556 Amendments of Alessandro PANZA
Amendment 10 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, as the 8th Cohesion Report also makes clear, while cohesion policy has improved the condition of the poorest regions, many of the transition regions have failed to make the desired 'leap' forward and find themselves in the 'development trap';
Amendment 17 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cohesion policy has thus far only had one specific instrument to mitigate the adverse effects of green transition – the Just Transition Fund – which has both a limited budget and limited objectives;
Amendment 19 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the combined use of EU budget resources from the multiannual financial framework and from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in addition to their complexity, has created major difficulties for regions and local authorities in terms of policy fragmentation, administrative capacity and the complexity of planning and executing the funds programmed for the 2021-2027 period;
Amendment 27 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European automotive industry, which accounts for 7.5 million jobs, is heavily affected by the green and digital transition, and whereas that the choice, taken at EU level, to favour electric technology in the automotive sector is jeopardising an entire industry, with hundreds of thousands of workers affected across the entire EU;
Amendment 50 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, in addressing the challenges of the twofold green and digital transition, cohesion policy must necessarily combine economic and social sustainability with environmental sustainability;
Amendment 62 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU cohesion policy beyond 2027 should follow a more differentiated and targeted approach, moving from the use of income-related criteria to determine the level of support to other criteria that also take into account regions’ characteristics and future growth potential, such as the youth unemployment rate, the depopulation rate, job dependency on transition sectors and research and development investment or the existing skills gap;
Amendment 84 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of ensuring more flexibility in state aid in rural, mountain, island and outermost areas;
Amendment 106 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in line with the recent statements by Committee of the Regions' Automotive Regions Alliance, to put forward thea necessary proposal to ensure the continuity of the Just Transitiofor the establishment of a European Mmechanism, and that it is endowed with sufficient funds to include support for regions that are dependent on the automotive and parts-supply industry, in particular in the relevant Just Transition Fund mainstreamed within the cohesion policy, so that synergies and spillover effects can be promoted with various European funds and programmes to address the regional transformation processlong similar lines to the Just Transition Fund, for regions that are dependent on the automotive industry and the ancillary sectors, whose priority objective should be to compensate areas where the most jobs are expected to be lost;
Amendment 124 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the significance of providing support to all companies in the sectors undergoing the transition, with special emphasis on SMEs, which may have limited resources to achieve the necessary transformation; stresses the importance of targeted assistance to help SMEs acquire, upgrade and maintain physical assets and infrastructure, and to invest in research and development; further stresses the need to provide adequate support to the ancillary companies that will not be in a position to make the desired conversion; emphasises the need for dedicated funding programmes, capacity-building initiatives and technical assistance specifically tailored to the needs of SMEs in order to ensure their successful integration into the sector’s evolving landscape;
Amendment 134 #
2023/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to ensure an adequate and equitable ecosystem for the penetration of electric mobility and, in this regard, to provide public alternative fuel infrastructure in rural, mountain, island and outermost regions and regions with a low population density that are not adequately covered by private providers so as to meet the needs of the resident population; considers, in this regard, that the price of this publicly provided service should mirror the average price of the service offered by private providers in that same region or Member State;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that Switzerland’s alignment with EU sanctions against Russia is on a case-by-case basis; encourages Switzerland to closely and consistently apply restrictive measures and to prevent their circumvention; encouragesrecommends that Switzerland to step up the seizure and confiscation of Russian assets;
Amendment 141 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises EU-Switzerland cooperation on international migration, including the management of flows and relocation of refugees; notes the large number of cross-border commuters between the EU and Switzerland and underlines the mutual social and economic benefits arising from this;
Amendment 143 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretHopes that Switzerland does not qualifymay decide to join the EU Civil Protection Mechanism; calls on a future partnership with Switzerland within this framework;
Amendment 163 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned about Switzerland’s inconsistent implementation of certain agreements and its subsequent adoption of legislative measures and practices that are incompatible with those agreements, in particular with the Agreement on the free movement of persons;
Amendment 192 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. UrgInvites Switzerland to apply the relevant EU acquis where required, in particular on posted workers and to adapt flanking measures applicable to EU economic operators providing services in its territory; notes Switzerland’s concerns in this regard and points out that former EU candidate countries had similar concerns and that they have not materialised;
Amendment 211 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern that Switzerland did not support the EU’s push to remove fossil fuel protections from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT);
Amendment 218 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that grid stability and the security of supply and transit depend on close cooperation between the EU and Switzerland; notes the interconnection of Swiss, German, Italian and French power grids; remains concerned that excluding Switzerland’s energy industry poses systemic risks for the whole of continental Europe’s synchronous grid;
Amendment 251 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets the Swiss Federal Council’s decision to terminate the negotiations on the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework in May 2021; regrets any narratives that the EU works against Swiss interests; stresses that a second failure in negotiating an agreement on EU-Swiss relations would be damaging for both the EU and Switzerland and risks weakening their political role;
Amendment 272 #
2023/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Expects the progress in exploratory talks between the Commission and the Swiss Federal Council to be stepped up with a view to obtaining the clarifications and assurances required to adopt a mandate for negotiations; calls on both sides to use this window of opportunity for talks on a possible new negotiation package and to reach an agreement beforeas soon as possible, regardless of the endxpiry of the term of the current European Commission and European Parliament;ose involved.
Amendment 17 #
2023/0081(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Member States can provide support from cohesion policy programmes in line with applicable rules under Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 to encourage the take up of net-zero strategic projects in less developed and transition regions through investment packages of infrastructure, productive investment in innovation, manufacturing capacity in SMEs, services, training and upskilling measure, including support to capacity building of the public authorities and promoters, without prejudice to and with respect for the harmony of landscapes, biodiversity and ecosystems, the physical and moral wellbeing of inhabitants and the integrity of heritage, in all regions where "net zero" strategic projects will be implemented. The applicable co-financing rates set in programmes may be up to 85% for less developed regions and up to 60% or 70% for transition regions depending on the fund concerned and the status of the region but Member States may exceed these ceilings at the level of the project concerned, where feasible under State aid rules. The Technical Support Instrument can help Member States and regions in preparing net-zero growth strategies, improve the business environment, reducing red tape and accelerating permitting. Member States should be encouraged to promote the sustainability of net-zero strategic projects by embedding these investments in European value chains, building notably on interregional and cross border cooperation networks. _________________ 57 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159).
Amendment 19 #
2023/0081(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Member States can provide support from cohesion policy programmes in line with applicable rules under Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 to encourage the take up of net-zero strategic projects in less developed and transition regions through investment packages of infrastructure, productive investment in innovation, manufacturing capacity in SMEs, services, training and upskilling measure, including support to capacity building of the public authorities and promoters. The applicable co-financing rates set in programmes may be up to 85% for less developed regions and up to 60% or 70% for transition regions depending on the fund concerned and the status of the region but Member States may exceed these ceilings at the level of the project concerned, where feasible under State aid rules. The Technical Support Instrument can help Member States and regions in preparing net-zero growth strategies, improve the business environment, and reducing red tape and accelerating permitting. Member States should be encouraged to promote the sustainability of net-zero strategic projects by embedding these investments in European value chains, building notably on interregional and cross border cooperation networks.. _________________ 57 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159).
Amendment 69 #
2023/0081(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Net-zero technology manufacturing projects corresponding to a technology listed in the Annex located in ‘less developed and transition regions’ and Just Transition Fund Territories and eligible for funding under cohesion policy rules, shall be recognised by Member States as net- zero strategic projects under Article 11(3) upon request of the project promoter without the project promoter having to submit a formal application under Article 11(2). This recognition should be without prejudice to and with respect for the harmony of landscapes, biodiversity and ecosystems, the physical and moral well- being of inhabitants and the integrity of heritage.
Amendment 4 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Access to raw materials is essential for the Union economy and the functioning of the internal market. There is a set of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials that, due to their high economic importance and their exposure to high supply risk, often caused by a high concentration of supply from a few third countries, are considered critical. Given the key role of many such critical raw materials in realising the green and digital transitions, and in light of their use for defence and space applications, demand will increase exponentially in the coming decades. At the same time, the risk of supply disruptions is increasing against the background of rising geopolitical tensions and resource competition. Furthermore, if not managed properly, increased demand for critical raw materials could lead to negative environmental and social impacts. Considering these trends, it is necessary to take measures to ensure access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, that it also comes through the involvement of regional and local actors and the strengthening of regional supply chains to safeguard the Union's economic resilience and open strategic autonomy.
Amendment 5 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Access to raw materials is essential for the Union economy and the functioning of the internal market. There is a set of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials that, due to their high economic importance and their exposure to high supply risk, often caused by a high concentration of supply from a few third countries, are considered critical. Given the key role of many such critical raw materials in realising the green and digital transitions, and in light of their use for defence and space applications, demand will increase exponentially in the coming decades. At the same time, the risk of supply disruptions is increasing against the background of rising geopolitical tensions and resource competition. Furthermore, if not managed properly, increased demand for critical raw materials could lead to negative environmental, industrial and social impacts. Considering these trends, it is necessary to take measures to ensure access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials to safeguard the Union's economic resilience and open strategic autonomy.
Amendment 33 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to reduce complexity and increase efficiency and transparency in permitting process, project promoters of critical raw materials projects should be able to interact with a single national authority, which is responsible for facilitating and coordinating the entire permit granting process and in the case of Strategic Projects shall issue a comprehensive decision within the applicable time limit. To that end, Member States should designate a single national competent authority that should consult regularly with the relevant regional authorities. Where needed in light of a Member State's internal organisation, the tasks of the national competent authority should be able to be delegated to a different authority, subject to the same conditions. To ensure the effective implementation of its responsibilities, Member States should provide their national competent authority, or any authority acting on its behalf, with sufficient personnel and resources.
Amendment 68 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to support the implementation of tasks pertaining to the development of Strategic Projects and their financing, exploration programmes, monitoring capacities or strategic stocks and to advise the Commission appropriately, a European Critical Raw Materials Board should be established. The Board should be composed of Member States and of the Commission, while being able to ensure participation of other parties as observers. To develop the necessary expertise for the implementation of certain tasks, the Board should establish standing sub-groups on financing, exploration, monitoring and strategic stocks, that should act as a network by gathering the different relevant national authorities, economic actors, and, when necessary, consult industry, academia, civil society and other relevant stakeholders. TWhe Board’s advice and opinions should be non-binding and the absence of such an advice or opinion should not prevent the Commission from performing its tasks under this Regulatn performing its tasks under this Regulation, the Commission should take the utmost account of the Board’s advice and opinions.
Amendment 73 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 a (new)
Recital 64 a (new)
(64a) The need to ensure a sustainable and resilient supply of critical raw materials also depends on strengthening supply chains at the European regional level. In order to enhance the stability of supply chains and reduce dependence on external sources, the involvement of regional actors as well is crucial.
Amendment 74 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 b (new)
Recital 64 b (new)
(64b) The importance of transparency in supply chains is recognised by the introduction of measures to ensure adequate clarity and control over the traceability of critical raw materials. In order to ensure social and environmental responsibility of companies operating in this sector and to provide accurate information, digital solutions and advanced technologies are encouraged to monitor and transparently communicate the origin of raw materials, the adopted standards of sustainability and the social and environmental practices developed by suppliers.
Amendment 75 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 c (new)
Recital 64 c (new)
(64c) In view of promoting a progressive resilience and sustainability to supply critical raw materials, it is highly recommended investing in research and development to foster regional diversification of supply sources. Through a collaboration among companies, universities and research centres, sustainable alternatives will be identified and developed, such as the use of recycled materials or the adoption of new technologies to reduce dependence on global sources of supply.
Amendment 76 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 d (new)
Recital 64 d (new)
(64d) The protection of the environment and the health of citizens should be the priority in the selection of projects; thorough environmental assessments are required, taking into consideration territorial peculiarities and fragilities, not least hydro-geological stability, by involving regional actors of the areas involved with a prominent role.
Amendment 187 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States after consultation with the social partners, including representative organisations of SMEs, in accordance with uniform criteria determined ad European level by means of a delegated regulation in accordance with Article 36, shall identify key market operators along the critical raw materials value chain established in their territory and shall:
Amendment 196 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) increase the collection the quality of the waste processing of waste with high critical raw materials recovery potential and ensure their introduction into the appropriate recycling system, with a view to maximising the availability and quality of recyclable material as an input to critical raw material recycling facilities;, in particular through the adoption of quality standards for the recy cling processes of complex waste streams such as electronic waste.
Amendment 210 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a (new)
Article28a Socially responsible practices The principle of sustainability set out in Article 5 of this Regulation includes the use of socially responsible practices, which implies respect for human and labour rights in the implementation of the strategic project. Companies benefiting from strategic project status and operating in third countries must ensure that these rights are respected. The companies concerned should provide any evidence or information that may be requested from time to time by the Member State from which they originate, or by the board, to ensure compliance with this obligation is fulfilled.
Amendment 211 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 275 #
2023/0079(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) requirements ensuring no damage to habitats, wildlife, flora and ecosystems, including not practicing deep-sea tailing placement, especially for the nickel industry.
Amendment 2 #
2022/2194(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2020 on measures needed to protect cross-border and seasonal workers in the EU, in the context of COVID-19,
Amendment 9 #
2022/2194(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the removal of cross- border obstacles would as well facilitates accessibility between neighbouring countries, e.g. by realising the still missing links between certain border regions. A better interconnection of border regions would make European integration more tangible and offer citizens the possibility of effective and environmentally friendly cross-border mobility;
Amendment 12 #
2022/2194(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas, in addition to the support provided by EU funds, there are numerous instruments to promote cross- border activities and reduce trade barriers: specific contractual agreements, declarations of intent, joint ventures or sectoral policy measures could also be used;
Amendment 56 #
2022/2194(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that the revised ECBM proposal should also include those cross- border areas characterised by a border outside the EU, such as the Austria, France, Germany and Italy border with Switzerland;
Amendment 14 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea with a very slow exchange of its waters, a rich biodiversity and a high proportion of endemic species; whereas there have been changes in water temperatures in recent years, with these increasing significantly in the Mediterranean, which is impacting strongly on fish stocks and on the health of the seas;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the density of waste has more than doubled in thirty years; whereas the improper management and treatment of waste from rivers and urban areas, primarily in third countries, make the Mediterranean the area with the sixth largest accumulation of marine litter in the world;
Amendment 26 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Mediterranean marine mammal numbers have declined by 41 % over the last 50 years and variound 80 % ofs fish stocks are suffering from overfishingbject to management and reconstitution plans; whereas the objective of sustainable fishing is achievable, provided that Member States have the political will;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Mediterranean basin is warming 20 % faster than the global average; whereas global warming will cause severe consequences that must be anticipated; whereas meeting the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5 °C of warming calls for a halving of the EU’s energy demand by 2050 compared to 2015 levels and requires the other countries of the Mediterranean area to contribute through increased cooperationasures must be taken to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change;
Amendment 40 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Union is responsible for half of the Mediterranean basin and cannot remain passive in the face of the multiple political, social, economic and environmental challenges confronting the area, starting with relations with the countries bordering the Mediterranean, which should adopt joint measures to protect ecosystems;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the continuous degradation of the environment in the entire Mediterranean basin, the loss of biodiversity and the increasing air and marine pollution, which has been caused by multiple factors;
Amendment 56 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the European shores of the Mediterranean suffer from degraded environmental standards compared to the shores of Northern Europe (especially in port cities that do not benefit from the protection of emission control areas to reduce airborne emissare naturally interconnected with the shores of non-EU countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and must contribute to its protections);
Amendment 58 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that environmental problems are cross-cutting and complex, such that each entity, region or state acting alone can only provide partial solutions, and that it is necessary to broaden the common approach, including by involving third countries, to embrace the whole Mediterranean area;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Draws attention to the water temperature increases in the Mediterranean Sea and to the need to take steps to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that overIUU fishing is still a threat to the survival of many species; is convinced that the development of a blue economy can support sustainable and inclusive development and quality jobs;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Draws attention to the impacts caused by tourism due to its seasonality and its uncontrolled development (such as cruises, new polluting leisure activities)when this is not managed sustainably and there is uncontrolled development;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the WestMed sea basin strategy in the Western Mediterranean and Interreg programmes such as MARITTIMO, as good examples of direct and diversified cooperation, including at regional level, with shared objectives;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its concern as regards the significant delay in the implementation of cohesion policy for the 2021-2027 period, as well as its call for the Commission and the Member States to speed up the adoption of the partnership agreements and programmes, without undermining their quality and while respecting the EU’s political priorities and the applicable principlepriorities and concerns of EU citizens; reiterates the need for special consideration to be given to less-developed regions and islands in this context, and also to those that find themselves in the 'middle-income trap' in view of the challenging economic situation and the inflation they face;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the necessity of providing the regions with appropriate financial means in order to deal with the waves of migration caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its multifaceted consequences; emphasises the need to address the grave difficulties that the current rise in energy costs is causing for the regions, and to identify suitable financial instruments to deal with them at a regional level and to support all energy diversification efforts, as well as investments encouraging Member States' energy independence;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a significant increase in the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) budget, which would help regions to anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change, and for the scope of the EUSF to be broadened, so that it can also support more climate-resilient restoration or construction of public and private infrastructure;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The approach to synergies in the EU budget should be more centred around the real complementarity of policies. At regional level, special consideration should be paid to new policy areas, such as strategic interdependence and European industrial alliances, in which cohesion policy could prove particularly relevant. The 'do no harm to cohesion' principle should be developed further and factored into policy-making;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for better accessibility and connectivity between urban, peri-urban, rural and mountain areas, and also calls for unhindered access for all to smart, sustainable and affordable transport, with a view to protecting the cohesion and coherence of EU transport policies;
Amendment 21 #
2022/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses too that aggregation in cities could mean poor mobility and transport services in towns and villages, particularly in peri-urban, rural and mountain areas, which are often poorly connected and therefore at an even greater risk of population decline;
Amendment 48 #
2022/2023(INI)
6a. Points out that mobility is key and indispensable for social inclusion, enabling people to enter into and stay in contact with each other, making them an integral part of the communities to which they belong;
Amendment 229 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council underlined in its Conclusions of December 202038, that the revision of Directive 94/62/EC should update and establish more concrete, effective and easy to implement provisions to facilitate sustainable packaging in the internal market and minimise the complexity of packaging in order to foster economically feasible solutions, to improve the reusability and recyclability as well as minimise substances of concern in packaging materials, especially concerning food packaging materials, and to provide for labelling packaging in an easily understandable way to inform consumers about its recyclability and where its waste should be discarded to facilitate sorting and recycling. At the same time it noted that hygiene and food safety standards have to be respected. _________________ 38 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-13852-2020-INIT/en/pdf
Amendment 232 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Parliament’s Resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan39reiterated the objective of making all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and called on the Commission to present a legislative proposal including waste reduction measures and targets and ambitious essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to reduce excessive packaging, including in e-commerce, improve recyclability and minimise the complexity of packaging, increase recycled content, phase out hazardous and harmful substances, and promote re-use. In addition, it stressed that food safety or hygiene standards must not be compromised. _________________ 39 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0040_EN.html
Amendment 240 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) An item, which is an integral part of a product and is necessary to contain, support or preserve that product throughout its lifetime and where all elements are intended to be used, consumed or disposed of together, should not be considered as being packaging given that its functionality is intrinsically linked to it being part of the product. However, in light of the disposal behaviour of consumers regarding tea and coffee bags as well as coffee or tea system single-serve units, which in practice are disposed of together with the product residue leading to the contamination of compostable and recycling streams, those specific items should be treated as packaging. This is in line with the objective to increase the separate collection of bio-waste, as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41. Furthermore, to ensure coherence regarding end-of-life financial and operational obligations, also all coffee or tea system single-serve units necessary to contain coffee or tea should be treated as packaging. _________________ 41 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 247 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(21) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and with the requirement set in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the same Directive, which foresees that specific waste streams may depart from the hierarchy where this is in line with life- cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packagingand recycling of packaging while delivering the best environmental outcome. In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposal.
Amendment 290 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Designing packaging with the objective of its recycling, once it becomes packaging waste, is one the most efficient measures to improve the packaging circularity and raise packaging recycling rates and the use of recycled content in packaging, while ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance. Packaging design for recycling criteria have been established for a number of packaging formats under voluntary industry schemes or by some Member States for the purpose of the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees. In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and provide industry with a level playing field, and with the objective to promote the sustainability of packaging ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, it is important to set mandatory requirements regarding the recyclability of packaging, by harmonising the criteria and the methodology for assessing packaging recyclability based on a design for recycling methodology at the Union level. In order to meet the objective set out in the CEAP that, by 2030, all packaging should be recyclable or reusable, in an economically viable manner, packaging recyclability performance grades should be established based on design for recycling criteria for packaging categories as listed in Annex II. However, packaging should comply with them only as of 1 January 2030 in order to give sufficient time to the economic operators to adapt.
Amendment 299 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) As design for recycling assessment in itself does not ensure that packaging is recycled in practice, it is necessary to establish a uniform methodology and criteria for assessing the recyclability of packaging in practice based on the state-of- the-art separate collection, sorting and recycling processes and infrastructure actually available in the Union. Related reporting from Member States and, where relevant, economic operators should support establishing the recyclability “at scale” thresholds and update, on this basis, the recyclability performance grades with respect to the specific packaging materials and categories. , preserving the added value conveyed to the final consumer with the packaging.
Amendment 306 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability while ensuring packaging performs all its functions and ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 2035. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling.
Amendment 313 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to stimulate innovation in packaging, it is appropriate to allow that packaging, which presents innovative features resulting in significant improvement in the core function of packaging and has demonstrable environmental benefits, is given limited additional time of five years to comply withexempt from the recyclability requirements. The innovative features should be explained in the technical documentation accompanying the packaging.
Amendment 316 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect human and animal health and safety, due to the nature of the packaged products and the related requirements, it is appropriate that the recyclability requirements should not apply to immediate packaging as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council50and in Article 4(25) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council51, which are in direct contact with the medicinal product, as well as contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council52andof in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council53.These exemptions should apply until 1 January 2035and contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. _________________ 50 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 51 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43). 52 Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1). 53 Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).
Amendment 332 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure a high level of human and animal health protection in accordance with requirements in Union legislation and to avoid any risk to the security of supply and to the safety of medicines and medical devices safety, it is appropriate to provide for the exclusion from the obligation of a minimum recycled content in plastic packaging for immediate packaging as defined in Article 1, point 23, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 25, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, as well as for contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and for contact sensitive packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and of contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. This exclusion should also apply to outer packaging of human and veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 1, point 24, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 26, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 in cases where it has to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product.
Amendment 336 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste calculated as an average of the plastic packaging placed by a producer on the Union market. This provision should not apply to food or feed contact plastic packaging in those cases when the recycled content risks affecting human and animal health and/or compromising the organoleptic characteristics of products.
Amendment 368 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The bio-waste waste stream is oftencould be contaminated with conventional plastics and the material recycling streams are oftencould be contaminated with compostable plastics. This cross-contamination could leads to waste of traditional and compostable resources, lower quality secondary raw materials and should be prevented at source. As the proper disposal route for compostable plastic packaging is becoming increasingly confusing for consumers, it is justified andTherefore, it is necessary to lay down clear and common rules on the use of compostableand disposal of plastic packaging, mandating it only when its use brings a clear benefit for the environment or for human health. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or dispose of bio-wastelabeled as compostable, including the possibility to mandating applications. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or recycle of bio-waste. All plastic packaging labeled as compostable shouldn’t go into material recycling.
Amendment 373 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) For limited packaging applications made of biodegradable plastic polymers, there is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packagingThere is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packaging for specific packaging applications (e.g., those strictly linked to food and food waste), which enters composting plants, including anaerobic digestion facilities under controlled conditions. Furthermore, where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructures are available in a Member State as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98, there should be a limited flexibility in deciding whether to mandate the use of compostable plastics for lightweight plastic carrier bags on its territory. In order to avoid consumer confusion about the correct disposal and considering the environmental benefit of circularity of the carbon, all other plastic packaging not labeled as compostable should go into material recycling and the design of such packaging should ensure that it does not affect the recyclability of other waste streams.
Amendment 377 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 381 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on compostable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for compostable packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council56for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and take into account, in line with the latest scientific and technological developments, the parameters, including compostquality of the output, proper processingtimes and admissible levels of contamination, which reflect the actual conditions in bio- waste treatment facilities, including anaerobic digestion processes. _________________ 56 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).
Amendment 385 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 388 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Packaging should be designed, where relevant for a given shape, so as to minimise its volume and weight while maintaining its ability to perform the packaging functions, including those referred to in Article 3 (1). The manufacturer of packaging should assess the packaging against the performance criteria, as listed in Annex IV of this Regulation. In view of the objective of this Regulation to reduce packaging and packaging waste generation and to improve circularity of packaging across the internal market, it is appropriate to further specify the existing criteria and to make them more stringent. The list of the packaging performance criteria, as listed in the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200057, should therefore be modified. While marketing and consumer acceptance remain relevant for packaging designpresentation,design and differentiation functionality, they should not be part ofthe mainperformance criteria justifying on their own additional packaging weight and volume. However, this should not compromise product or packagingspecifications for craft and industrial products and food , beveragesand agricultural products that are registered aundprotected under theEU geographical indication protection schemeer or otherwiseprotected by Union intellectual property law orEU geographical indication protection schemes, including third country geographical indication/products that have been given distinctive recognition by the Union, as part of the Union’s objective to protect intellectual property,cultural heritage and traditional know- how.Traditional packaging associated with products that have been given distinctive recognition or are subject to geographical indications of origin protection shall nevertheless look to reduce packaging weight to the lowest weight possible whilst protecting the shape of the packaging in line with the overall ambitions of this proposal. On the other hand, recyclability, the use of recycled content, and re-use may justify additional packaging weight or volume, and should be added to the performance criteria. Packaging with double walls, false bottoms and other characteristics only aimed to increase the perceived product volume should not be placed on the market, as it does not meet the requirement for packaging minimisation. The same rule should apply to superfluous packaging not necessary for ensuring packaging functionality. _________________ 57 Packaging – Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition – Prevention by source reduction.
Amendment 409 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) It is necessary to inform consumers and to enable them to appropriately dispose of packaging waste, including compostable lightweight and very lightweight plastic carrier bags. The most appropriate manner to do this is to establish a harmonised labelling system based on the material composition of packaging for sorting of waste, and to pair it with corresponding labels on waste receptacles. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro- enterprises and SMEs.
Amendment 416 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) In order to inform end-users about reusability, availability of systems for re- use and location of collection points as regards reusable packaging, such packaging should bear a QR code or other data carrier that provides such information. The QR code should also facilitate tracking and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging should be clearly identified at the point of sale. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro-enterprises and SMEs.
Amendment 436 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 460 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In order to reduce the increasing proportion of packaging that is single use and the growing amounts of packaging waste generated, it is necessary to establish quantitative re-use and refill targets on packaging in sectors, which have been assessed as having the greatest potential for packaging waste reduction, namely food and beverages for take-away, large- white goods and some transport packaging. This was appraised based on factors such as existing systems for re-use, necessity of using packaging and the possibility of fulfilling the functional requirements in terms of containment, tidiness, health, hygiene and safety. Differences of the products and their production and distribution systems, were also taken into account. The setting of the targets is expected to support the innovation and increase the proportion of re-use and refill solutions. The use ofIn accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, restriction shall not apply for single -use packaging for food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises in the HORECA sector should not be alloweddelivering a better overall environmental outcome justified by life cycle thinking, as well as a better overall economic and health impact.
Amendment 465 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) To increase their effectiveness and ensure the equal treatment of economic operators, the re-use and refill targets should be placed on the economic operators. In cases of targets for beverages, they should be additionally placed also on the manufacturers, as these actors are able to control the packaging formats used for the products they offer and decide based on thorough consideration of logistics, environmental, technical, industrial and consumer criteria. The targets should be calculated as a percentage of sales in reusable packaging within a system for re- use or through refill or, in case of transport packaging, as a percentage of uses. The targets should be material neutral. A detailed assessment should be carried out to ensure that reuse targets can be implemented in a safe, economically viable and environmentally sustainable way that would bring tangible benefits compared to recyclable alternatives. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of targets for re-use and refill, the power to adopt an implementing act in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty on the methodology for their calculation, should be delegated to the Commission.
Amendment 484 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the recourse to common technical specifications, the power to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to lay down, amend or repeal common technical specifications for the requirements on sustainability, labelling and systems for re- use, and to adopt test, measurement or calculation methods. That should be limited to those cases where technical standardization is unable to provide a concrete response to the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 495 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
Recital 91
(91) To achieve an ambitious and sustained reduction in the overall packaging waste generation, targets should be laid down for the reduction of packaging waste per capita to be achieved by 2030. Meeting a target of 5 % reduction in 2030 compared to 2018 should entail an overall absolute reduction of approximately 19 % on average acmaterial (plastics, wood, ferrosus the Union in 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. Member States should reduce packaging waste generation by 10 %, compared to 2018, by 2035; this is estimated to reduce packaging waste by 29 % compared to the 2030 baseline. In order to ensure that the reduction efforts continue beyond 2030, a reduction target of 10 % from 2018, which would mean a reduction of 29 % compared to baseline, should be set for 2035 and, for 2040, a reduction target of 15 % from 2018, which means a reduction of 37 % compared to baseline should be establishedmetals, aluminium, glass and paper and cardboard) per capita to be achieved by 2040.
Amendment 503 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
Recital 91 a (new)
(91a) Waste prevention through reduction at source by material should be a key guiding principle, as per the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200030, whereby the substitution of one packaging material by another is not a basis for source reduction.
Amendment 516 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 98
Recital 98
(98) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council66lays down rules on the traceability of traders, which more specifically contain obligations for providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers offering packaging to consumers located in the Union. In order to prevent free-riding from the extended producer responsibility obligations, it should be specified how such providers of online platforms should fulfil those obligations with regard to the registers of packaging producers established pursuant to this Regulation. In that context, providers of online platforms, falling within the scope of Section 4 of Chapter 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers should obtain from those producers information about their compliance with the extended producer responsibility rules set out in this Regulation. The rules on traceability of traders selling packaging online are subject to the enforcement rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. As it can be difficult to supervise the concrete application of the obligations of the Regulation in the case of distance selling, particular attention should be paid to tools and control methods that ensure the proper implementation of the provisions. _________________ 66 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1).
Amendment 529 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatory for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, and should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 570 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 141 a (new)
Recital 141 a (new)
(141a) For the sake of clarity for food business operators, the nomenclature codes referred to food categories mentioned in Article 26 and Article 44 are taken from the Combined Nomenclature as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/871 and as set out in Annex I thereto, which are valid at the time of publication of this Regulation and mutatis mutandis as amended by subsequent legislation.
Amendment 583 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to all packaging, with the exception of packaging approved for the transport of dangerous goods regardless of the material used, and to all packaging waste, whether such waste is used in or originates from industry, other manufacturing, retail or distribution, offices, services or households.
Amendment 588 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies without prejudice to Union regulatory requirements for packaging such as those regarding safety, quality, the protection of health and the hygiene of the packed products, or to transport requirements, as well as without prejudice to the provisions of the Directive 2008/98/EC as regards the management of hazardous waste and as regards the requirements provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 604 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
(f) permeable tea or coffee bagsingle- serve units necessary to contain a tea or coffee product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
Amendment 616 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g
(g) coffee or tea systemprotective beverage single-serve unit necessary to contain a coffee or tea product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
Amendment 634 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) 'plastic packaging' means packaging consisting of plastics as the predominant material.
Amendment 642 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘composite packaging’ means a unit of packaging made of two or more different materials, excluding materials used for labels, closures and sealing, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integraloatings, linings, paints, inks, adhesives, closures and sealing which are considered as part of the weight of the main packaging material, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integral unit, unless a given material constitutes an insignificant part of the packaging unit and in no case more than 15% of the total mass of the packaging unit;
Amendment 695 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
(32) ‘recycled at scale’ means collected, sorted and recycled through installed state-of-the-art infrastructure and processes, covering at least 75 % of the Union populationthe existence of a clear pathway, including the development of sufficient capacity for the collected packaging waste to be directed towards defined and recognised waste streams through established industrial processes for reprocessing, including packaging waste exported from the Union that meets the requirements of Article 47(5);
Amendment 702 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
(32a) 'high quality recycling’ means any recovery operation, as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC, that ensures that the distinct quality of the collected and sorted waste is preserved or recovered during that recovery operation, so that the resulting recycled materials are of sufficient quality to substitute primary raw materials with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function;
Amendment 716 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
(34) ‘integrated component’ means a packaging component that may be distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, and may be of a different material, but is integral to the packaging unit and its functioning and does not need to be separated from the main packaging unit in order to consume the product and is typically discarded at the same time as the packaging unit, although not necessarily in the same disposal route;is recommended to be disposed together with the main body of the packaging.
Amendment 723 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘separate component’ means a packaging component that is distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, which may be of a different material, that needs to becan be manually disassembled completely and permanently from the main packaging unit in order to access the product, and that is typically discarded prior to anbody of the packaging by the end consumer, and that is recommended to be disposed separately from the main body of the packaging unit;
Amendment 733 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Amendment 741 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
(39a) “recycled content in plastic packaging” is the amount of material contained in the packaging obtained from any recycling process of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, whether to be recycled mechanically, physically or chemically.
Amendment 746 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 b (new)
(39b) 'pre-consumer plastic waste' means plastic waste that is generated from production and converting of plastic material.
Amendment 783 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The definitions of ‘substance of concern’ and ‘data carrier’ laid down in Article [2 points (28) and (30)] of Regulation [Ecodesign for sustainable products] shall apply;
Amendment 799 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 812 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Any additional Member State information and labelling requirements that go beyond the requirements of this Regulation shall not be considered as mandatory but used on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 816 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be so manufactured that the presence and concentration of substances of concernthat meet the criteria in Article 57 and identified in accordance with Article 59(1) in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight (w/w) as laid down the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as constituents of the packaging material or of any of the packaging components is minimised, including with regard to their presence in emissions and any outcomes of waste management, such as secondary raw materials, ashes or other material for final disposal.
Amendment 821 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice toOther than the substances criteria laid down in Article 5(1), shall be applied the restrictions on chemicals set out in Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or, where applicable, to the restrictions and specific measures on food contact packaging in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, the sum of concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium resulting from substances present in packaging or packaging components shall not exceed 100 mg/kg.
Amendment 843 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5)by CEN - European Committee for Standardization shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
Amendment 867 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All packaging shall be recyclable from 1 January 2030.
Amendment 875 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is designed for recycling or, for compostable packaging, is compliant with point a), b) and c) of Annex III;
Amendment 894 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) except for compostable plastics, it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primarya raw materials;
Amendment 910 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Points (a) to (d) shall apply from 1 January 2030 and point (e) shall apply from 1 January 2035.
Amendment 934 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shall, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated actsCEN standards, where applicable, adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated actCEN standards adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated actstandards, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (e).
Amendment 953 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 974 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in close cooperation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 58 to amend Table 1 of Annex in order to adapt it to scientific and technical development in material and product design, collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure.
Amendment 1027 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) detailed design for recycling criteria including material specific requirements on the quality of recycling, where and when needed, for each packaging formaterial and category listed in Table 1 of Annex II;
Amendment 1052 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Where use is made of this derogation, innovative packaging shall be accompanied by technical documentation, referred to in Annex VII, demonstrating its innovative nature and showing compliance with the definition in Article 3(347) of this Regulation.
Amendment 1057 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Until 31 December 2034, tThis Article shall not apply to the following:
Amendment 1062 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point b
(b) contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745;
Amendment 1065 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746.
Amendment 1074 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. outer packaging as defined in Article 1, point (24), of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point (26), of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in cases where such packaging is necessary to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product. Should the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article be delayed, a presumption of compliance with the points a) and e) of paragraph 2 shall apply to all packaging placed on the Union market until such delegated acts are adopted.
Amendment 1112 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
Amendment 1116 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % for contact sensitive plastic packaging made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the major component;
Amendment 1146 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
Amendment 1175 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
Amendment 1187 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
Amendment 1198 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746;
Amendment 1213 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging. as well as to inks, adhesives, varnishes and coatings used on packaging. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
Amendment 1230 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation, compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
Amendment 1232 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to innovative packaging as defined at article 3 para 37.
Amendment 1240 #
2022/0396(COD)
6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled content used in the packagingtaking into account the cost of packaging waste management and the revenues from sales of secondary materials.
Amendment 1246 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3). The implementing acts can specify that calculation of recycled content from packaging covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food is only included in the calculation of recycled content if the packaging application is also covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
Amendment 1287 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall assess the need for derogations from the minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, or for the revision of the derogation established under paragraph 3 for specific plastic packaging.
Amendment 1309 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for derogations from the scope, timing or level of minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, and, as appropriate,
Amendment 1312 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1347 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By 2030 [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities and therefore allowed to be collected in bio-waste receptacles.
Amendment 1362 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
Amendment 1363 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1372 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States which have transposed Article 22 of Directive 2008/98 and have appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are empowered to require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions. The same provision shall apply to compostable packaging formats.
Amendment 1378 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. By [OP: Please insert the date = 24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], packaging, labeled as compostable, other than that referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including packaging made of biodegradshall comply with the criteria listed in Annex III. Packaging made with compostable material that is not labele plastic polymers,d as compostable shall allow material recycling without affecting the recyclability of other waste streams.
Amendment 1381 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By [OP: please insert the date = 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation] compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
Amendment 1383 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. TAfter an assessment of the Expert Group, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by addingdd other types of packaging to the types of packaging covered by those paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article when it is justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments impacting the disposal of compostable packaging and under the conditions set out in Annex III. A public register containing the lists of such applications should be established and updated by the Commission.
Amendment 1390 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be collected and managed by a dedicated extended producer responsibility scheme.
Amendment 1402 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionalitys, as listed in the definition of packaging in Article 3(1), taking account of the material that the packaging is made of and its design, for a given material and a given shape.
Amendment 1422 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin, shall not be placed on the market, unless the product or packaging design is subject to intellectual property protection or benefits from the Union's geographical indications of origin protection or have been given distinctive product recognition by the Union, in each case protected under Union legislation.
Amendment 1432 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1437 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of assessing the compliance with this paragraph, space filled by paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene, styrofoam chips or other filling materials shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
Amendment 1445 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the identification of the design requirements, including those related to intellectual property rights , which prevent further reduction of the packaging weight or volume, for each of these performance criteria;
Amendment 1465 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1498 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1530 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Regul36 months after the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 5, information], on packaging shall bear a label on packaging reusability andreusability shall be marked on a label on packaging or shall be available through a QR code or other type of digital data carrier that provides further information on packaging reusability including the availability of a system for re-use and of collection points, and that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified and distinguished from single use packaging at the point of sale.
Amendment 1541 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, information should be conveyed to consumers via digital means of communication (e.g., website, QR code) or they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging.
Amendment 1547 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the information referred to in paragraph 1 to 3 may be provided by electronic means identified on the package or on a label attached thereto.In such cases, the following requirements apply: (a) no user data shall be collected or tracked; (b) the information shall not be displayed with other information intended for sales or marketing purposes.
Amendment 1550 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where Union legislation requires information on the packaged product to be provided via a data carrier, a single data carrier shall be used for providing the information required for both the packaged product and the packaging. From [Please insert the date = 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt guidance regarding provision of information by digital means.
Amendment 1557 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. By [OP: Please insert the date = 18 2 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish a harmonised label and specifications for the labelling requirements and formats for the labelling of or the digital provision of information related to packaging referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the labelling of waste receptacles referred to in Article 12. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 1562 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. By [OP: Please insert the date = 124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the methodology for identifying the material composition of packaging referred to in paragraph 1 by means of digital marking technologies. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 1574 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Packaging included in an extended producer responsibility scheme or covered by a deposit and return system other than that referred to in Article 44(1) mayshall be identified by means of a corresponding symbol throughout the territory in which that scheme or system applies. That symbol shall be clear and unambiguous and shall not mislead consumers or users as to the recyclability or reusability of the packagingharmonised symbol to be established via an implementing act by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59 (3).
Amendment 1580 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Packaging referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, manufactured or imported before these deadlines, may be marketed until the stocks of the products are exhausted.
Amendment 1585 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. This Article shall not apply to pharmaceutical packaging.
Amendment 1607 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1630 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1643 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 13(5) and (6) and Article 16(3) respectively.
Amendment 1666 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators who supply products to a final distributor or an end user in grouped packaging, transport packaging or e-commerce packaging, shall ensure that the empty space ratio is maximum 40 %inimised subject to the provisions within Part 1 and Part 2 of Annex IV.
Amendment 1684 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Space filled by filling materials such as paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene or Styrofoam chips, shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
Amendment 1697 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 1780 #
Amendment 2162 #
Amendment 2217 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall reduce the packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated per capita in 2018the year of entry into force of this Regulation as reported to the Commission in accordance with Decision 2005/270/EC, for each of the specific materials contained in packaging waste listed in article 46, by
Amendment 2242 #
Amendment 2253 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, Member States may use economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, such as measures referred to in Annexes IV and IVa to Directive 2008/98/EC, or other appropriate instruments and measures, including incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes and requirements on producers or producer responsibility organisations to adopt waste prevention plans. Such measures shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and be designed so as to avoid barriers to trade or distortions of competition in conformity with the Treaty and with Article 4 of this Regulation.
Amendment 2271 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first timethe home country. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.
Amendment 2305 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
Amendment 2352 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
Amendment 2353 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
Amendment 2685 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 1 – row 11 a (new)
Annex II – Table 1 – row 11 a (new)
bottles and (11 a) Plastic PET - rigid flasks Opaque white
Amendment 2711 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 2 a (new)
Annex II – Table 2 a (new)
Indicative parameters that may be considered when developing design criteria for recycling under Article 6: 1. Additives 2. Labels 3. Closure systems and small parts 4. Adhesives 5. Printing inks 6. Colours 7. Material composition 8. Barriers / coatings 9. Ease of dismantling
Amendment 29 #
2022/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Due to the direct links between a sustainable recovery, building the Union’s resilience and the Union’s energy security, and its role for a just, gradual and inclusive transition, the Recovery and Resilience Facility is a well-suited instrument to contribute to the Union’s response to these newly emerging challenges.
Amendment 42 #
2022/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Investments in infrastructure and technologies alone are not sufficient to ensure a reduction of dependency from fossil fuels. Resources should be dedicated to the reskilling and upskilling of people, to further equip the workforce with green skilladequate skills, particularly in areas subject to economic and social depression, especially in peripheral urban areas and rural, remote, mountain, coastal, island and sparsely populated areas. This is in line with the objective of the European Social Fund Plus, which aims at supporting Member States and regions in achieving a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work. In light of this, resources transferred from the European Social Fund Plus should help support measures for the reskilling and upskilling of the workforce. The Commission will assess whether the measures included in the REPowerEU chapters significantly contribute to supporting a requalification of the workforce towards greenadequate skills.
Amendment 50 #
2022/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) An effective transition towards green energy and a reduction ofmust take into account the newly emerging challenges faced by households and enterprises, which need to be accompanied in this transition also through the inclusion of clean gas and clean nuclear. Such transition aims, among others, at reducing the energy dependency and involves significant digital investments. In light of Regulation (EU) 2021/241, Member States should provide an explanation of how the measures in the recovery and resilience plan, including those included in the REPowerEU chapter, are expected to contribute to the digital transition or the challenges resulting therefrom and whether they account for an amount contributing to the digital target based on the methodology for digital tagging. However, given the unprecedented urgency and importance of energy challenges faced by the Union, reforms and investments included in the REPowerEU chapter should not be taken into account when calculating the plan’s total allocation for the purpose of applying the digital target requirement set by Regulation (EU) 2021/241.
Amendment 67 #
2022/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 should be amended to provide for the possibility to transfer up to 7.5% of resources of shared management programmes governed by that Regulation to the Facility for the achievement of the REPowerEU objectives, in addition to the existing transfer possibility of up to 5%. Such a possibility is justified by the need to cover REPowerEU objectives, providing Member States and regions with additional flexibility that is crucial to address those urgent needs. A higher degree of flexibility should be provided to those Member States that are highly dependant on fossil fuels. Furthermore, the Facility allows for a fast disbursement of funds, making it particularly well suited for financing of urgent energy-related measures. Such transfers should be justified by a higher financial need linked to additional reforms and investments included in the REPowerEU chapter. _________________ 6 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159).
Amendment 107 #
2022/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21a – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 21a – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6 a) Resource allocation should be fairly distributed among Member States. Therefore those Member States with a balance of payments surplus directly related to the recent exceptional increase in energy prices shall contribute more to the financing. The Commission needs to consider these macroeconomic imbalances when calculating Member States contribution share.
Amendment 147 #
2022/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2021/1060
Article 26a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 26a – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4 a) Member States are encouraged to initiate consultation processes involving regional authorities, local authorities and civil society organizations in order to continuously assess progress in implementing and achieving REPowerEU objectives.
Amendment 5 #
2021/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, which is intended to round off the European Green Deal with a cultural and creative dimension, and complement strategies for territorial, social and economic cohesion with its values of beautiful, sustainable and inclusive solutions, therebysolutions aimed at improving the quality of life for people in the EUEU citizens' daily life;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the fact that NEB projects should contribute to the affordability and accessibility of the green and digital transitions in urban and spatial planning, housing, resilient and sustainable renovation, building conversions, and the recreation of public space as the centre of community life, particularly for those groups and areas that need it the most, while always respecting the local traditions and needs of different EU territories;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 32 #
2021/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the specific objectives of the new Bauhaus initiative need to include the creation of new jobs and new business opportunities, especially in economically and socially depressed regions, with particular reference to peripheral urban areas and rural, mountainous, coastal, island and sparsely populated areas;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the realisation of such an ambitious initiative as the New European Bauhaus requires a massive amount of financing which neither the Member States nor the regions are in a position to take on at present, with the many calls already being made on them in regard to tackling the Ukrainian crisis. Furthermore, the Commission will have to invest considerable effort on this initiative to make it more real and fruitful for EU citizens;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls in particular on the Commission to provide clear information on the source of financing for existing EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, Life and the European Regional Development Fund, bearing in mind that around EUR 85 million from said programmes will be assigned to the New Bauhaus project in the 2021-2022 period;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’'s presentation of its long-term vision for rural areas;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is disappointed that the Commission has not taken advantage of the opportunities presented in the post- pandemic period to expand its vision. The COVID-19 crisis has shown EU citizens to have a 'desire for the countryside' as they realise that rural areas provide some of the answers to the current crisis, which has highlighted the opportunities such areas can offer, including via teleworking;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that rural regions in the EU face a number of challenges, such as an ageing population, which has led to a decline in the number of people of working age, a weak labour market, a lack of infrastructure and services, a poorly diversified economy, low incomes coupled with a relatively high risk of poverty and social exclusion, the abandonment of farmland, a lack of educational facilities, a high school drop- out rate and the digital divide;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Also points out that the demographic challenge faced by the rural population is particularly acute among the EU's farming population. The majority of farmers are over 55 years old, while there are fewer and fewer young farmers, which has created a problem of generational renewal in agriculture. Calls on the Commission, since farmers play a vital role not only in producing food for EU citizens but also in keeping rural areas alive, to develop strategies in their regard;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that despite these problems, rural areas offer good opportunities and their diversity is a major resource for the EU. They provide food and environmental resources and can contribute to the fight against climate change, providing alternatives to fossil fuels and developing the circular economy. In addition, these areas could play a key role in ensuring a balanced distribution of the population, thus preventing the overcrowding of cities;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that EU cohesion policy, which seeks to promote the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union, is vitally important to rural areas, and especially those which are economically and socially depressed, acknowledges the important role of agriculture and involves all levels of governance;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a strong rural dimension to be included in future cohesion policy regulations, which should includeprovide for dedicated funding to that end; suggests that 30 % of the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund should be earmarked for rural areas, in addition to other beneficial investments for rural areas, particularly those encompassing more than one region;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the fact that the main objective of the long-term vision shouldmust be to fight depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment, including through investment in infrastructure and the provision of services, economic diversification, job creation and innovative mobility solutions;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of smart specialisation strategies for the future of rural areas, with particular regard to young people and to innovation, knowledge sharing and cooperation, including the Start-up Village Forum, with the aim of bridging the digital divide between the regions of the EU;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses also the importance of the concept of ‘smart villages’, which is gaining ground as part of the rural development agenda. Smart villages are communities located in rural areas that harness innovative solutions based around the strengths of these areas and the opportunities they offer. They focus on a participatory approach when developing and implementing a strategy to improve their economic, social and environmental conditions, in particular by mobilising solutions offered by digital technologies;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the opportunities that the green transition and green economy can provide in increasing rural resilience to natural disasters, climate change and economic crises, while constantly bearing in mind specific local conditions and requirements;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that connections between rural and urban areas must be addressed in a complementary manner in order to implement rural strategies and action plans accordingly; underlines the importance of partnerships across rural areas and remote areas in particular; emphasises the importance of fighting the digital divide between urban and rural areas, especially as regards high-speed broadband connectivity and the promotion of digital skills, especially between young people and the productive sectors of the economy and society in remote areas;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the diversity of rural areas and the crucial importance of tailor- made territorial approaches in implementing the long-term vision, primarily in less developed, remote, mountain, island, coastal and outermost regions.
Amendment 110 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that programmes financed and coordinated by the European Union to promote and develop rural areas must in no way obstruct the growth of those areas themselves or detract from the diverse local characteristics of such areas across the Union.
Amendment 1 #
2021/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the approximately 2.8 million social and solidarity-based enterprises in the EUat the social economy is one of the EU's main socioeconomic drivers, there are 2.8 million agencies and enterprises in the social economy, accounting for 10% of all EU enterprises, which employ more than 13.6 million people, and their contribution to cohesion, social care, quality job creation, the circular economy, the fight against poverty and inequality, the reintegration of disadvantaged people, the inclusion of migrants and refugees in society, gender equality, improvements in health and the environment, biodiversity and the fight against climate changei.e. 6.3 % of the EU's labour force; notes that these enterprises play an important role in job creation, integrated work and inclusive and sustainable growth, and operate in many different economic sectors: social care and protection, healthcare, care for persons with disabilities, the circular economy, social housing, business, tourism;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the territorial and regional dimension is one of the characteristics marking out organisations in the social economy, and associations and foundations in particular, and stresses furthermore the important role they play in implementing the subsidiarity principle; considers it vital therefore that local bodies create an environment in which all the forms of associations and similar bodies able to contribute to the development of the territory concerned can be formed and expand;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the action plan should aim at strengthening the rights of all workers in the social economy, guaranteeing all labour rights, decent working conditions and fair wages, and safeguarding the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, where provided for under national law, as recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; also recalls the importance of public services in supporting the social economy and that the Member States and the EU need to invest in their administrations and public services;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that a link to NextGenerationEU and the RRP needs to be included in the action plan and that organisations in the social economy need to be involved in the planning and actual implementation, at EU and national level, of national recovery and resilience plans;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the action plan should be accompanied by impact assessment tools and monitoring mechanisms and that the Member States should set targets and objectives and organise a consultation process with relevant social economy actors and local and regional authorities, in accordance with the partnership principle;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 4 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NIs pleased to notes that, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ decreased from 4,4% in 2019 to 3,5% in 2020; welcomes the continuous improvement, but is disappointed, however, that it has not proven possible to decrease the error rate below 2%, a target that would have meant better financial management and, above all, a more efficient use of the funding sourced from European taxpayers;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the absorption rate of European Structural and Investment Funds , which increased from 12% in 2019 to 15% in 2020 , is slower than expected with 45 % (EUR 209 billion) remaining to be absorbed; recommends streamlining procedures to improve the absorption rate of funding, so as to provide concrete support to the economic recovery;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note that the EU will be able to spend significantly more than in the previous programming period, with an overall allocation of EUR 1 824 billion from NextGenerationEU and the MFF; urges the Commission, however, to limit the risk of delayed start to the implementation of shared managed funds and ensure the sound financial management in the use of funds, incl that such delays would prejudingce the respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights.post- pandemic economic recovery and render fruitless the efforts being made by Europeans;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21
Citation 21
Amendment 3 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
Amendment 5 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34
Citation 34
Amendment 11 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas territorial competitiveness and business productivity cannot fail to take into account the spread of digital communications and technologies, and in particular the quality, accessibility and efficiency of public and private digital services, in which some EU Member States are significantly lagging behind;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there are genuine disparities between territories, and investment in broadband infrastructure, and its roll-out, need to be stepped up;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there is still a digital divide in the EU in terms of geography, age, gender, educational attainment, socio- economic status and income, which prevents some individuals and businesses from reaping the benefits of the digital transformation; whereas the digital divide, moreover, is often a reason for depopulation, and therefore also has negative economic and social impacts on remote, mountainous and rural areas.
Amendment 24 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas remote, mountainous and rural areas should be more connected to cities and metropolitan areas;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in spite of the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a massive expansion of telework and ICT- based mobile work (TICTM)14, jobs tend to be more concentrated in cities and urban centres than in smaller towns, suburbs and rural areas; whereas there are marked differences in the ability to telework between high- and low-paid workers, whi, mountainous and remote- and blue-collar workers and between genders15reas; whereas TICTM and the digitalisation of services can facilitate a more balanced geographical distribution of employment and the population; _________________ 14Draft Council conclusions on telework in the context of remote work, paragraph 17. 15Commission working paper of May 2020 entitled ‘Teleworkability and the COVID-19 crisis: a new digital divide?’.
Amendment 31 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has made the need to invest in digital technology even more evident, on the basis of clear strategic lines, with the aim of developing the EU's potential on several fronts, including: 5G networks, artificial intelligence (AI), super computers, digital skills and big data;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas with the necessary investment, rural, mountainous and remote areas could become more attractive regionally owing to the increase in digital capacity, thereby enabling companies to invest more in those areas, including in teleworking;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that cohesion policy promotes accessibility to digital networks for citizens and businesses as a key factor in the competitiveness of production systems, market efficiency and digital inclusion;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, moreover, that in order best to support the EU's digital transition, cohesion policy for 2021-2027 must be highly complementary to other European programmes, in particular Horizon Europe, CEF, Invest EU, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and Creative Europe;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that there is a critical digital skills divide between adults in rural, mountainous and remote areas and those living in cities, which especially affects those with low incomes, women and the elderly; notes that this divide is particularly marked in certain Member States and exacerbates the existing difficulty of finding a job in rural, mountainous and remote areas; highlights that these gaps are directly linked to a lack of access to high- capacity networks;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to use cohesion policy resources to roll out smart villages post-2020, which will contribute to the digitalisation of rural areas, thereby increasing the availability and accessibility of services for citizens, especially the more vulnerable ones;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Member States concerned to incentivise the development of smart villages in mountainous, rural and remote areas;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with concern that the expanded use of digital solutions and TICTM as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the pre-existing inequalities caused by digital divides across population groups; stresses, however, that digitalisation has the potential to benefit vulnerable groups and remote territories, thereby reducing the economic and social gap;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch increasingly specific and large-scale digital literacy projects;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the crucial role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in creating decent jobs, sustainable growth and rural development and believes that public investments through cohesion policy and other instruments will contribute to better social, economic and territorial cohesion in all EU regions; highlights that different types of SMEs require different types of support and incentives at the EU, national, regional and local levels, depending on their circumstances and level of technology adoption; takes the view that there should be a special focus also on SMEs and micro-enterprises in rural and mountainous areas;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that in remote, rural and mountainous areas the level of digital literacy among young people is, in many cases, high, but that, because of the gaps suffered by those areas, the young people are forced to move to large towns or cities in order to pursue a career;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes a critical digital skills divide between adults residing in rural areas and those living in cities, also owing to the different types of jobs available in cities and rural, remote or mountainous areas; notes, furthermore, the disproportionate prevalence of TICTM among city-based, well-educated, service sector employees with strong digital skills;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the role that regions and cities, with their businesses, start-ups and universities, can play in accelerating the digital transformation in the EU by significantly increasing public and private investment in infrastructure and human capital; takes the view that the digitalisation process needs to be stepped up both by strengthening local and European cooperation and partnerships and by enhancing synergies between the various programmes, funding instruments and smart specialisation strategies put in place by the EU;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to Special Report No 7/2019 of the European Court of Auditors, entitled ‘EU actions for cross- border healthcare: significant ambitions but improved management required’,
Amendment 14 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the lack of basic infrastructure in certain less-developed regions, upland areas, and rural and remote areas, which hampers equity of access to healthcare, is the main reason health infrastructure remains a priority for many national governments;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas cooperation between non- EU bordering states is important in creating state-of-the-art transnational health centres so as to be able to provide health care and treatment for remote border areas;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the inhabitants of upland, remote and rural areas, who are often in border areas, are frequently forced to travel many kilometres, sometimes even to other countries, to obtain basic healthcare and undergo treatment plans;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2100(INI)
Gb. whereas there is continued development in telemedicine and artificial intelligence, which means that remote treatment and healthcare processes are thus reaching cutting-edge levels;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has shown that health threats know no borders and that a more coordinated European response is necessary; whereas it is important to stress, nevertheless, that health protection is a national competence and that the Member States and regions must continue to be responsible for decisions on health policy;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that investments in healthcare innovation, public health and the reduction of health inequalities will continue to offer significant improvements to the daily lives of citizens and help to prevent the phenomenon of depopulation, thus also becoming an instrument of social and economic compensation;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for better synergies and complementarities between cohesion policy programmes to be ensured, with the aim ofon the Member States and the regions to draw up long-term investment strategies covering infrastructure, human capital, innovative technologies, and new models for providing healthcare services; points out that, in order to support these strategies and thus reducinge regional disparities, in particular in Horizon Europe which should generate new knowledge, and EU4Health, making the best possible use of this new knowledge for the benefit of citizens and health systemthe cohesion policy funds must be complementary to those of other EU instruments, especially Horizon Europe, EU4Health and the InvestEU programme, and must ensure the best synergies with national programmes;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of continuing to build a comprehensive health infrastructure and to reduce the existing disparities to the greatest possible extent; recalls that cohesion policy can make a significant contribution to the building of health infrastructure in every part of the EU, especially in the less-developed regions, upland areas, and rural and remote areas, in order to create resilient healthcare systems throughout the entire EU, which can respond to current and future challenges;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that citizens in ruralupland, rural and remote areas and the outermost regions often encounter barriers to equality of access to healthcare that limit their ability to obtain the care they need, especially in the form of basic health infrastructure; stresses that, in order for them to acquire sufficient access, as well as the appropriate healthcare which they need, services must be available and obtainable in a timely manner;
Amendment 107 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, in order to overcome the major obstacles that exist in terms of equality of access to healthcare in ruralupland, rural and remote areas, wide use should be made of advanced technologies, such as e- Health, as an integral part of the ‘smart villages’ concept11, with the goal of improving access to healthcare and increasing efficiency and quality, thereby creating actual state-of-the-art health centres of excellence, which also promote economic and social activity; _________________ 11 https://enrd.ec.europa.eu/enrd-thematic- work/smart-and-competitive-rural- areas/smart-villages_en
Amendment 110 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that the depopulation of areas that are less advantaged, from a territorial point of view, is also caused by a lack of healthcare facilities; notes that, in addition to compensating for the lack of healthcare, encouraging the creation of healthcare facilities, smart health villages and telemedicine centres can be an actual driver of economic and social development;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for bold cohesion policy measures, in accordance with the legal provisions in force in the EU, in order to attempt to mitigate the lack of healthcare workers in ruralupland, rural and remote areas, and aimed at motivating them to commence or resume practice there;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 169 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the regions to encourage better management of cross- border healthcare, as EU patients still face challenges in accessing healthcare in other Member States and only a minority of potential patients are aware of their rights to seek cross-border healthcare;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls, furthermore, on the Member States and the regions to step up cross- border cooperation on health in an efficient and sustainable way, including in financial terms and without administrative obstacles;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Amendment 185 #
2021/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Highlights, however, the need for a European legal framework for cross- border public services that can meet the needs of European citizens living in border areas, with a special focus on healthcare given that cross-border cooperation in this regard is particularly relevant in both normal and emergency situations;
Amendment 51 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) When planning, procuring and implementing projects of common interest, Member States and other project promoters should give due consideration to Directive (EU) 2021/1187 of the European Parliament and the Council16, in addition to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement. _________________ 16 Directive (EU) 2021/1187 of the European Parliament and the Council of 7 July 2021 on streamlining measures for advancing the realisation of the trans- European transport network (TEN) (OJ L 258, 20.7.2021, p.1).
Amendment 53 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Infrastructure projects under the TEN-T Regulation should be resilient to the potential adverse impacts of climate change through a climate vulnerability and risk assessment, including through relevant adaptation measures. Projects for which an environmental impact assessment must be carried out should be subject to climate proofing and integrate the costs of greenhouse gas emissions and the positive effects of climate mitigation measures in the cost-benefit analysis. The climate proofing should be undertaken based on the latest available best practice and guidance18integrate the positive effects of climate mitigation measures in the cost-benefit analysis. This contributes to the integration of climate change-related risks as well as climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments into investment and planning decisions under the Union budget. _________________ 18 Commission Notice - Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027 (OJ C 373, 16.9.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 61 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The core network with a deadline of 2030 and the extended core network with a deadline of 2040 should constitute the foundation of the sustainable multimodal transport network, representing the strategically most important nodes and links of the trans-European transport network, according to traffic needs. They should stimulate the development of the entire comprehensive network and enable Union action to concentrate on those components of the trans-European transport network with the highest European added value, in particular cross- border sections, missing links, multimodal connecting points and major bottlenecks. To this end, integrated management structures, such as European territorial cooperation groupings, should be encouraged in order to help speed up the completion of cross-border TEN-T sections.
Amendment 64 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The land-side infrastructure network, established through the core network, extended core network and comprehensive network, should integrate with the maritime dimension of the trans- European transport network. To this end, a truly sustainable, smart, seamless and resilient European Maritime Space should be created. It should encompass all maritime infrastructure components of the trans-European transport network, including the development of appropriate port hinterland areas and last-mile rail links.
Amendment 69 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Short sea shipping can make a substantial contribution to the decarbonisation of transport by carrying more freight and passengers. The European Maritime Space should be promoted by creating or upgrading short-sea shipping routes and by developing maritime ports and their hinterland connections as to provide an efficient and sustainable integration with other modes of transport, ensuring facilities, exemptions and incentives to offset the absence of other transport alternatives.
Amendment 78 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Multimodal digital mobility services help to enhance the integration of the different transport modes by combining several transport offers into one. Their further development should contribute where possible to nudge behaviours towards the most sustainable modes, public transport and active modes such as walking and cycling.
Amendment 82 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Taking stock of the experience with regard to the crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic25 and in order to avoid traffic disruptions and contingencies in future, Member States should take into account the security and resilience of the transport infrastructure to climate change, natural hazards, human-made disasters and other disruptions affecting the functioning of the Union transport system, when planning infrastructure. The European Commission should set up a permanent and automatic 'green lane' activation mechanism along the internal borders of the trans-European transport network, calling on the Member States and regions concerned to constantly identify priority transit points that are not subject to any restrictions. To that aim, the European Transport Corridors should also include important diversionary lines which can be used in case of congestion or other problems on the principal routes. In addition, due to their multimodal nature, one mode can substitute the other in case of emergencies. _________________ 25 Communication on the implementation of the Green Lanes under the Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services; C(2020)1897 final (OJ C 96 I, 24.3.2020, p. 1) and Communication of 28 October 2020 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on “upgrading the transport Green Lanes to keep the economy going during the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence”; COM(2020)685 final.
Amendment 84 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) The participation of undertakings, including those, which are owned or controlled by a natural person of a third country or an undertaking of a third country, including those, which are established in a third country, can accelerate the realisation of the trans- European transport network. However, under specific circumstances, the participation of or contribution by undertakings owned or controlled by a natural person of a third country or an undertaking from a third country or with the public or state participation of a third country to projects of common interest might compromise security and public order in the EU. Without prejudice and in addition to the cooperation mechanism pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/45226, greater awareness of such participation or contribution is necessary to allow intervention of public authorities if it appears that they are likely to affect security or public order in the Union and the participation or contribution does not fall under the scope of Regulation (EU) 2019/452. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union; (OJ L 79I , 21.3.2019, p. 1).
Amendment 86 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67 a (new)
Recital 67 a (new)
(67a) For the purpose of this coordinated approach and in the absence of viable logistical and modal alternatives, the European Commission should discourage Member States from creating unilateral cross-border barriers of any kind along the network, in particular at central hubs, in order to avoid obstructing border transit.
Amendment 92 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point vi a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point vi a (new)
(via) ensuring adequate infrastructures for access to cross-border sections;
Amendment 93 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point vi b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point vi b (new)
(vib) ensuring better freight transport connectivity between isolated production locations and densely populated areas in order to encourage efficient logistics and the reduction of transport and distribution times;
Amendment 94 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the optimisation of infrastructure integration and interconnection, both at European level and with third countries, and for cross-border and transit connections;
Amendment 127 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure the continuity of logistics supply chains through the TEN-T network, avoiding possible disruptions and slowdowns and making use of ‘green lines’ where necessary, as well as the services offered by the European Coordinators.
Amendment 129 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) In the event of disputes between Member States, including those regarding unilateral national measures blocking or restricting the free movement of persons, goods or services, the Member States involved shall inform the Commission of the problem and the Commission shall call on those Member States to find a swift and workable solution to restore free movement through the TEN-T core network corridors;
Amendment 130 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point a b (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point a b (new)
(ab) In the event of failure to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph 4a within six months from the date of notification thereof, the Commission shall take measures to dissuade Member States from taking unilateral action along the corridors of the TEN-T core network, particularly on cross-border sections where the transit of persons, goods and services would be restricted;
Amendment 276 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The definition of the trans- European transport network should be based on a common and transparent methodology and should represent the highest level of infrastructure planning within the Union. It should be multimodal, that is to say it should include all transport modes and their connections as well as relevant traffic and travel information management systems, and also include local transport modes related to the morphology of the area, such as cableway or lake transport.
Amendment 632 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) enabling greater use of more sustainable modes of transport, including by but not limited to further developing a long-distance rail passenger network at high speed and a fully interoperable rail freight network, a reliable inland waterway, lakes, and short-sea shipping for passengers and freight network across the Union;
Amendment 58 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The outcomes of the Glasgow Climate Pact (12 November 2021) highlight three key points which have yet to be addressed: 1) a system for trading emissions between countries, whereby those emitting less offset those exceeding limits or in need of support so as to not do so; 2) the reporting format according to which governments must report on their decarbonisation progress in application of the transparency principle; 3) the Paris Rulebook, which sets out the rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. The Pact also sets a new objective to initiate a dialogue on a future fund to cover damages and losses resulting from climate change.
Amendment 74 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels maenergy prices is already disproportionally affecting vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable SMEs. The situation is also worrying for vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, particularly in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption.
Amendment 81 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no onetaking account of the particularities of individual territories and the challenges they face, leaving no one and no territory behind.
Amendment 84 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) whereas the Member States should be encouraged to take action to minimise the territorial disadvantage – which often also translates into an economic and social disadvantage – faced by some areas in Europe, such as mountainous, rural and remote areas.
Amendment 85 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) whereas the price increases in the energy sector will hit mainly families and SMEs.
Amendment 98 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A proposal to establish a Social Climate (‘the Fund’) shouldhas therefore be establisheen put forward to provide funds to the Member States and regions of Europe to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low- emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 110 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should, with the involvement of the regional and local authorities, submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fueenergy prices, particularly the increase in energy bills, on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long-term solution of reduce fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.
Amendment 121 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States, in consultation with regional and local level authorities, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national and local traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.
Amendment 125 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transport.
Amendment 142 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind. Economic and social action plans should be drawn up for families living below the poverty line, families with people with disabilities and single-parent families to address the social and economic hardship they face.
Amendment 155 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) It is crucial to ensure that the Fund is consistent both with national energy and climate plans and with cohesion policy programmes with similar priorities, in order to prevent any overlap or duplication of efforts. Furthermore, there is a need for effective coordination and strategic programming in the Member States between the Fund, 2021- 2027 cohesion policy and other EU funds, particularly the Just Transition Fund and the European Social Fund Plus.
Amendment 170 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The Commission, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Court of Auditors and, where applicable, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should be able to use the information and monitoring system within their competences and rights.
Amendment 179 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, micro-enterprises, SMEs and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas).
Amendment 187 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to the transition towards climate neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration and storage of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport.
Amendment 201 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘'building renovation’ means': all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources, including its storage;
Amendment 275 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on incidence of energy poverty, on micro-enterprises, on SMEs and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to public transport and basic services and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote and rural;
Amendment 282 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explanation of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reduce energy and transport poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro-enterprises, SMEs and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel prices;
Amendment 292 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concerned, to be carried out in constant cooperation with the regional and local authorities, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
Amendment 312 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterprises, of vulnerable SMEs and of vulnerable transport users, including in rural and remote, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas, or in less developed territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.
Amendment 328 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investments in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs or vulnerable transport users and intend to:
Amendment 348 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) grant free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainable mobility on demand and shared mobility services, including in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or in less developed territories, including less developed peri-urban areas;
Amendment 386 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Fund shall be implemented by the Commission in directshared management in accordance with the relevant rules adopted pursuant to Article 322 TFEU, in particular Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council59. _________________ 59 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 404 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Amendment 462 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) detailed quantitative information on the number of households in energy poverty;, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 463 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) when applicable, detailed information on progress towards the national iandicative regional objectives to reduce the number of households in energy poverty, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users;
Amendment 66 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) AI-based technologies are having a rapid and explosive impact on the world of work too. While they have the potential to create new opportunities for gender equality, they could equally increase gender stereotypes, sexism and discrimination in the labour market. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the automation of certain tasks will have a greater impact on female workers, as more women are employed to perform routine tasks. At the same time, AI could offer a great opportunity to reduce gender inequality, but only if gender-responsive policy regulations are adopted which promote equal representation of men and women in decision-making. Support from the European institutions and the Member States for an approach aimed at encouraging female uptake of STEM subjects will also prove essential in combating gender stereotypes.
Amendment 74 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The notion of AI system shouldmust be clearly defined to ensure legal certainty, while providing the flexibility to accommodate future technological developments. The definition should be based on the key functional characteristics of the software, in particular the ability, for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate outputs such as content,AI software and distinguish it from more classical software systems and modelling approaches, such as logistic regression and other techniques which are equally transparent, explainable and interpretable. In particular, for the purposes of this regulation, AI systems should be construed as having the ability, on the basis of machine and/or human- based data and inputs, to deduce the way in which to achieve a given set of human- defined objectives through learning, reasoning or modelling and, for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate specific outputs in the form of content, for generative AI systems (such as texts, videos and images), as well as predictions, recommendations, or decisions, which influence the environment with which the system interacts, be itoth in a physical orand digital dimension. AI systems can be designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy andFor the purposes of this AI regulation, AI systems can be designed to follow an approach of limited explicability and to operate with varying levels of a very high degree of autonomy. These systems may be used on a stand-alonen autonomous basis or as a component of a product, irrespective of whether the system is physically integrated into the product (embedded) or serve the functionality of the product without being integrated therein (non-embedded). The definition of AI system should be complemented by a list of specific techniques and approaches used for its development, which should be kept up-to– date in the light of market and technological developments through the adoption of delegated acts by the Commission to amend that list.
Amendment 77 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The notion of remote biometric identification system as used in this Regulation should be defined functionally, as an AI system intended for the identification of natural persons at a distance through the comparison of a person’s biometric data with the biometric data contained in a reference database, and without prior knowledge whether the targeted person will be present and can be identified, irrespectively of the particular technology, processes or types of biometric data used. Considering their different characteristics and manners in which they are used, as well as the different risks involved, a distinction should be made between ‘real- time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems. In the case of ‘real- time’ systems, the capturing of the biometric data, the comparison and the identification occur all instantaneously, near-instantaneously or in any event without a significant delay. In this regard, there should be no scope for circumventing the rules of this Regulation on the ‘real- time’ use of the AI systems in question by providing for minor delays. ‘Real-time’ systems involve the use of ‘live’ or ‘near- ‘live’ material, such as video footage, generated by a camera or other device with similar functionality. In the case of ‘post’ systems, in contrast, the biometric data have already been captured and the comparison and identification occur only after a significant delay. This involves material, such as pictures or video footage generated by closed circuit television cameras or private devices, which has been generated before the use of the system in respect of the natural persons concerned.
Amendment 83 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of public interests as regards health, safety and fundamental rights, common normative standards for all high-risk AI systems should be established. Those standards should be consistent with the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union (the Charter) and should be non-discriminatory and in line with the Union’s international trade commitments. However, as regards the risk management system for high-risk AI systems, EU harmonisation legislation should concentrate on the essential requirements and leave their technical implementation to optional, stakeholder-developed, product-specific and state-of-the-art standards. European legislation should, therefore, concentrate on the desired output of risk assessment and management systems, and explicitly leave industry responsible for designing their system and adapting it to their internal operations and structures, in particular through the development of state-of-the- art standardisation systems.
Amendment 94 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Artificial intelligence and related services should not exclude any political, social or economic groups
Amendment 101 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement necessarily involves the processing of biometric data. The rules of this Regulation that prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, such use, which are based on Article 16 TFEU, should apply as lex specialis in respect of the rules on the processing of biometric data contained in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, thus regulating such use and the processing of biometric data involved in an exhaustive manner. Therefore, such use and processing should only be possible in as far as it is compatible with the framework set by this Regulation, without there being scope, outside that framework, for the competent authorities, where they act for purpose of law enforcement, to use such systems and process such data in connection thereto on the grounds listed in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. In this context, this Regulation is not intended to provide the legal basis for the processing of personal data under Article 8 of Directive 2016/680. However, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for purposes other than law enforcement, including by competent authorities, should not be covered by the specific framework regarding such use for the purpose of law enforcement set by this Regulation. Such use for purposes other than law enforcement should therefore not be subject to the requirement of an authorisation under this Regulation and the applicable detailed rules of national law that may give effect to it.
Amendment 120 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36a) whereas suitable legislation is required since artificial intelligence could bridge the digital divide between different areas and therefore, as a result, also stop the phenomenon of depopulation with its adverse economic and social consequences for mountainous, remote and rural areas;
Amendment 121 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 b (new)
Recital 36 b (new)
(36b) Artificial intelligence could bring jobs and benefits even to small communities in mountainous, remote and rural areas, thus boosting employment in the area and triggering economic spillovers which prevent economic and social depression in communities in geographically disadvantaged zones.
Amendment 122 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Another area in which the use of AI systems deserves special consideration is the access to and enjoyment of certain essential private and public services and benefits necessary for people to fully participate in society or to improve one’s standard of living. Particular reference is made and attention drawn to people deemed vulnerable and their households. In particular, AI systems used to evaluate the credit score or creditworthiness of natural persons should be classified as high-risk AI systems, since they determine those persons’ access to financial resources or essential services such as housing, electricity, and telecommunication services. AI systems used for this purpose may lead to discrimination of persons or groups and perpetuate historical patterns of discrimination, for example based on racial or ethnic origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, or create new forms of discriminatory impacts. Considering the very limited scale of the impact and the available alternatives on the market, it is appropriate to exempt AI systems for the purpose of creditworthiness assessment and credit scoring when put into service by small-scale providers for their own use. Natural persons applying for or receiving public assistance benefits and services from public authorities are typically dependent on those benefits and services and in a vulnerable position in relation to the responsible authorities. If AI systems are used for determining whether such benefits and services should be denied, reduced, revoked or reclaimed by authorities, they may have a significant impact on persons’ livelihood and may infringe their fundamental rights, such as the right to social protection, non- discrimination, human dignity or an effective remedy. Those systems should therefore be classified as high-risk. Nonetheless, this Regulation should not hamper the development and use of innovative approaches in the public administration, which would stand to benefit from a wider use of compliant and safe AI systems, provided that those systems do not entail a high risk to legal and natural persons. Finally, AI systems used to dispatch or establish priority in the dispatching of emergency first response services should also be classified as high- risk since they make decisions in very critical situations for the life and health of persons and their property.
Amendment 123 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) whereas cultural activities could derive an economic benefit from the use of artificial intelligence;
Amendment 124 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 b (new)
Recital 37 b (new)
(37b) whereas the 4hc project aims to set up a digital skills centre to preserve European cultural heritage;
Amendment 125 #
Amendment 126 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 127 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 128 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 143 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89 a (new)
Recital 89 a (new)
Amendment 144 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89 b (new)
Recital 89 b (new)
(89b) whereas artificial intelligence has the potential to promote more connectedness between remote, mountainous and rural areas and cities and metropolitan areas and, therefore, suitable legislation should be considered;
Amendment 159 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Amendment 171 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that deploys subliminal techniques beyond a person’s consciousness in order to materially distort a person’s behaviour or views in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm;
Amendment 175 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that exploits any of the vulnerabilities of a specific group of persons due to their age, physical or mental disability, in order to materially distort the behaviour or views of a person pertaining to that group in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm;
Amendment 263 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Amendment 265 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Amendment 268 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Amendment 269 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Amendment 4 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that more than half of EU expenditure in 2019 may be considered as high-risk, including reimbursement-based payments for investments in the areas of cohesion and rural development; notes with concern that the increase in the estimated rate of material error from 4,5 % in 2018 to 4,9 % in 2019 can result in auditors giving an adverse opinion on EU expenditure;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the decrease in the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ from 5 % in 2018 to 4,4 % in 2019; welcomes this year- on-year improvement, but is disappointed that it has not proved possible to decrease the error rate to the 3 % level recorded in 2017; is concerned that of the 236 transactions examined, 29 errors had not been detected by audit authorities, taking account of the 64 errors previously discovered by audit authorities and corrections applied by programme authorities (worth a total of 334 million euros for both programming periods taken together);
Amendment 20 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that ‘Ineligible projects’ made 55% as a main type of error; notes that for five ERDF projects, from the 2014-2020 programming period, aid was granted to beneficiaries or operations that did not meet the eligibility conditions set out in the applicable regulation and multiannual operational programmes;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Regrets that ‘Infringements of internal market rules’ made 24% as a main type of error (9% - infringements of state aid rules; 15% - serious non- compliance with public procurement rules);
Amendment 22 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Regrets that ‘Ineligible expenditure’ made 12% as a main type of error;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Finds unacceptable the weaknesses found in the work of several audit authorities covered by ECA sample, which currently limit the reliance that can be placed on that work (the recalculated rate was above the 2 % materiality threshold in nine out of 20 assurance packages for the 2014-2020 period, the Commission adjusted the residual error rates for eight assurance packages to a figure above 2 %);
Amendment 24 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Amendment 25 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4 f. Is very concerned about the weaknesses found in the work of several audit authorities covered by the European Court of Auditors' (ECA) sample, which currently limit the reliance that can be placed on that work (the recalculated rate was above the 2 % materiality threshold in nine out of 20 assurance packages for the 2014-2020 period, the Commission adjusted the residual error rates for eight assurance packages to a figure above 2 %); notes that for 120 of the sampled transactions (55 %), the ECA was able to draw conclusions on the basis of its review of the work carried out by the audit authorities; is deeply concerned that ECA identified shortcomings with the scope, quality and/or documentation of that work in 100 transactions (45 %), which required the ECA to carry out once more the corresponding audit procedures;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Notes that 13 of the compliance audits (5 by DG REGIO and 8 by DG EMPL) were final by May 2020, but for half of these audits, therefore, the residual rates were not yet final;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to: - clarify eligibility conditions (including by defining what is meant by ‘physically completed’ and/or ‘fully implemented’ operations to help Member States to verify that operations comply with Article 65(6) of the CPR and avoid the non-detection of ineligible operations); - take action to increase the reliability of the residual rates reported by audit authorities (analyse the main sources of undetected errors and develop the necessary measures together with audit authorities to improve the reliability of reported residual rates);
Amendment 45 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Regrets that the delayed timing of a number of evaluations and studies analysing the results of the 2007-2013 period and the early stages of programming and implementation of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy programmes means that lessons learned are too late to have an impact on either the current or following programming periods (the results of the2014-2020 ex-post evaluations, for example, are expected to be available by the end of 2025 as required by the CPR, by then the 2021- 2027 programming period will be in its fifth year and the Commission is likely to be well advanced in preparing its legislative proposals for the post-2027 period);
Amendment 49 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Finds the effects of the relatively low levels of implementation in cohesion policy, compared to the rest of EU budget, worrisome; notes that an eventual time lag between the start of the programme, implementation and realisation of outputs and results, together with the fact that the latest data available relates to the end of 2018 in an implementation period lasting until the end of 2023, make it harder at this stage to achieve the objectives;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Regrets that of 72 indicators in total, only one third of the indicators are on track to meet their targets and that about half of the indicators are not on track; regrets that of 9 indicators linked to the general objectives, only two are on track, meanwhile about one third of the indicators had a mid-term milestone target set for 2018; notes that in total, 40 % of the output indicators are on track, for result and impact indicators, this percentage is 10 %; stresses that of all 10 indicators from the programme statements linked to the objective of supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors, only 1 –‘Number of households with improved energy consumption classification indicator’ – is on track;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented recession in the Union, the effects of which will be felt even more strongly in the industrial sector, with many businesses notably weakened or forced to close down;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU’s microenterprises and SMEs have traditionally generated a high share of the EU’s employment, and in so doing have ensured social and economic well-being and prosperity;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the EU’s industrial future is linked to an alignment of the economy with the principles of the European Green Deal,above all to a full economic recovery following the pandemic crisis and to a roadmap towards a new growth policy for the EU, bring carrying citizens, cities and regions together the same higher level of development, and allowing for a just transition;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2076(INI)
3. Stresses that in supporting microenterprises and SMEs through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) the goal should be, inter alia, an innovative and smart economic transformation, a greener and low carbon EU, as well as an EU which is more connected and aims to ensure long- term and sustainable employment;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ReiteraNotes that the public sector has an important new role to play in facilitating a just transition by promoting a green and fair energy transition, green and blue investments, the circular economy, as well as climate adaptation of territories and risk prevention in all EU regions;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the health and economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic made clear that solidarity between generations is one of the driving forces of the recovery process and that health infrastructures have to be accessible to the population in the whole territory;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas insular and mountainous regions suffer from a structural on the geographic, social and economic point of view and therefore they are particularly affected by the depopulation trend;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes in this context significant demographic contrasts at both Union and Member State level between core, metropolitan regions and periphery, often ruraland in comparison with rural, insular and mountainous areas;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that in general rural, post- industrial, insular, mountainous and remote areas are facing a number of specific situations: a considerable decline in population numbers, lower than national or EU average levels of income and difficulties of territorial integration with other regions, making them more exposed to the risk of depopulation; points out that rural regions currently account for 28 % of Europe’s population but this is predicted to fall significantly in the future;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that this lack of diversification in the regional economic structure of certain regions, with particular regard to insular regions, risks creating a negative ‘label’, also among their inhabitants, manifesting dissatisfaction with the quality of life and the facilities and services at their disposal; highlights in this context the brain drain effect, leading to the emigration of highly trained and qualified people from a particular region or country to another; points out, in particular, that the ‘exodus’ of medical staff such as doctors and nurses and teaching staff has led to a deterioration in the quality of medical care and education, making it difficult, especially in rural areas, to access high-quality care and education;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is of the view that urban areas are also exposed to depopulation, with one in five cities in Europe facing population losses since 1990; notes, however, that urban shrinkage is not always a continuous linear process and can be episodic or temporary, depending on the territorial and economic context;
Amendment 165 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the COVID-19 health crisis has affected all Member States and regions to different extents, and is likely to lead to new trends as regards demographic flows; recalls in this context that the additional resources provided through REACT-EU in order to ensure a sound and robust recovery of the EU’s economy from the crisis could significantly help to keep people in employment, including through support for small and medium-size enterprises and for short-time work schemes and the self- employed;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the Recovery and Resilience Facility will provide large-scconditionale financial support to make Member States’ economies more resilient and better prepared for the future, and insists that Member States should propose measures for addressing demographic change; highlights the importance of the instruments for a transition to sustainability such as the Just Transition Fund and its implementation mechanism, which aim to support the communities affected by the energy transition and avoid the risk of depopulationto improve mobility of people and goods in rural, insular and mountainous areas;
Amendment 179 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates the need for further simplification of cohesion policy instruments in order to allow for an easier, but at the same time sound management of financial resources and for maximising synergies among the various EU funds; emphasises the need to reduce red tape and ensure coherent legislation throughout the project implementation process and a focused technical assistance at all stages;
Amendment 203 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member State to include demographic challenges in their national development policies and long- term strategies for sustainable development correlated with the European Semester, thus ensuring proper financing for demographic issues;
Amendment 217 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the regions at risk of depopulation to focus investments on universal accessibility to quality services and infrastructure and job creation; insists on investment in education, reskilling of workers, creating entrepreneurial conditions and supporting micro and SMEs;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Insists that investments should be focused on information and communication technologymobility infrastructures and local health , since this has the potential to reduce the distance between the users and to attract high- skilled workers; stresses the importance of funding the development and uptake of these technologielabour skills among companies and schools in rural, insular, mountainous and isolated regions and regions in industrial transition;
Amendment 262 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that municipalities should promote ‘open innovation’ initiativsocial, cultural and business initiatives, besides "open innovation" ones, making use of the knowledge to accelerate the innovation process and to develop a collaborative approach with relevant partners and stakeholders with a view to creating innovationcultural and business friendly ecosystems;
Amendment 280 #
2020/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the initiative on the long-term vision for rural, insular and mountainous areas includes practical solution and means of support to address demographic changes; invites the Commission, in agreement with the Member States, to propose a ‘new deal’ on demographics in the EU as a multi-level policy approach;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 14 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the withdrawal of the UK without a subsequent agreement on its future relationship with the EU would have disruptive effects, creating a significant burden for public finances in the EU; whereas such a failure to reach an agreement on future EU-UK relations would justify activating the solidarity principle; whereas Parliament has already approved activating the solidarity principle in such a scenario;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 36 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 51 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has set out, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’21, a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. The Commission’s communication on the Climate Target Plan22 proposing to increase the greenhouse gas emissions’ reduction level to at least 55% by 2030 - an ambition that was endorsed by the European Council on 11 December 2020 - and its underlying impact assessment confirms that the energy mix of the future will be very different from the one of today and underpins the necessity to review and if necessary to revise the energy legislation. The current energy infrastructure investments are clearly insufficient to transform and build the energy infrastructure of the future. That also means infrastructure needs to be in place to support the European energy transition, including rapid electrification, scaling up of renewable electricity generation, the increased use of renewable and low-carbon gases, energy system integration and a higher uptake of innovative solutions. _________________ 21 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019. 22Commission Communication - Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition, Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people, COM(2020) 562 final of 17 September 2020
Amendment 54 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the ‘Paris Agreement’) sets out a long-term goal to keep the global temperature increase to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, and stresses the importance of adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development. On 12 December 2019, the European Council endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral European Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 55 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council23, the current TEN-E Regulation, lays down rules for the timely development and interoperability of trans-European energy networks in order to achieve the energy policy objectives of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to ensure the functioning of the internal energy market, security of supply and competitive energy markets in the Union, to promote energy efficiency and energy saving and the development of new and renewable forms of energy, and to promote the interconnection of energy networks. Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 puts in place a framework for Member States and relevant stakeholders to work together in a regional setting to develop better- connected energy networks with the aim to connect regions currently isolated from European energy markets, strengthen existing cross-border interconnections, promote new ones and help integrate renewable energy. By pursuing those objectives, Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 contributes to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and brings benefits to the entire Union in terms of competitiveness and economic, social and territorial cohesion. _________________ 23Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009, OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39–75.
Amendment 57 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The evaluation of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 has clearly shown that the framework has effectively improved the integration of Member States’ networks, stimulated energy trade and hence contributed to the competitiveness of the Union. Projects of common interest in electricity and gas have strongly contributed to security of supply. For gas, the infrastructure is now well connected and supply resilience has improved substantially since 2013, but both require ongoing support if their full potential is to be exploited and they can contribute to the transition towards the climate targets. Regional cooperation in Regional Groups and through cross-border cost allocation is an important enabler for project implementation. However, in many cases the cross-border cost allocation did not result in reducing the financing gap of the project, as intended. While the majority of permitting procedures have been shortened, in some cases the process is still long. The financial assistance from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has been an important factor as grants for studies have helped projects to reduce risks in the early stages of development, while grants for works have supported projects addressing key bottlenecks that market finance could not sufficiently address.
Amendment 62 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The TEN-E policy is a central instrument in the development of an internal energy market and necessary to achieve the European Green Deal objectives. To achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and higher levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030, Europe will need a more integrated energy system, relying on higher levels of electrification based on renewable sources and the gradual decarbonisation of the gas sector, which in some regions will constitute an essential energy source during the transition phase. The TEN-E policy can ensure that the Union energy infrastructure development supports the required energy transition to climate neutrality in line with the energy efficiency first principle.
Amendment 64 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The TEN-E policy is a central instrument in the development of an internal energy market and necessary to achieve the European Green Deal objectives. To achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and higher levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030, Europe will need a more integrated energy system, relying on higher levels of electrification based on renewable sources and the decarbonisation of the gas sector. The TEN-E policy can ensure that the Union energy infrastructure development supports the required energy transition to climate neutrality in line with the energy efficiency first principle.
Amendment 66 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Security of supply, as one main driver behind Regulation (EU) No 347/2013, has been significantly improved through projects of common interest. Moreover, the Commission’s climate target impact assessment27 expects the consumption of natural gas to be reduced significantly because its non-abated use is not compatible with carbon-neutrality. On the other hand, the consumption of biogas, renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and synthetic gaseous fuels will increase significantly towards 2050. Therefore, the natural gas infrastructure no longer needs support through the TEN-E policy. The planning of energy infrastructure should reflect this changing gas landscape. In some Member States, however, gas infrastructure projects, such as the transition from oil/coal/lignite to gas, including biomethane, offer significant potential for reducing CO2 emissions, and these projects are still deemed eligible for support under the TEN-E policy. In addition, in certain regions gas projects may be essential to guaranteeing security of supply and competitiveness on the market, so that TEN-E eligibility should be maintained. _________________ 27 SWD(2020) 176 final
Amendment 78 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Union should encourage the development of hydrogen production and storage sites located in mountain, island and rural areas, areas undergoing depopulation and bordering on third countries and areas with significant brownfield sites and offer incentives to establish new storage and transport infrastructure in the areas concerned.
Amendment 85 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Union should facilitate infrastructure projects linking the Union’s energy networks with third-country networks that are mutually beneficial and necessary for the energy transition and the achievement of the climate targets, and which also meet the specific criteria of the relevant infrastructure categories pursuant to this Regulation, in particular with neighbouring countries and with countries with which the Union has established specific energy cooperation. Therefore, this Regulation should include in its scope projects of mutual interest where they are sustainable and able to demonstrate significant net socio-economic benefits for at least twoone or more Member States and at least one third country. Such projects would be eligible for inclusion in the Union list provided they are consistent with overall policy approaches and upon conditions of regulatory approximation with the Union and upon demonstrating a contribution to the Union’s overall energy and climate objectives in terms of security of supply and decarbonisation. Such regulatory alignment or convergence should be presumed for the European Economic Area or Energy Community Contracting Parties. In addition, the third country with which the Union cooperates in the development of projects of mutual interest should facilitate a similar timeline for accelerated implementation and other policy support measures, as stipulated in this Regulation. Therefore, in this Regulation, projects of mutual interest should be considered in the same manner as projects of common interest with all provisions relative to projects of common interest applying also to projects of mutual interest, unless otherwise specified.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) With a view to combating the weakening and erosion of the economic and social fabric in mountain, island and rural areas, areas undergoing depopulation and areas with significant brownfield sites and fostering their sustainable technological development, the Union should offer incentives for the development and establishment in these areas of production, storage and transport infrastructure.
Amendment 96 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The Commission's geographical priorities should include mountain areas, islands and areas with brownfield sites which can make a vital contribution to achieving the 2050 climate targets, given that for some time mountain communities, islands and areas with significant brownfield sites have been focusing on local energy production from renewable sources with the aim of becoming self-sufficient. Mountain areas, islands and areas with significant brownfield sites should be key interlocutors in the decision-making process on Union energy policies.
Amendment 114 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) addresses the identification of projects of common interest necessary to implement priority corridors and to develop interregional projects and areas falling under the energy infrastructure categories in electricity, smart gas grids, hydrogen, electrolysers, and carbon dioxide set out in Annex II (‘energy infrastructure categories’);
Amendment 117 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) facilitates the timely implementation of projects of common interest by streamlining, coordinating more closely, fostering cooperation between regions and accelerating permit granting processes and by enhancing public participation;
Amendment 118 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) provides rules and guidance for the cross-border allocation of contributions and costs and risk- related incentives for projects of common interest;
Amendment 119 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) addresses the identification of projects of mutual interest or projects promoted by several regions in consultation with the EU.
Amendment 124 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘project of mutual interest’ means a project promoted by the Union in cooperation with third countriesat least one Member State in cooperation with third countries on the basis of an intergovernmental agreement or other agreements and falling within the categories of energy infrastructure referred to in Annex II which contributes to the achievement of the Union's overall energy and climate objectives, as referred to in Article 1(1), and are included on the list of Union projects, as referred to in Article 3;
Amendment 128 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘smart gas grid’ means a gas network that makes use of innovative digital solutions, technological, mechanical or engineering solutions, also with the support of digital instruments, with a view to integrateing in a cost -efficient manner a plurality of low-carbon and renewable gas sources in accordance with consumers’ needs and gas quality requirements in orderand system safety requirements which make it possible to reduce the carbon footprint of the related gas consumption, enable an increased the share of renewable and low-carbon gases, and create links with other energy carriers and sectors;
Amendment 158 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Projects of common interest included on the Union list pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article under the energy infrastructure categories set out in points (1)(a), (b), (c) and (e) of Annex II, shall become an integral part of the relevant regional investment plans under Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 and Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 and of the relevant national 10- year network development plans under Article 51 of Directive (EU) 2019/944 and Article 22 of Directive 2009/73/EC and other national infrastructure plans concerned, as appropriate. Those projects shall be conferred the highest possible priority within each of those plans. This paragraph shall not apply to projects of mutual interest.
Amendment 159 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the project is necessary for at least one of the energy infrastructure priority corridors andor areas;
Amendment 168 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the project contributes significantly to the decarbonisation objectives of the Union and those of the third country and to sustainability, including through the integration of renewable energy into the grid and the transmission of renewable generation to major consumption centres and, storage sites, and; production.
Amendment 169 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the project contributes significantly to the decarbonisation objectives of the Union and those of the third country and to sustainability, including through the integration of renewable energy into the grid and the transmission of renewable generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and;
Amendment 171 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the project fosters the sustainable and economic development of the area, also with a view to combating the weakening and erosion of the economic and social fabric in mountain and island areas, areas with significant brownfield sites and areas disadvantaged by their geography;
Amendment 174 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – introductory part
(e) the third country or countries involved have a high level of regulatory alignment or convergence to support the overall policy objectives of the Union, in particular to ensure:broadening the scope of priority infrastructure to include third countries will bring significant benefits for the EU and neighbouring territories, as regards both energy cooperation and other forms of socioeconomic impact. However, the requirement of a high level of regulatory alignment with EU energy legislation and criteria should be reviewed, given that it could hamper the development of projects in key territories.
Amendment 175 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – introductory part
(e) the third country or countries involved have similar overall political objectives and / or a high level of regulatory alignment or convergence to support the overall policy objectives of the Union, in particular to ensure:
Amendment 176 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i
Amendment 177 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Amendment 180 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
Amendment 194 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d – point i
(i) market integration, including by connecting existing or emerging hydrogen networks of Member States, or otherwise contributing to the emergence of an Union- wide network for the transport and storage of hydrogentransport network and encouraging the development and establishment of new areas for the production and storage of hydrogen, including in mountain, island and rural areas, areas undergoing depopulation and bordering third countries and areas with significant brownfield sites, and ensuring interoperability of connected systems;
Amendment 297 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. In their decision granting the incentives referred to in paragraph 1, national regulatory authorities shall consider the location of the projects, the results of the cost-benefit analysis on the basis of the methodology drawn up pursuant to Article 11 and in particular the regional or Union-wide positive externalities generated by the project. The national regulatory authorities shall further analyse the specific risks incurred by the project promoters, the risk mitigation measures taken and the justification of the risk profile in view of the net positive impact provided by the project, when compared to a lower-risk alternative. Eligible risks shall in particular include risks related to new transmission technologies, both onshore and offshore, risks related to under-recovery of costs and development risks.
Amendment 330 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 4 – point 13 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 4 – point 13 – introductory part
(13) Smart gas grids: Adoption of smart gas grid technologies across the Union to efficiently integrate a plurality of renewable and low-carbon gas sources into the gas network, support the uptake of innovative solutionsalso through blending with methane, support the uptake of innovative technological, mechanical or engineering solutions, also supported by digital instruments, for network management and facilitating smart energy sector integration and demand response.
Amendment 340 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) any of the following equipment or installation aiming atintended to enablinge and facilitatinge the integration of renewable and low-carbon gases (including biomethane or hydrogen), synthetic methane or hydrogen) by blending it into the network. This includes: digital control systems and components integrating ICT, control systems and sensor technologies to enable the interactive and intelligent integration, monitoring, metering, quality control and management of gas production, transmission, distribution, storage and consumption within a gas network. Furthermore, such projects may also include equipment to enable reverse flows from the distribution to the transmission level and related necessary upgrades to the existing network. ; the infrastructure adjustments needed to support the establishment of smart gas grids, to connect production plants to the network and to enable higher concentrations of hydrogen to be absorbed within a gas network. Furthermore, such projects may also include connections to plants producing renewable, low-carbon gas and to the transmission network; equipment to enable reverse flows from the distribution to the transmission level and related necessary upgrades to the existing network, such as the updating of parts of the gas infrastructure in order to make grid assets compatible with the transport of renewable, low-carbon gases blended with methane and hydrogen.
Amendment 361 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
(b) related equipment, including connections to the gas grid.
Amendment 363 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – introductory part
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – introductory part
(5) concerning carbon dioxide capture, transport, utilisation or storage:
Amendment 376 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part 2 – point 6
Annex III – Part 2 – point 6
(6) pProposed carbon dioxide transport and storage projects falling under the category set out in point (5) of Annex II shall be presented as part of a plan, developed by at least two Member States, for the development of cross-border carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure, to be presented by the Member States concerned or entities designated by those Member States to the Commission.
Amendment 393 #
2020/0360(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point b
Annex IV – point 2 – point b
(b) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (3) of Annex II, the hydrogen project enables the transmission of hydrogen across at the border of a Member State with one or more third countries and proves bringing significant benefits, under the specific criteria listed in in Article 4(3), to at least twoone or more Member States. The calculation of the benefits for the Member States shall be performed and published by the ENTSO for Gas in the frame of Union- wide ten- year network development plan;
Amendment 2 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination (‘European Semester’), including the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reforms. Those strategies should be presented alongside theevery 3 yearls, by National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding.
Amendment 6 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) ‘The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 changed the economic outlook for the years to come in the Union and in the world, calling for an urgent and coordinated response from the Union in order to cope with the enormous economic and social consequences for all Members. The challenges linked to the demographic context have been amplified by COVID-19. The current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the previous economic and financial crisis have shown that developing sound and resilient economies and financial systems built on strong and flexible economic and social structures helps Member States to respond more efficiently to shocks and recover more swiftly from them. The medium and long- term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will critically depend on how quickly Member States’ economies will recover from the crisis, which in turn depends on the fiscal space Member States have available to take measures to mitigate the social and economic impact of the crisis, and on the resilience of their economies. Reforms and investments to address structural weaknesses of the economies and strengthen their resilience will therefore be essential to set the economies back on a sustainable recovery path and avoid further widening of the divergences in the Union.
Amendment 8 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The implementation of the investments and reforms contributing to achieve a high degree of resilience of domestic economies, allowing constraints flexibility, strengthening adjustment capacity and unlocking growth potential without involving pro-cyclical effects are among the Union’s policy priorities. They are therefore crucial to set the recovery on a sustainable path and support the process of upward economic and social convergence. This is even more necessary in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis to pave the way for a swift recovery.
Amendment 20 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Currently, nNo instrument should foresees direct financial support linked to the achievement of results and to implementation of reforms and public investments ofin the Member States in response to challenges identified in the European Semester, and with a view to having a lasting impact on the productivity and resilience of the economy of the Member States.
Amendment 21 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Against this background, it is necessary to strengthenadapt the current framework for the provision of support to Member States and provide direct financial support to Member States through an innovative tool. To that end, a Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’) should be established under this Regulation to provide effective financial and significant support to step up the implementation of counter-cyclical reforms and related public investments in the Member States. The Facility should be comprehensive and should also benefit from the experience gained by the Commission and the Member States from the use of the other instruments and programmes.
Amendment 26 #
2020/0104(COD)
(9) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions andcontribution to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, and the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. This should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as referred to in Article 125(1)(a) of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 32 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to implementachieve these overall objectiveresults, relevant actions will be identified during the Facility’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. Also, due attention should be paid to the impact of the national plans submitted under this Regulation on fostering not only the green transition, but also the digital transformation. They will both play a priority role in relaunching and modernising our economy.
Amendment 37 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 47 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustmentcompetition capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering employment creation and to promoting sustainable and homogeneous growth.
Amendment 48 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The specific objective of the Facility should be to provide financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of countercyclical reforms and investments as set out in recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective should be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 51 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the cohesion, of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Uniongional development and the green and digital transitions.
Amendment 55 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 56 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) To inform the preparation and the implementation of the recovery and resilience plans by Member States, the Council should be able to discuss, within the European Semester, the state of recovery, resilience, cohesion and adjustment capacity in the Union. To ensure appropriate evidence, this discussion should be based on the Commission’s strategic and analytical information available in the context of the European Semester and, if available, on the basis of the information on the implementation of the plans in the preceding years.
Amendment 58 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure a meaningful financial contribution commensurate to the actual needs of Member States to undertake and complete the reforms and investments included in the recovery and resilience plan, it is appropriate to establish a maximum financial contribution available to them under the Facility as far as the financial support (i.e. the non- repayable financial support) is concerned. That maximum contribution should be calculated on the basis of the population, taken into account the depopulation rate, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP and the fall of GDP due to the Covid-19 impact) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State.
Amendment 67 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience; it should also include measures that are relevant for the green and the digital transitions; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
Amendment 71 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Commission should assess the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member States and should act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned. The Commission will fully respect the national ownership of the process and will therefore take into account the justification and elements provided by the Member State concerned and assess whether the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member State is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester; whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions and to addressing the challenges resulting from them; whether the plan is expected to have a lasting impact in the Member State concerned; whether the plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State, mitigate the economic and social impact of the crisis and contribute to enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion; whether the justification provided by the Member State of the estimated total costs of the recovery and resilience plan submitted is reasonable and plausible and is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment; whether the proposed recovery and resilience plan contains measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects that represent coherent actions; and whether the arrangement proposed by the Member State concerned are expected to ensure effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators.
Amendment 79 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) To ensure that the financial support is frontloaded in the initial years after the crisis, and to ensure compatibility with the available funding for this instrument, the allocation of funds to the Member States should be made available until 31 December 2024. To this effect, at least 670 percent of the amount available for non- repayable support should be legally committed by 31 December 2022. The remaining amount should be legally committed by 31 December 2024.
Amendment 81 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The request for a loan should be justified by the financial needs linked to additional reforms and investments included in the recovery and resilience plan, notably relevant for the green and digital transitions, and by therefore, by a higher cost of the plan than the maximum financial contribution (to be) allocated via the non-repayable contribution. It should be possible to submit the request for a loan together with the submission of the plan. In case the request for loan is made at a different moment in time, it should be accompanied by a revised plan with additional milestones and targets. To ensure frontloading of resources, Member States should request a loan support at the latest by 31 August 2024. For the purposes of sound financial management, the total amount of all the loans granted under this Regulation should be capped. In addition, the maximum volume of the loan for each Member State should not exceed 4.7% of its Gross National Income. An increase of the capped amount should be possible in exceptional circumstances subject to available resources. For the same reasons of sound financial management,In any case it should be possible to pay the loan in instalments against the fulfilment of results.
Amendment 83 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) A Member State should have the possibility to make a reasoned request to amend the recovery and resilience plan within the period of implementation, where objective circumstances justify such a course of action. The Commission should assess the reasoned request and take a new decision within fourthree months.
Amendment 85 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) For the purpose of sound financial management, specific rules should be laid down for budget commitments, payments, suspension, cancellation and recovery of funds. To ensure predictability, it should be possible for Member States to submit requests for payments on a biannual basis. Payments should be made in instalments and be based on a positive assessment by the Commission of the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State. Suspension and cancellation of the financial contribution should be possible when the recovery and resilience plan has not been implemented in a satisfactory manner by the Member State. Appropriate contradictory procedures should be established to ensure that the decision by the Commission in relation to suspension, cancellation and recovery of amounts paid respects the right of Member States to provide observations.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) For effective monitoring of implementation, the Member States should report on a quarterly basis within the European Semester procesn annual basis on the progress made in the achievement of the recovery and resilience plan. Such reports prepared by the Member States concerned should be appropriately reflected in the National Reform Programmes, which should be used as a tool for reporting on progress towards completion of recovery and resilience plans.
Amendment 95 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council14 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9515 ,Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9616 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193917 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors. _________________ 14Regulation (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 L248, 18.9.2013, p. 1) 15 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p.1) 16 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 L292,15.11.96, p.2) 17Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017,, p.1) 18 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29)
Amendment 97 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 109 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of countercyclical reforms and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 113 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1(a) may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of each instrument and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, in so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of each instrument. EThe same amounts of expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of countercyclical reforms and investments.
Amendment 114 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 124 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Amendment 130 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population taking into account the depopulation rate, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP and the fall of GDP due to the Covid-19 impact) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State.
Amendment 135 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For a period starting after 31 December 2022 until 31 December 2024, where financial resources are available, the Commission may organise calls in line with the calendar of the European Semester. To that effect, it shall publish an indicative calendar of the calls to be organised in that period, and shall indicate, at each call, the amount available for allocation. Each Member State may propose to receive up to a maximum amount corresponding to its allocation share of the available amount for allocation, as referred to in Annex I, to implement the recovery and resilience plan.
Amendment 138 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the reasons for the loan support, justified by the higher financial needs linked to additional countercyclical reforms and investments;
Amendment 139 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the additional countercyclical reforms and investments in line with Article 15;
Amendment 140 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the additional countercyclical reforms and investments comply with the criteria set out in Article 16(3.
Amendment 141 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the other elements needed for the implementation of the loan support in relation to the countercyclical reforms and the investment projects concerned in line with the decision referred to in Article 17(2).
Amendment 146 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. _________________ 21Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action. 22 […]
Amendment 149 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 153 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its National Reform Programme and shall be officially submitted on a triannual basis at the latest by 30 April. A draft plan may be submitted by Member State starting from 15 October of the preceding year, together with the draft budget of the subsequent year.
Amendment 155 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 170 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 173 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the estimated total cost of the countercyclical reforms and investments covered by the recovery and resilience plan submitted (also referred as ‘estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan’) backed up by appropriate justification and how it is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;
Amendment 182 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 185 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 200 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt a decision within four months of the official submission of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State, by means of an implementing act. In the event that the Commission gives a positive assessment to a recovery and resilience plan, that decision shall set out the countercyclical reforms and investment projects to be implemented by the Member State, including the milestones and targets, and the financial contribution allocated in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 202 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. In case the Member State concerned requests a loan support, the decision shall also set out the amount of the loan support as referred to in Article 12(4) and (5) and the additional countercyclical reforms and investment projects to be implemented by the Member State covered by that loan support, including the additional milestones and targets.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the description of the countercyclical reforms and of the investment projects and the amount of the estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan;
Amendment 205 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point c – point 2
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point c – point 2
Amendment 206 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 208 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission gives a negative assessment to a recovery and resilience plan, it shall communicate a duly justified assessment within fourthree months of the submission of the proposal by the Member State.
Amendment 210 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. The arrangements and timetable for implementation as referred to in point (d), the relevant indicators relating to the fulfilment of the envisaged milestones and targets referred to in point (e), the arrangements for providing access by the Commission to the underlying data referred to in point (f), and, where appropriate, the additional milestones and targets related to the disbursement of the loan support referred to in point (g) of paragraph 4 shall be further illustrated in an operational arrangement to be agreed by the Member State concerned and the Commission after the adoption of the decision referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 211 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission considers that the reasons put forward by the Member State concerned justify an amendment of the relevant recovery and resilience plan, the Commission shall assess the new plan in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 and shall take a new decision in accordance with Article 17 within fourthree months of the official submission of the request.
Amendment 213 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 215 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Amendment 216 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Amendment 218 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The Member State concerned shall report on a quarterly basis within the European Semester procesn annual basis on the progress made in the achievement of the recovery and resilience plans, including the operational arrangement referred to in Article 17(6). To that effect, the quarterly reports of the Member States shall be appropriately reflected in the National Reform Programmes, which shall be used as a tool for reporting on progress towards completion of the recovery and resilience plans.
Amendment 222 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall transmit the recovery and resilience plans as approved in the implementing act of the Commission in accordance with Article 17 to the European Parliament and the Council without undue delay. The Member State concerned may request the Commission to redact sensitive or confidential information, the disclosure of which would jeopardise public interests of the Member State.
Amendment 229 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Amendment 230 #
2020/0104(COD)
2. The evaluation report shall, in particular, assess to which extent the objectives have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of resources and the European added value. It shall also consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions.
Amendment 231 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4
Article 25 – paragraph 4
4. The ex-post evaluation report shall consist of a global assessment of the instruments established by this Regulation and shall include information on its impact in the medium or long-term.
Amendment 234 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 235 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 236 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) whether the justification provided by the Member State on the amount of the estimated total costs of the recovery and resilience plan submitted is reasonable and plausible and is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;
Amendment 237 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) whether the recovery and resilience plan contains measures for the implementation of countercyclical reforms and public investment projects that represent coherent actions;
Amendment 238 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – introductory part
2.1 The recovery and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations addressspecific reports prepared toby the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester.
Amendment 239 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
— The recovery and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations, including fiscal aspects, or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester addressed to the Member States concernedMember States’ specific reports, including fiscal aspects,
Amendment 241 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
A – The recovery and resilience plan contributes to effectively address challenges identified in the CSRs, or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester,specific reports proposed by the Member State concerned and the plan represents an adequate response to the economic and social situation of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 242 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
B – The recovery and resilience plan contributes to partially address challenges identified in the CSRs, or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semesterspecific reports proposed by the Member State concerned and the plan represents a partially adequate response to the economic and social situation of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 243 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 8
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 8
C – The recovery and resilience plan does not contribute to address any challenges identified in the CSRs, or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semesterspecific reports proposed by the Member State concerned and the plan does not represent an adequate response to the economic and social situation of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 246 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Amendment 247 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 63 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) An additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 (in current prices) for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 should be made available to support Member States and regions most impacted in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic orand preparing a green, digital and resilientthe recovery of the economy, with a view to deploying resources quickly to the real economy through the existing operational programmes. Resources for 2020 stem from an increase in the resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion in the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 whereas resources for 2021 and 2022 stem from the European Union Recovery Instrument. Part of the additional resources should be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the remaining additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and societies. The allocation method should include a dedicated additional amount for the outermost regions given the specific vulnerability of their economies and societies. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical data available by 19 October 2021 to distribute the 2022 tranche of the additional resources. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 67 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding.
Amendment 81 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to complement the actions already available under the scope of support of the ERDF, as extended by Regulations (EU) 2020/460 and (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council5 , Member States should continue to be allowed to use the additional resources primarily for investments in products and services for health services, for providing support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, in operations contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, infrastructure providing basic services to citizens, including in rural, insular and mountainous areas, or economic support measures for those regions most dependent on sectors most affected by the crisis. Technical assistance starting from the preliminary stages should also be supported. It is appropriate that the additional resources are focused exclusively under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy”, which should also constitute a single investment priority, to allow for simplified programming and implementation of the additional resources. _________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2020/460 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to mobilise investments in the healthcare systems of Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative) (OJ L99, 31.3.2020, p. 5); Regulation (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013 and (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, (OJ L 130, 23.4.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 97 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support job maintenance, including in rural, insular and mountainous areas, as well as through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for peoplecitizens in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, education and training, skills development and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time.
Amendment 123 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 140 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 163 #
2020/0101(COD)
Each Member State shall allocate the additional resources available for programming under the ERDF and the ESF to operational programmes, involving local and regional authorities, in accordance with the partnership principle. Up to 5% of the additional resources shall be used for cross-border projects.
Amendment 172 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 6
Article 92 b – paragraph 6
6. Up to 4% of the total additional resources under the ERDF and the ESF may be allocated to technical assistance starting from the preliminary stages under any existing operational programme supported from the ERDF or the ESF or the new operational programme referred to in paragraph 11.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support job creation, in particular for peoplecitizens in vulnerable situations, youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular to support the twin green and digital transitions, and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children.
Amendment 216 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 5
Article 92 b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 5
The revised financing plan set out in Article 96(2)(d) shall set out the allocation of the additional resources for the years 2020, 2021 and, where applicable, for 2022 without identifying amounts for the performance reserve and with no breakdown per category of regions.
Amendment 222 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 92 b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
By way of derogation from Article 29(3) and (4) and Article 30(2), the Commission shall approve any new dedicated operational programme or any amendment to an existing programme within 10 working days of its submission by a Member State.
Amendment 252 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a The Commission shall provide the European Parliament and the Council with an evaluation report on REACT-EU by 31 December 2023, covering budgetary commitments and payments, where possible, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. That report shall include information on the achievement of the objectives of REACT-EU, the efficiency of the use of its resources, the types of actions financed, the beneficiaries and final recipients of the financial allocations as well as its European added value in aiding the economic recovery.
Amendment 255 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Annex VII a – paragraph 3 – point b
Annex VII a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) For the number of people unemployed and the number of young people unemployed the reference period shall be: the average of June to AugustApril to June 2020.
Amendment 257 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Annex VII a – paragraph 4 – point b
Annex VII a – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) For the number of people unemployed and the number of young people unemployed the reference period shall be: the average of June to AugustApril to June 2021.
Amendment 21 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the Facility should cover a wide range of investments, on condition that they contribute to meet the development needs in the transition towards a climate neutral economy, as described in the territorial just transition plans. The investments supported may cover energy and transport infrastructure, district heating networks, green mobility, smart waste and water management, clean energy and energy efficiency measures including renovations and conversions of buildings, support to transition to a circular economy, land restoration and decontamination, as well as up- and re- skilling, training and social infrastructure, including social housing. Infrastructure developments may also include solutions leading to their enhanced resilience to withstand disasters. Comprehensive investment approach should be favoured in particular for territories with important transition needs. Investments in other sectors could also be supported if they are consistent with the adopted territorial just transition plans. By supporting investments that do not generate sufficient revenues, the Facility aims at providing public sector entities with additional resources necessary to address the social, economic and environmental challenges resulting from the adjustment to climate transition. In order to help identify investments with a high positive environmental impact eligible under the Facility, the EU taxonomy on environmentally sustainable economic activities may be used.
Amendment 26 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding.
Amendment 39 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In accordance with the Financial Regulation and Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulations (Euratom, EC) No 2988/95, (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and (EU) 2017/1939, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities, including fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used, and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative penalties. In particular, in accordance with Regulations (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute offences against the financial interests of the Union, as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the financial interests of the Union, grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, and OLAF, the EPPO in respect of those Member States participating in enhanced cooperation pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, and the European Court of Auditors (ECA), and ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights.
Amendment 41 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 44 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework for the grant component of this Facility until 31 December 2024, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to set out the available national allocations expressed as shares of the overall financial envelope of the Facility for each Member State in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I of Regulation [the JTF Regulation]. The implementing powers should be conferred without comitology procedures given that the shares derive directly from the application of a pre- defined calculation methodology.
Amendment 49 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The Facility shall provide support benefitting Union territories facing serious social, environmental and economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate-neutral economy of the Union bystarting from 2050.
Amendment 104 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 109 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 32 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’19 , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. _________________ 19 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.
Amendment 42 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A fixed long-term objective is crucialimportant to contribute to economic and societal transformation, jobs, growth, and the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to move in a fair and cost-effective manner towards the temperature goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the ‘Paris Agreement’).
Amendment 48 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union’s and the Member States’ climate action aims to protect people and the planet, welfare, prosperity, health, food systems, the integrity of eco- systems and biodiversity against the threat of climate change, in the context of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and in pursuit of the objectives of the Paris Agreement, and; it also seeks to maximize prosperity within the planetary boundaries and to, increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of society to climate change, bearing in mind also the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession.
Amendment 63 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality shouldnecessarily requires a contribution fromn impact assessment of every measure on all economic sectors. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to an environmentally and economically sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well- functioning internal energy market is essentialneeded. The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective.
Amendment 79 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) TBefore the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Parliament called for the necessarya transition to a climate- neutral society by 2050 at the latest and for this to be made into a European success story33 and has declared a climate and environment emergency34 . The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 201935 , has agreed on the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, while also recognising that it is necessary to put in place an enabling framework and that the transition will require significant public and private investment. The European Council also invited the Commission to prepare a proposal for the Union’s long- term strategy as early as possible in 2020 with a view to its adoption by the Council and its submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. _________________ 33European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)). 34European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency (2019/2930(RSP)). 35 Conclusions adopted by the European Council at its meeting on 12 December 2019, EUCO 29/19, CO EUR 31, CONCL 9.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union byfrom 2050, in line with the priority objective of economic recovery. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 90 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union byfrom 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 95 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Union should continue its climate action and international climate leadership after 2050, in order to protect people and the planet against the threat of dangerous climate change, in pursuit of the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement and following the scientific recommendations of the IPCC.
Amendment 110 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Pursuit of the European and national climate neutrality objective must be aligned with effective post-pandemic economic recovery in all Member States; the fundamental European objectives of territorial cohesion, homogeneous regional development and effective European business competitiveness at global level must always be guaranteed and never compromised by any measures taken under the new Climate Act.
Amendment 115 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The transition to climate neutrality requires gradual and progressive changes across the entire policy spectrum and a collective effort of all sectors of the economy and society, as illustrated by the Commission in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’. The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 2019, stated that all relevant Union legislation and policies need to be consistent with, and contribute to, the fulfilment of the climate- neutrality objective while respecting a level playing field, and invited the Commission to examine whether this requires an adjustment of the existing rules.
Amendment 127 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate-neutrality objecOVID-19 containment measures will trigger the sharpest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Achieving climate neutrality within the timeframe set by the European Council would have a pro-cyclical effect at a tivme for 2050. In that Communication, the Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to thewhen it is of paramount importance to implement robust anti- cyclical policies. For this reason, achievement of climate- neutrality objective and that all sectors should play their partmust take second place to full economic recovery in all Member States. By SeptDecember 20201, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into accountthat takes into account the medium to long-term socio-economic consequences of the pandemic, as well as its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36, review the Union’s 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared with 1990 levelsthat are more in line with the new economic reality of Europe and the world. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’s 2030 target, it should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 50 to 55 % compared to 1990. _________________ 36Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 141 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) As cCitizens and communities have a powerful role to play in drivingare suffering the socio-economic effects of the transformation towards climate neutrality forward, strong public and social engagement on climate action should be facilitated. The Commission should therefore engage with all parts of society to enable and empower them to take action towards a climate-neutral and climate- resilient society, including through launching a European Climate Pact. The Commission should therefore engage with all parts of society by drawing on the multilevel climate and energy dialogues as set up by the Member States in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and for the purposes of this Regulation also.
Amendment 147 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide predictability and confidence for all economic actors, including businesses, workers, investors and consumers, to ensure that the transition towards climate neutrality is irreversible, to ensure gradual reduction over time and to assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate-neutrality objective, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to set out a trajectory for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union by 2050. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making37. In particular, to ensure equal participatto assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate-neutrality objective, each Member State should, as part of its long- term strategy under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, set out an indicative trajectory for progressively reducing net greenhouse gas emissions in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 37 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1Union aiming at a zero rate - in line with future macroeconomic scenarios - from 2050.
Amendment 160 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversiblprogressive and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 162 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out an bindingcative objective of climate neutrality in the Union by, in line with macroeconomic recovery from 2050, in pursuit of the long- term temperature goal set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 168 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that dates an essential objective, following complete economic recovery from the fallout of the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic, which the EU proposes to achieve from 2050 onwards.
Amendment 175 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States. taking care not to undermine territorial cohesion and homogeneous regional growth in the Member States.
Amendment 186 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shallmay review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990 and the new EU social and economic reality following the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic containment measures, and explore options for a new 2030 emissions target more in line with the new economic reality. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 andline with emerging EU macroeconomic realities in order to achieve the climate-neutrality- objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 208 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 to supplement this Regulation by setting out a trajectory at Union level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) until 2050. At the latest within six months after each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall review the trajectoryEach Member State shall, as part of its long-term strategy under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, set an indicative trajectory to achieve the objective set out in Article 2(1).
Amendment 214 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 219 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. When setting a trajectory in accordance with paragraph 1, the Commission shall considerMember States shall focus primarily but not exclusively on the following:
Amendment 223 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 225 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the new economic reality following the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 226 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) competitiveness of the Union’s economywithin the Union and on the international markets, with a focus on micro-enterprises and SMEs;
Amendment 231 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) their own budget situation;
Amendment 232 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)
(bb) non-repayable European funding specifically earmarked for achievement of climate neutrality objectives;
Amendment 234 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) best available technology and its commercial availability with a view to promoting the marketing thereof;
Amendment 250 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the need to ensure environmental effectiveness and progress, economic sustainability and progressive emissions reduction over time;
Amendment 254 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) investmentoverall needs and every investment opportunitiesy;
Amendment 260 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(ha) effective measures to overcome regional imbalances;
Amendment 261 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) international and global developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Amendment 263 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
(j) the best available and most recent scientific evidence, includingand the latest reports of the IPCC, aside from RCP 8.5-based models .
Amendment 264 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
(j) the best available and most recent scientific and statistical evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC.
Amendment 281 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 Septem1 October 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:
Amendment 282 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 287 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall submit the conclusions of that assessment, together with the State of the Energy Union Report prepared in the respective calendar year in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and a report on regional development, territorial cohesion and economic recovery, to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 289 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 30 Septem1 October 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall review:
Amendment 291 #
2020/0036(COD)
(a) the consistency of Union measures with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 292 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the economic impact of the aforementioned measures on the economy of the Union, the euro area and the individual Member States, in terms of sustainability and competitiveness, compared to non-EU countries;
Amendment 297 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), incompatible with the economic sustainability or competitiveness of the Union and its Member States compared with third countries or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, or that the progress towards either the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 300 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess any draft measure or legislative proposal before adoption in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) before adop, together with the objective of economic recovery in the Union and the Member States, territorial cohesion and regional development, in a bid to achieve a fair and balanced solution,; and include this analysis in any impact assessment accompanying these measures or proposals, and make the result of that assessment public at the time of adoption.
Amendment 303 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 Septem1 October 20231, and every 5 years, thereafter the Commission shall assess:
Amendment 304 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the consistency of national measures identified, on the basis of the National Energy and Climate Plans or the Biennial Progress Reports submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as relevant for the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) with that objective, economic recovery, territorial cohesion and regional development, as expressed by the relevant trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 308 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objectiveclimate neutrality objectives in line with economic recovery, territorial cohesion and regional development as expressed by the corresponding trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it may issue recommendations to that Member State or adopt funding initiatives to help it achieve the above objectives. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
Amendment 317 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 321 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) European statistics and data, including data on the economic situation and on losses from adverse climate impacts, where available; and
Amendment 324 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) best availablend most recent scientific evidence, including available, and the latest reports of the IPCC; and, except for RCP 8.5-based models;
Amendment 325 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) any supplementary information on environmentally sustainable investment, by the Union and Member States and available European recovery funding, including, when available, investment consistent with Regulation (EU) 2020/… [Taxonomy Regulation].
Amendment 337 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 338 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Amendment 341 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 11
Article 11
Each Member State shall establish a multilevel climate and energy dialogue pursuant to national rules, in which local authorities, civil society organisation, business communitysocial partners, investors and other relevant stakeholders and the general public are able actively to engage and discuss the achievement of the Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2 of Regulation …/… [Climate Law] and the different scenarios envisaged for energy and climate policies, including for the long term, and review progress, unless it already has a structure which serves the same purpose. Integrated national energy and climate plans may be discussed within the framework of such a dialogue.;
Amendment 5 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that Europe’s economy is showing signs of less dynamic growth; highlights that more must be done to support Member States which are experiencing slower growth and high unemployment, particularly where young people are concerned; underlines that a rating agency recently downgraded from “stable” to “negative” the annual outlook for sovereign creditworthiness in the Euro area for 2020;
Amendment 34 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the European Semester mustshould consistently contribute to the elimination of social, economic and territorial inequalities and disparities between EU regions;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Remarks that the growth of the EU economy can’t be secured without a new approach to spending policy; therefore every single region in the EU should be provided with all the tools that allow the private sector to invest and exploit the hidden potential of the territory; calls on the Commission to create a pattern fit for business and trade in all lagging areas of the EU to improve local citizens’ lives and employment rates;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WBelcomesieves that the inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals in the European Semester, with should have the aim tof putting people, their health and the planet at the centre of economic policy; notes that, in this respect, special attention must be paid to the labour market, by safeguarding existing jobs and creating new ones;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes note of the objectives of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan but expresses concern about the actual results obtainable through the leverage effect and about the innovation and effectiveness of the supported projects;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reminds that the transition to a “zero emissions” productive model can’t be implemented without adequate graduality and attention to side effects on the economic, social and cultural frameworks in which stakeholders play;
Amendment 110 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for a support to all aspects of European Territorial Cooperation (cross- border, transnational and interregional cooperation, both internally and externally),thereby working towards the overall objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 114 #
2019/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that SMEs are a fundamental engine of development and employment in EU economy, in particular in Mediterranean regions and countries, and that - for structural reasons -they hardly can exploit the full potential of the single market if charged with heavy tax and administrative burdens; asks the Commission therefore to eliminate unnecessary burdens and barriers.
Amendment 5 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NoteRegrets that, as indicated in the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2018, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ increased from 3 % in 2017 to 5 % in 2018; regrets that, even if it should be stressed that errors in the implementation of the budget do not automatically imply a fraud, the positive trend of the last years has been reversed with a huge damage for European citizens;
Amendment 18 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that high-risk expenditures are often subject to complex rules and eligibility conditions which lead to errors and that a number of these errors are compounded by a supplemental layer added by national and Union authorities; recalls that simpler national eligibility rules might help reduce this source of error and result in a smaller administrative burden for beneficiaries; invite the Commission to take note of the problem and find better solutions in order to avoid the administrative burdens and to foster simplified procedures;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2055(DEC)
4. Stresses that the absorption of European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’) has continued to be slower than planned - by the end of 2018, only 27,3% - notes that this value is even lower than the absorption rate of 2011, the corresponding year of the previous Multiannual Financial Framework; In order to better use ESI Funds, suggests to have a SWOT analysis on the functioning of such Funds and their absorption rate for the implementation period;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the reasons behind this low absorption rate not only lie in the decommitment methodology (the so-called “n+3 rule”), but alsolie in the late adoption of the legislative framework enabling the implementation of the cohesion policy; therefore calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure proper measures in the next programming period 2021-2027 to avoid the repetition of delayed implementation of ESI Funds and its domino effect.;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that cohesion policy is based on a policy of solidarity, pursuing its Treaty-posed objective of promoting and supporting the overall harmonious development of Member States and regions, and aims to reduce economic, social and territorial disparities between and within EU regions and to insure that no region is left behind; considers that it creates growth and jobs across the Union as well as delivering key Union objectives and priorities, including its climate and energy targets, smart,such as the circular economy and a sustainable and inclusive economic growth;
Amendment 11 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls in particular the role of cohesion policy with regard to energy, climate change and the mitigation of its effects; stresses its importance for the infrastructure development which is necessary to reduce the existing territorial, social and economic gap among regions;
Amendment 17 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Commission proposed to link the CAP to the delivery of performance (‘delivery model’). Under the new legal framework, the Union is to set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requirements, while Member States are to bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targets. Accordingly, Member States are to draw up, and then implement, CAP Strategic Plans, which are toshould first be approved by the Commission and implemented by Member States. The Strategic Plans should be drawn up while taking into consideration, where appropriate, the role that national constitutions assign to the regions, in the form of delegations of responsibility for agriculture.
Amendment 41 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure continuity in the transitional period, the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector should be maintained for 2021 and the relevant amount of the reserve for 2021 should be included. After the end of the transitional period, the crisis reserve fund should be removed from the financial discipline mechanism and be funded as an independent expenditure item within the EU budget.
Amendment 75 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 99 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Payment entitlements allocated to farmers before 1 January 2020 shall be considered legal and regular as from 1 January 2021. The value and the amount of those entitlements to be considered legal and regular shall be the valueequal to the value and amount for calendar year 2020 valid on 31 December 2020. This is without prejudice to the relevant articles of Union law concerning the value of payment entitlements for calendar years 2021 onwards, in particular Article 22(5) and 25(12) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
Amendment 125 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken as from 2021 Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threeseven years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments directly following a commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes.;
Amendment 128 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken as from 2021 Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threeseven years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension for the maintenance of organic farming after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments concerning maintenance that directly follow the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes.
Amendment 132 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a
For new commitments to be undertaken as from 2021 Member States shall determine a shortera period of one to threeseven years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual renewal of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, as from 2021 the renewal shall not go beyond one year.
Amendment 2 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 and Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 in order to provide financial assistance to Member States to cover serious financial burden inflicted on them following a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement
Amendment 4 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union Solidarity Fund (‘the Fund’) was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/20028 . The Fund was created to provide financial assistance to Member States following emergency situations as a concrete sign of European solidarity in situations of distress, to respond to major natural disasters, and to express European solidarity with disaster-stricken regions within Europe. _________________ 8Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3).
Amendment 5 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established1a to show solidarity towards workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and global financial and economic crises, and can also support beneficiaries in small labour markets or in exceptional circumstances, in particular with regard to collective applications involving small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), even if the number of redundancies is below the normal threshold for mobilisation of the EGF. _________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (OJ L 406, 30.12.20016, p.1).
Amendment 26 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) To maintain the availability of the Fund for natural disasters, itsEuropean Union Solidarity Fund and of the EGF for their original purposes, a budgetary ceiling for support related to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement should be established.
Amendment 36 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 and Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Amendment 46 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
(1) At the request of a Member State, assistance from the European Union Solidarity Fund may also be mobilised when serious financial burden is inflicted on this Member State as a direct consequence of the United Kingdom leaving the Union without an agreement in accordance with Article 50(2) TEU (“withdrawal without an agreement”). The assistance shall take the form of a financial contribution from the Fund. (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 48 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 a – paragraph 2
Article 3 a – paragraph 2
(2) The available appropriations solely for this goal shall be limited to half5 % of the maximum available amount for the Fund intervention for the years 2019 and 2020.
Amendment 84 #
2019/0183(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013
Article 1 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013
Amendment 85 #