Activities of Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Citation 22 a (new)

- having regard to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates that moving towards a circular economy requires applying strictly the waste hierarchy and phasing out ~~toxic~~ substances of concern where possible, in particular where safer alternatives exist or will be developed, so as to ensure the development of non-toxic material cycles, which will facilitate recycling and are essential for the sound development of a functioning secondary raw materials market;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that all substances of very high concern should be tracked and that information relating to these substances should be fully available to recyclers and ~~to the public; welcomes in this respect~~, upon request, to the public in line with the new provisions included in Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2018/... amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 12

12. Highlights that the quality of the data on chemicals hazards, uses and exposure ~~available on ECHA’s website should urgently be improved~~in the REACH registration dossiers should urgently be improved, and therefore encourages the registrants to ensure compliance of their registration dossiers and keep them up-to-date;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 13

13. Considers that in line with Article 20(2) of REACH, ECHA should not grant access to the market to chemicals with incompliant, incomplete and inadequate registration dossiers and should make sure that the necessary information is generated as soon as possible; recalls that it is crucial that the information provided for registration dossiers is accurate, adequate, reliable, relevant and trustworthy;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 21

~~21. Believes that the Ecodesign Directive, and other product specific legislation, should be used to introduce requirements to substitute for substances of concern;~~deleted

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 22

22. Highlights that it is crucial to ensure a level playing field between EU- produced and imported articles; notes that EU-produced articles must not, under any circumstances, be disadvantaged; asks therefore the Commission to promote the timely use of restrictions in REACH and other product legislation so that EU produced and imported products are subject to the same rules; calls on the competent authorities in the Member States to increase controls on imported materials to ensure compliance with REACH and product legislation;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that clear EU rules specifying which conditions need to be met to exit the waste regime are needed, and that ~~robust~~harmonized end-of-waste criteria ~~striking the right balance between encouraging recycling and avoiding re-injecting hazardous substances into the economy~~ are required;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 27

27. Believes that the rules for classifying waste as hazardous or non- hazardous should be ~~fully aligned~~consistent with those for the classification of substances and mixtures under CLP, taking into account the specifics of waste and the way in which it is handled, and furthermore welcomes the new technical guidance on waste classification;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2589(RSP)

Paragraph 30

30. C~~onsiders that~~alls on the Commission to review the European List of Waste ~~should be reviewed~~without delay;

2018/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas it is important that the future CAP is coherent with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, environment, climate, public health and food;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas the future CAP will have to play an enhanced role in sustainable development, public health and environmental and climate protection, with specific objectives to be agreed at EU level and delivered by the Members States on biodiversity, climate change and antimicrobial resistance as well as on air, soil and water protection;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas the CAP, as a sectorial and common policy, should encourage and strengthen the contribution each farmer makes towards meeting environmental and climate challenges, and should promote the transition towards an sustainable agriculture combining economic with environmental performance standards;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas greening measures are complex and inefficient, and show how the lack of binding measurable targets to be achieved can lead to failure in providing environmental public goods;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for a CAP that has its top priority the transition of each European farm towards an sustainable undertaking combining economic with environmental performance standards;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to make sure that the future CAP accords with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and EU nature, climate and environment legislation in order to steer the post-2020 CAP towards a fair, effective and efficient farming policy which has as its core objective facilitating the transition towards a sustainable food and farming system in Europe, and stresses that sufficient funding to reach the targets must be provided;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the future CAP supports more sustainable production systems and enhanced delivery of public goods from land management, and that the level of support should be scaled to the volume of services delivered;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Calls for the future CAP to reinforce the EU added value of the policy by aligning the agri-environmental CAP interventions to the existing objectives and targets in EU nature, climate and environment legislation and international agreements;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Calls for the future CAP to be designed to better address critical public health issues, such as those related to antimicrobial resistance or air quality;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a first pillar, defined at EU level, that recognises the importance of direct aid ~~and that includ~~, better supports farmers in their transition towards sustainable farming and that includes in all EU Member States, as a share of up to 30 % of the pillar budget, a contractual incitement eco- scheme for athe transition towards ~~an agriculture combining economic with~~farm sustainability and higher environmental performance standards;

2018/03/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States set quantified targets wherever possible and introduce indicators for measuring progress of the targets set in their Strategic Plans;

2018/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Asks the Commission to provide clear guidance and support for Member States when developing their Strategic Plans to ensure that these plans are robust and of a high quality;

2018/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the CAP must include a~~n ambitious~~ European green energy strategy promoting highly sustainable biofuels based on the co- production of plant protein;

2018/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2018/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Underlines the important role of sustainably managed forests for the adaption of forests to climate change and highlights the significance of the forest- wood-value chain for sustaining rural livelihood, creating jobs, growth and social stability in rural areas as well as contributing to new value chains in line with the circular economy and bioeconomy;

2018/03/27
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the EU is committed to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, several of which are relevant to the sustainable consumption and production of plastics limiting their marine and terrestrial impacts;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that the plastics strategy should also serve as a lever for stimulating new, smart and circular business, production and consumption models covering the entire value chain in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal number 12 "Sustainable Consumption and Production"; calls on the Commission to foster clear linkages between the Union’s waste, chemicals and product policies to this end;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the competent authorities in the Member States to ensure that the entire waste acquis is fully implemented; points out that today's landfilling of 30% of plastics is a waste of resources; stresses that plastics shall no longer be accepted in landfills by 2030;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Calls on~~Reminds the Commission ~~to come forward with an update~~of its obligation to propose a reinforcement of the essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive by 2020, taking into account the relative properties of different packaging materials on the basis of life-cycle assessments, addressing in particular prevention, design for circularity and over-packaging, focusing on implementable and effective requirements;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to make ~~‘circularity first’~~resource efficiency an overarching principle, including the important part that circular materials, products and systems can play, also for non-packaging plastic items, inter alia by developing product standards and revising the eco- design legislative framework;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that mandatory rules on recycled content for specific plastic products may be ~~need~~considered in order to drive the uptake of secondary raw materials;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Believes that~~Points to the presence of a substance of concern should not be a blanket justification for precluding the recycling of waste streams for specific, well-defined and safe applications, since this could stifle innovation and discourage recycling potential in favour of incinerolution of the European Parliament on implementation of the circular economy package: options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Takes note of actions already taken in some Member States and therefore supports the Commission in coming forward with a specific legislative framework on single-use plastics ~~with the aim of halting the generation of marine litter in the EU~~and believes that this proposal would also significantly reduce marine litter of which more than 80% is plastic and thereby contributing to the goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses the importance of consumer awareness and active participation in reducing plastic consumption and the impacts it has;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Underlines that fiscal policy remains a Member State competence and opposes the introduction of an EU-wide plastics tax as a potential own resource stream for the EU~~Takes note of the Commission's proposal "On the System of Own Resources of the European Union" for a contribution based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste; stresses that the steering effect of such a contribution shall be coherent with the waste hierarchy and therefore shall encourage prevention; highlights that such contributions may cause distortive economic and ecological consequences and substitution effects;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10

Bio-plastics and biodegradability

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Strongly supports the Commission in coming forward with clear standards and harmonised rules on both bio-based content and biodegradability (a feedstock independent property) in order to tackle existing misconceptions and misunderstandings about bio-plastics and biodegradable plastics;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Highlights the ~~importance of lifecycle assessments in order to demonstrate a reduced environm~~potential role for bio-plastics compared to alternative plastic products, based on robust lifecycle assessments; points to the need for analysis and tests of the potential ~~impact for all bio-plastic~~biodegrading ability under diverse real life conditions;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls for a ban on oxo-degradable plastic, as this type of plastic does not safely biodegrade and therefore fails to deliver a proven environmental benefit; welcomes in this respect the Commission's request to ECHA to prepare a proposal for a possible restriction;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to introduce a ban on micro-plastics which are intentionally added to products, such as cosmetics and cleaning products, and for which viable alternatives are available; welcomes in this respect the Commission's request to ECHA to prepare a proposal for a possible restriction and supports the control-at-source measures;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement that an additional EUR 100 million under Horizon 2020 will be invested to drive investment towards circular solutions ~~under Horizon 2020; supports the development of a Strategic Research Innovation Agenda on plastics~~, such as design options, diversification of feedstock and innovative recycling technologies such as chemical recycling as well as the improvement of mechanical recycling; calls on the Commission to also provide funding for waste prevention schemes and their corresponding business models; supports the development of a Strategic Research Innovation Agenda on material circularity, with specific focus on plastic and plastic containing materials, to guide future funding decisions;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Emphasises the strong potential for linking the Digital Agenda and Circular Economy, particularly in gathering and processing information to make markets work better for business and consumers and the potential for innovative business models;

2018/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, market-oriented, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries.

2018/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The use of common definitions entirely set at Union level has caused certain difficulties for Member States to cater their own specificities at national, regional, and local level. Member States should therefore be given ~~the~~a certain level of flexibility to specify certain definitions in their CAP Strategic Plan. In order to ensure a common level playing field, a certain framework has, however, to be set at Union level constituting the necessary essential elements to be included in those definitions (‘framework definitions’).

2018/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) It is of utmost importance that the CAP at least maintains the same level of financing in the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, as it has in the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework.

2018/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) The CAP should ensure that Member States increase the environmental delivery by respecting local needs and farmers' actual circumstances. Member States should under direct payments in the CAP Strategic Plan set up Eco-schemes voluntary for farmers, which should be fully coordinated with the other relevant interventions. They should be defined by the Member States as a payment granted either for incentivising and remunerating the provision of public goods by agricultural practices beneficial to the environment and climate or as a compensation for the introduction of these practices. In both cases they should aim at enhancing the environmental and climate performance of the CAP and should consequently be conceived to go beyond the mandatory requirements already prescribed by the system of conditionality. Member States may decide to set up eco- schemes for agricultural practices such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures and landscape features, high nature value farming, Natura 2000 farming and organic farming. These schemes may also include ‘entry-level schemes’ which may be a condition for taking up more ambitious rural development commitments.

2018/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) Forestry measures should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forest Strategy, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest programs or equivalent instruments, which should build on the commitments stemming from the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emission and removals from land use, land use energy and forestry [LULUCF Regulation] and those made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. Interventions should be based on forest management plans or equivalent instruments and may comprise forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land, fire prevention and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs; investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy.

2018/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii

(ii) 'permanent crops' shall be non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent pasture that occupy the land for five years or more, which yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, including those in planters lined with plastic (if the Member State makes provision for this), and short rotation coppice;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; Member States may decide that land which can be grazed, where grasses and other herbaceous forage are not predominant or are absent, be considered permanent grassland.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering sustainable development and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) ~~foster~~contribute to the protection and the improvement of the quality of air, water and soil, and foster a more sustainable ~~development~~use and and efficient management of natural resources ~~such as water, soil and air~~;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) contribute to the protection and improvement of biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserve and restore habitats and landscapes;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned in line with established local practices and the specific environmental-related objectives set out in point (f) of Article 6(1), including soil, water and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing services for advising farmers, forest owners and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services').

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In this context, it should be noted that at least 5 % of all direct payments according to Article 14 shall be redistributed and linked to areas defined in Article 4(1)(b)(iii).

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium-sized farms by providing for a redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17. Member States shall ensure a redistribution of at least 15 % of the direct payments for the respective Member State granted according to Article 14. Member States shall set limits for the number of these payment claims or hectares. However, these must be at least 1.5 times the average farm size for the respective Member State.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, with a focus on the provision of public goods.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4

4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) ~~of Article 6(1)~~and the socio-economic specific objective laid down in point (i) of Article 6(1), prioritising with regard to objective (f) high nature value farming and Natura 2000 farming.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall include agri- environment-climate commitments in their CAP Strategic Plans with 50 % of commitments ring-fenced for objective (f) set out in Article 6(1).

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial and targeted to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs and establish an incentive. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 a (new)

Article 72 a Support to prevent and mitigate damage caused by protected large carnivore species 1. Member States may, under the conditions laid down in this Article, support the introduction of measures to protect livestock farms from damages by large carnivore species protected by Council Directive 92/43/EEC and compensate producers for losses deriving from those damages. 2. Member States shall provide total or partial compensation for the additional costs and loss of income taking place as a result of the prevention measures or the casualties to herds as a result of these damages. 3. Member States shall define the types of losses as well as the preventive measures that will be covered by the compensation referred to in paragraph 2.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

At least 3050 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The indicative financial allocations for the Schemes for the Climate and the Environment referred to in Subsection 4 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, will be at least 30% of the amounts set out in Annex VII. Member States may choose to transfer the financial allocation referred to in the first sub-paragraph to the Member State’s allocation for EAFRD, in accordance with Article 90, provided that it is used in EAFRD interventions addressing the specific environmental-, climate- and societal demands-related objectives referred to in points (d), (e), (f) and (i) of Article 6(1).

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 105% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Payments from the first pillar, including coupled support, shall be limited per hectare and beneficiary to the equivalent of twice the average of EU direct payments per hectare.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – title

Tracking environmental and climate expenditure

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1

1. On the basis of the information provided by Member States the Commission shall evaluate the contribution of the policy to the environmental and climate change objectives using a simple, appropriate and common methodology.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

~~(b) up to 15% of the Member State’s allocation for EAFRD in financial years 2022 – 2027 to the Member State’s allocation for direct payments set out in Annex IV for calendar years 2021 to 2026.~~deleted

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall explain in their CAP Strategic Plans~~, on the basis of available information,~~ the environmental and climate objectives they aim to achieve in the period 2021-2027, on the basis of targets for the relevant impact indicators set out in Annex I, and how they intend to achieve the greater overall contribution set out to in paragraph 1. That explanation shall be based on relevant information such as the elements referred to in points (a) to (f) of Article 95(1) and in point (b) of Article 95(2).

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) economic, environmental and social partners;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall involve those partners in the preparation and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1

1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in abiennuial milestones.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1

1. By 15 February 2023 and 15 February of e~~ach subsequent~~very other year until and including 2030, the Member States shall submit to the Commission a~~n a~~ biennuial performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous two financial years. The report submitted in 2023 shall cover the financial years 2021 and 2022. For direct payments as referred to in Chapter II of Title III, the report shall cover only financial year 2022.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.15 a (new)

R.15a Reducing emissions from fertiliser use: Share of agricultural land under management commitments to reduce GHG emissions from fertiliser use.

2019/01/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)

I.20a High nature value farming: Percentage of Utilised Agricultural Area farmed to generate high nature value (HNV).

2019/01/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.29 a (new)

R.29a Fostering high nature value farming: Percentage of farmland under management commitments to generate high nature value.

2019/01/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 3 a (new) - Requirements and standards

GAEC 3a: Maximum stocking density.

2019/01/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 3 a (new) - Main objective of the standard

no exceedance of a limit of 0.7 livestock units per hectare on agricultural land.

2019/01/25
Committee: ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) To encourage environmentally sustainable innovation and to avoid distorting competition when raising financing for environmentally sustainable economic activities, the technical screening criteria should ensure that all relevant economic activities within amajor economic spec~~ific sector~~tors, including among others agriculture, construction, energy, chemicals, transportation and production, can qualify as environmentally sustainable and are treated equally if they contribute equally towards one or more of the environmental objectives laid out in this Regulation. The potential capacity to contribute towards those environmental objectives may however vary across sectors, which should be reflected in the criteria. However, within each sector, those criteria should not unfairly disadvantage certain economic activities over others if the former contribute towards the environmental objectives to the same extent as the latter.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)

(27 a) Environmentally sustainable activities are the result of technologies and products developed all along the value-chain. For this reason, the technical screening criteria should consider the role of the whole value- chain, from the processing of raw materials to the final product and its waste phase, in the final delivery of environmental sustainable activities.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) It is of particular importance that the Commission when preparing the development of the technical screening criteria, carry out appropriate consultations in line with Better Regulation requirements. The process for the establishment and the update of the technical screening criteria should also involve relevant stakeholders and build on the advice of experts with proven knowledge and experience in the relevant areas. For that purpose, the Commission should set up a Platform on sustainable finance. This Platform should be composed of experts representing both the public and the private sector. Public sector representatives should include experts from the European Environmental Agency, the European Supervisory Authorities and the European Investment Bank. Private sector experts should include representatives of relevant stakeholders, including financial market actors, universities, research institutes, associations and organisations and major economic sectors, including among others agriculture, construction, energy, chemicals, transportation and production. The Platform should advise the Commission on the development, analysis and review of technical screening criteria, including their potential impact on the valuation of assets that until the adoption of the technical screening criteria were considered as green assets under existing market practices. The Platform should also advise the Commission on whether the technical screening criteria are suitable for further uses in future Union policy initiatives aimed at facilitating sustainable investment.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) reducing the content of hazardous substances in materials and products, in line with the harmonised legal requirements laid down at Union level, wherever it is technically feasible;

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) consider the role of the whole value-chain, from the processing of raw materials to the final product, in the final delivery of environmental sustainable activities;

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The report shall take into account the possibility to introduce integrated reporting requirements in relation to the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups in accordance with Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, and it shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. _________________ 1aDirective 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19).

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7 a) This Directive is without prejudice to the provisions established in Directive 94/62/EC regarding single-use plastic products that are considered packaging items as defined by Article 3(1) of Directive 94/62/EC.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) For certain single-use plastic products, suitable and more sustainable alternatives are not yet readily available and the consumption of most such single- use plastic products is expected to increase. To reverse that trend and promote efforts towards more sustainable solutions Member States should be required to take the necessary measures to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption of those products, without prejudice to Article 18 of Directive 94/62/EC, without compromising food hygiene or food safety, good hygiene practices, good manufacturing practices, consumer information, or traceability requirements set out in Union food legislation44 . When considering a measure having restrictive effects on intra-Union trade, Member States should be able to demonstrate that the measure in question is adequate to attain the objective of reducing a significant reduction in the consumption of those products, does not go beyond what is necessary to attain that objective and does not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States. Member States should encourage the use of products that are suitable for multiple use and that are, after having become waste, suitable for preparing for re-use and recycling and without compromising the free movement of goods in the internal market. Those measures should take into account the impact of products throughout their life cycle inclusive the marine environment and the waste hierarchy. Member States should encourage reusable cutlery, plates and cups in establishments where food or drinks are provided for consumption in the store or on the spot, including but not limited to restaurants, fast food stores, cafés and food trucks. __________________ 44 Regulation (EC) 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1-24), Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.1-54), Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 on materials intended to come into contact and other relevant legislation related to food safety, hygiene and labelling (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p.4-17).

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)

(11 a) Member States should be required, in accordance with Directive 94/62/EC, to notify the Commission of any drafted measure related to packaging before adopting it, in order to verify whether it may create barriers to the functioning of the internal market.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) With regard to single-use plastic products for which there are no readily available suitable and more sustainable alternatives, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, also introduce extended producer responsibility schemes to cover the necessary costs of waste management ~~and clean-up of litter~~in line with Article 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and Article 7 of Directive 94/62/EC as well as the costs of awareness-raising measures to prevent and reduce ~~such~~ litter.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) The large portion of plastic stemming from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear containing plastic in marine litter indicates that the existing legal requirements46 do not provide sufficient incentives to return such fishing gear to shore for collection and treatment. The indirect fee system envisaged under Union law on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships takes away the incentive for ships to discharge their waste at sea, and ensures a right of delivery. That system should, however, be supplemented by a collection target and further financial incentives for fishermen to bring their fishing gear waste on shore to avoid any potential increase in the indirect waste fee to be paid. As plastic components of fishing gear have a high recycling potential, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, introduce extended producer responsibility for fishing gear containing plastic to facilitate separate collection of waste fishing gear and to finance sound waste management of such fishing gear, in particular recycling. __________________ 46 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Directive 2000/59/EC and Directive 2008/98/EC.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) In order to prevent littering and other inappropriate forms of disposal resulting in marine litter containing plastic, consumers need to be properly informed about the most appropriate waste disposal options available and/or waste disposal options to be avoided, best practices with regard to waste disposal and the environmental impact of bad disposal practices as well as about the plastic content in certain single-use plastic products and fishing gear. Therefore, Member States should be required to take awareness raising measures, including education campaigns at schools, ensuring that such information is given to the consumers to incentivise them to change their behaviour and to participate more actively in litter prevention. This information should include the impact of inappropriate waste disposal on the sewer network. The information should not contain any promotional content encouraging the use of the single-use plastic products. Member States should be able to choose the measures which are most appropriate based on the nature of the product or its use. The fight against litter should be a shared effort between competent authorities, producers and consumers. Producers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic should cover the costs of the awareness raising measures as part of their extended producer responsibility obligation.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) Directive 2008/98/EC lays down general minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes. Those requirements should apply to extended producer responsibility schemes established by this Directive. This Directive, however, establishes additional extended producer responsibility requirements, for example, the requirement on producers of certain single-use plastic products to cover the costs of clean-up of litter.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) As the Court of Justice has held on numerous occasions, it would be incompatible with the binding effect, which the third paragraph of Article 288 of the Treaty ascribes to a Directive, to exclude, in principle, the possibility of an obligation imposed by a Directive from being relied on by persons concerned. That consideration applies particularly in respect of a Directive, which has amongst its objectives the protection of the environment from the adverse effects of marine litter. Therefore, in accordance with the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, members of the public concerned should have access to justice in order to contribute to the protection of the right to live in an environment, which is adequate for personal health and well-being. In addition, where a large number of persons are in a 'mass harm situation', due to the same illegal practices relating to the violation of rights granted by this Directive, they should have the possibility to use collective redress mechanisms, where such mechanisms have been established by Member States in line with Commission Recommendation 2013/396/EU47 . __________________ 47 Commission Recommendation of 11 June 2013 on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States concerning violations of rights granted under Union law (OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 60).

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201648 , the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive. That evaluation should be based on experience gathered and data collected during the implementation of this Directive and data collected under Directive 2008/56/EC or Directive 2008/98/EC. The evaluation should provide the basis for an assessment of possible further measures and an assessment whether, in view of monitoring of marine litter in the Union, the Annex listing single-use plastic products needs to be reviewed. The evaluation should also consider whether scientific and technical progress that has taken place in the meantime, including the development of biodegradable materials and the development of criteria or a standard for biodegradability of plastics in the marine environment, as foreseen in the European Plastics Strategy, allows the setting of a standard for biodegradation of certain single-use plastic products in the marine environment. That standard would include a standard to test if, as a result of physical and biological decomposition in the marine environment, plastics would fully decompose into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water within a timescale short enough for the plastics not to be harmful for marine life and not lead to an accumulation of plastics in the environment. ~~If that is the case, single-use plastic products that meet such a standard could be exempted from the prohibition on placing on the market.~~ While the European Strategy for Plastics already envisages action in this area, it also recognises the challenges in relation to determining a regulatory framework for plastics with biodegradable properties due to different marine conditions across seas. __________________ 48 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall take the necessary measures, without prejudice to Article 18 of Directive 94/62/EC, to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive].

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Those measures may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and may vary depending on the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Member States shall notify the Commission, in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 94/62/EC, of any draft measures that they plan to adopt pursuant to the first subparagraph to permit the Commission to examine it in light of the functioning of the internal market.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. TBy [3 months after entering into force of this directive] the Commission shall request the European standardisation organisations to develop harmonised standards relating to the requirement referred to in paragraph 1.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall ensure that each sales packaging of the single-use plastic product listed in Part D of the Annex placed on the market bears a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking informing consumers of ~~one or more of~~ the following:

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the negative environmental impacts of littering or other inappropriate waste disposal of the products, or

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) the presence of plastics in the product., and

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) the recyclability of a product.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall, by … [12 months before the end-date for transposition of this Directive] adopt an implementing act laying down the specifications for the marking referred to in paragraph 1 and in doing so shall take account of sectoral voluntary agreements and shall not mislead the consumer. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2).

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

With regard to the schemes established pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex shall cover the necessary costs of the collection of waste consisting of those single-use plastic products and its subsequent transport and treatment, ~~including the costs to clean up litter~~as defined under Article 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and the costs of the awareness raising measures referred to in Article 10 regarding those products.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Giovanni LA VIA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

For single-use plastic products that are packaging, the requirements laid down in this paragraph ~~supplement~~are without prejudice to the requirements regarding extended producer responsibility schemes laid down in Directive 94/62/EEC and Directive 2008/98/EC.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that extended producer responsibility schemes are established for fishing gear containing plastic placed on the Union market, in accordance with the provisions on extended producer responsibility in Directive 2008/98/EC. Member States shall ensure on that basis that a minimum collection rate of fishing gear containing plastic is achieved annually. From 2025 the minimum collection rate shall be 35 % calculated on the basis of the total weight of fishing gear collected in a given year in the Member State concerned, expressed as a percentage of the average weight of fishing gear placed on the market in the three preceding years in that Member State.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the available of reusable alternatives, re-use systems and waste management options for those products and fishing gear containing plastic as well as best practices in sound waste management carried out in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) it is feasible to establish binding quantitative Union targets. expressed in absolute numbers, for the consumption reduction of, in particular, single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex, taking into account already achieved reductions as well as low consumption in some of the Member States;

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) sufficient scientific and technical progress has been made, and criteria or a standard for biodegradability in the marine environment applicable to single-use plastic products within the scope of this directive and their single-use substitutes have been developed~~, in order to determine wh~~ based on solid field testing in real marine life conditions and where the biodegradation of the plastich product~~s no longer need to be subject to the restrictions on placing on the market, where appropriate~~ results in carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water that is fully re- integrated into the natural carbon and nitrogen cycles without damaging ecosystem balances.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

However, the Member States shall apply the measures necessary to comply with Articles 5 and 7(1) from … [2 years after entry into force of this Directive] and with Article 6(1) from …[32 years after the entry into force of th~~is Directive~~e standard referred to in Article 6(3)].

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D – indent 3 a (new)

- Tobacco products with filters and filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part F – indent 1

— Beverage bottles, including its cap and lid

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0166R(APP)

Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Nils TORVALDS, Ivo BELET, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Julie GIRLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is concerned about the proposed 5 % decrease in financial resources for the decentralised agencies under the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ECHA, ECDC, EEA, EFSA, EMA); calls for the decentralised agencies to be allocated more financial and human resources, at least at the level of 2014-2020 in real terms, where appropriate and based on their individual needs, in particular if new tasks are allocated;

2018/09/13
Committee: ENVI

2018/0143(COD)

Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029 by 1520%;

2018/09/10
Committee: ENVI

2018/0143(COD)

Peter LIESE, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) From 1 January 2030 onwards by at least 305% subject to the review pursuant to Article 13.

2018/09/10
Committee: ENVI

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) Different operators are active in the agricultural and food supply chain at the stages of production, processing, marketing, distribution and retail of agricultural or food products. The chain is by far the most important channel for ~~bringing food products from “farm to fork”.~~ delivering products.Those operators trade agricultural or food products, that is to say primary agricultural products, including fishery and aquaculture products, as listed in Annex I to the Treaty ~~for use as food, and~~, other food products not listed in that Annex but processed from agricultural products for use as food and agricultural products.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) The number and size of operators vary across the different stages of the food supply chain. Differences in bargaining power relate to the different levels of concentration of operators and can enable the unfair exercise of bargaining power by using unfair trading practices. Unfair trading practices are in particular harmful for small and medium-sized and mid-cap operators in the agricultural and food supply chain~~. Agricultural producers, who supply primary agricultural products, are largely small and medium-sized~~.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Andreas SCHWAB

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Agricultural producers, who supply primary agricultural products, are largely small and medium-sized. But the limited criteria of small and medium-sized enterprises in agricultural production are often exceeded e.g. when employing seasonal workers. Therefore, it is adequate to enlarge the scope to mid-caps. Mid-cap companies are enterprises or Producer Organisation, cooperatives or Associations of Producer Organisations with a medium-sized structure and with a high capital ratio with a staff headcount of up to 3000 employees. Furthermore, mid-caps can be family-run enterprises. Small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps have little market power in comparison to the big players in the agricultural or food supply chain.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) A majority of all Member States, but not all of them, have specific national rules that protect suppliers against unfair trading practices occurring in business-to- business relationships in the agricultural or food supply chain. Where reliance on contract law or self-regulatory initiatives is possible, fear of retaliation against a complainant limits the practical value of these forms of redress. Certain Member States, which have specific rules on unfair trading practices in place, therefore entrust administrative authorities with their enforcement. However, Member States’ unfair trading practices rules - to the extent they exist - are characterised by significant divergence.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) A minimum Union standard of protection against certain manifestly unfair trading practices should be introduced to reduce the occurrence of such practices and to contribute to ensuring a fair standard of living for agricultural producers. It should benefit all agricultural producers or any natural or legal person that supplies agricultural or food products, including producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, provided that all those persons meet the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises set out in the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC12 or are mid-cap enterprises. Those micro, small or, medium or mid-cap suppliers are particularly vulnerable to unfair trading practices and least able to weather them without negative effects on their economic viability. As the financial pressure on small and medium- sized and mid-cap enterprises caused by unfair trading practices often passes through the chain and reaches agricultural producers, rules on unfair trading practices should also protect small and medium-sized and mid-cap intermediary suppliers at the stages downstream of primary production. Protection of intermediary suppliers should also avoid unintended consequences (notably in terms of unduly raising prices) of trade diversion away from agricultural producers and their associations, who produce processed products, to non- protected suppliers. __________________ 12 OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) As a majority of Member States already have national rules on unfair trading practices, albeit diverging, it is appropriate to use the tool of a Directive to introduce a minimum protection standard under Union law. This should enable Member States to integrate the relevant rules into their national legal order in such a way as to bring about a cohesive regime. Member States should not be precluded from adopting and applying on their territory stricter national laws protecting small and medium-sized suppliers and buyers against unfair trading practices occurring in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain, subject to the limits of Union law applicable to the functioning of the internal market.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) As unfair trading practices may occur at any stage of the sale of an agricultural or food product, i.e. before, during or after a sales transaction, Member States should ensure that the provisions of this Directive should apply to such practices whenever they occur.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) In the interest of an effective implementation of the policy in respect of unfair trading practices in business-to- business relationships in the food supply chain, the Commission should review the application of this Directive and submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The review should also pay particular attention to a possible enlargement of the lists of prohibited unfair trading practices and whether protection of small and medium-sized buyers of food products in the supply chain – in addition to the protection of small and medium sized suppliers – in the future would be justified,

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Directive establishes a minimum list of prohibited unfair trading practices between buyers and suppliers in the agricultural or food supply chain and lays down minimum rules concerning their enforcement and arrangements for the coordination between enforcement authorities.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. This Directive applies to certain unfair trading practices which occur in relation to the sales of agricultural or food products by a supplier that is a small and medium-sized or mid-cap enterprise to a buyer that is not a small and medium-sized enterprise.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Markus PIEPER

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

(ca) "mid-cap enterprise" means an enterprise or a Producer Organisation, cooperative or Association of Producer Organisations with a medium-sized structure, a high capital ratio and a staff headcount of up to 3000 employees;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) “agricultural or food products” means products listed in Annex I to the Treaty intended for use as food ~~as well as~~, products not listed in that Annex, but processed from those products for use as food, and agricultural products;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Markus PIEPER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) “perishable agricultural or food products” means fresh agricultural or food products that will become unfit for human consumption or intended use unless they are stored, treated, packaged or otherwise conserved to prevent them from becoming unfit.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Sabine VERHEYEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall ensure that the following trading practices for perishable agricultural or food products are prohibited:

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part

(a) a buyer pays a supplier for perishable agricultural or food products later than 30 calendar days after the receipt of the supplier’s invoice or later than 30 calendar days after the date of delivery of the perishable food products, whichever is the later. This prohibition shall be without prejudice:

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) a buyer cancels orders of perishable agricultural or food products at such short notice that a supplier cannot reasonably be expected to find an alternative to commercialise or use these products;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) a buyer unilaterally and retroactively changes the terms of the supply agreement concerning the frequency, timing or volume of the supply or delivery, the quality standards or the prices of the agricultural or food products;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) a supplier pays for the promotion of agricultural or food products sold by the buyer. Prior to a promotion and if that promotion is initiated by the buyer, the buyer shall specify the period of the promotion and the expected quantity of the agricultural or food products to be ordered;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) a supplier pays for the marketing of agricultural or food products by the buyer.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to initiate and conduct investigations on its own initiative or based on an anonymous complaint;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. By 15 March of each year, Member States shall send to the Commission a report on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural or food supply chain. That report shall contain, in particular, all relevant data on the application and enforcement of the rules under this Directive in the Member State concerned in the previous year.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. No ~~soon~~later than three years after the date of application of this Directive, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive and present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. In the framework of the evaluation, the need for additional unfair trading practices should be examined.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Ivo BELET, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. The Coordination Group shall act by consensus, or, where necessary, vote by ~~simple~~qualified majority. ~~There shall be one vote per Member State.~~

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Elisabetta GARDINI, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) medical devices classified as class IIb and III pursuant to Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 for which the relevant expert panels have provided a scientific opinion in the framework of the clinical evaluation consultation procedure pursuant to Article 54 of that Regulation;deleted

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Elisabetta GARDINI, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The Commission shall, by means of Delegated Acts, include in Article 5 paragraph 1 of this Regulation a specific product category of medical devices if at least five Member States are systematically performing health technology assessments on the same specific product category of medical devices.

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Elisabetta GARDINI, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) in vitro diagnostic medical devices classified as class D pursuant to Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2017/74617 for which the relevant expert panels have provided their views in the framework of the procedure pursuant to Article 48(6) of that Regulation. __________________ 17Regulation (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).deleted

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Elisabetta GARDINI, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The Commission shall, by means of Delegated acts, include in Article 5 paragraph 1 of this Regulation a specific product category of in vitro diagnostic medical devices if at least five Member States are systematically performing health technology assessments on the same specific product category of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

The Coordination Group shall initiate joint clinical assessments of health technologies on the basis of its annual work programme by designating a sub-group to oversee the preparation of the joint clinical assessment report on behalf of the Coordination Group. Member States may propose additional comparator, which from their point of view represents the relevant evidence-based standard of care in their Member State. In case this proposal has not been taken into account, the relevant Member State may use the mechanism referred to in Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new).

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a

(a) an analysis of the relative effects of the health technology being assessed on the patient-relevant health outcomes chosen for the assessment compared to one or more comparator treatments to be determined by the Coordination Group;

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Ivo BELET, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 12

12. The Coordination Group shall approve the final joint clinical assessment report and summary report, wherever possible by consensus or, where necessary, by ~~a simple~~qualified majority of Member States.

2018/06/18
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Gesine MEISSNER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Where the Commission considers that there are no legal obstacles to the inclusion of the approved joint clinical assessment report and summary report ~~comply with the substanti~~in a list of technologies that have aund ~~procedural requirements laid down in this Regulation,~~ergone a joint clinical assessment (hereafter referred to as ‘the list of assessed technologies’ or ‘list’) it shall include the name of the health technology which has been the subject of the approved report and summary report, in ~~a list of technologies having undergone joint clinical assessment (the "~~the ‘List of Assessed Health Technologies~~" or the "List")~~’ at the latest 30 days after receipt of the approved report and summary report from the Coordination Group.

2018/06/15
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Gesine MEISSNER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Where, within 30 days of receipt of the approved joint clinical assessment report and the summary report, the Commission concludes that the approved joint clinical assessment report and summary report do not comply with the ~~substantive and procedur~~legal requirements laid down in this Regulation, it shall inform the Coordination Group of the reasons for its conclusions and request it to review the report and summary report.

2018/06/15
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Gesine MEISSNER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Following the submission of the modified approved joint clinical assessment report and summary report, and where the Commission considers that the modified approved joint clinical assessment report and summary report comply with the ~~substantive and procedur~~legal requirements laid down in this Regulation, it shall include the name of the health technology which has been the subject of the report and summary report, in the List of Assessed Health Technologies.

2018/06/15
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Gesine MEISSNER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5

5. If the Commission concludes that the modified approved joint clinical assessment report and summary report do not comply with the ~~substantive and procedur~~legal requirements laid down in this Regulation, it shall decline to include the name of the health technology in the List. The Commission shall inform the Coordination Group thereof, setting out the reasons for the non- inclusion. The obligations laid down in Article 8 shall not apply with respect to the health technology concerned. The Coordination Group shall inform the submitting health technology developer accordingly and include summary information on those reports in its annual report.

2018/06/15
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. This shall not prevent the Member States from complementing the joint clinical assessment with clinical assessments comparing the technology against a comparator which represents the best available evidence based standard of care in this Member State which, despite the Member States request during the scoping face, will not form part of the joint clinical assessment and which is necessary to complete the health technology assessment in that Member State. Any such measure should be justified, necessary and proportionate to achieving this aim. Any national assessment complementing the joint clinical assessment should follow the methodology established in accordance with Article 22. Member States shall notify the Commission and the Coordination Group of their intention to complement the joint clinical assessment together with a justification for doing so no later than 2 weeks after the Coordination Group has laid down the specific requirements for the joint assessment of the specific technology.

2018/06/15
Committee: ENVI

2018/0018(COD)

Peter LIESE, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Ivo BELET, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 12

12. The Coordination Group shall approve the final joint scientific consultation report, wherever possible by consensus or, where necessary, by ~~a simple~~qualified majority of Member States, at the latest 100 days following the start of the preparation of the report referred to in paragraph 4.

2018/06/15
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the Council conclusions of 19 June 2017 on the EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy1a; _________________ 1ahttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/press- releases-pdf/2017/6/47244661427_en.pdf

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Nature Directives have an important role in achieving the targets of the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Action Plan for nature, people and the economy, as a step in the right direction to ~~deliver on the objectives of the Nature Directive~~boost the implementation of the Nature Directives and to deliver on the objectives of the Nature Directives as well as to strengthen their coherence with socio-economic objectives and to mobilise engagement with national, regional and local authorities, stakeholders, especially land owners and users, and citizens;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes that the Commission will update and further develop guidance documents in all official languages of the EU in order to promote greater understanding of the legislation on the ground and to help public authorities apply it better and calls on the European Commission in this regard to involve and consult all stakeholders in this process;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the four priority areas of the Action Plan and considers that the active involvement of all relevant actors at national, regional and local level in all the priority areas is needed;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the role of civil society in ensuring better implementation of the Union nature legislation~~, and the importance of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in this regard~~;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Herbert DORFMANN, Peter LIESE, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the role of the Committee of the Regions to raise awareness and promote local involvement and exchanges of knowledge;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the full and effective implementation of the invasive alien species (IAS) Regulation; considers that in the management of IAS ~~priority should be given to~~is an urgent priority, especially in Natura 2000 sites; welcomes the online platform, European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN), which facilitates access to data on alien species;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote better recognition of economic, recreational, social and cultural requirements and to take into account regional and local characteristics in compliance with Article 2 of the Birds Directive and Article 2.3 of the Habitats Directive, when implementing the measures pursuant to the Directives;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that the coexistence between people and conflict species, such as large carnivores, can have negative impacts on parts of the agriculture sector and other socio-economic activities in certain areas or regions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider further measures to address these issues recognising the available flexibility within the Habitats Directive, and asks the Commission to strengthen the stakeholder involvement building on the dedicated stakeholder platforms that have been set up;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls on the Commission to support measures such as training for farmers regarding the protection of livestock against large carnivores and sharing best practices on livestock protection across Member States;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Calls on the European Commission to consider especially adaptive harvest management as a best practice tool to sustainably manage sufficiently abundant and conserve declining waterbird populations within the EU;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to tailor funding schemes more effectively to the Natura 2000 objectives ~~and establish cross-cutting Natura 2000 performance indicators for all relevant EU funds~~; calls on the Commission to also establish a tracking mechanism for Natura 2000 spending in order to improve transparency, accountability and effectiveness, and integrate these into the next MFF;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the Commission to promote and propose means for the funding and the development of transboundary management plans for large carnivore species and calls also for a detailed examination of the role of large carnivores and the possible introduction of adjustment measures to ensure that biodiversity, the agricultural landscape and the centuries-old practice of letting stock graze in mountain regions are maintained;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2819(RSP)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 26

26. States that it is important for the competent authorities in the Member States, with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, to make better use of integrated spatial planning processes, to improve a horizontal understanding of TEN-G with sector- specific knowledge, and to enable the financing of increased connectivity, and green infrastructure in general, through rural development and regional development funds;

2017/09/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document on Agriculture and Sustainable Water Management in the EU (SWD(2017) 153 final);

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas it is important to promote the development of alternative procedures or techniques to reduce dependence on conventional pesticides and to deal with the rising threads of resistances to conventional plant protection products;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) are ~~notoriously~~ inconsistent as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measure~~ment~~s and timetables for the various action areas, making it impossible to assess the progress made; regrets the fact that ~~just two~~only eleven Member States have produced a revised NAP to date, although the deadline for revision was at the end of 2017;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous~~Stresses the importance of commitment from Member States to apply integrated pest management; regrets that one of the main challenges regarding the implementation of the principles of IPM, which are the cornerstone of the directive, seems to be the current lack of appropriate control instruments and methods to assess compliance in the Member States as well as clear rules and guidance; recalls that while IPM techniques are sustainable from a long- term perspective, IPM can mean a higher economic risk in the short-term; underlines the fact that implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Considers that IPM represents a valuable tool for farmers to combat pests and disease and to ensure production yields; notes that a more intensive effort is needed to encourage the uptake of IPM through research and Member States' advisory bodies; recalls that IPM is not a silver-bullet solution to combat all threats to plant health but can play an important role in reducing the quantities and varieties of pesticides used;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; c~~Considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use~~, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.~~;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that most Member States use national risk indicators to assess, either entirely or in part, the adverse impact of pesticide use; recalls that in spite of the explicit obligation laid down in Article 15 of the directive, the Commission has not yet established EU-wide harmonised risk indicators, which makes it all but impossible to compare the progress made in different Member States and across the Union as a whole; hopes, however, that the harmonised risk indicators, whose establishment is now on the way, will be ready at the beginning of 2019;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned about the ~~gradual depletion of~~continuing loss of biodiversity, in particular farmland biodiversity, in Europe and about the ~~particularly disconcert~~alarming de~~mis~~cline of winged insects, including pollinators, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 ~~that~~according to which the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; ~~considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesti~~notes also the unintentional effects of pesticides on soil and soil organisms26a and other non-target species; considers that pesticides are one of the relevant factors that are responsible for the decline of insects, farmland bird specides as well as other non-target organisms and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 26a https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path /shared_folder/doc_pub/EUR27607.pdf

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Regrets the fact that the improvement of water quality has been insufficiently targeted, with most Member States failing to establish~~Welcomes that Member States have taken a range of measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticide use; regrets, however, that most Member States have not established quantitative targets and timetables for measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticides, and those that did so have not specif~~ying~~ied how the achievement of targets or objectives would be measured; also believes that the monitoring in the aquatic environment of currently used pesticides should be improved;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Highlights the need to focus on precision farming and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of plant protection products in areas where they are not needed, for example by means of drone and GPS precision technology; considers that further investment and research into equipment and technology could play an important role in rendering plant protection products more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of professional users and the general public;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, ~~expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach,~~ including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative techniques in the agricultural sector;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission to further develop guidance on the IPM principles and their implementation; asks the Commission in this regard to establish guidelines on the establishment of criteria for measuring and assessing the implementation of IPM in the Member States;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that professionally qualified and independent advisory services are available to provide advice on IPM to end- users;

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2284(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to immediately prohibit the use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;deleted

2018/11/21
Committee: ENVI

2017/2115(INI)

Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Norbert ERDŐS, Peter JAHR, Michel DANTIN, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support applied research into the breeding of Varroa resistant honey bee-stocks possessing the behavioural trait of Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH), in order to ensure optimal use of VSH knowledge and resources and to integrate and exchange materials, techniques and methods at an European scale and level;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to structure the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) in a manner that clearly reflects the EU’s priorities for the coming years, particularly with respect to the resources needed to make a success of the transition to a low-carbon circular economy based on the UN's sustainable development goals and to sustain the EU’s leading role in tackling climate change and its internal and external biodiversity commitments and goals;

2017/12/05
Committee: ENVI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the next Multiannual Financial Framework accords with the United Nations SDGs, in order to increase the coherence of Union expenditure and to improve the balance between the economic, social and environmental dimensions;

2017/12/05
Committee: ENVI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Draws attention to the first recommendations of the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance1a, which relate inter alia to the Multiannual Financial Framework and stress that the sustainable development goals must be supported by a financial system that can promote growth in a way that is sustainable over the longer term; calls on the Commission to consider those recommendations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework carefully and act on them, inter alia with reference to the development of a sustainable financial system; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/17 0713-sustainable-finance-report_en.pdf

2017/12/05
Committee: ENVI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon circular economy is the only way to ensure a healthy living environment and the long-term wellbeing of Union citizens and the European economy; considers that the EU should be the global frontrunner in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon circular economy and a sustainable production-consumption system;

2017/12/05
Committee: ENVI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that the next MFF should help the Union achieve its environmental objectives and the 2030 climate and energy framework objectives; ~~underlin~~stresses that the EU should not finance projects and investments ~~that~~which stand in the way of these objectives, make it more difficult to implement them or are contrary to their achievement ~~of these goals~~;

2017/12/05
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the reports of the International Resource Panel "Policy Coherence of the Sustainable Development Goals UNEP (2015)", "Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity UNEP (2016)" and "Resource Efficiency: Potential and Economic Implications UNEP (2017)",

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the communication on a European action for sustainability~~, which serves~~ of the European Commission, which is mapping existing policy initiatives and instruments at the European level; highlights the need for a comprehensive gap assessment of existing EU policies and legislation in all sectors in order to allow systemic and integrated policies to be developed as the EU’'s response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to develop a coherent action plan for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda at the European level for the short term but also for the longer term beyond 2020, ensuring a coherent, comprehensive and coordinated policy strategy to achieve all of the SDGs to promote synergies, to gain co-benefits and to avoid trade-offs between the different SDGs by applying a cross-sector policy approach;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recognises that in order to meet the SDGs, multi-stakeholder engagement will be required from the EU, Member States, civil society, businesses, and third partners; therefore, calls upon the Commission to establish a multi-stakeholder platform and to report to the European Parliament and the Council how the recommendations of the platform will be followed up;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the ~~inclusion of the SDGs in~~contribution of the Environmental Implementation Review in ensuring that the Member States meet some of the SDGs through implementation of the acquis; calls for a series of annual reports to Parliament on the EU’s progress in SDG implementation starting with a report of the EU's position for the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York taking place in July this year; asks that Parliament become a partner in the process, particularly in the second work stream post-2020; calls for annual dialogue and reporting between Parliament and the Commission resulting in the production of a report; urges that the results should be both transparent and easily understandable and communicable for a wide range of audiences;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls the importance of indicators to effectively monitor, report and review the progress towards the SDGs; stresses that the Member States should be supported by the European Commission in their coherent reporting;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Welcomes recent developments around resource and waste efficiency and the circular economy~~Points to the fact that 12 out of the 17 SDGs are dependent on the sustainable use of natural resources; highlights the importance of sustainable consumption and production by increasing efficiency, decreasing pollution and reducing resource demand and waste; stresses the need to decouple economic growth, resource use and environmental impacts; welcomes therefore the concept of the circular economy and the recent developments around resource and waste efficiency; calls on the Commission to come up with a regular report on the state of the Circular economy that informs about the state and trends and allows to modify existing policies based on objective, reliable and comparable information; calls on the Commission to retain an upward trajectory with targets while supporting and guiding Member States as regards achieving waste reduction; calls on the Commission to come up with an ambitious and comprehensive strategy on plastics while also keeping with the 2020 target for environmentally sound management of chemicals;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Recognises that many of the aims 9. of the SDGs are at the heart of the 7th Environment Action P~~Calls upon the Commission to incorporate in the evaluation the 7th Environment Action Programme an assessment of the extent to which its goals correspond to the SDGs and by taking these outcomes into account to come up with a recommendation for the successor programme; welcomes the focus on biodiversity, natural resources and ecosystems, and the acknowledged link between these elements and human health;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Acknowledges that in moving towards any new economic and social model, there will inevitably be communities centred around traditional heavy industry that will over time become obsolete; calls on the Commission to stream funding from sources such as the EU ETS in order to fina resource efficient economy has a great potential for job creation and economic growth, adding an extra US$ 2 trillion to the global economy by 2050 or US$ 600 billion for G7 countries by 2050, whereas if current trends continue we would need worldwide annually by 2050 three times today's amount of resources, which is especially important for Europe as an highly import dependent continent; recalls that it is important to mancge ~~a ‘Just T~~the transition ~~Fund’ to help such communities~~without creating losers and highlighting the significant role of a resilient industrial strategy;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that one of the current and future push factors in third-country migration is extreme climate and environmental events; insists that the Commission must take this seriously in its external action, and reflect in all actions that mitigating the worst effects of climate change is a priority of the EU; points to the fact that improving resource efficiency is indispensable for meeting climate change targets cost effectively and that improved resource efficiency alone reduces annual global GHG emissions by 19 percent in 2050 and the GHG emissions of the G7 nations up to 25 percent by 2050;

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/2009(INI)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to emphasise to investors, trade unions and citizens the benefits of moving the workforce away from unsustainable jobs in out-of-date heavy industry, and towards green, clean, high-quality employment;deleted

2017/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) It is necessary to exclude from the scope of this Directive natural mineral waters and waters which are medicinal products, since these waters are respectively covered by Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council68 and Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council69. However, Directive 2009/54/EC deals with both natural mineral waters and spring waters, and only the former category should be exempted from the scope of this Directive. In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 9(4) of Directive 2009/54/EC, spring waters should comply with the provisions of this Directive. In the case of water intended for human consumption from public water supply or private wells put into bottles or containers intended for sale or used in the commercial manufacture, preparation or treatment of food, the water should as a matter of principle continue to comply with the provisions of this Directive until the point of compliance (i.e. until the point of use, i.e. the tap), and should afterwards be considered as food, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council70. _________________ 68 Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters (R;(recast) (OJ. L 164, 26.6.2009, p. 45). 69 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). 70 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ. L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) Preventive safety planning and risk- based elements were only considered to a limited extent in Directive 98/83/EC. The first elements of a risk-based approach were already introduced in 2015 with Directive (EU) 2015/1787, which amended Directive 98/83/EC so as to allow Member States to derogate from the monitoring programmes they have established, provided credible risk assessments are performed, which may be based on the WHO’s Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality76. Those Guidelines, laying down the so-called "Water Safety Plan" approach, together with standard EN 15975-2 concerning security of drinking water supply, are internationally recognised principles on which the production, distribution, monitoring and analysis of parameters in water intended for human consumption are based. They should be maintained in this Directive. To ensure that those principles are not limited to monitoring aspects, to focus time and resources on risks that matter and on cost- effective source measures, and to avoid analyses and efforts on non-relevant issues, it is appropriate to introduce a complete risk-based approach, throughout the supply chain, from the abstraction area to distribution until the tap. That approach should consist of three components: first, an assessment by the Member State of the hazards associated with the abstraction area ("hazard assessment"), in line with the WHO’s Guidelines and Water Safety Plan Manual77; second, a possibility for the water supplier to adapt monitoring to the main risks ("supply risk assessment"); and third, an assessment by the Member State of the possible risks stemming from the domestic distribution systems (e.g. Legionella or lead) ("domestic distribution risk assessment"). Those assessments should be regularly reviewed, inter alia, in response to threats from climate-related extreme weather events, known changes of human activity in the abstraction area or in response to source-related incidents. The risk-based approach ensures a continuous exchange of information between competent authorities ~~and~~, water suppliers and other stakeholders. _________________ 76 Guidelines for drinking water quality, Ffourth Eedition, World Health Organisation, 2011 http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_healt h/publications/2011/dwq_guidelines/en/ind ex.html 77 Water Safety Plan Manual: step-by-step risk management for drinking water suppliers, World Health Organisation, 2009, http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75 141/1/9789241562638_eng.pdf

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) In the event of non-compliance with the standards imposed by this Directive the Member State concerned should immediately investigate the cause and ensure that the necessary remedial action is taken as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water. In cases where the water supply constitutes a potential danger to human health, the supply of such water should be prohibited or its use restricted. In addition, i~~t is important to clarify that~~n the event of failure to meet the minimum requirements for values relating to microbiological and chemical parameters ~~should automatically be considered by Member States a~~, Member States should determine whether the exceedance of the values constitutes a potential ~~danger~~risk to human health. In cases where remedial action is necessary to restore the quality of water intended for human consumption, in accordance with Article 191(2) of the Treaty, priority should be given to action which rectifies the problem at source.

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Renate SOMMER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

1. ‘water intended for human consumption’ shall mean all water either in its original state or after treatment, intended for drinking, cooking, food preparation, processing or production, or for other food purposes, or other domestic purposes in both public and private premises , including food businesses, regardless of its origin and whether it is supplied from a distribution network, from private wells, supplied from a tanker or, for spring waters, put in bottles .

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Albert DESS

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the treatment agents, materials and disinfection procedures used in water supply systems do not adversely affect drinking water quality. The resulting contaminations must be minimised without, however, compromising the effectiveness of disinfection.

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

On the basis of the information collected under paragraphs 1 and 2 and gathered under Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall take the following measures in cooperation with water suppliers and other stakeholders~~, or ensure that those measures are taken by the water suppliers~~:

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) take other measures, such as appropriate conditioning techniques, in cooperation with water suppliers, to change the nature or properties of the water before it is supplied so as to eliminate or reduce the risk of non-compliance with the parametric values after supply, if this is appropriate and reasonable in a supply zone, in addition to the measures referred to in points (a) and (b);

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall ~~automatically consider~~decide, in the case of any failure to meet the minimum requirements for parametric values set out in Annex I, parts A and B, whether this failure is as a potential danger to human health.

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Without prejudice to Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC and the principle of proportionality, Member States shall take all necessary measures to improve access for all to water intended for human consumption and promote its use on their territory. This shall include ~~all of~~ the following measures inter alia:

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i

~~(i) measures taken by water suppliers for the purposes of the hazard assessment pursuant to Article 8(5);~~deleted

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The Commission shall, no later than [five years after the final deadline for transposition of this Directive] — and afterwards where appropriate —submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the potential threat to sources of drinking water from microplastics, medicines and, if necessary, other newly occurring pollutants and on the appropriate associated potential health risks. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, if necessary, delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 establishing maximum levels for microplastics, medicinal products and other newly occurring pollutants in drinking water.

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Ivo BELET

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part B – point 2 – table 1

Table 1 Minimum frequency of sampling and analysis for compliance monitoring Volume (m3) of water distributed Minimum number of samples per year or produced each day within a supply zone ~~≤ 10~~ Microbiological Chemical parameters parameters (Group (Group B) A) < 10* >0 >0 ≥ 10 ~~10a~~ ≤ 100 4a 1 > 100 ≤ 1 000 12a ~~10a~~ 1 > 1 000 ≤ 10 000 ~~50b~~ 12b 1 +3 +1 for each 1 000 m3/d for each 4 500 m3/d and and part thereof of part thereof of the total the total volume volume > 10 000 ≤ 100000 3 +1 for each 10 000 m3/d ~~365 > 100 000 365~~ and part thereof of the total volume > 100000 12 +1 for each 25 000 m3/d and part thereof of the total volume a: all samples are to be taken during times when the risk of treatment breakthrough of enteric pathogens is high. b: at least 10 samples are to be taken during times when the risk of treatment breakthrough of enteric pathogens is high. *: The Member State may leave it up to the competent supervisory authority to decide which parameters are to be investigated and how often. The key parameters must be examined at least once a year.

2018/07/02
Committee: ENVI

2017/0332(COD)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Renate SOMMER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part

(2) the most recent monitoring results for parameters listed in Annex I, parts A and B, including frequency ~~and location of sampling points~~, relevant to the area of interest to the person supplied, together with the parametric value set in accordance with Article 5. The monitoring results must not be older than:

2018/07/02
Committee: ENVI

2017/0309(COD)

Peter JAHR, Hermann WINKLER, Peter LIESE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Lukas MANDL

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) Prevention is of key importance for protection against disasters and requires further action. To that effect, Member States should share risk assessments on a regular basis as well as summaries of their disaster risk management planning in order to ensure an integrated approach to disaster management, linking risk prevention, preparedness and response actions. In addition, the Commission should be able to require Member States to provide specific prevention and preparedness plans in relation to specific disasters, notably with a view to maximising overall Union support to disaster risk management. ~~Administrative burden should be reduced and~~It is essential to reduce the administrative burden and to strengthen prevention policies ~~strengthened~~, including by ~~ensuring necessary~~reinforcing links towith other key Union policies and instruments, notably the European Structural and Investment Funds as listed in recital 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/201313. _________________ 13 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 ( OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).

2018/04/12
Committee: ENVI

2017/0309(COD)

Peter JAHR, Hermann WINKLER, Peter LIESE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Lukas MANDL

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The role of regional and local authorities in disaster prevention and management is of great importance and their response capacities need to be appropriately involved in the activities carried out under this Decision, in accordance with Member States' institutional and legal framework. These authorities can play an important preventive role and they are also the first to react in the aftermath of a disaster.

2018/04/12
Committee: ENVI

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, György HÖLVÉNYI, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Giovanni LA VIA, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission, when conducting an impact assessment on new relevant legislative proposals, to evaluate their potential impact on food waste;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Bendt BENDTSEN, Peter LIESE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

In their long-term renovation strategy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall set out a roadmap with clear milestones and measures to deliver on the long-term 2050 goal to decarbonise their national building stock, including technical building systems and in a highly energy-efficient manner, with specific milestones for 2030 and 2040.

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – title

Energy ~~efficiency obligation~~saving support schemes

2017/06/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) Decision No 529/2013/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,11 as a first step, set out accounting rules applicable to greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector and thereby contributed to policy development towards the inclusion of the LULUCF sector in the Union’s emission reduction commitment. This Regulation should build on the existing accounting rules, updating and improving them for the period 2021- 2030. It should lay down the obligations of Member States in implementing those accounting rules and the obligation to ensure that the overall LULUCF sector would not generate net emissions. It should not lay down any accounting or reporting obligations for private parties including farmers and foresters. __________________ 11 Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 80)

2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation sets out Member States' commitments on land use, land use change and forestry ('LULUCF') that ensure meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2030, as well as the rules for the accounting of emissions and removals from LULUCF and checking the compliance of Member States with these commitments. This Regulation does not lay down accounting or reporting obligations for private parties including farmers and foresters.

2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

The national forestry accounting plan shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between ~~199~~2000-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, assuming a constant ratio between solid and energy use of forest biomass. The Commission may grant a derogation from the base period 2000-2009 upon submission of a reasoned request submitted by a Member State justifying that this derogation is absolutely necessary for reasons of data availability, such as the timing of forest inventories.

2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 1 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)

(ea) in the case of any product containing material originating from organic wastes or by-products, which has not been through a process which has destroyed all organic materials, the label will specify which wastes and by-products have been used and a batch number or production time series number. This number shall refer to the traceability data held by the producer and which identifies the individual sources (farms, factories, etc.) of each organic waste/by-product used in the batch/time series. The Commission shall publish, after a public consultation and within 2 years of the entry into force of this Regulation, specifications for the implementation of this provision, which will enter into force after 3 years after the publication of the specifications. In order to minimise the administrative burden for operators and for market surveillance authorities, the Commission specifications should take into account both the requirements of Articles 6(5) – 6(7) and Article 11 and existing traceability systems (e.g. for animal by-products or industry systems) as well as EU waste classification codes.

2017/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Alberto CIRIO, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, in addition to its overwhelming intrinsic value, biodiversity also contributes an enormous social and economic value and benefits for human health;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the entry into force of the Nature Directives (Birds Directive and Habitat Directive) has helped to improve the conservation of certain species, such as the large carnivores; whereas this situation should nonetheless be analysed with regard to the local and regional context, particularly in respect of predation by wolves and vultures on livestock or the presence of brown bears;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Alberto CIRIO, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to give priority to achieving the 2020 targets; calls for a multi- stakeholder approach and stresses the vital role of socio-economic actors at national, regional and local ~~actor~~levels in this regard; stresses that greater public awareness of and ~~support for~~understanding of biodiversity are also essential;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Norbert LINS, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to improve the guidelines, which should facilitate the optimal application of the directives, in accordance with existing case-law; calls on the Commission to give higher priority to dialogue with Member States and other important stakeholders and to encourage exchanges of best practices;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission and Member States to continue to enforce the Nature Directives conscientiously along with the flexibility therein; calls, in that context, for additional efforts to halt illegal ~~hunting of protected bird~~killing, trapping and trade of birds and to reduce local conflicts;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Alberto CIRIO, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Notes and regrets that there has not yet been a measurable improvement of the biodiversity status in agriculture~~Recalls that the agricultural and forestry sectors have an important role to play in improving the biodiversity status; recalls the recent implementation of the greening measures of the common agricultural policy (CAP); urges the Commission and Member States to monitor~~, assess and increase~~ and assess the effectiveness of ~~greening~~environmental measures and other ~~rural development measures of the CAP; calls on the Commission to take into account its findings in the mid-term review of the~~ biodiversity measures of the common agricultural policy (CAP);

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Alberto CIRIO, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that the Nature Directives are milestones for nature policy, not only within the EU but also internationally; ~~considers that, thanks to their concise, coherent and consistent form, these Nature Directives can, so to speak, be regarded as smart regulation avant la lettre~~appreciates the importance of taking account of national, regional and local characteristics for effective implementation of that legislation;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Regards biodiversity loss outside protected nature areas as a gap in the strategy; encourages the ~~Commission to develop an appropriate framework for preventing the net loss~~Member States to pool the work they carry out ofn biodiversity and ecosystem services and to promote national biodiversity strategies;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jens GIESEKE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Alberto CIRIO, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to provide the necessary incentives – including financial incentives – so that economic growth is brought into line with nature conservation and the preservation of biodiversity. Stable ecosystems and their assets and services are important not only for environmental, but also for economic and social development;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a European initiative on pollinators on the basis of national policies already conducted;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance to treat energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right; therefore underlines that the Commission and the Member States shall embed the ‘Energy Efficiency First’ principle in all decision-making related to energy;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Seán KELLY, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the EU building stock is responsible for approximately 40% of final EU energy consumption and for the consumption of approximately 60% of EU gas imports, therefore making the moderation of its energy demand an important factor towards achieving energy independence;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that the EU building stock is responsible for approximately 40% of final energy consumption, for the consumption of approximately 60% of EU gas imports and for 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU and that heating and cooling is the largest single source of energy demand in the EU, therefore calls on the Commission to address the potential of reduction of energy demand and efficiency gains in the building sector;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights the fact that in a true circular economy waste has to feed back into the economy as raw material in order to keep the added value in the product for as long as possible and therefore preparation for reuse and recycling have a much higher priority than incineration; points to the fact that many Member States already have an overcapacity of incineration plants, stresses the need for better planning and information sharing and preventing lock-in effects; urges the Commission to take the link between the Energy Union and the circular economy into account;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y

Y. whereas diversification of supplies, the completion of the internal energy market, ~~more~~energy efficien~~t energy consumption~~cy as an energy source in itself by moderation of demand, the development of indigenous energy resources and R&D activities are the key drivers of the Energy Union;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Seán KELLY, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Reiterates its commitment to the 2030 targets for climate and energy; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40%, to increase the share of renewables in the European energy mix to 27% and to increase energy efficiency by 30%.

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Seán KELLY, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that all EU infrastructure projects aimed at diversifying energy sources, suppliers and routes must be fully in line with EU legislation and EU energy security priorities and calls on the Commission to consider investments that moderate energy demand, e.g. in building stock, as eligible projects;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Seán KELLY, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reiterates its commitment to achieve the 10% interconnectivity market in order to complete the Internal Energy Market in EU; whilst acknowledging the importance of also achieving a quantitative target of interconnectivity by ensuring availability of existing national and cross-border infrastructure in order to ensure effective use of European energy sources and increased security of supply;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at ~~a more market-based and optimal, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewable~~including initiatives and resources which will increase the stability of the electricity network and the ability to use innovative technologies and energy sources;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that ~~following~~ the European Council conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014, ~~post-2020 EU~~called for an EU wide target for energy- efficiency ~~targets must be non-binding and not apply at national level~~of at least 27%, whereas the European Commission called for a target of 30% energy efficiency and the European Parliament supported a target of 40%;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. ~~Acknowledges that local authorities of European cities undoubtedly make an important contribution to~~Stresses the need for a continued commitment to ensure energy independence by increasing energy- efficiency through cogeneration, modernising district heating systems, modernisation of heating and cooling systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovating building stocks; calls in this respect on the Commission to adopt an EU strategy for heating and cooling to identify all actions and synergies needed in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors to reduce the dependency while contributing to EU's climate and energy targets;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Seán KELLY, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Peter LIESE, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Underlines the crucial role of renewables in the EU, both in attaining its greenhouse gas reduction targets, energy security and in the creation of growth and jobs in the EU; underlines that, in this regard, the current market design should be improved by fully integrating renewables, e.g. for heating, cooling, transport and electricity, into the market and introducing cost-reflective balancing prices;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Bendt BENDTSEN, Luděk NIEDERMAYER, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Seán KELLY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposals for establishing a Modernisation Fund, which should have strict criteria and guidance to ensure that funding is targeted at genuine energy modernisation projects, which would be selected based on a technology-neutral approach and on whether they are demonstrably consistent with attainment of the EU's 2030 greenhouse gas objectivesrevision of the European Trade Emission System (ETS) in order to support the EU decarbonisation efforts, and calls in this respect on the Commission to include a proposal for a Modernisation Fund;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

– having regard to the encyclical ‘laudato si’;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)

– having regard to the leaders’ declaration of the G7 summit entitled ‘Think ahead. Act together’;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the world is severely off track to limit global warming to below 2°C; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards a global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target; welcomes therefore the encyclical ‘laudato si’ and the G7 declaration of 8th of June 2015;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in line with the IPCC AR5 findings, the global carbon budget available after 2011, if there is to be a likely chance of keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2°C, is 1010 Gtons of CO2; emphasises that all countries need to contribute and that delaying action will increase costs and reduce options; underlines the findings of the New Climate Economy report ‘Better Growth, Better Climate’ that countries at all levels of income have the opportunity to build lasting economic growth at the same time as reducing the immense risks of climate change;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim ~~at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end~~to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the upper end of the latest IPCC recommendation of 40-70% by 2050 compared to 2010 and reach near zero emissions by the end of the century, so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the ‘below 2°C’ objective and that a global greenhouse gas emissions peak will be reached as soon as possible; calls for the EU to work with its international partners to that end; underlines that the agreement must provide a predictable framework which encourages investments and scaling by business of efficient carbon reductions and adaptation technologies;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that an ambitious and legally binding international agreement would help to address the carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns of the relevant sectors and in particular the energy intensive sector;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasises that the agreement has to address mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in light of the below 2˚C objective in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy and the implementation of existing commitments, without the need for the agreement to be ratified each time;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy~~Stresses the importance of the EU’s commitment to play a leading role in fighting against climate change which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with ~~upper limit of~~ the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU ~~2030 50% reduction target for~~target of at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels is the ~~absolute~~ minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover calls for a binding EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40 %, in line with research on cost-effective energy saving potential and a binding EU 2030 target of producing at least 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises the importance of a structured and constructive dialogue between governments, the business community, cities, regions, international organisations, civil society and academic institutions in order to mobilise robust global action towards low carbon and resilient societies as it involves both state and non-state actors; therefore, welcomes the Lima-Paris Action Agenda;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that ~~finance~~means of implementation - including climate- finance, technology transfer and capacity building - will play an essential role in finding an agreement at the Paris Conference and that it seems therefore necessary to prepare a credible ‘financial package’, in order to support greater efforts for greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation to climate change impacts; calls for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities and supports the enhanced ambition of mitigation contribution and adaptation actions;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Requests the EU and its Member States to agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards its fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources; calls for a robust monitoring and accountability framework for effective follow-up of the implementation of climate finance commitments and objectives;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for concrete commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, such as ~~the adoption of a financial transactions tax~~broad-based pricing of carbon as a globally applicable instrument for managing emissions and the allocation of emissions trading revenues to climate-related investments, and revenues from carbon pricing of international transport fuels; highlights the importance of mobilising private sector capital and of unlocking the required investment in low-carbon technologies; calls for concrete steps ~~including a timetable~~ for the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, an ambitious roadmap of commitments of public sources and multilateral banks in favour of financing the ecological transition, specific public guarantees in favour of green investments, labels and fiscal advantages for green investment funds and for issuing green bonds;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls for an intensification of R&D, innovation and deployment of mature and breakthrough technologies;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2112(INI)

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, György HÖLVÉNYI, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Peter LIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that adaptation action is an inevitable necessity and needs to play a central role in the new agreement; underlines that acting now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be less expensive to the global and national economies and would make adaptation action less costly;

2015/06/23
Committee: ENVI

2015/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses that the European Institutions must strive towards achieving greater and better representation in the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC, UNCCD and UNCBD;

2015/09/17
Committee: AFET

2015/0276(COD)