenders, assistance to victims, and sufficient allocation of resources; and requests the EEAS to include this issue in the development and implementation of the human rights country strategies;
Amendment 244 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. CStrongly condemns forced marriage, a violation of human rights as stated in article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; calls on the Council to include the issue of ‘forced marriages’ in the EU guidelines on violence against women and girls; encourages the Commission and the Council to develop data-gathering methods and indicators on this phenomenon, and encourages the EEAS to include this issue in the development and implementation of the human rights country strategies; requests that Member States consider a adopt and enforce legislation banning forced marriage and develop a common definition, the establishment of national action plans, and the exchange of good practices;.
Amendment 272 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Calls on the EU to encourage governments of developing countries to commit to land reform where relevant in order to secure the land titles of indigenous peoplefarmers, nomadic populations and small and medium-scale farmers, especially women, and to prevent land-grabbing practices by corporations; stresses that it ise necessarity to protect the land, tenancy and land use rights of small local farmers and the access of local communities to natural resources, in order to prevent further land takeovers; urges the EU to assert the right of access to natural resources, in particular for native and indigenous peoples, in the negotiation of trade agreements; encourages all Member States to follow the example of Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain and ratify ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal peoples, in order to show their determination to provide them with tangible protection; supports current and on-going campaigns for the ratification and implementation of ILO Convention 169 by non-signatory states, particularly as a means of strengthening the rights of indigenous peoples, upholding the values of ILO Convention 169 and demonstrating the European Union's commitment to multilateralism and the United Nations;
Amendment 280 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Draws attention to the serious problem that exists in several countries in sub- Saharan Africa of children being accused of witchcraft, resulting in grave consequences ranging from social exclusion to infanticide, and to the ritual murder of children as sacrifices; notes that the State has a responsibility to protect children from abuse and, consequently, urges the EEAS to pay particular attention to the fate of these children in the human rights dialogues with the governments of the countries concerned and in the programming of the external financial instruments;
Amendment 283 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67 a. Notes that the Internet, including social media has become one of the most important vehicles through which individuals exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression, and that it has played a crucial role in promoting human rights, democratic participation, accountability, transparency and economic development, as well as the positive role it has played in promoting and supporting the revolutions of the Arab Spring;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Understands that new sets of rules should be put in place at European level in order to tackle the issue of compensation, particularly in financial corporations that suffer of moral hazard as short-term benefits decrease worker's risk aversion; rules should be put in place to ensure that compensations are received taking into account a wider time horizon than a single year in order to promote a longer term vision in the financial sector;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Believes that a strong surveillance and new rules must be set up in order to forbid any malpractices concerning the salaries, bonuses and compensations of executives that either belonging to the financial or non-financial corporate sector have been bailed-out by a Member State government; if needed legal actions shall be taken in order to protect the misuse of public bail-out funds;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the three-degree structure is applied – in some cases successfully – in most of the Bologna countries, despite the difficulties encountered; whereas it is acknowledged that the three-year bachelor degree is the best option for Bologna implementation;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Bologna Process shall not have retroactive effects on students who already started their degree following the pre-Bologna plan;
Amendment 94 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the identification of new, targeted and flexible funding mechanisms with a view to supporting growth, excellence and the particular and diverse vocations of universities; this mechanisms should include European-wide grants that promote students' excellence;
Amendment 178 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to increase significantly the funds devoted to European education and training programmes; calls on the Commission to devote a significant proportion of these funds to supporting the modernisation of higher education as well as the modernisation of universities' infrastructures in accordance with the objectives of the Bologna Process and the EU modernisation agenda;
Amendment 195 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that initiatives should be put in place in order to facilitate that students can transfer its expedient from one university to another during their degrees;
Amendment 199 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States and the EU to provide updated and comparable data on the basis of which to monitor the implementation of the EHEA; believes that this data should be publicized every year in a State by State and university by university basis making easier to understand where progress shall be made;
Amendment 207 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the establishment of an effective Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area, following the example of the Bologna Process; calls on the European Commission to support the Euro- Mediterranean University (EMUNI) as well as other inter-state areas inside the EU;
Amendment 212 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Promotes the creation of unified university brands at regional level in order to strengthen their universities prestige at international level in accordance with the aims of the Bologna Process;
Amendment 213 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls for the creation of a student's forum at European Level in order to evaluate the state of play of the Bologna Process;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. having regard to the extensive and successful experience in regional cooperation in the Mediterranean within the framework of political processes such as the Barcelona Process, the Union for the Mediterranean or the 5+5 Dialogue, which have served as models to existing strategies (Baltic and Danube); having regard to the initiatives of multilateral or bilateral regional cooperation in the framework of some instruments and EU programs such as the MED or ENPI CBC MED under the Neighborhood Policy of the EU; having regard to the current evolution of the Union for the Mediterranean and its potential as a catalyst in the region that will continue to increase;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that this type of territorial cooperation strategy is justified, particularly when these territories have historically been divided by borders, bequeathing lownoticeable levels of cooperation between neighbouring territories;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the implementation of a macro-regional strategy for the Mediterranean basin, in which the Union for the Mediterranean would have a central role, so as to give structure to this key area for Europe's future, and calls on the Council and the Commission to facilitate the emergence thereof;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a macro-regional strategy that involves European, national, regional and local authorities, the Union for the Mediterranean, regional organisations, financial institutions, and NGOs from the European side of the Mediterranean basin, and that is open to neighbouring countries and/or countries at the pre-accession stage, would significantly improve territorial cooperation in this area in political and operational terms;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the development of an efficient e-government network is fundamental in order to ensure the demographic sustainability of those regions sparsely populated;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas it is very important that e- government strategies are implemented as soon as possible; this implementation may notably increase participation of the young generations on public and political life;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that e-government is an opportunity to enhance the quality of our democracy, and pilot consultations or referendums, particularly at local level, should be encouraged;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recommends, with a view to ensuring quality in the provision of these services, that they be brought into line with international standards, norms and guides to good practice such as ISO 27001 on information security or ISO 20000 on quality in IT service management processes;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. States that the future ICT and eGovernment scenario should provide the SME sector with mechanisms which facilitate the building of synergies and sharing of resources and capabilities between firms, thus allowing a professional environment which is collaborative and more competitive for SMEs;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages Member States to conclude the negotiations and to ratify the agreement without undue delays; calls upon Spain and Italy to join in the enhanced cooperation procedure;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point iii
Paragraph 11 – point iii
(iii) the language of proceedings before any local or regional division should be the an official or co-official language of the Contracting Member State hosting the division or the official language designated by the Contracting Member States sharing a regional division; the parties should be free to chose the language in which the patent was granted as language of proceedings subject to the approval of the competent division; the language of proceedings before the central division should be the language in which the patent concerned was granted; the language of proceedings before the Court of Appeal should be the language of proceedings before the Court of First Instance;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas on 10 May 2010, the ECB announced ithat the Eurosystem would intervene directly but temporarily in the euro area public and private debt securities markets through the Securities Markets Programme, the book value of settled purchases of which amounted to EUR 77110.5 billion ion June19 August 2011,
Amendment 20 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas most of the long-term government debt of Greece and Portugal is on the ECB balance sheet and the persistent rumours of Greek debt restructuringpersistent rumours of Greek debt restructuring and the impact thereof on the financial markets and the broader economy may again delay the ECB'’s exit from non-standard measures,
Amendment 41 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the singleprimary objective of ECB is price stability; notesand that de facto financial stability is becoming a second objectiveit thereby contributes to financial stability; also notes the work of the ESRB under the auspices of the ECB on financial stability;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. underlines that the rebuying of bonds on the secondary markets is justified by the aim of restoring a monetary policy which functions effectively, during this period of exceptional malfunction of certain sectors of the market; these programmes of rebuying bonds are complemented by programmes neutralising liquidity;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the entrance of Estonia into the eurozone as a proof of the strength of the euro project as a common currency.
Amendment 102 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the rapid evolution of the leverage ratio of the ECB, measured by its capital and reserves in relation to assets; notes, however, that by mid-August 2011 the balance sheet has already shrunk by around 10% from its peak; notes that this leverage ratio by far exceeds that of other comparable central banks, with the exception of those having implemented quantitative easing programmes, such as the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England;
Amendment 111 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the ECB balance sheet expansion has not led to inflation, due to its increasing role as a central counterparty between euro area banks, which effectively amounts to a monetisation of bank bailouts;and reflects a temporary shift of intermediation from the interbank market to the Eurosystem as well as an increase in assets which will mature over time
Amendment 117 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Restates with concern the overreliance of many euro area banks on the liquidity provided by the ECB, in the absence of a fully functional interbank market; notes with concern the collateral policies of the ECB as regards the amount and the quality of asset-backed securities provided to the Eurosystem as collateral, estimated at EUR 488 billion;that while in 2010 the Eurosystem accepted on average EUR 488 billion of asset-backed securities as collateral, the eligibility criteria for ABS in Eurosystem credit operations have been tightened significantly which leads to a reduction over time of this amount
Amendment 135 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the ECB to put in place in the Security Markets Program a discount rate mechanism that can be adjusted, taking into account whether a certain security is further downgraded by most credit rating agencies and ensuring that the ECB does not end up with too many risky assets; in addition, believes that the ECB should useextend the policy of requiring at least two credit rating qualifications before accepting a security as collateral; from asset-backed securities to all other collateral types where currently only one rating is required;;
Amendment 175 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for a single European Treasury to relieve the ECB off its quasi- fiscal role; until that is the case, suggests confining more tasks to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM); regrets that, as it stands, the ESM will not operate under Community rules and did not acquire the right to purchase government bonds on the secondary market as this would have meant a relief for the ECB in the current circumstances;
Amendment 183 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) acquired the right to purchase government bonds on the secondary market as this could mean a relief for the ECB in the current circumstances;
Amendment 186 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Deplores in this regard that the ESM has been established outside the EU Treaties and therefore calls on the Commission to propose a permanent crisis management mechanism based on Community rules (e.g. a European Monetary Fund)
Amendment 195 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the introduction of eurosecurities may constitute the necessary fiscal quantum-leap forward that the Union needs at this juncture; welcomes the rapid implementation of the feasibility report promised by the Commission in its declaration XXX; calls on the Commission to immediately put forward legislative proposals on the setting up of a system of common issuance of European sovereign bonds, or euro securities, under joint and several liability, following Commissioner Rehn's declaration in Plenary in 22 June 2011; believes that increasing liquidity on a new global eurobonds market could reduce the financial costs for Member States and which would contribute to the Euro becoming a global reserve currency
Amendment 205 #
Amendment 208 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Takes the view that the role of the euro as reserve currency should be strengthened in the interest of more global balance; calls in this regard for a Special Drawing Rights regime to be convertible implemented based on a basket of fully convertible currencies;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. As the ECB, IMF and Commission work together on missions in some Member States, calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for a single external representation of the euro area according to Article 138 TFEU; particularly for the IMF;
Amendment 217 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reminds to the ECB Governing Board that according to E(S)CB Statutes, Article 10(2): “the Governing Council shall act by a simple majority of the members having a voting right" and so decisions do not be necessary taken by unanimity; calls the ECB governing board to make public its voting record
Amendment 7 #
2011/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the strategy to recognise that disclosure of information is necessary but not sufficient by itself to provide competitive markets in which consumers can make decisions in their best interest; to make this disclosure more efficient it is important that information is in the consumer's own language, including EU and regional official languages;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Galileo is expected to offer clear advantages compared to GPS, such as improved accuracy, global integrity, authentication and guarantee of service, as well as to give the Union strategic autonomy; takes note of the importance that the Galileo can have in order to improve competitiveness and quality of many services in Europe;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that Galileo's main objective is its civilian use in order to increase European competitiveness, and so this objective should have priority over security and defence goals;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the subsidiarity principle must be strictly respected, since in most cases it is local and regional administrations that have the relevant powers in social matters and that are in the best position properly to serve citizens,
Amendment 26 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that any reform of the EU state aid rules must take into account the special function of SGEI and must adhere strictly to the principle of subsidiarity, as the primary responsibility for commissioning, providing, financing and organising SGEI, in accordance with Protocol No 26 TFEU, rests with the Member States, which have wide discretion in that regard; considers that the subsidiarity principle should also be applied at regional and local level, particularly in those cases where administrations have their own powers in this area;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that access to compensation for the net cost of delivering public services is among the economic and financial conditions necessary for undertakings entrusted with the operation of public services to perform the particular tasks assigned to them by public authorities properly, especially in these times of crisis, in which public services are playing a vital role as an automatic stabiliser, protecting the most vulnerable sections of the public and thus helping to mitigate the social impact of the crisis;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
5b. Would emphasise here that development of public-public cooperation, by pooling resources, offers great potential for increasing efficiency in the use of public resources and modernising public services to meet the new needs of people in their local areas; also emphasises the importance of cross- border cooperation;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose appropriate thresholds for the ‘de minimis’ arrangement that exclude from the scope of state aid control all local public services which are based in particular on the local associative fabric and on local social micro-enterprises linked to social development at local level; suggests as a possible reference in this respect the combined indices of size of municipality, amount of compensation payment and level of turnover of the undertaking entrusted with the operation of the service;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the focus on behind-the- border barriers to trade and alignment with the EU's acquis, but notes that there is still scope for further tariff reductions with certain countries; stresses that, for DCFTAs to be of true value to SMCs, the EU must be prepared to make genuine concessions in sensitive areas such as agriculture and Mode IV services; notes, in this context, that the EU actually has a significant total trade surplus in agriculture with these countriein all productive sectors;
Amendment 74 #
2011/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets that the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area was not established by 2010 and hopes that all partners will use the momentum created by the Arab Spring to push forward with the necessary reforms for the creation of a functioning and fully fledged free trade area; without distorting competition towards EU producers.
Amendment 12 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in LDCs in particular only a small minority of the population has access to the grid and whereas grid access will not reach the whole population in the foreseeable future, making decentralised solutions such as small-scale, off-grid and mini-grid renewable energy solutions an attractive - and in some cases, the only viable way- alternative to provide universal energy access in the years to come,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas respect for the rule of law and a strong governance are key factors that should be promoted in order to attract the private investment need to fully achieve universal access to energy,
Amendment 19 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that private investment and its participation is fundamental to fully achieve universal access to energy and so calls the Commission to promote in all its aid actions the rule of law, particularly in the least developed countries;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to support, through development cooperation and the Energy Facility, the transfer of technologies, including technical knowledge, information, and good practices, appropriate for the delivery of modern energy services to poor people, between partner countries in the South and between Europe and the South, as well as the development of capacity in partner countriesdevoted to capacity development including twinning, staff exchange and practical training in order to assess and absorb technological options;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for special attention to be given to productive uses of energy in project/programme development as well as financing, as a key mechanism for socio-economic promotion and income genration;
Amendment 172 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to fund large-scale projects, such as ITER, Galileo and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) outside the FP, creating autonomous budget lines for them, in order to guarantee a transparent and reliable financing structure; suggests that they should be partially funded through the issuing of project bonds by the EIB; calls for specific medical projects to be funded in the same way;
Amendment 240 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages all collaboration between universities, financial markets and business; believes that this collaboration is fundamental to make easier the creation of start-ups that can spur innovation and sustainable growth in Europe;
Amendment 267 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that increased participation by SMEs needs appropriate funding instruments that respond to their specificities, including more flexibility with the concrete goals of the projects and an increased margin of the tolerable risk of error; within this scenario soft loans should be considered, which are reimbursed in the event of success, excluding administrative costs;
Amendment 324 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for the creation of a short-list of concrete targets considered of special interest for Europe where a substantial amount of the funds should be directed;
Amendment 383 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Amendment 7 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transport sector is of major importance for the development of the European Union, its regions and its towns, as it accounts for some 5% of GDP, provides some 10 million jobs, logistics services generated € 1 trillion annual revenue in 2008 in Europe and is thus decisive for Europe’s position as an industrial and economic centre,
Amendment 10 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport can make a significant contribution to the EU 2020 Strategy, particularly with regard to employment, economic growth, research, energy, innovation and the environment, bearing in mind that safety and environmental protection must be promoted more consistently under the strategy,
Amendment 45 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 2
Paragraph 1 – indent 2
– that, by 2014, a proposal should be submitted to provide for the internalisation of the external costs of all modes of transport, whilst avoiding double charging and market distortions, in order to increase investments in mobility, safety and research; such proposal should however take into account the specificity of each transport mode and recognize the already existing forms of mitigations (e.g. environment) and of financing (e.g. infrastructure);
Amendment 51 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
- that the logistics sector is sufficiently reflected in the White Paper and the need for having the requirements of the logistics industry is taken into account when defining transport policy;
Amendment 66 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
– a 3012% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from air transport across European airspace, (this figure being only achievable through the full implementation of the Single European Sky). Further reductions will result from fleet renewal, fuel efficiency improvements and the availability of bio jet fuels;
Amendment 70 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- following agreement on energy saving measures (EEDI/ SEEMP) in the IMO, further measures to reduce carbon emissions in shipping should continue to be managed through the IMO, and calls for these goals to be considered priorities, which should therefore be checked every year, decoupling transport growth from economic growth, instead of cutting back demand of transport; setting energy efficiency targets, rather than for modal shifts, should be at the centre of the future European transport policy to avoid a negative effect on the Europe 2020 target to increase competitiveness and the welfare of society;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the European Commission to undertake an economic analysis on the costs of a failure to complete the Single European Transport Area with regard to the entire economy, including logistics companies, customers and citizens, further with a look at the impact of global competitiveness;
Amendment 100 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that efficient co-modality in passenger and goods transport – measured in terms of economic efficiency, environmental protection, social and employment conditions and safety and security aspects, and geared to existing and planned infrastructure in individual countries and regions – should be the guiding idea for future transport policy, and that these parameters should be used to determine modal distribution in countries and regions rather than retaining the proposed 300 km threshold for goods transport by road;
Amendment 112 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that an integrated transport policy not only between the transport modes but also on the entire value chain of transport and logistics services is necessary to suitably address the challenges of transport; secure consistency with environment, social, employment, industry, research, internal market and economic policies; enhance coordination amongst policy-makers in the European institutions as well as consistent and advanced dialogue and consultation with the logistics industry, transport services suppliers and customers;
Amendment 120 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses the vital role an efficiently- functioning logistics sector would play in driving down the costs of commerce, including eCommerce, and thereby fostering intra-EU and global trade and generating economic growth;
Amendment 130 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– Member States should commit themselves to eliminate the 25 known bottlenecks of 10 core corridors where the bulk of transport is conducted in the European transport area by 2020, to prioritise cross-border projects and to submit an approved funding plan by 2015;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
– Community and national investment plans for ‘e-freight’ and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) should be adopted and implemented in a coordinated manner in order to allow an electronic flow of information alongside the physical flow of goods; – projects should be selected according to a strict cost/benefit analysis;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 4 a (new)
– the core network of multimodal freight corridors should be developed on the basis of the TEN-T projects and should work as a single entity, including intermodal infrastructure, intermodal platforms and equipment and ICT solutions;
Amendment 152 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
– project priorities should only be maintained after 2015 if the Member States have taken binding decisions whichto ensure the implementation of the projects;
Amendment 164 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the same safeecurity standards should apply to all kinds of passenger and goods transport at EU level, with the objective to reduce hassle and bottlenecks, and calls for a proposal to fund safeecurity obligations, bearing in mind that, particularly in the case of maritime and air transport, international coordination is a prerequisite, and that current rules should be reviewed and/or replaced by 2015to better integrate an outcome focused and risk-based approach, allowing to adapt screening requirements on the basis of the actual risk;
Amendment 172 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of alternative and renewable energies for transport and highlights that the set goals could be reached using an energy mix and existing methods for saving energy, accompanied by the requisite infrastructure; relevant policies to incentivise their production and their use need to be adopted;
Amendment 179 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that the ‘user pays’ and ‘polluter pays’ principles should be implemented for all modes and for freight and passenger transport equally; insists that the internalisation of external costs of transport should include strict earmarking rules to reduce those specific costs;
Amendment 189 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is convinced that reaching CO2-free city logistics could only be possible by through a collaborative approach and consistent dialogue between local authorities and stakeholders (representing passenger and freight transport); insists that urban transport policies should not create new internal market barriers for passenger and goods transport;
Amendment 199 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is decisive and calls for the creation of incentives to choose sustainable means of transport, where proposals should be made by 2013 to develop infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in towns, to double the number of passengers on public transport, which mainly uses alternative sources of energy, and to establish e-tickets for multi-modal travel when technically and legally feasible, and where pricing policy should be considered as an incentive;
Amendment 214 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls to conclude mutual recognition agreements on customs and security programmes between the EU and third-countries, in particular EU-US agreements should be a priority;
Amendment 217 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Considers that a new security certificate is not needed when AEO status aims to ensure security for the entire supply chain; additional operational benefits would make AEO status more attractive;
Amendment 219 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Calls for guidelines clarifying the ‘level of assistance and care’ , the right of redress and the definition of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ in air transport;
Amendment 233 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 2 a (new)
- implementing the proposed technology roadmap in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders in order to understand the needs of the sector and better attribute EU funding accordingly; priority should be given to projects which decarbonise transport, increase the transparency of the supply chain, improve transport safety and security, improve traffic management and reduce administrative burdens; - stresses the need for reliable tracking systems which nurture trust in eCommerce;
Amendment 239 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that bureaucratic hurdles should be reduced for all forms of transport and calls, therefore, for the increased harmonisation of transport documents, particularly for goods transport by road, for cross-border and intermodal transport with the promotion of ‘e-freight’ and for the submission, by 2013, of a proposal on the standardisation of freight documents;
Amendment 300 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 4 a (new)
- an EU standardised methodology to calculate the carbon footprint of transport and logistics operations to avoid a proliferation of national approaches and support for industry initiatives to promote carbon footprint calculation especially for road freight transport;
Amendment 332 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
– the dedication of at least 10% of TEN-T funding to inland waterwaymultimodal connections for inland waterways, inland ports and rail transport projects;
Amendment 350 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
– the Commission to submit a proposal for rules governing port servictransparency and public financing of port authorities by 2014;
Amendment 361 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 1
Paragraph 17 – indent 1
– a proposal, by 2015, on the creation of a single European airspace by further reducing functional airspace blocks, with the Member States also being called upon to promote the implementation of the single European airspace, and – current Single European Sky II fully implemented by 2016;
Amendment 370 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 3
Paragraph 17 – indent 3
– the European Commission and the Member States to implement theget a European trade in emissions certificates accepted internationally by 2012, with reference also to international agreements and ensure earmarking of revenues will be used in research projects to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint; - that air freight should not be reserved for long-distance and intercontinental operations only; air freight is essential for the logistics chain and particular for the express sector, which needs to use air transport for next day delivery within Europe;
Amendment 377 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 a (new)
– the dedication of at least 20% of TEN-T funding to SESAR deployment; – active work on the development of a ‘Checkpoint of the Future’ which not only looks at technology improvement but also at a risk based approach to facilitate the travel of the majority of passengers;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas in order to comply with the accorded emissions target it is important to focus attention on compliance not only at Member State level, but also on those regions with fiscal and legislative powers
Amendment 51 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Acknowledges the systemic importance of some regions due to their demographic weight; believes that surveys and specific targets should be also applied to them and analysed at European level, particularly in the case of those with fiscal and legislative powers as they have a bigger margin of manoeuvre
Amendment 190 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Calls Member States and regions with fiscal and legislative powers in climate change to put in place strong tax incentives in order to promote research in this field
Amendment 16 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalling that the Commission has launched a number of infringement procedures against Member States for not properly implementing the First Railway Package, stresses the need for a strong and independent regulatory bodyies, on national and European level, to safeguard the rail market;
Amendment 61 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the efforts that the Commission is making in order to open up competition in the credit rating agencies sector and calls on the Commission to ensure that all rating agencies abide by the highest standards of integrity, disclosure, transparency and conflict of interest management as set out in the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 in order to ensure the quality of ratings and to avoid ‘rating shopping’;
Amendment 70 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that bilateral agreements between countries in the air transport sector do not give formal preference to a specific airport for flights going from one country to another;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. States that equality of opportunities in education for individuals of all backgrounds is vital in creating an equal society which is more balanced, socially cohesive and fair;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the school system has to promote excellence and a good working ethic as two of their main goals;
Amendment 98 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls the importance of increasing the number of students finishing the first part of secondary education, thereby promoting the achievement of basic competence;
Amendment 143 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States and regional governments with powers in education to recognize and validate the knowledge learned in a non-formal and informal way, easing their return to the educational system;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Believes that adult learning is very relevant to addressing the situation of citizens who leave school early in order to give them a second chance, focusing on learning on IT technologies and foreign languages;
Amendment 179 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls for the creation of a new life- long learning program directed toward secondary schools based on the success of the Erasmus programme;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the importance of sports events in the process of European integration. The opportunity to visit or follow sport events on television and radio or via the Internet helps to connect Europe’s citizens culturally;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an analysis of the economic situation among sports clubs in Europe. It has become increasingly common, primarily in football, for clubs to have problems with large financial debts;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out the need for a deeper and more extensive analysis of sustainable economic developments in sport. Among other things, part of transfer fees should be returned to clubs at grassroots level. This is essential for the creation of a more sustainable and equitable sporting movement;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the creation and implementation of internal regulations on the high level of debt in professional sport which would be capable of tackling its causes. These regulations should be proposed by sports institutions across Europe in common understanding with each other in order to put in place a coherent framework for the whole continent;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) should ensure that gambling is proper, fair, responsible and transparentconducted by means of responsible gaming measures,
Amendment 95 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 7
Paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) that a considerable proportion of government revenue from gambling is used for publicly beneficial and charitable purposesthe prevention and treatment of, and for research into, problem and pathological gambling;
Amendment 174 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls – in keeping with the principle of ‘active subsidiarity’ – for a common regulatory framework laying down binding high-level minimum standards with regard to preventing gambling addiction and betting fraud and to protecting young people; states that, where a provider complies with those minimum standards, the other Member States should recognise this accordingly, but may set further conditions; is of the opinion that a pan- European code of conduct for Internet gambling could be a first step;
Amendment 184 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, should no other agreement be reached, to propose a directive on minimum standards; states that, if necessary, thought should be given to stepped-up cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 257 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is aware of the importance of the contribution from gambling revenue towards the funding of sport in the Member States; states that further development of the Internet gambling market should therefore not lead to a reduction in sports funding or in funding for programmes focusing on the prevention and treatment of problem and pathological gambling and on research;
Amendment 269 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points to the need for pragmatic solutions with regard to advertising for, and sponsoring of, sports events by Internet gambling providers; is of the opinion that common advertising standards should be adopted which sufficiently protect vulnerable consumers, buthould be based on responsible gaming criteria and at the same time make sponsorship of international events possible, and that advertising bans are in any case ineffective;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 18 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the current rule whereby, where VAT is applied, the supply of passenger transport is taxed in accordance with where the transport actually takes place, proportionately to the distance covered in each Member State. Considers that passenger transport should be taxed at; realises, however, that, for aviation, changing the "place of supply rule" into the "place of departure in order to reduce complexity and improve enforceability;rule" would lead to irrational results and create the potential for new distortions in the market place.
Amendment 28 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas European regions with fiscal and legislative powers should be part of the European Semester process in order to enhance its democratic legitimacy and make it more effective and transparent,
Amendment 83 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges that European regions with fiscal and legislative powers should be part of the European Semester process in order to enhance its democratic legitimacy, making it more effective and transparent; notes that its participation should be in common understanding with its own Member State;
Amendment 177 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, European citizens should also be protected from discrimination on linguistic grounds;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2058(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 31 #
2011/2058(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 23 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the educational model on which the European Schools are based should be promoted in the Member States and made an integral part of their educational systems,
Amendment 57 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the European Schools should serve as an example and that exporting this model to the national and regional education systems would assist professional mobility;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States and regional governments with legislative powers in education to promote the concept of European Schools on their territory by creating pilot establishments;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to take into account the existence or not of a regional language in developing the European syllabuses, and make sure that young European students completely understand the relevance of linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe also at the regional level;
Amendment 95 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages Member States and regional governments with legislative powers in education to homologate a relevant proportion of their public school system so they can give students the European baccalaureate degree as they finish secondary school;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that EU-level harmonisation of contract law practices would be more efficient in ensuring convergence and a more level playing field, but that, given the challenges of harmonising national legal systemsthe legal systems not only of Member States but also of regions with legislative competences on this matter, an optional instrument is a more proportionate and feasible solution, at least as an interim measure;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure close alignment of the proposed Consumer Rights Directive and the European Contract Law instrument so as to clarify the relationship between the two measures in such a way that in case of conflict the consumer rights legislation takes precedence, and a high level of consumer protection is ensured; for example the linguistic protection of citizens speaking any of the official languages in Member States.
Amendment 132 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls the G-20 to seriously take into account the possibility of setting up a new international monetary system;
Amendment 140 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the lack of cooperation among financial supervisors facilitated the spread of the financial crisis and worsened its effects. Convergence towards a common financial framework between the US and the EU would so be very welcomed;
Amendment 153 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognizes that a financial transaction tax introduced at global level would be a useful tool in order to raise revenues and fight speculation;
Amendment 165 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes the great importance of strengthening and deepening the European Single Market not only as an internal objective, but also as a leading example for other trading blocs around the world;
Amendment 166 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the need for EU policies both in the agriculture and financial fields that help to avoid global shocks on the food supply and prices;
Amendment 137 #
2011/0439(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) All the provisions of this Directive shall be applied respecting the internal distribution of competences inside Member States.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0438(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) All the provisions of this legislation should be applied respecting the internal distribution of competences in Member States
Amendment 9 #
2011/0437(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Concessions are contracts for pecuniary interest concluded between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities or entities and having as their object the acquisition of works or services where the consideration consists, normally, in the right to exploit the works or services that are the subject of the contract. The execution of these works or services is subject to specific binding obligations defined by the contracting authority or entity which are legally enforceable. By contrast, certain State acts such as authorisations or licences whereby the State or a public authority establishes the conditions for the exercise of an economic activity, should not qualify as concessions. The same applies to certainEqually, agreements having as their object the right of an economic operator to exploit certain public domains or resources, such as public domain and private land lease contracts whereby the State or contracting authority or entity only establishes only general conditions for their use without acquiring specific works or servicesand/or specific binding and legally enforceable obligations that relate to the use of the land without acquiring specific works or services, should not qualify as concessions. In the framework of these public domain and private land lease contracts, the following terms are to be considered as conditions and obligations that purely aim at regulating the use of the land: the use to which the public domain or resource is to be put (e.g. description and permissible use, obligations that aim at optimising the use, such as performance benchmarks or environmental standards), the obligations of the contracting parties regarding the maintenance of the public domain or resource, the fee or rent and the incidental charges to be paid by the tenant (including penalties for breach of contract).
Amendment 30 #
2011/0437(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Directive shall not apply to contracts for public domain and private land lease contracts whereby the State or contracting authority or entity only establishes general conditions and/or specific binding and legally enforceable obligations that relate to the use of the land, without acquiring specific works or services.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘European Social Entrepreneurship Fund’ (EuSEF) means a collective investment undertaking that invests at least 70 percent% of its aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital in assets that are qualifying investments and that invests the remaining 30% of its aggregate capital in accordance with principles of social responsible behaviour;
Amendment 95 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) those other investors commit to invest a minimum of EUR 100.30 000;
Amendment 106 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A common European framework shall be put in place in order to harmonise standards on the evaluation of social impact
Amendment 118 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) the support of experienced professionals in the field;
Amendment 39 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Strong tax incentives should be put in place in all Member States in order to enhance investments from venture capital funds into spin-off projects created in universities, particularly in projects of scientific technological base.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The process to create a venture capital fund should be as quick as possible in order to ease the costs of establishing new funds in the market.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to ensure that qualifying venture capital funds have a distinct and identifiable profile which is suited to their purpose, there should be uniform rules on the composition of the portfolio and on the investment techniques which are permitted for such qualifying funds, including loans.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Member States should consider putting in place a framework that further exempts private investors in venture capital funds from the capital gains tax related to the action of the fund.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Direct lending, particularly for SMEs from a technological base, shall be an integral part of the venture capital fund.
Amendment 232 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The work programmes shall take account of the state of science, technology and, innovation at national, Union and international level and of relevant policy, market and societal developments. They shall contain information on coordination with research and innovation activities carried out by Member States (including their regions), including in areas where there are joint programming initiatives. They shall be updated where appropriate.
Amendment 300 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3
In addition, the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’ will support social sciences and humanities research into issues of a horizontal nature such as the creation of smart and sustainable growth, social transformations in European societies, social innovation, innovation in the public sector or the position of Europe as a global actor. Horizon 2020 should include the Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) as an independent challenge with at least a meaningful budget, as in previous framework programme.
Amendment 307 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 will encourage and support the participation of SMEs in an integrated way across all specific objectives, in particular in the closer-to-market phases of projects.
Amendment 312 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
In accordance with Article 18 of Horizon 2020, dedicated measures as set out in the specific objective ‘Innovation in SMEs’ (dedicated SME instrument) shall be applied in the specific objective ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and Part III ‘Societal challenges’. The dedicated SME instrument, targeted at all types of SMEs with an innovation potential, shall be implemented in a consistent manner and through a single management. This integrated approach is expected to lead to around 15 % of their total combined budgets going to SMEs.
Amendment 389 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1
– assure communication with the scientific community and, key stakeholders and regional and national funding agencies on the ERC's activities and achievements;
Amendment 400 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– regularly inform the programme committee on the implementation of the ERC activities and results, ensuring they are continuously updated on the latest information.
Amendment 402 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Supporting a large set of embryonicarly stage, high risk visionary science and technology collaborative research projects is necessary for the successful exploration of new foundations for radically new future technologies. By being explicitly non– topical and non-prescriptive, this activity allows for new ideas, whenever they arise and wherever they come from, within the broadest spectrum of themes and disciplines. Nurturing such fragile ideas requires an agile, risk-friendly and highly interdisciplinary research approach, going well beyond the strictly technological realms. Attracting and stimulating the participation of new high-potential actors in research and innovation, such as young researchers and high-tech SMEs is also important for nurturing the scientific and industrial leaders of the future.
Amendment 403 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2
Activities in the three FET pillars are complemented, by a wide range of networking and community-based activities for creating a fertile and vibrant European base for science-driven research towards future technologies. They will support the future developments of the FET activities, foster the debate on implications of new technologies, and accelerate impact. FET activities should be open to collaboration with third countries, based on common interest and mutual benefit, while protecting European interests.
Amendment 420 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 3
In order to fully exploit the existing potential of researchers, possibilities to restart a research career after a break will also be supported. Re-integration of researchers into a longer term research position in Europe, including in the country of origin, after a trans- national/international mobility experiences, will also be supported. Mobility and opportunities for researcher's career development should be fostered promoting mechanisms such as the current Euraxess network.
Amendment 423 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 2
European funding will support short term exchanges of research and innovation staff within partnerships of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic actors among Europe, as well as between Europe and third countries to reinforce international cooperation. It will be open to research and innovation staff at all career levels, from the most junior (post-graduate) to the most senior (management), including also administrative and technical staff. In this sense, industrial doctoral programs should be strengthened as an important element to foster an innovative spirit among researchers and create closer links between industry and academia.
Amendment 442 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 4 – point 4.1 – point 4.1.1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 4 – point 4.1 – point 4.1.1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the operation phase (e.g. access, data handling, outreach, training and international cooperation activities). Including support to running costs to ensure sustainability and the highest quality.
Amendment 448 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 4 – point 4.1 – point 4.1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 4 – point 4.1 – point 4.1.3 – paragraph 2
To achieve this goal, support will be given to: global research and education networks providing advanced, standardised and scalable inter-domaiinstitutional and inter- domain common services on-demand; grid and cloud infrastructures providing virtually unlimited computational and data processing capacity; an ecosystem of supercomputing facilities, advancing towards exa-scale; a software and service infrastructure, e.g. for simulation and visualisation; real-time collaborative tools; and an interoperable, open and trusted scientific data infrastructure.
Amendment 537 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 will set up two facilities (the ‘Equity facility’ and the ‘Debt facility’), composed of various windows. The Equity facility and the SME window of the Debt facility will be implemented as part of two EU Financial Instruments that provide equity and debt to support SMEs' R&I and growth. (managed by the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund) that provide equity and debt to support SMEs' R&I and growth. In the interests of ensuring critical mass and a whole-innovation- chain approach, the two facilities will preferentially target activities resulting from other actions funded under Horizon 2020, including the new dedicated SME instrument.
Amendment 542 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) other frameworks, programmes and budget lines in the Union budget (such as Common Agriculture Policy, Fisheries Policy and COSME);
Amendment 545 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
The SME window under the Debt facility shall target R&I-driven SMEs and small mid-caps with loan amounts exceeding EUR 1500 000, thus complementing finance to SMEs by the Loan Guarantee Facility under the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs.
Amendment 554 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 3
In the latter case, the investment from the Equity Facility of Horizon 2020 shall not exceed 230% of the total EU investment except in cases of multi-stage funds, where funding from EFG and the equity facility for RDI will be provided on a pro rata basis, based on the funds' investment policy. Like the EFG, the Equity Facility shall avoid buy-out or replacement capital intended for the dismantling of an acquired enterprise. The Commission may decide to amend the 20% threshold in light of changing market conditions.
Amendment 568 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 3
Only SMEs will be allowed to apply for funding and support. They can form collaborations with local or European R+D performers according to their needs, including for subcontracting research and development work. Projects must be of clear interest and potential benefit to SMEs and have a distinct European dimension.
Amendment 572 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 5 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 5 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
This phase will not provide direct funding other than support activities, but aims to facilitate access to private capital and innovation enabling environments. Links to the financial instruments (see Part II, section 2 ‘Access to Risk Finance of this Annex) are foreseen, for example by giving SMEs that have successfully completed phases 1 and/or 2 priority within a ring- fenced volume of financial resources provided by means of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. SMEs will also benefit from support measures like networking, training, coaching and advice. In addition this part may connect to measures promoting pre- commercial procurement and procurement of innovative solutions.
Amendment 576 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 6
Uniform promotion, implementation and monitoring of the SME instrument across Horizon 2020 will ensure easy access for SMEs. Relying on existing SME support networks, such as Enterprise Europe Network, a mentoring scheme for the beneficiary SMEs shall be established to accelerate impact from the support provided.
Amendment 577 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – point 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – point 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Regional decentralized support structure will be implemented to manage the Eurostars Joint Programme.
Amendment 578 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.2 – paragraph 1
Activities assisting the implementation and complementing the SME specific measures across Horizon 2020 will be supported, notably to enhance the innovation capacity of SMEs. Activities may include awareness raising, information and dissemination, training and mobility activities, networking and exchange of best practices, developing high quality innovation support mechanisms and services with strong Union added value for SMEs (e.g. intellectual property and innovation management, knowledge transfer, innovative use of ICT and e-skills in SMEs), as well as assisting SMEs to connect to research and innovation partners across the Union, allowing them to spin in technology and develop their innovation capacity. Intermediary organisations representing groups of innovative SMEs or regional SMEs support services shall be invited to conduct cross-sectoral and cross- regional innovation activities with SMEs having mutually reinforcing competences, in order to develop new industrial value chains.
Amendment 583 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 1
This will support market-driven innovation in view of enhancing the innovation capacity of firms by improving the framework conditions for innovation as well as tackling the specific barriers preventing the growth of innovative firms, in particular SMEs and enterprises of intermediate size with potential for fast growth. Specialised innovation support (on e.g. IP exploitation, networks of procurers, international technology transfer services, support to technology transfer offices, strategic design, cluster development) and reviews of public policies in relation to innovation will be supported.
Amendment 589 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – paragraph 2
Successful efforts to prevent, manage, treat and cure disease, disability and reduced functionality are underpinned by the fundamental understanding of their causes, processes and impacts, as well as factors underlying good health and wellbeing. Effective sharing of data and the linkage of these data with real-world large scale cohort studies is also essential, as is the translation of research findings into the clinic, in particular through the conduct of clinical trials. Transferring research results from the basic research to clinical practice, clinical trials need to establish a prior link between the results obtained in the laboratory and the patient through translational research: "from bench to bedside approach".
Amendment 602 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
A better understanding of the determinants of health is required in order to provide evidence for effective health promotion, wellbeing and disease prevention, and will also allow the development of comprehensive health and wellbeing indicators in the Union. Environmental, behavioural (including life- style), biological, socio-economic and genetic factors, in their broadest senses will be studied. Approaches will include the long term study of cohorts, biobanks and their linkage with data derived from ‘-omics’ research, and other methods.
Amendment 605 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
In particular, a better understanding of the environment as a determinant of health will require integrated molecular biological, epidemiological and toxicological approaches to investigate health- environment relationships, including studies of modes of action of chemicals, combined exposures to pollution and other environmental and climate related stressors, integrated toxicological testing as well as alternatives to animal testing. Innovative approaches to exposure assessment are needed using new- generation biomarkers based on ‘omics’ and epigenetics, human biomonitoring, personal exposure assessments and modelling to understand combined, cumulative and emerging exposures, integrating socio-economic and behavioural factors and design of environments to aid recovery and rehabilitation. Improved links with environmental data using advanced information systems will be supported.
Amendment 656 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.16 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.16 – paragraph 1
Support provided will cover the full spectrum of activities from knowledge and technology transfer to large scale demonstration actions, leading to scalable solutions for Europe and beyond. It should also take into account the important long term benefits of product development for patients in low-income countries, and match its funding accordingly. Product development through innovation can translate into concrete outcomes, with palpable results for society and poverty reduction with more investment in poverty-related and neglected diseases.
Amendment 668 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Appropriate knowledge, tools, services and innovations are necessary to support more productive, resource-efficient and resilient agriculture and forestry systems that supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials and deliver ecosystems services while at the same time supporting the development of thriving rural livelihoods. Research and innovation will provide options for integrating agronomic and environmental goals into sustainable, affordable and nutritious production, thus: increasing productivity and resource efficiency of agriculture; reducing agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions; reducing leaching of nutrients from cultivated lands into terrestrial and aquatic environments; decreasing dependence from international plant derived protein imports to Europe; increasing the level of biodiversity in primary production systems, to better understand and develop responses to the ways we generate, distribute, market, consume and regulate food production.
Amendment 706 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.3 – introductory part
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.3 – introductory part
2.2.3. A sustainable, affordable and competitive agri- food industry
Amendment 710 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.3 a (new)
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.3 a (new)
Amendment 729 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.5 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.5 – paragraph 2
The impact and dissemination of research results will be actively supported through specific actions on communication, knowledge and technology exchange and the involvement of various actors all along the projects. Implementation will combine a wide range of activities, including substantial demonstration and pilot activities. Easy and open access to research results and best practices will be fostered, where appropriate via databases.
Amendment 820 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – introductory part
4.1. Resource efficient and affordable transport that respects the environment
Amendment 833 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 1
This can be achieved through the development and widespread use of intelligent transport applications and management systems. This entails: planning, demand management, information and payment systems that are interoperable Europe-wide; and the full integration of information flows, management systems, infrastructure networks and mobility services into a new common multi-modal framework based on open platforms. This will also ensure flexibility and rapid responses to crisis events and extreme weather conditions by reconfiguring travel across modes. New positioning, navigation and timing applications, made possible through the Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation systems, will be instrumental in achieving this objective, as well as wider application of behavioural sciences to understand how we choose to travel, bearing in mind that each transport mode faces different challenges and is characterised by different technology integration cycles.
Amendment 887 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
It is important to include Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) as an independent challenge with at least a meaningful budget, as in previous framework programme. The European Union is going through an important political, economic and social challenge that needs to be tackled with the maximum responsibility and rigour. If the key challenge for Europe is "to stabilise the financial and economic system in the short term while also taking measures to create the economic opportunities of tomorrow", it should be tackled as a challenge addressing important issues such as education, employment, youth and so on, which deserve specific specialised SSH knowledge at European level. It should also support creative societies to promote research and innovation of industries and to increase the value of the historical and cultural heritage as training and research in disciplines related to culture and creativity will provide capabilities that support the knowledge-based economy, contributing value.
Amendment 605 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring the adequate participation of, and innovation impact on, small and medium- sized enterprises (SME) in Horizon 2020, in particular in the closer-to-market phases of projects. Quantitative and qualitative assessments of SME participation shall be undertaken as part of the evaluation and monitoring arrangements.
Amendment 612 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Specific actions shall be undertaken within the specific objective ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ set out in Point 1 of Part II of Annex I and each of the specific objectives under the priority ‘Societal challenges’ set out in Points 1 to 6 of Part III of Annex I. These specific actions shall take the form of a dedicated SME instrument that is targeted at all types of SMEs with an innovation potential and shall be implemented in a consistent manner through a single management and tailored to the needs of SMEs as set out under the specific objective ‘Innovation in SMEs’ in Point 3.3.(a) of Part II of Annex I.
Amendment 614 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to around 1530% of the total combined budget ofor the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and 15% of the budget of the priority ‘Societal challenges’ going to SMEs.
Amendment 676 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of point (a), top-up funding shall be conditional on a significant level of prior financial commitments in cash or in-kind of the participating entities to the joint calls and actions. The ERA-NET instrument may include an objective to harmonise rules and implementation modalities of the joint calls and actions. It may also be used in order to prepare for an initiative pursuant to Article 185 TFEU.
Amendment 679 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
For the purposes of point (b) such initiatives shall only be proposed in cases where there is a need for a dedicated implementation structure and where there is a high level of commitment of the participating countries and/or regions to integration at scientific, management and financial levels. In addition, proposals for initiatives referred to in point (b) shall be identified on the basis of all of the following criteria:
Amendment 680 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) clear financial commitments of the participating countries and/or regions, in cash or in-kind, including prior commitments to pool national and/or regional investments for transnational research and innovation;
Amendment 703 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – title
Article 22 – title
Information, communication, exploitation and dissemination
Amendment 705 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
The European Commission shall implement information and communication actions concerning Horizon 2020, including communication measures concerning supported projects and results. Budget allocated to communication under Horizon 2020 shall also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the Union's political priorities as far as they are related to the general objective of this Regulation. In particular, it shall provide timely and through information to Member States.
Amendment 738 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall annually monitor the implementation of Horizon 2020, its specific programme and the activities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. This shall include information on cross-cutting topics such as social and economic sciences, humanities, sustainability and climate change, including information on the amount of climate related expenditure.
Amendment 747 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) the possibility of the KICs to integrate relevant new partners where they can provide added value.
Amendment 861 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Europe has set out its ambition to move to a new economic model based on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. This type of transformation will need more than incremental improvements to current technologies and knowledge. It will require much higher capacity for basic science and science-based innovation fuelled by radical new knowledge, allowing Europe to take a leading role in creating the scientific and technological paradigm shifts which will be the key drivers of productivity growth, competitiveness, wealth and social progress in the future. Such paradigm shifts have historically tended to originate from the public-sector science base before going on to lay the foundations for whole new industries and sectors.
Amendment 862 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5
Another major part of the challenge is that in many European countries the public sector still does not offer sufficiently attractive conditions for the best researchers. It can take many years before talented young researchers are able to become independent scientists in their own right. This leads to a dramatic waste of Europe's research potential by delaying and in some cases even inhibiting the emergence of the next generation of researchers, who bring new ideas and energy, and by enticing excellent researchers starting their career to seek advancement elsewhere.
Amendment 871 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 4
The ERC shall also give support, as necessary, to emerging new ways of working in the scientific world with the potential to create breakthrough results and facilitates exploration and running of the commercial and social innovation potential of the research which it funds.
Amendment 874 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
By 2020, the ERC therefore shall aim to demonstrate: that the best researchers are participating in the ERC's competitions, that ERC funding has led directly to scientific publications of the highest quality, to research results with high social and economic potential impact and to the commercialisation and application of innovative technologies and ideas and that the ERC has contributed significantly to making Europe a more attractive environment for the world's best scientists. In particular, the ERC shall target a measurable improvement in the Union's share of the world's top 1 % most highly cited publications. In addition it shall aim at a substantial increase in the number of excellent researchers from outside Europe whom it funds and specific improvements in institutional practices and national policies to support top researchers. The ERC shall share experience and best practices with regional and national research funding agencies in order to promote the support of excellent researchers. Moreover, the ERC shall further raise the visibility of its programmes outside Europe in order to attract excellent researchers.
Amendment 879 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 6
The ERC's Scientific Council shall continuously monitor the ERC's operations and evaluation procedures and consider how best to achieve its objectives by means of grant schemes that emphasise effectiveness, clarity, stability and simplicity, both for applicants and in their implementation and management, and, as necessary, to respond to emerging needs. It shall endeavour to sustain and further refine the ERC's world-class peer-review system which is based on transparent, fair and impartial treatment of proposals so that it can identify ground-breaking scientific excellence and talent regardless of a researcher's gender, nationality or age. Finally, tIf these criteria are not fulfilled, participants may ask the exclusion of experts in order to avoid possible damages. The ERC shall continue conducting its own strategic studies to prepare for and support its activities, maintain close contacts with the scientific community, the regional and national funding agencies and other stakeholders and look to make its activities complement research conducted at other levels. Finally, the ERC will ensure transparency in communication about its activities and results to the scientific community and the general public and maintain updated data from funded projects, including data portability.
Amendment 893 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1
Radical breakthroughs with a transformative impact increasingly rely on intense collaboration across disciplines in science and technology (for instance, information and communication, biology, medicine, chemistry, earth system sciences, material sciences, neuro- and cognitive sciences, social sciences or economics) and with the arts and humanities. This requires not only excellence in science and technology but also new attitudes and novel interactions between a broad range of players in research.
Amendment 896 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) By fostering novel ideas (‘FET Open’), FET shall support embryonicarly stage science and technology research exploring new foundations for radically new future technologies by challenging current paradigms and venturing into unknown areas. A bottom-up selection process widely open to any research ideas shall build up a diverse portfolio of targeted projects. Early detection of promising new areas, developments and trends, along with attracting new and high-potential research and innovation players, will be key.
Amendment 897 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) By nurturing emerging themes and communities (‘FET Proactive’) in close association with societal challenges and industrial technological themes, FET shall address a number of promising exploratory research themes with the potential to generate a critical mass of inter-related projects that, together, make up a broad and multi-faceted exploration of the themes and build a European pool of knowledge.
Amendment 898 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) By pursuing grand interdisciplinary S&T challenges (‘FET Flagships’), FET shall support ambitious large-scale, science-driven research aiming to achieve a scientific and technological breakthrough. Such activities will benefit from the alignment of European and national and regional agendas. The scientific advance should provide a strong and broad basis for future technological innovation and economic application in a variety of areas, plus novel benefits for society. Activities with high societal impact should be prioritized.
Amendment 899 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 2 – point 2.3 – paragraph 3
The right mix of openness and varying degrees of structuring of topics, communities and funding shall be defined for each activity in order to address optimally the objectives pursued. FET activities shall be open to collaboration with third parties, based on common interest and mutual benefit, while protecting European interests.
Amendment 903 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective is to ensure optimum development and dynamic use of Europe's intellectual capitalhuman resources in research and innovation in order to generate new skills and innovation and, thus, to realise its full potential across all sectors and regions.
Amendment 907 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
The necessary reform must start at the first stages of the researchers' careers, during their doctoral studies or comparable post- graduate training. Europe must develop state-of-the-art, innovative training schemes, consistent with the highly competitive and increasingly inter- disciplinary requirements of research and innovation. Strong involvement of businesses, including SMEs and other socio-economic actors, will be needed to equip researchers with the innovation skills demanded by the jobs of tomorrow and encourage them to consider their careers in industry or in the most innovative companies. It will also be important to enhance the mobility of these researchers, as it currently remains at too modest a level: in 2008, only 7 % of European doctoral candidates were trained in another Member State, whereas the target is 20 % by 2030.
Amendment 914 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 6
If Europe is to match its competitors in research and innovation, it must entice more young women and men to embark unified European-wide on research careers and provide highly attractive opportunities and environments for research and innovation. The most talented individuals, from Europe and elsewhere, should see Europe as a pre- eminent place to work. Gender equality, high-quality and reliable employment and working conditions plus recognition are crucial aspects that must be secured in a consistent way across the whole of Europe.
Amendment 924 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 6
Extension of the co-funding mechanism of the Marie Curie actions will be crucial to expand Europe's pool of talents. The numerical and structural impact of Union action will be increased by leveraging regional, national, international public and private funding to create new programmes and to open existing ones to international and intersectoral training, mobility and career development. Such a mechanism will forge stronger links between research and education efforts at national and Union levels.
Amendment 930 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to provide excellent and innovative training to early-stage researchers at post-graduate level via interdisciplinary projects or doctoral programmes involving universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic groups from different countries. In this sense, industrial doctoral programs should be strengthened as an important element to foster an innovative spirit among researchers and create closer links between industry and academia. This will improve career prospects for young post- graduate researchers in both the public and private sectors. Initial training of researchers may include the possibility of recruiting experienced researchers to facilitate the participation of small and medium enterprises and large companies in these projects and create synergies between young and experienced researchers.
Amendment 931 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to encourage experienced researchers to broaden or deepen their skills by means of mobility by opening attractive career opportunities in universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio- economic groups all over Europe and beyond. Opportunities to restart a research career after a break and to re-integrate researchers into a longer term research position in Europe, including in the country of origin, after a trans- national/international mobility experiences, shall also be supported.
Amendment 938 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to support short- term exchanges of research and innovation staff among a partnership of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic groups, both within Europe and worldwide. This will include fostering cooperation with third countries.
Amendment 941 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be, with the aid of a co- funding mechanism, to encourage regional, national and international organisations to create new programmes and to openadapt existing ones to international and intersectoral training, mobility and career development. This will increase the quality of research training in Europe at all career stages, including at pre-doctoral and doctoral level, will foster free circulation of researchers and scientific knowledge in Europe, will promote attractive research careers by offering open recruitment and attractive working conditions and will support research and innovation cooperation between universities, research institutions and enterprises and cooperation with third countries and international organisations.
Amendment 947 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Research infrastructures with the highest quality and international attractiveness are key determinants of Europe's competitiveness across the full breadth of scientific domains and essential to science- based innovation. In many fields research is impossible without access to supercomputers, radiation sources for new materials, clean rooms for nanotechnologies, databases for genomics and social sciences, observatories for Earth sciences, broadband networks for transferring data, etc. Research infrastructures are necessary to carry out the research needed to address grand societal challenges energy, climate change, bio-economy and lifelong health and wellbeing for all, among others. They propel collaboration across borders and disciplines and create a seamless and open European space for online research. They promote mobility of people and ideas, bring together the best scientists from across Europe and the world and enhance scientific education. Their construction challenges researchers and innovative companies to develop state of the art technology. By this way, they strengthen Europe's high tech innovative industry. They drive excellence within the European research and innovation communities and can be outstanding showcases of science for society at large.
Amendment 953 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1
State-of-the-art research infrastructures are becoming increasingly complex and costly, often requiring integration of different equipment, services and data sources and extensive transnational collaboration. No single country has enough resources to support all the research infrastructures it needs. The European approach to research infrastructures has made remarkable progress in recent years with continuously developing and implementing the ESFRI roadmap for infrastructures, integrating and opening national research facilities and developing e-infrastructures underpinning a digital European Research Area. The networks of research infrastructures across Europe strengthen its human capitalresources base by providing world- class training for a new generation of researchers and engineers and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.
Amendment 964 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – paragraph 1
The activities shall aim at developing the European research infrastructures for 2020 and beyond, fostering their innovation potential and human capitalresources and reinforcing European research infrastructure policy.
Amendment 968 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point a
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point a
The aims shall be to ensure the preparation, construction, implementation and operation of the ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures, including the development of regional partner facilities; integration of and access to national research infrastructures so that European scientists can use them, irrespective of their location, to conduct to top level research; and the development, deployment and operation of e- infrastructures when there exist strong added value for Union intervention.
Amendment 1023 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.2 – paragraph 1
ICT underpins innovation and competitiveness across a broad range of private and public markets and sectors, and enables scientific progress in all disciplines. Over the next decade, the transformative impact of digital technologies, ICT components, infrastructures and services will be increasingly visible in all areas of life. Unlimited computing, communication and data storage resources will be available to every citizen on the globe. Vast amounts of information and data will be generated by sensors, machines and information- enhanced products, making action at a distance a commonplace, enabling global deployment of business processes and sustainable production sites and bringing a wide range of services and applications. Many critical commercial and public services and all key processes of knowledge production in science, learning, business and the public sector will be provided through ICT. ICT will provide the critical infrastructure for production and business processes, communication and transactions. ICT will also be indispensable in contributing to key societal challenges , as well as societal processes such as community formation, consumer behaviour, and public governance, for example by means of social media, and the increasing penetration of mobile technologies through smartphones.
Amendment 1027 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.2 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.2 – paragraph 3
Successive evaluations of ICT activities in the Union's Framework Programme for research and innovation have shown that focused ICT research and innovation investment undertaken at Union level has been instrumental in building industrial leadership in areas like mobile communications, safety-critical ICT systems, and to address challenges like energy-efficiency or demographic change and better health systems delivery. Union investments in ICT research infrastructures have provided European researchers with the world's best research networking and computing facilities.
Amendment 1032 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.3 – point c
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.3 – point c
(c) Future Internet: Infrastructures, technologies and services in a secure environment;
Amendment 1046 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.3 – paragraph 2
These six activity lines shall also include ICT specific research infrastructures such as living labs and urban infrastructures provided in the frame of the smartcity context for large-scale experimentation, and infrastructures for underlying key enabling technologies and their integration in advanced products and innovative smart systems, including equipment, tools, support services, clean rooms and access to foundries for prototyping.
Amendment 1062 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Aiming at fundamentally new products enabling sustainable solutions in a wide range of sectors such as ICT, life sciences, healthcare and consumer goods.
Amendment 1070 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – point e – introductory part
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – point e – introductory part
(e) Developing capacity-enhancing techniques, characterization, measuring methods and equipment
Amendment 1078 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.2 – paragraph 2
Application-driven development often involves the design of totally new materials, with the ability to deliver planned in-service performances. Such materials are an important element in the supply chain of high value manufacturing. They are also the basis for progress in cross-cutting technology areas (for example biosciences, electronics and photonics applied to health, construction and transport among other industrial sectors), and in virtually all market sectors. The materials themselves represent a key step in increasing the value of products and their performance. The estimated value and impact of advanced materials is significant, with an annual growth rate of about 6 % and expected market size of the order of EUR 100 billion by 2015.
Amendment 1081 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.2 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.2 – paragraph 5
Novel green innovation alliances and industrial symbiosis shall be fostered allowing industries to diversify, expand their business models, using renewable raw materials from biomass and re-using their waste compounds as a basis for new productions, e.g. CO2 as carbon base for fine chemicals and alternative fuels.
Amendment 1087 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Research and development to ensure efficient and sustainable scale up to enable industrial manufacturing of smart future products
Amendment 1089 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Developing new products and applications, coming from biomass and CO2 as carbon source and consumer behaviour that reduce energy demand, and facilitate low- carbon production and also reducing environmental impact.
Amendment 1098 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point f – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point f – paragraph 1
Promoting technologies such as characterisation, non-destructive evaluation, continuous assessing and monitoring and predictive modelling of performance for progress in materials science and engineering.
Amendment 1106 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point g – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point g – paragraph 1
Research and development to investigate alternatives to the use of materials and closure of the materials cycle and innovative business model approaches.
Amendment 1107 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective of biotechnology research and innovation is to develop competitive, sustainable and innovative industrial products and processes and contribute as an innovation driver in a number of European sectors like agriculture, food, chemical and healthhealth, chemical, agriculture and food.
Amendment 1126 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Development of emerging technology areas such as synthetic biology, bioinformaticschip array and microarray technologies, bioinformatics, nanobiotechnology and systems biology, which hold great promise for completely novel applications.
Amendment 1134 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Development of platform technologies ( omic sciences (e.g. genomics, meta- genomics, proteomics), molecular tools sensing, biomarker discovery and analysis and drug discovery and analysis) to enhance leadership and competitive advantage in a wide number of economic sectors.
Amendment 1148 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.2 – paragraph 1
The manufacturing sector is of high importance to the European economy, contributing to around 17 % of GDP and accounting for some 22 million jobs in the Union in 2007 being most of the enterprises small and medium. With the lowering of economic barriers to trade and the enabling effect of communications technology, manufacturing is subject to strong competition and has been gravitating to countries of lowest overall cost. Due to high wages, the European approach to manufacturing therefore has to change radically to remain globally competitive and Horizon 2020 can help bring together all the relevant stakeholders to achieve this.
Amendment 1153 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Promoting sustainable industrial growth by facilitating a strategic shift in Europe from cost-based manufacturing to an approach based on the creation of high added value with innovative developments.
Amendment 1167 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Increasing the competitiveness of process industries, by drastically improving resource and energy efficiencies and reducing the environmental impact of such industrial activities through the whole value chain, promoting the adoption of low-carbon technologies, e.g. developing new catalysts for more ecofriendly and efficient processes.
Amendment 1206 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 9
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 9
The Debt and Equity facilities, supported by a set of accompanying measures managed by the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund, will support the achievement of Horizon 2020‘s policy objectives. To this end, they will be dedicated to consolidating and raising the quality of Europe's science base; promoting research and innovation with a business- driven agenda; and addressing societal challenges, with a focus on activities such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds and market uptake. In the interest of ensuring critical mass and a whole-innovation-chain approach, they will preferentially target activities resulting from other actions funded under Horizon 2020, including the new dedicated SME instrument.
Amendment 1209 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 10
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 10
In addition, they will help tackle the R&I objectives of other programmes and policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, climate action (transition to a low- carbon economy and adaptation to climate change), and the Common Fisheries Policy, the Cohesion Policy and the Programme for SME Competitiveness (COSME). Complementarities with national and regional financial instruments will be developed in the context of the Common Strategic Framework for Cohesion Policy, where an increased role for financial instruments is foreseen.
Amendment 1276 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
The cost of Union health and social care systems is rising with care and prevention measures in all ages increasingly expensive, the number of Europeans aged over 65 expected to nearly double from 85 million in 2008 to 151 million by 2060, and those over 80 to rise from 22 to 61 million in the same period. Increased longevity is a development which has positive social and economic implications and opportunities for society. Reducing or containing these costs such that they do not become unsustainable depends in part on ensuring the lifelong health and wellbeing of all and therefore on the effective prevention, treatment and management of disease and disability.
Amendment 1297 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 6
Infectious diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and, malaria and neglected diseases), are a global concern, accounting for 41 % of the 1.5 billion disability adjusted life years worldwide, with 8 % of these in Europe. Emerging epidemics and the threat of increasing anti-microbial resistance must also be prepared for.
Amendment 1302 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Other factors such as wealth, inclusion, engagement, social capital, and work also affect health and well-being and a holistic approach must be taken.
Amendment 1320 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1
Effective health promotion, supported by a robust evidence base, prevents disease, improves wellbeing and is cost effective. Health promotion, wellbeing and disease prevention also depend on an understanding of the biological and social determinants of health, on effective preventive tools, (such as vaccines, on effective and policy interventions targeting social determinants and at risk groups), on effective health promotion, health and disease surveillance and preparedness, and on effective screening programmes.
Amendment 1329 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
An increasing disease and disability burden in the context of an aging population suffering more chronic disease from an increasingly younger age places further demands on health and care sectors. If effective health and care is to be maintained for all ages, efforts are required to improve decision making in prevention and treatment provision, to identify and support the dissemination of best practice in the health and care sectors, and to support integrated care and the wide uptake of technological, organisational and social innovations empowering in particular older persons as well as disabled persons to remain active and independent. Doing so will contribute to increasing, and lengthening the duration of their physical, social, and mental well-being.
Amendment 1353 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Specific activities shall include: understanding the determinants of health (including social determinants and environmental and climate related factors), improving health promotion and disease prevention; understanding disease and improving diagnosis; developing effective screening programmes and improving the assessment of disease susceptibility; improving surveillance and preparedness; developing better preventive vaccines; using in-silico medicine for improving disease management and prediction; design of environments to aid recovery and rehabilitation; treating disease; transferring knowledge to clinical practice and scalable innovation actions; better use of health, cohort and administrative data; active ageing, independent and assisted living; individual empowerment for self- management of health; promotion of integrated care; broadening understanding of demographic change to inform policy development; improving scientific tools and methods to support policy making and regulatory needs; and optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems and reducing inequalities by evidence based decision making and dissemination of best practice, and innovative technologies and approaches.
Amendment 1369 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2
Over the coming decades, Europe will be challenged by increased competition for limited and finite natural resources, by the effects of climate change, in particular on primary production systems (agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) and by the need to provide a sustainable, safe, affordable, nutritious and secure food supply for the European and an increasing global population. A 70 % increase of the world food supply is estimated to be required to feed the 9 billion global population by 2050. Agriculture accounts for about 10 % of Union greenhouse gases emissions, and while declining in Europe, global emissions from agriculture are projected to increase up to 20 % by 2030. Furthermore, Europe will need to ensure sufficient supplies of raw materials, water, energy and industrial products, under conditions of decreasing fossil carbon resources and other resources (oil and liquid gas production expected to decrease by about 60 % by 2050), while maintaining its competitiveness. Bio-waste (estimated at up to 138 million tonnes per year in the Union, of which up to 40 % is land-filled) represents a huge problem and cost, despite its high potential added value. For example, an estimated 30 % of all food produced in developed countries is discarded. Major changes are needed to reduce this amount by 50 % in the Union by 203026 . In addition, national borders are irrelevant in the spread of animal and plant pests and diseases, including zoonotic diseases, and food borne pathogens. While effective national prevention measures are needed, action at Union level is essential for ultimate control and the effective running of the single market. The challenge is complex, affects a broad range of interconnected sectors and requires a plurality of approaches.
Amendment 1380 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
In essence, a transition is needed towards an optimal and renewable use of biological resources and towards sustainable primary production and processing systems that can produce more food and other bio-based products with minimised inputs, environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions, enhanced ecosystem services, and zero-waste and adequate societal value. Responses to the way we generate, distribute, market, consume and regulate food production must be better understood and developed. A critical effort of interconnected research and innovation is a key element for this to happen, in Europe and beyond.
Amendment 1407 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
The aim is to supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials, while safeguarding natural resources and enhancing ecosystems services, including coping with and mitigating climate change. The activities shall focus on more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems which are both resource- efficient (including water low-carbon) and resilient, while at the same time developing of services, concepts and policies for thriving rural livelihoods.
Amendment 1409 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b – introductory part
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b – introductory part
(b) Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe, affordable and healthy diet
Amendment 1414 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b – paragraph 1
The aim is to meet the requirements of citizens and the environment for safe, healthy and affordable food, and to make food and feed processing and distribution more sustainable and the food sector more competitive. The activities shall focus on healthy and safe foods for all, informed consumer choices, and competitive food processing methods that use less resources and produce less by-products, waste and green-house gases.
Amendment 1430 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point d – paragraph 1
The aim is the promotion of low carbon, resource efficient, sustainable and competitive European bio-based industries. The activities shall focus on fostering the bio-economy by transforming conventional industrial processes and products into bio- based resource and energy efficient ones (including water and energy), the development of integrated biorefineries, utilising biomass from primary production, biowaste and bio- based industry by- products, and opening new markets through supporting standardisation, regulatory and demonstration/field trial activities and others, while taking into account the implication of the bio-economy on land use and land use changes.
Amendment 1482 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 7
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 7
The activities under this challenge, together with relevant and interacting activities in the other challenges, will therefore form the technological backbone of European energy and climate policy. They will also contribute to achieving the Innovation Union in the field of energy and the policy goals outlined in ‘Resource Efficient Europe’, ‘An Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era’ and ‘A Digital Agenda for Europe’.
Amendment 1484 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 8
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 8
Research and innovation activities on nuclear fission and fusion energy are carried out in the EURATOM part of Horizon 2020, however coordination with societal challenge num. 3 is needed in order to create synergies between both programmes and promote a higher level of efficiency and efficiency in the use of resources.
Amendment 1489 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on research and full- scale testing of new concepts, non- technological solutions, more efficient, socially acceptable and affordable technology components and control systems with in-built intelligence, to allow optimising real-time energy management for near-zero-emission buildings, renewable heating and cooling, balance between efficiency and low quality, highly efficient industries and mass take-up of energy efficiency solutions by companies, individuals, communities and cities adopting co-generation technologies, microgrid technologies and sustainable vehicles among other solutions.
Amendment 1499 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on research, development and full scale demonstration - of innovative renewables and(such as energy production based on waste management and water treatment), carbon capture and storage technologies and infrastructures offering larger scale, lower cost, environmentally safe technologies with higher conversion efficiency and higher availability for different market and operating environments.
Amendment 1526 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on multi-disciplinary research for energy technologies (including visionary actions) and joint implementation of pan-European research programmes and world-class facilities. Interacting, comparative studies at the sub national scale could help to facilitate this.
Amendment 1541 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective is to achieve a European transport system that is resource- efficient, affordable, environmentally- friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of citizens, the economy and society.
Amendment 1546 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Europe must reconcile the growing mobility needs of its citizens with the imperatives of economic performance and the requirements of a low-carbon society and climate resilient economy. Despite its growth, the transport sector must achieve a substantial reduction in greenhouse gases and other adverse environmental impacts, and must break its dependency on oil, while maintaining high levels of efficiency, affordability and mobility.
Amendment 1547 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3
Sustainable mobility can only be achieved through a radical change in the transport system, inspired by breakthroughs in transport research, far-reaching innovation, and a coherent, Europe-wide implementation of greener, safer and smarter transport solutions. mainly performed by smart region/city around EU.
Amendment 1564 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 3
Within a few decades the expected growth rates of transport would drive European traffic into a gridlock and make its economic costs and societal impact unbearable. Passenger-kilometres are predicted to double over the next 40 years and grow twice as fast for air travel. CO2 emissions would grow 35 % by 2050. Congestion costs would increase by about 50 %, to nearly EUR 200 billion annually. The external costs of accidents would increase by about EUR 60 billion compared to 2005. It's important to reduce this impact through technological improvements, economic and regulatory frameworks to facilitate introduction of new technologies and infrastructures, and wider application of behavioural sciences to understand how we choose to travel, bearing in mind that each transport mode faces different challenges and is characterised by different technology integration cycles.
Amendment 1571 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 5
The problems of pollution, congestion, affordability, safety and security are common throughout the Union and call for collaborative Europe-wide responses. Accelerating the development and deployment of new technologies and innovative solutions for vehicles, infrastructures and transport management will be key to achieve a cleaner and more efficient transport system in the Union; to deliver the results necessary to mitigate climate change and improve resource efficiency; to maintain European leadership on the world markets for transport related products and services. These objectives cannot be achieved through fragmented national efforts alone.
Amendment 1598 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point d – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point d – paragraph 2
The focus of activities shall be to improve the understanding of transport related socio-economic trends and prospects, and provide policy makers with evidence-based data and analyses disseminated via the European Commission's Transport Research Knowledge Centre.
Amendment 1603 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective is to achieve a resource efficient and climate change resilient economy and society and a sustainable supply of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet's natural resources. Activities will contribute to increasing European competitiveness and improving well being, whilst assuring environmental integrity and sustainability, with the aim of keeping average global warming below 2 °C and enabling ecosystems and society to adapt to climate change.
Amendment 1628 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.2 – paragraph 2
The focus of Union actions shall therefore be on supporting key Union objectives and policies including: the Europe 2020 strategy; the Innovation Union; Resource- Efficient Europe and the corresponding Roadmap; the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 205030 ; Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action31 ; the Raw Materials Initiative32 ; the Union's Sustainable Development Strategy33 ; an Integrated Maritime Policy for the Union34 ; the Marine Strategy Framework Directive35 ; the Eco-innovation Action Plan and the Digital Agenda for Europe36 ; The Water Framework Directive and daughter directives37. These actions shall reinforce the ability of society to become more resilient to environmental and climate change and ensure the availability of raw materials. __________________ 37 Directive 2000/20/EC
Amendment 1632 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.2 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.2 – paragraph 4
Addressing the availability of raw materials calls for co-ordinated research and innovation efforts across many disciplines and sectors to help provide safe, economically feasible, environmentally sound and socially acceptable solutions along the entire value chain (exploration, extraction, processing, re-use, recycling and substitution). Call for Water use in rural, urban and industrial areas should be included as well as call in the field of Water Ecosystem Protection. Innovation in these fields will provide opportunities for growth and jobs, as well as innovative options involving science, technology, the economy, policy and governance. For this reason, a European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials is being prepared.
Amendment 1657 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point e a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point e a (new)
(e a) Cultural heritage: Community response to climate change Europe's heritage is an important distinct issue as it is a unique resource which is an important evolving component of individual and collective identity, research is needed into strategies, methodologies and tools to enable a continuing dynamic cultural heritage for Europe. For example, changing environments and more frequent extreme events e.g. floods, volcanic and seismic natural hazards, raise issues of how communities understand and respond to these challenges.
Amendment 1757 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 4 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 4 – point 3 – paragraph 2
The JRC's key competence areas will be energy, transport, environment and climate change, agriculture and food security, health and consumer protection, information and communication technologies, reference materials, and safety and security (including nuclear in the Euratom programme).The JRC activities in these areas will be conducted taking into account relevant initiatives at the level of regions, member states or the EU, within the perspectives of shaping the European Research Area.
Amendment 1775 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 2
The EIT will address these issues by promoting structural changes in the European innovation landscape. It will do so by fostering the integration of higher education, research and innovation of the highest standards, thereby creating new environments conducive to innovation, and by promoting and supporting a new generation of entrepreneurial people. In doing so, the EIT will contribute fully to the objectives of Europe 2020 and notably the Innovation Union and Youth on the Move flagship initiatives. In addition, the EIT and its KICs should foster synergies and interaction across pillars in H2020 and with other relevant initiatives.
Amendment 1777 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 6
The EIT, via its KICs, operates in line with business logic. Strong leadership is a pre- requisite: each KIC is driven by a CEO. KIC partners are represented by single legal entities to allow more streamlined decision-making. KICs must produce annual business plans, including an ambitious portfolio of activities from education to business creation, with clear targets and deliverables, looking for both market and societal impact. The current rules concerning participation, evaluation and monitoring of KICs allow fast-track, business-like decisions. Business should have a strong role in driving activities in KICs and the KICS should be able to mobilize investment and long term commitment for the business sector.
Amendment 1783 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 8
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 8
The EIT KICs are highly integrated ventures, bringing together partners from industry, including SME, higher education, research and technology institutes, renowned for their excellence. KICs allow world-class partners to unite in new, cross-border configurations, optimise existing resources and open up access to new business opportunities via new value chains, addressing higher-risk, larger-scale challenges.
Amendment 1785 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – paragraph 1
The EIT shall operate mainly, but not exclusively, via the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in areas of societal challenges that are of utmost relevance to Europe's common future. While the KICs have a large degree of autonomy in defining their own strategies and activities, there are a number of innovative features common to all KICs where coordination and synergies shall be sought. The EIT will moreover enhance its impact by making the experiences from the KICs available across the Union, by disseminating good practices on how to integrate the knowledge triangle and the development of entrepreneurship, promoting the inclusion of additional partners and by actively fostering a new culture of knowledge sharing.
Amendment 185 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'background’ means any data, know- how and/or information whatever their form or nature as well as any rights such as intellectual property rights which are (i) held by participants prior to their accession to the action and (ii) identified by the participants in accordance with Article 42, which is needed for carrying out the indirect action or for using the results of the indirect action;
Amendment 202 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) 'exploitation' means the direct or indirect utilization of results in further research activities other than those covered by the indirect action concerned, or for developing, creating and marketing a product or process, or for creating and providing a service;
Amendment 209 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) 'legal entity’ means undertakings, research centres and universities or other research and innovation institutions, encompassing any natural person, or any legal person created under national law, Union law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;
Amendment 211 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) 'non-profit legal entity' means a legal entity which by law shall not have a lucrative aim and/or which has a legal or statutory obligation not to distribute profits and/or which is recognized as such by national, Union or international authorities;
Amendment 214 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) 'results‘ means any data, knowledge and information whatever their form or nature, whether or not they can be protected, which are generated in the action as well as any attached rights, including intellectual property rights such as copyright, design rights, patent rights, plant variety rights or similar forms of protection;
Amendment 221 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15a) 'usual accounting practices' means the accounting principles and conventions habitually and demonstrably employed by a participant for the purpose of participating in national or regional public research and innovation programmes analogous to Horizon 2020;
Amendment 229 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Subject to the conditions established in the implementing agreements, decisions or contracts, any data, knowledge and information communicated as confidential in the frame of an action shall be kept confidential by the institutions and bodies and the participants taking part in an action, taking due account of any rules regarding the protection of classified information.
Amendment 251 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. An European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) or other legal body established under the laws of one of the participating countries, may participate in the action provided that it is set up by public authorities and bodies from at least two participating countries and provided that the conditions laid down in this regulation have been met, as well as any conditions laid down in the relevant work programme or work plan.
Amendment 265 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, an EGTC, within the meaning of article 6, may apply as sole beneficiary for an operation.
Amendment 266 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in the case of a project coordinated by a European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation, the minimum condition shall be the participation of two legal entities established in two different Member States or associated countries.
Amendment 309 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each criterion listed in paragraph 1 will be scored out of 5. Half marks can be given. The scores indicate the following with respect to the criterion under examination: (a) 0 - The proposal fails to address the criterion under examination or cannot be judged due to missing or incomplete information (b) 1 - Poor. The criterion is addressed in an inadequate manner, or there are serious inherent weaknesses. (c) 2 - Fair. While the proposal broadly addresses the criterion, there are significant weaknesses. (d) 3 - Good. The proposal addresses the criterion well, although improvements would be necessary. (e) 4 - Very good. The proposal addresses the criterion very well, although certain improvements are still possible. (f) 5 - Excellent. The proposal successfully addresses all relevant aspects of the criterion in question. Any shortcomings are minor.
Amendment 328 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission or the relevant funding body shall verify the financial capacity in advance only for coordinators or other participants when the requested funding from the Union for the action is equal or superior to EUR 6500 000, as in Seventh Framework Programme, unless where, on the basis of available information, there are grounds to doubt the financial capacity of the coordinator or other participants.
Amendment 379 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Participants shall make no commitments which are incompatible with the grant agreement. Where a participant fails to comply with its obligations regarding the technical implementation of the action, the other participants shall comply with the obligations without any additional Union funding unless the Commission or funding body expressly relieves them of that obligation. The financial responsibility of each participant shall be limited to its own debt, subject to the provisions relating to the Fund. The participants shall ensure that the Commission or funding body is informed of any serious event which might affect the implementation of the action or the interests of the Union.
Amendment 380 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. The participants shall implement the action and shall take all necessary and reasonable measures to that end. They shall have the appropriate resources as and when needed for carrying out the action. Where it is necessary for the implementation of the action, they may call upon third parties, including subcontractors, to carry out certain elements of the action or may use resources made available by third parties by means of contributions in kind according to the conditions set out in the grant agreement. The participant shall retain sole responsibility towards the Commission or the relevant funding body and towards the other participants for the work carried out.
Amendment 383 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The award of subcontracts for carrying out certain elements of the action shall be limited to the cases provided for in the model grant agreement.
Amendment 385 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 9
Article 19 – paragraph 9
9. Participants shall comply with national legislation, regulations and ethical rules in the Union and associated countries where the action will be carried out. Where appropriate, participants shall seek the approval of the relevant national or local ethics committees prior to the start of the action. Actions which are carried out by third countries and funded by the Commission shall comply with the Union legislation.
Amendment 469 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In case of public and non-profit institutions, the Horizon 2020 grant should reach a maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs for all type of actions, as there are no co-financing possibilities.
Amendment 502 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For those institutions who demonstrate an accurate analytic accounting system, indirect costs could be based on real institutional overhead costs, up to a maximum of 60%.
Amendment 506 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Eligible personnel costs shall only cover the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the action. The evidence regarding the actual hours worked shall be provided by the participant, normally through a time recording system. Third parties carrying out the project within the premises of the beneficiary may claim actual hours worked in the project.
Amendment 538 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they are calculated on the basis of the total actual personnel costs recorded in the participant's general accounts which may be adjusted on the basis of budgeted or estimated elements according to the conditions defined by the Commission;usual accounting practices of the beneficiary.
Amendment 595 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Independent experts shall be identified and selected on the basis of calls for applications from individuals and calls addressed to relevant organisations such as national and regional research agencies, research and technology institutions, standardisation organisations or enterprise organisations and enterprises with a view to establishing a database of candidates.
Amendment 731 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Regarding actions in the activity ‘Secure societies’ within the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’, the Union institutions and bodies as well as Member States' national and regional authorities shall, for the purpose of developing, implementing and monitoring their policies or programmes in this area, enjoy access rights to the results of a participant that has received Union funding. Notwithstanding Article 43(2), such access rights shall include the right to authorise third parties to use the results in public procurement in the case of the development of capabilities in domains with very limited market size and a risk of market failure, and where a predominant public interest exists.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Suspension of noise mitigating measures is important to avoid unwanted consequences on aviation safety, airport capacity and competition. Whilst an appeal procedure against noise-related operating restrictions may relate to noise abatement objectives, assessment methods and selection of cost-effective measures, the appeal may not suspend their implementation. Therefore, the Commission should well before implementation of the measures be able to use the right of scrutThe Commission should be able to review whether decisions on noise-related actions have been preceded by a decision- making process that meets the requirements of the Balanced Approach. In order to avoid unwanted consequences on the air transport system, includinyg and to suspend measures deemed to produce unwanted or irreversible consequences. It is recognised that the suspension should be for a limited periodviation safety, capacity and competition, such a review must happen before the implementation of noise-related actions.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Centralisation of information on noise to replace the individual databases maintained at airport level would substantially reduce the administrative burden for aircraft and airport operators alike. Such information is currently provided and managed at the individual airport level. These data need to be put at their disposal for operational purposes. It is important to use the data bank of the European Aviation Safety Agency (the Agency) concerning noise performance certification as a validation tool with the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) data on individual flights. Such data are currently already systematically requested for central flow management purposes, but need to be specified for the purpose of this Regulation and for performance regulation of air traffic management. Good access to validated modelling data should improve the quality of mapping of noise contours of individual airports and strategic mapping to support policy decisions.
Amendment 73 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to ensure legal certainty and planning reliability, this Regulation should not apply to noise-related actions, including the outcome of mediation processes, which were adopted before the entry into force of this Regulation. Similarly, when new noise-related actions are already being considered at the time the Regulation enters into force, the Regulation should only apply to those parts of the procedure which have not yet started
Amendment 79 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules on the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions in a consistent manner on an airport-by-airport basis and where a noise problem has been identified so as to help improve the noise climate and to limit or reduce the number of people significantly affected by the harmful effects of aircraft noise, in accordance with the Balanced Approach.
Amendment 107 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘'Operating restrictions’' means a noise- related action that limits the access to or reduces the optimal capacity use of an airport, including operating restrictions aimed at the withdrawal from operations of marginally compliant aircraft at specific airports as well as operating restrictions of a partial nature, affecting thwhich for example apply for an identified time operation of civil aircraft according to time periodiod during the day or only for certain runways at the airport.
Amendment 174 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may, within the Balanced Approach, differentiate noise mitigating measures according to aircraft typnoise performance, runway use and/or timeframe covered.
Amendment 186 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authorities shall assess the noise situation at airports in their territory on a regular basis, in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC and national or local rulesmethod defined in Annex II of Directive 2002/49/EC. The competent authorities may call on the support of the Performance Review Body referred to in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 691/2010.18
Amendment 208 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities shall assess the cost-effectiveness of the new measures, as referred ton in paragraph 3 in accordance with Annex II. A minor technical amendment to an existing measure without substantive implications on capacity or operations is not considered as a new operating restricshall not be considered as a new operating restriction provided that it can be demonstrated that it has no substantial implications on capacity or operations.
Amendment 216 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 220 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the noise performance certificate or certificates of the aircraft used, together with the associated actualincluding its maximum take- off weight;
Amendment 225 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) any modification of the aircraft which influences its noise performance; and is recorded in its noise certificate,
Amendment 229 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 237 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 241 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall verify the aircraft noise and performance data for modelling purposes in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council. Modelling of airport community noise shall be based on manufacturer provided aircraft noise and performance data recommended for use by the international community and made available through ICAO. The Agency shall verify the aircraft noise and performance data for modelling purposes in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council. The Agency shall refer to the established ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection Modelling and Databases Group's process to determine data validity and best practices and ensure continued harmonization across international airworthiness agencies.
Amendment 265 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. At the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, and without prejudice to a pending appeal procedure, the Commission may scrutinise the decision on an operating restriction, prior to its implementation. Where the Commission finds that the decision does not respect the requirements set out in this Regulation, or is otherwise contrary to Union law, it mayshall suspend the decision until the requirements of this Regulation have been met.
Amendment 277 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a Transitional provisions This Regulation should not apply to noise-related actions, including the outcome of mediation processes, which were adopted before the entry into force of this Regulation. When new noise-related actions are already under consideration at the time the Regulation enters into force, the Regulation should only apply to those parts of the procedure that have not yet started.
Amendment 296 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – heading 1
Annex 2 – heading 1
Assessment of the cost-effectiveness of noise-related operating restriactions
Amendment 301 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The cost-effectiveness of envisaged noise- related operating restriactions will be assessed taking due account of following elements, to the extent possible, in quantifiable terms:
Amendment 70 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) As free market access is the norm in EU transport policy, the complete liberalisation of the groundhandling market should be the ultimate goal.
Amendment 86 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Ambiguity exists as toIt should be clarified whether Member States may require the takeover of staff upon a change of provider for groundhandling services to which access is limited according to Article 6 (2). Discontinuity of staff can have a detrimental effect on the quality of groundhandling services. It is therefore appropriate to clarify the rules on the takeover of staff beyond the application of Directive 2001/23/EC on transfers of undertakings enabling Member States to ensure adequate employment and working conditions.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) Increase in the quality of groundhandling services should be the ultimate aim; this should be done without increasing the administrative burden for groundhandling companies. It is therefore important to allow companies to decide on their own general business practices and their human resources policy.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 2 a (new)
- For integrators, self-handling shall extend to groundhandling services performed for all aircraft dedicated to its transport network, whether owned or leased and whether operated by an air carrier owned by the integrator or by third parties. For the purposes of this section, the undertaking providing the groundhandling services need not be an airport user but must be affiliated with the integrator.
Amendment 123 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) 'integrator' means an undertaking that offers door-to-door transport, being a contractually governed service guaranteeing the transportation of freight and/or mail from origin until final destination and where the transport operations, groundhandling, sorting and delivery services form an integral and seamless part of that service.
Amendment 124 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) "integrator" means an undertaking that offers door-to-door transport, being a contractually governed service guaranteeing the transportation of freight and/or mail from origin until final destination and where the transport operations, groundhandling, sorting and delivery services form an integral and seamless part of that service.
Amendment 133 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Where this Regulation provides that the Airport Users' Committee should be consulted, the managing body of the airport, or where relevant the tendering authority, shall notify the Airport Users' Committee and provide it with the proposed decisions and all necessary information no later than six weeks before a final decision is taken. In case of disagreement between the managing body of the airport and the Airport Users' Committee, or where relevant the tendering authority, and without prejudice to Article 41 of this Regulation, the managing body of the airport, or where relevant the tendering authority, shall justify its final decision with regard to the views of the Airport Users' Committee.
Amendment 146 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For integrators, self-handling should be possible for groundhandling services performed for all aircraft in the integrators' transport network, whether owned of leased and whether operated by an air carrier owned by the integrator or by third parties. The undertaking providing the groundhandling services in this regard does not have to be an airport user, but shall be affiliated with the integrator
Amendment 216 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(g a) successful completion of an industry recognised safety audit;
Amendment 219 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point g b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point g b (new)
(g b) proposed level of groundhandling charges.
Amendment 399 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The managing body of the airport shall be in charge of the proper coordination of groundhandling activities at its airport. As ground coordinator, the managing body of the airport shall in particular ensure that the operations of suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users and the provision of centralised infrastructure comply with the airport rules of conduct as defined in Article 31.
Amendment 411 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the operations of suppliers of groundhandling services and, self-handling airport users, and the provision of centralised infrastructure shall comply with minimum quality standards, as specified in Article 32;
Amendment 414 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the managing body of the airport shall ensure that the operations of suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users and the provision of centralised infrastructure are coordinated through an airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) and through a proper contingency plan.
Amendment 419 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 5
Article 30 – paragraph 5
5. The managing body of the airport shall report to the national approving authority any problem with the suppliers of groundhandling services or self-handling airport users or the provision of centralised infrastructure at its airport.
Amendment 423 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. The managing body of the airport, a public authority or any other body which controls the airport may lay down rules of conduct. after consultation with the Airport Users' Committee and the undertakings providing groundhandling services.
Amendment 437 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. At airports whose annual traffic has been not less than 5 million passenger movements or 100 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years, the managing body of the airport or, where appropriate, the public authority or any other body which controls the airport shall set minimum quality standards for the performance of groundhandling services and centralised infrastructure.
Amendment 451 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Suppliers of groundhandling services and, self-handling airport users, and the managing body of the airport or, where relevant, the managing body of the centralised infrastructure shall respect these minimum quality standards. In addition, airport users and, suppliers of groundhandling services, and the managing body of the airport or, where relevant, the managing body of the centralised infrastructure shall respect the minimum quality standards in their contractual relations.
Amendment 464 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 7
Article 32 – paragraph 7
7. Prior toThe airport managing body shall establishing these standards the airport managing body shall consultin consultation with the Airport Users' Committee and the suppliers of groundhandling services.
Amendment 529 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The report shall also assess whether complete liberalisation of the groundhandling market is necessary and acceptable. If this is appropriate, a revision of this Regulation might be proposed.
Amendment 104 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The introduction of a European redemption fund is fundamental to ensuring that budgetary discipline is rewarded with affordable interest rates for Member States' debt and to finding a sustainable long-term solution for the European sovereign debt crisis.
Amendment 106 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) To improve the democratic legitimacy of enhanced economic governance at Union level, the Commission should propose to the Council a change in the Treaties for a direct election of the President of the Commission.
Amendment 107 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) All provisions to be applied to Member States should also apply to regions with systemic importance, as defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 d (new)
Recital 12 d (new)
(12d) Where a sanction is to be applied inside the Union due to excessive deficits, the Commission should analyse the situation following its standardised procedures and should make its analysis public.
Amendment 109 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 e (new)
Recital 12 e (new)
(12e) All provisions in this Regulation should also be applied to those European regions that have full powers in tax collection and expenditure.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 f (new)
Recital 12 f (new)
(12f) The Commission should propose a different structural deficit target for current expenditure and investment expenditure being the lastest a bit higher than the former.
Amendment 118 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 Economic dialogue The competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the President of the Council, the Commission and, where appropriate, the President of the European Council or the President of the Eurogroup, to appear before the committee to discuss Council decisions under Article 126(6) TFEU, Council recommendations under Article 126(7) TFEU, notices under Article 126(9) TFEU or Council decisions under Article 126(11) TFEU. The competent committee of the European Parliament may offer the opportunity to the Member State concerned by the closer monitoring referred to in Article 6(6) to participate in an exchange of views. The Council and the Commission shall regularly inform the European Parliament of the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 120 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) complementing the procedure for correction of a Member State's excessive debt as established by Article 126 TFEU and Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 by establishing a European redemption fund in order to secure a durable correction of excessive debt.
Amendment 126 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘government’ and, ‘deficit’ and 'debt' have the meaning's set out in Article 2 of the Protocol (No 12) on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty on European UnionFEU and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) 'Region of systemic importance' means a region with legislative and fiscal powers that has a GDP volume equivalent to at least 90% of the median GDP volume from all Member States.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
(5b) "exceptional circumstances" means an unusual event outside the control of the Member State concerned which has a major impact on the financial position of the general government or to periods of severe economic downturn for the Union as a whole.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the projections at unchanged policies for expenditure and revenue as a percentage of GDP for the general government and their main components.; these projections should focus both on current expenditure and investment expenditure.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The targeted expenditure and revenue goal referred to in point (c) shall be different for each level of government following proportionality and co- responsibility criteria. Proportionality is understood as the relative weight in terms of the different level of competences under each level of government, and co- responsibility as the correspondence between the margin of indebtedness and the fiscal effort of each level of government.
Amendment 185 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Amendment 186 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e b (new)
(eb) a complete description for all regions or equivalent territorial administrative units of the ratio between public and private capital stock;
Amendment 187 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e c (new)
Amendment 188 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e d (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e d (new)
(ed) deficit data not only in terms of general government but also in each level of government;
Amendment 190 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) detailed information on general government debt developments, as well as other data relevant to an assessment of the country-specific risks to the sustainability of public finances, in particular an overview of implicit liabilities, and of the contingent liabilities with potentially large impacts on public budgets within the meaning of Article 14(3) of Council Directive 2011/85/EU.
Amendment 196 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall report their public debt issuance plans to the Commission and to the Council with a view to better coordinating and monitoring them ex- ante.
Amendment 200 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. Where the Commission identifies particularly serioussignificant non-compliance with the budgetary policy obligations laid down in the Stability and Growth Pact, it shall, within two weeks from the submission of the draft budgetary plan, request a revised draft budgetary plan from the Member State concerned. This request shall be made public. Moreover, the Commission shall request a revised draft budgetary plan from Member States in the case of significant non-compliance of a draft budget with the deficit and/or debt path specified in the stability program of the Member State concerned, or when the Commission identifies serious risks to fiscal sustainability.
Amendment 202 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. Where the Commission identifies particularly serious non-compliance with the budgetary policy obligations laid down in the Stability and Growth Pact, it shall, within two weeks from the submission of the draft budgetary plan, request a revised draft budgetary plan from the Member State concerned. This request shall be made public and the Commission shall explain its request in front of the competent committee of the European Parliament.
Amendment 222 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall make an overall assessment of the budgetary situation and prospects in the euro area as a whole. The assessment shall be made publicCommission shall present in public its overall assessment to the competent committee of the European Parliament.
Amendment 225 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Eurogroup, the European Parliament, and in the event of repeated non-compliance of Member States the European Council, shall discuss opinions of the Commission on the national budgetary plans and. They shall also discuss the budgetary situation and prospects in the euro area as a whole on the basis of the overall assessment made by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3. The assessment shall be made public.
Amendment 228 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Eurogroup and the competent committee of the European Parliament shall discuss opinions of the Commission on the national budgetary plans and. They shall also discuss the budgetary situation and prospects in the euro area as a whole on the basis of the overall assessment made by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3. The assessment shall be made public.
Amendment 242 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States subject to an excessive deficit procedure shall put in place a budgetary and economic partnership programme including a detailed description of the structural reforms necessary to ensure an effectively durable correction of their excessive deficits.
Amendment 245 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State subject to closer monitoring shall without delay carry out a comprehensive assessment of in-year budgetary execution for the general government and its sub-sectors, that assessment shall be carried out on a semestral basis. The financial risks associated to government- owned entities and government contracts shall also be covered by the assessment to the extent that they may contribute to the existence of an excessive deficit. The result of this assessment shall be included in the report submitted in accordance with Article 3(4a) or 5(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on action taken to correct the excessive deficit.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member State shall report regularly to the Commission and to the Economic and Financial Committee or any sub-committee it will designate for that purpose, for the general government and its sub-sectors, the in-year budgetary execution, the budgetary impact of discretionary measures taken on both the expenditure and the revenue side, targets for the government expenditure and revenues, as well as information on the measures adopted and the nature of those envisaged to achieve the targets. The report shall be made public. The competent committee of the European Parliament may offer the opportunity to the Member State concerned to participate in an exchange of views.
Amendment 253 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) carry out and report on a comprehensive independent audit of the accounts of the general government conducted in coordination with national supreme audit institutions, aiming at assessing the reliability, completeness and accuracy of these public accounts for the purposes of the excessive defiocit procedure. In this context, the Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of data reported by the Member State concerned in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 679/2010; if necessary Member States shall reform their national supreme audit institutions in order to fulfil those obligations;
Amendment 256 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The competent committee of the European Parliament may offer the opportunity to the Member State concerned by the closer monitoring referred to in paragraph 6 to participate in an exchange of views.
Amendment 273 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article -11 (new)
Article -11 (new)
Amendment 107 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall decide to make a Member State requesting or receiving a financial assistance on a precautionary basis from one or several other States, the EFSF, the ESM or any other International Financial Institution, such as the IMF, subject to enhanced surveillance. The Commission shall establish a list of the precautionary financial assistance instruments concerned and keep it updated to take into account possible changes in the financial support policy of the EFSF, the EFSM, ESM or of any other relevant International Financial Institution.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. PThe Commission may decide that paragraph 2 shall not apply to a Member State receiving a financial assistance on a precautionary basis in the form of a credit line which is not conditioned to the adoption of new policy measures by the concerned Member State, as long as the credit line is not drawn.
Amendment 136 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall conduct, in liaison with the ECB, regular review missions in the Member State under surveillance to verify the progresses made in the implementation of the measures mentioned in paragraph 1, 2 and 3. It shall communicate every quarter its findings to the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) - or to any subcommittee the latter may designate for that purpose - and to the competent committee of the European Parliament and assess notably whether further measures are needed. These review missions shall replace the onsite monitoring foreseen in Article 10a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97.
Amendment 146 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. Where it is concluded - on the basis of the assessment foreseen in paragraph 4 - that further measures are needed and the financial situation of the Member State concerned has significant adverse effects on the financial stability of the euro area, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, mayshall recommend to the Member State concerned to seek financial assistance and to prepare a macro- economic adjustment programme. The Council mayshall decide to make this recommendation public.
Amendment 148 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. When taking a decision in accordance with paragraph 5, the Commission's proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless the Council decides, by qualified majority, to reject the recommendation within 10 days of its adoption by the Commission. The Member State concerned may request that a meeting of the Council be convened within that period to take a vote on the decision.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall approve the adjustment programmeon a proposal from the Commission, shall approve the adjustment programme. The Commission's proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless it decides, by qualified majority, to reject the recommendation within 10 days of its adoption by the Commission. The Member State concerned may request that a meeting of the Council be convened within that period to take a vote on the decision. The Council shall make the decision public.
Amendment 181 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission, in liaison with the ECB, shall monitor the progress made in the implementation of the adjustment programme and inform every three months the EFC or any subcommittee the latter may designate for that purpose and the competent committee of the European Parliament. The Member State concerned shall give the Commission its full cooperation. It shall in particular provide to the Commission all the information that the latter deems necessary for the monitoring of the programme. Article 3(3) shall apply. In the case of insufficient cooperation, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, may address a public request to the Member State concerned laying down the action to be taken by that Member State.
Amendment 187 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission - in liaison with the ECB - shall examine with the Member State concerned the changes that may be needed to its adjustment programme. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on any change to be made to the adjustment programme. The Commission's proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless it decides, by qualified majority, to reject the recommendation within 10 days of its adoption by the Commission. The Member State concerned may request that a meeting of the Council be convened within that period to take a vote on the decision. The Council shall make the decision public.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. If the monitoring referred to in paragraph 3 highlights significant deviations from the macro-economic adjustment programme, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, mayshall decide that the Member State concerned does not comply with the policy requirements contained in the adjustment programme. The Commission's proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless it decides, by qualified majority, to reject the recommendation within 10 days of its adoption by the Commission. The Member State concerned may request that a meeting of the Council be convened within that period to take a vote on the decision. The Council shall make the decision public.
Amendment 231 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State shall be under post- programme surveillance as long as a minimum of 75% of the financial assistance received from one or several other Member State(s), the EFSM, the EFSF or the ESM has not been repaid. The Council, acting on a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may extend the duration of the post programme surveillance. The Commission's proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless it decides, by qualified majority, to reject the recommendation within 10 days of its adoption by the Commission. The Member State concerned may request that a meeting of the Council be convened within that period to take a vote on the decision. The Council shall make its decision public.
Amendment 240 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. The Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may adopt a recommend toation that the Member State under post programme surveillance to adopt corrective measures. The Commission's proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Council, unless it decides, by qualified majority, to reject the recommendation within 10 days of its adoption by the Commission. The Member State concerned may request that a meeting of the Council be convened within that period to take a vote on the decision. The Council shall make the recommendation public.
Amendment 243 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the Member State concerned to participate to an exchange of views on the progress made under post-programme surveillance.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The parliament of the Member State concerned may invite the Commission to participate in an exchange of views on the post-programme monitoring.
Amendment 245 #
2011/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
For the measures referred to in Articles 2(1), 3, 6(2), 6(4) and 11(4),this Regulation only members of the Council representing Member States whose currency is the euro shall vote and the Council shall act without taking into account the vote of the member of the Council representing the Member State concerned.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is paramount to better integrate environmental concerns into the CFP which should deliver on the objectives and targets of the Union's environmental policy and the Europe 2020 Strategy. The CFP is aimed at an exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains fish stocks at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, not later than 2015. The CFP shall implement the precautionary and eco- system approaches to fisheries management. Consequently the EMFF should contribute to the protection of the marine environment as set out in the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)by 2015 where possible, and by 2020 at the latest.
Amendment 66 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In line with the goal of simplification and decentralisation, all activities of the EMFF which fall under shared management, including control and data collection, should take the form of one single operational programme per Member State, in accordance with its national structure. The programming exercise shall cover the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. Each Member State should prepare a single operational programme integrating the various sub- national operational programmes. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for the EMFF and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities, while being adapted to national contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular rural development policy and cohesion policy.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Recognising the importance of the role that spouses of self-employed fishermen play in small scale coastal fishing, the EMFF should support training and networking contributing to their professional development and giving them the means to better fulfil the ancillary tasks they traditionally perform.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Conscious of the weak presence of small scale coastal fishermen in the social dialoguesocial and territorial importance of coastal fishermen, the EMFF should support organisations promoting thise social dialogue in the coastal fishing sector in the appropriate fora.
Amendment 73 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Conscious of the potential that diversification offers for small scale coastal fishermen and their crucial role in coastal communities, the EMFF should help diversification by covering business start- ups and investments for the retrofitting of their vessels, in addition to the relevant training to acquire professional skills in the relevant field outside fishing activities.
Amendment 81 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The introduction of the transferable fishing concessions systems should make the sector more competitive. Consequently, there may be a need for new professional opportunities outside theas a complement to fishing activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support the diversification and job creation in fishing communities in particular by supporting business start-ups and the adaptation or reassignment of vessels for complementary maritime activities outsidether than fishing activities of small scale coastal fishing vessels. This last operation seems to be appropriate as the small scale coastal fishing vessels are not covered by the transferable fishing concessions systems, paying particular attention to tourist fishing or fishing tourism.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks, in a manner compatible with the economic and social development of the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. TheIn order to removal ofe overcapacity through, public aid such as temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators concernedshould be continued for the coastal fleet.
Amendment 88 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 98 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In line with the discard bareduction introduced by the CFP, the EMFF should support investments on board aiming at makegradually reducing unwanted catches, making the best use of unwanted fish caught and valoriseing underused components of the fish caught. Considering the scarcity of the resources, in order to maximise the value of the fish caught, the EMFF should also support investments on board and in processing and marketing aiming at adding commercial value to fish caught.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is vital for the Union that a sustainable balance be achieved between fresh water resources and their exploitation; therefore having due regard to environmental impact while ensuring that these sectors retain economic viability, appropriate provisions should support inland fishing.Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 106 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) New forms of income combined with aquaculture activities have already shown their added value for business development. Therefore the EMFF should support these complementary activities outside aquaculture such as angling- tourism, aquaculture tourism promoting the aquaculture sector and its products, and educational or environmental activities.
Amendment 107 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Conscious of the need to identify the most suitable areas for developing aquaculture taking into account access to waters and space, the EMFF should support national and sub-national authorities in making their strategic choices at national levelin line with their respective powers.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) In order to promote environmentally sustainable aquaculture, the EMFF should support aquaculture activities which are highly respectful of the environment, the conversion of aquaculture enterprises to eco-management, the use of audit schemes as well as the conversion to organic aquaculture. In the same vein, the EMFF should also support aquaculture providing for special environmental servicessustainable aquaculture.
Amendment 115 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure the viability of fisheries and aquaculture in a highly competitive market, it is necessary to lay down provisions granting support for the implementation of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products] as well as for marketing and processing activities carried by operators to maximise the value of fisheries and aquaculture products. Particular attention should be paid to the promotion of operations which integrate producing, processing and marketing activities of the supply chain. In order to adapt to the new discard ban policy, the EMFF should also support the processing of unwanted catches.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Priority should be given to producer organisations and associations of producer organisations by granting them support. The compother represenstation for storage aid and aid for production and marketing plans should gradually be phased out as the importance of this particular kind of support has lost its interest in the light of the evolving structure of the Union market for this kind of products and the growing impve fishing organisations, in particular fishermen's associations, and associations of producer ortgance of strong producer's organisationsisations by granting them support.
Amendment 119 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) Recognising the growing competition small scale coastal fishermen are confronted to, the EMFF should support entrepreneurial initiatives of small scale coastal fishermen adding value to the fish they catch, in particular by carrying out the processing or direct marketing of the fish they catch.
Amendment 120 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) ITaking account of the characteristics of the various fisheries and the cost- effectiveness of the equipment concerned, it is paramount that Member States and operators are equipped in such a way that controls can be carried out to a high standard and therefore ensure compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy while providing for the sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources; the EMFF should therefore support Member States and operators in conformity with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. By creating a culture of compliance, this support should contribute to sustainable growth.
Amendment 124 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Provisions should be laid down for support to collect, manage and use of fisheries data as specified in the multiannual Union programme, in particular to support national and sub- national programmes and the management and use of data for scientific analysis and CFP implementation. The support granted to Member States on the basis of the Regulation (EC) No. 861/2006 for the expenditure incurred relating to the collection, management and use of fisheries data should be continued under the EMFF pursuing the logic of a single fund.
Amendment 131 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
Recital 88
(88) Conscious of the importance of ensuring conservation of marine biological and protecting fish stocks in particular from illegal fishing and in the spirit of the conclusions drawn in the Green Paper on the Reform of the CFP, those operators who do not comply with the rules of the CFP, and particularly jeopardise the sustainability of the stocks concerned and constitute therefore a serious threat to the sustainable exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY, and those who are involved in IUU fishing should be excluded from support under the EMFF. Union funding should not at any stage from the selection to the implementation of an operation be used to undermine the public interest of conservation of marine biological resources expressed in the objectives of the CFP Regulation.
Amendment 133 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89
Recital 89
(89) Member States should adopt adequate measures to guarantee the proper functioning of management and control systems. To that end, a managing authority, a paying agency and a certification body should be designated for each sub-national operational programme and their responsibilities should be specified. These responsibilities should relate primarily to the sound financial implementation, organisation of evaluation, certification of expenditure, audit and compliance with Union law. Provision should be made for regular meetings between the Commission and the national authorities concerned in order to monitor the assistance. With respect to management and control it is necessary, in particular, to establish the modalities by which Member States give the assurance that the systems are in place and function satisfactorily.
Amendment 134 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 93
Recital 93
(93) The rules and procedures governing commitments and payments should be simplified so that a regular cash flow is ensured. A pre-financing of 47 % of the contribution from the EMFF should help speeding up the implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 137 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the sustainable development of fisheries areas and inland fishing,Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 141 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 10
(10) 'inland fishing' means fishing carried out for commercial purposes by, from a vessels operatingr otherwise, exclusively in inland waters or by other devices used for ice fishing;
Amendment 144 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) 'small scalinshore coastal fishing' means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear as listed in Table 3 Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 regarding accessing local fishing grounds that strengthens the traditional social fabric of fishing communities, is managed by SMEs and family businesses, is handed down from one generation to the next, makes daily trips, and neither fishing vreezes nor processels register of the Unionits catches on board;
Amendment 146 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19
(19) 'vessels operating exclusively in inland waters' means vessels engaged in commercial fishing in inland waters and not included in the Union fishing fleet register.Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 156 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point 2 – point b
Article 6 – point 2 – point b
(b) enhancement of the competitiveness and viability of fisheries, in particular of small scalthe coastal fleet, and improvement of safety or working conditions;
Amendment 179 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – point b
Article 13 – point b
(b) construction of new fishing vessels, decommissioning or importation of fishing vessels;
Amendment 179 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is paramount to better integrate environmental concerns into the CFP which should deliver on the objectives and targets of the Union's environmental policy and the Europe 2020 Strategy. The CFP is aimed at an exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains fish stocks at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, not later than 2015. The CFP shall implement the precautionary and eco- system approaches to fisheries management. Consequently the EMFF should contribute to the protection of the marine environment as set out in the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) where possible and by 2020 at the very latest.
Amendment 183 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – point c
Article 13 – point c
Amendment 186 #
Amendment 187 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – point f
Article 13 – point f
Amendment 191 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) the share of small scalthe inshore coastal fishing fleet in the fishing fleet;
Amendment 193 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up a single operational programme integrating the various sub-national operational programmes to implement the Union priorities to be co- financed by the EMFF.
Amendment 205 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Operations financed under this Article must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body recognised by the Member State which shall validate the results of such operin the business classification provided for in national public procurement legislations.
Amendment 208 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The feasibility studies and advice referred to respectively in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall be provided by recognised scientific or technical bodies with the required advisory competences as recognised byin the national law of each Member Statebusiness classification provided for in national public procurement legislation.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In line with the goal of simplification and decentralisation, all activities of the EMFF which fall under shared management, including control and data collection, should take the form of one single operational programme per Member State, in accordance with its national structure. The programming exercise shall cover the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. Each Member State should prepare a single operational programme incorporating all of the operational programmes from the different regions. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for the EMFF and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities, while being adapted to national contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular rural development policy and cohesion policy.
Amendment 223 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Amendment 228 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Recognising the importance of the role that spouses of self-employed fishermen play in small scale coastal fishing, the EMFF should support training and networking contributing to their professional development and giving them the means to better fulfil the ancillary tasks they traditionally perform.
Amendment 233 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Conscious of the weak presence of small scale coastal fishermen in the social dialoguesocial and territorial importance of coastal fishermen, the EMFF should support organisations promoting thise social dialogue of the coastal fishing sector in the appropriate fora
Amendment 240 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to reduce the impact of fishing on the marine environment, foster the elimination of discards and facilitate the transition to exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species abovet least at levels which can produce the MSY, the EMFF may support investments in equipment:
Amendment 245 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Amendment 247 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Conscious of the potential that diversification offers for small scale coastal fishermen and their crucial role in coastal communities, the EMFF should help diversification by covering business start- ups and investments for the retrofitting of their vessels, in addition to the relevant training to acquire professional skills in the relevant field outside fishing activities.
Amendment 269 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall not contribute to the replacement or modernisation of main or ancillary engines. Support shall only be granted to owners of fishing vessels and not more than once during the programming period for the same fishing vessel, fishermen's organisations and administrations.
Amendment 271 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. In order to improve the quality of the fish caught the EMFF may support investments on board, in processing and marketing, for this purpose.
Amendment 272 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The introduction of the transferable fishing concessions systems should make the sector more competitive. Consequently, there may be a need for new professional opportunities outsidein addition to the fishing activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support the diversification and job creation in fishing communities in particular by supporting business start-ups and the conversion or reassignment of vessels for additional maritime activities outside fishing activities of small scale coastal fishing vessels. This last operation seems to be appropriate as the small scale coastal fishing vessels are not covered by the transferable fishing concessions systems, paying particular attention to recreational angling or recreational fishing.
Amendment 273 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. In order to improve the use of unwanted catches the EMFF may support investments on board, in processing and marketing, to make the best use of unwanted catches of commercial stocks and valorise underused components of fish caught, in line with Article 15 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] and Article 8(b) of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].
Amendment 274 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Amendment 275 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be granted to owners of Union fishing vessels whose vessels are which have carried a fishing activity for at least 60 days at sea during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application, and to fishermen's organisations.
Amendment 278 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. In order to facilitate the use of unwanted catches the EMFF may support investments in fishing ports and landing sites which enable to make the best use of unwanted catches of commercial stocks and which valorise under-used components of the fish caught, in line with Article 15 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] and Article 8(b) of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].
Amendment 280 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Amendment 281 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 281 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks in a way that is compatible with the economic and social development of the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. The removal of overcapacity through pPublic aid such as temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators concernedfor coastal fleets should be maintained for the purpose of eliminating overcapacity.
Amendment 282 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) References made in Articles 33, 36 and 39 to fishing vessels shall be understood as references to vessels operating exclusively in inland water;Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 283 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) References made in Article 36 to the marine environment shall be understood as references to the environment in which the inland fishing vessel operatesis carried out.
Amendment 284 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Amendment 285 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
Article 42 – paragraph 4
Amendment 286 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 5
Article 42 – paragraph 5
Amendment 287 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 6
Article 42 – paragraph 6
Amendment 289 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this Chapter shall be limigranted to aquaculture enterprises unless otherwise expressly established, aquaculture farmers' and fishermen's organisations and natural persons.
Amendment 292 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Operations under this Article must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body as recognised byin the national law of each Member State which shall validate the results of such operbusiness classification provided for in national public procurement legislations.
Amendment 293 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adding value to aquaculture products, in particular by allowing the aquaculture enterprisesector to carry out the processing, marketing and direct sale of its own aquaculture production;
Amendment 293 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 294 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) diversification of the income of the aquaculture enterprisessector through the development of new aquaculture species with good market prospects;
Amendment 295 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) diversification of the income of the aquaculture enterprisessector through the development of complementary activities outside aquaculture.
Amendment 296 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be granted only to aquaculture enterprises provided that the complementary activities outside aquaculture relate to the core aquaculture business of enterprise, such as angling tourism, aquaculture tourism promoting the aquaculture sector and its products, aquaculture environmental services or educational activities on aquaculture.
Amendment 298 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Amendment 299 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4
Article 48 – paragraph 4
Amendment 311 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In line with the reduction of discard bans introduced by the CFP, the EMFF should support investments on board aiming at the progressive reduction of undesirable catches, make the best use of unwanted fish caught and valorise underused components of the fish caught. Considering the scarcity of the resources, in order to maximise the value of the fish caught, the EMFF should also support investments on board and during the processing and marketing stages aiming at adding commercial value to fish caught.
Amendment 314 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Support may only be granted where the suspension of harvesting due to contamination of molluscs is the result of the proliferation of toxin-producing plankton or the presence of plankton containing biotoxins, or the proliferation of coliforms (E. coli) and when:
Amendment 315 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it lasts for more than four months consecutivelya month; or
Amendment 316 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 3
Article 55 – paragraph 3
Amendment 319 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The occurrence of an adverse climatic event or the outbreak of disease in aquaculture shall be formally recognised as such by the competent sub-national authority or the Member State concerned.
Amendment 320 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent sub-national authority or the Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted.
Amendment 331 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for the processing of organicsustainable aquaculture products as regulated in Article 6 and 7 of Council Regulation(EC) No 834/2007.
Amendment 332 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) contributing to improved working conditions;
Amendment 333 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) improving and monitoring public health and hygiene conditions or product quality;
Amendment 333 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is vital for the Union that a sustainable balance be achieved between fresh water resources and their exploitation; therefore having due regard to environmental impact while ensuring that these sectors retain economic viability, appropriate provisions should support inland fishing.
Amendment 334 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) producing new products, applying new technologies, or developing innovative production methods.
Amendment 342 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
New forms of income combined with aquaculture activities have already shown their added value for business development. Therefore the EMFF should support these complementary activities outside aquaculture such as angling- tourism, aquaculture tourism for promoting the aquaculture sector and its products, educational or environmental activities.
Amendment 344 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) national and sub-national multi-annual sampling programmes;
Amendment 345 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the participation of Member States' and sub-national administrations' representatives in regional coordination meetings as referred to in Article 37(4) of the [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy], meetings of regional fisheries management organisations of which the EU is a contracting partner or an observer or meetings of international bodies in charge of providing scientific advice.
Amendment 351 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Conscious of the need to identify the most suitable areas for developing aquaculture taking into account access to waters and space, the EMFF should support national and sub-national authorities in making their strategic choices at national levelbased on their respective competences.
Amendment 364 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1
Article 96 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the general rules of Article 72 of [Regulation (EU) No [...] laying down Common Provisions], and following the Commission decision approving the operational programme, an initial pre- financing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This shall represent 47% of the contribution from the Union budget to the operational programme concerned. It may be split into two instalments depending on budget availability.
Amendment 368 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) In order to promote environmentally sustainable aquaculture, the EMFF should support aquaculture activities which are highly respectful of the environment, the conversion of aquaculture enterprises to eco-management, the use of audit schemes as well as the conversion to organic aquaculture. In the same vein, the EMFF should also support aquaculture providing for special environmental servicessustainable aquaculture.
Amendment 384 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure the viability of fisheries and aquaculture in a highly competitive market, it is necessary to lay down provisions granting support for the implementation of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products]1 as well as for marketing and processing activities carried by operators to maximise the value of fisheries and aquaculture products. Particular attention should be paid to the promotion of operations which integrate producing, processing and marketing activities of the supply chain. In order to adapt to the new discard ban policy, the EMFF should also support the processing of unwanted catches.
Amendment 394 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Priority should be given to producer organisations and associations of producer organisations by granting them support. The compensation for storage aid and aid for production and marketing plans should gradually be phased out as the importance of this particular kind of support has lost its interest in the light of the evolving structure of the Union market for this kind of products and the growing importance of strong producer's organisationsother representative fishing organisations, in particular fishermen's associations, and associations of producer organisations by granting them support.
Amendment 404 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) Recognising the growing competition small scale coastal fishermen are confronted to, the EMFF should support entrepreneurial initiatives of small scale coastal fishermen adding value to the fish they catch, in particular by carrying out the processing or direct marketing of the fish they catch.
Amendment 412 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) ITaking account of the characteristics of the different fisheries and the cost effectiveness of each one of them, it is paramount that Member States and operators are equipped in such a way that controls can be carried out to a high standard and therefore ensure compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy while providing for the sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources; the EMFF should therefore support Member States and operators in conformity with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. By creating a culture of compliance, this support should contribute to sustainable growth.
Amendment 421 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Provisions should be laid down for support to collect, manage and use of fisheries data as specified in the multiannual Union programme, in particular to support national and sub- national programmes and the management and use of data for scientific analysis and CFP implementation. The support granted to Member States on the basis of the Regulation (EC) No. 861/2006 for the expenditure incurred relating to the collection, management and use of fisheries data should be continued under the EMFF pursuing the logic of a single fund.
Amendment 439 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
Recital 88
(88) Conscious of the importance of ensuring conservation of marine biological and protecting fish stocks in particular from illegal fishing and in the spirit of the conclusions drawn in the Green Paper on the Reform of the CFP1, those operators who do not comply with the rules of the CFP, and particularly jeopardise the sustainability of the stocks concerned and constitute therefore a serious threat to the sustainable exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY1, those operators who do not comply with the rules of the CFP, and those who are involved in IUU fishing should be excluded from support under the EMFF. Union funding should not at any stage from the selection to the implementation of an operation be used to undermine the public interest of conservation of marine biological resources expressed in the objectives of the CFP Regulation.
Amendment 442 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89
Recital 89
(89) Member States should adopt adequate measures to guarantee the proper functioning of management and control systems. To that end, a managing authority, a paying agency and a certification body should be designated for each sub-national operational programme and their responsibilities should be specified. These responsibilities should relate primarily to the sound financial implementation, organisation of evaluation, certification of expenditure, audit and compliance with Union law. Provision should be made for regular meetings between the Commission and the national authorities concerned in order to monitor the assistance. With respect to management and control it is necessary, in particular, to establish the modalities by which Member States give the assurance that the systems are in place and function satisfactorily.
Amendment 446 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 93
Recital 93
(93) The rules and procedures governing commitments and payments should be simplified so that a regular cash flow is ensured. A pre-financing of 47 % of the contribution from the EMFF should help speeding up the implementation of the operational programme.
Amendment 465 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the sustainable development of fisheries areas and inland fishing,
Amendment 500 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 10
(10) 'inland fishing' means fishing carried out for commercial purposes by, from a vessels operatingr otherwise, exclusively in inland waters or by other devices used for ice fishing;
Amendment 512 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) 'small scale coastal fishing' means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear as listed in Table 3 Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 regarding the fishing vesselin local fishing grounds which underpins the traditional social fabric of fishing communities and is managed by SMEs and family businesses that operate on a generational basis, and which involves daily fishing trips in which catches aregister of the Union not frozen or processed on board;
Amendment 516 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19
(19) 'vessels operating exclusively in inland waters' means vessels engaged in commercial fishing in inland waters and not included in the Union fishing fleet register.
Amendment 520 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) ‘aquaculture sector’ means aquaculture enterprises, aquaculture farmers’ and fishermen’s organisations and natural persons involved in aquaculture activities.
Amendment 614 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) enhancement of the competitiveness and viability of fisheries, in particular of small scale coastal fleet, and improvement of safety or working conditions;
Amendment 725 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) operators that have committed a serious infringement under Article 42 of the Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1) of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, with a sanction based on a final administrative decision;
Amendment 729 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 737 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 747 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 750 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall require that operators submitting an application under the EMFF provide to the managing authority a signed statement confirming that they respect the criteria listed in paragraph 1 and have not committed an irregularity under the EEF or the EMFF as referred to in paragraph 2. Member States shall verify the veracity of the statement before the approval of the operation.
Amendment 766 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) construction of new fishing vessels, decommissioning or importation of fishing vessels;
Amendment 780 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 791 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 801 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 859 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) the share of small scalinshore coastal fishing fleet in the fishing fleet;
Amendment 871 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up a single operational programme integrating the various subnational programmes to implement the Union priorities to be co- financed by the EMFF.
Amendment 995 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2,. Operations financed under this Article must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body recognised by the Member State which shall validate the results of such opeby means of the business classification provided for in national contract law for public administrations.
Amendment 1016 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The feasibility studies and advice referred to respectively in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall be provided by recognised scientific or technical bodies with the required advisory competences as recognised by the national law of each Member Statein the business classification provided for in the national contract law for public administration.
Amendment 1073 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to facilitate diversification and job creation outside fishingto complement the main fishing activity, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1088 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) business start-ups outsidecomplementary to fishing;
Amendment 1097 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) retrofitting of small scale coastal fishing vessels in order to reassign them for activities complementary to or outside fishing.
Amendment 1122 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to small scale coastal fishermen owning a Union fishing vessel registered as active and which have carried out fishing activities at sea at least 60 days during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application. The fishing licence associated with the fishing vessel shall be permanently withdrawn.
Amendment 1130 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1138 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1176 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1199 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
Article 34
Amendment 1245 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34a Permanent cessation of fishing activities 1. The EFF shall contribute to the financing of the permanent cessation of the fishing activities of fishing vessels, providing that this cessation is part of a fishing effort adjustment plan included in the Management Plans detailed in Article 9 of the CFP. The permanent cessation of the fishing activities of a fishing vessel may only be achieved by: a) the scrapping of the fishing vessel; b) its reassignment, under the flag of a Member State, and registration in the Community for activities outside fishing; c) its reassignment for the purpose of the creation of artificial reefs. Member States shall ensure that these operations are preceded by the corresponding environmental impact assessment. Public support for the permanent cessation of fishing activities paid to the owners of fishing vessels shall apply to the vessel’s fishing capacity and, where appropriate, the associated fishing licence. 2. The permanent cessation of fishing activities of fishing vessels shall be programmed by means of management plans. 3. To facilitate the implementation of fishing effort adjustment plans, the Member States may make public tenders or calls for proposals. Member of States may also set the level of public support taking into account cost effectiveness according to objective criteria, such as: a) the price of the fishing vessel recorded on the national market or its insurance value; b) the turnover of the fishing vessel; c) the age of the fishing vessel and its tonnage expressed in GT or its engine power expressed in kW.
Amendment 1248 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 b (new)
Article 34 b (new)
Article 34 (b) Temporary cessation of fishing activities The EFF may contribute to the financing of support measures for the temporary cessation of fishing activities to owners of fishing vessels and fishermen, in the context of the fishing effort adjustment plan included in the Management Plans detailed in Article 9 of the CFP.
Amendment 1270 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to reduce the impact of fishing on the marine environment, foster the elimination of discards and facilitate the transition to exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species abovet levels which can as a minimum produce the MSY, the EMFF may support investments in equipment:
Amendment 1293 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1392 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall not contribute to the replacement or modernisation of main or ancillary engines. Support shall only be granted to owners of fishing vessels and not more than once during the programming period for the same fishing vessel, organisations of fishermen and administrations.
Amendment 1414 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. In order to improve the quality of the fish caught the EMFF may support investments on board, in the processing and marketing process, for this purpose.
Amendment 1427 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. In order to improve the use of unwanted catches the EMFF may support investments on board, in the processing and marketing process, to make the best use of unwanted catches of commercial stocks and valorise underused components of fish caught, in line with Article 15 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] and Article 8(b) of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].
Amendment 1431 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1439 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be granted to owners of Union fishing vessels whose vessels are which have carried a fishing activity for at least 60 days at sea during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application, and to organisations of fishermen.
Amendment 1456 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. In order to facilitate the use of unwanted catches the EMFF may support investments in fishing ports and landing sites which enable to make the best use of unwanted catches of commercial stocks and which valorise under-used components of the fish caught, in line with Article 15 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] and Article 8(b) of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].
Amendment 1466 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1480 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to reduce the impact of inlandcontinental fishing on the environment, increase energy efficiency, increase the quality of fish landed, or to improve safety or working conditions, the EMFF may support the following investments:
Amendment 1493 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) References made in Articles 33, 36 and 39 to fishing vessels shall be understood as references to vessels operating exclusively in inlandcontinental water;
Amendment 1495 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) References made in Article 36 to the marine environment shall be understood as references to the environment in which the inland fishing vessel operatescontinental fishing is carried out.
Amendment 1497 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Article 42 – paragraph 3
3. In order to sustain diversification by inlandcontinental fishermen, the EMFF may support the reassignment of vessels operating in inlandcontinental fishing to other activities outside fishing under the conditions of Article 32 of this Regulation
Amendment 1500 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, references made in Article 32 to fishing vessels shall be understood as references to vessels operating exclusively in inlandcontinental water.
Amendment 1504 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 5
Article 42 – paragraph 5
5. In order to protect and develop aquatic fauna and flora, the EMFF may support the participation of inlandcontinental fishermen in managing, restoring and monitoring NATURA 2000 sites where these areas directly concern fishing activities as well as the rehabilitation of inlandcontinental waters, including spawning grounds and migration routes for migratory species, without prejudice of Article 38(1)(d).
Amendment 1513 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 6
Article 42 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that vessels receiving support under this Article continue to operate exclusively in inlandcontinental waters.
Amendment 1518 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this Chapter shall be limited tointended for aquaculture enterprises unless otherwise expressly established, organisations of aquaculture prodcuers and fishermen and legal persons.
Amendment 1553 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Operations under this Article must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body as recognised by the national law of each Member State which shall validate the results of such operathrough the business classification referred to in the national contract law of the public institutions.
Amendment 1607 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) adding value to aquaculture products, in particular by allowing the aquaculture enterprisesector to carry out the processing, marketing and direct sale of its own aquaculture production;
Amendment 1614 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) diversification of the income of the aquaculture enterprisessector through the development of new aquaculture species with good market prospects;
Amendment 1618 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) diversification of the income of the aquaculture enterprisessector through the development of complementary activities outside aquaculture.
Amendment 1623 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be granted only to aquaculture enterprises provided that the complementary activities outside aquaculture relate to the core aquaculture business of enterprise, such as angling tourism, aquaculture tourism promoting the aquaculture sector and its products, aquaculture environmental services or educational activities on aquaculture.
Amendment 1640 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1649 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4
Article 48 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1756 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Support may only be granted where the suspension of harvesting due to contamination of molluscs is the result of the proliferation of toxin-producing plankton or the presence of plankton containing biotoxins, or to the proliferation of coliforms (E. coli) and when:
Amendment 1759 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it lasts for more than four months consecutivelyone month; or
Amendment 1765 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 3
Article 55 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1801 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The occurrence of an adverse climatic event or the outbreak of disease in aquaculture shall be formally recognised as such by the competent subnational authority or the Member State concerned.
Amendment 1804 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent subnational authority or the Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted.
Amendment 1955 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) products obtained using methods with low impact on the environment or organic aquaculture products as defined in Council Regulation(EC) No 834/2007 on organiccoastal fisheries products or sustainable aquaculture productions.
Amendment 1963 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) certification and promotion including of sustainableeasonal and local coastal fisheryies and aquaculture products and of environmentally friendly processing methods;
Amendment 1967 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) direct marketing of fishery products by small scale coastal fishermen;
Amendment 1976 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
b a) the marketing of new products, the application of new technologies and the development of innovative marketing methods;
Amendment 2014 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for the processing of organicsustainable aquaculture products as regulated in Article 6 and 7 of Council Regulation(EC) No 834/2007.;
Amendment 2019 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da) contributing to the improvement of working conditions;
Amendment 2026 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Amendment 2032 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
dc) for the production of new products, the application of new technologies and the development of innovative production methods.
Amendment 2106 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) national and sub-national multi-annual sampling programmes;
Amendment 2116 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the participation of Member States' representatives and sub-national governments in regional coordination meetings as referred to in Article 37(4) of the [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy], meetings of regional fisheries management organisations of which the EU is a contracting partner or an observer or meetings of international bodies in charge of providing scientific advice.
Amendment 2244 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1
Article 96 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the general rules of Article 72 of [Regulation (EU) No [...] laying down Common Provisions], and following the Commission decision approving the operational programme, an initial pre- financing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This shall represent 47 % of the contribution from the Union budget to the operational programme concerned. It may be split into two instalments depending on budget availability..
Amendment 300 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) All references to National Authorities and National Agencies should be also applicable to Regional Authorities and Regional Agencies. However, this should be valid only on those cases where a region has full powers on university and education policies.
Amendment 572 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) Barcelona Institute of International Studies.
Amendment 183 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to contribute to the issuance of up to date and credible sovereign ratings and to facilitate users' understanding, it is important to regularly review ratings. It is also important to increase the transparency about the research work carried out, the staff allocated to the preparation of ratings, its territorial presence, and the underlying assumptions behind the credit ratings made by credit rating agencies in relation to sovereign and sub-sovereign debt.
Amendment 186 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) Acknowledge that inside of sovereign countries, wide institutional divisions remain between regions, particularly regarding asymmetries on their fiscal and legislative powers. A particular attention and methodology should be paid to those regions with capacity to collect all taxes.
Amendment 187 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 b (new)
Recital 30 b (new)
(30b) On the evaluation of sovereign and sub-sovereign bonds, the physic location of the analyst teams should be made public. Moreover, the presence of the analyst team on the ground for a relevant amount of time should be compulsory. The time spend on the ground should also be made public.
Amendment 192 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Credit rating agencies should take into account when evaluating any sovereign or sub-sovereign debt, if they can be posted as collateral to the ECB or any other national central bank.
Amendment 632 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 3 – row 5
Annex – Part I – point 3 – row 5
Barcelona Port interconnections rail with port (construction of the new accesses) and airport
Amendment 633 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 3 – row 6
Annex – Part I – point 3 – row 6
Barcelona - Perpignan Rail cross-border section, works ongoing, new line completed by 2015, upgrading existing line. Introduction of UIC on the Iberian existing line through Port Bou. Adaptation of the line to 750m-trains. Development of intermodal platforms and connection with the rail network on UIC + Iberian gauge
Amendment 634 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 3 – row 6 a (new)
Annex – Part I – point 3 – row 6 a (new)
Madrid-Zaragoza- Rail Upgrading of existing Barcelona lines: Introduction of UIC on the Iberian existing line. Adaptation of the line and sidetracks to 750m-trains. Development of intermodal platforms and connection with the rail network on UIC + Iberian gauge
Amendment 18 #
2011/0301(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Decision No 1639/2006/EC
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a – point c a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a – point c a (new)
(ca) is directed only to core TEN-T, TEN- E and CIP projects, as these are the priority settled by the EU. In case that the pilot phase begins before an agreement is reached on the new core-networks, the Commission proposals shall be fully taken into account.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Deliberate manipulation of financial indexes as LIBOR or EURIBOR should be included in the scope of this legislation, as well as hiding information on the near term future viability of a company before its IPO.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11 b) Deliberate selling of complex financial products to private investors with no financial experience that may endanger their lifetime saving should be included in the scope of this legislation.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) deliberate manipulation of financial indexes by market participants
Amendment 53 #
2011/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) Participation in IPO on a financial institution where the management of the firm or the IPO underwriters are aware of near term financial problems which endanger the future viability of the company.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) Deliberate selling of complex financial products to private investors with no financial experience that may endanger their lifetime savings.
Amendment 169 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) In order to increase the capacity and efficiency of rail transport on lines which are used by conventional freight trains, the standardisation of the minimum train length should be 750m. On the core network further extension to 1500m should be considered if economical, operational and technical feasibility allows it. Wherever an increase of the train length to 1000m can lead to productivity gains, this should be encouraged as a positive first step on the core network.
Amendment 181 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The guidelines specify the requirements to be respected by the entities responsible for management of the infrastructureMember States for the implementation of the trans-European transport network.
Amendment 270 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the assessment of strategic environmental impact, with the establishment of appropriate plans and programmes and of impacts on climate mitigation, ensuring special and fast-track procedures for projects of common interest;
Amendment 288 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Projects of common interest fulfil the 'Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest' (IROPI or similar) criteria.
Amendment 377 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3–point c – subpoint 2
Article 13 – paragraph 3–point c – subpoint 2
(2) electrification, excluding sidings;
Amendment 378 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3–point c – subpoint 2
Article 13 – paragraph 3–point c – subpoint 2
(2) electrification, with the exception of sidings and terminals;
Amendment 491 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Maritime ports which form part of the comprehensive network are listed in part 1 of Annex I and are also indicated on the maps in Annex I.
Amendment 498 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) The total annual passenger traffic volume exceeds 0,1 % of the total annual passenger traffic volume of all maritime ports of the Unionis not less than 1,5 million tonnes of freight or 200 000 passengers. The reference amount for this total volume is the latest available three-year average, based on the statistics published by Eurostat.
Amendment 499 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) The total annual cargo volume – either for bulk or for non-bulk cargo handling – exceeds 0,1% of the corresponding total annual cargo volume handled in allmaritime port is located on an island and is the primary maritime portsint of the Union. The reference amount for this total volume is the latest available three- year average, based on the statistics published by Eurostataccess to a NUTS 3 region in the comprehensive network.
Amendment 500 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) The maritime port is located oin an island and provides the sole point of access to a NUTS 3 regionoutermost region or a peripheral area, outside a radius of 200 km from the nearest other port in the comprehensive network.
Amendment 531 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Maritime ports are connected, where appropriate, with railway lines, roads and, where possible, inland waterways of the comprehensive network, except in Malta and Cyprus for as long as no railway system is established within their territory.
Amendment 580 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1.a Member States and other project promoters shall ensure that such assessments are carried out efficiently, avoiding unnecessary delays.
Amendment 608 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
– full electrification of the railway lines, excluding sidings;
Amendment 610 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
– full electrification of the railway lines, with the exception of sidings and terminals;
Amendment 620 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 2
– lines with regularconventional freight traffic: at least 22.5 t axle load, new line 25 t, 100 km/h line speed and 750 m train length, which could be extended, in particular on the core network corridors, to up to 1,500m (3600÷5000 tonnes per train) if there is a clear socio-economic benefit and operational and technical feasibility allows it, including for this purpose automatic couplings in freight wagons;
Amendment 650 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– maritime ports; and port clusters if they meet one of the following criteria:
Amendment 652 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
- a) Their annual volume meets the following threshold formula: (bulk tonnage port / 1 % of the total bulk tonnage of all EU seaports) + (non-bulk tonnage port / 1 % of the total non-bulk tonnage of all EU seaports) > 1. The reference amount for the total volumes is the latest available three-year average, based on the statistics published by Eurostat. Bulk cargo is understood to comprise dry and liquid cargo, including oil. b) In insular Member States or NUTS 1 regions with access to the sea, where no ports are classified according to the above formula, as a general rule, only one seaport along each continuous coastline is classified as primary node. A second port may be classified as primary node if the corresponding hinterland covers landlocked NUTS 1 regions and the cumulative transhipment volume exceeds the threshold set out in the above formula. The size and the hinterland connectivity of the ports are taken into account when considering two ports along a continuous coastline or in an insular Member State for classification as primary nodes. Ports on islands which are not themselves Member States do not qualify as primary nodes since their hinterland connections, if in the TEN-T at all, typically belong to the comprehensive network. c) Seaports along core network links crossing the sea that are not primary nodes, but are bridgeheads of corresponding ferries, are included as secondary nodes.
Amendment 654 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. Maritime ports indicated in Part 2 of Annex II shall be connected with the railway and road transportroad transport infrastructure and, where appropriate, with railway infrastructure of the trans-European transport network by 31 December 2030 at the latest, except in duly justified cases.
Amendment 669 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. Core network corridors consist of parts of the core network. They shall involve at least three transport modes and cross at least three Member States. They cover the most important cross-border long-distance flows in the core network. In the most crowded sections of a core network corridor, each mode of transport (preferably in rail) may include more than one line even if they are not side by side.
Amendment 676 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Within these core network corridors there are parts with a major socio- economic impact and a greater freight and/or passengers exchange. These parts should be fully operational before the others to reinforce European competitiveness.
Amendment 680 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. These major parts concern two key European vectors that cover these core network corridors: the Eurasian Vector (with two different trunks) and the Western North-South Vector (with two trunks as well), as they are set out in the Annex Part 1(c) [new] to Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 of ... [Connecting Europe Facility].
Amendment 704 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The implementation of each ITS project relating to several corridors shall be the responsibility of a coordinator whose term of office shall be from 2014 to 2020. Coordination between ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) activities and the relevant multimodal corridor structures must be ensured.
Amendment 707 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. The implementation of ERTMS shall be the responsibility of a single coordinator whose term of office shall be from 2014 to 2020. Coordination between ERTMS activities and the relevant multimodal corridor structures must be ensured.
Amendment 715 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The corridor platform shall be composed of the representatives of the Member States concerned and, as appropriatin principle, other public and private entities such as the regional and local authorities concerned. In any case, the relevant infrastructure managers as defined in Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure shall participate in the corridor platform, as well as railway undertakings as users of the corridors, representatives of port authorities of the sea and inland ports which are concerned by the corridor, shall participate in the corridor platform. The rail freight corridors set up under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 shall be the basis for the rail dimension of the corridor platform, as appropriate.
Amendment 718 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In order to avoid any duplication of activity, adequate coordination must be ensured between the corridor platforms and the structures provided for in Regulation (EU) No 913/2010.
Amendment 739 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where sections of the corridor coincide with the corridors under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010, the development plan and market study already provided for in that Regulation shall be taken into consideration in the drawing up of the corridor development plan.
Amendment 754 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 4
Article 56 – paragraph 4
4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council, as well as to stakeholders of connecting modes, such as infrastructure managers and operators.
Amendment 764 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In order to meet the deadlines for completing the core and comprehensive networks by 2030 and 2050 respectively, national governments shall make efforts to speed up the permitting and construction processes of rail infrastructure projects whilst ensuring that affected local and regional stakeholders are consulted.
Amendment 884 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Annex I – Volume 16/33
To add the route Lorca – Granada to the rail comprehensive network and to the rail core network (freight)
Amendment 885 #
2011/0294(COD)
To add the route Almeria – Motril – Malaga – Algeciras to the comprehensive network and to the rail core network (freight)
Amendment 895 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
Annex I – Volume 17/33
add Tenerife (ES) and Gran Canaria (ES) airports to the core network
Amendment 896 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
Annex I – Volume 17/33
add the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES) to the core network
Amendment 953 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 1a
Annex II – Section 1a
add Las Palmas (ES) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)
Amendment 956 #
Amendment 962 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 1b
Annex II – Section 1b
add Gran Canaria (ES) and Tenerife (ES)
Amendment 971 #
Amendment 10 #
2011/0283(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Some regions with legislative and fiscal powers have responsibility for the management of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. The provisions in this Regulation concerning Member States should also be applied to those regions.
Amendment 11 #
2011/0283(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In view of the need to expand investment opportunities which may emerge in the Member States concerned, the Commission may also establish risk sharing instruments with regional, national or international public sector bodies or bodies governed by private law with a public service mission providing adequate guarantees as referred to in Article 54(2)(c) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities10 under terms and conditions similar to those of the EIB.
Amendment 524 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) suburban areas.
Amendment 556 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms, suburban areas and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 750 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers and processors or their managing bodies in:
Amendment 754 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers in:
Amendment 765 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) quality schemes for agricultural products, cotton or foodstuffs established by Union legislation, including those in the process of being recognised;
Amendment 772 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
ii) the scheme is open to all producers and processors;
Amendment 773 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 774 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 786 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted: a) as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be dsetermined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum dur. 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 five years. the scheme. b) cover the costs of the information and promotion activities for the products indicated in paragraph 1 of this article.
Amendment 787 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 803 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Support shall be limited to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex I.
Amendment 825 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) respect the Community standards applicable to the investment concerned;
Amendment 853 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
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. Where investments are made in order to comply with Community standards, support may be granted only to those which are made in order to comply with newly introduced Community standards. In that case, a period of grace, not exceeding 36 months from the date on which the standard becomes mandatory for the agricultural holding, may be provided to meet that standard.
Amendment 883 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
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 eligible. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall only be payable to SMEs and to producer organisations and agricultural cooperatives, irrespective of their size. Similarly, the selection criteria defined under Article 49 shall promote projects developed by producer organisations and cooperatives.
Amendment 1026 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Amendment 1187 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) Maintenance of protective infrastructure and keeping an adequate level of vegetation cover in forest areas so that forest fires can be prevented by means of livestock grazing.
Amendment 1198 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Eligible operations shall be consistent with the forest protection plan established by the Member States. For holdings above a certain size, to be determined by the Member States in the programme, support shall be conditional on the submission of a forest management plan detailing the preventive objectives. This requirement shall be waived for farms that are part of landowner associations and are covered by a prevention plan drawn up by the competent authorities.
Amendment 1224 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This measure can thus be used to finance the establishment of forest planning instruments such as planning projects and technical plans that shall include investment initiatives funded by this measure.
Amendment 1245 #
Amendment 1253 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall be granted in order to facilitate the setting up and merging of producer groups in the agriculture and forestry sectors for the purpose of:
Amendment 1275 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted to producer groups which are officially recognised by the Member States' competent authority on the basis of a business plan. It shall be limited to producer groups coming under the definition of SMEFor producer groups with a turnover of less than EUR 1 million with regard to Member States that joined the EU before 2004, in accordance with Article 8(1)(d) of this Regulation, support shall only be granted in respect of RDPs with a thematic sub- programme concerning short supply chains.
Amendment 1347 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this measure shall be granted, per hectare of UAA and/or LU, to farmers or groups of farmers who undertake, on a voluntary basis to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/200735.
Amendment 1465 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The area based or other unitary costs based payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate farmers for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitment made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs to the value of up to 20% of the premium paid for the animal welfare commitments, giving priority to those livestock sectors that urgently need to adapt to meet specific rules and all investments intended to improve animal welfare shall in any case be eligible for support.
Amendment 1569 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1583 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1591 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1632 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(c) may only be granted where the drop of income exceeds 30% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of Article 37(1)(c) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund or under insurance contracts to farmers shall compensate for not more than 70% of the income lost. In the event that this measure is included in the rural development programmes, funds shall be allocated in proportion to the risk to the incomes of holdings in the Member State or region concerned.
Amendment 1680 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
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 applicationfor applying for co-operation projects, paying heed to the time limits set by the Commission for this purpose.
Amendment 1718 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, only investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25 % shall be considered as eligible expenditure, as well as investments in updating irrigation installations which have a positive effect on the environment. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impact.
Amendment 1719 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, only 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 and in Member States in the Mediterranean Basin investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases where. The infrastructure shall undergo an environmental analysis to provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impact.
Amendment 1918 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) the average annual level of compensation which would have been required for each EU Member State over the 1998 to 2007 period had the income stabilisation tool been used, based on the evolution of the gross farm income indicator and an EAFRD contribution equivalent to the maximum provided for this instrument under Article 65(4).
Amendment 1919 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) the average annual level of compensation which would have been required for each EU Member State over the 1998 to 2007 period had the income stabilisation tool been used, based on the evolution of the gross farm income indicator.
Amendment 1924 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In Member States in which rural development programming is carried out through a series of regional programmes, EAFRD resources will be allocated by the State in question to each programme according to objective, non-discriminatory criteria which should include reference to the criterion established under point 4(c) of this article.
Amendment 1949 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 80% for the measures referred to in Articles 15, 28, 36 and 3640, for the LEADER local development referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and for operations under Article 20(1)(a)(i). It may be increased to 90% for the programmes of less developed, the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93;
Amendment 2001 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notwithstanding Article 59 3(a) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012], the contribution from the EAFRD may be made in a form other than a non- repayable direct assistance. Provisions for implementation will be decided in accordance with the procedure.
Amendment 2002 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notwithstanding Article 59 3(a) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012], interest paid on loans linked to investments in physical assets shall be eligible for EAFRD support, provided that the maximum aid percentage is not exceeded.
Amendment 2067 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Article 17(3)
Annex 1 – Article 17(3)
Amendment 2068 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Article 17(3)
Annex 1 – Article 17(3)
Amendment 2085 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Article 28 (4)
Annex 1 – Article 28 (4)
Amendment 451 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) This Regulation should provide for the possibility of disposal of products bought in public intervention. Such measures should be taken in a way that avoids market disturbances and that, ensures equal access to goods and equal treatment of purchasers and enables produce to be made available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union.
Amendment 454 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to ensure market transparency, the power to adopt certain acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of laying down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid in order to achieve the aim of balancing the market and stabilising the market prices, and taking into account the market situation. The rabbit meat sector does not have the option of establishing private storage aid. Given that its problems are similar to those experienced by the sectors that are already covered by this scheme, this option should be expanded in order to adjust supply in the rabbit meat sector.
Amendment 456 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that private storage has the desired effect on the market, the power to adopt certain acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures for reducing the amount of aid to be paid where the quantity stored is lower than the contracted quantity; and conditions for granting of an advance payment and conditions for re-marketing and disposal of products including making them available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union.
Amendment 459 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The existing scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union adopted under the common agricultural policy should be the subject of a separshould continue, under the appropriate rlegulation adoptedal base to reflect its social cohesion objectives and to enable it to contribute to the Europe 2020 target to reduce poverty in the Union. Provision should nevertheless be made in this Regulation to allow for disposal of products held in public intervention and private storage by making them available for use in the scheme.
Amendment 513 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
Recital 87
(87) As regards live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, rabbit meat, eggs and poultrymeat provision should be made for the possibility of adopting certain measures to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements which may contribute to stabilising the markets and to ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community concerned.
Amendment 514 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
Recital 88
(88) In order to encourage action by producer organisations, their associations and interbranch organisations to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the power to adopt certain acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures concerning live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, rabbit meat, eggs and poultrymeat sectors to improve quality; promote better organisation of production, processing and marketing; facilitate the recording of market price trends; and permit the establishment of short and long-term forecasts on the basis of the means of production used.
Amendment 622 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) as regards paddy rice, EUR 15200/tonne for the standard quality as defined in point A of Annex III, related to the wholesale stage for goods delivered to the warehouse, before unloading;
Amendment 646 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 1 – title
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 1 – title
Public intervention and, aid for private storage and private supply management
Amendment 659 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(ba) fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 666 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point ca (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point ca (new)
(ca) fresh or chilled rabbit meat
Amendment 733 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Products may be disposed of by making them available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No […] if that scheme so provides. In that case, the accounting value of such products shall be at the level of the relevant fixed public intervention price referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 768 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
c a) processed fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 789 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
e c) rabbit meat.
Amendment 790 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
e c) fresh or chilled rabbitmeat;
Amendment 803 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, however, be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 with a view to applying this measure to any other sector listed in Article 1 of this Regulation if the circumstances referred to in Article 17(1) apply.
Amendment 812 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowerobliged 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 for 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. The Commission shall draw up annual benchmarks taking account of the above factors, on the basis of which private storage shall be activated.
Amendment 844 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Amendment 847 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17b Food aid The Commission shall establish mechanisms to ensure that products covered under the Private Supply Management system are used as food aid by distributing them free of charge to charitable organisations and foundations active both within and outside the European Union.
Amendment 848 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 c (new)
Article 17 c (new)
Article 17c Strategic Cereal Reserves The Commission shall establish, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 160, a Strategic Reserve system in the cereals sector which shall store cereals when the average price on the representative markets falls below a specific threshold to be set by the Commission and shall release these stocks when the average price exceeds the threshold.
Amendment 849 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 d (new)
Article 17 d (new)
Amendment 877 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i
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, disposed of or made available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No [...];
Amendment 993 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 2 – section 3 – title
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 2 – section 3 – title
Aid in the fruit and vegetables sectorto producer organisations
Amendment 995 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sectorreferred to in Article 106 of this Regulation may set up an operational fund. The fund shall be financed by:
Amendment 996 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) financial contributions of members or, of the producer organisation itself or a combination thereof;
Amendment 999 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall establish the conditions under which the producer organisations referred to in Article 106 of this Regulation may, where appropriate, set up operational funds and set out arrangements for financing them. It shall lay down specific rules to ensure that the amount of Community financial aid received by the association of producer organisations and by their partner producer organisations does not exceed the ceiling set in Article 32(2).
Amendment 1000 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1003 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operational programmes in the fruit and vegetables sector shall have at least two of the objectives referred to in Article 106(c) or of the following objectives:
Amendment 1008 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) improvement of product quality, for both fresh and processed products;
Amendment 1010 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) boosting products’ commercial value, including by means of processing, where appropriate;
Amendment 1016 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
e) environmental measures and methods of production, handling or processing respecting the environment, including organic farming;
Amendment 1019 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The operational programmes may be presented and managed, wholly or in part, directly or by delegation, by the associations of producer organisations, under conditions to be established by the Commission.
Amendment 1022 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. Crisis prevention and management referred to in point (f) of paragraph 1 shall be related to avoiding and dealing with market crises oin the fruit and vegetable marketvarious sectors and shall cover in this context:
Amendment 1027 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) green harvesting or non-harvesting of fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 1029 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) promotion and communication, whether preventive or during a period of crisis;
Amendment 1033 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
d) training measures, or measures for the estimation, forecasting and monitoring of marketing years;
Amendment 1036 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
e) harvest insurance, or any other kind of insurance under conditions to be set by the Commission;
Amendment 1041 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
f) support for the administrative costs of setting up mutual funds. Contributions to mutual funds shall also be eligible, under conditions to be set by the Commission.
Amendment 1044 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1046 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Producer organisations may take out loans on commercial terms for financing crisis prevention and management measures. In that case, the repayment of the capital and interest on those loans may form part of the operational programme and so may be eligible for Union financial assistance under Article 32. Any specific action under crisis prevention and management shall be financed either by such loans, or directly, but not both. The maximum amounts of aid for withdrawals, green harvesting and non-harvesting shall be set by the Commission with due account for the production costs of each product, and shall be updated periodically.
Amendment 1066 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 100 % in the case of market withdrawals of fruit and vegetables which shall not exceed 510 % of the volume of marketed production of each producer organisation and which are disposed of by way of:
Amendment 1067 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In respect of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market for distribution free of charge to the charitable organisations and foundations referred to in this article, Union financial assistance will cover payment for these products, transport costs arising from such free distribution, as well as the cost of either packing or processing of such fruit and vegetables carried out for the purposes of ease of distribution.
Amendment 1071 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Amendment 1221 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 a (new)
Article 54 a (new)
Article 54a Public stocks Public stocks for food security purposes may be from any of the sectors listed under Article 1(2.)
Amendment 1222 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 b (new)
Article 54 b (new)
Article 54c General principles on public stocks Public stocks and the EU food security programme shall be based on the following conditions: (a) The volume and accumulation of such stocks shall correspond to predetermined targets related solely to food security. (b) The process of stock accumulation and disposal shall be transparent. (c) Purchases shall be made at current market prices. (d) Products from food security stocks shall be made at no less than the current market price for the product and quality in question.
Amendment 1223 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 c (new)
Article 54 c (new)
Article 54c Delegated powers In view of the need to guarantee the accumulation and holding of stocks of products which form an integral part of the EU's food security programme, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160.
Amendment 1227 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to any other provisions applicable to agricultural products, as well as the provisions adopted in the veterinary, phytosanitary and food sectors to ensure that products comply with hygiene and health standards and to protect animal, plant and human health, this Section lays down the rules concerning the general marketing standard and marketing standards by sector and/or product for agricultural products. Exactly the same production and traceability requirements shall be applied to agricultural products originating in third countries.
Amendment 1241 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to any specific provisions which may be adopted by the Commission, Member States shall check whether those products conform to those standards and shall apply penalties as appropriate.
Amendment 1330 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68a Compulsory indication 1. Indication of the country of origin or place of provenance on the labelling of or documentation accompanying the food product shall be compulsory. 2. Where the country of origin or the place of provenance of a food is given and where it is not the same as that of its primary ingredient: (a) the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient in question shall be given; (b) or the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient shall be indicated as being different to that of the food.
Amendment 1499 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 b (new)
Article 102 b (new)
Amendment 1501 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 c (new)
Article 103 c (new)
Amendment 1503 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 d (new)
Article 103 d (new)
Article 103d Replanting rights 1. Member States shall grant replanting rights to producers who have grubbed up a legally recognised and registered area planted with vines. However, grubbed-up areas for which a grubbing-up premium has been granted shall not generate replanting rights. 2. Member States may grant replanting rights to producers who undertake to grub up an area planted with vines. In such cases, the grubbing-up of the pledged area shall be carried out at the latest at the end of the third year after which new vines for which the replanting rights had been granted have been planted. 3. Replanting rights granted shall correspond to the equivalent of the grubbed-up area in terms of pure crop. 4. The replanting rights shall be exercised on the holding in respect of which they were granted. Member States may further stipulate that such replanting rights may be exercised only on the area where the grubbing-up was carried out. 5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, Member States may decide that replanting rights may be transferred, in whole or in part, to another holding in the same Member State in the following cases: a) part of the holding concerned is transferred to that other holding; b) areas on that other holding are intended for: i) the production of wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication, or ii) the cultivation of graft nurseries. Member States shall ensure that the application of the derogation provided for in the first subparagraph does not lead to an overall increase in production potential on their territory, in particular when transfers are made from non- irrigated to irrigated areas. 6. Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to rights similar to replanting rights acquired under prior Community or national legislation. 7. Replanting rights granted under Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be used within the periods provided for therein.
Amendment 1505 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 e (new)
Article 103 e (new)
Amendment 1507 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 f (new)
Article 103 f (new)
Amendment 1509 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 g (new)
Article 103 g (new)
Article 103g De minimis This Subsection shall not apply in Member States where the Community planting rights regime did not apply by 31 December 2007.
Amendment 1510 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 h (new)
Article 103 h (new)
Article 103h Stricter national rules Member States may adopt stricter national rules in respect of the award of new planting rights or replanting rights. They may also require that the respective applications and the relevant information to be supplied therein be supplemented by additional information necessary for monitoring the development of production potential.
Amendment 1512 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 j (new)
Article 103 j (new)
Article 103j Implementing measures The measures necessary for the implementation of this Subsection shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 162 of this Regulation. Those measures may include any of the following: a) provisions to avoid excessive administrative charges when applying said provisions; b) the co-existence of vines pursuant to Article 103f(2); c) the application of the reduction coefficient referred to in Article 103f(5).
Amendment 1520 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 l (new)
Article 103 l (new)
Article 103l National quotas 1. The national quotas for the production of milk and other milk products marketed during seven consecutive periods of twelve months commencing on 1 April 2014 (hereinafter referred to as ‘twelve-month periods’) are fixed in Annex XX. 2. The quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be divided between producers in accordance with Article 101b, distinguishing between deliveries and direct sales. Any overrun of the national quotas shall be determined nationally in each Member State, in accordance with this Section and making a distinction between deliveries and direct sales. 3. The national quotas set out in Annex XX shall be fixed without prejudice to possible review in the light of the general market situation and particular conditions existing in certain Member States.
Amendment 1523 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 m (new)
Article 103 m (new)
Article 103m Individual quotas 1. The producers' individual quota or quotas at 1 April 2014 shall be equal to their individual reference quantity or quantities at 31 March 2014 without prejudice to transfers, sales and conversions of quota that take effect on 1 April 2014. 2. Producers may have either one or two individual quotas, one for deliveries and the other for direct sales. A producer's quantities may be converted from one quota to the other only by the competent authority of the Member State, at the duly justified request of the producer. 3. Where a producer has two quotas, his contribution to any surplus levy due shall be calculated separately for each. 4. Individual quotas shall be modified, where appropriate, for each of the twelve- month periods concerned, so that, for each Member State, the sum of the individual quotas for the deliveries and that for the direct sales does not exceed the corresponding part of the national quota adjusted in accordance with Article 101d, taking account of any reductions made for allocation to the national reserve as provided for in Article 101f.
Amendment 1526 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 n (new)
Article 103 n (new)
Article 103n Allocation of quotas from the national reserve Member States shall adopt rules allowing for allocation to producers of all or part of the quotas from the national reserve provided for in Article 101f on the basis of objective criteria to be notified to the Commission.
Amendment 1529 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 o (new)
Article 103 o (new)
Article 103o Management of quotas 1. The Commission shall adjust for each Member State and for each period, before the end of that period, the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of national quotas, in the light of the conversions requested by producers between individual quotas for deliveries and for direct sales. 2. Member States shall forward to the Commission each year, by dates to be fixed by the Commission, the information necessary to: a) make the adjustment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article; b) calculate the surplus levy to be paid by each Member State.
Amendment 1532 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 p (new)
Article 103 p (new)
Article 103p Fat content 1. Each producer shall be assigned a reference fat content, to be applied to the individual quota for deliveries allocated to that producer. 2. For the quotas allocated to producers on 31 March 2014 in accordance with Article 101b(1), the reference fat content referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the same as the reference fat content applied to that quota at that date. 3. The reference fat content shall be altered during the conversion referred to in Article 101b(2) and where quotas are acquired, transferred or temporarily transferred in accordance with rules to be established by the Commission. 4. For new producers having an individual quota for deliveries allocated entirely from the national reserve, the fat content shall be fixed in accordance with rules to be established by the Commission. 5. The individual reference fat content referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adjusted, where appropriate, upon the entry into force of this Regulation and thereafter, at the beginning of each twelve-month period as necessary, so that, for each Member State, the weighted average of the individual representative fat contents does not exceed by more than 0.1 gram per kg the reference fat content set in Annex [X].
Amendment 1535 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 q (new)
Article 103 q (new)
Article 103q National reserve 1. Each Member State shall set up a national reserve as part of the national quotas fixed in Annex ..., in particular with a view to making the allocations provided for in Article 101c. The national reserve shall be replenished, as appropriate, by withdrawing some quantities as provided for in Article 101g, retaining part of transfers as provided for in Article 101k, or by making an across- the-board reduction in all individual quotas. The quotas in question shall retain their original purpose, i.e. deliveries or direct sales. 2. Any additional quotas allocated to a Member State shall automatically be placed in the national reserve and divided into deliveries and direct sales according to foreseeable needs. 3. The quotas placed in the national reserve shall not have a reference fat content.
Amendment 1538 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 r (new)
Article 103 r (new)
Article 103r Cases of inactivity 1. When a natural or legal person holding individual quotas stops producing and marketing milk during a twelve-month period, the corresponding quantities shall revert to the national reserve no later than 1 April of the following calendar year, unless that person becomes a producer once again before that date. Where that person becomes once again a producer not later than the end of the second twelve-month period following withdrawal, all or part of the individual quota which had been withdrawn shall revert to that person no later than 1 April following the date of application. 2. Where producers do not market a quantity equal to at least 85 % of their individual quota during at least one twelve-month period, Member States may decide whether and on what conditions all or part of the unused quota shall revert to the national reserve. Member States may determine on what conditions a quota shall be re-allocated to the producer concerned should he resume marketing. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply in cases of force majeure and in duly justified cases temporarily affecting the production capacity of the producers concerned and recognised by the competent authority.
Amendment 1541 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 s (new)
Article 103 s (new)
Article 103s Temporary transfers 1. By the end of each twelve-month period, Member States shall authorise, for the period concerned, any temporary transfers of part of individual quotas which the producers who are entitled thereto do not intend to use. Member States may regulate transfer operations according to the categories of producers or milk production structures concerned, may limit them to the level of the purchaser or within regions, authorise complete transfers in the cases referred to in Article 101g(3) and determine to what extent the transferor can repeat transfer operations. 2. Any Member State may decide not to implement paragraph 1 on the basis of one or both of the following criteria: a) the need to facilitate structural changes and adjustments; b) overriding administrative needs.
Amendment 1544 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 t (new)
Article 103 t (new)
Amendment 1548 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 u (new)
Article 103 u (new)
Amendment 1551 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 v (new)
Article 103 v (new)
Article 103v Retention of quotas 1. In the case of transfers as referred to in Articles 101i and 101j, Member States may, on the basis of objective criteria, retain part of the individual quotas for their national reserve. 2. Where quotas have been or are transferred in accordance with Articles 101i and 101j with or without the corresponding land by means of rural leases or by other means involving comparable legal effects, Member States may decide, on the basis of objective criteria and with the aim of ensuring that quotas are attributed solely to producers, whether and under which conditions all or part of the transferred quota shall revert to the national reserve.
Amendment 1554 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 w (new)
Article 103 w (new)
Article 103w Aid for the acquisition of quotas No financial assistance linked directly to the acquisition of quotas may be granted by any public authority for the sale, transfer or allocation of quotas under this Section.
Amendment 1557 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 x (new)
Article 103 x (new)
Article 103x Surplus levy 1. A surplus levy shall be payable on milk and other milk products marketed in excess of the established national quota. The levy shall be set, per 100 kilograms of milk, at EUR 27.83. 2. Member States shall be liable to the Community for the surplus levy resulting from overruns of the national quota, determined nationally and separately for deliveries and direct sales, and between 16 October and 30 November following the twelve-month period concerned, shall pay it, within the limit of 99 % of the amount due, to the EAGF. 3. If the surplus levy provided for in paragraph 1 has not been paid before the due date, the Commission shall, after consultation of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, deduct a sum equivalent to the unpaid surplus levy from the monthly payments within the meaning of Article ... of Regulation (EC) No ... on the financing of the common agricultural policy. Before taking its decision, the Commission shall warn the Member State concerned, which shall make its position known within one week. Article ... of Council Regulation (EC) No ... on budgetary discipline shall not apply. 4. The Commission shall determine the arrangements for the implementation of this Article.
Amendment 1560 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 y (new)
Article 103 y (new)
Article 103y Contribution of producers to the surplus levy due The surplus levy shall be entirely allocated, in accordance with Articles 101o and 101r, among the producers who have contributed to each of the overruns of the national quotas referred to in Article 101a, paragraph 2. Without prejudice to Articles 101o, paragraph 3, and 101r, paragraph 1, producers shall be liable vis-à-vis the Member State for payment of their contribution to the surplus levy due, calculated in accordance with Articles 101d, 101e and 101o, for the mere fact of having overrun their available quotas.
Amendment 1563 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 z (new)
Article 103 z (new)
Article 103z Surplus levy on deliveries 1. In order to draw up the definitive surplus levy statement, the quantities delivered by each producer shall be increased or reduced by applying coefficients to be fixed by the Commission and with respect to the conditions determined by the latter, when there is a difference between the real fat content and the reference fat content. At national level, the surplus levy shall be calculated on the basis of the sum of the deliveries, adjusted in accordance with the first subparagraph. 2. Each producer's contribution to payment of the surplus levy shall be established by decision of the Member State, after any unused part of the national quota allocated to deliveries has or has not been re-allocated, in proportion to the individual quotas of each producer or according to objective criteria to be set by the Member States: (a) either at national level on the basis of the amount by which each producer's quota has been exceeded, (b) or firstly at the level of the purchaser and thereafter at national level where appropriate.
Amendment 1566 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 aa (new)
Article 103 aa (new)
Article 103aa Role of purchasers 1. Purchasers shall be responsible for collecting from producers contributions due from the latter by virtue of the surplus levy and shall pay to the competent body of the Member State, before the date and following the procedure to be laid down by the Commission, the amount of these contributions deducted from the price of the milk paid to the producers responsible for the overrun or, failing this, collected by any other appropriate means. 2. Where a purchaser fully or partially replaces one or more other purchasers, the individual quotas available to the producers shall be taken into account for the remainder of the twelve-month period in progress, after deduction of quantities already delivered and account being taken of their fat content. This paragraph shall also apply where a producer transfers from one purchaser to another. 3. Where, during the reference period, quantities delivered by a producer exceed that producer's available quota, the relevant Member State may decide that the purchaser shall deduct part of the price of the milk in any delivery by the producer concerned in excess of the quota, by way of an advance on the producer's contribution, in accordance with detailed rules laid down by the Member State. The Member State may make specific arrangements to enable purchasers to deduct this advance where producers deliver to several purchasers.
Amendment 1569 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 ab (new)
Article 103 ab (new)
Article 103ab Approval Purchaser status shall be subject to prior approval by the Member State in accordance with criteria to be laid by the Commission. Conditions to be fulfilled and information to be provided by producers in the case of direct sales shall be established by the Commission.
Amendment 1572 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 ac (new)
Article 103 ac (new)
Article 103ac Surplus levy on direct sales 1. In the case of direct sales, each producer's contribution to payment of the surplus levy shall be established by decision of the Member State, after any unused part of the national quota allocated to direct sales has or has not been re-allocated, at the appropriate territorial level or at national level. 2. Member States shall establish the basis of calculation of the producer's contribution to the surplus levy due on the total quantity of milk sold, transferred or used to manufacture the milk products sold or transferred by applying criteria fixed by the Commission. 3. No correction linked to fat content shall be taken into account for the purpose of drawing up the definitive surplus levy statement. 4. The Commission shall determine how and when the surplus levy must be paid to the Member State's competent body.
Amendment 1575 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 ad (new)
Article 103 ad (new)
Article 103ad Amounts paid in excess or unpaid 1. Where, in the case of deliveries or direct sales, the surplus levy is found to be payable and the contribution collected from producers is greater than that levy, the Member State may: a) use partially or totally the excess to finance the measures referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) of Article 101j, and/or b) redistribute it partially or totally to producers who: — fall within priority categories established by the Member State on the basis of objective criteria and within the period to be laid down by the Commission, or — are affected by an exceptional situation resulting from a national rule unconnected with the quota system for milk and other milk products set-up by this Chapter. 2. Where it is established that no surplus levy is payable, any advances collected by purchasers or the Member State shall be reimbursed no later than the end of the following twelve-month period. 3. Where a purchaser does not meet the obligation to collect the producers' contribution to the surplus levy in accordance with Article 101p, the Member State may collect unpaid amounts directly from the producer, without prejudice to any penalties it may impose upon the defaulting purchaser. 4. Where a producer or a purchaser fails to comply with the time limit for payment, interest on arrears to be fixed by the Commission shall be paid to the Member State.
Amendment 1578 #
Amendment 1587 #
Amendment 1610 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) pursue a specific aim, which may include at least one of the following objectives as specific aims:
Amendment 1617 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) optimising production costs and stabilisalso perhaps pursuing one or more of the specific aims laid down ing producer pricesoint (c) of Article 106a;
Amendment 1623 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Amendment 1625 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Amendment 1636 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
Amendment 1638 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
Amendment 1662 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) have the necessary technical means to carry out their activities.
Amendment 1675 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 a (new)
Article 106 a (new)
Amendment 1692 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 107 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Associations of producer organisations shall have the right to apply private supply management pursuant to Article 17a.
Amendment 1694 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 107 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Associations of producer organisations may carry out any of the activities or functions of producer organisations. They may manage their own operational programmes and, where necessary, their own operational funds. These may be full or partial operational programmes and shall be governed by implementing rules to be determined by the Commission.
Amendment 1836 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Taking into account the need to encourage action by the organisations referred to in Articles 106 to 108 to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, concerning the live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, eggs and poultrymeat sectorsall sectors in Article 1(2), on measures:
Amendment 1850 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 a (new)
Article 113 a (new)
Amendment 1852 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 b (new)
Article 113 b (new)
Amendment 1901 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 122 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Taking into account the need to ensure the efficiency of the system, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to provide that the checks carried out by the customs authorities referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall, in addition to, or as an alternative to, the check of the customs value against the unit value, include a check of the customs value against another value. In no circumstances may this power result in a deductive method that minimises or prevents the application of the additional duty.
Amendment 1903 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 122 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt rules for the calculation of the other value referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, and to ensure the traceability of each product consignment imported. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).
Amendment 2019 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 144 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraphs, the Commission shall coordinate action by the various national competition authorities in order to ensure that the rules of competition law are applied and interpreted in the most uniform way possible in sectors covered by this Regulation. It may therefore publish best practice guidelines to assist the sector in question and the various authorities.
Amendment 2051 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Taking into account the need to react efficiently and effectively against threats of market disturbance caused by significant price rises or falls on internal or external markets or any other factors affecting the market, including those caused by an increase in production costs, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to take the necessary measures for the sector concerned, respecting any obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty.
Amendment 2082 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(fa) rabbitmeat.
Amendment 2115 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) by 31 December 2018 at the latest, on market developments in the rabbit meat sector, focusing in particular on the application of the new rules relating to that sector (Articles 16, 112 and 156), consumption trends, and the number of farms, especially in rural areas; if necessary, this report may be accompanied by appropriate proposals;
Amendment 2138 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 159 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall define the conditions under which it shall be established that there is a ‘severe market crisis’ and which shall lead to the adoption of exceptional measures in addition to the usual public and private market management measures and the automatic availability of funds from the crisis reserve.
Amendment 2145 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Section 3 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II.
Amendment 2162 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2164 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 453 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) 'high nature value agricultural system' means areas predominantly in Europe in which agriculture sustains or is associated with a wide variety of species and habitats or with the presence of species facing conservation problems;
Amendment 464 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j – introductory part
j) 'nurseries' means the following areas of young ligneous (woody) or herbaceous plants grown in the open air for subsequent transplantation:
Amendment 473 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) 'arable or cultivable land' means all agricultural areas included in the subcategories described in point II of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008.
Amendment 475 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) 'land stewardship' means all legal strategies or techniques which involve the owners and users of the land in the conservation and use of its natural, cultural and landscape assets and resources;
Amendment 476 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) 'environmental public goods' means the environmental goods in ecosystems which ensure the functioning of those ecosystems and are important for the wellbeing of individuals and societies as a whole.
Amendment 477 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) 'environmental public services' means the environmental services in ecosystems which ensure the functioning of those ecosystems and are important for the wellbeing of individuals and societies as a whole.
Amendment 654 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, associated and related enterprises shall be considered to be a single enterprise.
Amendment 678 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Amendment 923 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. In that case they shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and economic characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, and/or their institutional or administrative structure.
Amendment 924 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Without prejudice to the contents of the previous paragraph and in order to meet its objective and non-discriminatory criteria, a single flat rate shall not be applied in those Member States with highly diversified production.
Amendment 1266 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. FMember States shall grant a supplementary payment to farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observewhose farms implement on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment:
Amendment 1309 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1340 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) to have ecological focus area on their agricultural area. and to plant crops and employ practices which help to mitigate climate change; to promote, maintain and support crops and farming practices which fix CO2 and thus make for a positive annual carbon balance, environmental work involving the cultivation of soils at risk of salinisation or erosion, thereby combating desertification, and management systems which minimise water consumption (irrigation from local sources). Recognition should also be given to the environmental role played by crops grown close to protected areas, such as wetlands, and to ecological work under public or private codes of good agricultural practice that serve to reduce the use of fertilisers, pesticides, water, etc.
Amendment 1384 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], Member States shall grant the payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practises referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32.Member States or regions may put to the Commission other practices liable to benefit the climate and the environment as an alternative to those in the previous paragraph, depending on the production characteristics and environment of the Member State or region.
Amendment 1396 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], Member States shall grant the payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practisces referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, that meet additional good environmental governance requirements and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
Amendment 1404 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1411 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall approve the Member States’ and regions’ proposals referred to in the previous paragraph using the procedure set out in Article 56
Amendment 1487 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Farmers complying with the land stewardship requirements laid down by the Member States shall be entitled ipso facto to the additional payments referred to in this Chapter.
Amendment 1496 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to a view to better defining the types of additional good environmental governance requirements referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and to add and define other types of additional good environmental governance requirements that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.
Amendment 1546 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
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 cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops; crop should be understood to mean ‘cultivable plant species’. 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.
Amendment 1722 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere one of the three agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment finally applied pursuant to Article 29 is to have ecological focus areas on their agricultural area, farmers shall ensure that at least 75 % 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 strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1724 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 75 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, land covered by a stewardship agreement, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1805 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 bis In the case of ligneous crops, the ecological focus area percentage shall include the cultivated area given over to crops offering positive annual carbon capture levels and which minimise water use (areas watered by drip irrigation), limit soil erosion and halt desertification.
Amendment 1836 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 20% of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 1875 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant a payment to farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 and whose holdings are fully or partly situated in areas with natural constraints, areas belonging to the Natura 2000 network designated by Member States in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] and with Article 4 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.
Amendment 2033 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
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 potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruitfruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice, vine cultivation (for both wine and vegetables and short rotation coppice grapes), beekeeping and poultry, rabbit and pig farming.
Amendment 2060 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
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. In accordance with the provisions of Article 22(7) and the previous paragraph, and with a view to meeting the objective and non-discriminatory criteria enshrined in Article 20, special aid, in the form of the coupled support referred to in this chapter, will be provided to small-scale cattle, sheep or goat farms in Member States or regions.
Amendment 2068 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Coupled support may be regionalised within a Member State regardless of whether it chooses to apply the basic payment on a region-by-region basis.
Amendment 2172 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. the necessity for fair, proportionate support for producers who until 2013 will receive payments based on production levels in base periods (head of livestock), yield or production quotas.
Amendment 2173 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 2175 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 1 a (new)
Title IV – Chapter 1 a (new)
Amendment 2191 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfillMember States which have been ing the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation inEU since before 1 May 2004 may opt to implement a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as 'small farmers scheme'
Amendment 2203 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 670 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Where ex ante conditionalities are not fulfilled at the date of transmission of the Partnership Contract, Member States shall set out in the Partnership Contract a summary of the actions to be taken at national or regional level and the timetable for their implementation, to ensure their fulfilment not later than twohree years after the adoption of the Partnership Contract or by 31 December 20167, whichever is earlier.
Amendment 858 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 862 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 868 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 7
Part 2 – article 33 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142By means of an implementing regulation, the Commission shall laying down detailed rules concerning specific requirements regarding the transfer and management of assets managed by the entities to which implementation tasks are entrusted, as well as conversion of assets between euro and national currencies.
Amendment 877 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 34 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 concerningBy means of an implementation regulation, the Commission shall establish the arrangements for management and control of financial instruments implemented under Articles 33(1)(a) and 33(4)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii).
Amendment 885 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 2
2. As regards financial instruments referred to in Article 33(1)(b) implemented in accordance with Article 33(4)(a) and (b), the total eligible expenditure presented in the request for payment shall include and separately disclose the total amount of support paid or expected to be paid to the financial instrument for investments in final recipients to be made over a pre- defined period of maximum twofour years, including management costs or fees.
Amendment 890 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 142,By means of an implementation regulation, the Commission shall establish the specific rules concerning payments and withdrawal of payments to financial instruments and possible consequences in respect of requests of payments.
Amendment 900 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 36 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 36 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 concerning theBy means of an implementing regulation, the Commission shall establishment of a system of capitalisation of annual instalments for interest rate subsidies and guarantee fee subsidies.
Amendment 1063 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 5 bis (new)
Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 5 bis (new)
5a. In accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, financial transactions between entities with the same consolidated accounts shall not be taken into account when calculating net revenue, according to the methodology of the European System of Accounts, ESA, and applicable EU and national law
Amendment 1111 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 4 bis (new)
Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 4 bis (new)
4a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to operations consisting in the acquisition of movable property that is written off from the inventory of the beneficiary when its useful life is over and that is amortised for accounting purposes in accordance with applicable regulations.
Amendment 1168 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 76
Part 2 – article 76
Amendment 1282 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 25 % ofFrom the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 52% for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF, each Member State will allocate the proportion of the ESF best suited to its regional development strategy. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.
Amendment 1622 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 5
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 5
5. The maximum co-financing rate under pParagraph 3 at the level of a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, where the whole of a50 % of the resources that contribute to an investment priority axis isre delivered through financial instruments, or through community-led local development.
Amendment 1656 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, regional or local public authority or body as managing authority. The same public authority or body may be designated as a managing authority for more than one operational programme. In those States with sufficient administrative organisation, when a representative proportion of the funds involved in an operational programme is managed by a regional authority, this authority shall be designated as managing authority.
Amendment 1662 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, regional or local public authority or body as a certifying authority, without prejudice to pParagraph 3. The same certifying authority may be designated for more than one operational programme. In those States with sufficient administrative organisation, when a representative proportion of the funds involved in an operational programme is managed by a regional authority, this authority shall be designated as certifying authority.
Amendment 1663 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, regional or local public authority or body, functionally independent from the managing authority and the certifying authority, as audit authority. The same audit authority may be designated for more than one operational programme. In those States with sufficient administrative organisation, when a representative proportion of the funds involved in an operational programme is managed by a regional authority, this authority shall be designated as audit authority.
Amendment 1728 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 127 – paragraph 4 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 127 – paragraph 4 bis (new)
Amendment 1805 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – Article 142 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – Article 142 – paragraph 2
2. The delegations of power referred to in this Regulation shall be conferred for an indeterminate period of timeone year from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) fixed investment in equipment and small-scale infrastructure;
Amendment 257 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) at least 860 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 3 and 42, 3, 4 and 7 a) b), of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]; and
Amendment 266 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) at least 2015 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR];
Amendment 483 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e a (new)
(e a) supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy use at tourist facilities;
Amendment 490 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e b (new)
(e b) improving tourist infrastructure;
Amendment 491 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e c (new)
(e c) protecting and enhancing the natural heritage and promoting natural resources;
Amendment 165 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) up to 4all thematic objectives shallmay be selected for each cross-border cooperation programme;
Amendment 176 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) up to 4all thematic objectives shallmay be selected for each cross-border cooperation programme;
Amendment 187 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The Programme should be implemented in such a way so as to facilitate participation of the competent authority or authorities of each Member State in meeting its objectives.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Promote equality between women and men and combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, language, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 105 #
2011/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The cost of investments in physical assets for self-employment and business start-up or for changing or adjusting activity may not, in general terms, exceed EUR 35 000. In the agricultural sector, the Commission may raise these limits by means of a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 24.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to analyse and to propose the introduction of an EU wide VAT on financial services or Financial Activity Tax.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0261(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The minimum tax rates should be set at a level sufficiently high for the harmonisation objective of this Directive to be achieved. At the same time, they have to be low enough so that delocalisation risks are minimiseduniform in all Member States. They have to be low enough so that delocalisation risks are minimized as well as increases in the cost of capital for business investments. The tax rate should not unduly reduce the value of pension rights.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty strengthened the status of Union citizenship and complemented the rights attached to it, including by introducing a new right, the Citizens' Initiative, which enables one million citizens, from a significant number of Member States, to ask the Commission to present a proposal in any of the EU's areas of responsibility and the protection of the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) A Council Directive has been proposed on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation1. __________________ 1 COM(2008)0426.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In order to guarantee the full respect of Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, stating that "Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited", the proposed Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation should also include the field of linguistic discrimination.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States is highly valued by Union citizens as a core individual right deriving from Union citizenship. As such, it demonstrates and promotes a better understanding of the value of European integration, as well as citizens' participation in shaping the European Union. When extending aspects of their lives beyond national borders by travelling to other Member States or settling there, citizens become aware and take advantage of the broad array of rights granted to them under Union law in cross- border situations. Exercising the right to free movement and residence therefore contributes to making Union citizenship a tangible reality in the daily life of citizens and so cooperation should be strengthened in the protection of residential property rights.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In particular, Union citizens considering whether to make use of their right to free movement should be informed about their rights to acquire or preserve social security rights by virtue of the Union rules on coordination of social security systems; these rules ensure that they will not lose out on their social security rights when choosing to move within Europe. They should further be informed about their right to obtain recognition of their educational and professional qualifications and about the social and civic competences which form part of the European framework of ‘Key Competences for lifelong learning’ and which can equip them to fully participate in civic life and empower them to exercise their rights under Union law.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Stronger commitment and participation towards European elections should be enhanced through the direct election of the President of the Commission and an electoral design with regional circumscriptions in Member States with more than 20 million people.
Amendment 121 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– to raise Union citizens' awareness of their right to move and reside freely within the European Union and more generally the rights guaranteed to Union citizens in cross-border situations, including their right to participate in the democratic life of the Union as well as their rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 154 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall cooperate closely with Member States and bodies and associations which represent local and regional interests, in particular the Committee of Regions as well as other associations of European regions grouped according to their degree of competences and responsibilities.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The financial crisis demonstrated links between the banking sector and so called 'shadow banking'. Some shadow banking usefully keeps risk separate from the banking sector and hence away from potential taxpayer or systemic impact. Nevertheless a fuller understanding of shadow banking operations, their linkages to financial institutions and regulation to provide transparency, reduction of systemic risk and elimination of any improper practices is a necessary part of financial stability. Additional reporting from financial institutions can establish some of this but specific new regulation will also be necessary.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) The Commission should be empowered to adopt, by means of delegated acts, and in response to recommendations by the ESRB, modifications to risk weightings or other prudential measures in order to respond to market developments creating macro- prudential risks. The EBA, working in conjunction with the ESRB, should also issue guidelines for macro-prudential intervention by supervisors at individual Member State level, review all such measures and when appropriate advise the Commission if the measures taken are unjustified. The Commission may demand that unjustified measures be revoked.
Amendment 274 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Competent authorities shall require that all members of the management body of any institution shall at all times be of sufficiently good repute, possess sufficient knowledge, skills and experience and commit sufficient time to perform their duties, and allowing for a broad range of experience to be acknowledged so as not to discriminate against women. Members of the management body shall, in particular, fulfil the following requirements:
Amendment 341 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 88 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 88 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) no member of the management body shall be involved in deciding his or her own remuneration package.
Amendment 348 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 89 a (new)
Article 89 a (new)
Article 89a Institutions that benefit from ECB long- term refinancing operations In the case of institutions that benefit from any long- term financing operations from the ECB, the following principles shall apply in addition to those set out in Article 88(2): (a) Disclosure of profit made from the ECB LTRO through carry trades; (b) Any profit from carry trades should not count towards computation of remuneration and bonus pools.
Amendment 449 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 122 a (new)
Article 122 a (new)
Amendment 452 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 122 c (new)
Article 122 c (new)
Article 122c As a tool to prevent excessive deleveraging and encourage lending to the real economy during periods of economic downturn for macro-prudential benefit, Member States may impose ring- fencing to establish minimum capital requirements applicable to portfolios of SME loans, trade finance or other specific lending activities of critical significance to economic growth. Any such minimum capital requirement shall not normally be less than that which would be required for the current level of economic activity.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
Recital 49 a (new)
(49a) Whilst recognising commercial confidentiality has a role in a competitive market it should not be put above financial stability or adequacy of information for investors.
Amendment 182 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In December 2010, the BCBS published guidelines defining the methodology for calculating the leverage ratio. These rules foresee an observation period that will run from 1 January 2013 until 1 January 2017 during which the leverage ratio, its components and its behaviour relative to the risk-based requirement will be monitored. Based on the results of the observation period the BCBS intends to make any final adjustments to the definition and calibration of the leverage ratio in the first half of 2017, with a view to migrating to a binding requirement on 1 January 2018 based on appropriate review and calibration. The BCBS guidelines also foresee the disclosure of the leverage ratio and its components starting from 1 January 2015. In order to prepare for migration from 1st January 2015 there should be progressive moves towards disclosure of the leverage ratio, including its components, and any specificities or measures under review.
Amendment 211 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
Recital 87
(87) The Commission should also be empowered to adopt, by means of an urgency procedure, a temporary increase in the level of own funds,delegated acts, and in response to recommendations by the ESRB, modifications to risk weightings or anyother prudential requirements that is necessarymeasures in order to respond to market developments. Such provisions should be applicable for a period not exceeding 6 months, unless the European Parliament or the Council has objected to the delegated act within a period of six weeks. The Commission should state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure creating macro- prudential risks. The EBA, working in conjunction with the ESRB, should also issue guidelines for macro-prudential intervention by supervisors at individual Member State level, review all such measures and when appropriate advise the Commission if the measures taken are unjustified. The Commission may demand that unjustified measures be revoked.
Amendment 420 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the applicable amount ofmount required to meet the sum of the requirements laid down in point (c) of Article 87 (1) and the combined buffer referred to in Article 122 (2) of Directive xxx in proportion to the direct and indirect holdings by the institution of the Common Equity Tier 1 instruments of relevant entities where the institution has a significant investment in those entities;
Amendment 421 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010. Institutions shall apply these standards no earlier than nine months after their publication.
Amendment 516 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 519 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Institutions shall determine the amount of minority interests of a subsidiary that is included in consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital by subtracting from the minority interests of that undertaking the result of multiplying the amount referred to in point (a) by the percentage referred to in point (b):
Amendment 520 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary minus the lower of the following:
Amendment 522 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 528 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 613 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 4
Article 109 – paragraph 4
4. Exposures to Member States' central governments, regional governments with powers to raise and collect taxes and central banks denominated and funded in the domestic currency of that central government and central bank shall be assigned a risk weight of 0 %.
Amendment 614 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 109 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Institutions shall not hold disproportionate amounts of sovereign debt of any specific country, having due regard to all circumstances. The EBA shall monitor and set guidelines on appropriate levels of exposure.
Amendment 647 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 118 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Exposures that comply with the following criteria shall be assigned a risk weight of 75 %:
Amendment 648 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 118 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the exposure shall be either to an natural person or persons, or to a small or medium sized enterprise;
Amendment 649 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 118 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 659 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 118 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Exposures that comply with the following criteria shall be assigned a risk weight of 75 % according to Table 1: (a) the exposure shall be either to an natural person or persons, or to a small or medium sized enterprise; (b) the exposure shall be one of a significant number of exposures with similar characteristics such that the risks associated with such lending are substantially reduced; (c) the total amount owed to the institution and parent undertakings and its subsidiaries, including any exposure in default, by the obligor client or group of connected clients, but excluding claims or contingent claims secured on residential property collateral, shall not, to the knowledge of the institution, exceed EUR 5 million. The institution shall take reasonable steps to acquire this knowledge. Table 1 Total risk incurred with the company Risk weight Equal or less than EUR 1 million 50% Equal or less than EUR 3 million 60% Equal or less than EUR 5 million 75% For the purpose of the paragraph 2 (a) a small or medium sized enterprise shall be an enterprise that fulfils the criteria laid down in the Recommendation 2003/361/EC adopted by the European Commission on 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise.
Amendment 730 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 142 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 142 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) to a small or medium sized enterprise, provided in the latter case that the total amount owed to the institution and parent undertakings and its subsidiaries, including any past due exposure, by the obligor client or group of connected clients, but excluding claims or contingent claims secured on residential property collateral, shall not, to the knowledge of the institution, which shall have taken reasonable steps to confirm the situation, exceed EUR 15 million;
Amendment 734 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 142 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 142 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the purpose of the paragraph (a) (ii) a small or medium sized enterprise shall be an enterprise that fulfils the criteria laid down in the Recommendation 2003/361/EC adopted by the European Commission on 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise.
Amendment 739 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 148 – title
Article 148 – title
Risk weighted exposure amounts for exposures to corporates, institutions and centr, central governments, regional governments and central banks.
Amendment 740 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 148 – paragraph 1
Article 148 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to the application of the specific treatments laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the risk weighted exposure amounts for exposures to corporates, institutions and centr, central governments, regional governments and central banks shall be calculated according to the following formulae:
Amendment 758 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 174 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 174 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the obligor is past due more than 90 days on any material credit obligation to the institution, the parent undertaking or any of its subsidiaries. In the case of retail exposures fully and completely secured by Mortgages on Residential Property, and for exposures to SME commercial mortgages the competent authority shall set a number of days past due of between 90 days and 180 days for 50% of the exposures if local conditions make it appropriate.
Amendment 770 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 187 a (new)
Article 187 a (new)
Article 187 a Benchmarking Institutions shall be required to run a benchmark portfolio through their models and produce and disclose on a quarterly basis the loan/loss reserve level, value of risk, stress-test results and risk weighted asset value. The EBA shall establish the benchmark portfolio by June 2013 and publish details on its website. The EBA may update the portfolio in the light of developments in assets and models and comparison with international benchmarking.
Amendment 869 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 389 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 389 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) asset items constituting claims on central governments, regional governments or central banks which, unsecured, would be assigned a 0 % risk weight under Part Three, Title II, Chapter 2;
Amendment 874 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 389 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 389 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) asset items constituting claims carrying the explicit guarantees of central governments, regional governments with powers to raise and collect taxes, central banks, international organisations, multilateral development banks or public sector entities, where unsecured claims on the entity providing the guarantee would be assigned a 0 % risk weight under Part Three, Title II, Chapter 2;
Amendment 919 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 400 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 400 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘'Retail deposit’' means a liability to a natural person or to a small and medium sized enterprise where the aggregate liability to such clients or group of connected clients is less than 1 million EUR. EBA shall develop technical guidelines to define the group of small and medium sized enterprises. The competent authorities shall be able to adapt the cut off points defined to national realities.
Amendment 950 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) transferable assets, including covered bonds, that are of extremely high liquidity and credit quality;
Amendment 959 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) transferable assets representing claims on or guaranteed by the central government of a Member State, a region with fiscal autonomy to raise and collect taxes, or a third country if the institution incurs a liquidity risk in that Member State or third country that it covers by holding those liquid assets;
Amendment 974 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(a) Credit facilities granted by central banks within the scope of monetary policy.
Amendment 977 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 404 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) Equity securities listed on a recognized exchange.
Amendment 1008 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 404 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 404 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) they are bonds guaranteed by a Member State's central government under a general program of guarantees, or under a regional government with powers to raise and collect taxes;
Amendment 1075 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 405 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 405 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they are appropriately diversified;can easily and immediately be converted to cash
Amendment 1106 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 408 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 408 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Well-capitalized institutions with limited systemic importance shall be allowed to apply a discount factor on the liquidity outflows referred to in paragraph (1).
Amendment 1111 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 408 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 408 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying the calculation of the discount factor referred to in paragraph 2, the treatment of products and services referred to in paragraph 23, identifying products or services that shall be covered for these purposes and the appropriate methods to determine the outflows to be assigned.
Amendment 1117 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 409 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 409 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) Categories for which institutions can demonstrate the stability, based on internal models.
Amendment 1143 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 410 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 410 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Clearing, custody or cash management services referred to in point (a) only covers such services to the extent that they are rendered in the context of an established relationship on which the depositor has substantial dependency. They shall not merely consist in correspondent banking or prime brokerage services and the institution shall have objective evidence that the client is unable to withdraw those amounts over a 30 day horizon without compromising its operational functioning. Institutions shall use historical evidence in order to determine those amounts maintained by the client.
Amendment 1146 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 410 – paragraph 5
Article 410 – paragraph 5
5. Institutions shall multiply liabilities resulting from deposits by clients that are not financial customers by 75% to the extent they do not fall under paragraph 4the appropriate one of a range of percentages to be determined by the EBA to the extent they do not fall under paragraph 4. EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards for the range of percentages, taking account of categories of client such as SMEs and long term corporates, by January 1st 2013.
Amendment 1160 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 410 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 410 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the depositor is a parent or subsidiary institution of the institution or another subsidiary of the same parent institution or linked to the institution by a relationship within the meaning of Article 12(1) of Directive 83/349/EEC; and specially if the institution has a majority control position over the subsidiary.
Amendment 1170 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 412 – paragraph 1
Article 412 – paragraph 1
1. Institutions shall report outflows from credit and liquidity facilities, which shall be determined as a percentage of the maximum amount that can be drawn. This maximum amount that can be drawn may be assessed net of the value according to Article 406 of collateral to be provided if the institution can reuse the collateral and if the collateral in the form of liquid assets in accordance with Article 404. The collateral to be provided may not be assets issued by the counterparty of the facility or one of its affiliated entities. If the necessary information is available to the institution, the maximum amount that can be drawn for credit and liquidity facilities provided to SSPEs shall be determined as the maximum amount that could be drawn given an SSPEs own obligations coming due over the next 30 days. For conditionally revocable credit and liquidity facilities the maximum amount shall be determined based on the economic reality underlying the contract. For unconditionally revocable facilities, the maximum amount shall be zero.
Amendment 1208 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 413 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 413 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) monies due from customers that are not financial customersmall and medium sized enterprises shall be reduced by 50% of their value or by the contractual commitments to those customers to extend funding, whichever is higher. This does not apply to monies due from secured lending and capital market driven transactions as defined in Article 188 that are collateralised by liquid assets according to Article 404;
Amendment 1295 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 417 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 417 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
From 1st January 2015 there shall be progressive disclosure of the leverage ratio, including its components, and any specificities or measures under review.
Amendment 1316 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 434 b (new)
Article 434 b (new)
Article 434b Disclosure of lending to the real economy Institutions shall report on the level of their activity directly related to corporates and SMEs.
Amendment 1317 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 435 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 435 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) information on how the long-term interests of shareholders, investors and other stakeholders in the institution, and the public interest have been taken into account in the decision-making process.
Amendment 1324 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 435 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 435 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. All institutions shall provide a short statement on its remuneration policy in its annual report, setting out in particular the level and mix of remuneration, the procedure for setting remuneration and the performance conditions to which entitlement to short-term and long-term incentive schemes are subject.
Amendment 1360 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 443 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 443 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) ring-fencing to establish minimum capital requirements applicable to portfolios of SME loans, trade finance or other specific lending activities of critical significance to economic growth.
Amendment 1638 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 12 – point f
Annex 4 – point 12 – point f
(f) asset items constituting claims carrying the explicit guarantees of Zone B central governments, regional governments with powers to raise and collect taxes, and central banks denominated and funded in the national currency common to the guarantor and the borrower;
Amendment 1639 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 12 – point g
Annex 4 – point 12 – point g
(g) asset items secured to the satisfaction of the competent authorities, by collateral in the form of Zone A central government, regional governments with powers to collect and raise taxes, or central bank securities or securities issued by the European Union or by cash deposits placed with the lending institution or by certificates of deposit or similar instruments issued by and lodged with the latter;
Amendment 1640 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 13 – point e
Annex 4 – point 13 – point e
(e) asset items constituting claims on Zone A regional governments without powers to collect and raise taxes, or local authorities, subject to Part 4;
Amendment 1641 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 13 – point f
Annex 4 – point 13 – point f
(f) asset items constituting claims carrying the explicit guarantees of Zone A regional governments without powers to raise and collect taxes, or local authorities, subject to Part 4;
Amendment 1642 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 21
Annex 4 – point 21
21. Notwithstanding the requirements of point 13, the Member States may fix a weighting of zero for their own regional governments and local authorities if there is no difference in risk between claims on the latter and claims on their central governments because of the revenue- raising powers of the regional governments and local authorities and the existence of specific institutional arrangements the effect of which is to reduce the chances of default by the latter. A zero-weighting fixed in accordance with these criteria shall apply to claims on and off-balance-sheet items incurred on behalf of the regional governments and local authorities in question and claims on others and off- balance-sheet items incurred on behalf of others and guaranteed by those regional governments and local authorities or secured, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities concerned, by collateral in the form of securities issued by those regional governments or local authorities. Regional governments with powers to raise and collect most taxes shall be considered to have the same weighting risk as their Member States of origin.
Amendment 1643 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – point 23
Annex 4 – point 23
23. Without prejudice to point 21, the Member States may apply a weighting of 20% to asset items which are secured, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities concerned, by collateral in the form of securities issued by Zone A regional governments without powers to raise and collect taxes, or local authorities, by deposits placed with Zone A credit institutions other than the lending institution, or by certificates of deposit or similar instruments issued by such credit institutions.
Amendment 264 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015 wherever possible, and, if not, by 2020 in accordance with the Nagoya criteria. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 343 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Measures are needed to reduce and eliminate the current high levels of unwanted catches and discards, taking into account the specific characteristics of each fishery and taking appropriate measures to reduce them within the framework of the management plans. Indeed, unwanted catches and discards constitute a substantial waste and affect negatively the sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and marine ecosystems as well as the financial viability of fisheries. An obligation to land all catches of managed stocks caught Consideration must be given to the particular problem of redurcing fdishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels should be established and gradually implementedcards in mixed fisheries and in fisheries that are not managed on the basis of a TAC system, such as those in the Mediterranean.
Amendment 413 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy should be implemented no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters’ length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gearsthe high-seas and long-distant water fleet. Member States may exclude vessels up to 125 meteres’ length other than vessels using towed gearr making daily fishing trips from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry- induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State’s annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State’s part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 442 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) SThe specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small- scalthe inshore fleets justify the limitation of the mandatory system of transferable fishing concessions to large vessels. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 479 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Member States should manage and make available to end-users of scientific- data the collected data, on the basis of a multi-annual Union programme. Regional authorities should be involved more actively in data collection activities. Member States should also cooperate with each other to coordinate data collection activities. Where relevant, Member States should also cooperate with third countries within the same sea basin regarding data collection.
Amendment 485 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Policy-oriented fisheries science should be reinforced by means of locally, regionally, and nationally- adopted fisheries scientific data collection, research and innovation programmes in coordination with other Member States as well as by Union research and innovation framework tools.
Amendment 515 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) As aquaculture activities in the Union are influenced by different conditions across national borders, including as regards authorisations for the operators, Union strategic guidelines for national strategic plans should be developed to improve the competitiveness of the aquaculture industry, supporting its development and innovation, and encouraging economic activity, and diversification and improving the quality of life in coastal and rural areas, as well as mechanisms to exchange among Member States information and best practices through an open method of coordination of regional and national measures concerning business security, access to Union waters and space, and administrative simplification of licensing.
Amendment 536 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) To ensure the involvement of concerned operators in the Union system for control, inspection, and enforcement, Member States should be able to require the holders of a fishing licence of Union fishing veshigh selas of 12 meters length over all or moreand long distance fishing vessels flying their flag to contribute proportionally to the costs of that system. The specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of the coastal fleet justify the limitation to large fishing vessels.
Amendment 586 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in relation to measures on markets and financial measures in support of the Common Fisheries Policy: fresh water biological resources, aquaculture, and the processing and marketing of fisheries and aquaculture products, in relation to measures on markets and financial measures in support of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 635 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species abovet least at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield. This target is to be achieved by 2015 whenever possible and by 2020 at the latest. In the case of mixed fisheries in the Mediterranean as well as the gradual approach based around groups of associated stocks with a deadline of 2020, a prior specific analysis is needed to provide a practical assessment of its operation, which should allow the sector to be socio-economically sustainable.
Amendment 652 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limited, whilst taking into account other factors that have an impact on the marine environment and seeking a balance between environmental, social and economic objectives.
Amendment 665 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
4. The Common Fisheries Policy shall integratebe consistent with the Union environmental legislation requirementsand other sectoral legislation, without being subject to them.
Amendment 693 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) gradually eliminate unwanted catches of commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landeddepending on the circumstances in each case and the best scientific advice available;
Amendment 746 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, and especially coastal fisheries and shell fishing and aquaculture activities;
Amendment 770 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ensure that the requirements established for products from third countries are aligned with those for EU products.
Amendment 829 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) taking into consideration regional specificities through a regionalised approach;
Amendment 931 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
– 'transferable fishing concessions' means revocable user entitlements to a specific part of fishing opportunities allocated to a Member State or established in 1 OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11. management plans adopted by a Member State in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/200634, which the holder may transfer to other eligible holders of such transferable fishing concessions;
Amendment 998 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32 a (new)
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32 a (new)
– 'inshore coastal fishing' means fishing carried out by vessels in local fishing grounds which underpins the traditional social fabric of fishing communities and is run by SMEs and family businesses that operate on a generational basis, and which involves daily fishing trips in which catches are not freezed or processed on board.
Amendment 1129 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) prohibirestrictions ofn the use of certain fishing gears in certain areas or seasons;
Amendment 1134 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) prohibition or restriction of fishing activities in certain zones and/or periods;
Amendment 1171 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans providing for conservation measures to maintain or restore fish stocks abovet least at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, where possible, guaranteeing socioeconomic sustainability, shall be established as a priority.
Amendment 1210 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Multiannual plans shall, where possible, cover either fisheries exploiting single fish stocks or fisheries exploiting a mixture of stocks, taking due account of interactions between stocks and fisheries cover a single species or, in cases of mixed fisheries or where stocks are linked by interaction, to fisheries exploiting a mixture of stocks within a geographical area. In mixed fisheries, maximum yield shall be considered that obtainable from a mixture of stocks within a mixed fishery considered as a whole.
Amendment 1261 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that at least restores and maintains all stocks abovethe fishery as a whole to levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 2015, where possible, and by 2020 at the latest.
Amendment 1274 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 2
2. In cases where the determination of a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yieldas established in paragraph 1 is not possible, multiannual plans shall provide for precautionary measures ensuring a comparable degree of conservation of the relevant stocks.
Amendment 1277 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Multiannual plans shall be drafted in line with regionalisation criteria.
Amendment 1283 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the scope, in terms of stocks, fishery, and the marine ecosystem and zones to which the multiannual plan shall be applied;
Amendment 1300 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Amendment 1307 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) clear time frames to reach the quantifiable targets, including a socioeconomic assessment of the various alternatives;
Amendment 1324 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures including measures concerning the elimination of unwanted catches;
Amendment 1326 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i (new)
(i) measures designed to contribute to maintaining or restoring fish stocks within biologically safe levels, through improvements in size selection and where appropriate species selection,
Amendment 1327 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii (new)
(ii) measures concerning the gradual elimination of unwanted catches and/or
Amendment 1328 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii (new)
(iii) measures designed to reduce catches of undersized individuals and/or
Amendment 1329 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iv (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iv (new)
(iv) measures designed to mitigate the impact of fishing gear on the ecosystem and the environment, with particular regard to the protection of biologically sensitive stocks and habitats.
Amendment 1339 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) quantifiable indicators for periodic monitoring and assessment of the progress related to achieving the targets of the multiannual plan, and the socio-economic impacts;
Amendment 1349 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point h
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) minimisation of unwanted impacts of fishing on the eco-system;
Amendment 1353 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point i
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 1375 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) measures to mitigate the social and economic consequences within its scope of application.
Amendment 1398 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 12
Part 3 – article 12
Amendment 1413 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of evidence of a serious threat to the conservation of marine biological resources, or to the marine eco- system owing to fishing activities and requiring immediate action, the Commission, upon a reasoned request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may decide on emergency temporary measures to alleviate the threat.
Amendment 1520 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) At the latest from 1 January 2016: haddock, whiting, megrim, anglerfish, plaice, ling, saithe, pollack, lemon sole, turbot, brill, blue ling, black scabbard, roundnose grenadier, orange roughy, Greenland halibut, tusk, redfish and Mediterranean demersal stocks. A discard reduction scheme shall be implemented based on a clear and detailed prior study by the Commission on the impact of this measure on EU fisheries and which adopts a step-wise, fishery by fishery approach that affords the flexibility needed to resolve by-catch issues in mixed and Mediterranean fisheries not subject to catch limits. These arrangements shall be applied as part of the multi-annual plans, taking into account survival rates, the nature of the fishing gear, fishing practices and the ecosystem and any selectivity measures introduced.
Amendment 1551 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Minimum conservation reference sizes based on the best available scientific advice shall be established for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted for reduction to fish meal or pet food onlyFish which are landed that are under the reference size may not be placed on the market.
Amendment 1574 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that Union fishing vessels flying their flag are equipped to ensurcontrol mechanisms are established as part of the fmull documentation of all fishing and processing activitiesti-annual plans, fishery-by-fishery and factoring in the cost-efficiency of each, for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the obligation to land all catchereduce discards.
Amendment 1732 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 a (new)
Part 3 – article 20 a (new)
Article 20a Co-management instruments shall be implemented in fisheries with reference to regionalisation principles and on the basis of a bottom-up approach, with the involvement of the closest authorities and the fishing industry, scientific institutes and other stakeholders. RAC involvement in the drafting of regional measures shall be promoted.
Amendment 1817 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall establish a system of transferable fishing concessions for the high seas and distant water fleet no later than 31 December 2013 for.
Amendment 1823 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1833 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1849 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may extend tThe system of transferable fishing concessions to fishing vessels of less than 12 meters length overall and deploying other types of gear than towed gear and shall inform the Commission thereofshall not apply to the inshore coastal fishing fleet in the Mediterranean which makes daily fishing trips and which shall be regulated by means of management plans based on fishing effort and including biological recovery periods or incentives for permanent cessation of fishing.
Amendment 2035 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – Article 34 – paragraph 1
Part 5 – Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place measures to adjust the fishing capacity of their fleets in order to achieve an effective balance between such fishing capacity and their fishing opportunities. The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund shall continue to have financial instruments for the permanent cessation of fishing with a view to achieving this objective.
Amendment 2104 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall collect biological, technical, environmental and socio- economic data, paying due account to regionalisation criteria, necessary for ecosystem based fisheries management, manage them and make them available to regional authorities and end users of scientific data, including bodies designated by the Commission. Those data shall in particular enable the assessment of:
Amendment 2117 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States and EU bodies shall:
Amendment 2120 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) set up coordination mechanisms with a view to avoiding duplication of data collection for different purposes;
Amendment 2133 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 3
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure the national coordination of the collection and management of scientific and socio- economic data for fisheries management. Regionalisation criteria will be introduced into national planning for data collection and management, thereby encouraging the involvement of regional authorities. The involvement of both the fisheries sector and local research centres in the collection of scientific data will be encouraged. To this end, they shall designate a national correspondent and organizse an annual national coordination meeting. The Commission shall be informed of the national coordination activities and be invited to the coordination meetings.
Amendment 2139 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 4
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall coordinatThe Commission shall ensure theirat data collection activities with othercarried out by different Member States in the same region are coordinated, and make every effort to coordinate their actions with third countries having sovereignty or jurisdiction over waters in the same region.
Amendment 2143 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 5
Part 6 – Article 37 – paragraph 5
5. The collection, management and use of data shall be done in the framework of a multi-annual programme as of 2014. Such a multi-annual programme shall include targets for the precision of the data to be collected, and aggregation levels for the collection, which will enable proper management and use of such data, taking due account of regionalisation criteria.
Amendment 2158 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 38 – paragraph 1
Part 6 – Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt national fisheries scientific data collection, research and innovation programmes, with the active cooperation of the regions. They shall coordinate their fisheries data collection, research and innovation activities with other Member States and Union research and innovation frameworks.
Amendment 2160 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – Article 38 – paragraph 2
Part 6 – Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure availability of relevant competences and human resources to be involved in the scientific advisory process, whilst encouraging the involvement of local research centres.
Amendment 2290 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) assuring the availability of supplies;
Amendment 2298 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) ensuring that quality and health checks on the products and production of international corporations, including imports from third countries, are the same as those required in the European Union;
Amendment 2302 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) recognising the social and economic value of aquaculture.
Amendment 2309 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 2
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Member States, without prejudice to the exclusive competences of regional authorities, shall establish a multiannual national strategic plan for the developmentpromotion of aquaculture activities on their territory by 2014.
Amendment 2310 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 3
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2312 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Multiannual regional and national strategic plans shall aim in particular at the following:
Amendment 2317 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – point a
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) administrative simplification, in particular regardi(Does not affect Eng licenses;sh version)
Amendment 2334 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
(da) improve the marketing and promotion of aquaculture products;
Amendment 2337 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
(db) promote RDI and collaboration between the industry and the scientific world.
Amendment 2343 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 5
Part 8 – Article 43 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall exchange information and best practices through an open method of coordination of the regional and national measures contained in multiannual strategic plans.
Amendment 2364 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) improve the transparency of the markets, in particular as regards economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets for fishery and aquaculture products along the supply chain and consumer awareness, establishing information mechanisms enabling local products from the coastal fishing fleet to be identified;
Amendment 2370 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) contribute to ensuring a level playing field for all products marketed in the Union by promoting sustainable exploitation of fisheries resourcesestablish fairness mechanisms between fishery products from the EU and imports from third countries that ensure the same respect for environmental, social and labour standards and specify the same requirements concerning production and food security.
Amendment 2392 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 10 – Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a global and integrated approach, in relation to the objectives being pursued;
Amendment 2400 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 10 – Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the use of moderneffective control technologies for the availability and quality of data on fisheries, taking into account cost- efficiency criteria according to the particularities of the different fleets;
Amendment 2411 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point e
Part 10 – Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the establishment of effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, which are the same across the various Member States.
Amendment 2430 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – Article 48 – paragraph 1
Part 10 – Article 48 – paragraph 1
Member States may require holders of a fishing licence for fishing veshigh selas of 12 meters length overall or moreand distant water vessels flying their flag to contribute proportionally to the costs of implementing the Union fisheries control system. The specific characteristics and socioeconomic vulnerability of the coastal fleet justify restricting these arrangements to large fishing vessels.
Amendment 2510 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 54 – paragraph 1
Part 12 – Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Advisory Councils shall be composed of organizthe local, regional and Member State fisheries authorities and scientists, as observers, organisations representing the fisheries operators and other interest groups affected by the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Regulation No 717/2007 should be temporary and only in place until the Commission proposes the necessary legislation to fully create an EU single market for public mobile communication networks and so eliminate in the medium term any roaming charges.
Amendment 118 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
This Regulation shall be temporary and only in place until the Commission proposes the necessary legislation to fully create an EU single market for public mobile communication networks and so eliminate in the medium term any roaming charges.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The creation of large online libraries facilitate electronic search and discovery tools which open up new sources of discovery for researchers and academics that would otherwise have to content themselves with more traditional and analogue search methods. Moreover, cloud computing technologies should be adequately used in order to create a European-wide database, which is comprehensive and easy to access.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Commission should conduct an impact assessment on the continued issuance of 1 and 2 euro cent coins because their use may be considered to be negligible. Such an impact assessment should take into account the real cost of those euro cent coins.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall conduct an impact assessment on the continued issuance of 1 and 2 euro cent coins. Such an impact assessment shall include a cost-benefit analysis which takes into account the real production costs of 1 and 2 euro cent coins set against their value and benefits.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0094(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the case of a dispute concerning a European patent with unitary effect, it is a legitimate requirement that the patent proprietor should provide a full translation of the patent into an official or co-official language of the participating Member State in which either the alleged infringement took place or in which the alleged infringer is domiciled. The patent proprietor should also be required to provide, at the request of a court competent in the territory of the participating Member States for disputes concerning the European patent with unitary effect, a full translation of the patent into the language of proceedings of that court. Such translations should not be carried out by automated means and should be provided at the expense of the patent proprietor. In the case of a dispute concerning a claim for damages the court hearing the dispute should take into consideration that, before having been provided with a translation in his own language, the alleged infringer may have acted in good faith and may have not known or had reasonable grounds to know that he was infringing the patent. The competent court should assess the circumstances of the individual case and inter alia should take into account whether the alleged infringer is a small and medium-sized enterprise operating only at local level, the language of the proceedings before the European Patent Office and, during the transitional period, the translation submitted together with the request for unitary effect.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0094(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to promote the availability of patent information and the dissemination of technological knowledge, machine translations of patent applications and specifications into all official languages of the Union should be available as soon as possible. Machine translations are being developed by the European Patent Office and are a very important tool seeking to improve access to patent information and to disseminate widely the technological knowledge. The timely availability of high quality machine translations of European patent applications and specifications into all official and co-official languages of the UnionMember States would benefit all the users of the European patent system. Machine translations are a key feature of European Union policy. Such machine translations should serve for information purposes only and should not have any legal effect.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0094(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. In the case of a dispute relating to a European patent with unitary effect, the patent proprietor shall provide at the request and the choice of an alleged infringer, a full translation of the patent into an official or co-official language of the participating Member State in which either the alleged infringement took place or in which the alleged infringer is domiciled.
Amendment 42 #
2011/0094(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where the language of the proceedings is English, a full translation of the specification of the European patent into any official or co-official language of the participating Member States that is an official language of the Union.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On 10 March 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/167/EU authorising enhanced cooperation between Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom (hereinafter ‘participating Member States’) in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection. Spain and Italy should be called upon to join the enhanced cooperation procedure in order to make the unitary patent a fully European patent that enhances the single market and increases Europe’s competitiveness.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order to make this Regulation more efficient, it should be applied in all Member States, deepening the single market and extending its economic benefits for all Union citizens and businesses.
Amendment 78 #
2011/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) the administration of a compensation scheme of translation costs for applicants filing European patent applications in one of the official languages of the Unionor co-official languages of Member States that is not an official language of the European Patent Office.
Amendment 190 #
2011/0062(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) For those areas not covered by this Directive, Member States, as well as regions with legislative powers on this subject, should be free to maintain or introduce national legislation. Member StatesThey should be able to maintain or introduce national provisions in areas such as contract law relating to the validity of credit agreements, property valuation, land registration, contractual information, post-contractual issues, and handling defaults.
Amendment 275 #
2011/0062(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) All provisions included in this directive that are related to its application by Member States, shall apply for regions with legislative powers in its subject.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0058(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Fair competition on tax rates should be encouraged at Member State level and also at regional level for those regions with fiscal and legislative powers.
Amendment 84 #
2011/0058(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Groups of companies should be able to deal with a single tax administration (‘principal tax authority’), which should be that of the Member State in which the parent company of the group (‘principal taxpayer’) is resident for tax purposes, or the one from the region of origin in those regions with fiscal and legislative powers and capacity to collect taxes. This Directive should also lay down procedural rules for the administration of the system. It should also provide for an advance ruling mechanism. Audits should be initiated and coordinated by the principal tax authority but the authorities of any Member State in which a group member is subject to tax may request the initiation of an audit. The competent authority of the Member State in which a group member is resident or established may challenge a decision of the principal tax authority concerning the notice to opt or an amended assessment before the courts of the Member State of the principal tax authority. Disputes between taxpayers and tax authorities should be dealt with by an administrative body which is competent to hear appeals at first instance according to the law of the Member State of the principal tax authority.
Amendment 121 #
2011/0058(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) ‘competent authority’ means the authority designated by each Member State, or by a region with powers to collect taxes, to administer all matters related to the implementation of this Directive;
Amendment 154 #
2011/0058(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Bonus and performance compensations;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the success of the YoM initiative depends mostly on the implementation of its key actions by the Member States and its regions with competences on youth policies; therefore asks the European Commission to closely monitor and analyse crucial elements during implementation with a view to helping Member States in the process;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognizes the important contribution of regional and local governments to stimulate mobility;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of non- formal education, such as intercultural learning, in developing important skills and competences. In this sense, strong support should be provided for the learning of the languages spoken by the majority of citizens in the city where young people go to live in the framework of European mobility programmes increasing the added value of their experience abroad;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Suggests that, instead of the global university ranking system, the Commission should encourage the creation of an European university ranking system and introduces an information-based system on European universities' programmes which would, among other things, regularly report to the public on the employability of students on each programme;
Amendment 169 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the relevance of Internet based universities for students; specially for all those living in rural and peripheral geographic areas;
Amendment 193 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights the importance of easing university timetables for students who already entered the workforce and want to study simultaneously;
Amendment 194 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls the European Commission to establish an on-line programme that helps to spread the best practices at regional and local level on policies to help young people find employment;
Amendment 211 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Invites tertiary education institutions to introduce a period of high-quality traineeship into all study programmes in order to enable young people to meet, in advance, the real and practical demands of the working environment; this internships should be always paid to avoid the creation of a second-class young workforce;
Amendment 215 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Encourages the creation of a program, similar to Erasmus and directed to the young people entering the laboural market in order to increase mobility in the early years of worklife;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas digitisation is an opportunity to promote official regional languages thanks to its lower translation and subtitling costs,
Amendment 69 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that digitisation is a very important opportunity in order to promote the presence of official regional languages in cinemas as well as foreign languages learning;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on Member States to follow the example set by the Commission in its e- Government action plan: use e- Procurement, adopt an open data strategy, promote electronic identity. All actions should be directed to simplify bureaucratic processes with the public administration, specially in rural areas;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks the EIB to put in place measures directed to achieve a greater penetration rate in its lending practices to SMEs.
Amendment 18 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that stricter criteria should be used to evaluate the efficiency of loans allocated through intermediary banks to SMEs.
Amendment 28 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Encourages the EIB to state a ranking of priorities in its investment projects, using methodologies like the cost-benefit analysis to achieve the highest possible multiplication effect on the GDP;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the idea of ‘project bonds’ aimed not only at enhancing the credit rating of bonds issued by companies themselves within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy but also to finance European infrastructures; believes that such project bond issuance would impact positively on the availability of capital for growth- and job- enhancing sustainable investments;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that there is a clear need for additional support by the EIB in the following areas: SMEs, midcaps and infrastructure, as the freight transport in the European railway sector, and other key growth- and employment-enhancing projects as part of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Urges the EIB to invest in order to extend the Trans-European Networks of freight transport to the Mediterranean ports, linking them definitively to the European markets;
Amendment 53 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 21 – point a a (new)
(aa) increasing the share of the participation of local actors in the projects, in order to help building a competent native workforce,
Amendment 41 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Notes that the accelerated implementation of the Single European Sky project and more specifically the deployment of its technological component SESAR, to begin in 2014, have been defined as a key priority to achieve an efficient and sustainable air transport system in Europe. The SESAR project will allow cutting Air Traffic Management costs by 50%, improving safety records by a factor of 10 and reducing by 10% the environmental impact of each flight;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Insists that, given the long lead times that projects such as Galileo or the Single European sky, with its technological component SESAR, entail and the levels of capital investment already committed to Galileothese projects, consistency and commitment in financial planning over financial planning periods is crucial to ensure itstheir successful implementation and spin-off benefits;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the development of new funding instruments, both by reviewing the policy of the European Investment Bank to allocate more loans to innovative transport projects, and by using revenue from the taxation of heavy vehicles and the auctioning of CO2 emission quotas from the aviation sector, in order to fund joint projects aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of these modes of transport.
Amendment 101 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the number of labels should be restricted, to prevent possible confusion amongst consumers and excessive burdens on enterprises and to make them more easily recognisable; calls therefore on the Commission to assess at a future date wheth, Member States and stakeholders the ‘European quality label’ and the ‘Eco-label for tourist accommodation service’ could be gradually merged under the heading of one labelo avoid the proliferation of labels, by promoting existing instruments and best practices, tacking stock of what has already been developed;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the current investment framework is characterised by low predictability in Treaty interpretation, specially without a FDI definition, and costly arbitration processes that are lacking in procedural safeguards; notes also that flows of capital between EU Member States and developing countries are no longer largely one-directional and that this shift should be taken into account when considering any European investment framework;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that dispute settlements and arbitration is time and money consuming and that there is an important lack of transparency in these proceedings;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the improvement in certainty expected will help SMEs to invest abroad; On this regard, the voice of SMEs have to be heard during negotiations;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the defence of private property and the rule of law are basic requisites to raise private investment in agriculture.
Amendment 52 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to increase support in favour of agriculture in its development aid programmes and to invest in nationally led plans; emphasises the need for increased public investments in research for sustainable agro-ecological production systems; in the same developing countries receiving the aid, helping to build up scientific know-how and useful experience for the local scientific community.
Amendment 62 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus on sustainable small-scale food production and that priority should be given to ‘ecologically-efficient’ approaches that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the degradation of fertile land, promote agro- ecological and low-external-input (LEI) practices, and excludes GMOs;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that safe GMO’s commercial production should be supported, specially when targeted to solve concrete problems as excess salinity or water drought, endemic in some developing countries; also, GMOs of social relevance should be promoted whenever possible through public-private partnerships.
Amendment 121 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the uttermost importance of the defence of private property and the rule of law as these are basic requisites to enhance investment in agriculture and rises in its productivity output.
Amendment 147 #
2010/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the right to food has to take absolute precedence over energy security objectives; calls for the freezing of EU energy strategy targets until further impact assessments have been undertaken;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
having regard to the Commission communication of 30 June 2010 on Enhancing Economic policy coordination for stability, groth and jobs - Tools for stronger EU economic governance,
Amendment 8 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas recent economic developments have shown clearly that economic policy coordination within the Union has not worked sufficiently well and has not been fully in line with, despite Member States' obligations under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), they have failed to regard their economic policy as a matter of common concern and to coordinate them within the Council in accordance with the relevant Treaty provisions and respecting the key role of the Commission in the surveillance procedure,
Amendment 23 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the current rules of the Stability and Growth pact have not been enough to ensure sound fiscal policies; whereas there is a need to strengthen the EU fiscal framework through a more rigorous rules-based application of sanctions,
Amendment 28 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas labour, knowledge and innovations have a tendency to migrate to certain regions, and EU financial solidarity mechanisms need to be further developed focusing, in particular, on research and development and education to foster innovation and economic growth,
Amendment 30 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas labour, knowledge and innovations have a tendency to migrate to certain regions, and EU financial solidarity mechanisms need to be further developed focusing, in particular, on research and development and education and training,
Amendment 44 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a fairn appropriate balance between investments in sustainable growth and the prevention of excessive deficits over the economic cycle, in line with Union-level commitments and guidelines, need to be persued,
Amendment 54 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the strengthening of economic governance must go hand in hand with reinforcing the democratic legitimacy of European governance, which must be achieved through a stronger and more timely involvement of the European Parliament and of national parliaments throughout the process, further coordination, with reciprocal respect, between national parliaments and the European Parliament is needed,
Amendment 58 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the TFEU gives the Union enhanced power to strengthen economic governance within the Union, although changes to the provisions of the TFEU in the future cannot be excludedwill be necessary,
Amendment 64 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas compconsidérant qu'il convient de mettreh ensive secondary place une leégislation needs to be established in order todérivée complète si l'on veut attaein the Union objectives in this area; whereas enhanced economicdre les objectifs de l'Union dans ce domaine; considérant qu'il est essentiel qu'une gouvernance for the Union based on the provisions of the TFEU is essential, the Unionéconomique renforcée de l'Union repose sur des dispositions du TFUE, que la meéthod should be used to its full extent and the keye communautaire doit être exploitée au maximum et que le roôle of theclé de la Commission should bdoit être respected in order to promote mutuallyé afin de promouvoir des politiques permettant un reinforcing policesement mutuel,
Amendment 68 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas any legislative proposal should support adequatestrong incentives for sustainable "growth-enhancing" economic policies, avoid moral hazard, be in line with other EU instruments and rules, and reap the full benefits of the euro as a common currency of the euro area,
Amendment 73 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas coherence between short, medium and long-term public investments needs to be strengthened and whereas those investments, in particular regarding infrastructure, need to be used efficiently and allocated toaking into account the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in particular regarding research and development, innovation and education in order to increase competitiveness and enhance productivity,
Amendment 75 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. Whereas the Union needs to be represented with a common position in the international monetary system, international financial institutions and fora; whereas in the spirit of the Treaty the Council needs to consult the European Parliament before adopting a decision under Article 138 TFEU and needs Parliament's consent before establishing common positions which cover fields to which, internally, the ordinary legislative procedure applies.
Amendment 79 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the financial implications of the requested proposal should be covered by appropriate budgetary allocations; taking into account the current deficit positions and austerity measures in Member States;
Amendment 86 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– Define the scope of the multilateral surveillance based on TFEU instruments and assessments by the Commission aiming at preventing excessive macro- economic imbalances, unsustainable fiscal and other policies, addressing financial stability and growth concerns in accordance withand having regard to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and other relevant developments,
Amendment 102 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– Establish common rules for a more active use of the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines as a key tool for economic guidance, surveillance and Member State- specific recommendations in line withhaving regard to the EU 2020 strategy, focusing on growth, structural reforms, productivity and competitiveness, while taking into consideration the convergences and divergences between Members States, strengthening the relative competitive advantages of Member States, the resilience of the economy to external shocks and the impact that Member States' decisions may have on other Member States,
Amendment 162 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
– Establish pre-specified and pre-emptive incentives to be decided independently from the Council by the Commission or semi-automatic sanctions for Member States with excessive debt or for not complying with the mid-term budget objectives for a budget balance, in order to facilitate early warning steps and apply them in a progressive way,
Amendment 167 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
– Establish pre-specified and pre-emptive incentives to be decided independently from the Council by the Commission or semi-automatic sanctions, in order to facilitate early warning steps and apply them in a progressive way, and sanctions to include mechanisms such as triggering of risk weight adjustments to sovereign debt or other asset classes under guidance of the ECB and ESRB, or exclusion from any joint bond issuance,
Amendment 171 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 8 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 8 a (new)
– Introduce a pre-defined sanction mechanism with four progressive steps: 1. name and shame 2. temporary loss of voting rights 3. temporary freezing of EU funds (structural, cohesion and CAP funds) 4. permanent loss of EU funds and/ or financial penalties,
Amendment 178 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – introductory part
Annex 1 – heading 3 – introductory part
Recommendation 3 : Enhancing economic governance in the euro area by the Euro Group as well as the European Union as a whole
Amendment 182 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Recognising the importance that all Member States of the European Union take part in achieving economic convergence, but also recognising that euro area countries are in a different situation from other Member States as they do not have the exchange rate mechanism at their disposal if they need to adjust relative prices and that they share the responsibility of the functioning of the European monetary union as a whole, the new rules, based on the other recommendations in this resolution and Article 136 TFEU and Protocol (No 14) on the Euro Group thereto, should aim to:
Amendment 185 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 a (new)
– Establish a regular framework to increase coordination among all EU Member States in order to monitor and foster economic convergence and discuss potential macro-economic imbalances within the Union,
Amendment 190 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 192 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– Strengthen the administrative support for the secretariat and cabinet of the President of the Euro Group,
Amendment 203 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 4 – indent 1
Annex 1 – heading 4 – indent 1
– Establish a permanent mechanism or body (European Monetary Fund) as a last resort mechanism for cases in which market financing is no longer available based on existing mechanisms (the European Financial Stability Facility, the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and the European balance of payments instrument) with clear rules on the decision-making procedure, funding, conditionality for loans, monitoring, rules on burden-sharing, and resources and powers in order to facilitate borrowing and lending activity in exceptional circumstances and in order to facilitate orderly resolution avoiding contagion and ring-fencing sovereign debt insolvency, if needed. The mechanism should avoid moral hazard and be consistent with State Aid principles and consequences.
Amendment 206 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 4 – indent 1
Annex 1 – heading 4 – indent 1
– Establish a permanent mechanism or body (European Monetary Fund) as a last resort mechanism for cases in which market financing is no longer available based on existing mechanisms (the European Financial Stability Facility, the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and the European balance of payments instrument) with clear rules on the decision-making procedure, funding, conditionality for loans, monitoring, rules on burden-sharing, and resources and powers in order to facilitate borrowing and lending activity in exceptional circumstances and in order to facilitate orderly resolution (e.g. debt restructuring) avoiding contagion and ring-fencing sovereign debt insolvency, if needed.
Amendment 217 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– élaborer une évaluation de la faisabilité (nature, risques et avantages) de la mise en place, à long terme d'un système permettant d'émettre des bons communs du Trésor, prioritairement destinés au financement de projets d'infrastructures européennes tournées vers l'avenir,
Amendment 234 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
– Establish a high-level policy group chaired by the Commission with a mandate to study the creation of a European Common Treasury (ECT), with the objective of giving the European Union with its own financing resources in accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon in order to reduce the dependence from the national transfers. The ECT would issue Eurobonds with the only purpose of financing Community supranational infrastructure projects.
Amendment 240 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– Assess the possible revision of the capital requirements for credit institutions in order better to differentiate between capital ratios applied to sovereign debt issues by a Member State and an automatic trigger mechanism for progressive variation as an early deterrent to fiscal imprudence.
Amendment 241 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
– Promote ways of achieving consistent implementation of Pillar II capital requirements in response to specific asset price bubbles or money supply issues,
Amendment 244 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
– Confer to the European Supervisory Authorities the exclusive supervisory powers over large cross-border financial institutions,
Amendment 245 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 b (new)
Annex 1 – heading 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 b (new)
– Integrate micro- and macro-prudential supervision in a single authority,
Amendment 247 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Annex 1 – heading 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– Enhance the investigative powers by the Commission (Eurostat), such as on-site inspections without advanced warning and access to all accounting and budgetary information, for assessing the quality of public finances; if appropiate, this mesures should be accompanied by an increase of its budget and human resources,
Amendment 253 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 8 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 8 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
– And in the spirit of the provisions of the Treaty include a procedure to fully inform and involve the European Parliament before adopting a decision under Art. 138 TFEU.
Amendment 4 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the exchange rate for the renminbi against the euro was misaligned by the Chinese authorities during 2009, with an artificial strong euro against the Chinese currency,
Amendment 19 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the financial crisis in Greece and other countries within the euro area is a serious matter for the euro area as a whole and reflects a certain dysfunction of the euro zone; calls for these countries to start deep reforms to correct it;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends that the ECB enhance the transparency of its work in order to increase its legitimacy and predictability, in particular by publishing the minutes of the meetings of the Governing Council. Such transparency is also needed as regards the internal models used to value illiquid collateral and as regards the valuations assigned to specific securities offered as collateral;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the conferral of legal personality on the Eurogroup by the Lisbon Treaty, and the participation of the ECB in its meetings;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the proposal to establish a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), which will close the current gap in macro- prudential supervision; calls on the ECB to establish clear models and definitions to ensure the effective functioning of the ESRB; adds that any new tasks conferred upon the ECB with regard to the ESRB shouldwill not compromise the independence of the ECB in any way;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the concept whereby the ESRB only gives warnings and recommendations with no actual enforcement is not satisfactory in terms of effective implementation and responsibility; Regrets that the ESRB cannot declare the emergency by itself;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the proposal of holding hearings in front of the European Parliament of the Chair of the ESRB, in a different framework than the Monetary Dialogues;
Amendment 67 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that the lack of credit reaching the real economy, specifically for SMEs, stemmed more from lower demand due to diminished activity in the real economy than from the reluctance of banks to grant credit;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Points out that, during a period of high level exchange rate volatility, the euro has increased its strength, particularly against the US dollar and the Renminbi, and expresses concern that this could have a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of the Euro area;
Amendment 92 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Believes that the adoption of the euro by Estonia shows the status of the euro despite the public debt crisis; Believes that the mentioned status will encourage Member States to seek membership of the Euro Area;
Amendment 80 #
2010/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Asks the Commission in view of the upcoming White Paper on the Future of Transport to take into account the critical role of maritime freight transport in trade today, to promote the development of secondary and less congested ports and to adequately address the question of maritime transport security measures in EU and abroad by investing in enhancing multilayered risk management systems for targeting and inspecting dangerous cargo.
Amendment 90 #
2010/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to perform a rigorous impact assessment that evaluates the costs and benefits of further regulation or harmonization of audit practices across the EU; believes that any such evaluation must include an assessment of potential costs on a wide range of different stakeholders including investors, preparers and consumers of audit services; considers that special attention must be given to the preparer community in order to analyse separately the impact on listed companies, unlisted companies and SMEs as well as systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs);
Amendment 91 #
2010/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that mandatory joint audits result in higher costs for businesses; points out that in countries in which this system is in force no improvement has been observed in the quality of the financial information published on the market; notes, furthermore, that joint audits are not the best means of opening up the audit market and can, on the contrary, result in its concentration around the major players and in individual auditors becoming less accountable;
Amendment 195 #
2010/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Backs the Commission in its intention to provide for exemptions and lower capital requirements for SMEs’ bilateral derivatives; the European Parliament notes that exemptions should be provided for non-financial corporates that manage balance sheet and income statement risks through the use of bilateral derivatives.
Amendment 24 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14a new
Paragraph 14a new
14a. Stresses that the new financial supervision authorities - the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) - must be accurately financed, which inter alia means that if the legislator decides to entrust these authorities with increased tasks compared to what was originally proposed by the Commission, the corresponding allocation of additional resources should be provided for;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16a new
Paragraph 16a new
16a. Is concerned about the very modest - below the rate of inflation - increase in appropriations for the Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS) programme, which is not really in line with the intention declared by the Commission to give high priority to the policy area of statistics;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that heading 1a includes many EU2020 strategy flagship initiatives, such as Innovation Union, Youth on the Move, Resource-efficient Europe, New Skills and Jobs, and Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era; deplores the fact that it is impossible to identify clearly, from a budgetary point of view, the financial implications of the EU2020 strategy and; expresses its doubts regarding the capacity to ensure, given the very limited room for manoeuvre available in the context of the current financial framework, adequate funding for these initiatives; underlines that these new policy initiatives should go beyond the mere re-labelling of already existing policies and deserve new financial means in order to get off to a good start;
Amendment 153 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a new
Paragraph 56 a new
56a. Welcomes the proposed increases in administrative appropriations for competition policy, which is a crucial field not least in times of crisis, as well as for statistics, where recent developments have demonstrated the vital importance of having access to reliable data on financial markets and public finances; is, however, deeply concerned about the proposed decrease in administrative expenditures for the coordination and surveillance of the economic and monetary union, given the ongoing turbulence in the Eurozone; recalls that it has several times in the past underlined the need to allocate enough resources to the functioning of the Eurogroup;
Amendment 15 #
2010/0821(NLE)
Draft decision
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) To safeguard the financial stability of the Union, the stability mechanism should incorporate the requisite tools to take precautionary measures for crisis prevention and crisis mitigation, such as giving Member States with robust economic policies access to flexible credit lines.
Amendment 24 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Commission should play a part in the monitoring of the economies of the Member States and the Member States' regions, and of EMU and should, in particular, report regularly to the Council on the progress made by the Member States and Member States' regions which have fiscal and legislative powers in fulfilling their obligations under EMU.
Amendment 25 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Commission should use aggregates of national and regional accounts for Union administrative purposes and, in particular, budgetary calculations.
Amendment 31 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), all Member States' statistics transmitted to the Commission which are broken down by territorial units are to use the NUTS classification. Consequently, in order to establish comparable regional statistics, the territorial units should be defined in accordance with the NUTS classification. The NUTS classification is to be updated before the entry in force of this Regulation.
Amendment 32 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The importance of regional accounts in Member States with autonomous or regional governments is recognised, as well as the need to increase transparency at a regional level. Further investigation should be carried out into the feasibility of data being collected by Eurostat at NUTS level 2, by means of a detailed cost-benefit analysis.
Amendment 34 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A task force has been set up to further examine the issue of the treatment of financial intermediation services indirectly measured (Fisim) in national and regional accounts. Taking into consideration the findings of the task force, it may be necessary to amend the methodology for the calculation and allocation of Fisim, by means of a delegated act before the end of 2012, in order to provide more reliable results.
Amendment 41 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The framework for analysis and policy in Annex A shall include interdependences between regions in the analysis of the interdependences between the economies of the Member States.
Amendment 42 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) Annex A shall include: regional territorialisation of central government expenditure; data on regional fiscal imbalances (using monetary flow method) for those regions of NUTS level 1 and 2 with fiscal and legislative powers, and Regional data on ratio between public and private capital stock.
Amendment 44 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Since the implementation of this Regulation might require major adaptations in the national statistical systems, derogations may be granted by the Commission to Member States; such derogations will be applied only to Member States where such adaptations are not affordable for their budget.
Amendment 45 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a methodology (Annex A) on common standards, definitions, classifications and accounting rules that shall be used for compiling accounts and tables on comparable bases for the purposes of the Union, together with results as required by Article 3; Annex A shall be modified by the Commission in order to introduce the necessary additional requirements and factors for economic analysis;
Amendment 49 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall carry out the calculation and allocation of financial intermediation services indirectly measured (Fisim) in national and regional accounts in accordance with the methodology described in Annex A. The Commission may lay down before the end of 2012, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 9, a methodology for the calculation and allocation of Fisim.
Amendment 57 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph b – point 3 a (new)
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph b – point 3 a (new)
(3a) Regional territorialisation of central government expenditure;
Amendment 58 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph b – point 3 b (new)
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph b – point 3 b (new)
(3b) Regional data on ratio between public and private equity shares;
Amendment 59 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph d – point 2
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph d – point 2
(2) The analysis of the interdependenciese between the economies of the EU, taking into account Member States and their regions, particularly where those regions have legislative and fiscal powers;
Amendment 60 #
2010/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph d – point 4 a (new)
Annex A – chapter 1 – point 1.18 – paragraph d – point 4 a (new)
(4a) Data on regional fiscal imbalances (using monetary flow method) for those regions of NUTS level 1 and 2 with fiscal and legislative powers.
Amendment 78 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Internal imbalances shall be considered in the study of macroeconomic imbalances, including private and public debt, its evolution and origin (domestic or international) and late payments of the country, especially from the public sector and big multinationals to SMEs.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Internal market developments shall also be considered, including the linkage between wages and productivity in the labour market and the existence of legal barriers that do not allow direct free concertation between enterprises and workers.
Amendment 94 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The consolidation of the European Single Market is an essential precondition to ensure the correct functioning and the strengthening of the economic and monetary union. In this sense, it is necessary to eliminate the existing regulatory and physical barriers that make impossible to achieve a single European railway area, especially in the freight transport.
Amendment 103 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The scoreboard should consist of a limited set of economic and financial indicators relevant to detection of macroeconomic imbalances, with corresponding indicative thresholds. The composition of the scoreboard may evolve in time, inter alia due to evolving threats to macroeconomic stability or enhanced availability of relevant statistics. Its indicative thresholds should be the same for all Member States in order to have clear and common standards.
Amendment 107 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Symmetrical criteria will not be taken into account on the implementation of fines for commercial surpluses and commercial deficits.
Amendment 160 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The envisaged measures for the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances should not lead to a centrally planned economy for the Member States of the European Economic and Monetary Union
Amendment 174 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'imbalances‘ means macroeconomic developments which are adversely affecting, or have the potential adversely to affect, the proper functioning of the economy of a Member State or of economic and monetary union, or of the Union as a whole, particularly due to large current account deficits, sharply rising debt levels or persistently low levels of competitiveness.
Amendment 217 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The scoreboard shall be made up of an array of macroeconomic and macrofinancial indicators for Member States. The Commission may set indicative lower or upper thresholds for these indicators to serve as alert levels. The thresholds applicable to Member States whose currency is the euro may be different from those applicable to the other Member States. Nevertheless, no differences should be stated between eurozone countries in order to ensure clear macroeconomic standards.
Amendment 260 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The report shall identify Member States that the Commission considers to be affected by, or at risk of, imbalances; symmetrical criteria will not be taken into account in order to assess commercial deficits and surpluses.
Amendment 109 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The consolidation of the European Single Market is an essential precondition to ensure the correct functioning and the strengthening of the economic and monetary union. In this sense, it is necessary to eliminate the existing regulatory and physical barriers that make impossible to achieve a single European railway area, especially in freight transport.
Amendment 275 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Council, when assessing the adjustment path toward the medium-term budgetary objective, shall examine if the Member State concerned pursues an appropriate annual improvement of its cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, required to meet its medium-term budgetary objective, with 0.51% of GDP as a benchmark. For Member States with a high level of debtgovernment debt above 60% of GDP or excessive macroeconomic imbalances or both, the Council shall examine whether the annual improvement of the cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures is higher than 0.51% of GDP. The Council shall take into account whether a higher adjustment effort is made in economic good times, whereas the effort may be more limited in economic bad times.
Amendment 86 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The consolidation of the European Single Market is an essential precondition to ensure the correct functioning and the strengthening of the economic and monetary union. In this sense, it is necessary to eliminate the existing regulatory and physical barriers that make impossible to achieve a single European railway area, specially in the freight transport.
Amendment 87 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the one hand, and the national parliaments, national governments and regional parliaments with legislative competences and fiscal powers on the other, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may organize public debates on macroeconomic and budgetary surveillance undertaken by the Council and the Commission.
Amendment 132 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Symmetrical criteria will not be taken into account on the implementation of fines for commercial surpluses and commercial deficits.
Amendment 197 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The yearly fine to be proposed by the Commission shall be 0.1% of the GDP of the Member State concerned in the preceding year. Implementation of the fine procedure will not be symmetrical for commercial deficits and commercial surpluses.
Amendment 208 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The total yearly amount of fines imposed on a Member State shall not exceed 0,7% of its GDP except in cases of fines imposed for reasons stated in paragraph 4a.
Amendment 75 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Strengthening economic governance should go hand in hand with the reinforcement of the democratic legitimacy of the Union, which should be achieved through a closer and a more timely involvement of the European Parliament, national parliaments and regional parliaments with legislative competences and fiscal powers, throughout the economic policy coordination procedures.
Amendment 132 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The consolidation of the European Single Market is an essential precondition to ensure the correct functioning and the strengthening of the economic and monetary union. In this sense, it is necessary to eliminate the existing regulatory and physical barriers that make impossible to achieve a single European railway area, especially in the freight transport.
Amendment 142 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the preventive part of the Stability and Growth Pact, the incentive for prudent fiscal policy-making should consist of an obligation to lodge an interest-bearing deposit temporarily imposed on a Member State whose currency is the euro that is making insufficient progress with budgetary consolidation. This should be the case when, following an initial warning from the Commission, a Member State persists in conduct which, while not amounting to a violation of the ban on excessive deficits, is imprudent and potentially detrimental to the smooth functioning of economic and monetary union, and the Council therefore issues a recommendation in accordance with Article 121(4) of the Treaty. Debt structure will be taken into account as a relevant factor on this recommendation.
Amendment 71 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 5 a (new)
5a. The consolidation of the European Single Market is an essential precondition to ensure the correct functioning and the strengthening of the economic and monetary union. In this sense, it is necessary to eliminate the existing regulatory and physical barriers that make impossible to achieve a single European railway area, specially in the freight transport.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) cash-based fiscal data at a monthly frequency, covering government with each sub-sector thereof separately identified, before the end of the following month,. Municipalities and local authorities will work on a trimestral basis.
Amendment 113 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The consolidation of the European Single Market is an essential precondition to ensure the correct functioning and the strengthening of the economic and monetary union. In this sense, it is necessary to eliminate the existing regulatory and physical barriers that make impossible to achieve a single European railway area, specially in the freight transport.
Amendment 134 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Directives which consists the First Railway Package have not prevented a considerable variation in the structure and level of railway infrastructure and energy charges and the form and duration of capacity allocation processes.
Amendment 134 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Directives which consists the First Railway Package have not prevented a considerable variation in the structure and level of railway infrastructure and energy charges and the form and duration of capacity allocation processes.
Amendment 135 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In order to ensure effective and non- discriminatory access to rail infrastructure while encouraging investment and efficiency in the cost of service provision, the European Parliament asks the Commission to propose new legislation taking into account the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the infringement procedures, no later than six months after that ruling. These rules should also aim at ensuring that there is no undue cross- subsidization from infrastructure to operation activities.
Amendment 135 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In order to ensure effective and non- discriminatory access to rail infrastructure while encouraging investment and efficiency in the cost of service provision, the European Parliament asks the Commission to propose new legislation taking into account the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the infringement procedures, no later than six months after that ruling. These rules should also aim at ensuring that there is no undue cross- subsidization from infrastructure to operation activities.
Amendment 157 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The strict separation of accounts between infrastructure manager and railway undertaking must be ensured. Public funds allocated to one of the fields of activity shall not be transferred to another field of activity. This prohibition must be clearly displayed in the accounting rules of each field of activity. The Member State and the national regulatory body shall ensure the effective application of this prohibition.
Amendment 157 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The strict separation of accounts between infrastructure manager and railway undertaking must be ensured. Public funds allocated to one of the fields of activity shall not be transferred to another field of activity. This prohibition must be clearly displayed in the accounting rules of each field of activity. The Member State and the national regulatory body shall ensure the effective application of this prohibition.
Amendment 170 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The EU should explore alternative sources of funding European rail projects through innovative financial instruments, such as EU project bonds, to encourage private investment and to improve access to venture capital. By the same token, the railway market must be made attractive to alternative, private investors via clear, transparent legal frameworks.
Amendment 170 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The EU should explore alternative sources of funding European rail projects through innovative financial instruments, such as EU project bonds, to encourage private investment and to improve access to venture capital. By the same token, the railway market must be made attractive to alternative, private investors via clear, transparent legal frameworks.
Amendment 174 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) An efficient freight sector, especially across borders and in particular in the cases where different track gauges still represent a physical barrier to competition, requires urgent action to open up the market.
Amendment 174 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) An efficient freight sector, especially across borders and in particular in the cases where different track gauges still represent a physical barrier to competition, requires urgent action to open up the market.
Amendment 180 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 180 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 182 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to further develop the efficiency of rail passenger markets the European Parliament asks the European Commission , no later than the end of 2012, to propose legislation concerning the liberalisation of domestic passenger markets while guaranteeing the financial equilibrium of public service contracts.
Amendment 182 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to further develop the efficiency of rail passenger markets the European Parliament asks the European Commission , no later than the end of 2012, to propose legislation concerning the liberalisation of domestic passenger markets while guaranteeing the financial equilibrium of public service contracts.
Amendment 183 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 183 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 186 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 186 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 188 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Opening up international passenger services to competition may have implications for the organisation and financing of rail passenger services provided under a public service contract. Member States should have the option of limiting the right of access to the market where this right would compromise the economic equilibrium of these public service contracts and where approval is given by the relevant regulatory body referred to in Article 55 of this Directive on the basis of an objective economic analysis, following a request from the competent authorities that awarded the public service contract. __________________ 12. OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 188 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Opening up international passenger services to competition may have implications for the organisation and financing of rail passenger services provided under a public service contract. Member States should have the option of limiting the right of access to the market where this right would compromise the economic equilibrium of these public service contracts and where approval is given by the relevant regulatory body referred to in Article 55 of this Directive on the basis of an objective economic analysis, following a request from the competent authorities that awarded the public service contract. __________________ 12. OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 194 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The national regulatory body must be fully independent in its organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision-making from any infrastructure manager, charging body, allocation body or applicant. The national regulatory body has to have the necessary administrative capacity in terms of staff and resources to ensure an open and transparent railway market. The required level of staff should be directly linked to the market needs and vary accordingly. It shall be required to take a decision on any complaints, act on its own initiative, investigate in cases of dispute and monitor the development of the market. It should be supported by a regulatory department of the European Commission. Furthermore the national regulatory body shall maintain a database accessible to the European Commission of their draft decisions.
Amendment 194 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The national regulatory body must be fully independent in its organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision-making from any infrastructure manager, charging body, allocation body or applicant. The national regulatory body has to have the necessary administrative capacity in terms of staff and resources to ensure an open and transparent railway market. The required level of staff should be directly linked to the market needs and vary accordingly. It shall be required to take a decision on any complaints, act on its own initiative, investigate in cases of dispute and monitor the development of the market. It should be supported by a regulatory department of the European Commission. Furthermore the national regulatory body shall maintain a database accessible to the European Commission of their draft decisions.
Amendment 202 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The European Parliament asks the European Commission, based on the experience of the network of regulatory bodies, to propose no later than the end of 2012, together with the opening of domestic passenger markets, the creation of a European regulatory body.
Amendment 202 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The European Parliament asks the European Commission, based on the experience of the network of regulatory bodies, to propose no later than the end of 2012, together with the opening of domestic passenger markets, the creation of a European regulatory body.
Amendment 241 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) It is desirable to ensure that account is taken of global external costs when making transport decisions and that rail infrastructure charging can contribute to the internalisation of external costs in a coherent and balanced way across all modes of transport.
Amendment 241 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) It is desirable to ensure that account is taken of global external costs when making transport decisions and that rail infrastructure charging can contribute to the internalisation of external costs in a coherent and balanced way across all modes of transport.
Amendment 280 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) "transit" means crossing territory of the Union without loading or unloadtransporting goods, and/or without picking up passengers or setting them down inpassengers whose origin and destination are outside the territory of the Union;
Amendment 280 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) "transit" means crossing territory of the Union without loading or unloadtransporting goods, and/or without picking up passengers or setting them down inpassengers whose origin and destination are outside the territory of the Union;
Amendment 338 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Staff of an infrastructure manager holding commercially sensitive information related to the allocation and charging functions shall not be permitted to transfer to a railway undertaking during a period of restriction of three years.
Amendment 338 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Staff of an infrastructure manager holding commercially sensitive information related to the allocation and charging functions shall not be permitted to transfer to a railway undertaking during a period of restriction of three years.
Amendment 344 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. HWhenever revenues are not sufficient to cover the financing needs of the infrastructure manager, without prejudice to the charging framework of Articles 31 and 32, having due regard to Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States may alsoshall provide the infrastructure manager with financing consistent with its tasks, the size of the infrastructure and financial requirements, in particular in order to cover new investments.
Amendment 344 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. HWhenever revenues are not sufficient to cover the financing needs of the infrastructure manager, without prejudice to the charging framework of Articles 31 and 32, having due regard to Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States may alsoshall provide the infrastructure manager with financing consistent with its tasks, the size of the infrastructure and financial requirements, in particular in order to cover new investments.
Amendment 359 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Railway undertakings within the scope of this Directive shall be granted the right of access to the infrastructure in all Member States for the purpose of operating an international passenger service. Railway undertakings shall, in the course of an international passenger service, have the right to pick up passengers at any station located on the international route and set them down at another, including stations located in the same Member State.
Amendment 359 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Railway undertakings within the scope of this Directive shall be granted the right of access to the infrastructure in all Member States for the purpose of operating an international passenger service. Railway undertakings shall, in the course of an international passenger service, have the right to pick up passengers at any station located on the international route and set them down at another, including stations located in the same Member State.
Amendment 361 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 361 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 365 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 365 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 368 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 368 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 372 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may limit the right of access provided for in Article 10 on services between a place of departure and a destination which are covered by one or more public service contracts conforming to the Union legislation in force. Such limitation shall not have the effect of restricting the right to pick up passengers at any station located on the route of an international service and to set them down at another, including stations located in the same Member State, except where the exercise of this right would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract.
Amendment 372 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may limit the right of access provided for in Article 10 on services between a place of departure and a destination which are covered by one or more public service contracts conforming to the Union legislation in force. Such limitation shall not have the effect of restricting the right to pick up passengers at any station located on the route of an international service and to set them down at another, including stations located in the same Member State, except where the exercise of this right would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract.
Amendment 381 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting all the relevant parties as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within two monthtwo weeks of receipt of all relevant information.
Amendment 381 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting all the relevant parties as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within two monthtwo weeks of receipt of all relevant information.
Amendment 386 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may also limit the right to pick up and set down passengers at stations within the same Member State on the route of an international passenger service where an exclusive right to convey passengers between those stations has been granted under a concession contract awarded before 4 December 2007 on the basis of a fair competitive tendering procedure and in accordance with the relevant principles of Union law. This limitation may continue for the original duration of the contract, or 15 years, whichever is shorter.
Amendment 386 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may also limit the right to pick up and set down passengers at stations within the same Member State on the route of an international passenger service where an exclusive right to convey passengers between those stations has been granted under a concession contract awarded before 4 December 2007 on the basis of a fair competitive tendering procedure and in accordance with the relevant principles of Union law. This limitation may continue for the original duration of the contract, or 15 years, whichever is shorter.
Amendment 409 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility shall be answered within a fixed time limit set by the national regulatory body and may only be rejected if there are viable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility.
Amendment 409 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility shall be answered within a fixed time limit set by the national regulatory body and may only be rejected if there are viable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility.
Amendment 421 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests, he shall attempt the best possible matching of all requirements. If no viable alternative is available, and it is not possible to accommodate all requests for capacity for the relevant facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint take appropriate action to ensure that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs. However newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for specific new rolling stock may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of five years from the start of their operation. If it is not possible that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs, the regulatory body shall develop alternative solutions together with all stakeholders concerned.
Amendment 421 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests, he shall attempt the best possible matching of all requirements. If no viable alternative is available, and it is not possible to accommodate all requests for capacity for the relevant facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint take appropriate action to ensure that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs. However newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for specific new rolling stock may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of five years from the start of their operation. If it is not possible that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs, the regulatory body shall develop alternative solutions together with all stakeholders concerned.
Amendment 466 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall monitor the use of the networks and the evolution of framework conditions in the rail sector, in particular infrastructure charging, capacity allocation, investments in railway infrastructure, developments as regards prices and the quality of rail transport services, rail transport services covered by public service contracts, licensing, degree of market opening, and the degree of harmonisation between Member States. It shall ensure active cooperation between the appropriate regulatory bodies in the Member States.
Amendment 466 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall monitor the use of the networks and the evolution of framework conditions in the rail sector, in particular infrastructure charging, capacity allocation, investments in railway infrastructure, developments as regards prices and the quality of rail transport services, rail transport services covered by public service contracts, licensing, degree of market opening, and the degree of harmonisation between Member States. It shall ensure active cooperation between the appropriate regulatory bodies in the Member States.
Amendment 469 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the evolution of the internal market in rail services including the degree of market opening;
Amendment 469 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the evolution of the internal market in rail services including the degree of market opening;
Amendment 472 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the Commission's market monitoring, Member States shall supply on an annual basis the information indicated in Annex IV, as well as all other necessary data requested by the Commission. , in particular: a) the degree of market opening and fair competition in each Member State;
Amendment 472 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the Commission's market monitoring, Member States shall supply on an annual basis the information indicated in Annex IV, as well as all other necessary data requested by the Commission., in particular: a) the degree of market opening and fair competition in each Member State;
Amendment 536 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to obtain full recovery of the costs incurred by the infrastructure manager, a Member State may, authorise that the infrastructure manager may, on any given market segment, and if theat market segment can bear this, levy a mark-ups on the basis of efficient, transparent and non- discriminatory principles, while guaranteeing optimal competitiveness in particular of international rail freight. The charging system shall respect the productivity increases achieved by railway undertakingsof the railway sector.
Amendment 536 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to obtain full recovery of the costs incurred by the infrastructure manager, a Member State may, authorise that the infrastructure manager may, on any given market segment, and if theat market segment can bear this, levy a mark-ups on the basis of efficient, transparent and non- discriminatory principles, while guaranteeing optimal competitiveness in particular of international rail freight. The charging system shall respect the productivity increases achieved by railway undertakingsof the railway sector.
Amendment 539 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
These market segments shall be established in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex VIII, point 3in Annex VIII, point 3 after considering the pairs listed there and retaining the relevant ones subject to the prior approval of the regulatory body. For market segments for which there is no traffic, mark-ups shall not be included in the charging system.
Amendment 539 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
These market segments shall be established in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex VIII, point 3in Annex VIII, point 3 after considering the pairs listed there and retaining the relevant ones subject to the prior approval of the regulatory body. For market segments for which there is no traffic, mark-ups shall not be included in the charging system.
Amendment 562 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Working in cooperation as referred to in paragraph 1, infrastructure managers shall assess the need for, and may where necessary propose and organise international train paths to facilitate the operation of freight trains which are subject to an ad hoc request as referred to in Article 48. This cooperation should entail putting in place mechanisms to ensure that responses are given to ad hoc requests from international rail services within five working days.
Amendment 562 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Working in cooperation as referred to in paragraph 1, infrastructure managers shall assess the need for, and may where necessary propose and organise international train paths to facilitate the operation of freight trains which are subject to an ad hoc request as referred to in Article 48. This cooperation should entail putting in place mechanisms to ensure that responses are given to ad hoc requests from international rail services within five working days.
Amendment 575 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In order to guarantee the development of adequate transport services within this framework, in particular to comply with public-service requirements or promote the development of rail freight, particularly international freight, Member States may take any measures necessary, under non- discriminatory conditions, to ensure that such services are given priority when infrastructure capacity is allocated.
Amendment 575 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In order to guarantee the development of adequate transport services within this framework, in particular to comply with public-service requirements or promote the development of rail freight, particularly international freight, Member States may take any measures necessary, under non- discriminatory conditions, to ensure that such services are given priority when infrastructure capacity is allocated.
Amendment 576 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Article 47 – paragraph 5
5. The importance ofPriority criteria shall include freight services and in particular international freight services shall be given adequate consideration in determining priority criteria.
Amendment 576 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Article 47 – paragraph 5
5. The importance ofPriority criteria shall include freight services and in particular international freight services shall be given adequate consideration in determining priority criteria.
Amendment 586 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall establish a single national regulatory body for the railway sector. This body shall be a stand- alone authority which is, in organisational, functional, hierarchical and decision- making terms, legally distinct and independent from any other public authority. It shall also be independent in its organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision-making from any infrastructure manager, charging body, allocation body or applicant. 1 It shall furthermore be functionally independent from any competent authority involved in the award of a public service contract. The national regulatory body shall have the necessary administrative capacity in terms of staff and resources to carry out the tasks assigned to it by Article 56. The required level of staff should be directly linked to the market needs and vary accordingly.
Amendment 586 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall establish a single national regulatory body for the railway sector. This body shall be a stand- alone authority which is, in organisational, functional, hierarchical and decision- making terms, legally distinct and independent from any other public authority. It shall also be independent in its organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision-making from any infrastructure manager, charging body, allocation body or applicant. 1 It shall furthermore be functionally independent from any competent authority involved in the award of a public service contract. The national regulatory body shall have the necessary administrative capacity in terms of staff and resources to carry out the tasks assigned to it by Article 56. The required level of staff should be directly linked to the market needs and vary accordingly.
Amendment 591 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3
Article 55 – paragraph 3
3. The president and governing board of the regulatory body for the railway sector shall be appointed by the competent parliament for a fixed and renewable term under clear rules which guarantee independence. They shall be selected from among persons who have had no professional position or responsibility, interest or business relationship, directly or indirectly, with the regulated undertakings or entities for a period of three years before their appointment, and during their term of office. Afterwards, they shall have no professional position or responsibility, interest or business relationship with any of the regulated undertakings or entities for a period of not less than three years. They shall have full authority over the recruitment and management of the staff of the regulatory body.
Amendment 591 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3
Article 55 – paragraph 3
3. The president and governing board of the regulatory body for the railway sector shall be appointed by the competent parliament for a fixed and renewable term under clear rules which guarantee independence. They shall be selected from among persons who have had no professional position or responsibility, interest or business relationship, directly or indirectly, with the regulated undertakings or entities for a period of three years before their appointment, and during their term of office. Afterwards, they shall have no professional position or responsibility, interest or business relationship with any of the regulated undertakings or entities for a period of not less than three years. They shall have full authority over the recruitment and management of the staff of the regulatory body.
Amendment 601 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The regulatory body shall be required to take a decision on any complaints or act on its own initiative and take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of two weeks. In the event of an appeal against a refusal to grant infrastructure capacity, or against the terms of an offer of capacity, the regulatory body shall either confirm that no modification of the infrastructure manager's decision is required, or it shall require modification of that decision in accordance with directions specified by the regulatory body. Regulatory bodies not respecting their mandate and deadlines will be under scrutiny of the European Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 63(2).
Amendment 601 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The regulatory body shall be required to take a decision on any complaints or act on its own initiative and take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of two weeks. In the event of an appeal against a refusal to grant infrastructure capacity, or against the terms of an offer of capacity, the regulatory body shall either confirm that no modification of the infrastructure manager's decision is required, or it shall require modification of that decision in accordance with directions specified by the regulatory body. Regulatory bodies not respecting their mandate and deadlines will be under scrutiny of the European Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 63(2).
Amendment 617 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In the event of conflicts concerning decisions by the regulatory bodies for cross-border transport services, any of the concerned parties may appeal to the European Commission to obtain a binding decision on the compatibility of the decision in question with the EU law. The European Commission should name a responsible service for such appeals no later than three months after the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal. The responsible service shall take a binding decision on the appeal within 20 working days of receipt of the appeal. This arrangement should be evaluated after two years and might lead to the extension of the responsibilities of the responsible Commission service.
Amendment 617 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In the event of conflicts concerning decisions by the regulatory bodies for cross-border transport services, any of the concerned parties may appeal to the European Commission to obtain a binding decision on the compatibility of the decision in question with the EU law. The European Commission should name a responsible service for such appeals no later than three months after the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal. The responsible service shall take a binding decision on the appeal within 20 working days of receipt of the appeal. This arrangement should be evaluated after two years and might lead to the extension of the responsibilities of the responsible Commission service.
Amendment 619 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The regulatory body shall consult, at least twice a year, the representatives of the users of the rail services (freight and passenger) to take into account their views on the rail market, including the service performance, the infrastructure charges, the amount and the transparency of the rail service prices.
Amendment 619 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The regulatory body shall consult, at least twice a year, the representatives of the users of the rail services (freight and passenger) to take into account their views on the rail market, including the service performance, the infrastructure charges, the amount and the transparency of the rail service prices.
Amendment 625 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
1. The national regulatory bodies shall exchange information about their work and decision-making principles and practice and otherwise cooperate for the purpose of coordinating their decision-making across the Union. For this purpose they shall work together in a networking group that convenes at regular intervals. To this aim the Commission shall support the regulatory bodies in this task. ensure active cooperation between the regulatory bodies. The European Commission shall be given the relevant powers to enforce the pro- active cooperation between the regulatory bodies and take action in case regulatory bodies fail to fulfil their mandate in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 63(2).
Amendment 625 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
1. The national regulatory bodies shall exchange information about their work and decision-making principles and practice and otherwise cooperate for the purpose of coordinating their decision-making across the Union. For this purpose they shall work together in a networking group that convenes at regular intervals. To this aim the Commission shall support the regulatory bodies in this taskensure active cooperation between the regulatory bodies. The European Commission shall be given the relevant powers to enforce the pro- active cooperation between the regulatory bodies and take action in case regulatory bodies fail to fulfil their mandate in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 63(2).
Amendment 639 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new) Based on the experience of the network of regulatory bodies, the European Parliament asks the European Commission, no later than the end of 2012, to come forward with a legislative proposal for the creation of a European regulatory body that shall act in the case that national regulatory bodies aren't answering and dealing with the complaints.
Amendment 639 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new) Based on the experience of the network of regulatory bodies, the European Parliament asks the European Commission, no later than the end of 2012, to come forward with a legislative proposal for the creation of a European regulatory body that shall act in the case that national regulatory bodies aren't answering and dealing with the complaints.
Amendment 644 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At the request of a Member Statenational regulatory body and other competent national authorities or on its own initiative the Commission shall, in a specific case, examine the application and enforcement of the provisions of this Directive, and w. The national regulatory bodies shall maintain a database accessible to the European Commission of their draft decisions. Within two months of receipt of such a request the European Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2) whether the related measure may continue to be applied. The Commission shall communicate its decision to the European Parliament, the Council and to the Member States.
Amendment 644 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At the request of a Member Statenational regulatory body and other competent national authorities or on its own initiative the Commission shall, in a specific case, examine the application and enforcement of the provisions of this Directive, and w. The national regulatory bodies shall maintain a database accessible to the European Commission of their draft decisions. Within two months of receipt of such a request the European Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2) whether the related measure may continue to be applied. The Commission shall communicate its decision to the European Parliament, the Council and to the Member States.
Amendment 646 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles [...] and Annexes [...] by […]12 months from the entry into force of this Directive at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a table showing the correlation between those provisions and this Directive.
Amendment 646 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles [...] and Annexes [...] by […]12 months from the entry into force of this Directive at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a table showing the correlation between those provisions and this Directive.
Amendment 683 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 3 – point 2 – subpoint f
Annex 3 – point 2 – subpoint f
(f) maintenance with the exception of heavy maintenance in facilities exclusively dedicated to specific types of high-speed rolling stock for passenger services and other technical facilities;
Amendment 683 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 3 – point 2 – subpoint f
Annex 3 – point 2 – subpoint f
(f) maintenance with the exception of heavy maintenance in facilities exclusively dedicated to specific types of high-speed rolling stock for passenger services and other technical facilities;
Amendment 695 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 6 – point 2
Annex 6 – point 2
2. A section on charging principles and tariffs. This shall contain appropriate details of the charging scheme as well as sufficient information on charges as well as o. The infrastructure charges shall be indicated per kilometre per market segment. Other relevant information on access applying to the services listed in Annex III which are provided by only one supplier shall also be provided. It shall detail the methodology, rules and, where applicable, scales used for the application of Articles 31(4) and (5) to 36, as regards both costs and charges. It shall contain information on changes in charges already decided upon or foreseen in the next five years.
Amendment 695 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 6 – point 2
Annex 6 – point 2
2. A section on charging principles and tariffs. This shall contain appropriate details of the charging scheme as well as sufficient information on charges as well as o. The infrastructure charges shall be indicated per kilometre per market segment. Other relevant information on access applying to the services listed in Annex III which are provided by only one supplier shall also be provided. It shall detail the methodology, rules and, where applicable, scales used for the application of Articles 31(4) and (5) to 36, as regards both costs and charges. It shall contain information on changes in charges already decided upon or foreseen in the next five years.
Amendment 709 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex 8 – point 3 – introductory part
3. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to pay mark-ups according to Article 32(1), whereby each of the services listed under a single one of the following points shall belong to different market segmenfine homogeneous market segments and corresponding mark-ups in the sense of Article 32(1), on the basis of a market study and after consultation of the applicants. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to pay mark-ups according to Article 32(1). In case the infrastructure manager levies mark-ups, it shall develop a list of market segments to which the regulatory body shall give its prior approval. Mark-ups shall be such that traffic volumes in individual segments develop no worse than traffic volumes on competing markets:.
Amendment 709 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex 8 – point 3 – introductory part
3. The infrastructure manager shall define homogeneous market segments and corresponding mark-ups in the sense of Article 32(1), on the basis of a market study and after consultation of the applicants. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to pay mark-ups according to Article 32(1), whereby each of the ser. In case the infrastructure manager levices listed under a single one of the following points shall belong to different market segments: mark-ups, it shall develop a list of market segments to which the regulatory body shall give its prior approval. Mark-ups shall be such that traffic volumes in individual segments develop no worse than traffic volumes on competing markets.
Amendment 500 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In preparing for determination of the clearing threshold and the criteria for establishing which OTC derivative contracts are objectively measurable as directly linked to commercial or treasury financing activity, ESA (ESMA) will engage in public consultations and give non-financial counterparties the chance to state their views. Stakeholders should be pre notified from ESMA at least 12 months in advance before any review or definition of the thresholds.
Amendment 218 #
2010/0207(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The available financial means shall at least reach the target level. Where the financing capacity falls short of the target level, the payment of contributions shall resume at least until the target level is reached again. WhereThe regular contributions shall not be less than 0.1% of the deposits covered, unless existing funds justify a lower annual contribution that allows the target level for 2025 to be reached. Where, after the target level has been reached on the first occasion, the available financial means amount to less than two thirds of the target level, the regular contribution shall not be less than 0.25% of eligible deposits.
Amendment 23 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned by the economic consequences for the economy of the European Union of a fast loss of value of the US dollar forand the economy of the European Unionrenminbi-yuan, which was artificially devalued by an unlawful intervention of the Chinese government;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the objective of price stability can be achieved effectively only if the root causes of inflation are properly addressed; considers that the definition of price stability should be reviewed facing new increases of energy and food prices, and of financial and real assets;
Amendment 33 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 50 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Shares the Commission’s concern about the significant imbalances concerning unit labour costs, growing unequal distribution of income and wealth, current accounts, and interest rate spreads in the EU and in the euro area;
Amendment 97 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the importance of using effectively the new provisions provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in order to improve economic coordination and governance in the euro area; looks forward to the adoption of concrete proposals by the Commission and the President of the Eurogroup in this respect;
Amendment 98 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Welcomes the first annual report by the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board and agrees inter alia with its conclusion that the legal underpinning of professional independence of national statistical authorities should be pursued in those Member States where this has not yet been done; looks forward to an assessment by the Commission in this respect;
Amendment 99 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned about the reduced ability of Member States to counter future economic downturns and to contribute to the urgently needed investment in the modernisation of the industrial sector and in sustainable development;
Amendment 102 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers it necessary to review the rules of the SGP, which were not designed for the purposes of the expected post- crisis levels of accumulated debt in many Member StatesAgrees that the revised SGP provides the correct tools by which to coordinate "exit strategies" and give enough room for manoeuvre during economic downturns; is of the view, however, that once out of the current recession there is a need to strengthen the preventive arm of the pact, by avoiding pro-cyclical policies during periods of growth above the trend, and by putting increased focus on sustainability of public finances as part of the procedure;
Amendment 124 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – point b
Paragraph 28 – point b
(b) promovting from tax comopetiration between Member States to, compatible with tax coomperatition including a timetable for the introduction of a common consolidated tax base for corporate profits, a mechanism to ensure a minimum coordination of corporate tax rates and a coordinated introduction of environmental taxes, which increases the efficiency of public expenditure and government discipline;
Amendment 130 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 134 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title before paragraph 31
Title before paragraph 31
Tackling resource dependency and creating new ‘green’ jobmore new jobs in modern, environmentally sustainable industries
Amendment 136 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that the increase of energy and resource efficiency as well as a conversion towards sustainable renewable resources is the best way to limit dependency on scarce resources while creating new ‘green’ jobjobs in modern and environmentally sustainable industries;
Amendment 139 #
2009/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Eurogroup to take the necessary measures to facilitate an expeditious entry into the euro area for those Member States that are seeking to join and that fulfil the conditions for entry;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon would gives the ECB the status of an EU institution; believes that this increases the responsibility of Parliament, as the primary institution through which the ECB is accountable to European citizens;.
Amendment 17 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the ECB continued to respond to the financial crisis by assisting Member States in maintaining and extending its liquidity provisions to credit institutions; recommends that the ECB extend such liquidity outside the euro area to assist those Member States which have been worst hit by the financial crisis;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concerndisappointment that manysome commercial banks did not pass on interest rate cuts to their customers, and that this was particularly prevalent when the ECB'’s interest rates reached their lowest levels;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses disappointment that the extra liquidity injected by the ECB did not sufficiently ease the credit crunch faced by industry, particularly small and medium sized businesses, and was instead used by some banks to improve their margins and cover losses;
Amendment 33 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the ECB that the increasing complexity of financial instruments has l, alongside a certain lack of transparency of financial institutions, supervisory failure by regulators and gaps in financial market regulation, has contributed to heightened systemic risk; adds that this has lcontributed to an increasing lack of public confidence in financial institutions;
Amendment 43 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. States that Member States should comaintainue with their current their fiscal stimulus measures to protect jobs, encourage investment and stimulate growth and that they should repeal those measures once there is a sustainable return to growth at which time they should address excessive public deficits;
Amendment 49 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on all Member States in the euro area to take note that, for genuine monetary union to exist, participation in the euro area cannot be regarded as an end in itself, and stresses the need for structural reforms; adds that failure to mundertake such reforms would jeopardise the credibility and sustainability of the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 53 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new) (before subheading "Governance and decision making")
Paragraph 15 a (new) (before subheading "Governance and decision making")
15a. Points out that, during a period marked by a high degree of exchange rate volatility, the euro has increased its strength, particularly against the US dollar and the renminbi-yuan, and expresses concern that this could have a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of the euro area;
Amendment 54 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new) (after subheading 'Governance and decision making')
Paragraph 15 a (new) (after subheading 'Governance and decision making')
15a. Recommends that the ECB enhance the transparency of its work in order to increase its legitimacy and predictability, in particular by publishing the minutes of the meetings of the Governing Council, in accordance with the practices of the US Federal Reserve System, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan; such transparency is also needed as regards the internal models used to value illiquid collateral and as regards the valuations assigned to specific securities offered as collateral;
Amendment 58 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the independence of the ECB, including the procedure for appointing members to its Executive Board; considers, however, that the new legal status that would be conferred on the ECB under the Lisbon Treaty and the existing ECB Statute should be used to increase the accountability of the ECB to Parliament, for example, if the candidates proposed by the Council were then subject to a vote of approval by Parliament;
Amendment 61 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Opines that the crisis has demonstrated that markets are prone to systemic risks; welcomes the proposal to establish a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), which will provide early warnings about future risks and imbalances in financial markets; notes that a qualitative definition of 'systemic risk' must exist to allow the effective functioning of the ESRB; therefore calls on the ECB to establish clear models and definitions and, more generally, to give full support to the effective functioning of the ESRB; adds that any new tasks conferred upon the ECB with regard to the ESRB should not compromise the independence of the ECB in any way;
Amendment 66 #
2009/2090(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Feels that Parliament should work with the ECB and with the other EU institutions in order to strengthencontinue to enhance the role of the euro area on the world financial stage;
Amendment 376 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1998/26/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State referred to in paragraph 2 shall immediately notify the European Systemic Risk Board, other Member States and the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council and shall communicate to the latter all information essential to achieve its tasks.
Amendment 377 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2002/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(1a) In Article 9(2) the following point is added: "(ca) the development of a detailed resolution regime, to be updated regularly and reviewed at least annually, comprising a structured early intervention mechanism, prompt corrective actions and a bankruptcy contingency plan."
Amendment 379 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2002/87/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(2a) In Article 18 the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 1: "1a. Where a competent authority decides that a third-country has equivalent supervision contrary to the opinion of another relevant competent authority, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities may revoke the decision where the decision of the competent authority responsible was based on false assumptions or the standard of supervision in the third country has decreased since the decision was made."
Amendment 380 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 5 b (new)
Article 2 – point 5 b (new)
Directive 2002/87/EC
Article 21 b (new)
Article 21 b (new)
(5b) The following Article is inserted after Article 21a: "Article 21b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on the expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 384 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point -1 c (new)
Article 3 – point -1 c (new)
Directive 2003/6/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 385 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point -1 d (new)
Article 3 – point -1 d (new)
Directive 2003/6/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
(-1d) Article 14(4) is replaced by the following: "4. Member States shall provide that the competent authority disclose to the public every measure or sanction that will be imposed for infringement of the provisions adopted in the implementation of this Directive, unless such disclosure would seriously jeopardise the financial markets or cause disproportionate damage to the parties involved. The competent authorities shall report all measures or sanctions to the European Securities and Market Authority at the same time. The European Securities and Market Authority shall attach that information to the respective data records in the relevant European databases of registered market participants.
Amendment 386 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 1 a (new)
Article 3 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2003/6/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(1a) In Article 16, the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 2: "2a. The European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and the Council may request, on its own initiative, any information required for the purpose referred to in paragraph 1."
Amendment 387 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3 f (new)
Article 3 – point 3 f (new)
Directive 2003/6/EC
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
(3f) The following Article is inserted after Article 17a: "Article 17b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. On the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 395 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 4 – point 2 b (new)
Article 4 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2003/41/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
(2b) Article 21(1) 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States, in close cooperation with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, shall ensure, in an appropriate manner, the uniform application of this Directive through regular exchanges of information and experience with a view to developing best practices in this sphere and closer cooperation, and by so doing, preventing distortions of competition and creating the conditions required for unproblematic cross-border membership and the portability of annuity claims."
Amendment 399 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 5 – point 2 a (new)
Article 5 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2003/71/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 403 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 5 – point 8 i (new)
Article 5 – point 8 i (new)
Directive 2003/71/EC
Article 24 b (new)
Article 24 b (new)
Amendment 406 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – point 1
Article 6 – point 1
Directive 2004/39/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish a register of all investment firms. The register shall be publicly accessible and shall contain information on the services or activities for which the investment firm is authorised. It shall be updated on a regular basis. T which provide services or carry out activities within their sphere of authority. A systematically updated list of those firms shall be transferred to the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council. The European Supervisory Authority shall establish a lregister of all investment firms in the Community. The European Securities and MarketUnion. The register shall be publicly accessible and shall contain information on the services or activities for which the investment firm is Aauthority shall publish that list and shall keep it upsed. It shall be updated on a regular basis. Where a competent Authority has withdrawn an authorisation in accordance with Article 8(b) to (d), the withdrawal shall be published in the register for a period of two date. years.
Amendment 416 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – point 3 g (new)
Article 6 – point 3 g (new)
Directive 2004/39/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
(3g) Article 23(3) first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "Member States that decide to allow investment firms to appoint tied agents shall send a systematically updated list of all tied agents to the European Securities and Market Authority. The European Authority shall establish a public register of all tied agents throughout the Union, which shall kept up to date and published on the internet for consultation free of charge."
Amendment 430 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 6 – point 14 c (new)
Article 6 – point 14 c (new)
Directive 2004/39/EC
Article 64 b (new)
Article 64 b (new)
(14c) The following Article is inserted after Article 64a: "Article 64b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on the expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 431 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 7 – point -1 c (new)
Article 7 – point -1 c (new)
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(-1c) In Article 4(2) the following point is inserted after point (a): "(aa) a country-by-country disclosure of annual accounts;"
Amendment 432 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 7 – point 2 n (new)
Article 7 – point 2 n (new)
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2n) In Article 25 the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 2: "2a. Competent authorities shall provide the European Securities and Markets Authority and other competent authorities with all relevant and necessary information in order to fulfil their duties under this Directive on their own initiative or on request of the European Securities and Markets Authority."
Amendment 433 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 7 – point 3 h (new)
Article 7 – point 3 h (new)
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 27 b (new)
Article 27 b (new)
(3h) The following Article is inserted after Article 27a: "Article 27b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on the expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 436 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 8 – point 2 m (new)
Article 8 – point 2 m (new)
Directive 2005/60/EC
Article 41 b (new)
Article 41 b (new)
(2m) The following Article is inserted after Article 41a: "Article 41b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on the expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 440 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 8
Article 9 – point 8
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 42a – paragraph 1 – fourth subparagraph
Article 42a – paragraph 1 – fourth subparagraph
If, at the end of the two month period, a following receipt of a request under the first subparagraph any of the competent authorityies concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the consolidating supervisormpetent authorities of the host Member State shall await anythe decision that the European Banking Authority may take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that Regulation, and shall act to settle the matter in order to ensure compliance with EU law, and shall take their final decision in conformity with thate Authority's decision. The two month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of that Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of theat two month period or after a joint decision has been reached.
Amendment 452 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 22 c (new)
Article 9 – point 22 c (new)
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 129 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 129 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(22c) In Article 129(1), the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: "Where any competent authority concerned has referred a matter referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation .../...[EBA], that competent authority shall await the decision of the European Banking Authority, and shall take its decision in conformity with the decision of the European Banking Authority."
Amendment 456 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 22 d (new)
Article 9 – point 22 d (new)
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 129 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 129 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
(22d) In Article 129(1), the following subparagraph is added after subparagraph 1 a: "To ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards and guidelines to determine the conditions of the coordination and cooperation process with regard to the application of Articles 22, 123 and 124."
Amendment 460 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 23 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – point 23 – subparagraph 2
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 129 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 129 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
If, at the end of the six month period, any of the competent authorityies concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the consolidating supervisor shall defer its decision and await any decision that the European Banking Authority may take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that regulation to settle the matter in order to ensure compliance with Union law, and shall take its final decision in conformity with the Authority's decision. The Authority's decision according to the precautionary principle shall take into consideration the consolidating supervisor's additional prudential judgement, and shall act in conformity with that decision. The six month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of the Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of the six month period or after a joint decision has been reached.
Amendment 463 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 24 – point b
Article 9 – point 24 – point b
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 129 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 129 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
In the absence of such a joint decision between the competent authorities within four months, a decision on the application of Articles 123 and 124 and Article 136(2) shall be taken on a consolidated basis by the consolidating supervisor after duly considering the risk assessment of subsidiaries performed by relevant competent authorities. If, at the end of the four month period, any of the competent authorityies concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the consolidating supervisor shall defer its decision and await any decision that the European Banking Authority may take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that Regulation, and shall act in conformity with that decision to settle the matter in order to ensure compliance with Union law, and shall take its final decision in conformity with the Authority's decision. The Authority's decision according to the precautionary principle shall take into consideration the consolidating supervisor's additional prudential judgement. The four month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of the Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of the four month period or after a joint decision has been reached.
Amendment 468 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 25 – first subparagraph
Article 9 – point 25 – first subparagraph
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 130 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 130 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where an potential or effective emergency situation, including any potential adverse developments in financial markets or in real economy, arises, which potentially jeopardises the market liquidity and the stability of the financial system in any of the Member State where entities of a group have been authorised or where significant branches referred to in Article 42a are established, the consolidating supervisor shall, subject to Chapter 1, Section 2, alert as soon as is practicable, the European Banking Authority and , the European Systemic Risk Board and other authorities referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 49 and Article 50 , and shall communicate all information essential for the pursuance of their tasks. Those obligations shall apply to all competent authorities under Articles 125 and 126 and to the competent authority identified under Article 129(1).
Amendment 470 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 9 – point 30 j (new)
Article 9 – point 30 j (new)
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 151 b (new)
Article 151 b (new)
(30j) The following article shall be inserted after Article 151a: "Article 151b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on the expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 473 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 10 – point 1 n (new)
Article 10 – point 1 n (new)
Directive 2006/49/EC
Article 42 b (new)
Article 42 b (new)
(1n) The following article is inserted after Article 42a: "Article 42b Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of four months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on the expiry of that period neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall enter into force on the date stated therein. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. 3. In order to expedite the adoption of delegated acts where appropriate, the European Parliament and the Council, pursuant to a procedure of early non- objection and in duly justified cases, may decide to shorten the four-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, following a request of the Commission."
Amendment 484 #
2009/0161(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 11 – point 20 e (new)
Article 11 – point 20 e (new)
Directive 2009/65/EC
Article 112 b (new)
Article 112 b (new)
Amendment 147 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European System of Financial Supervisors should be a network of national and CommunityEuropean Union supervisory authorities, leaving day-to-day supervision of financial market participant at the national level, and according a central role in the supervision ofinstitutions that have no EU dimension at the national level. Colleges of Supervisors shall exert supervision of institutions operating as cross- border groups to colleges of supervisorss that have no EU dimension. The Authority shall gradually take over supervision of institutions with European Union dimension. Greater harmonisation and the coherent application of rules for financial market participantinstitutions and markets across the CommunityUnion should also be achieved. A European Securities and Markets Authority should be established, along with a European Supervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and) and a European Supervisory Authority (Banking) as well as a European BankingSupervisory Authority (the European Supervisory Authorities). Joint Committee). The European Systemic Risk Board shall form part of a European System of Financial Supervision.
Amendment 150 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) There is a need to introduce an effective instrument to establish harmonised technical standards in financial services to ensure, also through a single rulebook, a level playing field and an adequate protection of depositors, investors and consumers across Europe. As a body with highly specialised expertise, it is efficient and appropriate to entrust the Authority, in areas defined by CommunityUnion law, with the elaboration of draft technical standards, which do not involve policy choices. When drafting the technical standards the Authority should take into consideration the different structures and risk profiles of financial institutions. In particular, the Authorities should seek to ensure that unnecessary burden is not placed on financial institutions that are Union-based, member-owned and play an important role with regards to combating social exclusion. The Commission should endorse those draft technical standards in accordance with CommunityUnion law in order to give them binding legal effect. The draft technical standards have to be adopted by the Commission. They would be subject to amendment if, for example, the draft technical standards were incompatible with CommunityUnion Law, would not respect the principle of proportionality or would run counter to the fundamental principles of the internal market for financial services as reflected in the acquis of CommunityUnion financial services legislation. To ensure a smooth and expedited adoption process for those standards, the Commission should be subject to a time limit for its decision on the endorsement.
Amendment 171 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Non-profit organisations in comparison to well funded and well connected industry representatives, are marginalised in the debate on the future of financial services and in the corresponding decision making process. This disadvantage has to be compensated by adequate funding of their representatives in the Securities and Market Stakeholder group.
Amendment 185 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Authority shall also act within the field of the activities covered by the legislation referred to in paragraph 2, including matters relating to shareholder rights, corporate governance, auditing, financial reporting, provided that such actions by the Authority are necessary to ensure the effective and consistent application of the legislation referred to in paragraph 2. The Authority shall also take appropriate action in the context of takeover bids, clearing and settlement issues, securitisation, short selling and derivative issues including standardization.
Amendment 200 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting protect investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination and (vi) preventing regulatory arbitrage and contributing to a level playing field. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the CommunityUnion law referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission.
Amendment 204 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting protect investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the Community lawEU legislation referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission. It shall undertake an economic analysis of markets to promote the achievement of the Authority's objectives.
Amendment 205 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting protect investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination and (vi) preventing regulatory arbitrage and contributing to a level playing field. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the CommunityUnion law referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission and undertaking economic analyses of markets to promote the achievement of the Authority’s objectives.
Amendment 221 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The Authority shall have its seat in Paris. Frankfurt.
Amendment 232 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) establish databases in the area of its competence and, where specified in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2). The collected information has to be accessible to all market participants and should contain key information about registered market participants, products, misbehaviour and transactions if obligation of disclosure is specified in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2);
Amendment 235 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) foster investor protection, in particular by ensuring the enforcement of the harmonized EU regulations on product disclosure and selling processes to all retail investors for all retail investment products and services. EBA and EIOPA shall provide all the necessary support and cooperation to enable ESMA to properly execute this task;
Amendment 241 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) prohibit the trading of certain products or types of transactions to prevent damage to investor protection, the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the Union;
Amendment 245 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) collect directly the necessary information concerning financial institutions;
Amendment 253 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For that purpose, the Authority shall have appropriate powers of investigation and enforcement as specified in the relevant legislation, as well as the possibility of charging fees. The Authority may use the facilities and powers of the competent authorities to execute the exclusive supervisory powers and carry out investigations.
Amendment 256 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Authority shall execute any exclusive supervisory powers over Central Clearing Houses as well as over Credit Rating Agencies pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies1. __________ 1 OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p.1.
Amendment 263 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Authority may develop technical standards into complete and modify elements theat areas specifically set out in not essential to the legislationve acts referred to in Article 1(2). The Authority shtechnicall submit its draft standards to the Commission for endorsementtandards do not represent strategic decisions and their content shall be limited by the legislation on which they are based.
Amendment 270 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 272 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Drafting technical standards the Authority shall take into consideration the full variety of different players on financial markets and the different effects of the standards on all sorts of market participants.
Amendment 273 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
The Authority shall submit its draft standards to the Commission for endorsement and at the same time to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 275 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Within three months of receipt of the draft standards, the Commission shall decide whether to endorse, reject or amend the draft standards. The Commission may extend that period by one month. The Commission may endorse the draft standards only in part or with amendments where the Community interest so requireshall inform the European Parliament and the Council of its decision, stating the reasons.
Amendment 281 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 289 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The standardsCommission shall be adopted by the Commission by means of Regulations or Decisions and published in the Official Journal of the European Un delegated acts in accordance with Articles 7a to 7d, designed to establish the technical standards referred to in paragraph 1. Those acts shall be in the form of regulations or decisions.
Amendment 298 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Authority shall conduct open public consultations on guidelines and recommendations and analyse the potential related costs and benefits. The Authority shall also request an opinion or advice of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group referred to in Article 22.
Amendment 377 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Authority may issue technical standards, guidelines and recommendations adopted under Articles 7 and 8 to harmonise supervisory functioning and best practices adopted by the colleges of supervisors.
Amendment 387 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Authority may assign the tasks and responsibilities of the prudential supervision of financial institutions with EU dimension as referred to in Article 12a to the competent authorities in the Member States.
Amendment 391 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) contribute to developing high quality and uniform supervisory standards, including accounting and reporting standards;
Amendment 402 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) taking all appropriate measures in situations of financial instability and crisis with a view to facilitating the coordination of actions undertaken by relevant national competent supervisory authorities;
Amendment 409 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 410 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Authority shall contribute in the representation of the European Union in all international fora concerning the regulation and supervision of the institutions falling under the legislation referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 411 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Articles 7a to 7d for the purpose of making equivalence assessments referred to in the second paragraph.
Amendment 418 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Authority may also request information to be provided at recurring intervals. Those requests shall use common reporting formats to be fulfilled, where appropriate, at a consolidated level.
Amendment 424 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2 The Authority shall cooperate closely with the ESRB. It shall provide the ESRB with regular and up-to-date information necessary for the achievement of its tasks. Any data necessary for the achievement of its tasks that are not in summary or collective form shall be provided without delay to the ESRB upon a reasoned request, as specified in Article [15] of Regulation (ECU) No …./… [ESRB]. The Authority shall develop an adequate protocol for the disclosure of confidential information regarding individual financial institutions.
Amendment 426 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. For the purpose of consultation with stakeholders in areas relevant to the tasks of the Authority, a Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall be established. The Stakeholder Group shall be consulted on all relevant decisions and actions of the authority. If case of urgency immediate consultation is impossible, the Stakeholder Group has to be informed about the decision as quick as possible.
Amendment 436 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1
2. The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall be composed of 30 members, representing in balanced proportions CommunityUnion financial market participants, their employees as well as consumers, investors and users of financial services.
Amendment 438 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
Not less than 5 of the members shall be independent top-ranking academics.
Amendment 439 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 b (new)
The number of members representing professional market participants including their employees shall not exceed 15. At least 5 of them have to be representatives of the employees.
Amendment 443 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 2
The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall meet at least twice a yearquarterly.
Amendment 445 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 2
Amendment 451 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 - subparagraph 3 a (new)
Adequate financial compensation shall be established for members of the stakeholder group representing non-profit organisations.
Amendment 458 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group mayshall submit opinions and advice to the Authority on any issue related to the tasks of the Authority specified in Articles 7 and 8. Any conflict of interest of members of the Securities and Market Stakeholder Group has to be disclosed whenever the Stakeholder Group issues opinions and advice.
Amendment 467 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Article 22 – paragraph 6
6. The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall adopt its rules of procedure and designate its chairperson from amongst its members.
Amendment 471 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall ensure that no decision adopted under Articles 10 or 11 impinges in any waydirectly in a significant manner on the fiscal responsibilities of Member States.
Amendment 480 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Where a Member State considers that a decision taken under Article 11 impinges on its fiscal responsibilities, it may notify the Authority and the Commission within one monthten working days after notification of the Authority's decision to the competent authority that the decision will not be implemented by the competent authority.
Amendment 485 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In its notification, the Member State shall justify why and clearly demonstrate howprovide an impact assessment on how much the decision impinges on its fiscal responsibilities.
Amendment 496 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Where the Authority maintains its decision, the Council, acting by shall take a decision whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked on the basis of a qualified majority of its members, as defined in Article 20516(4) of the Treaty, shall, within two months, decide whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked on European Union and in Article 3 of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, at a meeting no later than two months after the Authority has informed the Member State as set out in subparagraph 4.
Amendment 512 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Council, acting by qualified majority as defined in Article 20516 of the Treaty on European Union, shall, within ten working days, decide whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked.
Amendment 524 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) two representatives of the Securities and Market Stakeholder Group who shall be non- voting. Not more than one of them has to be a representative of the professional market participants or their employees.
Amendment 575 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. A Joint Committee of tThe European Supervisory Authorities is hereby established(Joint Committee) ("the Joint Committee") is hereby established and shall have its headquarters in Frankfurt.
Amendment 582 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Only those supervisory authorities included in the European System of Financial Supervisors shall be entitled to supervise financial institutions operating in the European Union.
Amendment 627 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall draft its report taking into account the proposals made by the Securities and Market Stakeholder Group, the Board of Supervisors, and the Joint Committee. Those proposals shall be annexed to the report published by the Commission.
Amendment 630 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
The Commission's report shall evaluate inter alia: the degree of convergence in supervisory standard practices reached by national authorities; the functioning of the colleges of supervisors; the supervision mechanism of cross-border institutions, in particular the ones with an EU dimension; the functioning of Article 23 on safeguarding and regulatory and supervisory convergence in the fields of crisis management and resolution in the Union.
Amendment 633 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
That report shall also evaluate progress achieved towards regulatory and supervisory convergence in the fields of crisis management and resolution in the CommunUnion. The report shall also evaluate the efficiency of the whole European Supervisory Authorities System and the budgetary needs of the Authority respecting increasing responsibilities, powers and tasks of the Authority. The evaluation shall be based on extensive consultation, including with the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group.
Amendment 152 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The financial crisis in 2007/2008 exposed important shortcomings in financial supervision, both in particular cases and in relation to the financial system as a whole. Nationally-based supervisory models have lagged behind the integrated and interconnected reality of European financial markets, in which many financial firms operate across borders. The crisis exposed shortcomings in the area of cooperation, coordination, consistent application of CommunityUnion law and trust between national supervisors. (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 153 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European System of Financial Supervisors should be a network of national and Community supervisory authorities, leaving day-to-day supervision of financial institutions that the national level, and according a central role in thedo not have a Union dimension to the national level. Colleges of supervisors should exert supervision ofver cross-border groups to colleges of supervisorsinstitutions that do not have a Union dimension. The European Supervisory Authority should gradually take over supervision of financial institutions with a Union dimension. Greater harmonisation and the coherent application of rules for financial institutions and markets across the CommunityUnion should also be achieved. A European BankingSupervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions) (the Authority) should be established, along with a European Insurance and Occupational PensionsSupervisory Authority (Banking) and a European Securities and Markets Authority (the European Supervisory Authorities)upervisory Authority (Securities and Markets as well as a European Supervisory Authority (Joint Committee). The European Systemic Risk Board should form part of a European System of Financial Supervision.
Amendment 154 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("the Authority")Authority should act with a view to improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular by ensuring a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision taking account of the varying interests of all Member States, to prevent regulatory arbitrage and guarantee a level playing field, to protect policyholders and other beneficiaries, to ensure the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, to safeguard the stability of the financial system, to promote supervisory convergence and to strengthen international supervisory coordination while taking account of the need to enhance competition and innovation within the internal market and to ensure global competitiveness, for the benefit of the economy at large, including financial institutions and other stakeholders, consumers and employees. In order to be able to fulfil its objectives, it is necessary and appropriate that the Authority should be a CommunityUnion body having legal personality and it should have legal, administrative and financial autonomy.
Amendment 155 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In Case C-217/04, United Kingdom v. European Parliament and Council of the European Union, the Court of Justice held that: “nothing in the wording of Article 95 TEC implies that the addressees of the measures adopted by the Community legislature on the basis of that provision can only be the individual Member States. The legislature may deem it necessary to provide for the establishment of a Community body responsible for contributing to the implementation of a process of harmonization in situations where, in order to facilitate the uniform implementation and application of acts based on that provision, the adoption of non-binding supporting and framework measures seems appropriate1”. Measures adopted under Article 95 of the EC Treaty (now, Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) may take the form of directives or regulations. For instance, the European Network and Information Security Agency was established by Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 of 10 March 20042 and also the Authority will be established by a regulation. 1 Judgment of 2 May 2006, at paragraph 44. 2 OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p.1.
Amendment 157 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The process for the development of technical standards in this regulation is without prejudice to the Commission's powers to adopt on its own initiative implementing measures under comitology procedures at level 2 of the Lamfalussy structure as laid out in the relevant Community legislation. The matters concernCommission should endorse those draft technical standards in order to give them binding legal effect. They will be subject to amendment if, for example, they are incompatible with Union law, do not respect the principle of proportionality or run counter to the fundamental principles of the internal market for financial services as reflected byin the technical standards do not involve policy decisions, and their content is framed by the Community acts adopted at Level 1. Development of the draftacquis of European Union financial services legislation. To ensure a smooth and expeditious adoption process for those standards by, the Authority ensures that they fully benefit from the specialised expertise of national supervisory authoritiesCommission should be subject to a time limit for its decision on the endorsement.
Amendment 158 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In areas not covered by technical standards, the Authority should have the power to issue non-binding guidelines and recommendations on the application of CommunityEU legislation. In order to ensure transparency and strengthen compliance by national supervisory authorities with those guidelines and recommendations, national authorities should be obliged to state their reasons where they do not comply with those guidelines and recommendations publicly in order to be fully transparent with market participants. In areas not covered by technical standards, the Authority should establish and promulgate best practices.
Amendment 159 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Where the national authority does not comply with the recommendation, the Commission should be empowered to within a deadline fixed by the Authority, the Authority should address a Decision without delay to the national supervisory authority concerned in order to ensure compliance with CommunityEU law, creating direct legal effects which can be invoked before national courts and authorities and enforced under Article 22658 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union..
Amendment 163 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Serious threats to the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the financial system in the CommunityUnion require a swift and concerted response at CommunityUnion level. The Authority should therefore be able to require national supervisory authorities to take specific actions to remedy an emergency situation. As the determination of an emergency situation involves a significant degree of discretion, this power should be conferred on the CommissThe European Systemic Risk Board should establish the existence of an emergency situation. To ensure an effective response to the emergency situation, in the event of inaction by the competent national supervisory authorities, the Authority should be empowered to adopt, as a last resort, decisions directly addressed to financial institutions in areas of CommunityUnion law directly applicable to them aimed at mitigating the effects of the crisis and restoring confidence in the markets.
Amendment 167 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure efficient and effective supervision and a balanced consideration of the positions of the competent authorities in different Member States, the Authority should be able to settle disagreements between those competent authorities with binding effect, including within colleges of supervisors. A conciliation phase should be provided for, during which the competent authorities may reach an agreement. The Authority's competence should cover disagreements on procedural obligations in the cooperation process as well as on the interpretation and application of CommunityUnion law in supervisory decisions. Existing conciliation mechanisms provided for in sectoral legislation have to be respected. In the event of inaction by the national supervisory authorities concerned, the Authority should be empowered to adopt, as a last resort, decisions directly addressed to financial institutions in areas of CommunityUnion law directly applicable to them. This also applies to disagreements within a college of supervisors.
Amendment 169 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The crisis has exposed major fault lines in existing approaches to supervision of cross-border financial institutions, particularly the biggest and most complex institutions the bankruptcy of which is capable of producing systemic damages. Those fault lines arise from the different areas of activity of the financial institutions on the one hand and from the supervisory bodies on the other. The institutions act in a market without borders while the jurisdiction of the supervisory bodies are limited by national borders.
Amendment 170 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21b) The cooperation mechanism used to solve this asynchrony has clearly been shown to be insufficient. As the Turner Review, published in March 2009, points out, "sounder arrangements require either increased national powers, implying a less open single market, or a greater degree of European integration".
Amendment 171 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 c (new)
Recital 21 c (new)
(21c) The Union solution calls for the reinforcement of the colleges of supervisors in the supervision of cross- border institutions and for the progressive shift of supervisory powers over institutions with a Union dimension to a Union authority. Financial institutions with a Union dimension include those operating cross-border as well as those operating within national territory provided that their bankruptcy could threaten the stability of the Union's single financial market.
Amendment 172 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 d (new)
Recital 21 d (new)
(21d) The national solution implies more host country national powers in regulating and supervising subsidiaries of companies based in other Member States.
Amendment 173 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 e (new)
Recital 21 e (new)
(21e) Colleges of supervisors should have the power to define supervisory rules to foster the coherent application of Union law. The Authority should have full participation rights in colleges of supervisors with a view to streamlining the functioning of the information- exchange process, to foster convergence and consistency across the colleges in the application of Union law. The Authority should act as leader in supervising cross- border financial institutions operating in the Union. The Authority should also have a binding mediation role to solve conflicts between national supervisors.
Amendment 174 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 f (new)
Recital 21 f (new)
(21f) Colleges of supervisors should play an important role in the efficient, effective and consistent supervision of cross-border financial institutions that do not have a Union dimension, but in most cases differences between national standards and practices subsist. There is no point in converging basic financial regulations if the supervisory practices remain fragmented. As the de Larosière Report points out, "competition distortions and regulatory arbitrage stemming from different supervisory practices must be avoided, because they have the potential of undermining financial stability – inter alia by encouraging a shift of financial activity to countries with lax supervision. The supervisory system has to be perceived as fair and balanced".
Amendment 175 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The prudential supervision of institutions with a Union dimension should be entrusted to the European Supervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions). National supervisors should act as agents of the European Supervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions) and should be bound to the Authority's instructions when they supervise cross- border institutions with a Union dimension.
Amendment 176 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) Institutions with a Union dimension should be identified, taking into account international standards.
Amendment 177 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 c (new)
Recital 22 c (new)
(22c) A European Insurance Guarantee Scheme (Scheme) should be established to protect policyholders, beneficiaries and institutions facing difficulties where those could menace the financial stability of the Union's single financial market. The Scheme should be financed through contributions from those institutions, through debt issued by the Scheme or, in exceptional circumstances, through contributions made by the affected Member States in accordance with criteria previously agreed upon (revised Memorandum of Understanding). The contributions to the Scheme should replace those made to the national Insurance Guarantee Schemes.
Amendment 179 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The delegation of tasks and responsibilities can be a useful instrument in the functioning of the network of supervisors in order to reduce the duplication of supervisory tasks, foster cooperation and thereby streamline the supervisory process as well as reduce the burden imposed on financial institutions. The Regulation should therefore provide a clear legal basis for such delegation. Delegation of tasks means that tasks are carried out by another supervisory authority instead of the responsible authority, while the responsibility for supervisory decisions remains with the delegating authority. By delegation of responsibilities one national supervisory authority, the delegatee, shallould be able to decide upon a certain supervisory matter in its name in lieu of the Authority or in lieu of another national supervisory authority. Delegations should be governed by the principle of allocating supervisory competence to a supervisor which is well placed to take action in the subject matter. A reallocation of responsibilities can be appropriate for example for reasons of economies of scale or scope, of coherence in group supervision, and of optimal use of technical expertise among national supervisory authorities. Relevant CommunityEU legislation may further specify the principles for reallocation of responsibilities upon agreement. The Authority should facilitate and monitor delegation agreements between national supervisory authorities by all appropriate means. It should be informed in advance of intended delegation agreements to be able to express an opinion where appropriate. It should centralise the publication of such agreements to ensure timely, transparent and easily accessible information about agreements for all parties concerned. It should identify and promulgate best practices regarding delegation and delegation agreements..
Amendment 180 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Authority should actively promote a coordinated CommunityUnion supervisory response, in particular where adverse developments could potentially jeopardisto ensure the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the financial system in the CommunityUnion. In addition to its powers for action in emergency situations, it should therefore be entrusted with a general coordination function within the European System of Financial Supervisors. The smooth flow of all relevant information between competent authorities should be a particular focus of the Authority's actions.
Amendment 181 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Given the globalisation of financial services and the increased importance of international standards, the Authority should foster the dialogue and cooperation with supervisors outside the Community. It shall fully respect the existing roles and competences of the European Institutions in relrepresent the Union in the dialogue and cooperations with authoritiesupervisors outside the Community and in international forumsUnion.
Amendment 191 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) In comparison to well-funded and well-connected industry representatives, non-profit organisations are marginalised in the debate on the future of financial services and in the corresponding decision-making process. This disadvantage has to be compensated for by adequate funding of their representatives in the Insurance and Occupational Pensions Stakeholder group.
Amendment 195 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a European Supervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) ("the Authority").
Amendment 204 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Amendment 205 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Amendment 207 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Amendment 217 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contribute to a consistent application of CommunityUnion legislation, in particular by contributing to a common supervisory culture, ensuring consistent, efficient and effective application of the legislation referred to in Article 1(2), preventing regulatory arbitrage, mediating and settling disagreements between national supervisory authorities, promotingcompetent authorities, ensuring effective and consistent supervision of financial institutions with a Union dimension and a coherent functioning of colleges of supervisors and taking actions, inter alia, in emergency situations;
Amendment 222 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) prohibit the trading of certain products or types of transactions to prevent damage to investor protection, the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the Union;
Amendment 223 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) establish databases within the area of its competence and where specified in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2). The collected information shall be accessible to all market participants and shall contain key information about registered market participants, products, breaches and transactions if obligation of undisclosure is specified in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2);
Amendment 228 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) prohibit the trading of certain products or types of transaction to prevent damage to investor protection, the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the Union's financial system;
Amendment 232 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For that purpose, the Authority shall have appropriate powers of investigation and enforcement as specified in the relevant legislation, as well as the possibility of charging fees. The Authority may use the facilities and powers of the competent authorities to execute the exclusive supervisory powers and carry out investigations.
Amendment 238 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Authority may develop technical standards in the areas specifically set out into complete, update and modify elements that are not essential to the legislationve acts referred to in Article 1(2). The Authority shall submit its draft standards to the Commission for endorsementtechnical standards shall not represent strategic decisions and their content shall be limited by the legislative acts on which they are based.
Amendment 241 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 246 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Within three months of receipt of the draft standards, the Commission shall decide whether to endorse, reject or amend the draft standards. The Commission may extend that period by one month. The Commission may endorse the draft standards only in part or with amendments where the Community interest so requireshall inform the European Parliament and the Council of its decision, stating the reasons.
Amendment 257 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Exercise of the delegation 1. The powers to adopt delegated acts laying down technical standards referred to in Article 7 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time. 2. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 3. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 7b to 7d. 4. In the report referred to in Article 35, the Authority shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the technical standards that have been approved and of any national authorities that have not complied with them.
Amendment 261 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7b Revocation of the delegation 1. The delegation of power referred to in Article 7 may be revoked by the European Parliament or by the Council. 2. The institution which has commenced an internal procedure for deciding whether to revoke the delegation of power shall endeavour to inform the other institution and the Commission within a reasonable time before the final decision is taken, indicating the delegated powers which could be subject to revocation and the possible reasons for a revocation. 3. The decision of revocation shall state the reasons for the revocation and shall put an end to the delegation of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect immediately or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the technical standards already in force. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 263 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 c (new)
Article 7 c (new)
Amendment 265 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 d (new)
Article 7 d (new)
Article 7d Non-endorsement or amendment of the draft delegated acts 1. In the event that the Commission does not endorse the draft delegated acts or amends them, the Commission shall inform the Authority, the European Parliament and the Council, stating its reasons. 2. The European Parliament or Council may convene the responsible Commissioner, together with the Chairperson of the Authority, within one month for an ad hoc meeting of the competent committee of the European Parliament or Council to present and explain their differences.
Amendment 269 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Authority shall conduct public consultations regarding the guidelines and recommendations and shall analyse the potentially related costs and benefits. The Authority shall also request an opinion or advice from the Insurance and Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group referred to in Article 22.
Amendment 275 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 281 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Where the national supervisory authority has not complied with CommunityUnion law within one month fromten working days of receipt of the Authority's recommendation, the Commission may, after having been informed by the Authority or on its own initiative, in accordance with paragraph 3, the Authority shall take a decision requiring the national supervisorycompetent authority to take the action necessary to comply with CommunityUnion law.
Amendment 284 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The CommissionAuthority shall take such a decision no later than threone months from the adoption of the recommendation. The Commission may extend this period by one month.
Amendment 286 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The CommissionAuthority shall ensure that the right to be heard of the addressees of the decision is respected.
Amendment 288 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
The Authority and the national supervisory authorities shall provide the CommissionAuthority with all necessary information.
Amendment 291 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. The national supervisory authority shall, within ten working days of receipt of the decision referred to in paragraph 4, inform the Commission and the Authority of the steps it has taken or intends to take to implement the CommissionAuthority's decision.
Amendment 293 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. Without prejudice to the powers of the Commission under Article 22658 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, where a national supervisory authority does not comply with the decision referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article within the period of time specified therein, and where it is necessary to remedy in a timely manner the non compliance by the national supervisory authority in order to maintain or restore neutral conditions of competition in the market or ensure the orderly functioning and integrity of the financial system, the Authority may, where the relevant requirements ofshall, pursuant to the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) are directly applicable to financial institutions, adopt an individual decision addressed to a financial institution requiring the necessary action to comply with its obligations under CommunityUnion law including the cessation of any practice.
Amendment 297 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The decision of the Authority shall be in conformity with the decision adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 4.
Amendment 299 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Where the addressee of the decision refuses to comply with Union law or a specific decision taken by the Authority, the Authority may issue proceedings in the national courts, including applications for interim relief.
Amendment 305 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. In its report, the Authority shall set out which national authorities and financial institutions have not complied with the decisions referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6.
Amendment 308 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. In the case of adverse developments which may seriously jeopardise the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the Community, the CommissionUnion, the ESRB, upon its own initiative or following a request by the Authority, the Council, or the ESRB, may adopt a decEuropean Parliament, the Council, or the Commission addressed to the Authority, determin, may issue a warning declaring the existence of an emergency situation for the purposes of this regulationin order to enable the Authority, without further requirements, to adopt the individual decisions referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 314 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. As soon as it issues a warning, the ESRB shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Authority.
Amendment 317 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Where the CommissionESRB has adopted a decision pursuant to paragraph 1, the Authority may adopt individual decisions requiring national supervisory authorities to take the necessary action in accordance with this Regulation and the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) to address any risks that may jeopardise the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system by ensuring that financial market participants and national supervisory authorities satisfy the requirements laid down in that legislation.
Amendment 318 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission has adopted a decisionexistence of an emergency situation is declared pursuant to paragraph 1, the Authority mayshall adopt individual decisions requiringnecessary to ensure that national supervisory authorities to take the necessary action in accordance with the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) to address any risks that may jeopardise the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system by ensuring that financial institutions and national supervisory authorities satisfy the requirements laid down in that legislation.
Amendment 329 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the powers of the Commission under Article 22658 of the Treaty, where a national supervisory on the Functioning of the European Union, where a competent authority does not comply with the decision of the Authority referred to in paragraph 2 within the period laid down therein, the Authority may, whereshall, pursuant to the relevant requirements laid down in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) are directly applicable to financial institutions, adopt an individual decision addressed to a financial institution requiring the necessary action to comply with its obligations under that legislation, including the cessation of any practice.
Amendment 330 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the powers of the Commission under Article 22658 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, where a national supervisory authority does not comply with the decision of the Authority referred to in paragraph 2 within the period laid down therein, the Authority may, whereshall, pursuant to the relevant requirements laid down in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) are directly applicable to financial market participants, adopt an individual decision addressed to a financial market participant requiring the necessary action to comply with its obligations under that legislation, including the cessation of any practice.
Amendment 331 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where the addressee of the decision refuses to comply with Union law or a specific decision taken by the Authority, the Authority may issue proceedings in the national courts, including applications for interim relief.
Amendment 335 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The ESRB shall review the decision referred to in paragraph 1 on its own initiative or following a request by the Authority, the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission.
Amendment 336 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The ESRB shall review the decision referred to in paragraph 1 at regular intervals and in any event at the request of the European Parliament or the Authority.
Amendment 338 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. In its report, the Authority shall set out the individual decisions addressed to national authorities and financial institutions under paragraphs 3 and 4.
Amendment 345 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the powers laid down in Article 9, where a national supervisory authority disagrees on the procedure or content of an action or inaction by another national supervisory authority in areas where the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) requires cooperation, coordination or joint decision making by national supervisory authorities from more than one Member State, the Authority, on its own initiative or at the request of one or more of the national supervisory authorities concerned, mayshall take the lead in assisting the authorities in reaching an agreement in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 347 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the powers laid down in Article 9, where a national supervisory authority disagrees on the procedure or content of an action or inaction by another national supervisory authority in areas where the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) requires cooperation, coordination or joint decision making by national supervisory authorities from more than one Member State, the Authority, on its own initiative or at the request of one or more of the national supervisory authorities concerned, may take the lead in assisting the authorities in reaching an agreement in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 350 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. If, at the end of the conciliation phase, the national supervisory authorities concerned have failed to reach an agreement, the Authority may take a decision requiring them to take specific action or to refrain from action in order to settle the matter, in compliance with Community lawshall, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 29(1), take a decision to settle the disagreement and to require them to settle the matter, in compliance with Union law, with binding effects on the competent authorities concerned.
Amendment 354 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to the powers of the Commission under Article 22658 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, where a national supervisory authority does not comply with the decision of the Authority, and thereby fails to ensure that a financial market participant complies with requirements directly applicable to it by virtue of the legislation referred to in Article 1(2), the Authority mayshall adopt an individual decision addressed to a financial market participant requiring the necessary action to comply with its obligations under CommunityUnion law, including the cessation of any practice.
Amendment 355 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall contribute to promote and monitor the efficient, effective and consistent functioning of the colleges of supervisors referred to in Directive 2006/48/EC and foster the coherence of the application of Community legislationUnion law across colleges.
Amendment 358 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Authority may issue technical standards, guidelines and recommendations adopted under Articles 7 and 8 to harmonise supervisory functioning and best practices adopted by the colleges of supervisors.
Amendment 360 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. A legally binding mediation role should allow the new Authorities to solve disputes between national supervisors following the procedure set up in Article 11. Where no agreement can be reached between the supervisors of a cross-border institution, the Authority should be empowered to take supervisory decisions directly applicable to the institution concerned.
Amendment 364 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Supervision of financial institutions with a Union dimension 1. For the supervision of financial institutions with a Union dimension operating in the Union the Authority shall act as leading competent authority. They shall act through national competent authorities who will act as delegated authority. 2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Articles 7a to 7d, to define the characteristics of financial institutions with a Union dimension. Those acts shall take the form of a decision and shall contain a list of institutions that are considered to be the financial institutions with a Union dimension operating in the Union. 3. The criteria for identifying such financial institutions shall at least include consideration of the following: market share in Member States where the financial institution is active, total assets, market share of total Union assets and EU or non-EU-based ultimate ownership. In the event that such a financial institution spans different sectors, the European Supervisory Authority (Joint Committee) shall decide which part of the Authority shall act as the leading competent authority.
Amendment 365 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12b Supervision of cross-border financial institutions 1. To ensure the co-responsibility of financial institutions with a Union dimension, to protect European depositors' interests and to reduce the cost to tax payers of a systemic financial crisis, a European Financial Protection Fund (Fund) shall be established. The Fund shall play a role in helping the Union financial institutions facing difficulties where those difficulties could menace financial stability of the Union's single financial market. The Fund shall be financed by contributions from those institutions. The contributions may replace those made to national funds of similar nature. 2. Where the accumulated resources from the contributions made by market participants are not sufficient to solve the crisis, the Fund shall have the capacity to increase its resources through debt issuance. Member States may, in exceptional circumstances, facilitate the issuance of debt by the Fund through guarantees, and in exchange for a fee reflecting appropriately the risk assumed. Those guarantees shall be shared by Member States in accordance with the criteria laid down in paragraph 3 3. When, under extreme, exceptional circumstances and in the context of a systemic crisis, one or more institutions fail, and the resources available are insufficient, the affected Member States shall deal with this burden in accordance with the following criteria: the economic impact of the crisis on the affected Member States and the deposits, assets, distribution of those income flows of the affected institutions. 4. The membership in the Fund shall replace the membership in the existing national schemes for the Union financial institutions participating in it. The Fund shall be managed by a Board appointed by the European Supervisory Authority (Securities and Markets) for a period of five years. The members of the Board shall be elected from staff of the national authorities. The Fund shall also create a Consultative Board comprising the financial institutions participating in the Fund.
Amendment 372 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. No bilateral agreements concerning delegation to institutions that are identified as significant cross-border financial institutions pursuant to Article 12a shall be entered into.
Amendment 387 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) taking all appropriate measures in situations of financial instability and crisis with a view to facilitating the coordination of actions undertaken by relevant national competent supervisory authorities.
Amendment 388 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 b (new)
(4b) acting as the central recipient of regulatory reporting for institutions active in more than one Member Sates. Upon receipt of the reports, the Authority will share the information with the competent national authorities.
Amendment 391 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall ensure an adequate coverage of cross-sectoral developments, risks and vulnerabilities by closely cooperating with the European BankingSupervisory Authority (Banking) and the European Securities and Markets Authorityupervisory Authority (Securities and Markets) and the European Supervisory Authority (Joint Committee).
Amendment 394 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Authority shall contribute to the representation of the European Union in all international fora concerning the regulation and supervision of the institutions falling under the legislation referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 395 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
The Authority shall assist in preparing equivalence decisions pertaining to supervisory regimes in third countries in accordance with the legislation referred to in Article 1(2). The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Articles 7a to 7d, for the purpose of making assessments of equivalence referred to in this Article.
Amendment 396 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Articles 7a to 7d for the purpose of making equivalence assessments referred to in the second paragraph.
Amendment 398 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. On the basis of Joint Guidelines, the Authority may conduct the change of assessment procedure under Directive 2007/44/EC. Upon receipt of the notification, the Authority will coordinate with the relevant national authorities.
Amendment 400 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Authority may also request information to be provided at recurring intervals. Those requests shall use common reporting formats to be fulfilled, where appropriate, at a consolidated level.
Amendment 407 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. On a request from a national supervisory authority of a Member State the Authority may provide any such information that is necessary to enable the national authority to carry out its duties, provided the national authority in question has appropriate confidentiality arrangements in place.
Amendment 408 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. In discharging its tasks set out in this regulation, the Authority shall take the utmost account of the warnings and recommendations of the ESRB.
Amendment 413 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pension Funds Stakeholder Group shall be composed of 30 members, representing in balanced proportions CommunityUnion insurance and reinsurance firms as well as occupational pension funds, their employees as well as consumers and users of the insurance, reinsurance and occupational pension services. Not less than 5 of the members shall be independent top-ranking academics. The number of members representing professional market participants including their employees shall not exceed 15. At least 5 of them have to be representatives of the employees.
Amendment 417 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pension Funds Stakeholder Group shall be composed of 30 members, representing in balanced proportions Community insurance and reinsurance firms as well as occupational pension fundUnion credit and investment institutions, their employees as well as consumers and, users of the insurance, reinsurance and occupational pension servicebanking services and representatives of SMEs. Not less than 5 of the members shall be independent top- ranking academics. The number of members representing market participants shall not exceed 10. Not less than 10 members shall be elected by SME organisations.
Amendment 429 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Authority shall ensure adequate secretarial support for the Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pension Funds Stakeholder Group. Adequate financial compensation shall be established for members of the stakeholder group representing non-profit organisations.
Amendment 439 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. The Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pension Funds Stakeholder Group mayshall submit opinions and advice to the Authority on any issue related to the tasks of the Authority specified in Articles 7 and 8. Any conflict of interest of members of the Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pension Funds Stakeholder Group has to be disclosed whenever the Stakeholder Group issues opinions and advice.
Amendment 442 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. The Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pension Funds Stakeholder Group mayshall submit opinions and advice to the Authority on any issue related to the tasks of the Authority specifiedwith particular focus on the tasks set out in Articles 7 and 8.
Amendment 454 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall ensure that no decision adopted under Articles 10 or 11 impinges in any waydirectly in a significant manner on the fiscal responsibilities of Member States.
Amendment 460 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In its notification, the Member State shall justify why and clearly demonstrate howprovide an impact assessment on how much the decision impinges on its fiscal responsibilities.
Amendment 462 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Where the Authority maintains its decision, the Council, acting by qualified majority as defined in Article 205 of the Treaty, shall, wi shall take a decision whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked on the basis of a qualified majority of its member not taking into account the vote of the member of the Council representing the Member State concerned no later thian two months, decide whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revok after the Authority has informed the Member State as set out in the fourth subparagraph. A qualified majority shall be defined as at least 55% of the members of the Council excluding the Member State concerned, comprising at least fourteen of them representing Member States comprising at least 65% of the population of the Union excluding the population of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 472 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Council, acting by qualified majority as defined in Article 205 of the Treatyparagraph 2 subparagraph 5, shall, within ten working days, decide whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked.
Amendment 478 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) two representatives of the Banking Stakeholder Group, one of them representing the SME, who shall be non- voting.
Amendment 481 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. For the purposes of Article 11, the Board of Supervisors shall convoke an independent panel to facilitate thean impartial settlement of the disagreement, consisting of the Chairperson and two of its members, who are not representatives of the national supervisory authorities which are parties to the disagreement and who shall not have any interest in the conflict.
Amendment 484 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Board of Supervisors shall establish an Experts’ Panel comprising a limited number of independent high-level individuals, committed to the objectives of the European Union. The Experts’ Panel shall have the following tasks: (a) to express views on the Authority’s work programme; (b) to assist the Authority in the definition of priorities; (c) to alert the Authority on regulatory inconsistencies in the internal market and suggest areas for further work; and (d) to inform the Authority about major financial market developments. The Authority shall ensure adequate secretarial support for the Experts’ Panel.
Amendment 485 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The members of the Experts’ Panel shall serve for a period of two-and-a-half years, following which a new selection procedure shall take place. The members may serve two successive terms.
Amendment 486 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. The Experts’ Panel shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Amendment 499 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Board of Supervisors shall act on the basis of qualified majority of its members, as defined in Article 20516 of the Treaty on European Union and in Article 3 of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, for acts specified in Articles 7, 8 and all measures and decisions adopted under Chapter VI.
Amendment 508 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 6
Article 32 – paragraph 6
6. The Management Board shall, after consulting the Board of Supervisors, adopt the annuala report on the activities of the Authority (Report) on the basis of the draft report referred to in Article 38(7) and shall transmit that re Report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee by 15 June. The rReport shall be made public.
Amendment 524 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. A Joint Committee of tThe European Supervisory Authorities is hereby established(Joint Committee) ("the Joint Committee") is hereby established and shall have its headquarters in Frankfurt.
Amendment 529 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 a (new)
Article 40 a (new)
Amendment 532 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
Article 44
Amendment 533 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Board of Appeal shall be composed of six members and six alternates, who. It shall bcomprise individuals with relevant knowledge and experience, excluding current staff of the national supervisory authorities or other national or CommunityEU institutions or financial institutions involved in the activities of the Authority, of high repute with a proven record of relevant knowledge and professional expertise, including supervisory experience at a sufficiently high level in the fields of banking, insurance and occupational pensions, securities markets or other financial services, and at least two members with sufficient legal expertise to provide expert legal advice on the Authority's exercise of its powers.
Amendment 539 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
3. Twohe members of the Board of Appeal and twoheir alternates shall be appointed by the Management Board of the AuthorityEuropean Parliament from a short-list proposed by the Commission, following a public call for expression of interest published in the Official Journal of the European Union, and after consultation of the Board of Supervisors. It shall include at least one member representing a consumer organisation, one member representing SMEs and one member representing the research community. The latter as well as his alternate shall be appointed by the Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group.
Amendment 543 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 545 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45
Article 45
Amendment 571 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall draft its report taking into account the proposals made by the Insurance, Reinsurance and Occupational Stakeholder Group, the Board of Supervisors, and the Joint Committee. Those proposals shall be annexed to the report published by the Commission. The Commission may also consider the views of other stakeholder groups.
Amendment 572 #
2009/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Commission's report shall evaluate inter alia: the degree of convergence in supervisory standard practices reached by national authorities; the functioning of the colleges of supervisors; the supervision mechanism of cross-border institutions, in particular the ones with an EU dimension; the functioning of Article 23 on safeguarding and regulator; supervisory convergence in the fields of crisis management and resolution in the Union and whether prudential and conducts of business should be combined or separated. It shall contain proposals on how to further develop the role of the Authority and the ESFS, with a view to creating an integrated European supervisory architecture.
Amendment 177 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European System of Financial Supervisorsion should be a network of national and CommunityEuropean Union supervisory authorities, leaving day-to-day supervision of financial institutions at the national level, and according a central role in the supervision ofthat have not EU dimension to at the national level. Colleges of Supervisors shall exert supervision of institutions operating as cross- border groups to colleges of supervisorss that have not EU dimension. The Authority shall gradually take over supervision of institutions with European Union dimension. Greater harmonisation and the coherent application of rules for financial institutions and markets across the Community should also be achieved. A European Banking Authority should be established, along with a European Supervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) and a European Securities and Markets Authority (the European Supervisory Authorities). upervisory Authority (Securities and Markets) as well as a European Supervisory Authority (Joint Committee). The European Systemic Risk Board shall form part of a European System of Financial Supervision.
Amendment 180 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The European Banking Authority (“the Authority”) should act with a view to improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular by ensuring a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision taking account of the varying interests of all Member States to prevent regulatory arbitrage and guarantee a level playing field, to protect depositors and investors, to ensure the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, to safeguard the stability of the financial system, and to strengthen international supervisory coordination, for the benefit of the economy at large, including financial institutions and other stakeholders, consumers and employewhile taking account of the need to enhance competition and innovation within the internal market and to ensure global competitiveness, including financial institutions and other stakeholders, consumers and employees. Its tasks also include promoting supervisory convergence and providing advice to the EU institutions in the areas of banking, payments, e-money regulation and supervision, and related corporate governance, auditing and financial reporting issues. In order to be able to fulfil its objectives, it is necessary and appropriate that the Authority should be a Community body having legal personality and it should have legal, administrative and financial autonomy.
Amendment 235 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The delegation of tasks and responsibilities can be a useful instrument in the functioning of the network of supervisors in order to reduce the duplication of supervisory tasks, foster cooperation and thereby streamline the supervisory process as well as reduce the burden imposed on financial institutions. The Regulation should therefore provide a clear legal basis for such delegation. Delegation of tasks means that tasks are carried out by another supervisory authority instead of the responsible authority, while the responsibility for supervisory decisions remains with the delegating authority. By delegation of responsibilities one national supervisory authority, the delegatee, shall be able to decide upon a certain supervisory matter in its name in lieu of the Authority or in lieu of another national supervisory authority. Delegations should be governed by the principle of allocating supervisory competence to a supervisor which is well placed to take action in the subject matter. A reallocation of responsibilities can be appropriate for example for reasons of economies of scale or scope, of coherence in group supervision, and of optimal use of technical expertise among national supervisory authorities. Relevant Community legislation may further specify the principles for reallocation of responsibilities upon agreement. The Authority should facilitate delegation agreements between national supervisory authorities by all appropriate means. It should be informed in advance of intended delegation agreements to be able to express an opinion where appropriate. It should centralise the publication of such agreements to ensure timely, transparent and easily accessible information about agreements for all parties concerned.
Amendment 238 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to safeguard financial stability it is necessary to identify, at an early stage, trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities stemming from the micro- prudential level, across borders and across sectors. The Authority should monitor and assess such developments in the area of its competence and, where necessary, inform the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the other European Supervisory Authorities and the European Systemic Risk Board on a regular and, as necessary, ad hoc basis. The Authority should also coordinate Community-wide stress tests to assess the resilience of financial institutions to adverse market developments, ensuring an as consistent as possible methodology is applied at the national level to such tests. In order to inform the discharge of its functions, the Authority should undertake economic analysis of markets and the impact of potential market developments on them.
Amendment 244 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Close cooperation between the Authority and the European Systemic Risk Board is essential to give full effectiveness to the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board and the follow-up to its warnings and recommendations. The Authority and the European Systemic Risk Board should share any relevant information with the European Systemic Risk Board. Data related to individual undertakings should be provided only upon reasoned request. Upon receipt of warnings or recommendations addressed by the European Systemic Risk Board to the Authority or a national supervisory authority, the Authority should ensure follow-up as appropriate.
Amendment 247 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Where appropriate, tThe Authority should consult interested parties on technical standards, guidelines and recommendations and provide them with a reasonable opportunity to comment on proposed measures. Before adopting draft technical standards, guidelines and recommendations the Authority should carry out an impact study. For reasons of efficiency, a Banking Stakeholder Group should be established for that purpose, representing in balanced proportions Community credit and investment institutions (including as appropriate institutional investors and other financial institutions which themselves use financial services), their employees,rade unions, academics and consumers and other retail users of banking services, including SMEs. The Banking Stakeholder Group should actively work as an interface with other user groups in the financial services area established by the Commission or Communityby EU legislation.
Amendment 252 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Non-profit organisations in comparison to well funded and well connected industry representatives, are marginalised in the debate on the future of financial services and in the corresponding decision making process. This disadvantage has to be compensated by adequate funding of their representatives in the Banking Stakeholder group.
Amendment 257 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Without prejudice to the particular responsibilities of the Member States in crisis situations should a Member State choose to invoke the safeguard the European Parliament should be informed at the same time as the Authority, the Council and the Commission. Furthermore the Member State should explain its reasons for invoking the safeguard. The Authority should, in cooperation with the Commission, set out the next steps to be taken.
Amendment 258 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) A full time Chairperson, selected by the Board of Supervisors through an open competitEuropean Parliament following an open competition managed by the Commission and the subsequent drawing up of a short list by the Commission, should represent the Authority. The management of the Authority should be entrusted to an Executive Director, who should have the right to participate in meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the Management Board without the right to vote.
Amendment 263 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) In order to ensure cross-sectoral consistency in the activities of the European Supervisory Authorities, those authorities should coordinate closely in a Joint Committee ofthrough the European Supervisory Authorities (Joint Committee) (“the Joint Committee”) and reach common positions where appropriate. The Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities should assume all of the functions of the Joint Committee on Fshould coordinate the functions of the three European Supervisory Authorities in relation to financial Cconglomerates. Where relevant, acts also falling within the area of competence of the European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority or the European Securities and Markets Authority should be adopted in parallel by the European Supervisory Authorities concerned. ) or the European Supervisory Authority (Securities and Markets) should be adopted in parallel by the European Supervisory Authorities concerned. The Joint Committee will be chaired on a yearly revolving basis by the Chairpersons of the three European Supervisory Authorities. The Chairperson of the Joint Committee should be a Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board. The Joint Committee will have a permanent secretariat, staffed on secondment from the three European Supervisory Authorities, to allow for informal information sharing and the development of a common cultural approach across the three European Supervisory Authorities.
Amendment 284 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting depositors and investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination, whilst taking account of the need to enhance competition and innovation within the internal market and to ensure global competitiveness. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the Community law referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission.
Amendment 287 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting depositors and investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the Community law referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission, and vi) preventing the generation of future credit bubbles from the financial institutions in the EU.
Amendment 290 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting depositors and investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination, and (vi) preventing regulatory arbitrage and contributing to a level playing field. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the Community law referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission.
Amendment 296 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to: (i) improving the functioning of the internal market, including in particular a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, (ii) protecting depositors and investors, (iii) ensuring the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, (iv) safeguarding the stability of the financial system, and (v) strengthening international supervisory coordination. For this purpose, the Authority shall contribute to ensuring the consistent, efficient and effective application of the Community law referred to in Article 1(2) above, fostering supervisory convergence and providing opinions to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission, and undertaking economic analyses of markets to promote the achievement of the Authority’s objectives.
Amendment 300 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Amendment 313 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
The Authority shall have its seat in LondonFrankfurt.
Amendment 314 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
The Authority shall have its seat in London[Frankfurt].
Amendment 341 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) collect directly the necessary information concerning financial institutions;
Amendment 357 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Authority may develop technical standards in the areas specifically set out into complete, update and modify elements that are not essential to the legislationve acts referred to in Article 1(2). The Authority shall submit its draft standards to the Commission for endorsementtechnical standards shall not imply strategic decisions and its content shall be delimited by the legislative acts on which they are based.
Amendment 389 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The standardCommission shall adopt technical standards in accordance with Articles 7a to 7d. Those acts shall be adopted by the Commission by meansin the form of Rregulations or Ddecisions and published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 398 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 d(new)
Article 7 d(new)
Article 7d Non-endorsement or amendment of the draft delegated acts 1. In the event that the Commission does not endorse the draft delegated acts or amends them, the Commission shall inform the Authority, the European Parliament and the Council, stating its reasons. 2. The European Parliament or Council may convene the responsible Commissioner, together with the Chairman of the Authority, within one month for an ad hoc meeting of the competent committee of the European Parliament or Council to present and explain their differences.
Amendment 417 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Upon request from one or more competent authorities, from the Commission, from the European Parliament, the Council or the Banking Stakeholder Group, or on its own initiative and after having informed the competent authority concerned, the Authority may investigate the alleged incorrect application of CommunityUnion law.
Amendment 467 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Where the CommissionESRB has adopted a decision pursuant to paragraph 1, the Authority may adopt individual decisions requiring competent authorities to take the necessary action in accordance with this regulation and the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) to address any risks that may jeopardise the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system by ensuring that financial institutionmarket participants and competent authorities satisfy the requirements laid down in that legislation.
Amendment 479 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Where the addressee of the decision refuses to comply with Union law or a specific decision taken by the Authority, the Authority may issue proceedings in the national courts, including applications for interim relief.
Amendment 484 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The ESRB shall review the decision referred to in paragraph 1 upon its own initiative or following a request by the Authority, the Council, the European Parliament, or the Commission.
Amendment 505 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Amendment 516 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a The Authority shall delegate on the authorities in the Member States the tasks and responsibilities to supervise the prudential supervision of financial institutions with EU dimension as referred to in article 12a.
Amendment 533 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) acting as the central recipient of regulatory reporting for institutions active in more than one Member Sates. Upon receipt of the reporting, the Authority will share the information with the competent national authorities.
Amendment 536 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Authority shall monitor and assess market developments in the area of its competence and, where necessary, inform the European Supervisory Authority (Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), the European Supervisory Authority (Securities and Markets Authority), the ESRB and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission about the relevant micro- prudential trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities.
Amendment 542 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall ensure an adequate coverage of cross-sectoral developments, risks and vulnerabilities by closely cooperating with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Supervisory Authority (Joint Committee).
Amendment 554 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. On the basis of Joint Guidelines, the Authority may conduct the change of control procedure under Directive 2007/44/EC. Upon receipt of the notification, the Authority will coordinate with the relevant national authorities.
Amendment 575 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. On a request from a national supervisory authority of a Member State the Authority may provide any such information that is necessary to enable the national authority to carry out its duties, provided the national authority in question has appropriate confidentiality arrangements in place.
Amendment 581 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. For the purpose of consultation with stakeholders in areas relevant to the tasks of the Authority, a Banking Stakeholder Group shall be established. The Stakeholder Group shall be consulted on all relevant decisions and actions of the authority. If case of urgency immediate consultation is impossible, the Stakeholder Group has to be informed about the decision as quick as possible.
Amendment 599 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Adequate financial compensation shall be established for members of the stakeholder group representing non-profit organisations.
Amendment 607 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. The Banking Stakeholder Group may submit opinions and advice to the Authority on any issue related to the tasks of the Authority with particular focus on the tasks set out in specified in Articles 7 and 8.
Amendment 614 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall ensure that no decision adopted under Articles 10 or 11 impinges in any waydirectly in a significant manner on the fiscal responsibilities of Member States.
Amendment 631 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Where the Authority maintains its decision, the Council, acting by qualified majority as defined in Article 205 of the Treaty, shall, wi shall take a decision whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked on the basis of a qualified majority of its member not taking into account the vote of the member of the Council representing the Member State concerned no later thian two months, decide whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revok after the Authority has informed the Member State as set out in the fourth subparagraph. A qualified majority shall be defined as at least 55% of the members of the Council excluding the Member State concerned, comprising at least fourteen of them representing Member States comprising at least 65% of the population of the Union excluding the population of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 643 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Council, acting by qualified majority as defined in Article 205 of the Treatyparagraph 2 subparagraph 5, shall, within ten working days, decide whether the Authority's decision is maintained or revoked.
Amendment 649 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Before taking the decisions provided for in Article 9(6), Article 10(2) and(3) and Article 11(3) and (4)this Regulation, the Authority shall inform the addressee of its intention to adopt the decision, setting a time limit within which the addressee may express its views on the matter, taking full account of the urgency, complexity and potential consequences of the matter.
Amendment 675 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Board of Supervisors shall act on the basis of qualified majority of its members, as defined in Article 20516 of the Treaty on European Union and in Article 3 of the Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, for acts specified in Articles 7, 8 and all measures and decisions adopted under Chapter VI.
Amendment 706 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In addition to the information referred to in Articles 7a, 8, 9, 10, 11a and 18, the report shall include information on, in particular, the availability, amount and cost of banking credit to households and SMEs, and the volume and changes therein of public debt owned by credit institutions, and information detailing the scope of the interaction between the Authority and the European Systemic Risk Board and a response where relevant to opinions and reviews issued by the Banking Stakeholder Group. It shall also include any relevant information requested by the European Parliament on an ad-hoc basis.
Amendment 719 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter IV – Section 2 – title
Chapter IV – Section 2 – title
Amendment 721 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. A Joint Committee of tThe European Supervisory Authorities is hereby established(Joint Committee) ("the Joint Committee") is hereby established and shall have its headquarters in Frankfurt.
Amendment 722 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. A Joint Committee of tThe European Supervisory Authorities is hereby established(Joint Committee) ("the Joint Committee") is hereby established and shall have its headquarters in Frankfurt.
Amendment 726 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The Joint Committee shall serve as a forum in which the Authority shall cooperate regularly and closely and ensure cross-sectoral consistency and learning with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority, in particular on: – financial conglomerates; – accounting and auditing; – micro-prudential analyses for financial stability; – retail investment products; – anti-money laundering measures; and – information exchange with the European Systemic Risk Board and developing the relationship between the European Systemic Risk Board and the European Supervisory Authorities.
Amendment 730 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall contribute adequate resources to the administrative support of the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities. This includes staff,Joint Committee shall have a permanent secretariat, staffed on secondment from the three European Supervisory Authorities. The Authority shall contribute adequate resources to administrative, infrastructure, and operational expenses.
Amendment 732 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. The Joint Committee shall behave a board composed of the Chairperson and the Chairpersons of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authoritys of the European Supervisory Authorities, and, where applicable, the Chairperson of a Sub-Committee established under Article 43.
Amendment 735 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director, a representative of the Commission and the ESRB shall be invited to the meetings of the Board of the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities as well as the Sub- Committees mentioned in Article 43 as observers.
Amendment 738 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3
Article 41 – paragraph 3
3. The chair of the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities shall be appointed on an annual rotational basis from among the Chairpersons of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority. The Chairperson of the Joint Committee shall be a Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board.
Amendment 740 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities shall adopt and publish its own rules of procedure. The rules may specify further participants of the meetings of the Joint Committee.
Amendment 741 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Board of the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities shall meet at least once every two months.
Amendment 744 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of Article 42, a Sub- Committee on Financial Conglomerates to the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities shall be established.
Amendment 745 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 3
Article 43 – paragraph 3
The Sub-Committee shall elect a Chairperson from amongst its members, who shall also be a member of the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities.
Amendment 748 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Board of Appeal shall be composed of six members and six alternates, who. It shall bcomprise individuals with relevant knowledge and experience, excluding current staff of the competent authorities or other national or CommunityEU institutions or financial institutions involved in the activities of the Authority, of high repute with a proven record of relevant knowledge and professional expertise, including supervisory experience at a sufficiently high level in the fields of banking, insurance and occupational pensions, securities markets or other financial services, and at least two members with sufficient legal expertise to provide expert legal advice on the Authority's exercise of its powers.
Amendment 760 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6
Article 44 – paragraph 6
6. The Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority shall ensure adequate operational and secretarial support for the Board of Appeal through the Joint Committee.
Amendment 797 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission's report shall evaluate inter alia: the degree of convergence in supervisory standard practices reached by national authorities; the functioning of the colleges of supervisors; the supervision mechanism of cross-border institutions, in particular the ones with an EU dimension; the functioning of Article 23 on safeguarding and regulator; supervisory convergence in the fields of crisis management and resolution in the Union and whether prudential and conducts of business should be combined or separated. It shall contain proposals on how to further develop the role of the Authority and the ESFS, with a view to creating an integrated European supervisory architecture
Amendment 18 #
2009/0141(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
8b. The European Central Bank should be entrusted with the task of providing statistical support to the ESRB. The collection and processing of information as set out in this Regulation and as necessary for the performance of the tasks of the ESRB should therefore benefit under Article 5 of the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB and under Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98. Accordingly, confidential statistical information collected by the ECB or the ESCB should be shared with the ESRB.
Amendment 22 #
2009/0141(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 i (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. The Chair shall be invited to a biannual hearing in the European Parliament marking the publication of the biannual report of the ESRB, which takes place in a different context from the Monetary Dialogue between the European Parliament and the President of the European Central Bank.
Amendment 89 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its Communication entitled “European Financial Supervision” of 27 May 2009 , the Commission set out a series of reforms to the current arrangements for safeguarding financial stability at the EU level, notably including the creation of a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) responsible for macro- prudential oversight. The Council on 9 June 2009 and the European Council at its meeting of 18 and 19 June supported the view of the Commission and welcomed the Commission’s intention to bring forward legislative proposals so that the new framework is in place in the course of 2010. In line with the views of the Commission, it concluded inter alia that the ECB “should provide analytical, statistical, administrative and logistical support to the ESRB, also drawing on technical advice from national Ccentral Bbanks and supervisors”. The support provided to the ESRB by the ECB as well as the tasks conferred upon the ESRB should be without prejudice to the principle of the independence of the ECB in the performance of its tasks pursuant to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 91 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The ESRB should, where appropriate, issue and make public warnings and recommendations of a general nature concerning the Community as a whole, individual Member States or groups of Member States, with a specified timeline for the relevant policy response.
Amendment 107 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The ESRB should report to the European Parliament and the Council at least annually, andChair of the ESRB should be invited to a biannual hearing in the European Parliament marking the publication of the biannual report of the ESRB, more frequently in the event of widespread financial distress, and in a different context from the Monetary Dialogue between the European Parliament and the President of the European Central Bank.
Amendment 114 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 120 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The ESRB shall be responsible for the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the Community in order to prevent or mitigate systemic risks within the financial system, particularly the generation of future credit bubbles in the Union, so as to avoid episodes of widespread financial distress, contribute to a smooth functioning of the Iinternal Mmarket and ensure a sustainable contribution of the financial sector to economic growth.
Amendment 125 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) issue warnings where risks are deemed to be significant, and make them public where appropriate;
Amendment 126 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) issue recommendations for remedial action and make them public where appropriate;
Amendment 159 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member of the General Board with a voting right shall have one voteThe General Board shall strive for consensus. Where consensus cannot be achieved each Member of the General Board with a voting right shall have one vote. Any Member of the Board may, at any time, request a vote on a draft warning or a draft recommendation.
Amendment 192 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to provide advice and assistance on substance issues relevant to the work of the ESRB, the Advisory Scientific Committee shall work closely with the experts' working groups of the ESCB.
Amendment 196 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
In performing its tasks, the ESRB shall seek, where appropriate, the adviceviews of relevant private or public sector stakeholders, particularly, but not exclusively, the stakeholder groups of the ESAs.
Amendment 199 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The ESRB may request information fromOn the request of the ESRB, the European Supervisory Authorities shall provide information in summary or collective form, such that individual financial institutions cannot be identified. If the requested data are not available to those Authorities or are not made available in a timely manner, the ESRB may request the data from national supervisory authorities, national central banks or other authorities of Member States shall provide the data pursuant to a request by the ESRB.
Amendment 208 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Staff of the ESRB may attend, together with staff of the ESAs, meetings between supervisors and the systemically important financial groups, in particular the colleges of supervisors, and may ask questions and receive first-hand relevant information.
Amendment 215 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. When significant risks to the achievement of the objective in aArticle 3(1) are identified, the ESRB shall provide warnings and, where appropriate, issue recommendations for remedial action. The warnings and recommendations shall be made public when needed.
Amendment 221 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Action in emergency situations 1. In the event of adverse developments which may seriously jeopardise the orderly functioning and integrity of financial markets or the stability of the whole or part of the financial system in the European Union, the ESRB in accordance with point (b) of Article 3(2) and Article 10 of each of Regulation (EU) No …/… [EBA], No .../... [ESMA], No …/…[EIOPA], may issue warnings, on its own initiative or following a request by an ESA, the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, declaring the existence of an emergency situation. 2. As soon as it issues a warning, the ESRB shall simultaneously notify the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the European Supervisory Authority. 3. The ESRB shall review the warning referred to in paragraph 1 upon its own initiative or following a request by a European Supervisory Authority, the Council, the European Parliament or the Commission.
Amendment 241 #
2009/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The ESRB shall report at least bi- annually to the Council and the European Parliament and to the Councilmarking the publication of the biannual report, more frequently in the event of widespread financial distress, and in a different context from the Monetary Dialogue between the European Parliament and the President of the European Central Bank.
Amendment 404 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g w (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g w (new)
(gw) Internally-managed AIF which have legal personality, do not grant their shareholders any redemption or repurchase rights, invest predominantly in transferable securities, use no or only limited leverage and have their shares traded on a regulated market in the European Union;
Amendment 413 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Specific provisions for self-managed AIF traded on regulated markets Self-managed AIF whose shares are traded on a regulated market in the EU, do not grant their shareholders any redemption or repurchase rights, invest predominantly in transferable securities, and use no or very limited leverage shall be subject to the following specific provisions: 1. Art. 6(1)(c) shall apply only to those shareholders with a qualifying holding that are represented in the AIF’s board or may otherwise exert, or attempt to exert, influence on the AIF’s board or management. 2. Article 12 shall not apply. 3. They will be subject to the accounting standards and valuation rules applicable to companies traded on regulated markets, instead of Article 16 [valuation of AIFM]. 4. Article 17 shall only apply to stocks and other securities traded in organized or regulated markets. Self-Managed AIF will be authorized to use more than one depositary or custodian.
Amendment 591 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the case of internally managed AIF whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, information on changes concerning AIFM shareholders with a qualifying holding will have to be notified to the competent authorities before implementation only when those shareholders are, or request to be, represented at the board of the AIF or otherwise exert, or attempt to exert, control or influence on the board or management of the AIF.
Amendment 764 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
However, in the case of internally managed AIF whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Union, the rules applicable to the valuation of assets, the preparation of accounts and, in general, any other transparency requirements will be those applicable to companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market
Amendment 975 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5a. Internally-managed AIF with legal personality, which do not grant their shareholders any redemption or repurchase rights, invest predominantly in transferable securities, use no or only limited leverage and have their shares traded on a regulated market in the European Union may be exempted from the application of this article by the competent authority of the Member State where they have their registered office, provided the AIF´s ownership of all its assets is subject to appropriate systems of control and is verified by an independent auditor at least annually.
Amendment 41 #
2009/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
4. As the methods for funding or establishing and levying the amounts due for the coverage of security costs differ across the Community, the harmonisation of the basis for charging security costs at Community airports where the costs of security are reflected in the security charges is necessary. At these airports the charge should be related to the cost for providing security, taking into account any public financing of security costsunding of security costs, with a view to avoiding any profit and to providing suitable and cost-effective security services and facilities at the airports concerned.
Amendment 78 #
2009/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) When undertaking an investigation into the justification for the modification of the system or the level of security charges as set out in Article [...], the independent supervisory authority shall have access to the necessary information from the parties concerned and shall be required to consult the parties concerned in order to reach its decision. Without prejudice to Article [...], it shall issue a final decision as soon as possible, and in any case within four months of the matter being brought before it. This period may be extended by two months in exceptional and duly justified cases. The decisions of the independent supervisory authority shall have binding effect, without prejudice to parliamentary or judicial review, as applicable in the Member States.
Amendment 80 #
2009/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) The Commission shall submit a report on the funding of aviation security, examining the evolution of aviation security costs and the methods for funding aviation security, no later than two years after entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 96 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 1 - paragraph 1
Article 1 - paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules for the establishment and organisation of international rail corridors for a European rail network for competitive freight. It sets out rules for the selection, organisation and management, management and the investment planning of freight corridors.
Amendment 103 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
(ca) "One-stop shop" shall mean the entity set up by each infrastructure manager of the freight corridor which offers applicants the opportunity to request in a single place and in a single operation a train path for a journey crossing at least one border along the freight corridor.
Amendment 113 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 3 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Defining the actual routing within the rail freight corridors shall be the responsibility of the infrastructure managers involved in the corridor in their respective area of competence.
Amendment 115 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 3 - paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 3 - paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In countries where the track gauge is not the same as the international track gauge, a third rail must be laid along the already existing tracks, with the aim of ensuring that conventional tracks do not constitute physical barriers to the free movement of freight on the European single market.
Amendment 117 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 1
Article 7 - paragraph 1
1. For each freight corridor, Member States concerned shall establish an executive board responsible for defining the general objectives of the freight corridor, supervising and, whenever relevant, taking the measures as expressly provided for in Articles 8, 10 and 20. The executive board shall be composed of representatives of the authorities of the Member States concerned.
Amendment 122 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 6
Article 7 - paragraph 6
6. The management board shall set up an advisory group made up of managers and owners of the terminals of the freight corridor. This advisory group may issue an opinion on any proposal by the management board which has direct consequences for investment and the management of terminals. The advisory group may also issue own-initiative opinions. The management board shall take any of these, including sea and inland waterway ports, as well as railway undertakings, including rail freight and passenger operators, shippers, forwarders and / or their representative bodies. The advisory group shall be informed regularly and in due time about all matters which affect them, the development of these matters and the timeframe for dealing with them in the management board and the executive board. The advisory group issues an opinion on any proposal by the management board which has direct consequences for its members. It may also issue own-initiative opinions. The management board shall take any of these opinions into account. The final decision, however, shall be taken by the management board. The management board shall provide the advisory group with reasons for any decision which differs from the opinion / proposal of the advisory group. In the event of disagreement between the management board and the advisory group, the latter may refer the matter to the executive board. The executive board shall act as an intermediary and provide its opinions into account. due time.
Amendment 126 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 - paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The management board shall commit the infrastructure managers involved in the freight corridor to using IT applications (e.g. Pathfinder, Europtirails) or alternative solutions available in future such as interfaces to handle requests for international train paths and the operation of international traffic on the corridor.
Amendment 133 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
(1) The management board forshall commit each infrastructure manager involved in a freight corridor shallto designateing or establish a joint body and/or an information system through collaboration between infrastructure managers offering applicants the opportunity to request, in a single place and a single operation, infrastructure capacity for freight trains crossing at least one border along the freight corridor (the "one-stop shop")putting in place a one-stop shop as defined in Article 2 paragraph 2 (ca) to receiving and to replying to requests for train paths for freight trains crossing at least one border along the freight corridor (international train path). The infrastructure managers involved in a freight corridor shall provide the necessary information in order to deal with international train path requests in line with Article 7 paragraph 6a.
Amendment 142 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 12 - paragraph 4
Article 12 - paragraph 4
4. The activities of the one-stop shop shall be carried out under transparent and non-discriminatory conditions. These activities shall be subject to control of the regulatory bodies in accordance with Article 18.
Amendment 145 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 13 - paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1
Article 13 - paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1
5. Infrastructure managers shall, if justified by market need and the evaluation as referred to in paragraph 2, jointly define the reserve capacity for international freight trains running on the freight corridors recognizing the need for capacity of other types of transport, including the passenger transport and keep this reserve available within their final working timetables to allow them to respond quickly and appropriately to ad hoc requests for capacity as referred to in Article 23 of Directive 2001/14/EC. This capacity shall be reserved until the time limit before its scheduled time as decided by the management board. This time limit shall not be longer than 90 days.
Amendment 149 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 13 - paragraph 7
Article 13 - paragraph 7
7. Save in the case of force majeure and in the event of safety critical line closures and construction work required at short notice on the railway infrastructure, a train path allocated to a freight operation under this Article may not be cancelled less than one month before its scheduled time in the working timetable except if the applicant concerned gives its approval for such cancellation. In such a case the infrastructure manager concerned shall make an effort to propose to the applicant a train path of an equivalent quality and reliability which the applicant has the right to accept or refuse. This provision shall be without prejudice to any rights the applicant may have under an agreement as referred to in Article 19(1) of Directive 2001/14/EC.
Amendment 155 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 18 - paragraph 1
Article 18 - paragraph 1
(1) The regulatory bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2001/14/EC shall cooperate in monitoring the competition in the rail freight corridor. In particular, they shall ensure non-discriminatory access to the corridor and shall be the appeal bodies provided under Article 30(2) of that Directive. They shall exchange the necessary information obtained from infrastructure managers and other relevant partiesThey shall exchange the necessary information obtained from infrastructure managers and other relevant parties. They shall cooperate in order to support the establishment of a comparable regulatory level in their Member State in compliance with paragraph 1a of this Article.
Amendment 158 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 18 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The regulatory bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2001/14/EC shall ensure non-discriminatory access to the corridor and shall be the appeal bodies provided under Article 30(2) of Directive 2001/14/EC. In order to foster free and fair competition a comparable regulatory level should be established. Regulatory bodies shall be easily accessible for the market players. They shall be able to take decisions independently and efficiently. They shall have sufficient financial and competent human resources to enable them to investigate all complaints within two months of receipt of all relevant information.
Amendment 10 #
2006/0167(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a The additional measures on transparency and reporting to be applied in the Union are attached as Annex 1a to this Decision.
Amendment 13 #
2006/0167(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1a The use of off-balance-sheet vehicles by export credit agencies shall be made fully transparent in order to comply with the Arrangement.