1165 Amendments of Laurenţiu REBEGA
Amendment 14 #
2018/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to take measures to step up cooperation and communication between the different Member State authorities;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RCalls for fewer animals to be transported over long distances and for the duration and frequency of animal transport to be kept to a minimum; reiterates its call for the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to be limited to eight hours, with due consideration for loading and unloading times, and waiting times at borders; takes the view that many of the severe problems related to the lengthy transport of live animals, in particular from the EU to third countries, would be solved by a shift to the transport of meat or carcasses;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the mobilisation of resources for local processing where possible and the creation of shorter supply chains;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to review animal transport rules in the light of the latest scientific information regarding animal welfare;
Amendment 169 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member Statesfor all farmers in the European Union, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 341 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 418 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a uniform European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 448 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate single system of quality control and penalties; that system should above all make matters simpler, without imposing new administrative requirements on farmers;
Amendment 567 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the currentfuture CAP architecture can only deliver its objectives if sufficiently funded; calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be maintained in the next MFF at at least the current level in order to achieve the ambitions of a revised and efficient CAP beyond 2020;
Amendment 665 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 723 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 854 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. incentives for young farmers need to be cohesive and attractive and provided for as long as they remain young farmers;
Amendment 935 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions; the new environmental architecture must be better tailored to local needs and the pinpointing of constructive solutions;
Amendment 1174 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, andestablishing and developing producer organisations, strengthening transparency in the markets and, crisis prevention and preventing unfair practices along the food chain;
Amendment 1319 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the importance of conducting an impact assessment on all the issues addressed by the Commission in the communication, from production processes to research, which ought to illustrate the disparities that exist among Member States; based on those assessments, Europe-wide measures and responses should be agreed (on the bio- economy, advisory systems, monitoring systems, etc.);
Amendment 2 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand with the same label, the same ingredients and the same proportional composition to be identical in quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
Amendment 7 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas some consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand to be identical in quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the dual quality of products can conceal fraudulent practices by the producers and/or distributors of food products;
Amendment 38 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas objective differences in supply due to the regional and/or seasonal availability of raw materials are possible;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesRecalls that the allocation of EUR 2 million to develop a methodology for, and conduct, comparative testing of food products in different Member States; expects the testing to be completed at the earliest possible date, preferably in 2018;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Advocates strongly the distribution to the national authorities and the public dissemination of company market findings regarding regional preferences in the case of products whose composition differs from one region to another;
Amendment 88 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the European Union, national authorities and single market producers to take all necessary steps to inform consumers of any disparities in product composition through visible and clear labelling;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Encourages the adoption of a different approach to the preparation of specific products in order to protect consumers and ensure that they are properly informed;
Amendment 95 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an agency or other specialised unit public online database to monitor consistency of composition and proportional use of ingredients in identically branded and packaged food products., ensuring that the creation and maintenance costs of the platform are kept low; notes that researchers, specialists and even members of the public from various Member States could distribute labels and information regarding the displayed and de facto content of the products, which would then be automatically compared with details of the same product in another Member State, any discrepancies being flagged up and closely scrutinised by the Joint Research Centre;
Amendment 108 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the origin of food, especially in the case of prepared foods, is an important decision factor for the consumer; calls therefore for the labelling of the place of origin of food and its location and method of processing (including slaughter methods) to be harmonised at European level to recognise the specificity of each national production, and to meet consumer expectations, which sometimes vary from one country to another.
Amendment 111 #
2018/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that, if the provisions of the New Deal are infringed, with unjustified product disparities from between one Member State and another, serious penalties must be imposed, such as barring the product concerned from the single market for a specified period.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 80
Recital 80
(80) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective Union funding.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) making the internal market more effective,: (i) facilitating the prevention and removal of obstacles, supporting the development, implementation and enforcement of the Union law in the areas of the internal market for goods and services, public procurement, market surveillance as well as in the areas ofunjustified obstacles, prevention of unjustified unequal treatment of market participants/consumers, supporting the development, implementation and enforcement of the Union law in the areas of public procurement, company law and contract and extra- contractual law, anti- money laundering, free movement of capital, financial services and competition, including the development of user-centric governance tools; (ii) supporting effective market surveillance and product safety throughout the Union and the implementation and enforcement of the Union law in the areas of the internal market for goods and services.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) improving the competitiveness of enterprises with special emphasis on SMEs and achieving additionalityly at Union level through the provision of measures that provide various forms of support to SMEs, including in the tourism sector, facilitate access to markets including the internationalisation of SMEs, promote favourable business environment for SMEs, support the competitiveness of sectors, the modernisation of industry, the development of industrial value chains and the promotion of entrepreneurship;
Amendment 54 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reflecting the important contribution that research and innovation should make to address challenges in food, agriculture, rural development and the bioeconomy, and to seize the corresponding research and innovation opportunities in close synergy with Common Agricultural Policy, relevant actions under the Specific Programme will be supported with EUR 10 billion for the cluster 'Food and Natural Resources' for the period 2021-2027. Notes that precision farming is an important tool in increasing yields and productivity while creating a sustainable future for farming.
Amendment 61 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) strengthening Europe’s scientific base and reinforcing and spreading excellence;
Amendment 62 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) connecting and, developing and facilitating wide access to research infrastructures across the European research area;
Amendment 63 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) reinforcing the link between research and, innovation and education, and other policies, including Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 65 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) involving citizens, stakeholders and end-users in co-design and co-creation processes;
Amendment 67 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) improving science communication. so that the public better understand the potential benefits of emerging tools and technologies;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) improving skills for research and innovation;
Amendment 71 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For each mission, a mission board may be established. It shall be composed of around 15 high level individuals including relevant end-users' representatives, stakeholders and academic experts from different disciplines. Each mission board should be established following an open call for nominations or for expressions of interest. The mission board shall advise upon the following:
Amendment 79 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The EIC Board shall be composed of 15 to 20 high level individuals drawn from various parts of Europe's innovation ecosystem, including entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, investors, academic experts and researchers. It shall contribute to outreach actions, with EIC Board members striving to enhance the prestige of the EIC brand.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 3
Annex I – paragraph 3
It will include extensive consultations and exchanges with Member States, the European Parliament as appropriate, and with various stakeholders, including the private sector, about priorities, including missions, under the 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' pillar, and the suitable types of action to use, in particular European partnerships.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 5
Annex I – paragraph 5
The Strategic Planning will help to develop and realise the implementation of policy for the relevant areas covered, at EU level as well as complementing policy and policy approaches in the Member States. EU policy priorities and the ongoing activities of relevant stakeholder groups to realise these priorities will be taken into consideration during the Strategic Planning process to increase the contribution of research and innovation to the realisation of policy. It will also take into account foresight activities, public and private sector studies and other scientific evidence and take account of relevant existing initiatives at EU and national level.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part I – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.1 – paragraph 1
Research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontier of knowledge, with scientific publications of the highest quality, to research results with high societal and economic potential impact and with the ERC setting a clear and inspirational target for frontier research across the EU, Europe and internationally. Aiming to make the EU a more attractive environment for the world's best scientists, the ERC will target a measurable improvement in the EU's share of the world's top 1 % most highly cited publications, and aim at a substantial increase in the number of excellent researchers from outside Europe which it funds. ERC funding shall be awarded in accordance with the following well- established principles. Scientific excellence shall be the sole criterion on which ERC grants are awarded. The ERC shall operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. There should be a balance of fundamental, applied and transnational research and development to ensure efficient, fast translation of new discoveries into actual technologies and commercial products.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – paragraph 1
Many of the challenges which confront the EU are also global challenges. The scale and complexity of the problems are vast, and need to be matched by the appropriate money, resources and effort in order to find solutions. These are precisely the areas where the EU must work togethcollaboratively and with global partners; smart, flexible and joined-up for the benefit and well- being of our citizens.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Health research and innovation research and innovation have played a significant part in this achievement but also in improving productivity and quality in the health and care industry. However, the EU continues to face novel, newly emerging or persisting challenges that are threatening its citizens and public health, the sustainability of its health care and social protection systems, as well as the competitiveness of its health and care industry. Major health challenges in the EU include: the lack of effective health promotion and disease prevention; the rise of non-communicable diseases; the spread of antimicrobial drug resistance and the emergence of infectious epidemics; increased environmental pollution; poor diets or inadequate nutrition; the persistence of health inequalities among and within countries affecting disproportionally people that are disadvantaged or in vulnerable stages of life; the detection, understanding, control, prevention and mitigation of health risks in a rapidly changing social, urban and natural environment; the increasing costs for European health care systems and the progressive introduction of personalised medicine approaches and digitalisation in health and care; and the increasing pressure on the European health and care industry to remain competitive in and by developing health innovation vis-a-vis new and emerging global players.
Amendment 121 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
They will help to maintain and enhance the provision of biodiversity and secure the long-term provision of ecosystem services, climate adaptation and carbon sequestration (both on land and sea). They will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions, waste and pollution from primary production (both terrestrial and aquatic), processing, consumption and other human activities. They will trigger investments, supporting the shift towards a circular economy, bioeconomy and blue economy, whilst protecting environmental health and integrity. Farmers will also be included in the design, testing and dissemination of new technologies, such as soil nutrient mapping, in order to help improve their effectiveness.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 5
They will also foster participatory approaches to research and innovation, including the multi-actor approach and develop knowledge and innovation systems at local, regional, national and European levels. Social innovation with citizens' engagement and trust in innovation will be crucial to encourage new governance, production and consumption patterns. Through this multi-actor approach they will work towards guaranteeing that all important knowledge is transferred to end-users and will involve farmers and other users of agricultural technologies and products, including small farms in innovative developments.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 8
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 8
Activities will contribute directly to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular: SDG 2 – Zero Hunger; SDG 3- Good Health and Well- Being; SD 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation; SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production; SDG 13 – Climate Action; SDG 14 – Life Below Water; SDG 15 - Life on Land.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 a (new)
5.1 a. As farmers are the major stewards of the environment in Europe they need continued access to innovation and research, enabling them to produce food, feed and other products in a sustainable and cost-effective way. Innovation and research shall be accessible to all farmers including small-scale producers, rural areas and outermost and mountainous regions.
Amendment 147 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 1
Resilient and sustainable farming and forestry systems provide economic, environmental and social benefits in a changing context for primary production. In addition to contributing toensuring food and nutrition security, they feed into dynamic value chains, manage land and natural resources as well as deliver a range of vital public goods including carbon sequestration, biodiversity preservation, pollination and public health. Integrated approaches are needed to promote the multiple functions of agro- and forest (eco)systems taking into account the changing context for primary production, notably in relation to climate and environment, resource availability, competitiveness, demography and consumption patterns. It is also necessary to address the spatial and socio-economic dimension of agriculture and forestry activities and mobilise the potential of rural areas. Farmers also need continued access to innovation, to new technology and to research in order to produce food in a sustainable way so that we can both feed the world and protect the environment for future generations.
Amendment 156 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Methods, technologies and tools for sustainable and resilient production in farming and, forestry and plant and animal breeding;
Amendment 159 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources (e.g. soils, water, nutrients and biodiversity including genetic resources) in agriculture and forestry; alternatives to fossil-based resources and adoption of circular economy principles; developing agricultural practices that can contribute significantly to the reduced use of plant protection products fertiliser and water, and also combat soil erosion.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 9
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 9
– Land use, rural development and territorial linkages; capitalising on the social, cultural, economic and environmental assets of rural areas for new services, business models, value chains and public goods; identifying opportunities to support skill development and knowledge transfer in these areas, including by means of training and apprenticeships for young and new entrants.
Amendment 177 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11
– Agricultural knowledge and innovation systems and their interconnection at various scales; advice, building skills and, information sharing and knowledge transfer, especially to end- users.
Amendment 179 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
- Improving communication with the public on primary production processes to build a better understanding and acceptance of the role of agricultural innovations.
Amendment 182 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 b (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 b (new)
- Putting plant breeding innovation into practice: further development and improvement of the latest plant breeding methods and also enabling technologies such as genome sequencing and gene discovery for sustained and increased crop yields, enhanced nutrition and improved food quality to reduce food waste.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 1
The combined effects of population growth, resource scarcity and overexploitation, environmental degradation, climate change and migration create unprecedented challenges which require food system transformation (FOOD 2030).20 Current food production and consumption are largely unsustainable while we are confronted with the double burden of malnutrition, characterised by the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity. Future food systems need to deliver sufficient safe, healthy and quality food for all, underpinned by resource efficiency, sustainability (including the reduction of GHG emissions, pollution and waste production), linking land and sea, reducing food waste, enhancing food production from the seas and oceans and encompassing the entire 'food value chain' from producers to consumers – and back again. This needs to go hand in hand with development of the food safety system of the future and the design, development and delivery of tools, technologies and digital solutions that provide significant benefits for consumers and improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the food value chain. Agricultural technologies, including genetic, mechanical and digital, can provide sustainable solutions across all farming types whether conventional, organic or otherwise. Furthermore, there is a need to foster behavioural changes in food consumption and production patterns as well as to engage primary producers, industry (including SMEs), retailers, food service sectors, consumers, and public services. _________________ 20 SWD(2016) 319 final: European Research and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security
Amendment 3 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is the Union's objective to strengthen its scientific and technological bases and encourage its competitiveness, including in its industry and agriculture, while promoting all research and innovation activities to deliver on the Union's strategic priorities, which ultimately aim at promoting peace, the Union's values and the well-being of its peoples.
Amendment 4 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To deliver scientific, economic and societal impact in pursuit of this general objective, the Union should invest in research and innovation through Horizon Europe - a Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027 (the ‘Programme’) to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality knowledge and technologies, to strengthen the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, to support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges and promote industrial competitiveness and help maintain food security; to foster all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, and strengthen market deployment of innovative solutions; and optimise the delivery of such investment for increased impact within a strengthened European Research Area.
Amendment 9 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) The importance of agriculture should be stressed, with its interrelationship between the environment and human health.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the UnionEuropean Research Area and foster its competitiveness, including in its research excellence, fundamental research and industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 27 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to promote scientific excellence and support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, skills, technologies and solutions to global challenges;
Amendment 30 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to strengthen the impactrole of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, and support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges;
Amendment 34 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) to promote research excellence, researcher mobility and strengthening international collaboration.
Amendment 35 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science', pursuing the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(a) and also supporting specific objectives set out in Article 3(2)(b) and (c), with the following components:
Amendment 44 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) be centered on ambitious but, excellence-driven and realistic research and innovation activities across all stages of development;
Amendment 49 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Open access to scientific publications resulting from research funded under the Programme shall be ensured in accordance with Article 35(3). Open access to research data underlying published research findings shall be ensured in line with the principle 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary'. Open access to other research outputs and other relevant research data shall be encouraged.
Amendment 50 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Associated countries shall have the right to coordinate an action and the right to participate in all parts of the Programme.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The conditions determining the level of financial contribution shall ensure an automatic correction of any significant imbalance compared to the amount that entities established in the associated country receive through participation in the Programme, taking into account the costs in the management, execution and operation of the Programme. The balance of the financial contribution of associated countries shall be considered over the life span of the Programme.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. TFollowing consultation with independent experts and provided sufficient notice is given to beneficiaries, the action may also be terminated where expected results have lost their relevance for the Union due to scientific, technological or economic reasons, including in the case of EIC and missions, their relevance as part of a portfolio of actions.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Open access to research data underlying published research findings shall be the general rule under the terms and conditions laid down in the grant agreement, but exceptions shall apply if justified, taking into consideration the legitimate interests of the beneficiaries and any other constraints, such as data protection rules, security rules or intellectual property rights where the costs of preserving or supplying the data are disproportionate.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. By derogation from Article 237(3) of the Financial Regulation, external experts may be selected without a call for expressions of interest, ifonly if a call for expressions of interest has not identified suitable external experts. Any selection of external experts without a call for expressions of interest must be duly justified and the selection is carried out in a transparent manner.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – introductory part
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – introductory part
(e) Ex-ante demonstration of the partners’ long term commitment, including a minimum share of public and/or private investmentcontributions;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
(d) Legally bindingonger-term commitments, in particular for in-kind and/or financial contributions, from each partner throughout the lifetime of the initiative;
Amendment 138 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 147 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The new Member States should be encouraged to start the procedures for registration of the geographical indications by facilitating the exchange of best practice among Member States.
Amendment 167 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 175 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Member States may, on request, decide to grant more than a single recognition to a producer organisation which acts in several sectors mentioned in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provided that the producer organisation fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 154(1) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 for each sector in which they apply for recognition;
Amendment 178 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 181 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Member States may, on request, decide to grant recognition to an existing cooperative which applies for recognition of a producer organisation, and which fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 154(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 232 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(3a) Article 11(1)(c) is amended as follows: ‘(c) fresh or chilled meat of the pork, chicken, beef and veal sector falling within CN codes 0201 10 00 and 0201 20 20 to 0201 20 50; ’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20180101&from=FR)
Amendment 233 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Amendment 234 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 12
Article 12
(3c) Article 12 is amended as follows: ‘Public intervention shall be available for: (a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley and maize, from 1 November to 31 May; (b) paddy rice, from 1 April to 31 July; (c) beef and veal, throughout the year; (d) butter and skimmed milk powder, from 1 March to 30 September. throughout the year; (b) paddy rice, throughout the year; (c) pork, chicken, beef and veal, throughout the year; (d) butter and skimmed milk powder, throughout the year; (e) white sugar, throughout the year.’ ’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=en)
Amendment 280 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2
Article 23 a – paragraph 2
Amendment 315 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 63 – paragraph 4
Article 63 – paragraph 4
(4)5b) in Article 63, paragraph 4 shall be amended as follows: Member States shall make public any decisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 2, which shall be duly justified. Member States shall notify the Commission forthwith of those decisions and justifications. The Commission should examine whether the Member States’ decisions in compliance with paragraph 2 are justified. ’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=en)
Amendment 333 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point f
(5c) in Article 64, paragraph 2 point (f) shall be amended as follows: ‘(f) areas to be newly planted which contribute to increasing the competitiveness atof farm holding and regional level; at national and international level; ’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=en)
Amendment 338 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point a
(5a) in Article 63, paragraph 2 point (a) shall be amended as follows: ‘(2) Member States may: (a) apply at national level a lower percentage than the percentage set out in paragraph 1; , unless the total area planted with vines in the Member State is decreasing; ’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=en)
Amendment 354 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 81 – paragraph 2
Article 81 – paragraph 2
Amendment 408 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 437 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – points g a and g b (new)
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – points g a and g b (new)
(aa) (g a) The nutrition declaration which may be limited to energy value only; ‘energy’ may be represented by the symbol E; (gb) The list of ingredients which may be supplied in a different manner than on the packaging or on the label; the list so supplied should be easily accessible to consumers.
Amendment 481 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 148 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 148 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) 22 a) In Article 148(2)(c) point (i) is amended as follows: ‘the price payable for the delivery, which shall: — be static and be set out in the contract, covering the input costs including a correct income for the producer, and/or — be calculated by combining various factors set out in the contract, which may include market indicators reflecting changes in market conditions, the volume delivered and the quality or composition of the raw milk delivered, covering the input costs including a correct income for the producer;’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20180101&from=FR)
Amendment 669 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – Appendix I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – letter g
Annex VII – Appendix I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – letter g
(g) in Romania, in the area of Podișul Transilvaniei; 32a) In Appendix I, point 2, letter g shall be replaced by ‘(g) in Romania, the wine-growing region of Podișul Transilvaniei;’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=ro)
Amendment 671 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex VII – appendix 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – letter f
Annex VII – appendix 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – letter f
(32b) Annex VII – appendix 1 – point 4 – letter f shall be replaced by ‘(f) in Romania, areas planted with vines in the following regions: Dealurile Buzăului, Munteniei and Olteniei, Dealu Mare, Severinului and Plaiurile Drâncei, Colinele Dobrogei, Terasele Dunării, the South wine region, including sands and other favourable regions. sands region and other favourable lands in the South of the country;’ Or. ro (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308&from=ro)
Amendment 38 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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 concludes that the Common Agricultural Policy (hereinafter ‘CAP’) should continue to step up its response to future challenges and opportunities, by boosting employment, growth and investment, fighting and adapting to climate change and bringing research and innovation out of the laboratories and onto fields and markets. The CAP should furthermore address citizens' concerns regarding sustainable agriculture production and rural development.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) With a view to ensuring that the amounts for the financing of the CAP comply with the annual ceilings, the financial discipline mechanism by which the level of direct support is adjusted, should be maintained. However, the threshold of EUR 2000 should be abolished. An agricultural reserve should be maintained to support the agricultural sector in the event of market developments or major crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution. Article 12(2)(d) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [New Financial Regulation] foresees that non- committed appropriations may be carried over to to the following financial year only. In order to significantly simplify the implementation for beneficiaries and national administrations, a roll-over mechanism should be used, using any unused amounts of the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector established in 2020. For this purpose a derogation from Article 12(2)(d) is necessary, allowing for non- committed appropriations of the agricultural reserve to be carried over without time limitation to finance the agricultural reserve in the following financial year(s). Furthermore, as regards the financial year 2020, a second derogation is necessary as the total unused amount of the reserve available at the end of year 2020 should be carried over to the year 2021 to the corresponding line of the new agricultural reserve without being returned to the budgetary lines which cover direct payment interventions under the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Equalising the level of direct payments among the Member States is essential in order to ensure a level playing field in the EU’s single market. There is an urgent need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide the Commission with, in particular, the means to manage agricultural markets, to facilitate the monitoring of agricultural expenditure and, to monitor agricultural resources in the medium and long term and to assess the situation and provide prompt assistance in response to natural disasters, the use of the agro- meteorological system and the acquisition and improvement of satellite data should be provided for.
Amendment 50 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a severe natural disaster gravely affecting the holding;
Amendment 52 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The deadline of 15 February referred to in the first subparagraph may be exceptionally extended by the Commission to 1 MarchJune, upon request by the Member State concerned, as provided for in the second subparagraph Article 63(7) of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority shall, by way of a formal act, decide on the issuing or, following a review, the withdrawal of the accreditation of the paying agency and the coordinating body on the basis of an examination of the accreditation criteria to be adopted by the Commission in accordance with point (a) of Article 10(1), taking into account the principle of proportionality. The competent authority shall inform the Commission of accreditations and withdrawals of accreditations without delay.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 59 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The adjustment rate shall only apply to direct payments in excess of EUR 2000 to be granted to farmers in the corresponding calendar year.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) prior to 1 December but not before 16 October, pay advances of up to 750 % for direct payments interventions;
Amendment 83 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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 concludes that the Common Agricultural Policy (hereinafter ‘CAP’) should continue to step up its response to future challenges and opportunities, by boosting employment, growth and investment, fighting and adapting to climate change and bringing research and innovation out of the laboratories and onto fields and markets. The CAP should furthermore address citizens' concerns regarding sustainable agriculture production and rural development.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure a proportionate level of checks needed for an effective management of the risks.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The 2021-2027 Common Agricultural Policy budget for the EU27 should be maintained at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget at constant prices for the EU28.
Amendment 116 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) With a view to ensuring that the amounts for the financing of the CAP comply with the annual ceilings, the financial discipline mechanism by which the level of direct support is adjusted, should be maintained. However, the threshold of EUR 2000 should be abolished. An agricultural reserve should be maintained to support the agricultural sector in the event of market developments or major crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution. Article 12(2)(d) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [New Financial Regulation] foresees that non- committed appropriations may be carried over to to the following financial year only. In order to significantly simplify the implementation for beneficiaries and national administrations, a roll-over mechanism should be used, using any unused amounts of the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector established in 2020. For this purpose a derogation from Article 12(2)(d) is necessary, allowing for non- committed appropriations of the agricultural reserve to be carried over without time limitation to finance the agricultural reserve in the following financial year(s). Furthermore, as regards the financial year 2020, a second derogation is necessary as the total unused amount of the reserve available at the end of year 2020 should be carried over to the year 2021 to the corresponding line of the new agricultural reserve without being returned to the budgetary lines which cover direct payment interventions under the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) It is necessary to coordinate direct payments at Member State level in order to ensure a level playing field for producers on the single market.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) As regards the multi-annual performance monitoring the Commission should also have the power to suspend payments. Accordingly, in cases of delayed or insufficient progress towards targets, set out in the national CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission should be empowered to request the Member State concerned to take the necessary remedial actions in accordance with an action plan to be established in consultation with the Commission and containing clear progress indicators, by means of an implementing act. Where the Member State fails to submit or to implement the action plan or where the action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission should have the power to suspend the monthly or interim payments, by means of an implementing act.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a severe natural disaster gravely affecting the holding;
Amendment 273 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The deadline of 15 February referred to in the first subparagraph may be exceptionally extended by the Commission to 1 MarchJune, upon request by the Member State concerned, as provided for in the second subparagraph Article 63(7) of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 367 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 532 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) prior to 1 December but not before 16 October, pay advances of up to 750 % for direct payments interventions;
Amendment 643 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure a proportionate level of checks needed for an effective management of the risks.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to the challenges and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, local, rural and farm levels, it is necessary to streamlinimprove the governance of the CAP and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden. In the CAP based on delivery of performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requirements, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targets. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions, especially livestock and special plant cultivation that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties, where other instruments are inadequate or non-existent. Member States should be free to identify the eligible sectors. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) In view of the concerns related to administrative burden under shared management, simplification, both at Union and Member State level, should also be subject to a specific attention in the CAP Strategic Plan. The European Union must assist the Member States in order to spare them a disproportionate administrative burden.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined- Member States may define 'genuine farmers' in a way to ensure that no supportassistance is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their (overall) economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from supportthat is to say pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 152 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance long-term food security;
Amendment 159 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young and new farmers and facilitate business development in rural areas;
Amendment 184 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:where it exceeds a funding ceiling set by the Member State.
Amendment 188 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 192 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 196 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 199 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 203 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the salaries linked to an agricultural or related activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; and
Amendment 205 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural or related activity practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business.
Amendment 209 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average real labour cost andard salaries linked to an agricultural or related activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 212 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarilmay be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payments.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 230 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum number of hectares per farmer for which the redistributive income support shall be paid. That amount shall not be greater than 10% of the basic income support for sustainability, in accordance with the national or territorial average, in accordance with Article 18(2), multiplied by the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer. The number of eligible hectares shall not exceed the maximum laid down by Member States, which shall not be greater than 30 hectares or the average size of farms at national level or at the level of the territories defined under Article 18(2).
Amendment 234 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective 'attract youngand retain young and new farmers and facilitate business development in rural areas' set out in point (g) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 2% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(4), Member States may provide a complementary income support for young farmers who have newly set up for the first time and who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 265 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) investments in basic public and private services in rural areas;
Amendment 300 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7085% of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013;
Amendment 303 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 7085% of the eligible public expenditure in the less developed regions;
Amendment 308 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 453% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
Amendment 455 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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, 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. The new CAP should ensure simplification at national, regional and farm level.
Amendment 475 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to the challenges and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, local and farm levels, it is necessary to streamline the governance of the CAP and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden. In the CAP based on delivery of performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requirements, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targets and at the same time guarantee safe policies and financial security for the sector. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives.
Amendment 484 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
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 thea high degree 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’).
Amendment 493 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to retain the essential Union-wide elements to ensure comparability between Member State decisions, without however limiting Member States in reaching Union objectives, a framework definition for ‘agricultural area’ should be set out. The related framework definitions for ‘arable land’, ‘permanent crops’ and ‘permanent grassland’ should be set out in a broad way to allow Member States to further specify definitions according to their local conditions. The framework definition for ‘arable land’ should be laid down in a way that allows Member States to cover different production forms, including system such as agroforestry and arable areas with shrubs and trees and that requires the inclusion of fallow land areas in order to ensure the decoupled nature of the interventions. The framework definition of ‘permanent crops’ should include both areas actually used for production and not, as well as nurseries and short rotation coppice to be defined by Member States. The framework definition of ‘permanent grassland’ should be set in a way that allows Member States to specify further criteria and allows them to include species other than grasses or other herbaceous forage that can be grazed or that may produce animal feed, whether used for actual production or not. The aim of simplifying the CAP should be central to ensuring that administrative burdens for farmers are not increased.
Amendment 502 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas so as to ensure access for farmers to cutting-edge technology.
Amendment 507 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure legal certainty that support is paid for an agricultural area which is at the farmer's disposal and where an agricultural activity is exercised, a framework definition for ‘eligible hectare’ with the essential elements should be set out. In particular, in order to avoid double claims, Member States should set the conditions to determine whether the land is at the farmer’s disposal. Considering the likelihood of occasional and temporary use of agricultural land for an activity which is not strictly agricultural, and given the potential of certain non-agricultural activities to contribute to the income diversification of agricultural holdings, Member States should set appropriate conditions to include areas also used for non-agricultural activities as eligible hectares. The Commission should consider the most recent or most relevant year communicated by the Member States as the reference year for the total number of eligible hectares declared by them.
Amendment 519 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In view of further improving the performance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to genuine farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘genuine farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, in order to avoid any dangerous trends towards speculative land grabbing, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers and ensure that genuine farmers actually receive CAP support. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non-agricultural activities outside their farm, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio- economic fabric of rural areas.
Amendment 520 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In view of further improving the performance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to genuine farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘genuine farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, Member States shcould define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non-agricultural activities outside their farm, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas. This framework definition must, in any case, help to maintain the existing European Union family farm paradigm and be based on credible agricultural activities.
Amendment 534 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to ensure consistency between the direct payments types of interventions and rural development types of interventions when addressing the objective of generational renewal, a frameworkspecifically corresponding definition for ‘young farmer’ with the essential elements should be set out at UnionMember State level.
Amendment 558 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, suitably investing in technological development and digitalisation, taking account of the relatively low technological input in agriculture, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge.
Amendment 560 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge for the purposes of investment in technology and rural digitalisation.
Amendment 578 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, in view of the current investment gaps, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward.
Amendment 582 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, reconversion, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward.
Amendment 605 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – point 1
Recital 16 – point 1
As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems such as lack of attractive employment opportunities, skill shortages, underinvestment in connectivity, especially quality broadband services, infrastructures and essential services, as well as youth drain, it is fundamental to strengthen the socio-economic fabric in those areas, in line with the Cork 2.0. Declaration, particularly through job creation and generational renewal, by bringing the Commission's jobs and growth to rural areas, promoting social inclusion, generational renewal, greater inclusion of women in the rural economy, and the development of ‘Smart Villages’ across the European countryside. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, the emerging bio- economy, the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer good growth and job potential for rural areas. . In this context, financial instruments and the use of the InvestEU guarantee can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of Community-led Local Development strategies.
Amendment 614 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security, which should be understood as meaning access for all consumers to sufficient, safe and, nutritious and reasonably priced food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands.
Amendment 661 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should setbe given the opportunity to introduce farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks, and to promote the sustainable use of nutrients. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should make use of existing innovative systems and then integrate advisors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up-to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 684 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure a fairer distribution of income support, the Member States should decide that the amounts of direct payments above a certain ceiling should be reduced and the product should either be used for decoupled direct payments and in priority for the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, or be transferred to the EAFRD. In order to avoid negative effects on employment, labour should be taken into account when applying the mechanism.
Amendment 692 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Direct payments are crucial to supporting farmers in the food production chain and protecting the environment and animal welfare.
Amendment 701 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Union legislation should provide that Member States should set requirements in terms of minimum area for receiving decoupled payments in their CAP Strategic Plan. Such requirements should relate to the need to avoid the excessive administrative burden and bottlenecks caused by managing numerous payments of small amounts and to that of ensuring an effective contribution of the support to the objectives of the CAP to which the decoupled direct payments contribute. In order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all genuine farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area- based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. In order to enhance better targeting of this support, the payment amounts can be differentiated, by groups of territories, based on socio-economic and/or agronomic conditions. In view of avoiding disruptive effects for farmers' income, Member States may choose to implement the basic income support for sustainability based on payment entitlements. In this case, the value of payment entitlements before any further convergence should be proportional to their value as established under the basic payment schemes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, taking also into account the payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States should also achieve further convergence in order to continue to move progressively away from historical values.
Amendment 729 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In view of the acknowledged need to promote a more balanced distribution of support towards small and/or medium- sized farmers in a visible and measurable way, a specific decoupled payment per hectare, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, should be established at UnionMember State level. To allow for a better targeting of this complementary support and in view of acknowledging the differences in farm structures across the Union, Member States should have the possibility to provide different amounts of complementary support to different ranges of hectares.
Amendment 737 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers and new entrants is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for this reason, Member States may establish a complementary income support for young farmers and new entrants. This type of interventions should be established to provide young farmersthem with an additional income support after the initial setting up.
Amendment 747 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The CAP shouldcan 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 to promote production models that are beneficial for the environment, particularly livestock rearing and other measures such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures and, landscape features, and organic farming. These schemes may also includeenvironmental certification schemes, such as organic farming, integrated production or conservation agriculture. These schemes may include measures other than those relating to rural development, environment and climate, as well as similar measures that may be classified as ‘entry-level schemes’ which may be a condition for taking up more ambitious rural development commitments.
Amendment 748 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
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. Member States should identify measures that will encourage farmers to implement organic schemes. 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, and organic farming. These schemes may also include ‘entry- level schemes’ which may be a condition for taking up more ambitious rural development commitments.
Amendment 823 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to ensure a fair income and a resilient agricultural sector across the Union territory, Member States may grant support to farmers in areas facing natural and other area-specific constraints, including isolated areas with limited access. As regards payments for ANC, the designation of the 2014-2020 Rural Development policy should continue to apply. For the CAP to deliver enhanced Union added on the environment and reinforce its synergies with the financing of investments in nature and biodiversity, it is necessary to keep a separate measure aiming at compensating beneficiaries for disadvantages related to the implementation of Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directives. Support should therefore continue to be granted to farmers and forest holders to help address specific disadvantages resulting from the implementation of Directive 2009/147/EC and Directive 92/43/EEC and in order to contribute to the effective management of Natura 2000 sites. Support should also be made available to farmers to help address disadvantages in river basin areas resulting from the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Support should be linked to specific requirements described in the CAP Strategic Plans that go beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements. Member States should also ensure that payments to farmers do not lead to double funding with eco schemes. Furthermore, the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas should be taken into account by Member States in the overall design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 862 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aim, Member States may set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 23% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-ups, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
Amendment 886 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting uppromotion and support for the setting up and operation of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP.
Amendment 903 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) The EAGF should continue financing types of interventions in the form of direct payments and sectoral types of interventions for the funding of productive agricultural activities with a view to developing a sustainable agriculture, whereas the EAFRD should continue financing types of interventions for rural development as described in this Regulation. The rules for the financial management of the CAP should be laid down separately for the two funds and for the activities supported by each of them, taking into account that the new delivery model gives more flexibility and subsidiarity for Member States to reach their objectives. Types of interventions under this Regulation should cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027.
Amendment 921 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50%off of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
Amendment 950 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 430 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 970 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) In the process of development of their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States should analyse their specific situation and needs, set targets linked to the achievement of the objectives of the CAP and design the interventions which will allow reaching these targets, while being adapted to the national and specific regional contexts, including the outermost regions pursuant to Article 349 TFEU. Such process should promote more subsidiarity within a common Union framework, while compliance with the general principles of Union law and the objectives of the CAP should be ensured. It is therefore appropriate to set rules on the structure and content of the CAP Strategic Plans. In proceeding with CAP Strategic Plans, it is necessary to ensure the involvement of farmers and farmers' organisations at every stage.
Amendment 980 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) In order to ensure that the setting of targets by Member States and that the design of interventions is appropriate and maximises the contribution to the objectives of the CAP, it is necessary to base the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plans on a prior analysis of the local contexts and an assessment of needs in relation to the objectives of the CAP. It is imperative for CAP Strategic Plans to provide the necessary flexibility for Member States to adjust to both internal and external conditions.
Amendment 1013 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) In view of the concerns related to administrative burden under shared management, simplification should also be subject to a specific attention in the CAP Strategic Plan at national, regional level and farm level.
Amendment 1021 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) Pursuant to paragraph 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional agreement for Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016, there is a need to evaluate the Funds on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. These requirements, where appropriate, canshould include measurable indicators, as a basis for evaluating the effects of the Funds on the ground.
Amendment 1026 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) The approval of the CAP Strategic Plan by the Commission is a crucial step in order to guarantee that the policy is implemented according to the common objectives and the approval procedure must therefore be as efficient as possible. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the Commission should provide the Member States with appropriate guidance in presenting coherent and ambitious intervention logics.
Amendment 1037 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Each CAP Strategic Plan should be subject to regular monitoring of the implementation and of progress towards the established targets. Such a performance, monitoring and evaluation framework of the CAP should be set up with the purpose of demonstrating the progress and assessing the impact and efficiency of policy implementation, while avoiding unnecessary administrative burdens at national, regional or farm level.
Amendment 1049 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) Mechanisms should be in place to take action to protect the Union’s financial interests in case the CAP Strategic Plan implementation deviates significantly from the targets set. Member States may thus be asked to submit action plans in case of significant and non-justified underperformance. This could lead to suspensions and, in the end, reductions of the Union funds if the planned results are not achieved. Moreover, an overall performance bonus is established as part of the incentive mechanism based on allocating the performance bonus, in view of encouraging good environmental and climate performances.
Amendment 1054 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) Mechanisms should be in place to take action to protect the Union’s financial interests in case the CAP Strategic Plan implementation deviates significantly from the targets set. Member States may thus be asked to submit action plans in case of significant and non-justified underperformance. TIn exceptional cases and after timely warnings, this could lead to suspensions and, in the end, reductions of the Union funds if the planned results are not achieved. Moreover, an overall performance bonus is established as part of the incentive mechanism based on allocating the performance bonus, in view of encouraging good environmental and climate performances.
Amendment 1066 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
Recital 87
(87) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the fixing of reference areas for the support for oilseeds, rules for the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop- specific payment for cotton and related notifications, the calculation of the reduction where the eligible area of cotton exceeds the base area, the Union financial assistance for distillation of by-products of wine-making, the annual breakdown by Member State of the total amount of Union support for types of interventions for rural development, rules on the presentation of the elements to be included in the CAP Strategic Plan, rules on the procedure and time limits for the approval of CAP Strategic Plans and the submission and approval of requests for amendment of CAP Strategic Plans, uniform conditions for the application of the information and publicity requirements relating to the possibilities offered by the CAP Strategic Plans, rules relating to the performance, monitoring and evaluation framework, rules for the presentation of the content of the annual performance report, rules on the information to be sent by the Member States for the performance assessment by the Commission and rules on the data needs and synergies between potential data sources, and arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.22 . _________________ 22 European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the
Amendment 1237 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shallmay be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers. The definition shall, in any case, maintain the European Union family farm paradigm.
Amendment 1258 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) a maximum age limit that may non indicative age limit without exceeding 405 years shall be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 1269 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
(ii a) the support granted for young farmers for 10 years
Amendment 1288 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'new farmer' means a person or entity embarking on agriculture as a principal activity, not having been engaged in any farming activity for the previous 10 years, and under the conditions laid down by the Member States.
Amendment 1335 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake, providing farmers access to cutting-edge technology.
Amendment 1349 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food security and ensure reasonably priced feed supplies;
Amendment 1382 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) give farmers a firmer foothold on Union and international markets;
Amendment 1383 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chain, promoting and upholding cooperative ventures and supporting producer organisations;
Amendment 1388 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chains;
Amendment 1678 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may support the Member States with the design of that Tool and with data storage and processing services requirements. The Commission must allow a suitable transitional period to enable the Tool to be implemented and used effectively.
Amendment 1703 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services'). That new system should be based on the systems that already exist in the Member States.
Amendment 1808 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the cComplementary income support for young farmers and new entrants;
Amendment 1831 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendawhere that amount exceeds a threshold laid down for year exceedingch country which cannot be less than EUR 6100 000 as follows:. The reduction must amount to at least 25% of the payments, up to a maximum of 100%.
Amendment 1839 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:a financial ceiling set by the Member State
Amendment 1871 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1886 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1904 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1929 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Before applying paragraph 1, Member States shall subtract from the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year:
Amendment 1940 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the salaries linked to an agricultural activity and related activities declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; and
Amendment 1949 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity and related activities practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business.
Amendment 1966 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standarentire amounts of labour costs and salaries linked to an agricultural activity and related activities at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 1982 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shallmay primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payments.
Amendment 2004 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2065 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall agree to the Member States declaring the most recent or most relevant year as the reference year for farmland for which basic income support is granted.
Amendment 2195 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2203 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure fair 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.
Amendment 2205 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay 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.
Amendment 2219 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish a redistributive payment equivalent to an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum number of hectares per farmer for which the redistributive income support shall be paidnd may differentiate those amounts among the territories defined pursuant to Article 18(2).
Amendment 2238 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
27 Member States may provide for cComplementary income support for young farmers uander the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. new entrants
Amendment 2240 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may provide for complementary income support for young farmers and new entrants under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2262 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective ‘attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areas’ set out in point (g) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 23% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(4), Member States may provide a complementary income support for young farmers who have newly set up for the first time and who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 2270 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The complementary income support for young farmersshall be accorded for a maximum of ten years and shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare; it may be calculated on a yearly basis or in accordance with the territories defined in Article 18(2).
Amendment 2293 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide support formay operate voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment (‘eco- schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2309 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay support under this type of intervention genuine farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. These measures shall aim to preserve and promote the necessary practical changes that make a positive contribution to the environment and climate.
Amendment 2315 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers whand take measures to encourage them to make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 2338 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shallmay establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. The list may contain measures of a different type than those contained in Article 65, or measures of the same type but with requirements of a different level.
Amendment 2371 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Ecological schemes should be introduced to address the specific environmental and climate needs of the regions that may be set out in the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 2654 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) formation and organisation of producer groups
Amendment 2998 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
(h) promotion carried out in third countries, to improve competitiveness of wine companies and to open and enhance the markets in third countries, consisting of one or more of the following:
Amendment 3274 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers, new farmers and rural business start-up;
Amendment 3535 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) investments in access infrastructure
Amendment 3633 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the installation of young farmers and new farmers who fulfil the conditions included in the definition set out in point (e) of Article 4(1);
Amendment 3889 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 73(5) and the first subparagraph, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events, spread of an epizootic or of plant diseases or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, the CAP Strategic Plan may provide that eligibility of EAFRD financed expenditure relating to amendments of the plan may start from the date on which the event occurred.
Amendment 3926 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(a) 780% of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013;
Amendment 3968 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 4350% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
Amendment 3999 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. At least 58% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR].
Amendment 4022 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 320% 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.
Amendment 4023 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions of all types 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.
Amendment 4072 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
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 106% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4100 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4122 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 24%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 106% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4123 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 24%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 106% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4519 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Approval of the Strategic Plans by the European Commission and their implementation by the Member States should not cause delays in the distribution of aids to the beneficiaries, especially in the first year of implementation.
Amendment 4658 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Common Agricultural Policy should be built upon the already available network structures in the Member States.
Amendment 4806 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123
Article 123
Amendment 4820 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 1
Article 123 – paragraph 1
Amendment 4824 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 4829 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4834 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124
Article 124
Attribution of the performance bonus 1. of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).rticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review The Commission shall within two Where the target values referred to Where the target values referred to When attributing the performance The Commission shall adopt
Amendment 4846 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 1
Article 124 – paragraph 1
Amendment 4851 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 2
Article 124 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4854 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 3
Article 124 – paragraph 3
Amendment 4857 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 4
Article 124 – paragraph 4
Amendment 4859 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 5
Article 124 – paragraph 5
Amendment 4862 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 6
Article 124 – paragraph 6
Amendment 214 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(b a) exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practices in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages;
Amendment 355 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) in duly justified cases, where the Interreg programme cannot be implemented as planned due to serious problems in relations between the participating countries.;
Amendment 369 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The co-financing rate at the level of each Interreg programme shall be not higher than 7085 %, unless, with regard to external cross-border or component 3 Interreg programmes, a higher percentage is fixed in Regulations (EU) [IPA III], [NDICI] or Council Decision (EU) [OCTP] respectively or in any act adopted thereunder.
Amendment 398 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Under external cross-border and component 2 and 3 Interreg programmes the ERDF and, where applicable, the external financing instruments of the Union shallmay also contribute to the external Interreg-specific objective 'a safer and more secure Europe', in particular by actions in the fields of border crossing management and mobility and migration management, including the protection of migrants.
Amendment 426 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Member State hosting the prospective managing authority, shall submit anone or more Interreg programmes for the relevant border areas to the Commission by [date of entry into force plus nintwelve months;] on behalf of all participating Member States and, where applicable, third countries, partner countries or OCTs.
Amendment 433 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
However, an Interreg programme covering support from an external financing instrument of the Union shall be submitted by the Member State hosting the prospective managing authority no later than sixtwelve months after the adoption by the Commission of the relevant strategic programming document under Article 10(1) or where required under the respective basic act of one or more of an external financing instrument of the Union.
Amendment 444 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point e – point i
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point e – point i
(i) the related types of actions, including a list of planned operations of strategic importance, and their expected contribution to those specific objectives and to macro-regional strategies and sea- basin strategies, where appropriateese objectives, respectively the set of criteria and the corresponding transparent selection criteria for such operation;
Amendment 475 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 510% of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 35% of the programme budget to another priority of the same Interreg programme.
Amendment 540 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Amendment 591 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the values of output and result indicators for selected Interreg operations and values achieved by finalized Interreg operations.
Amendment 626 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Office and administrative costs may be reimbursed as a flat rate in accordance with Article [49] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR];
Amendment 649 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. The managing authority of an Interreg programme shall carry out the functions laid down in Articles [66], [68] and [69] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] with the exception of the task of selecting operations referred to in point (a) of Article 66(1) and Article 67 and of payments to beneficiaries referred to in point (b) of Article 68(1). Those functions shall be carried out in the whole of the territory covered by that programme, subject to derogations set out under Chapter VIII of this Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 68(4) of Regulation (EU)[new CPR], the management verifications may be carried out by bodies or persons responsible for such verifications in relation to beneficiaries on its territory (the “controller(s)”). The managing authority shall satisfy itself that the expenditure of each beneficiary participating in an operation has been verified by a designated controller.”
Amendment 662 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 3
Article 45 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from [point (c) of Article 70(1)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], expenditure paid in another currency shall be converted into euro by each partner using the monthly accounting exchange rate of the Commission in the month during which that expenditure was submitted for verification to the managing authority or the controllers in accordance with [point (a) of Article 68(1)] of that Regulation.
Amendment 663 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The method chosen shall be set out in the cooperation programme and shall be applicable to all beneficiaries. The use of the conversion rate as set by the programme shall be verified by the managing authority or by the controller in the Member State or third country in which the beneficiary is located.
Amendment 667 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, a participating Member State may specify when the audit authority is to be accompanied by an auditors from that participating Member State.
Amendment 670 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 9
Article 47 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission and the audit authority shall meet on a regular basis and at least once a year, unless otherwise agreed, to examine the audit strategy, the annual control report and the audit opinion, to coordinate their audit plans and methods and to exchange views on issues relating to the improvement of management and control systems. The Managing Authority will also be invited.
Amendment 743 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation fromto Article [57(2)] of Regulation (EU) No [new CPR] expenditure shall be eligible for a contribution from external financing instruments of the Union if it has been incurred by a partner or the private partner of PPP operations in the preparation and implementation of Interreg operations from 1 January 2021 and paid after the date when the financing agreement with the respective third country, partner country or OCT was concludedand paid after the submission of the programme to the Commission or from 1 January 2021, whichever is earlier.
Amendment 757 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 3
Article 58 – paragraph 3
3. Where an Interreg programme involves more than one third country, partner country or OCT, at least one financing agreement shall be signed by both parties before that date. The other third countries, partner countries or OCTs may sign their respective financing agreements at the latest oin 30 June of the second year following the year when the first budget commitment was madeone year after the respective Financing Agreement has been sent by the Commission to the third countries, partner countries or OCTs.
Amendment 765 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a By way of derogation from Article 99 of the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument, the rules regarding decommitment with regard to cross border component of NDICI are fixed in the Regulation [NDICI] or in Council Decision (EU) [OCTP] ,respectively or in any act adopted thereunder.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to improve the overall administrative capacity of institutions and governance in Member States on the principle of multilevel governance implementing programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it is necessary to enable supporting measures under all of the specific objectives.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to encourage and boost cooperation measures, within programmes implemented under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it is necessary to enhance cooperation measures with partners including those at local and regional level within a given Member State or between different Member States in relation to support provided under all of the specific objectives. Such enhanced cooperation is additional to the cooperation under ETC/Interreg and should in particular support cooperation among structured partnerships with a view to implementing regional strategies as referred to in the Communication from the Commission ‘Strengthening Innovation in Europe's Regions: Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth’17 . Partners may therefore come from any region in the Union, but may also include cross-border regions and regions which are all covered by a macro-regional or sea-basin strategy or a combination of the two. _________________ 17 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions of 8 July 2017 - COM(2017) 376 final.
Amendment 130 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Funds will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives. Operations under the ERDF are expected to contribute 30 % of the overall financial envelope of the ERDF to climate objectives. Operations under the Cohesion Fund are expected to contribute 37% of the overall financial envelope of the Cohesion Fund to climate objectives.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The ERDF should help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union and to reduce disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions including those facing challenges due to the decarbonisation commitments. ERDF support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal should therefore be concentrated on key Union priorities in line with policy objectives laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/xxx [new CPR]. Therefore support from the ERDF should be concentrated on the policy objectives of 'a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation' and 'a greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and management'. That thematic concentration should be attained at national level while allowing for flexibility at the level of individual programmes and between the three groups of Member States formed according to respective gross national income. In addition, the methodology to classify Member States should be set out in detail taking into account the specific situation of the outermost regions.
Amendment 159 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should set out the different types of activities the costs of which may be supported by means of investments from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, under their respective objectives as set out in the TFEU. The Cohesion Fund should be able to support investments in the environment and in TEN-T, namely to tackle the missing links and bottlenecks. With regard to the ERDF, the list of activities should be simplified and it should be able to support investments in infrastructure, investments in relation to access to services, productive investments in SME's, equipment, software and intangible assets, as well as measures with regard to information, communication, studies, networking, cooperation, exchange of experiences and activities involving clusters. In order to support the programme implementation, both funds should also be able to support technical assistance activities. Finally, in order to support provide for a broader range of interventions for Interreg programmes, the scope should be enlarged to also include the sharing a broad range of facilities and human resources and costs linked to measures within the scope of the ESF+.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to maximise the contribution to territorial development, actions in this field should be based on integrated territorial strategies including in urban and rural areas. Therefore, the ERDF support should be delivered through the forms set out in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] ensuring appropriate involvement of local, regional and urban authorities.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Within the framework of sustainable urban development, it is considered necessary to support integrated territorial development in order to more effectively tackle the economic, environmental, climate, demographic, technology and social challenges affecting urban areas, including functional urban areas, while taking into account the need to promote urban-rural linkages. The principles for selecting the urban areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented, and the indicative amounts for those actions, should be set out in the programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal with a minimum target of 6% of the ERDF resources allocated at national level for that purpose. It should also be established that this percentage should be respected throughout the programming period in the case of transfer between priorities within a programme or between programmes, including at the mid- term review.
Amendment 194 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to identify or provide solutions which address issues relating to sustainable urban development at Union level, the Urban Innovative Actions in the area of sustainable urban development should be replaced by a European Urban Initiative, to be implemented under direct or indirect management. That initiative should cover all urban areas and support the Urban Agenda for the European Union21 .aiming to stimulate growth, liveability and innovation and to identify and successfully tackle social challenges _________________ 21 Council Conclusions on an Urban Agenda for the EU of 24 June 2016.
Amendment 216 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies and promoting the clusters for innovation;
Amendment 263 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) promoting renewable energy, including local sustainable energy resources;
Amendment 288 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) enhancing biodiversity, green infrastructure in the urban environment, and reducing pollution and promoting the natural heritage;
Amendment 560 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In addition, productive investments that create and safeguard stable jobs through direct aid for investments in enterprises other than SMEs can be supported when they involve cooperation with SMEs in research and innovation activities supported under point (a)(i) of Article 2 (1).
Amendment 607 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investment in airport infrastructure except for outermost regions; or unless related to environmental protection or accompanied by investment necessary to mitigate or reduce its adverse environmental impact.
Amendment 692 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay implement integrated territorial development, supported by the ERDF, exclusively through the forms referred to in Article [22] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].
Amendment 699 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF shallmay support integrated territorial development based on territorial strategies in accordance with Article [23] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] focused on urban areas ('sustainable urban development') within programmes under both goals referred to in Article 4(2) of that Regulation.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall organise a partnership with the competent national, regional and local authorities. That partnership shall include at least the following partners:
Amendment 90 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where the Commission disagrees with the assessment of the Member State, it shall inform the Member State accordingly and give it the opportunity to present its observations within one month. The deadline may be extended if the Member State presents an appropriate justification to the Commission.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Selected operations that contribute towards achievement of the specific objectives for which funding is received shall comply with the territorial strategy.
Amendment 167 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding.
Amendment 186 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 7
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 7
As of 1 January 20246, resources transferred to the CEF which have not been committed to a transport infrastructure project shall be made available to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with Regulation (EU) [the new CEF Regulation].
Amendment 399 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and developing the ICT connectivity;
Amendment 406 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a greener, low-carbemission Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, sustainable urban mobility, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and management;
Amendment 486 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall organise a partnership with the competent national, regional and local authorities. That partnership shall include at least the following partners:
Amendment 661 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act approving the Partnership Agreement no later than fourthree months after the date of submission of that Partnership Agreement by the Member State concerned. The Partnership Agreement shall not be amended.
Amendment 716 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where the Commission disagrees with the assessment of the Member State, it shall inform the Member State accordingly and give it the opportunity to present its observations within one month. This deadline may be extended at the duly justified request of the Member State.
Amendment 951 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) the envisaged approach to communication and visibility for the programme through defining its objectives, target audiences, communication channels, social media outreach, plannedindicative budget and relevant indicators for monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 1043 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 15 % of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 310 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transfer shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
Amendment 1381 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1444 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) recoverable value added tax ('VAT'), except for operations the total cost of which is below EUR 5 000 000.
Amendment 1493 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 2
Article 64 – paragraph 2
2. Commission audits shall be carried out up to threewo calendar years following the acceptance of the accounts in which the expenditure concerned was includedafter the final payment to the beneficiary. This period shall not apply to operations where there is a suspicion of fraud.
Amendment 1504 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1528 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) ensure that selected operations comply with the programme and provide an effective direct contribution to the achievement of its specific objectives;
Amendment 1532 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) ensure that selected operations present the besta balanced relationship between the amount of support, the activities undertaken and the achievement of objectives;
Amendment 1744 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall submit a maximum of foursix payment applications per programme, per Fund and per accounting year. Every year the time limit for each payment application shall be 30 April, 31 July, 31 October and 26 December.
Amendment 1763 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) there is evidence to suggest a serious deficiency and one for which corrective measures have not been taken;
Amendment 1767 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 91 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1797 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in a programme which has not been used for pre-financing in accordance with Article 84 or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 by 2631 December of the seconthird calendar year following the year of the budget commitments for the years 2021 to 2026.
Amendment 1862 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 1868 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 6
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 6
Rules applicable for the transport sector under Regulation (EU) [new CEF Regulation] shall apply to the specific calls referred to in the first subparagraph. Until 31 December 20235, the selection of projects eligible for financing shall respect the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund with regard to 7100% of the resources transferred to the CEF.
Amendment 1873 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 7
Article 104 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 7
As of 1 January 20246, resources transferred to the CEF which have not been committed to a transport infrastructure project shall be made available to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with Regulation (EU) [the new CEF Regulation].
Amendment 1917 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7085 % for the less developed regions;
Amendment 1931 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 565 % for the transition regions;
Amendment 1949 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 450 % for the more developed regions.
Amendment 1968 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The co-financing rate for the Cohesion Fund at the level of each priority shall not be higher than 7085 %.
Amendment 1991 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The co-financing rate for Interreg programmes shall be no higher than 7085 %.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 61 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The single-use plastic products should be addressed by one or several measures, depending on various factors, such as the availability of suitable and more sustainable alternatives that are more attractive to consumers, the feasibility to change consumption patterns, and the extent to which they are already covered by existing Union legislation.
Amendment 62 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 67 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The European Union should consider restricting or prohibiting the use of plastic labels for drinks bottles, food packaging, clothing, etc., which can be easily replaced by paper labels or printed directly on the packaging.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Commission and the Member States must, as a matter of urgency, encourage, stimulate and fund recycling programmes.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
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 ensuring that such information is given to the consumers. The information should not contain any promotional content encouraginge 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. PLarge 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.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
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 large producers of certain single-use plastic products to cover the costs of clean- up of litter.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Directive and ensure that they are effectively brought to the attention of producers and implemented. The penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of this Directive is to prevent and reduce the impact of certain plastic products, including microplastics, on the environment, in particular the aquatic environment, and on human health as well as to promote the transition to a circular economy with innovative business models, products and materials, thus also contributing to the efficient functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 94 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive shall apply particularly to the single-use plastic products listed in the Annex and to fishing gear containing a significant proportion of plastic.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 131 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall prohibit the placing on market of the single-use plastic products listed in Part B of the Annex and help develop alternatives by means of research projects.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Member States and the Commission shall take measures to discourage the use of plastic products listed in Annex E by earmarking funds for research into alternative products, launching awareness-raising and information campaigns and supporting projects to develop the use of biodegradable materials.
Amendment 140 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 143 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 146 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Member States shall ensure that each 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 its plastic content.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part C – indent 1
Annex I – part C – indent 1
— Beverage containers, i.e. receptacles used to contain liquid such as beverage bottles including their caps and lids and single-use plastic lidded receptacles for salads, yoghurt and fruit.
Amendment 204 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D – indent 2
Annex I – part D – indent 2
— Wet wipes, i.e. pre-wetted personal care, domestic and industrial wipes containing plastic
Amendment 209 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part E – indent 6
Annex I – part E – indent 6
— Wet wipes, i.e. pre-wetted personal care, domestic and industrial wipes containing plastic
Amendment 101 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any well-founded additional conditions set by the competent authority in the relevant permit pursuant to points (b) and (c) of Article 7(3), as regards water quality.
Amendment 117 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The reclamation plant operator shall draw-up a Water Reuse Risk Management Plan based on the key risk management tasks set out in Annex II for which he is responsible. The Water Reuse Risk Management Plan shall propose any additional requirements to those specified in Annex I necessary to further mitigate any risks, and shall, inter alia, identify hazards, risks and appropriate preventive measures.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Any supply of water reclaimed waterfor commercial purposes and destined for a use specified in section 1 of Annex I, shall be subject to a permit.
Amendment 130 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. National water authorities, together with the Commission, shall organise specialist training and information sessions for national agency staff that will be responsible for assessing permit applications from operators; alternatively, the Commission shall undertake to draw up and disseminate to the national authorities information brochures and possibly online content concerning the rules and requirements governing minimum standards for water reuse.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TBefore issuing a permit, the competent authority shall verify compliance of the reclaimed water with the conditions set out in the permit, at the point of compliance. The compliance check shall be performed using the following means:
Amendment 137 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. In the event of non-compliance detected after issue of a permit, the competent authority shall require the reclamation plant operator to take anyhalt the supply of reclaimed water until the necessary measures to restore compliance without delayhave been taken.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. If an incident affecting compliance with the permit's conditions occurs, the reclamation plant operator shall immediately inform the competent authority and theall end-user(s) which may be potentially affected, and communicate to the competent authority the information necessary for assessing the impacts of such an incident.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall undertake to review once every 10 years, or whenever the situation so requires, the minimum reclaimed water quality standards on the basis of studies conducted in the EU rather than third countries.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the proposed cut of 10 % to the allocations for cohesion policy unacceptable as it may slow down the process of reducing development gaps between Member States and regions; reiterates its position that the 2021-2027 MFF needs to secure at least the same level of funding for cohesion policy, in constant prices, as under the current MFF;
Amendment 47 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that lower EU co-financing rates might result in difficulties for beneficiaries in the regions to access EU funding, as well as for the public budgets of the Member States that have to observe the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 54 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that the decommitment rules should be in line with the complexity of programmes focused on the long term investments and should not create additional burden in ensuring an effective budgetary implementation oriented towards reducing disparities, therefore, it is important that the n + 3 rule is maintained in order to avoid massive decommitment of funds.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that the new provisions related to thematic concentration should be more tailored to Member States and regional needs promoting a real internal cohesion in social, economic and territorial terms;
Amendment 65 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 70 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that any flexibility measures must take into account the strategic direction of cohesion policy and the need to ensure the certainty of multiannual programming documents; stresses that flexibility should be addressed in such a way as to avoid any reduction of national funds in order to finance any non-policy-related initiative.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the levelling of direct payments, given that farmers in Eastern Europe are currently at a disadvantage and being treated unequally, production costs being similar in Eastern and Western Europe;
Amendment 81 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the status of third countries benefiting from preferential arrangements regarding import-export duties must be reviewed, given that local farmers are being undercut by the presence on the EU market of their products, which are cheaper and of frequently doubtful quality;
Amendment 123 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to set up a dedicated contingency fund in case of serious animal or plant diseases, which can be quickly and easily accessed in the event of serious epidemics.1a
Amendment 127 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) When deciding whether an individual trading practice is considered unfair it is important to reduce the risk of limiting the use of fair and efficiency- creating agreements agreed between parties. As a result, it is appropriate to distinguish practices that are foreseen in clear and unambiguous terms in supply agreements between parties from practices that occur after the transaction has started without being agreed in advance in clear and unambiguous terms, so that, in particular, only unilateral and retrospective changes to those relevant terms of the supply agreement are prohibited. However, certain trading practices are considered as unfair by their very nature and should not be subject to the parties’ contractual freedom to deviate from them.
Amendment 184 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a minimum list of prohibited unfair trading practices between buyers and suppliers in the food supply chain and lays down minimum rules concerning their enforcement and arrangements for the coordination between enforcement authorities.
Amendment 250 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “supplier” means any agricultural producer/supplier or any natural or legal person, irrespective of their place of establishment, who sells food products. The term “supplier” may include a group of such agricultural producers/suppliers or such natural and legal persons, including producer organisations and associations of producer organisations;
Amendment 256 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) “economic dependence” means unequal bargaining power between a supplier and a purchaser where the former is dependent on the latter because of the quantities supplied, the purchaser's reputation and market share or the lack of alternative outlets;
Amendment 272 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) “agricultural and 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;
Amendment 291 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) “perishable food products” means agricultural and food products that will become unfit for human consumption unless they are stored, treated, packaged or otherwise conserved to prevent them from becoming unfit.
Amendment 396 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) a buyer does not take into account the obligation to inform the supplier, fully and unambiguously, about all the contractual provisions.
Amendment 412 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) a buyer makes the conclusion of a trade agreement dependent on payment of an annual fee and applies this retroactively.
Amendment 415 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) a buyer obliges a supplier, in breach of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (restriction of competition by means of price agreements), to reduce the price of agricultural and food products if it finds that the producer has reduced the price in other distribution networks.
Amendment 424 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) a buyer obliges the supplier to pay staff for fitting-out the premises for the sale, manipulation or sale of the agricultural and food products.
Amendment 426 #
2018/0082(COD)
(de) a buyer obliges the supplier to assume the cost of logistics and various provisions under the following model: discount, monthly advance commission payments, discount for efficiency in acquisition, subsequent discount and new discount, which is transposed in the self- invoicing process at the end of each month.
Amendment 498 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) a buyer passes the costs incurred in transporting and storing the products on to the supplier;
Amendment 500 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) a buyer obliges the supplier to deliver the products only to the supplier's platforms;
Amendment 517 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States retain the right to prohibit other practices which they deem to be unfair.
Amendment 531 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The authority shall be responsible for identifying all unfair practices committed by the buyer.
Amendment 543 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 612 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to impose a pecuniary fine on the author of the infringement. The fine shall be effective, proportionate with regard to the damage and dissuasive, taking into account the nature, duration and gravity of the infringement;
Amendment 638 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 639 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) The Commission may call ad-hoc meetings if unfair trading practices are cross-border in nature and have particularly serious consequences.
Amendment 50 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that cohesion policy investments provide European added value by contributing to European public goods and to the Treaty objective of reducing disparitiesshould supply concrete answers to citizen’s needs, thus contributing to the Treaty objective of reducing disparities; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level, in order to guarantee full respect of the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its commitment to shared management and the principles of partnership and subsidiarity, which contribute to the added value generated by cohesion policy; stresses that the added value of this policy stems primarily from its ability to take account of the needs and specificities of each territory and to bring the European Union closer to its citizens;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that European added value is also reflected ine importance of the European territorial cooperation, in all its dimensions; calls for an increase in its share of the budget allocated to cohesion policy, whilethe creation a frame work with clear, simple and transparent rules and improving coordination between different programmes to avoid overlaps;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that the austerity measures, the imposition of the single currency and the economic constraints imposed by the European Treaties have had a depressing and destabilizing effect on the economies of the Member States and the euro area;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 154 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Supports a strongthe thematic concentration on a limited number of priorities linked to major European political objectives, leaving managingnational authorities the task of drawing up their territorialdevelopment strategies on the basis of their needsterritorial needs, so that the cohesion policy can offer integrated and distinct solutions at local level; stresses that employment, innovation, support for SMEs, climate change and the circular economy should constitute priority areas for cohesion policy in future, while the development of infrastructure remains a priority for Eastern and Central European countries;
Amendment 173 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 193 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that vulnerability to climate change varies widely from one region to another; considers that the ESI Funds should be used as effectively as possible to help the EU meet its commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement; insists that funding under the solidarity instruments for use in the event of natural disasters should be made available as rapidly as possible;
Amendment 196 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for ESI funds to be used to address demographic challenges (ageing, population loss and demographic pressure) which affect European regions in a variety of specific ways; insists that under no circumstances can the relocation of migrants be considered an acceptable solution to the demographic problems experienced at European level.
Amendment 211 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that the 7th Cohesion Report highlights the need to take account of indicators complementary to per capita GDP for the purpose of allocating funds, in line with the challenges and needs identified, including at sub-regional level; underlines that per capita GDP should remain the main indicator for the purpose of allocating funds; notes the importance of taking as a basis data which are of high quality, reliable and available; supports the use of social criteria, in particular the unemployment rate and the youth unemployment rate;
Amendment 237 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the conditions governing the use of financial instruments to be simplified and for the coordination of these instruments with grants to be facilitated and the provisions of the future regulations should be sufficiently flexible and establish operational arrangements that allow for the combination of grants for the same project; emphasises the importance of the complementary role played by national development banks and institutions in implementing financial instruments tailored to local needs; regards it as essential to harmonise the rules on financial instruments, however they are managed;
Amendment 253 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Underlines that the use of financial instruments and of ESI funds should not favour the delocalisation of companies.
Amendment 260 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the smart specialisation strategies to be continued, and acknowledges the importance of ex-ante conditionalities, which have proved their worth, but stresses that theyunderlines that ex-ante conditionalities have been a source of complexity and delays in the development and launching of programming; calls on the Commission to reduce the number of, clarify and tailor the ex -ante conditionalities to the national needs and, in this field, to improve compliance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity, making maximum use of existing strategic documents;
Amendment 307 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for requirements in respect of the programming, implementation and monitoring of ESI Funds in future to be based on the principle of differentiationproportionality, in accordance with the amounts allocated to programmes, the risk profile, the quality of administration and the level of financing by recipients;
Amendment 311 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Regards it as essential that the relationship between the Commission and managing authorities should evolve towards a ‘contract of confidence’; calls on the Commission to build on the work already done in the area of sound public finance management, introducing the principle of a new label to reward managing authorities which have demonstrated their ability to comply with the rules; in relation to monitoring, calls for greater reliance on national and regional rules, where their effectiveness has been verified and validatedile focusing more on final results;
Amendment 312 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Underlines the importance of focusing on prevention of errors in the management and implementation of ESI funds; nevertheless considers that continuous efforts should be made in order that any irregularity attracts the obligation to pay or repay the amounts due or wrongly received;
Amendment 328 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that cohesion policy can help to meet new challenges, such as security or the integration of refugees under international protection, with due regard for the sovereignty of the Member States; stresses, however, that cohesion policy cannot be the solution to all crises, and opposes the use of cohesion policy funds to cover short-term financing needs outside its scope;
Amendment 335 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 354 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 38 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for legislative solutions that will assist farmers in reducing the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, with the aim of prudent and responsiblusing antimicrobials only where juse of antimicrobialstified (established diagnosis, antimicrobial or antibiotic prescribed by a veterinarian); insists that such legislative solutions must address prophylactic and metaphylactic use;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for legislative solutions that will assist farmers in reducadjusting the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, with the aim of prudent and responsible use of antimicrobialsby adopting a pro-active attitude through health observation and information; insists that such legislative solutions must address prophylactic and metaphylactic use;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for approaches to antimicrobials to take into account the need for a paradigm shift in farming; calls also for flanking measures to help the agricultural sectors manage the transition from an intensive ‘feedlots’- type model to a more extensive type of farming, based on space and grassland (in France, for example, each cow has an average of one hectare to feed and recycle its excrement);
Amendment 106 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States and the European Union to encourage farmers to use immunoprophylaxis and to provide funding for this purpose;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to change the business culture employed by veterinary medicine producers, which encourages the use and overuse of certain medicines in order to generate profits, objectives that could be achieved through legislative measures;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for initiatives to encourage organic (bio) food consumption and equally effective measures to make them more affordable by bringing prices down;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses, therefore, the need to foster greater convergence and inclusion; welcomes the fact that the Commission recognises there is a momentum to support the continuation of the recovery through both economic growth and social convergence; underlines that social convergence should follow the economic convergence and that any other approach will only deepen the gaps between Member States;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the streamlining and focus of the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern, however, regarunderlines the uneven degree of implementation of the CSRs; expresses its concern that the CSRs are not always corresponding to the uneven degree of implementation of the CSReds and interests of the citizens of Member States; calls on the Commission and Member States to closely collaborate and coordinate the process in order to support structural reforms and boost investment;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the need to speed up the implementation of the ESI funds as they provide important support to structural reforms and national investment policies; calls on the Member States to develop strong coordination structures to make their use more effective; considers that strong and more efficient public administrations are crucial for building resilient economic structures that foster investments and growth;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the role of the Structural Reform Support Programme in supportingat tailor-made assistance is essential in order to help Member States carry out their reforms; stresses, in this respect, the importance of continued structural reforms at all levels of governmentpublic and private investments for the medium and long term economic growth and of the removal of red tape surrounding ongoing investments so as to help improve the business and investment environments.
Amendment 30 #
2017/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas Article 10 of the Treaty on European Union establishes that every citizen has the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union, and decisions of the European institutions are to be taken as openly and as closely as possible to the citizen;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the European Citizen’s Initiative is potentially an important tool for strengthening citizens’ participation in the EU political decision-making process and should be exploited fully and actively promoted among citizens;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital role that the Committee on Petitions has to play as a contact point where EU citizens and residents can submit their grievances, and where the requests of citizens are examined and resolved wherever possible and within a reasonable timeframe;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RemindsCalls on the Commission thato follow up requests for assistance from the Committee on Petitions should be followed up properly, and reiterates its call on the Commission to improve the quality of its replies, in substance as well as depth, to ensure that the concerns of European citizens are addressed properly; insists that the Commission identifies the means for enhancing cooperation with Member States’ authorities when it comes to responding to inquiries regarding the implementation of, and compliance with, EU law;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2222(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points to the committee’s support of the European Citizens’ Initiative; notes the Commission’s proposal for a revision of the regulation with a view to maintaining its relevance as a tool for; stresses the importance of this tool for citizens’ democratic participation; invites the Commission to consider Parliament’s substantive input, in particular the opinion of the Committee on Petitions the decision-making process; calls on the Commission to ensure the full efficiency onf the European Citizens’ initiative;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that agriculture is part of the solution for enhancing sustainable growth, providing jobs, especially for young people, and increasing levels of income in lagging regions, while at the same time helping to preserve the countryside and combat rural depopulation;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of digitalisation and of improving infrastructure, thus creating a positive environment and good foundation for boosting growth and enhancing cohesion in lagging regions; recalls that good infrastructure, especially the provision of high-speed internet connections helps keep people in rural areas and can help attract a young and high-calibre workforce needed for growth in those areas;
Amendment 64 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws attention to the extremely sensitive nature of some sectors of the European farming industry, such as sheep meat and dairy products; takes the view that a further opening up of the market in these sectors could have disastrous consequences for European producers;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, as was the case in previous years, Member States had enough information to prevent or correct a significant number of errors before claiming reimbursement and the estimated error rate could have been reduced below the materiality threshold; stresses that failure to comply in full does not automatically signify the existence of irregularity or fraud; calls, therefore, on the Member States to properly enforce their management and control systems;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned by the delays in implementing the 2014-2020 programmes and that, in 2016, the total amount of budgetary commitments reached some EUR 238,8 billion, mainly because of those delays; underlines that this amount is expected to rise until 2020; emphasises that clearing this backlog and ensuring increased fund take-up capacity should be a priority when planning the next MFF;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the strategic report 2017 on the implementation of the ESI Funds1, stressing the ESI Funds’ investment amounting to EUR 278 billion has been delivered to Europe's real economy since the beginning of the funding period; considers that the implementation of the 2014-2020 programmes has now reached full speed,Member States are chiefly responsible for stimulating public and private investment, which are essential for medium and long- term economic growth; considers that more efforts are needed to ensure the selection and effective implementation of quality projects, thus proving the added value of cohesion policy investment for all regions in Europe; __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/poli cy/how/stages-step-by-step/strategic- report/.
Amendment 23 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the decreasing number of inquiries concerning the European institutions, bodies and agencies conducted by the Ombudsman in 2016 (245 in 2016, 261 in 2015); reiterates its call onurges the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to respond and react within a reasonable time-frame to the critical remarks of the Ombudsman and to improve their compliance rate with the Ombudsman’'s recommendations and/or decisions;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the essential role of transparency, good administration and institutional checks and balances in the work of the EU institutions; regrets that inquiries related to transparency and access to information and documents consistently constitute more than 20 titute almost 30% of all inquiries submitted to the Ombudsman and remain the top concern among European citizens over the years;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. EncouraUrges the Commission’s efforts to facilitate access to documents and information, particularly with regard to the EU Pilot procedures in relation to petitions received; encourages the continuation of the Ombudsman’'s strategic inquiry into the Commission’'s transparency in handling infringement complaints under the EU Pilot procedures, and urges the Ombudsman to be determined and vigilant in continuing to investigate the matter in 2017;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Commends the Ombudsman’s determination to achieve the highest level of transparency in the EU decision-making process; stresses the need to monitor continuously the implementation of the Ombudsman’s recommendations for transparency in trilogues; reiterates, further, the need for full and enhanced transparency in trade agreements and negotiations, and calls on the Ombudsman to make continued efforts to monitor transparency in the negotiations for all EU trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for greater transparency in the EU’s economic and financial decision- making process, in particular in the area of the banking supervision performed by the European Central Bank; supports, furthermore, the Ombudsman’s recommendations to increase transparency of the European Investment Bank and the Eurogroup and to strengthen their internal ethics rules; encourages the Ombudsman to monitor the implementation of the recommendations on transparency and change of ethical rules;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that 14,5% of the closed inquiries were related to sound financial managements of EU contracts and grants, which is an important growth compared to previous years; calls on the Commission to revise its auditing procedures and improve the communication with beneficiaries in order to avoid the wrongful reclaiming of money;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the Ombudsman’'s findings of maladministration with the Code of Conduct for Commissioners; stresses the importance of high moral and ethical standards within the EU administration, and welcomes the Commission’'s decision to extend the cooling-off period to two years for former Commissioners and three years for former Commission Presidents; supportsurges the Commission to implement the Ombudsman’'s recommendations for further revision of the Code in accordance with the Treaty obligations;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the Ombudsman’'s commitment to improve EU lobbying transparency, including the drafting of practical guidelines on how to avoid undue influence from interest groups, and calls on the Commission to fully comply with the Ombudsman’'s suggestions for improving the EU Transparency Register and making it a central transparency hub for all EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2126(INI)
17. Notes the Commission’s position regarding transparency of its meetings with tobacco lobbyists and the transparency measures implemented by its Directorate- General for Health; reiterates its call onurges the Commission to change its practice and make its work fully transparent by publishing data online concerning all meetings with lobbyists or with their legal representatives, as well as the minutes of those meetings, in line with its obligations under the UN Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC);
Amendment 1 #
2017/2125(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that petitions to the European Parliament are one of the main means by which citizens can draw attention to alleged infringements of their fundamental rights, and citizens need to be aware of the existence of this tool;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2125(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Notes that, in 2016, Parliament received 245 petitions on possible infringements of fundamental rights, which represents 16% of all the petitions received in that year;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeploresIs alarmed by the fact that terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading in the South, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukrainethe Ukraine conflict and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership countries and the western Balkanmany countries, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensions within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding the EU will remain highly volatile for years to come;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a specific programme for defence research, with a dedicated budget and own rules, under the next MFF; underlines that Member States should make additional resources available to that programme, as requested in Parliament’s resolution of 5 July 2017; renews its previous calls on the Commission to provide for Union participation in defence research and development programmes undertaken by Member States, or jointly with industry where appropriate, as referred to in Articles 185 and 187 TFEU;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sheep- and goat-farming are very low-profit-making sectors, with incomes that are among the weakest in the EU, chiefly as a result of high operating and regulatory costs, sometimes exceeding sales prices, causing many farmers to leave the sectors with increasing frequency, especially in the Eastern European countries;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas sheep- and goat-farming play an important role in ensuring environmental sustainability, being as they are present in 70% of geographically disadvantaged, isolated and relatively inaccessible areas, and contribute to preserving biodiversity and combating soil erosion, the build-up of unwanted biomass, avalanches and forest fires;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production, to promote it fairly among consumers and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step with the consumer habits of young people;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a need to increase the value added in meat production and to introduce innovative new formulas more in step with the consumer habits of young people by providing strong incentives and suitable funding;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas Brexit could cause significant changes to intra-Community trade in sheepmeat, given that the UK is the largest producer of it and the main gateway for imports from third countries; whereas this restructuring of the market constitutes an opportunity for the EU to develop its support for indigenous production;
Amendment 142 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to step up support for innovation and the promotion of sheep- and goatmeat, which are known to be highly nutritional, in the internal market, emphasising not only traditional products, but also newer cuts marketed to younger consumers;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2117(INI)
3a. Calls on the Commission to provide special support for the implementation of wool processing programmes and measures to promote exchanges of good practice between those involved in this sector in the Member States;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports maintaining or, where possible, increasing coupled aid for sheep- and goat-farming in the forthcoming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with a view to arresting the drain of farmers from these sectors in the EU, in view of the high rate of dependence of sheep- and goat-farmers on direct payments;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it necessary to offer greater support to young people, via both direct aid and rural development policy, given the high average age of workers in the livestock-raising sectors, manifestly exceeding even that in other agricultural professions;
Amendment 246 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider measures to improve transparency in the market, as well as the possibility of harmonising arrangements on carcasses, and the establishment of a European observatory monitoring the prices and production costs of sheep- and goatmeat;
Amendment 280 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to ascertain what the post-Brexit sheepmeat market will look like, and to do everything in its power to prevent severe market disturbances and to encourage the consumption of sheep and goat meat;
Amendment 281 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to ascertain what the post-Brexit sheepmeat market will look like, and to do everything in its power to prevent severe market disturbances by means of a support policy for European production;
Amendment 301 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 368 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reserves for Member States the possibility of establishing a management plan for wild animals in their territory;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced, and initiatives taken, on this topic for more than 15 years by the Commission; whereas the present-day context means that we should be taking more energetic actiontangible solutions need to be implemented;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the issue of protein used in animal feed has too often been analysed with a focus on often-imported protein-rich matter, linked to our deficit in vegetable proteins and to the search for raw materials to supplement farm animals’ diets;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there are Member States that are unable to ensure the protein autonomy of their livestock sector;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and, unlike the EU, has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which couldis already threatening our own supplies tomorrow;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union and have a positive impact on soil;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture; whereas such a plan requires the mobilisation of several EU policies, first and foremost the CAP;
Amendment 121 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and of agroecologymore environmentally friendly agriculture;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise the biomass production of all usable agricultural areas by developing permanent plant cover, somemuch of which can be devoted to protein supply;
Amendment 172 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends supporting farmers who wish to grow soya again in countries where it was banned;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it advisable to develop and support regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering small supply chains for protein-based food and feed;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to make proteins affordable for farmers, by promoting support for producers and for producer- consumers, and for farmers concerned to obtain stocks of local proteins so as to offset the fact that they are unable to produce them;
Amendment 248 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that there are promising technologies for the mobile processing of these protein crops, i.e. towed systems for harvesting, dehydrating and processing crops on the spot to form pellets; stresses that, as a result of those technologies, protein crops could be introduced widely and rapidly, offsetting the fact that processing facilities may be located far away; recommends that the plan provide assistance firstly for developing those technologies and then for acquiring them;
Amendment 252 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that there are some Member States that have long experience in growing and conducting research into soya and other leguminous plants and that can share their know-how at European level, and with this end in mind there is a need for better cooperation at European level;
Amendment 278 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic farming, investment quality, advice, training and of course innovation via the EIP; stresses the need to make coupled support for protein and leguminous crops more flexible in order to facilitate the use of existing funding and ensure its continuity after 2020;
Amendment 300 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 303 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for publicprotein crop research, efforts to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops which are of little or no interest to private investor, particularly through public-private partnerships;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the principal concerns of beekeepers relate to the level of bee mortality, which now exceeds 50% in certain Member States;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the increase in urban beekeeping in recent years reflects a growing interest in this activity and it is accordingly necessary to raise public awareness of the benefits of honey as part of our daily diet;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas beekeeping also involves other sectors, requiring timber for beehives for example, thereby helping to sustain and promote rural economies;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some invasive alien species such as Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle, the Asian hornet and American foulbrood are causing widespread destruction in the European bee population and causing serious harm to beekeepers; pointing out that movements of bees into and inside the EU are a major factor in the spread of various diseases and invasive species;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas some countries like Switzerland use formic acid as a swift and efficient organic treatment which eliminates the parasite without triggering any mutations;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas beekeepers, agricultural producers and environmentalists also expect there to be a clear scientific consensus on all substances and other factors which arcould be a danger to bees’ health;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, although the statistics indicate progress in the EU’s beekeeping sector, with an increase in the number of beekeepers and bee colonies and honey production over the past 15 years and an ongoing rise in the number of beekeepers, this is nullified by continued significant losses owing to winter conditions and disease;
Amendment 106 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas beekeepers always produce less honey once the winter is over, because of autumn and winter losses which can be as much ashoney production is seriously affected by the loss of bee colonies in winter, resulting in losses that may exceed 50 % in some Member States;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU imports 25 % of the honey it uses (60 % of its annual imports) each year from these countries such as China, Ukraine, Mexico and Argentina, which is why Europe’s beekeepers are in dire straits;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas imported honey is often adulterated or fake honey, which is not produced by bees and does not meet the standards applied to European beekeepers;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2115(INI)
P. whereas consumers are aware that no more thanoften uninformed as to a maximum of one third of the honey they use isbeing produced in the EU;
Amendment 136 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas 100 000 tonnes of imported honey arrives in the EU from China every year – double the amount in 2002 – even though the number of bee colonies has declined in other parts of the world, while not all Member States are able to carry out analyses to detect irregularities in imported honey;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas, in December 2015, the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honeys on honey, but fake and adulterated honey continues to enter Europe;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas it was only in December 2015 that the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honey;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the imbalance which developed in the European honey market, as a result of a policy of wholesale importation of fake low-cost honey, caused the purchase price of honey in the EU’s main producing countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, France, Croatia and Hungary) to halve by the end of 2016 as compared with the 2014 price, which is putting Europe’s beekeepers in a hopeless position;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Recital Z a (new)
Za. whereas the ‘from Europe’ label is misleading for consumers, given that the actual percentage of honey from Europe is, generally speaking, minimal, being mixed with honey from third countries;
Amendment 171 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. wWhereas, although other beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis, beeswax and royal jelly also contribute significantly to people’s wellbeing and play an important role in the healthcare and cosmetics industries, they are not properly defined and regulated at EU level, facilitating fraud;
Amendment 182 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas beekeeping is closely linked to agriculture, given the importance of certain crops which, in certain areas and at certain times of the year, are the only source of nourishment for bees, consisting of nectar and pollen;
Amendment 186 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF b (new)
Recital AF b (new)
AFb. whereas agricultural modernisation, especially in the new Member States, involves the cultivation of new varieties and hybrids with regard to the main honey-bearing crops, with lower nectar and pollen yields and shorter flowering periods;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF c (new)
Recital AF c (new)
AFc. whereas greening rules are failing to resolve effectively the lack of nutrition for bee colonies, given that monoculture is becoming increasingly widespread;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF d (new)
Recital AF d (new)
AFd. whereas bee colonies sustain substantial annual losses as a result of not only depopulation but also fatal pesticide poisoning;
Amendment 199 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that bees perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particularmost plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
Amendment 209 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Understands that financing of beekeeping must be substantially increased in future agricultural policy;
Amendment 226 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on colony numbers in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020, with national programmes providing funding for beekeeping organisations, research and the purchase of remedies for plant diseases and pests, particularly varroasis, and promoting cooperation between beekeeping and arable farming organisations;
Amendment 258 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to re- think, as it draws up the new CAP, its objectives in terms of increasing productivity in order to avoid excessive use of treatments which are deadly for bees and to guarantee them a healthy living space;
Amendment 261 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘managed pollination’ in order to encourage beekeepers and farmers to work in harmony and thus improve crop yields;
Amendment 266 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. ConsiderNotes that beekeepers should be granted tax relief in every Member State in view of the agricultural and environmental significance of their work;
Amendment 279 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that companies importing foreign honey as well as retailers should conform to European rules and should sell only beekeeping products which satisfy the definition of honey as set out in the Codex Alimentarius;
Amendment 335 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 347 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the consistent implementation of rules prohibiting of use of pesticides harmful to bees and other pollinating insects in all Member States, restricting exemptions to emergency situations that have been duly substantiated and not allowing such exemptions to be repeated if no meaningful action is taken to deal with such situations;
Amendment 368 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States to adopt cultivation and greening policies beneficial to bees and other pollinators by providing them with the necessary nutrients;
Amendment 380 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls for the introduction of a compensation scheme for bee family mortalities resulting from natural disasters or diseases;
Amendment 398 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. ExpectAsks the Member States and the Commission to force honey-producers in non-EU countries who use dishonest methods and EU packagers and traders who wilfully mix adulterated, imported honey with high-quality European honey to comply with EU law;
Amendment 402 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to develop effective laboratory analysis procedures (e.g. nuclear magnetic resonance testing) which can be used to detect the increasingly sophisticated adulterations in order to detect instances of honey adulterationand to penalise fraud;
Amendment 411 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Expects honey always to be identifiable from the moment it leaves the hive and to be classifiable according to its plant origin, irrespective of whether it is a domestic or an imported product; calls in this respect for a tightening-up of the traceability requirement for honey;
Amendment 415 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Observes that it is necessary to design a traceability system that is clear enough to identify the origin of honey in drums or in bulk but not excessively burdensome for beekeepers;
Amendment 416 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
10a. Notes that it is necessary to monitor the geographical origin of honey in order to prevent imported honey being labelled and sold as local honey,special care being taken with regard to supermarkets;
Amendment 418 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the introduction of legal definitions for all apicultural products and their inclusion in EU legislation, which is currently deficient in this respect;
Amendment 426 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for the introduction of a system to detect fraud at EU crossing points;
Amendment 452 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal to increase EU support for these programmes by 50% annually to enable the school programmes to operate effectively, preschool competitions to be organised and local products such as honey, olives and olive oil to be fully included;
Amendment 458 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Encouraging honey consumption and promoting honey;encouraging cooperation between beekeepers and farmers;
Amendment 474 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission to request Member States to organize EU honey tastings in public places in the presence of European beekeepers at the same time of year;
Amendment 479 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to support joint programmes for beekeepers and farmers in a bid to find effective ways of providing bees and other pollinators with a secure supply of nourishment by encouraging the cultivation of suitable crops and the adoption of farming practices and technologies conducive to this purpose;
Amendment 481 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
3b. calls on the Commission to support cooperation between beekeepers and farmers to reduce the impact of pesticides on bees;
Amendment 484 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adapt and harmonise legislation in the field of organic apiculture, so as to ensure that all European beekeepers have equal access to the organic products market;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the shortage of young people pursuing careers in farming is jeopardising the economic and social sustainability of rural areas and European food security;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Considers that the income of young farmers can only be stabilised by applying price controls to their products, and that such arrangements must involve the agri-food industry and large-scale retailers;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends that provision be made, within the EU VAT rate reform, for the option of applying the minimum rate for agricultural capital goods covered by the investment plan for young farmers, in order to facilitate investments that are eligible for rural development measures;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the creation of an agricultural guarantee instrument, proposed by the Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in March 2015, which should make it easier for young farmers to access credit; recommends that access to finance be improved through subsidised interest rates on loans for new entrants; calls for improved cooperation with the EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to foster the creation of financial instruments dedicated to young farmers across all Member States;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the opportunities for young farmers offered in the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to design and implement financial instruments in the form of loan, guarantee or equity funds in order to provide access to finance to those in needyoung farmers;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however that administrative and bureaucratic burdens may bare inhibiting take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived by most farmers as difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however that administrative burdens may bare inhibiting take- up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
Amendment 148 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes they must be given a contractual price guarantee in order to ensure the sustainability of their farms; believes that this measure, which would cost little given the small number of young farmers, would allow each sector to maintain a sufficient number of producers, and that it should be financed by large retailers and the agri-food industry on the basis of negotiation within each sector;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the farming activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);
Amendment 194 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 219 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends that steps be taken to enable young farmers and older farmers to live and work alongside one another for a specific period, with a financial incentive being offered to each for this;
Amendment 230 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the Member States and the regions shouldmust be given more power to regulate farmland and set restrictions to that end, particularly with a view to tackling Europe’s land-grabbing and concentration phenomenon, which is limiting young farmers’ options when starting out;
Amendment 245 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 276 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to support the exchange of experiences and know-how among young farmers in the EU through an Erasmus-style programme;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to present an additional special chapter in its annual report dedicated to EIB activities aimed at the implementation of cohesion policy byin Member States, and to include detailed information on the use of loans in cohesion policy projects and programmes;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the EIB’s role in cohesion policy is increasing, especially due to the increased use of financial instruments; emphasises that the level of use of financial instruments is still very low and that Member States point to the complexity of the procedures as one of the reasons for thate importance of simplifying procedures to facilitate the take-up of financial instruments;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that increasing the proportion of financial instruments in cohesion policy must on no account replace the current grant system; takes the view that each Member State must be able to set the proportion between financial instruments and grants, since there is no universal formula that is favourable to all;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of an appropriate level of information and visibility regarding financial instruments in the Member States, so as to enable maximum use to be made of the opportunities offered by them;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that, in 2016, more than 50 % of the total approved loans were invested in the transport, energy, industry and water and waste management sectors, which indicates thematic concentration; underlines that projects supporting the revitalisation of rural and other less populated, less accessible and underdeveloped areas should have priority in all sector, with the aim of reducing disparities between regions;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that funding for the CAP, an historic policy of the European Union, must first and foremost be secured from existing resources, at least at its current level;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 37 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the potential spending cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy presented in the Commission’s ‘Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances’, are not desirable and should not be retained;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of linking agricultural duties with contributions to mutual funds to cover damage sustained by farmers following natural phenomena;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental foraims at ensuring food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regrets that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), while food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; urges the Commission to increase, or at least to maintain at its current level, the CAP budget post-2020;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary financial and legal framework for the food supply chain, in order to combat unfair trading practices, particularly those originating in third countries;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the duration of the next MFF should be as long as possible (at least seven years), in order to ensure the predictability and stability of CAP funding and financial stability for young farmers.
Amendment 63 #
2017/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that it is essential to maintain a high degree of political support and, increase resources and capacity in order to tackle the remaining challengesfinancial resources, by involving the private sector, and consolidate administrative capacity in order to be in a position to manage the strategy's implementation and coordination;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
Stresses that the role of macro-regional strategies needs to be consolidated in the framework regulations for the post-2020 period;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 b (new)
Subheading 6 b (new)
Takes the view that consideration could be given to new macro-regional strategies with added value, for example a macro- regional strategy for the Carpathian region, along the lines of the EU Strategy for the Alpine region;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that strategy implementation can only be successful if based on efficient coordination and cooperation structures and backed by adequate funding; highlights the need, in this respect, to seek synergies and complementarities of regional, national funding with EU funding instrumentsimprove national coordination mechanisms and boost the involvement of all economic and social partners and civil society, in order to guarantee the added value of MRS;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the need to coordinate the financial resources available at the various levels; considers it necessary both to boost efforts to involve the private sector and to use other financial instruments to finance projects as part of MRS;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas both regions have attained a considerable level of interaction, considering that ASEAN is the EU’s third trading partner and the EU ASEAN’s second trading partner and principal source of development assistance;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Ssupports EU-ASEAN cooperation on a host of non-conventional security issueefforts to achieve greater security cooperation and welcomes the EU' decision to step up its commitment in this respect by taking measures involving the use of preventive diplomacy instruments;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Is concerned about human rights infringements in certain countries of the region and fears that EU-ASEAN relations may have suffered as a result thereof;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2024(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that the Treaty on the European Union provides the right of citizens to be involved in the democratic life of the Union and that the objective of the ECI is to allow citizens to exercise this right; notes the overly restrictive and burdensome form of the current ECI Regulation, making it very difficult to use;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2024(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Invites the Commission to increase the transparency of its decision-making process and to formally clarify ECI admissibility criteria by exhaustively substantiating the reasons for ECI approval/rejection in all Commission Decisions published in the ECI registerproviding exhaustive grounds for rejecting an ECI; calls upon the Commission to codify the rulings of the Court of Justice in the cases relating to the “Minority Safepack” and “Stop TTIP” initiatives; welcomes the Commission’s change in practice to allow for partial ECI registrationcalls for the possibility to register parts of an ECI that is not admissible as a whole;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2024(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the simplification of online signature collection (“OCS”) and verification and for a progressive approach to countering the technological barriers to OCS; invites the Commission to address data requirement divergences in national systems, especially regarding nationality and place of residence; welcomes the AFCO proposal that the Commission run a free, centralised OCS system; suggests that this system make use of existing, proven online platform technologies and enable synergies with social media tools to galvanize more widespread signature collection; welcomnotes the Commission’s public survey on creating a “Collaborative ECI Platform”; invites the Commission to prolong the collection period such that the clock for collection starts running from the date of ECI registration; calls for greater transparency measures for ascertaining ECI financing;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2024(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the AFCO proposal to ensure the follow-up of successful ECIs, in terms of concrete legislative proposals from the Commission; urges the Commission to propose a concrete legislative proposal as a result of a successful ECI, while using the whole potential of the European Parliament as a co-legislator; calls for maintaining the current system of designating lead committees thematically according to competence, with PETI as associated committee; recalls the importance of public hearings in ensuring that an inclusive approach is taken to increasing attendance by various stakeholders;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the Committee on Petitions serves as a valuable link between EU citizens, businesses and civil society organisations and EU institutions, especially in the challenging times that the Union is currently going through; notes its important contribution toand strengthening the image and credibility of the Union through the effective application of EU lawsses the need to raise awareness of the importance of the right of petition enjoyed by Member State citizens;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that petitions are a source of first-hand information not just about violations and deficiencies in the application of EU law in the Member States, but also about potential loopholes in EU legislation; confirms that petitions enhance the capacity of the Commission and the Parliament to react to and resolve problems relating to transposition and misapplicationstresses the importance of simplifying the rules and applying the principle of subsidiarity in order to facilitate transposition of EU directives by Member States; notes with appreciation that the Commission considers the implementation of EU law a priority, so that citizens can benefit from it in their everyday lives;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to urgecooperate with the Member States to ensure the strict enforcement of EU rules on the free movement of persons; recalls that, in addition to constituting one of the fundamental freedoms of the EU and forming an integral part of EU citizenship, the free movement of persons is also of great importance for EU citizens and for their perceptions of the EU, and, the free movement of persons appears as a frequent subject of petitions;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the firm stance taken by the Commission towards the Member States on the application of EU law in the area of asylum and migration; recalls that, on account of the migratory flows towards Europe, the EU is faced with an unparalleled legal, political and humanitarian challenge; expresses the hope that the Commission will systematically monitor the application of the European Agenda on Migration by the Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with appreciation the abundance of statistics demonstrating the progress achieved in resolving shortcomings in the application of EU law through the EU Pilot procedure; observes that the number of EU Pilot procedures launched in 2015 was the lowest ever recorded, while the number of infringement procedures remains considerable;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and stringent environmental requirements, it still needs to adapt better to the many, through very stringent environmental requirements, to the many environmental challenges facing it;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU farming industry provides jobs for millions of people in rural areas, in spite of the major reduction in farmer numbers over the past few years, guarantees food supplies and attracts people to rural areas as a place in which to live, work and relax and work;
Amendment 96 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming, in the form of emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, soil and bodies of water, and can also contribute to the more efficient use of resources;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and notes its potential to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a climaten environmentally-friendly farming industry;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment.;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges that climate change mitigation be considered an urgent priority in EU cohesion policies, in order to meet and indeed exceed the Paris Agreement/COP21 commitments by promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, without prejudice to the necessary adaptation measures;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Approves the approach to tackling climate change put forward in the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations) and the Pact of Amsterdam (Urban Agenda for the EU);
Amendment 34 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 52 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that cities needlocal and regional authorities should be able to play a decisive role in tackling climate change, in coordinated interdependence with their surrounding region;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that climate change interacts with factors such as social and gender segregation, migration, the demographic challenge, urbanisation, technological change and energy transition and that this requires an overarching vision, which is more feasible and effective on a local scale;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. EmphasiStresses the key role thatconsiderable role cohesion policy has to play in tackling the challenges of climate change at regional and loche fight against climate change; reiterates, nonetheless, that this chal level; reiterates the need tonge should not be used as a pretext for any increase to the post-2020 cohesion policy budget; takes the view that attempts to tackle the challenge solely by throwing public money at it will only waste that money;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that cohesion policy should encompass the mitigation and adaptation approaches, differentiating between them and setting clear and measurable targets in each area; takes the view that these targets should be reached through investment plans with the participation of cities and regions (both authorities and civil society), and that this participation should also cover the implementation and evaluation stages;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 110 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 117 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that urban policy is an exclusive Member State competence and that the EU should not use climate change as a pretext to increase its own powers in this area and violate the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the diversity and specific nature of regional vulnerabilities and potential, and points out that the most effective measures may vary in each territory; stresses, therefore, that cities and regions must have the necessary competence and sufficient political, administrative and financial autonomy to plan and implement actions;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 131 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the need for cities and regions to implement measures to welcome and integrate climate refugees and migrantsat migrant reception increases demographic pressure on urban centres; stresses that this demographic pressure increases urbanisation, and is therefore not good for environmental policy; calls on the Commission, therefore, not to earmark funds specifically for the reception of migrants in the EU;
Amendment 134 #
2017/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 22 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation aims to make the European citizens’ initiative more accessible, less burdensome and easier to use for organisers and supporters, in order to achieve the full potential of the European citizens’ initiative as a tool to foster debate and a higher level of citizen participation at Union level, and to bring the Union closer to its citizenin the decision making process.
Amendment 55 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to make the European citizens’ initiative more accessible, and taking into account that the procedures and conditions required for the European citizens’ initiative should be clear, simple, user-friendly and proportionate, it is appropriate to partially register an initiative in cases where only part or parts of the initiative meet the requirements for registration under this Regulation. Initiatives should be partially registered where a substantial part of the initiative, including its main objectives, does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties and all the other registration requirements are met. Clarity and transparency should be ensured as regards the scope of the partial registration and potential signatories should be informed of the scope of the registration and of the fact that statements of support are collected only in relation to the scope of the registration of the initiative.
Amendment 88 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) While liablitity and penalties for the processing of personal data remains regulated under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the group of organisers should be jointly and severally liable, in accordance with applicable national law, for any other damage that they cause in the organisation of an initiative by unlawful acts committed intentionally or with serious negligence. Member States should ensure that the group of organisers is subject to appropriate penalties for infringements of this Regulation.
Amendment 96 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the procedures and conditions required for an initiative inviting the European Commission, within the framework of its powers, to submit any appropriate proposal on matters where citizens of the Union consider that a legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties or to amend or repeal a legal act in force (the 'European citizens’ initiative' or 'initiative').
Amendment 116 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. After the Commission has registered an initiative in accordance with Article 6, it shall provide the translation of the content of thatwhole initiative into all the official languages of the Union for its publication in the register and its use for the collection of statements of support in accordance with this Regulation. A group of organisers may, in addition, provide translations into all the official languages of the Union of the Annex for its publication in the register and also, as the case may be, of the draft legal act referred to in Annex II and submitted in accordance with Article 6(2).
Amendment 125 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. Each Member State shall establishappoint one or more contact points to provide information and assistance to groups of organisers in setting up a European citizens’ initiative.
Amendment 131 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The members of the group of organisers shall be citizens of the UnionMember States, of the age to be entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament and residents of at least seven different Member States.
Amendment 135 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Without prejudice to the liability of the representative of the group of organisers as data controller under Article 82(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the members of a group of organisers shall be jointly and severally liable, in accordance with applicable national law, for any damage caused in the organisation of an initiative by unlawful acts committed intentionally or with serious negligence.
Amendment 146 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) none of thethe initiative or parts of the initiative does not manifestly falls outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties;
Amendment 154 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) partially register the initiative if a substantial part of the initiative, including its main objectives, does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties;
Amendment 163 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. Where it refuses to register or only partially registers an initiative in accordance with paragraph 4, the Commission shall inform the group of organisers of the reasons for its decision andfully state the reason for refusing the registration, clearly indicating the parts that do not fall within its competence, and shall state out the reasons in support of that conclusion. The Commission will inform the group of organisers of all possible judicial and extrajudicial remedies available to them.
Amendment 205 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be represented in the hearing at an appropriatethe highest level.
Amendment 215 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Within five months after the publication of the initiative in accordance with Article 14(1), and after the public hearing referred to in Article 14(2), the Commission shall set out in a communication its legal and political conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and itsexplain in a clear, comprehensible and detailed manner the reasons for taking or not taking action.
Amendment 221 #
2017/0220(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission and the group of organisers mayshall inform the signatories on the response to the initiative in accordance with Article 17 (2) and (3).
Amendment 24 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Special attention should be paid to ensuring that the activities supported by the European Solidarity Corps are accessible to all young people, notably the most disadvantaged ones and those from rural areas. Special measures should therefore be put in place to promote social inclusion, the participation of disadvantaged young people, as well as to take into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of the outermost regions of the Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories24. Similarly, the participating countries should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the European Solidarity Corps. This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis and Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals, administrative issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits. _________________ 24 Individuals from an overseas country or territory (OCT) and competent public and /or private bodies and institutions from an OCT may participate in the programmes in accordance with Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community, OJ L314, 30.11.2001, p.1.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Regulation (UE) No 1305/2013
Article 51 – Paragraph 1
Article 51 – Paragraph 1
Amendment 86 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that cohesion policy should be given greater flexibility in the next programming period by ensuring a minimum degree of regulation at European level, complemented by national provisions, without imposing new restrictions or increasing the administrative burden on the Member States;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the use for irregular migrants of ESI cohesion policy funding specifically aimed at reducing disparities between the regions of the Member States would seriously undermine the effectiveness of those funds and does not correspond to the objectives of cohesion policy;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 203 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to reflect on the development of alternative indicatorsConsiders per capita GDP for each region, measured in purchasing power parities, and average EU27 GDP to be the most important regional classification and funding allocation instruments; takes the view that the Commission may consider it appropriate to use other statistical indicators for the allocation of funding, in addition to the GDP indicator, which remains the legitimate method for allocating ESI Funds fairly; such alternative indicators may include a demographic indicator or dynamic indicators based on social and employment aspects; stresses, furthermore, the relevance of outcome indicators to strengthen the result and performance orientation of the policy;
Amendment 289 #
2016/2326(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 27 #
2016/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the Commission to include in future technical assistance provisions the possibility of making use of such assistance before the start of operational programmes;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the technical assistance strategy prepared by the Commission’s DG for Regional and Urban Policy; suggests a broader technical assistance strategy or other coordinating mechanism covering all DGs that deal with the ESI Funds, as well as the activities of the Structural Reform Support Service related to cohesion policy, in order to streamline the support provided, avoid duplication and maximise synergies and complementaritbelieves that, in order make technical assistance as effective as possible, it must be tailored to the needs of the operational programme, which is not achieved through the adoption of generalized technical assistance strategies;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned that in certain Member States technical assistance does not reach the local and regional authorities in an effective way; highlights that it is crucial to establish sound communication channels between the different levels of governance in order to successfully implement the ESI Funds, but also to restore trust in the effective functioning of the EU and its policies;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. StressUrges that that future technical assistance in the future should be increasingly focused on the beneficiary/project level; should not be concentrated centrally but should also be provided for intermediate bodies and, in particular, the beneficiaries, given that they are the end- users of the funding
Amendment 14 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that farming plays a key role in stimulating the economies of the ORs, maintaining their economic and social cohesion, and safeguarding the environment, and biodiversity, and ecological values;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Maintains that the abolition of market management tools in the milk sector, the loss of business opportunities resulting from thea Russian embargo, growing price volatility, in response to economic sanctions imposed by the EU, growing price volatility - or, in some cases, persistently low prices - and the prevailing crisis are undermining the sustainability of milk production in the Azores, one of the main driving forces within the region’s socio- economic fabric of certain ORs; points, therefore, to the need to take measures, backed by the necessary resources, in order to help milk production continue in the Azoreose regions and to offset the effects of deregulation and the difficulty of selling production;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns of the potentialevident impact of free trade agreements on traditional OR products (including milk, meat, sugar, and bananas) and urges the Commission to honour the commitment arising from the POSEI Regulation to gauging the impact of trade negotiations on matters affecting ORs and to involving the ORs in, and informing them about, negotiating processes; reiterates the importance of the support schemes for various types of farming including the banana and sugar sectors and maintains that special sugars must be excluded from trade negotiations;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Deplores the abolition of the sugar quotas, due to take effect on 1 October 2017; points out that the quota system protected access to the European market for a number of ORs (including the French Overseas Departments) and that its abolition will place cane sugar producers in direct competition with industrial producers of beet sugar in mainland Europe, which have a much larger production capacity;
Amendment 53 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Fears that the liberalisation of the sugar market will make producers in the ORs less competitive, costing them an estimated EUR 41.5 million1a a year; deplores the fact that the EUR 38 million which the Commission has agreed that France will provide to the overseas sugar industry annually will not cover this loss; _________________ 1aIEDOM (Note-Issuing Bank for the French Overseas Departments): Note expresse No 421 - 'La filière canne-sucre face à la libéralisation du marché européen du sucre en 2017' ['Cane sugar sector and liberalisation of the EU sugar market in 2017'], November 2016
Amendment 55 #
2016/2250(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical indications (PGIs) are not necessarily included in free-trade agreements, such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which the European Parliament recently ratified; points out that a substantial proportion of the produce of the ORs (in various sectors including fruit and spirits, for example) is covered by PDOs and PGIs and that the conclusion of such agreements will automatically devalue the protected designations, resulting in significant losses of market share for the sectors in question;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities; emphasises that, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, national and local policies need to take centre stage in the management of demographic change;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the instilling of a community spirit has a key role to play in the management of democratic change;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulation; stresses the importance of framing national policies to promote a higher birth rate and provide support for families;
Amendment 136 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 151 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that there is a need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling demographic challenges; considers that a greater focus on the topic as a priority area is necessary, together with guidelines to support Member States and regions inshould addressing demographic challenges inas a matter of priority by devising and implementing partnership agreements and operational programmes;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 10 #
2016/2223(INI)
Amendment 39 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the potential for optimisation of use of former foodstuffs and by- products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production, but stresses the need for increased traceability and for steps to prevent improper practices ;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of cooperation, for example via Producer Organisations, for increased access to finance for innovation and investment in treatment technologies such as composting and anaerobic digestion or further processing of damaged products which could allow farmers to access new market and customers, while pointing to the importance of using waste to regenerate land that has been farmed;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the difficulty in quantifying food wastage at the primary production stage, and calls on the Commission to identify and disseminate to Member States best practice in relation to gathering data on food loss and food waste on farms without placing an additional administrative burden on farmers and saddling them with additional costs;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that, under the pressure of dumping from within and outside the EU and discount wars between supermarket chains, producers are often obliged to leave their crops to rot in the fields so as not to incur further costs or sustain further losses; points out, furthermore, that contractual systems are not always a satisfactory response to improper practices of this kind; calls accordingly for swift action to introduce regulatory measures and ban excessive discounting of fresh produce in supermarkets;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for a comparative study to be conducted into the various means of reducing food wastage, such as: - ensuring that unsold food fit for human consumption may still be used by donating or processing it, - use in animal feed, - use as compost for farms or to produce energy, in particular through fermentation;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel; calls for mandatory, clear and transparent labelling of palm oil in processed goods;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the alarming scale of deforestation driven by palm oil, especially in the two main producer countries – Indonesia and Malaysia; notes that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation for commercial agriculture, where extremely biodiverse tropical forest is being converted to monocultural palm oil plantations;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on palm oil producer countries to shun deforestation, and to use poor quality land and idle land for oil palm plantations;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that palm oil production has higher yields and requires less land than the production of other vegetable fats that are widely used for food; points out that oil palms occupy around eight times less land than their competitor crops, with one hectare producing 4 tons of oil, compared with 0.6 ton for rapeseed oil and 0.5 for soybean oil;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that palm oil is a direct competitor of other vegetable fats (soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oil) and animal fats (butter, lard) that are produced in the European Union, where social, health and environmental standards are stricter;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the occurrence of land grabbing and illegal acquisition of plantation land; notes further that land acquisition may lie outside the law, as local communities’ customary tenure rights are often not respected, as is the case with the Dayak people, who are increasingly being expropriated and dispossessed in the forests of Borneo;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned, therefore, about the indirect security effects of land-grabbing and deforestation, that are resulting in confrontations involving local communities;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the role of oil palm as part of diverse intercropping systems in ensuring food security and income for smallholders, provided that those smallholders are fully integrated into the production chain and receive fair payment;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for efforts to be made to ensure that the recent targets and positions set out by the EU on trans fatty acids do not result in a reassessment of palm oil production that would lead to even more deforestation;
Amendment 147 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to improve the legislative framework so as to open up fresh prospects for highly GHG-efficient biofuels, while taking indirect land-use change into account in the post-2020 period;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these inherent problems are compounded by short-term factors, such as economic uncertainties and, unpredictable weather and the rise in migration to Europe, which, as can be seen today, make the job situation of workers in the farming industry all the more difficult and reduce access to it for Member State nationals;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to put into practice thecertain recommendations set out in the Andrieu report (‘How can the CAP improve job creation in rural areas?’), which was adopted by Parliament on 27 October 2016, and in particular that concerning the mobilisation of funds from the EAFRD ie promotion of local production ain effort to develop a genuine spublic tenders and locial economy in rural areamarkets;
Amendment 261 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EUSR to consult systematically, prior to his visits to third countries, with civil society, including and with local civil society organisations, ahead of his visits to thirdincluding those adopting divergent stances, since in many countries authoritarian regimes indirectly countriesol segments of civil society;
Amendment 347 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Stresses that it is crucial to eliminate the causes that generate flows of refugees and/or migrants; calls for the EU to become more actively involved in efforts to de-escalate and halt conflicts in third countries, and to play a more sustained role in the reconstruction of the regimes affected by these conflicts;
Amendment 815 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
104. Expresses its grave concern over the use of armed drones in the absence of an appropriate international legal framework; calls for a ban on their use pending the adoption of such an international legal framework; urges the EU to adopt an EU common position on the use of armed drones that upholds human rights and international humanitarian law;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfactionIs surprised to note that according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) the overall level of error in Heading 5 (Administration), including the budget of the European External Action Service (EEAS), – whose spending has to be containues to be relatively low (0,6% in 2015)ed – stayed at 0.6 % in 2015, an important fact bearing in mind the sums concerned;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the ECA found certainnoted weaknesses in recruitment procedures of local agents in delegations and in procurement procedures organised by delegations and invitesdemands that the EEAS to improve the quality of its procedures; points out the challenges of operations within a decentralised network of 139 delegations, with limited human resources and in diverse environments, and stresses the necessity to reduce the administrative burden faced by individual delegations; welcomes the pilot project on the regionalisation of the administrative support to Union delegations in Europe and calls for the centralisation of administrative tasks at Headquarters as far as possible;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the need to ensure full respect of the staffing formula on the ratio between EEAS staff drawn from Member States and from Union institutions as set out by the Council Decision on the organisation and functioning of the EEAS; welcomes the commitment of the Vice-President/High Representative made to the Parliament to address the existing overrepresentation of national diplomats in the positions of heads of delegations, and to present in the course of 2017 a review of the EEAS human resources policy, looking at issues such as gender balance and mobility of staff between institutionscall for EEAS staff to be drawn from Member States; recalls that Member States are sovereign and that by virtue of such sovereignty 'security and diplomacy' form part of the sovereign powers of each Member State;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2160(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes ECA Special Report 07/2016 on the management of buildings by the EEAS; while recognising the challenges of building management in often complex environments; calls ondemands that the EEAS to address the individual cases of unoccupied or unnecessarily large premises that have been identified by the ECA as a matter of priority; calls for a commitment by the High Representative in this respect.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with regret that the level of error in Heading 4 for the 2015 financial year, as estimated by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in its annual report, has not decreased compared to 2014 and amounts to 2,8%; points out, nevertheless, that this is below the level of error identified in other headings, in spite of the fact that Union external aid activities frequently take place in crisis-struck regions and politically difficult environmentsconsiders this to be unacceptable;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports all recommendations formulated by the ECA based on its findings; welcomnotes the fact that the Commission has fully, which is quick to criticise others, has not seen fit to implemented 5 out all of the 7 recommendations the ECA made in the 2012 and 2013 reports and urges the Commission to take the steps to conclude implementation of the remaining onesneeded to become a good example;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concernIs outraged to note the persisting deficiencies, year after year, in the quality of expenditure verifications carried out by auditors contracted by beneficiaries, which in some cases lead to the Commission's acceptance ofing ineligible costs, and thus acting outside the law;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned byObjects strongly to the fact revealed by the ECA's audit that DG NEAR's evaluation of the amount of payments at risk is not sufficiently accurate and expects a swiftaccurate at all and demands an immediate revision of DG NEAR's methodology;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. While welcoming the progress achieved, nNotes that 6 out of 10 civilian missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) have not yet been recognised by the Commission as compliant with Article 60 of the Financial Regulation; urges the Commission to step up work in order to, which means that its missions are not being conducted within a legal framework; demands that the Commission accredit all civilian CSDP missions, in line with the ECA's recommendation, allowing them to be entrusted with budget implementation tasks under indirect management;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the reliability of information on CAP direct payments as reported by Member States is often seriously undermined as a result of misreporting; questions, as a result, how accurate the calculation of error rates is;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the fact that many small-scale programmes, such as the school fruit and school milk schemes, are not user-friendly, partly because of the red tape involved, meaning less than perfect acceptance and implementation; welcomes Commissioner Hogan’s simplification initiatives in this connection;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges that the right of citizens to have a say in EU policy-making is now more important than ever;position of public opinion, represented through the right to have a say, must be an integral part of any political decision, particularly in the current European context, and welcomes the guidelines proposed by the Ombudsman for improving the functioning of the European Citizens’ Initiative, especially where solid reasoning by the Commission in ECI rejections is concerned;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that excellence and competitiveness should remain the underlying principles of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, while the ESI Funds should target regional growth and cohesion; is therefore opposed to any criteria or quotas in the new Framework Programme which aim to influence geographic distribution or cohesconsiders it important to guarantee equal opportunities and avoid any discrimination in the implementation of the new Framework Programme, and to guarantee the balanced development of research activities in the European Union;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the divergences in aims and focuneed to boost synergies between the Framework Programme and the ESI Funds; taknotes the view, however, that efforts must be made to maximise synergies at programme leveldifficulties caused by the rules applicable to state aid depending on whether or not European funding is subject to centralised management, and recommends that the same rules be applied to European research and development funding regardless of the source of funding;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that effectivethe efficiency of investments in R&I from the ESI Funds can only take place if Member States have their framework conditions in order; calls, therefore, for a closer linkage between country-specific recommendations for structural reforms and investments in R&Idepends on the existence of appropriate framework conditions in the Member States;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that there is a need to include stronger incentives to use ESI funds for R&I investments where there are country-specific recommendations to that effect; therefore proposes the establishment of a performance reserve for Member States if they invest a substantial proportion of their revenue from the Structural Funds in R&I;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, in drawing up the 9th Framework Programme and the ESI Funds regulations, to ensure that framework conditions are improved, with particular regard to laying down identical rules for the eligibility of R&I costs for the Structural Funds and the Framework Programme, so as to boost synergies and complementarity between sector-specific R&I policy, the Structural Funds, and R&I funds and programmes.
Amendment 73 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that Horizon 2020 is still too complex and additional measures should be introduced so that the future Framework Programme has a simple, clear structure that is accessible for all participants.
Amendment 7 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas 483 petitions were not considered admissible in 2015 and whereas there is still widespread confusion about the EU’s fields of activity as is shown by the high number of inadmissible petitions received (33.8%); whereas to remedy this situation, communication with citizens needs to be encouraged and improved and the different areas of responsibility – European, national and local – nthe principle of subsidiarity needs to be applied and the European institutions should be invited not to seedk to be explainedgo beyond their proper powers;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas petitioners tend to be citizens engaged in the improvement and future well-being of our societies; whereas the experience of these citizens in regard to the processing of their petitions may determine their perception of the EU institutions and respect for the right to petition contained in EU law;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 30 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 36 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the right to petition should enhance the European Parliament’s capacity to react, helping to resolve problems relating mainly to how EU legislation is applied, as petitions constitute a valuable source of information in detecting deficiencies in how EU legislation is applied; whereas petitions are a basic tool in the early detection of those Member States lagging behind in transposition of EU law;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 68 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
Amendment 72 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the key issues of concern raised in petitions pertain to a wide range of issues, such as environmental legislation (in particular, waste water treatment, waste management, gas and hydrocarbon prospection and extraction), health (particularly the effects of pesticides and access to medicines), the banking system, transport, agriculture, fundamental rights (in particular the rights of the child and of persons with disabilities), the free movement of persons, discrimination, immigration, employment, animal welfare, the application of justice (in particular custody rights regarding minors) and breaches of consumer rights;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
Recital AC
AC. whereas the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) has to be an important tool for enabling citizens to participate in the EU political decision-making process, and its potential must be exploited fully; whereas, as emerged from statements in the public hearing of 22 February 2015, there is a widespread feeling on the part of organisations processing an ECI that the administrative barriers need to be removed in order to obtain the best possible results in regard to participation by citizens; regrets that the European Citizens’ Initiative does not allow for the repeal of normative texts;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that petitions are very important for the legislative process, as they detect deficiencies in the transposition of Community legislation and provide other Parliament committees with useful and direct input for their legislative work in their respective fields; applauds the setting up of an informal petitions network within Parliament, with the participation of Members representing every committee of Parliament, in order to ensure smooth and effective coordination of petitions work; considers that petitions are not solely the responsibility of the Committee on Petitions, but should be a shared endeavour of all of the European Parliament’s committees; urges all parliamentary committees concerned to pay due attention to the petitions forwarded to them and to provide the information necessary for petitions to be processed properly;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that in 2015 the time taken to process petitions fell, maintains nonetheless that the Secretariat of the Committee on Petitions is in need of greater technical resources and personnel in order to guarantee a reduction in the time taken to process petitions;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 157 #
2016/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points to the important ongoing work carried out by the Committee on Petitions in the context of the application of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; duly notes that 2015 was a very significant year in that for the first time a United Nations agency reviewed the fulfilment of human rights obligations in the EU; is pleased to note that a United Nations committee had the opportunity to hear all the details regarding the protection provided by the Committee on Petitions; underscores that the Commission has begun to incorporate the concluding observations by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into the petition treatment process1; is pleased to note that the public hearing ‘Protecting the rights of people with disabilities, from the perspective of petitions received’ organised by the Committee on Petitions on 15 October 2015, was highly accessible; draws attention to the importance of the findings of the study commissioned by Policy Department C entitled ‘The protection role of the Committee on Petitions in the context of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’; considers it important that the Committee on Petitions continues to organise events focusing on petitions in the field of disability; calls for the capacity of the Committee on Petitions and its Secretariat to be enhanced to enable it to properly fulfil its protection role; calls for the establishment of a designated officer responsible for the processing of disabilities-related issues; notes the Committee’s significant follow-up action in 2015 with regard to disability with respect to more specific topics such as the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty (petition No 0924/2011), the unlocking of the anti-discrimination Directive (petition No 0360/2009), exemption from customs duties for certain products designed to promote the cultural, educational or scientific advancement of persons with disabilities (petition No 0240/2015) or family caregivers (petition No 0098/2015); __________________ 1 Adopted by the UN Committee at its 14nth session (17 August to 4 September 2015); see: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatyb odyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=C RPD%2fC%2fEU%2fCO%2f1&Lang=en
Amendment 14 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to land is a human rightfundamental right for humankind;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to land and food is a human right;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the concentration of farmland reduces living standards in farming communities, given the lack of alternative forms of employment or services in rural areas;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas farmland prices and rents have risen in many regions to a level which encourages financial speculation and makes it economically impossible for many farms, especially medium-sized farms, to hold on to rented land or acquire the additional land needed to keep farms viable, as there is hardly any land on the market;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas a number of Central and Eastern European Member States have failed to adopt regulatory measures to maintain farming activity following the sale of land purchased by investors;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of a central observatory tasked withtask force to recording the level of farmland concentration in the EU, changes in land use and the market behaviour of owners and tenants, and with issuing regular reports, given the wide differences between national land management laws;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in order to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices in connection with all sales of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member States, so as to prevent speculation;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it sensible to create a uniform, Europe-widefor States to create national land inventoryies in which all ownership rights and rights of use in respect of farm land are recorded in an up- to-date and accurate manner and presented in a comprehensible form in a publicly accessible digital data bank;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to encourage exchanges of best practice between the national authorities regarding land management laws;
Amendment 205 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that land policy falls within the exclusive remit of the national authorities and must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownership given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers in view of the growing interest being taken by large increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plotforeign groups whose aim is speculation or intensive production, to the detriment of all local rural sectors;
Amendment 232 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give active farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots;
Amendment 234 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to enable Member States to introduce national priority in the context of access to land via the sale or lease of farmland;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that land market policy should help make it easier for young people to enter agriculture, over and above the encouragement for young farmers enshrined in the common agricultural policy; calls, therefore, for a comprehensive approach thatimprovements to the programme of setting-up aid to facilitate the establishment of young farmers to helps enable qualified young farmers and new entrepreneurs to take over or start farms; considers that these setting- up policies should include measures to secure the market outlets of these new farms, guaranteeing those outlets and their prices and volumes for a period to be determined;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Proposes that Member States introduce incentives for the sale of farmland to farmers rather than to investors (either private investors or investment funds);
Amendment 256 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to shape their land market policy in such a way as to curbmonitor the rise in farmland prices and rents; further calls for these prices to be subject to an authorisation procedure which would also apply to mergers, splits and the establishment of foundations; takes the view that there should be stricter checks on lease contracts, a requirement to report irregularities, and the possibility of penalties, since renting is often the first step to purchasing;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Proposes that compensatory measures be introduced by the State to supplement the purchase price payable by a farmer for land where the farmer cannot buy the land at the same price as is offered by an investment fund;
Amendment 298 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 314 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends to that end the adoption of a uniform definition throughout the EUretrospective harmonisation of the definitions of ‘'active farmer’ which is clearly linked to the notion of work on a farm' given by Member States; calls for such European harmonisation of the definition to be put to a vote in the European Parliament, not decided by the Commission alone;
Amendment 322 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 330 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to seek convergence by remedying the disparities between payments per hectare in the Member States, this being essential for future EU land market analysis;
Amendment 342 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that the Member States can regulate the sale and letting of agricultural land in the light of social and environmental, ecological and national-interest criteria;
Amendment 347 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Ccalls on the Commission to draw up and publish a list of criteria making it clear to the Member States what land market regulation measures are permitted in the context of the four freedoms of the European Unionanalyse the land market regulation measures applicable at national level, so as to determine whether they result in similar treatment for EU farmers;
Amendment 362 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to raise the awareness of the Member States about, and support them in combating, corruption and inadmissible practices in connection with land sales;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the current crisis situation in farming calls for freshpractical initiatives to ensure that competition policy takes better account of the specific nature of agriculture;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for new Member States facing difficulties in setting up producers' organisations to be given more support for the launching and subsequent management of such organisations;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the recent publication of guidelines on the application of the specific rules set out in Articles 169, 170 and 171 of the CMO Regulation;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that good equid health and welfare boosts the economic output of farms and businesses alike and benefits the rural economy overall, as well as that of local authorities (e.g. use of horses for municipal maintenance work), and benefits the rural economy overall; notes also that horse owners are fully aware that it is in their own interests to give their animals the best possible care;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Affirms that equid owners should have a minimum level of knowledge of equid husbandry, and that with ownership comes a personal responsibility for the standard of health and welfare of the animals in their care;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that that Member States should provide animal welfare protection training programmes for equid owners;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres for improved levels of compliance with, and consistent enforcement of, legislatifact that no details have been provided of the form the forthcoming Animal Welfare Reference Centres are to take or of how they are to be funded and how much funding is to be provided; calls, not least on, along with the dissemination of information and best practice relating to animal welfccount of the subsidiarity principle, for Member States to retain control over law-making in this area;
Amendment 130 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to actively support the development of guides to good practice, by releasing resources for translation of such documents and assisting with their distributionMember States to support the implementation of good practices without establishing new programmes and/or guides whose cost and usefulness cannot be clearly established;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding and the benefits of equid sterilisation; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats, including online;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 217 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to draw up strict legislation regarding the mistreatment and abandonment of animals;
Amendment 226 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission to encourage horse owners to form associations to protect themselves in the event of a crisis;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on donkey milk farming; calls on the Member States to commit to increasing the number of inspections on donkey milk farms;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the housing of rabbits kept for farming purposes is one of the centrala questions discussed among stakeholders involved in their breeding, especially with regard to animal welfare;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the domesticated rabbit has kept most of the wild rabbit’s natural behaviour, and intensive farming systems can have severe negative implications for its welfare;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its concernNotes that rabbits in the EU are usually reared in unenriched cages, in a barren environment that only has a drinker and feeder; also notes with concernstresses that rabbits are sometimes fed on pellets and the close confines of the battery cages do not allow rabbits to express their natural behaviour; recalls that, in general, the way in which rabbits are farmed in Europe meets far higher animal welfare standards than is the case in most countries outside Europe where rabbits are raised and exported;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that in some Member States alternatives to barren-cage farming of rabbits exist which, in certain cases, reduce the incidence of disease and mortality rates and improve the welfare of farmed rabbits;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the use of pen systems for groups, which are the most suitable system for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; pPoints out that the use of pen systems improves the welfare of farm rabbits and reduces the incidence of abnormal behaviour amongst them; recognises that this practice should be encouraged;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, owing to the absence of species-specific animal husbandry legislation for rabbits in the EU, the breeding of rabbits is highly intensified and its architecture resembles a high- outputn industrial production system;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, to cut costs and save space, a typical barren wire cage for an adult doe in the EUcertain EU Member States is 60 to 65 cm long, 40 to 48 cm wide and 30 to 35 cm high; concludes that this means that rabbits cannot move normally or adopt normal postures such as stretching out, sitting and standing with their ears erect ( a ‘look out’ posture typical of the species), rearing up, turning around comfortably and hopping; underlines that this lack of exercise can alsometimes lead to weakened or broken bones;
Amendment 133 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that there is a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species, because of the specific sensitivity of these animals, which is also one of their features in the natural environment;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that, even in a natural environment, rabbits suffer from diseases and viruses which are sometimes fatal (HDV, myxomatosis, intestinal coccidiosis, etc.), which sometimes require treatment with antibiotics or remedies against parasites in order to prevent their dying out in the areas affected;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern that rabbits reared and fattened for meat production in the EU are typically cagraised in groups, and are provided with a small space per rabbit that is less than the area of two ordinary A4 sheets of paper;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that rabbits can suffer from a wide range of welfare problems and diseases, including fatal viruses, snuffles and sore hocks from sitting on wire-mesh cage floors; is aware that investigations6 have shown that on some farms sick and injured rabbits are not treated and many fall victim to eye and fungal infections and respiratory conditions; notes with concern that the vast majority of these animals end up in the food chain, either as pet food or as meat sold to consumers in supermarkets; _________________ 6 http://www.ciwf.org.uk/our- campaigns/investigations/rabbit- investigations/2014-the-biggest-secret-of- the-cage-age/
Amendment 159 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the importance of providing training courses for people involved in all aspects of animal handling in rabbit farming in order to improve their performance and understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements in order to avoid unnecessary suffering for animalssupplement their knowledge of this type of farming, which is very complex;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that growing rabbits and does kept in pen systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement, social interaction and play, and that platforms in pen systems allow rabbits to avoid aggressors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter; recognises that this pen system will cause farmers to incur very high costs, which it will be necessary to take into account by providing financial assistance to farmers who freely opt for this system for raising rabbits;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that transport is an extremelyperhaps a stressful experience for rabbits; underlines that rabbits should be fed before transport and be provided with adequate food, water and space in transit, and that transport times should be as limited as possible, owing to the sensitivity of the species; emphasises that there are a huge variety of stress factors that affect animal welfare and that these differ between regions or even farms;
Amendment 191 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the widespread use of antibiotics in rabbit farming, especially in the intensive type of farming that uses cage systems, can, in certain cases, lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 223 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider pen systems as the guiding principleone of the possibilities when proposing measures for housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that all measures should be harmonised at EU level by introducing specific EU legislation for the minimum protection of farm rabbits, includingprovision should be made for a clear system of production labelling allowing consumers in the EU to make an informed choice about the rabbit meat they buy;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dualmultiple value, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European, national and regional identity, while sustaining social cohesion and contributing substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment in the EU economy;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cultural diplomacy strengthens the bilateral and multilateral relations between European and third countries and builds bridges between societies and contribute to better mutual understanding;
Amendment 288 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure the preservation of traditional European, regional and national savoir-faire, preserving and promoting the craft trades linked to the CCS and to re-valorise vocational training and a highly skilled workforce in order to attract talents;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges at the same time that Member States are entitled to retain their own security and defence options;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that it is essential to ensure a geographical balance of EFSI projects, taking account of the different economic development of the regions and the territorial, economic and social diversity of the Member States; highlights the importance of also developing cross- border projects that could deliver a high European added value;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2060(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Would encourage women to join state military and security forces (army, police and gendarmerie) because those traditionally male organisations perpetuate a traditional male vision of society.
Amendment 189 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls ononsiders that local authorities have a key role to play in, and an obligation to take, the necessary steps towards the thermomodernisation of existing public or residential buildings with low thermal comfort or comfort cooling;
Amendment 368 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises the importance of extensive scientific research and studies on waste management, and especially heating waste water, as well as into the development of innovative technological solutions designed to deliver appliances and entire heating and cooling systems that are energy efficient;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges at the same time that Member States have an inalienable right to determine and manage their own defence structures;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 84 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that balanced policies to promote increased European production of crops such as maize, wheat, rapeseed and sugar would provide the sustainable raw materials needed for ILUC biofuel generation in such a way that would provide European farmers with steady incomes, attract investment and jobs to rural areas, help counteract the chronic shortage in Europe of high protein animal feeds, render Europe less dependent on fossil fuel imports and help the EU achieve its greenhouse gas emission targets, while minimising concerns relating to land use change factors;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that the Commission should be required to provide an ‘Evaluation of the Impact on Farmers’ Incomes’ with proposals in respect of the impact on European farmers’ income flows.
Amendment 140 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that EU external action needs to be based on the three pillars that could be defined as the ‘three Ds’: Defenceiplomacy, Development and Diplomacyefence;
Amendment 318 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. UrgesCalls for the EU to step up its cooperation with its Eastern partnersfocus more closely on its Eastern partners by stepping up cooperation with them in order to strengthen their resilience and independence;
Amendment 486 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls the importance of Europe’s normative power, viewed in the perspective of international law, and calls for the further strengthening of the EU’s cultural and science diplomacy in order to project and promote European strengths and values beyond our borders; also points out the power of economic diplomacy, and in particular sanctions, as a tool for enforcing EU polices;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the main global players in agricultural markets are introducing policies - unsuccessfully - that aim to curb volatility, and whereas the G20 has also undertaken to address the issue;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes, can increase the volatility of agricultural product pricesthe volatility of agricultural product prices is increased by political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes and the abolition of production quotas, as happened in the dairy sector;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in recent decades, market opening and economic globalisation have accentuated price volatility and reduced the stability of farmers' incomes;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Russian embargo has had a highly adverse impact on European Union farmers' incomes and that the economic sanctions against Russia, which led to the embargo, is costing farmers dearly for what are highly ideologically motivated decisions;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes and deplores the fact that in a number of Member States, including France, payments to farmers of aid under the first CAP pillar are taking longer and longer, intensifying the climate of economic and financial insecurity they already face because of price volatility;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the wellbeing of farmers must be addressed as a matter of urgency and must be a long-term aim for the future CAPbefore even starting to consider the outlines of the future CAP, the wellbeing of farmers must be addressed through rapid and effective decision- making as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 239 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to implement tools that promote short supply chains in the production chains, in order to reduce the number of commercial intermediaries and thus reduce the influence of each one on the overall fluctuation in prices;
Amendment 358 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. SeesTakes the view that it ais part ofalso the Union’s role to facilitate transparency in the European market;
Amendment 361 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that it is an advantage necessity for farmers, in their negotiations with other stakeholders in the food chain, to be aware of price movements in the various market segments;
Amendment 380 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for new mechanisms to be established which introduce guaranteed minimum prices with a view to curbing speculation on agricultural markets, as was possible under the CAP prior to the 1992 McSharry reform;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to be more active in proposing lasting solutions to combat the significcombat the high volatily of farm prices by instituting a policy of regulation of production antd price volatility of agricultural products and by limiting the impact of agricultural imports from third countries; notes that price volatility occurs more frequently in a more globalised market, requiring more effective and rapid actions in order to prevent farmers’ incomes being negatively impacted;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculturebolster the model of family farming on small and medium-sized farms, and calls for financial resources to be made available to meet these objectives;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain with primary producers being considerably weaker than other actors in the chain; urges the Commission to take action to improve the transparency of prices and margins in the food supply chain; highlights Parliament’s position on unfair trading practices; calls for a revision of the competition rules which apply to agriculture.
Amendment 45 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that the European Union ought no longer to provide direct or indirect support to farmers in third countries whose production competes with that of EU Member States;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is concerned about the impact of a partnership with Ukraine on European farming;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that taking more effective account of the subsidiarity principle is also fundamental to the drafting of clear, simple, socially balanced legislation; calls on the Commission and the Regulatory Scrutiny Board to put forward proposals for the more stringent application of the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that further development of the transparency of the negotiations process, especially as regards the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), as well as of the legislative process and enhanced scrutiny of existing legislation must be the guiding principles of the implementation of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Regulation;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. States that impact assessments of new legislative proposals should systematically take account of the actual effects, including in the short term, on employment and social inclusion in the European Union Member States and include an SME test case;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 118 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 172 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) details establishing the link between a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the spirit drink and the geographical area referred to in point (d);
Amendment 176 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Where, on the basis of the information available to the Commission from the scrutiny carried out pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 23(1), the Commission considers that the conditions for registration are not fulfilled, it shall adopt implementing acts rejecting the application. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2)provide the Member State responsible with its negative assessment and subsequent remarks, checking with that Member State, within a set period of time, whether those conditions are a definitive impediment to registration.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If, further to the checks with the Member State responsible referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission receives no notice of opposition or no admissible reasoned statement of opposition under Article 24, it shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), registering the name.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Amendment 196 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. For a period of up to two years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission, only on the instructions of the Member State responsible and by means of implementing acts, may, on its own initiative, cancel the protection of geographical indications referred to in Article 20 of Regulation (EUC) No 110/2008 if they do not comply with point (6) of Article 2(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).
Amendment 202 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to take account of the specificities of the production in the demarcated geographical area, as regards protection of the GI and the possible illegal use thereof, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 concerning:
Amendment 207 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Amendment 209 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 16, 38, 41 and 46(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate set period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 70 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Renewable energy should be considered a European common good that serves citizens, households and communities; both the Union and the Member States should therefore put in place a regulatory framework and specific measures on renewable sources to that effect.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The costs of projects which are carried out by a state on the territory of another state should be borne entirely by the state which benefits from those actions, including the costs arising from strengthening grids, energy transmission to the consumption site, energy storage and back-ups, along with the expenses arising from any grid congestion.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that isintended to help, primarily, renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities and to address energy poverty among low- income households. That form should be as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues.
Amendment 101 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Electricity generation from renewable sources shouldmust be deployed at the lowest possible cost for consumers and taxpayers. When designing support schemes and when allocating support, Member States should seek to minimise the overall system cost of deployment, taking full account of grid and system development needs, the resulting energy mix, and the long term potential of technologies.
Amendment 105 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The opening of support schemes to cross-border participation limits negative impacts on the internal energy market and can, under certain conditions, help Member States achieve the Union target more cost- efficiently. Cross-border participation is also the natural corollary to the development of the Union renewables policy, with a Union-level bindingMember States' indicative targets replacing national binding targets. It is therefore appropriate to require Member States to progressively and partially open support to projects located in other Member States, and define several ways in which such progressive opening may be implemented, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including Articles 30, 34 and 110.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0382(COD)
(20b) To reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU and its dependency on energy imports, the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency increases should be closely linked.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In view of the high greenhouse gas emission-saving potential shown by the use of agricultural material such as manure and other animal and organic waste to produce biogas, that practice offers significant environmental advantages with regard to heat and power production and use of the biogas as biofuel. Biogas installations can, as a result of their decentralised nature and the regional investment structure, contribute significantly to sustainable development in rural areas and offer farmers new income opportunities.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
(1) Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so asto help renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities, to address energy poverty among low-income households and to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints.
Amendment 283 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) Support for electricity from renewable sources shallould be designed so asto help renewable self-consumers, renewable energy communities, to address energy poverty among low-income households and to integrate electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market and. That approach ensures that renewable energy producers are responding to market price signals and maximises their market revenues.
Amendment 359 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to taxation, to disproportionate administrative procedures and charges that are not cost- reflective;
Amendment 366 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
(1) In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 488 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in petrol is at least 6.5 % of the final consumption of energy in petrol in transport in that Member State.
Amendment 27 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 31 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both households and businesses, secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system. That objective can only be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union and national and regional level.
Amendment 47 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governance should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration, increased competition, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governance should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration,increased fair competition, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation, the Energy Union Governance should result in a significant reduction of administrative burden for the Member States, the Commission and other Union Institutions and it should help to ensure coherence and adequacy of policies and measures at Union and national level with regard to the transformation of the energy system towards a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) National plans should be stable to ensure transparency and predictability of national policies and measures in order to ensure investor certainty. Updates of national plans should however be foreseen once during the ten-year period covered to give Member States the opportunity to adapt to significant changing circumstances. For the plans covering the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States should be able to update their plans by 1 January 2024. Targets, objectives and contributions should only be modified to reflect an increased overall ambition in particular as regards the 2030 targets for energy and climate. As part of the updates, Member States should make efforts to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to limit administrative burden on Member States and the Commission, the latter should establish an online reporting platform to facilitate communication and promote cooperation and transparency. That should ensure timely submission of reports and facilitate improved transparency on national reporting. The e- reporting platform should complement, build on and benefit from existing reporting processes, databases and e-tools, such as those of the European Environment Agency, Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre and the lessons learned from the Union's Eco-Management and Audit Scheme.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should make recommendations suggestions to assist the Member States and then take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'ambition gap'). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivery, the Commission should, in addition to issuing recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should take additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'delivery gap'). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. In the area of renewable energy, such measures can also include financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 JanuarySeptember 2019 and every ten years thereafter, each Member State shall notify to the Commission an integrated national energy and climate plan. The plans shall contain the elements set out in paragraph 2 and Annex I. The first plan shall cover the period from 2021 to 2030. The following plans shall cover the ten- year period immediately following the end of the period covered by the previous plan.
Amendment 123 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
(1) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 %; Member States shall explain the underlying methodology used;
Amendment 138 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 JanuaryDecember 2018 and every ten years thereafter Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 142 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take utmost account of any recommendations from the Commission when finalising their integrated national energy and climate plan, providing written justification for any failure to follow the recommendation in the final plan.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 157 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) emissions reductions and enhancement of removals in individual sectors including electricity, industry, transport, the buildings sector (residential and tertiary), agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF);
Amendment 173 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 196 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 207 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the process related to the Commission recommendations and addressing those recommendations pursuant to Article 9(2) and (3), Article 15(5), Article 26(1) and Article 27(2) and (3).In order to facilitate good cooperation among Member States, the Commission recommendations shall be published;
Amendment 11 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of the economic reform efforts undertaken by Ukraine, and in order to support the development of closer economic relations with the European Union, it is appropriatpossible to increase the trade flows concerning the import of certain agricultural products and to grant concessions in the form of autonomous trade measures in selected industrial products in line with the acceleration of the elimination of customs duties on trade between the European Union and Ukraine, on condition that a prior assessment is made of the impact of those measures on the European agricultural market.
Amendment 15 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The autonomous trade measures would be granted in the form of zero-tariff quotas for products listed in Annexes I and II in addition to the preferential tariff-rate quotas set out in the Agreement, and the partial or full removal of import duties on industrial products listed in Annex III;
Amendment 16 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to prevent any risk of fraud, the entitlement to benefit from the additional zero-tariff quotas should be conditional on the compliance by Ukraine with the relevant rules of origin of products concerned and the procedures related thereto as well as involvement in close administrative cooperation with the European Union as provided for by the Agreement;
Amendment 22 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 32 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where a product originating in Ukraine is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to a Community producer of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on such product may be reintroduced at any time by the Council acting by qualifiedsimple majority on a proposal from the Commission or at the request of a Member State.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The rules governing transfers of appropriations should allow for greater flexibility in order to ensure better budget implementation. To that end, it is important for the Commission to have the possibility of deciding on transfers, of up to 10%, of operational appropriations between Titles when they are covered by the same basic act. Transfers from administrative support lines to the corresponding operational lines should also be done autonomously by the Commission.
Amendment 31 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 38 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
Amendment 54 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 172
Recital 172
Amendment 55 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 172
Recital 172
Amendment 58 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 172 a (new)
Recital 172 a (new)
(172a) Given that the primary objective of the European structural funds is to reduce regional disparities and promote sustainable and inclusive growth within the Member States as part of cohesion policy, that irregular migrant reception policies will effectively deprive the real economy of funding and that the migration flood is a source of disruption and destabilisation for the peoples of Europe, European structural funds must not be used to finance the settlement of irregular migrants in the European Union.
Amendment 61 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 176
Recital 176
Amendment 62 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 176
Recital 176
Amendment 68 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 180
Recital 180
Amendment 78 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 202
Recital 202
(202) With a view to improving the effectiveness and impact of operations implementation of nation-wide operations or operations covering different programme areas should be facilitated and possibilities for expenditure outside the Union for certain investments should be increased . There is also a need to increase the possibilities for investment spending outside the Union in certain cases.
Amendment 79 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 214
Recital 214
(214) Nowadays farmers are exposed to increasing economic risks as a consequence of market developments. However, those economic risks do not affect all agricultural sectors equally. Consequently, Member States should have the possibility, in duly justified cases, to help farmers with sector-specific income stabilisation tools, in particular for sectors affected by a severe income drops, which would have a significant economic impact for a specific rural area, provided that the international obligations of the Union are respected. In addition, in order to monitor the expenditure made in relation to this new tool, the content of the financial plan of the programme should be adapted. Moreover, the specific reporting requirement for the risk management measure in 2018 referred to in Article 36(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is already covered by the report to the European Parliament and the Council on the monitoring and evaluation of the CAP referred to in Article 110(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Therefore the second subparagraph of Article 36(5) should be deleted.
Amendment 80 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 218
Recital 218
(218) Pursuant to Article 60(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, eligibility of expenditure relating to programme changes may start from the date when the natural disaster occurred. This possibility to make eligible expenditure made before the submission of a programme amendment should be extended to other circumstances, such as catastrophic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, including sudden and significant demographic changes resulting from migration or reception of refugees.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 264 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 264 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point e
Amendment 113 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 264 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 264 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013
Annex I – table on Social infrastructure and Urban Development specific indicators
Annex I – table on Social infrastructure and Urban Development specific indicators
Amendment 118 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 9 – subparagraph 2a
Article 9 – subparagraph 2a
Amendment 121 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concern the processing, including the acquisition of agricultural technologies and machinery used by farmers, collectively or otherwise, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the TFEU or cotton, except fishery products; the output of the production process may be a product not covered by that Annex; where support is provided in the form of financial instruments for the use of beneficiaries, whether individuals or groups, the input may also be a product not covered by Annex I to the TFEU on condition that the investment contributes to one or more of the Union priorities for rural development;
Amendment 128 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay define upper and lowthe lower threshold and/or the upper thresholds per beneficiary for allowing access to support under points (a)(i) and (a)(iii) of paragraph 1. The lower threshold for support under point (a)(i) of paragraph 1 shall be higher than the upper threshold for support under point (a)(iii) of paragraph 1. Member States which have set such thresholds shall annually notify any changes to the Commission. Support shall be limited to holdings coming under the definition of micro and small enterprises.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Amendment 154 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point i
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds and income insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers of all sectors for a severe drop in their income.;
Amendment 160 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds and income insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers of a specific sector for a severe drop in their income.;
Amendment 173 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 174 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 186 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – Heading
Article 39 – Heading
Article 39 Income stabilisation tool for farmers of all sectorsArticle 39Income stabilisationand insurance tool for farmers of all sectors
Amendment 188 #
2016/0282(COD)
(aa) in Article 39, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Support under point (c) of Article 36(1) shall only be granted where the droploss of income or revenue exceeds 320% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (c) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensate for less than 70 80% of the income lostloss incurred in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance." For the purposes of calculating the real income or revenue loss incurred by each farmer, the indices or indicators used may also relate to revenue, prices, quantities, and costs; indicators may be determined on a regional basis." Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305- 20150523&qid=1490017184167&from=EN)
Amendment 191 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a b (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
(ab) in Article 39, in paragraph 4, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. in the event of loss or in connection with the annual contribution to the fund, In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis. No contribution by public funds shall be made to initial capital stock." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1305&rid=1)" Or. it
Amendment 195 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 196 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point ba (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point ba (new)
(ba) In Article 39, in paragraph 4, the following point is inserted: "(ba) insurance contracts."
Amendment 199 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39a – Heading
Article 39a – Heading
Article 39a Income stabilisation tool for farmers of a specific sectorArticle 39aIncome stabilisationand insurance tool for farmers of a specific sector
Amendment 206 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39a – paragraph 1
Article 39a – paragraph 1
1. Support under point (d) of Article 36(1), for insurance contracts and mutual funds, shall only be granted in duly justified cases and where the drop of income exceeds 20 % of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (d) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensatFor the purposes of calculating the real income for less than 70 % of the income lost in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance. revenue loss incurred by each farmer, the indices or indicators used may also relate to revenue, prices, quantities, and costs; such indices or indicators may be determined on a regional basis.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 60 – paragraph 2
Article 60 – paragraph 2
With the exception of general costs as defined in Article 45(2)(c), in respect of investment operations under measures falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU, only expenditure which has been incurred after an application has been submitted to the competent authority shall be considered eligible. However, Member States may provide in their programme that expenditure which is related to emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, including significant and sudden demographic changes resulting from migration or reception of refugees, and which has been incurred by the beneficiary after the event occurs, is also eligible.
Amendment 233 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 62 – paragraph 2
Article 62 – paragraph 2
2. Where aid is granted on the basis of standard costs or additional costs and income foregone in accordance with in points (a) and (b) of Article 21(1) of this Regulation (concerning income forgone and maintenance costs) and Articles 28 to 31, 33, and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, Member States shall ensure that the relevant calculations are adequate and accurate and established in advance on the basis of a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method. To this end, a body that is functionally independent from the authorities responsible for the programme implementation and possesses the appropriate expertise shall perform the calculations or confirm the adequacy and accuracy of the calculations. A statement confirming the adequacy and accuracy of the calculations shall be included in the rural development programme.
Amendment 244 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) sums which, under Articles 40, Article 41(2) and Article 51 as regards expenditure under EAGF, and under Articles 52 and 54, must be paid to the Union's budget, including interest thereon;
Amendment 246 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Amendment 257 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
4b. In Article 54(3), in point a, the point i is replaced by the following: "(i) the amount to be recovered from the beneficiary in the context of an individual payment for an aid scheme or support measure, not including interest, does not exceed EUR 10250; or" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1306&rid=1)Or. en
Amendment 259 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 63 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1a (new)
Where the non-compliance concerns national or Union rules on public procurement, the part of the aid not to be paid or to be withdrawn shall be determined on the basis of the gravity of the non-compliance and in accordance with the principle of proportionality, taking into account the relevant guidelinerules based upon certain parameters or threshold amounts established by the Commission on financial corrections to be made to expenditure financed by the Union under shared implementation for non-compliance with the rules on public procurement. The legality and regularity of the transaction shall only be affected up to the level of the part of the aid not to be made or withdrawn.
Amendment 264 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 60
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 60
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 152 – paragraph 3a
Article 152 – paragraph 3a
“Where a call for proposal is launched prior to the entry into force of Regulation XXX/YYY amending the present Regulation tThe managing authority (or monitoring committee for the programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal) may decide not to apply the obligation set out in Article 67(2a) for a maximum of 612 months starting from the date of entry into force of Regulation XXX/YYY. Where the document setting out the cthe managing authority (or monditions for support is provided to the beneficiary within a period of 6 months starting from the date of entry into force of Regulation XXX/YYY the managing authororing committee for the programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal) considers that the obligation under Article 67(2a) creates a disproportionate administrative burden, ity may decide not to apply those amended provisionsto extend the aforementioned period until the end of the programme.”
Amendment 283 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 289 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Amendment 306 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 4
Article 36 – paragraph 4
For each Member State, the amount calculated in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph may be increased by a maximum of 3 5% of the relevant annual national ceiling set out in Annex II after deduction of the amount resulting from the application of Article 47(1) for the relevant year. When a Member State applies such an increase, that increase shall be taken into account by the Commission when setting the annual national ceiling for the single area payment scheme pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph. For that purpose, Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 August 2017 of the annual percentages by which the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article is to be increased each calendar year from 2018.
Amendment 312 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
3a. In Article 44, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. Without prejudice to the number of crops required pursuant to paragraph 1, the maximum thresholds set out therein shall not apply to holdings where grasses or other herbaceous forage or land lying fallow or cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle cover more than 75 % of the arable land. In such cases, the main crop on the remaining arable area shall not cover more than 75 % of that remaining arable land, except where this remaining area is covered by grasses or other herbaceous forage or land lying fallow.” Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&qid=1490089118167&from=EN)
Amendment 334 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 50 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 50 – paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 336 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 50 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 50 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 340 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 50 – paragraph 7
Article 50 – paragraph 7
3c. In Article 50, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: Member States applying Article 36 shall each year calculate the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying a figure corresponding to 250% of the single area payment calculated in accordance with Article 36 by the number of eligible hectares that the farmer has declared in accordance with Article 36(2). (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. ro
Amendment 345 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 50 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
3d. In Article 50, paragraph 8 is replaced by the following: By way of derogation from the paragraphs 6 and 7, Member States may calculate each year the amount of the payment for young farmers by multiplying a figure corresponding to 25 50% of the national average payment per hectare by the number of entitlements that the farmer has activated in accordance with Article 32(1), or by the number of eligible hectares that the farmer has declared in accordance with Article 36(2). (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. ro
Amendment 352 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 4 d (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 4 d (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
4d. in Article 50, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. Member States may set a single maximum limit applicable to the number of payment entitlements activated by the farmer or to the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer. Member States shall respect that limit when applying paragraphs 6, 7 and 8.
Amendment 355 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 4 f (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 4 f (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 50 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1
4f. In Article 50(10), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: Instead of applying paragraphs 6 to 9, Member States may allocate an annual lump sum amount per farmer calculated by multiplying a fixed number of hectares by a figure corresponding to 25 50% of the national average payment per hectare, as established in accordance with paragraph 8. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. ro
Amendment 362 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
5a. In Article 52, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, eggs, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, pork, chicken, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. ro
Amendment 369 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
5b. In Article 52, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: Coupled support may only be granted to those sectors or to those regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors that are particularly important for economic, social or environmental reasons undergo certain difficulties. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. ro
Amendment 375 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
5c. In Article 52, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: “ (5) Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in the sectors or regions concerned. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1)Or. ro
Amendment 376 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Amendment 386 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6a. in Article 53, the introductory phrase in paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: “6. Member States may, by 31 AugustMarch 20168, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 and decide, with effect from 20178: (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-Or. it 20150603&qid=1490030239392&from=EN)
Amendment 411 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) crisis prevention and management, including providing coaching to other producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers, actions and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating markets for exports to third countries;
Amendment 416 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
b) In paragraph 3, the following point (i) is inserted: e i a):
Amendment 422 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point ia (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point ia (new)
Amendment 434 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b
b) actions related to coaching of other producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers from Member States referred to in Article 35(1), or related to actions and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating export markets in third countries as referred to in Article 33(1)(f).
Amendment 446 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and SloveniaIn regions of Member States in which the degree of organisation of producers in the fruit and vegetables sector is particularly low below the EU average, Member States may grant producer organisations on their request national financial assistance equal to a maximum of 180 % of their financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 32(1) and of up to [...] 10% of the value of the marketed production of any such producer organisation. That assistance shall be additional to the operational fund.
Amendment 450 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowdegree of organisation of producers in a region of a Member State shall be considered particularly low whered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 amending paragraph 1 tohe average degree of organisation has been less than 20 % for three consecutive years preceding the date of request for national financial assistance. Such the degree of organisation shall be calculated as the value of fruit adnd Member States wherevegetable production that was obtained in the dregree of organisation of producers in the fruit and vegetable sector is particularly low and to delete Member States where that is no longer the caseion concerned and marketed by producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and producer groups, divided by the total value of the fruit and vegetable production that was obtained in that region. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts defining the average degree of organisation in the Union and also the degree of organisation in Member States and regions. laying down further detailed rules on the calculation of the degree of organisation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 229(2).
Amendment 470 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Amendment 28 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation covers emissions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) categories energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 excluding emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council18. Activities covered by Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] are not covered by this Regulation. __________________ 17 Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13). 18 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 65 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, excluding emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Regulation shall not apply to greenhouse gases produced by the agricultural sector in the light of its environmental contribution through the absorption and storage of CO2;
Amendment 67 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’ means emissions in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorcarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and falling within the scope of this Regulation;
Amendment 68 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’«émissions de gaz à effet de serre»: means emissions in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) (aside from enteric methane emissions), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorcarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and falling within the scope of this Regulation;
Amendment 112 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Amendment 42 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 65 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 75 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 83 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 135 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Where it is established, on the basis of proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists mentioned in Article 25(4) of this Regulation, including the data referred to in Regulation [Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation (EU) No 603/2013], that an applicant has irregularly crossed the border into a Member State by land, sea or air having come from a third country, the Member State thus entered shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection. It shall continue to bear this responsibility for a period of six months after the date of illegal entry.
Amendment 163 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Article 37
Amendment 14 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The objective of the Union's policy on asylum is to develop andWhile respecting the sovereignty of Member States, the European Union wishes to establish a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), consistent with the values and humanitarian tradition of the European Union and governed by the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility.
Amendment 19 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The CEAS is based on common minimum standards for asylum procedures, recognition and protection offered at Union level, reception conditions and a system for determining the Member State responsible for asylum seekers. Notwithstanding progress on the CEAS, there are still significanit disparities between the Member States in the granting of international protection and in the form that such international protection takes. Those disparities should be addressed by ensuring greater convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection and by guaranteeing a high and uniform level of application of Union law across the Union necessary to accompany and support the Member States in their national policies on this matter.
Amendment 22 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In its Communication of 6 April 2016, the Commission set out its options for improvThe Commission must bear in mingd the CEAS, namely to establish a sustainable and fair system for determining the Member States responsible for asylum seekers, to reinforce the Eurodac system, to achieve greater convergence in the asylum system and to prevent secondary movements, and develop an enhanced mandate for the European Asylum Support Office. That Communication is in line with calls by the European Council on 18 February 2016 to make progress towards reforming the EU's existing framework so as to ensure a humane and efficient asylum policy. It also proposes a way forward in line with the holistic approach to migration set out by the European Parliament in its own initiative report of 12 April 2016.national sovereignty of the Member States. It also has a duty, in the service of the Member States, to simplify the management of migrant flows and thereby prevent secondary movement;
Amendment 26 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Asylum Support Office was established by Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council7 and it took up its responsibilities on 1 February 2011. The European Asylum Support Office has enhanced practical cooperation among Member States on asylum-related matters and in assisting Member States in implementing their obligations under the CEAS. The European Asylum Support Office also provides support to Member States whose asylum and reception systems are under particular pressure. However, its role and function need to be further strengthened so as to not only support Member States in their practical cooperation but to reinforce and complement the asylum and reception systems of Member States. __________________ 7 Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 establishing a European Asylum Support Office (OJ L 132, 29.5.2010, p. 11).
Amendment 28 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 31 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 36 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Union Agency for Asylum should work in close cooperation with Member States’ asylum authorities, with national immigration and asylum services and other services, drawing on the capacity and expertise of those services, and with the Commission. Member States should cooperate with the Agency to ensure that it is able to fulfil itbe at the service of Member States’ asylum authorities mandate. It is important that the Agency and the Member States act in good faith and have a timely and accurate exchange of information. Any provision of statistical data should respect the technical and methodological specifications of Regulation (EC) No 862/20078 national immigration and asylum services. __________________ 8 Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (OJ L 199, 31.7.2007, p. 23).
Amendment 41 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 43 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European Union Agency for Asylum should assist Member States with training of experts from all national administrations, courts and tribunals, and national services responsible for asylum matters, including the development of a common core curriculum. In addition, the Agency should ensure that all experts participating in asylum support teams or forming part of the asylum intervention pool receive specialist training before their participation in operational activities organised by the Agency. ‘Operational’ activities which can only be carried out under the auspices of the Member States’ authorities.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The European Union Agency for Asylum should ensure a more structured and streamlined production of information on countries of origin at the level of the European Union. It is necessary for the Agency to gather information and draw up reports providing for country of origin information by making use of European networks on country of origin information so as to avoid duplication and create synergies with national reports. Furthermore, to ensure convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection and the nature and quality of protection granted, the Agency should, together with Member States, engage in and develop a common analysis providing guidance on the situation in specific countries of origin.
Amendment 51 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The common EU list of safe countries of origin established by Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX9 should be regularly reviewed by the Commission. Having regard to the Agency's expertise, it should assist the Commission in reviewing that list. The Agency should also, at the request of the Commission, provide it with information on specific third countries which could be included in the common EU list of safe countries of origin, and on third countries designated as safe countries of origin or safe third countries or to which the Member States apply the concepts of safe third country, first country of asylum or European safe third country, in conjunction with the Member States’ security services. __________________ 9 JO L […]
Amendment 57 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 63 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 67 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 69 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 72 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In cases where a Member State'’s asylum and reception systems are subject to disproportionate pressure that places exceptionally heavy and urgent demands on their asylum or reception systems, the European Union Agency for Asylum should assist that Member State upon request or on the Agency's own initiative, by means of a comprehensive set of measures, including the deployment of experts from the asylum intervention pool. To ensure the availability of those experts and their immediate deployment, the asylum intervention pool should constitute a reserve of experts from Member States amounting to a minimum of 500 persons. The Agency should itself be able to intervene in support of a Member State where despite the disproportionate pressure, the Member State concerned does not request for sufficient assistance from the Agency or the Member State does not take sufficient action to address that pressure with the consequence that the asylum and reception systems would be ineffective to the extent of jeopardising the functioning of the CEAS. A disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which a Member States is responsible may be an indication of disproportionate pressure.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 76 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) For Member States that are faced with specific and disproportionate pressure onAs a matter of national sovereignty, it is for Member States to determine their asylum and reception systems due, in particular, to their geographical or demographic situation, the European Union Agency for Asylum should support the development of solidarity within the Union and assist in the better relocation of beneficiaries of international protection among Member States, while ensuring that asylum and reception systems are not abusedin operation within their respective territories.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) At particular areas of the external borders where Member States face disproportionate migratory pressures characterised by large influxes of mixed migratory flows, referred to asIn hotspot areas, the Member States should be able to rely on increased operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams composed of teams of experts from Member States deployed through the European Union Agency for Asylum, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union and Europol or other relevant Union agencies, as well as experts from the staff of the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union. The Agency should ensure coordination of its activities in the migration management support teams with the Commission and the other relevant Union agencies.
Amendment 84 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 87 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The European Union Agency for Asylum shouldmust cooperate with the European Migration Network, established by Council Decision 2008/381/EC10, to ensure synergies and avoid duplication of activities. __________________ 10 Decision of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7).
Amendment 88 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The European Union Agency for Asylum shouldmust cooperate with international organisations, in particular the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in matters covered by this Regulation in the framework of working arrangements so as to benefit from their expertise and support. To that end, the roles of UNHCR and the other relevant international organisations should be fully recognised and those organisations should be involved in the work of the Agency. The working arrangements should receive the Commission's prior approval.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 106 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The competence to take decisions by Member States' asylum authoritienational sovereignty of Member States provides their sole authorities with competences to take decisions on individual applications for international protection remains with Member Statesand on migration issues as a whole.
Amendment 107 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The European Union Agency for Asylum (the Agency) shall ensure the efficient and uniform applicinformation of Union asylum law in Member States. It shall facilitate the implementation and improve the functioning of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), and it shall be responsible for enabling convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection across the Union, taking into account the sovereignty of each Member State.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The European Union Agency for Asylum shall be the new name for the European Asylum Support Office established by Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The activities of the Agency shall henceforth be based on this Regulation.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 116 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) draw up and regularly update reports and other documents providing for information on countries of origin at the level of the Unionreport on progress made to Parliament and the Member States;
Amendment 121 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 127 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 129 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency and the Member States’ asylum authorities, national immigration and asylum services and other national services shall be subject to a duty to cooperate in good faith and an obligation to exchange information.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall work closely with the Member States' asylum authorities, with national immigration and asylum services and other national services and with the Commission. The Agency shall carry out its duties without prejudice to those assigned to other relevant bodies of the Union and shall work closely with those bodies and withprovide support to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Amendment 134 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall organise, promote and coordinate activities enabling the exchange of information among Member States, including through the establishment of networks as appropriate. For those purposes, the Agency and the Member States'’ asylum authorities, national immigration and asylum services and other national services shallmay share, in a timely and accurate manner, all necessary information in a timely manner.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 142 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall create factual, legal and case law databases on the application and interpretation of Union, national and international asylum instruments making use, in particular, of existing arrangements. No personal data shall be stored in such databases, unless such data has been obtained by the Agency from documents that are publicly accessible, in constant liaison with the competent authorities of the Member States.
Amendment 144 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) national law and legal developments in the field of asylum, including case lawrespect for the national sovereignty of Member States;
Amendment 145 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 158 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) make use of all relevant sources of information, including its information analysis on the situation of asylum and other information gathered from governmental, non-governmental and international organisations, including through the networks referred to in Article 9, as well as Union institutions, agencies, bodies, offices and the European External Action Service;
Amendment 166 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 168 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) submit queries to the Agency related to specific questions of fact that may arise from applications for international protection, without prejudice to confidentiality rules as established in national law. while also ensuring that the activities of Member States’ security services are not hindered;
Amendment 173 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director shall, after consulting the Commission, submit that common analysis to the Management BoardParliament for endorsement. Member States shall be requirinvited to take that common analysis into account when examining applications for international protection, without prejudice to their competence for deciding on individual applications.
Amendment 176 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall ensure that the common analysis is kept constantly under review and updated to the extent necessary. Any such revision shall likewise require prior consultation of the Commission and endorsement by the Management Boarregularly updated.
Amendment 178 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Member States shall, on a monthly basis, submit to the Agency relevant information on the decisions taken in relation to applicants for international protection originating from third countries subject to the common analysis. That information shall, in particular, include:
Amendment 179 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 186 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall organise and coordinate activities promoting a correct and effective implementation of Union law, including through the development of operational standards, indicators, guidelines or best practices on asylum- related matters, and the exchange of best practices in asylum-related matters among Member States.
Amendment 187 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, and in consultation with the Commission, develop operational standards on the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum and indicators for monitoring compliance with those operational standards as well as guidelines and best practices related to the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum. The Agency shall, following consultation with the Commission and after adoption by the Management Board, communicate those standards, indicators, guidelines or best practices to the Member States.
Amendment 197 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) monitor the implementation and assess all aspects of the CEAS inassist the Member States, in particularly within the framework of the Dublin system, with reception conditions, asylum procedures, the application of criteria determining protection needs and the nature and quality of protection afforded to persons in need of international protection by Member States, including as regards the respect of fundamental rights, child protection safeguards and the needs of vulnerable persons;
Amendment 198 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 201 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 203 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 206 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 208 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 210 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall, in consultation with the Commission, set the programme for monitoring and assessing the asylum and reception systems in each Member State, or of all Member States on the basis of thematic or specific aspects of the asylum systems. That programme shall form part of the multi-annual and annual programming referred to in Article 41.
Amendment 211 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 212 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 213 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 215 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 216 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 217 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 218 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Amendment 219 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Amendment 222 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the Agency for assistance in implementing their obligations with regard to asylum, in particular when their asylum and reception systems are subject to disproportionate pressure.
Amendment 223 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay submit a request for assistance to the Executive Director describing the situation and the purpose of the request. The request shall be accompanied by a detailed assessment of needs. The Executive Director shall evaluate, approve and coordinate requests for assistance. Each shall be subject to a thorough and reliable assessment enabling the Agency to identify and propose a set of measures as referred to in paragraph 3 that can meet the needs of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall deploy asylum support teams to Member States, at their request, to provide operational and technical assistance in accordance with Article 16.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmay contribute to the asylum support teams through a national expert pool on the basis of the various defined profiles and by nominating experts corresponding to the required profiles.
Amendment 235 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 242 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Amendment 247 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State requests operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams as referred to in Article 17 of Regulation No XXX/XXX or where migration management support teams are deployed at hotspot areas as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation No XXX/XXX, the Executive Director shall ensure coordination of the Agency’s activities in the migration management support teams withand the Commission and withsupport teams for other relevant Union agencies, in particular, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States.
Amendment 249 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Where the asylum and reception systems of a Member State are subject to disproportionate pressure that places exceptionally heavy and urgent demands on those systems, the Agency shall, at the request of the Member State concerned or on its own initiative, organise and coordinate a comprehensive set of operational and technical measures as referred to in Article 16 and deploy experts from the asylum intervention pool referred to in Article 18 and experts from its own staff to reinforce the asylum and reception systems within a short period of time.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 252 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Amendment 254 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Amendment 255 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Amendment 256 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Amendment 258 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Amendment 259 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4
Article 25 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Director may authorise the coordinating officer to assist in resolving any disputes concerning the implementation of the operational plan and the deployment of asylum support teams or experts from the asylum intervention pool., under the supervision of the State in which he or she is intervening;
Amendment 260 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. In discharging his or her duties, the coordinating officer shall take instructions only from the Executive Director. and the authorities of the Member State in which he or she is intervening;
Amendment 264 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 265 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 267 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Amendment 269 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall establish measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 by the Agency, including those concerning the appointment of a Data Protection Officer of the Agency. Those measures shall be established after consultation of the European Data Protection Supervisor and in collaboration with the Member States’ relevant services.
Amendment 270 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
4. The transfer of personal data processed by the Agency and the onward transfer by Member States to authorities of third countries or third parties, including international organisations, of personal data processed in the framework of this Regulation shall be prohibiauthorised within the framework of security measures taken by Member Stateds.
Amendment 273 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The personal data shall be deleted as soon as they have been transmitted to the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States, Europol or Eurojust or to the competent authorities of Member States or used for information analysis on the situation of asylum. The storage period shall in any case not exceed 30 days after the date on which the Agency collects or receives those data. In the result of the information analysis on the situation of asylum, data shall not allow for the identification of a natural person at any time.
Amendment 294 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State and two representatives of the Commission, which shall havewith the right to vote.
Amendment 298 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) adopt the annual budget of the Agency by a majority of two-thirds of members entitled to vote and exercise other functions in respect of the Agency's budget pursuant to Chapter 10; accept the principle of its budget being controlled by Parliament’s finance committee;
Amendment 299 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 300 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point y
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point y
Amendment 301 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point aa
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point aa
Amendment 304 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4
Article 43 – paragraph 4
4. The Management Board shall hold at least two ordinary meetings a year. In addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its Chairperson, at the request of the Commission, or at the request of one- third of its members.
Amendment 306 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 307 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Amendment 310 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
No later than threone years from the day of entry into force of this Regulation, and every fivetwo years thereafter, the CommissionEuropean Parliament shall commission an evaluation to assess, in particular, the Agency's performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. That evaluation shall cover the Agency's impact on practical cooperation on asylum-related matters and on the CEAS. The evaluation shall take due regard of progress made, within its mandate, including assessing whether additional measures are necessary to ensure effective solidarity and sharing of responsibilities with Member States subject to particular pressure.
Amendment 311 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall send the evaluation report together with its conclusions on the report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Management Board. The findings of the evaluation shall be made public.
Amendment 312 #
2016/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 3
Article 66 – paragraph 3
3. On the occasion of every second evaluation, the CommissionParliament shall consider whether continuation of the Agency is justified with regard to its objectives, mandate and tasks and it may propose that this Regulation be amended accordingly or repealed.
Amendment 18 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, were all policies in the EU, nationally or at Union level, to be entirely financed from the EU budget, the CAP share would only amount to 1 %, which seems very reasonable for a policy that supplies food for over 500 million citizens; considers that the CAP is the best and cheapest security policy of the Union as it ensures sufficient food supply;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. States clearly that, through numerous policy reforms, CAP spending has been reduced and has become more targeted, market-orientated and geared towards improving the competitiveness of EU agriculture, while at the same time addressing an ever-increasing range of challenges, including environmental issues and climate change, the introduction of ‘greening measures’ and ensuring the economic viability of rural areasadministrative and financial constraints imposed on farmers have progressively become more complicated; also states that these constraints have partly contributed to a significant decrease in farming jobs and income;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. notes that price volatility linked to worsening market conditions in many agricultural sectors has significantly increased in recent years, leading to severe income volatility; stresses, therefore, the need to ensure that sufficient budgetary resources are availablescope to call into question the principle of futures markets and to review the guaranteed minimum price threshold which was lowered by the 1992 reform, in an effort to deal with market crises, such as those currently affecting the cereal, milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sectors; adds in this regard that, owing to the CAP budget cuts made during the last MFF negotiations, direct payments from the first pillar of the CAP are currently insufficient to mitigate the income volatility experienced by farmers;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2353(INI)
9. Stresses that the fixed ceilings for the CAP until 2020 entail much lower margins than in the previous MFF, while the sector faces more challenges; stresses, in this regard, that any use of the margin must be exclusively to address the needs of the agricultural sector, given that long-term planning and investment security are essential for EU farmers; points out that agriculture should not be the only sector to bear the brunt of political decisions, as is currently the case with the Russian embargo, which the EU should be looking to lift by abandoning its inept and harmful sanction policy against Russia;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged under the Lisbon Treaty, namely increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; notes, however, that the successive reforms of the CAP have assigned new tasks to agriculture in terms of product quality, environmental protection, climate change, consumer health, land use issues and modes of production and productivity; stresses that the objectives laid down as part of the EU’s sustainability strategy must also be taken into account in the EU’s agricultural policy;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is convinced that a strong CAP for the EU, both in terms of content and financing, is paramount in achieving these objectives, while guaranteeing a level playing field and transparent food chains within the internal market, as well as viable rural areas; considers, furthermore,Considers that increasing resilience and improving employment and quality of life in rural areas should be prioritised in order to combat rural depopulation;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2353(INI)
15. Stresses that agricultural production has an extremely high added value, since it also supplies the processing sector, thereby contributing to economic and social cohesion in regions and to the EU’s balancedevery Member State’s regional development; points out that it is therefore necessary to maintain and, where appropriate, step up the support received by farmers, since this provides an incentive to increase agricultural production; stresses that the CAP contributes significantly to growth and employment in rural areas, more so than other Union policies; recalls that, in statistical terms, one farmer provides seven additional jobs in related sectors; points to the importance of maintainincreasing the CAP’s focus on supporting small-scale and family farming businesses as the cornerstone of agricultural production in the EU and of life in the EU’s rural areas;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 125 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy encourages social and environmental dumping between the Member States, thereby making competition unfair for farmers in some countries;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2352(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union specifically upholds the right of a Member State to choose between different energy sources and determine the conditions for exploiting its energy resources, whilst also upholding regard for solidarity and environmental protection;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that in today’s world one of the main triggering factors for population displacement is military action by the regular armed forces (army, navy or air force) of sovereign states;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that in today’s world organised groups are appearing that directly or indirectly extract material benefit from intensified migratory movements and forced population displacements, and that these groups tend to artificially stimulate or incite migratory movements;
Amendment 246 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for politicians in countries which launch military operations by regular armed forces that trigger migration and forced population displacements to be held accountable for this;
Amendment 250 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the condemnation of any group which artificially stimulates or incites migratory movements or forced population displacements in order to extract direct or indirect benefit from this;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. urges the Commission to provide "calls" of specific, directly managed, Programs (eg. HORIZON 2020, LIFE etc..) for each macro-regional strategy, beginning with EUSALP;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a response must be found to the challenges posed by desertification and, lack of generational renewal and raising the quality of life in mountain areas;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
given the need to take into account the proportionate and concomitant use of agricultural, forestry, energy, artisanal, tourist and cultural resources in so-called ‘mountain areas’ and in given areas within mountain areas
Amendment 48 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that despite the sector-specific measures that have been taken, there does not yet exist a fully-fledged EU approach to mountain regions; proposes that clear criteria be established for defining mountain areas (e.g. a minimum altitude of 600 metres) and in this regard that efforts be made to adopt a common definition of mountain regions;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of regulating certain aspects of education in mountain areas in order to refresh their inhabitants’ knowledge so they can cope with new demands, with this being planned as part of the Member States’ overall educational strategy;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to include in the future TTIP negotiations the specific characteristics and ecosystems of the EU’s mountain areas, which differ from those in the USA, in order to protect local producers in those areas;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of slaughtering and processing being done within mountain areas so as to underpin and develop the activities of their inhabitants;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need for mountain products to be obtained from animals which are born and raised in mountain areas;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU is the biggest exporter of agricultural products worldwide, making the agri-food sector a key economic pillar of the Union employing 47 million people in 15 million downstream enterprises in fields such as food processing, retail and services, and contributing to a positive trade balance of EUR 17 802 euro that represents 7.2 % of total value of EU exports; whereas the EU is, equally, the biggest importer of agricultural products worldwide and whereas certain imbalances, in particular that of vegetable proteins for animal feed (soya meal), need to be offset more effectively by means of ambitious programmes;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the competitiveness of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is mentioned as one of the key goals in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and increasing productivity and ensuring reasonable prices as mentioned in Article 39 TFEU can be best achieved through innovation; whereas since this increased competitiveness cannot be achieved through lowering social standards, our measures for dealing with social dumping, whether by Member States or third countries, must be improved;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas given that the unprecedented crisis affecting European agriculture, and particularly the livestock sector, is a threat to the survival of all sectors, it makes no sense to seek to encourage investment, research and development without first stabilising producers' incomes and helping them to overcome the financial losses they have suffered;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas the talks on the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) currently under way with the United States are a threat to European agricultural and agri- food production standards; whereas putting in place such an agreement would not only pose a new threat to the income of most farmers, but also be a step backwards with regard to the environment, animal welfare and food security; whereas agriculture and the agri-food sector should therefore be taken out of the talks so as to preserve the potential for agricultural innovation in the European Union;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is strongly convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and are achievable mainly through innovation; stresses the need to support innovation in technology and governance by providing regulatory coherence, clarity and room for entrepreneurship, and urges the Commission to ensure that innovation is explicitly taken into account in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions in order to feed a growing and more demanding world population;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 206 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is concerned at the EU trade deficit in vegetable protein for livestock and calls for substantial funding to be earmarked for measures to reduce the deficit as rapidly as possible; notes that pilot projects for crops such as alfalfa are showing promising results in terms of farmers' incomes and also the environment; considers that is appropriate to continue along these lines by increasing available funding and developing research into a larger number of plant varieties;
Amendment 263 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 282 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 299 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that the CAP should be more focused on farmers’ needs while not compromising policy goals; stresses the need for a more flexible legislative framework that is better aligned to deliver synergies with other sectors such as chemicals, health and technology, by enhancing knowledge crossovers, integration of resource use and better understanding of reciprocal effects in order to optimise their interplay and better integrate with the circular economy; stresses further that a market-oriented CAP will enhance the innovative power and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector by reducing government intervention and stimulating entrepreneurship;
Amendment 307 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers innovation to be an essential tool and a key horizontal policy priority for the CAP to develop, implement and achieve the objectives of the CAP reform 2014-2020; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide a more ambitious overarching strategy with measurable outcomes in order to align and focus research and innovation vis-à-vis policy priorities; stresses that the CAP should provide more flexibility for the use of newly developed techniques and practices without an increase in burdensome rules and procedures; believes that a horizontal priority for the European legislative framework should be to ensure sufficient leeway for pilot programmes and testing for innovative techniques;
Amendment 311 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Is concerned about the proliferation of free trade agreements between the EU and third countries that are encouraging social and environmental dumping; is particularly concerned about the transatlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) negotiations, given that they are threatening to compromise European agricultural production and food processing standards, including those relating to animal welfare, the environment, food safety, labelling and traceability; calls on the Commission therefore to seek the exclusion of agricultural matters from the transatlantic free trade agreement negotiations;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 33 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the foundations of the last CAP reform continue to serve as the basis for a dominant mode of agricultural development that relies on increasingly large, concentrated and specialised farms that practise intensive farming, with an increasing focus on capital rather than employment; whereas certain Member States use this model on a massive scale to grab additional market shares at the expense of other Member States, and whereas this constitutes a serious threat to the continuing viability of farm production, especially stock rearing, in most rural areas;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the current crisis shows that the unregulated market is unable to ensure price stability or maintain jobs, and that it is time to come up with new regulatory tools that are tailored to the hypercompetition pertaining in Europe and the rest of the world; whereas a case in point is the way that the abolition of production quotas (for sugar and milk), which accompanied deregulation, contributed to a general drop in prices;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactively so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on income; deplores the Commission's lack of reactivity and protests against the low level of aid granted to farmers in response to the crisis; calls for the lifting of sanctions against Russia;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CallEncourages on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creation, and calls on the Commission to assist them in achieving that objective;
Amendment 220 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the funds under the future CAP ought to provide more support for small and medium-sized farms, which, because they are generally more diversified, economical and autonomous, and more easily handed over, are more effective in terms of creating added value and territory-based jobs; calls for consideration to be given immediately to a recoupling of all first-pillar aid;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that it is important that the CAP should provide funding for the positive effects that agriculture brings in terms of jobs and the environment, and that it should provide more support for organic farming and all other sustainable production methods in the context of agroecology, which will entail moving beyond current cross-compliance standards and agri-environmental and climate measures;
Amendment 248 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that regaining control of the European market must be a principle for action under the future CAP, before turning to markets outside the EU; considers it essential to lay down more effective provisions regulating access to EU markets for agricultural products from third countries and to impose a strict ban on all products which could not be produced in the EU for failure to comply with EU standards in force;
Amendment 256 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 302 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that, for the future, there is a need to develop high-quality, territory-based food systems by promoting individual responsibility and the involvement of all stakeholders in qualitative and contract-related activities designed to ensure food and health security, as well as fair incomes for farmers; considers it essential, to that end, to better adapt the legislation on public tenders, so that local authorities can promote local production;
Amendment 315 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to make significant progress towards top- down social harmonisation of the agricultural workforce, thereby minimising the damage done by internal social dumping, which undermines jobs; calls for more effective efforts to tackle abuse connected with the Posting of Workers Directive and, more broadly, for a revision of that directive so that posted workers are employed under the same conditions in terms of social security contributions as nationals of the country concerned;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 62 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas precision farming involves the use of automation and other technologies is one of the ways to improve the precision and efficiency of key agricultural management practices, using systems-based approaches to collect and analyse data and optimise interactions between the weather, soil, water and crops, and is ultimately designed to lower pesticide, fertiliser and water usage whilst improving soil fertility and optimising yields;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the need for continuous progress in plant and animal breeding to increase not only the range of pest- and disease-resistant traits in crops, but also the range of food raw materials with nutritional and health-beneficial characteristics on the market; recognises the importaexistence of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and SMART breeding, which are now well-integrated into many breeding programmes, butand also the potential offered by precision breeding for crop improvementakes account of the emergence of precision breeding, such as the use of zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) and CRISPR in genome editing, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis (ODM) and the use of CMS hybrids in protoplast fusion or tissue culture based methods;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 174 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages open and transparent dialogue among all stakeholders and the public for the responsible development of high-precision, innovative solutions for breeding programmes;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls that it is important to durably secure a legal framework favourable to the use of natural preparations which give rise to little concern, which have the advantage of being inexpensive and unpolluting;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop Trans-European Centres for Agricultural Innovation that would deliver much needed progress towards food security and sustainability;
Amendment 280 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 287 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 293 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 300 #
2015/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 178 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the authorities to take concrete steps to end religious and ethnic discrimination, as well as discrimination against LGBTI persons in Central Asian societies;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to take into consideration the vast difference that exists between Member States in terms of direct payments, which is causing the competitiveness gap between European farmers to widen still further, and to find a way of compensating for that difference;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for early identification of other outlets for European farm surpluses through concerted action by the Commission and Member States;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reminds that the objectives of the 2007-2013 programme period (viable food production, enhanced farm viability and promoting food chain organisation) are still important goals, and that the focus is to be put on quality schemes, short supply chains, producer organisations, social cooperatives, local markets strictly in rural areas in new RDPs, and involving reasonable environmental expenditure;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, paying particular attention toespecially regarding the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers; considers that it should not be possible to import into the EU agricultural products which are not permitted to be produced there.
Amendment 20 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Demands that additional finance should be allocated to the milk sector, alleviating any potential impact from the abolition of the quota system; calls for increased funding for the organization and consolidation of producer organizations in the fruit and vegetable sector; further insists that some specific agricultural sub- sectors are in need of greater funding, such as bee keeping and hopes that this will be used effectively in the Member States; highlights the importance of schemes for milk and fruit in schools, proposes a small increase in appropriations for these programmes in line with the agriculture committee’s vote;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. HighlightsStresses that the resources provided should, as far as possible, be set aside for commitments undertaken to fulfil the objectives of increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture and asks to make resources available to meet these objectives;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of Pilot Projects, such as the European Price Monitoring Observatory, to the committee and the agricultural sector and asks for continued support; calls on the Commission to keep the European Parliament and the Council regularly informed about the use of this instrument and the relevant findings, while ensuring that the relevant details are also made available to a wider public;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the full alignment of direct payments in the EU-28 as soon as possible.
Amendment 13 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that CAP reform introduced measures aimed at addressing the bargaining power gap between farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain, which are, however, insufficient;
Amendment 60 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts whether voluntary initiatives are adequate for addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘fear factor’ in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers or hyper- markets;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Questions the Commission’s unwavering support for the SCI, given the reluctance of farmers to participate; regrets the pre- emptive conclusion that regulatory action at EU level is not foreseen, notwithstanding the existence of clear evidence regarding the major hardship caused to small producers as a result;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several Member States have initiated actions in national law to address the concerns of primary producers regarding the negative impact of UTPs; asks the Commission to assess these national efforts with a view to selecting best practices for application at EU level; notes in particular the Groceries Code Adjudicator in the UK as a potential model for adaptation at EU level;
Amendment 154 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that measures to combat social dumping between Member States and framework legislation at EU level isare essential to tackle UTPs and to address their negative consequences for farmers;; urges the Commission to consider this when assessing the SCI;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it necessary for the Commission assessment to take into account the possibility of drawing up rules to ensure the inclusion of farmers in the supply chain without making this conditional on continual supply, given the seasonal nature of production;
Amendment 73 #
2015/0211(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In case of sudden changes in the situation of a third country that is on the EU common list of safe countries of origin, the Commission shall conduct a substantiated assessment of the fulfilment by that country of the conditions set in Annex I of Directive 2013/32/EU and, if those conditions are no longer met, shall adopt, in accordance with Article 290 TFUE, a Decision suspending the presence of that third country from the EU common list for a period of one yearrenewable period of at least one year. After one year of suspension, the Commission shall make an annual assessment of the situation and conditions in that third country with a view to its reinstatement on the list of safe countries of origin.
Amendment 77 #
2015/0211(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission has proposed an amendment to this Regulation in order to remove a third country from the EU common list of safe countries of origin, it can on the basis of a substantial assessment referred to in paragraph 2 extend the validity of the delegated decision adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 for a period of maximum one year. n indeterminate period until the annual review by the Commission establishes a return to the status quo before suspension.
Amendment 149 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The European Council confirmed that the modalities, including transparency, of the optional free allocation to modernise the energy sector in certain Member States should be improved. Investments with a value of €120 million or more should be selected by the Member State concerned through a competitive bidding process on the basis of clear and transparent rules to ensure that free allocation is used to promote real investments modernising the energy sector in line with the Energy Union objectives. Investments with a value of less than €120 million should also be eligible for funding from the free allocation. The Member State concerned should select such investments based on clear and transparent criteria. The results of this selection process should be subject to public consultation. The public should be duly kept informed at the stage of the selection of investment projects as well as of their implementation.
Amendment 598 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(3) The value of the intended investments shall at least equal the market value of the free allocation, while taking into account the need to limit directly linked price increases. The market value shall be the average of the price of allowances on the common auction platform in the preceding calendar year. At least 75% of the relevant costs of the intended investments may be supported. (This amendment applies through the text) Or. ro (Article 10c - paragraph 3 of Directive 2003/87/EC)
Amendment 29 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion, particularly in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas.
Amendment 35 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives. The CAP, being the only fully communitised field of policy, is of territorial application and is therefore very well suited to carry out projects which can complement those supported by the EFSI. Many of the existing instruments of the CAP make targeted investments successfully.
Amendment 43 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. This is particularly true of businesses in rural areas, where economic growth and the preservation of services and jobs are urgently needed in order to prevent rural depopulation. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
Amendment 48 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The EFSI should be established within the EIB in order to benefit from its experience and proven track record and in order for its operations to start to have a positive impact as quickly as possible. The work of the EFSI on providing finance to small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies shouldmay be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') and the EIB to benefit from its experience in these activities.
Amendment 53 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal, sustainable and economic added value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness of quality and long-term jobs, long-term growth and competitiveness, especially infrastructure measures (transport and digital, especially fast broadband). The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment and involvement of rural communities in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures, without adding to administrative burden or creating additional payment systems, which would undermine the efficiency of the EFSI objectives, so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 63 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis, as well as in the many disadvantaged areas of Europe which are rural and areas in border regions and extremely peripherial location particularly those suffering depopulation. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
Amendment 90 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB, with particular priority being assigned to businesses and social-cooperative bodies in rural areas and in structurally weak and disadvantaged areas, as well as areas in extremely peripherial locations ('EFSI Agreement').
Amendment 112 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Investment Committee shall be composed of sixeight independent experts and the Managing Director. Independent experts shall have a high level of relevant market experience in project finance and be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three yeastructuring and project financing, as well as macroeconomic expertise. The Investment Committee shall have a pluridisciplinary composition encompassing a broad range of expertise in various sectors, such as agriculture, research, transport and SMEs. It shall be appointed by the Steering Board for a renewable fixed term of three years. When appointing the Committee, the Steering board shall take into account the gender balance of the members.
Amendment 118 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including local community related infrastructures, in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure with priority to rural areas lagging behind in fast broadband provisions;
Amendment 123 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, local community capacity building, information and communications technology and innovation;
Amendment 128 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, agricultural, natural resources, rural and urban development and social fields;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the obligation to guarantee access to justice and information in environmental matters, and public participation in decision-making, as laid down in the Aarhus Convention; calls on the Commission to proactively set up a campaign to inform EU citizens about the achievements of the Convention in the field of transparency and the effective tools already at their disposal, and to fulfil the provisions referring to the EU institutions, and to guarantee EU citizens the right to water financially speaking;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to increase the accountability of water suppliers;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to draw up binding legislation to ensure that all information on water quality and water management is made available by the competent authorities to the citizens concerned in an easily accessible and understandable form, and that citizens are fully informed and consulted in good time about any water-management projects so that they can be consulted and get involved;
Amendment 52 #
2014/2239(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration the current lack of investment in balanced water management, when water is one of the shared assets of EU citizens.
Amendment 2 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the cCommon aAgricultural pPolicy (CAP) has grown significantly in complexity in recent years without any, so far, any visible reduction in the existing bureaucracy since the 2013 reform ;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the objectives of the CAP have to be fulfilled, while the mutual understanding and trust between all EU institutions, national and regional bodies have to be ensured for the effective implementation of the CAP;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the cost of controls isand providing advice to stakeholders and farmers may be currently estimated at EUR 4 billion at Member State level, and are probably still rising, particularly with the introduction of ‘greening’; emphasizes the need to minimize the cost of controls and their bureaucracy burden;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas performance based controls may become a useful methodology, while stability and an enabling approach are needed on the part of administrative bodies in order to build trust with final beneficiaries; recalls however that a one- size-fits-all system cannot be imposed on the diverse types and scale of agricultural holdings in the EU;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the 2013 reform has resulted in significant changes in the data required from farmers to accompany applications and justify claims, with new requirements which risk bringing about a higher error rate in the initial learning and adaptation phase;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current system has reachedto deal with an estimated 15 million transactions each year, paid to around 8 million beneficiaries, and includes a million on- the-spot-checks involving millions of reference parcels of land and consequently risks reaching its limits and action is therefore needed;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the burden of controls is often viewed as being in proportion to the complexity of the CAP; calls, therefore, for complexity to be reduced in order to cut error rates, reduce the cost to the taxpayer and at the same time ensure that the budget is correctly spent and in this regard calls for a new examination of the cost of controls compared to how much additional of funding could be safeguarded by such controls;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a less bureaucratic CAP with a view to reducing the error rate whilst ensuring that farmers are still able to deliver the vital food production which is at the heart of the policy and believes that continuing to tackle complexity and streamlining the operation of the CAP is one of the keys to attracting new entrants to agriculture and retaining them and their skills to ensure a thriving EU agricultural sector in the future;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that development and administration of performance-based controls should, in no way, become a source of increased uncertainty to the EU’s security of food supply;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commissioner Hogan’s initiative of simplifying the CAP with immediate examination of measures which can be implemented quickly , as this would benefit farmers, paying agencies, EU institutions and taxpayers; also urges that amendments be made to the basic legislative actt the mid-term review, proposals for amendments to the basic legislative act be brought forward for consideration for the reform for the next funding period;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates anreinforcement and stronger implementation of the single annual audit so that farmers are not subjected to excessive or multiple controls by both the Commission and the European Court of Auditors in the same year; also calls for the bundling of the audit tasks of certifying bodies and other Member State bodies, the Commission and the European Court of Auditors;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that levels of control should be proportionate to the size of agricultural holdings, whilst safeguarding the use of EU funds;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Favours an integrated approach to controls, whereby all the controls required on a given farm are carried out at the same time wherever possible , so that the number of testing visits is kept lower and the concomitant financial and time cost for administrations and agriculture may be reduced;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; calls at the same time, however, for advice on best practice and controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing;
Amendment 92 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for it to be made possiblea target to reduce the sample size for on-the-spot checks to 3% for all direct payments, as otherwise potential savings in the cost of controls will berisk being lost;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that 100% coverage of rural areas with fast broadband, with significant awareness raising and training in its use, will be an essential tool to enable all farmers to benefit from the newest application and claims systems associated with the CAP;
Amendment 99 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. FCalls for further efforts to be made to reduce the complexity of application systems and forms for farmers and favours the increased use of e- Government technology by the Member States in order to forestall errors in the application process.
Amendment 105 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to ensure that the governmental/regional bodies dealing with the new CAP implementation communicate and work together effectively to the benefit of farmers implementing the policy on the ground.
Amendment 107 #
2014/2234(INI)
8b. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to acknowledge in its annual report on budget implementation by the Commission for 2015, the significant degree of change in the CAP –which could not apply retroactively – following the 2013 reform when it presents its error rate and accompanying remarks, and to highlight the degree to which Member States are responsible under shared management of funds.
Amendment 109 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on all institutions and bodies responsible for implementation of the CAP to cooperate to overcome mistrust and anxiety linked to the considerable burden of audit and control which potentially puts at risk future development and innovation and the position of the EU agriculture sector in relation to other markets.
Amendment 148 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
ca. encourage exchanges of know-how between both sides regarding food safety and security;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on a new EU forest strategy and the accompanying working documents, and stresses that an EU forest strategy must focus on better coordination and communication, because the increasing number of European policy initiatives in areas such as economic and employment policy, energy supply, environmental and climate policy, call for a greater contribution from the forestry sector;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines the role of the European Commission in ensuring the coherence of various forest related policies, in particular through enhanced participation in policy formulation and implementation of Council and Commission experts, civil dialogue and experts groups such as the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork
Amendment 131 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Gives its full support to the Commission’s efforts to promote forest- related employment and the generation of prosperity in Europe, and stresses in this connection the important role of the sustainable production and use of timber and other forest-based materials, such as cork, for the development of sustainable economic models and the creation of green jobs;
Amendment 144 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that forests owners are key actors in rural areas have very close links to forestry, and welcomes in this connection of their role the recognition of the role of forestry in the new Rural Development Programme of theolicy for 2014-2020 CAP;
Amendment 174 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that timber as a raw material, and sustainable forest management, have an important role to play in achievement of the EU’s socio-political goals such as the energy transition and the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets and biodiversity targets, and notes that lack of active forest management is inimical to these goals; (Comment- Biodiversity strategy is part of the resource efficient Europe flagship that is part of Europe 2020 Strategy and we propose to delete the reference from the text)
Amendment 207 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that sustainable forest management must be based on generally acknowledged and accepted criteria and indicators which must always apply to the sector as a whole regardless the end use of wood; strongly supports in this connection the sustainability criteria devised in the framework of Forest Europe (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe)1, which form a pan-European basis for uniform reporting on sustainable forest management and a basis for sustainability certification; __________________ 1 Forest Europe - Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe: http://www.foresteurope.org/
Amendment 229 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that forest management plans can be an important strategic instrument for the implementation of concrete measures at the level of individual businesses, while supporting the principle that suchmanagement plans and their related measures should be voluntary, in accordance with entrepreneurial freedom; calls at the same time for a clear separation between forest management plans and the management plans under Natura 2000, in view of the need to curb excessive bureaucracy, particularly for small and medium-sized forestry undertakings;
Amendment 256 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that forest-based industries have great potential for growth, new production niches and efficient processes that minimise impact on forestry resources and promote circular economy, and therefore calls on the Commission to examine the European R&D programmes (Horizon 2020) and the programme for the competitiveness of small and medium- sized enterprises (COSME) for forestry priorities and, where appropriate, to develop new instruments for the forest- based sector to support the further development of wood-based bioeconomy;
Amendment 280 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise measures and, where possible, use existing European instruments such as the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European training programmes (ET2020), to support generation renewal and compensate for the workforce shortage in the forests; further takes the view that training programmes should be developed, particularly for new entrants and young foresters, so that the transfer of knowledge in forest management and its downstream industries is ensured;
Amendment 287 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to support the exchange of knowledge and best practice between industry, science and producers and to promote targeted research on cost-effective solutions for new, innovative timber products and wood-based products and highlights the importance of European innovation Partnerships in this context;
Amendment 343 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view, therefore, that the Standing Forestry Committee should be strengthened to enable expertise from the Member States to be exploited to that end and to play an active role in the implementation process ; emphasises the important role of Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork and calls for its proper involvement in the strategy implementation.
Amendment 38 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ha (new)
Recital Ha (new)
H a. whereas a significant gap can be noted between Member States as regards the organisation of producers into POs, and EU support mainly targets existing organisations;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends a minimum daily intake of 400 g of fruit and vegetables for the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart diseases, cancer, diabetes and obesity, the latter in particular among children;
Amendment 144 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that reducing complexity, including in the rules for creating new POs, should be the first step in making them more attractive for farmers; requests that the Commission identify additional measures for increasing the attractiveness of POs, in particular in Member States with a low level of organisation;
Amendment 160 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Urges the Commission to create actions involving a transfer of administrative and structural ‘know how’ regarding the way in which POs are organised, from the Member States with a high level of PO to those Member States with a low level of producer organisation into POs
Amendment 30 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Russian ban on European dairy products since August 2014 has had a significant impact on the EU internal market and demonstrated, thus demonstrating the need to always be prepared for the application of crisis-related market measures, irrespective of their nature, as well as the importance of securing diverse export markets for EU products;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas European dairy productsion significantly contributes to the success of the EU’s agri-food industry and the prosperity of rural economies, the prosperity of rural economies, the preservation of a diverse European agri-food heritage, and plays a key role in Europe’s territorial and environmental configuration as well as in the social sphere, with a multiplier effect on other business sectors like tourism;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that a sustainable and competitive dairy sector with responsive toolsviable, competitive and sustainable dairy sector across the EU, with responsive tools that allow fair remuneration to producers, is the goal of the Milk Package; stresses that the issues identified in the Milk Package remain a barrier to a competitive and equitable milk market and a fair income for farmers;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that dairy farmers are particularly vulnerable to income variations and risks owing to high capital costs, volatile dairy commodity prices, input and energy costs, and that a sustainable livelihood from dairy farming is an ongoing challenge as production costs are frequently close to or above farm gate prices;
Amendment 110 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Whereas certain Member States are indirectly affected by the consequences of the Russian embargo, due to the major imbalances on their domestic markets;
Amendment 112 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the surplus of dairy products from certain Member States that have traditional commercial relations with Russia creates major imbalances on their domestic markets, leading to the sharp decrease of prices and causing local producers to become uncompetitive; calls upon the Commission in this regard to analyse the newly created situation and take priority action;
Amendment 117 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the dairy crisis of 2009 occurred under the quota structure and highlighted the malfunction of the dairy products value chain resulting in downward pressure on the price paid to producers; reminds the Commission that the delay in responding to the crisis forced many dairy farmers out of business, and expresses concern regarding the Commission’s capacity to respond rapidly and effectively to market crises;
Amendment 162 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that the suppression of the milk quotas system and the greater openness of markets will led to stronger competition between the production areas at a European level, which might endanger the objective of territorial equilibrium across the EU;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that EU dairy policy after the expiry of milk quotas presents an opportunity for the EU economy, only if milk production will be an attractive activity for farmers and considers that any future measures must strengthen its competitiveness and facilitate growth and innovation;
Amendment 187 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that the elimination of milk quotas will most likely lead to the creation of milk production areas, and therefore requests that the Commission examine the possibility of supporting the shift to mixed ‘milk-meat’ farms in the other areas;
Amendment 197 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that stronger competition should be used as a means of ensuring territorial balance and more balanced remuneration for producers within the dairy value chain;
Amendment 210 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Regrets the fact that the milk package was not considered a priority in the Commission’s working programme for 2015, and requests that the Commission urgently insert this priority;
Amendment 240 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the sector could further explore the potential offered by longer- term integrated supply chain contracts, forwards contracts, fixed margin contracts, and the opportunity to ‘lock in’ a milk price adapted to production cost for a set period of time; believes that the option to avail of new instruments in contractual relations should be available;
Amendment 253 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the important role of producer organisations (POs) in increasing the bargaining power and influence producers have in the supply chain, and regrets the fact that there have only been limited moves towards setting up POs; highlights that POs can benefit from financial support under Pillar II and urges further incentivisation to create and join POs, primarily in the new Member States, as a tool to address imbalances in the supply chain;
Amendment 269 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights the complementary nature of EFSI financing, which would lead to the development of the milk sector, by attracting private capital with a view to expense accountability and increased investment effectiveness;
Amendment 285 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the importance of the Milk Market Observatory (MMO) in disseminating and analysing market data and calls for an increased role for the MMO; recommends that the Commission take the necessary action to ensure that the MMO is in a position to communicate early warnings to the Commission, Member States and relevant stakeholders, when the market situation so requires; the purpose of the MMO should be to anticipate and prevent crises; considers that the information provided by the MMO should involve updates on market and price trends, and should be easily accessible and user-friendly for all stakeholders;
Amendment 325 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that global dairy demand is predicted to grow by 2 % per annum, offering opportunities for products of EU origin; notes, however, relying on a future increase of exports is not a solution; the dairy product market should be stable at any given time. Note should also be taken of the fact that the market is increasingly dominated by dried dairy products;
Amendment 343 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that bilateral trade negotiations may represent strategic opportunities for the EU dairy sector if EU standards will be respected, otherwise they may represent a risk for the activities of operators in the EU dairy sector;
Amendment 368 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls upon Member States in this regard to prioritise their diplomatic actions in order to intensify trade relations with third parties;
Amendment 380 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasises the importance of being aware of the consumption trend on these markets in order to build the capacity for timely response to future changes;
Amendment 458 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Requests that the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and participants from the dairy sector, develop effective and appropriate instruments to safeguard against sudden significant falls in the price of milk;
Amendment 465 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that dairy producers are particularly vulnerable to imbalances in the supply chain, in particular owing to fluctuating demand, rising production costs and decreasing farm gate prices, but also to the economic priorities in each Member State; considers that the downward pressure on prices by retailers from own- brand labelling and the persistent use of liquid milk as a ‘loss leader’ by retailers undermines the work and investment of producers in the dairy sector and devalues the end product for the consumer;
Amendment 480 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Highlights the determining role of local and regional authorities in creating and operating short supply chains by granting logistics and sales support to local producers;
Amendment 56 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Labelling of medicated feed should comply with the general principles laid down in Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 and be subject to specific labelling requirements, contain concise, clear and easily understandable information in order to provide the end user with the information necessary to correctly administer the medicated feed. Similarly, limits for the deviations of the labelled content of medicated feed from the actual content should be established.
Amendment 72 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Taking into account the serious public health risk posed by resistance to antimicrobials, it is appropriate to limit the use of medicated feed containing antimicrobials for food-producing animals. Preventive use, with the exception of situations when such medication is required for preventing the outbreak of epizootics, or use to enhance the performance of food-producing animals should in particular not be allowed.
Amendment 117 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) ‘antimicrobials’: a general term for any compound with a direct action on micro-organisms used for treatment or prevention of infections;
Amendment 119 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i c (new)
(ic) ‘anti-parasites’: medicine substance used in the treatment of parasitic diseases of varied aetiology;
Amendment 214 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1
1. The supply of medicated feed to animal holders shall be subject to the presentation and, in case of manufacturing by on-farm mixers, the possession of a veterinary prescription issued after the veterinary examination and the establishment of a veterinary diagnosis, or following a regular animal health check visit, and to the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 6.
Amendment 235 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 5
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 5
5. The prescribed medicated feed may be used only for animals examined by the authorised person who issued the prescription and only for a diagnosed disease. The person who issued the prescription shall verify that this medication is justified for the target animals on veterinary grounds. Furthermore he shall ensure that the administration of the veterinary medicinal product concerned is not incompatible with another treatment or use and that there is no contra-indication or interaction where several medicinal products are used.
Amendment 239 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 6
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 6
6. The prescription shall, in line with the summary of the product characteristics of the veterinary medicinal product, indicate the inclusion rate of the veterinary medicinal product calculated on the basis of the relevant parameters taking into account the product characteristics and, where appropriate, the geographical or season-related circumstances.
Amendment 259 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the quantities required for one month' s treatment or two weeks in case of medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products, unless the summary of product characteristics of the prescribed antimicrobial veterinary medicinal product establishes a treatment period of a duration longer than one week.
Amendment 309 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – introductory part
Annex 3 – introductory part
The label of medicated feed and intermediary products shall include the following particula, in accordance with the requirements of this Annex and of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 the following particulars, in a simple, clear and easily understandable manner for the end users:
Amendment 321 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 9
Annex 3 – point 9
(9) a recommendation to read the package leaflet of the veterinary medicinal products, including a hyperlink where it can be found, a warning that the product is only for the treatment of animals, as well as another warning that the product must be kept out of the sight and reach of children;, as well as another warning that people in the proximity of animals treated with medicated feed may be contaminated.
Amendment 327 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – point 15
Annex 3 – point 15
(15) the instructions for use, in accordance with the veterinary prescription and with the summary of product characteristics referred to in Article 14 of Directive 2001/82/EC;, or with the veterinary prescription, if available at the time of manufacture.
Amendment 375 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Research projects have demonstrated that consumer confidence is crucial in the market for organic food. In the long run, rules that are not trustworthy can jeopardise public confidence and lead to market failure. Therefore, the sustainable development of organic production in the Union should be based on sound production rules which are harmonised at Union level. In addition, those production rules shouldthis respect, a European Monitoring Office should be set up to enforce production rules and ensure product traceability so as to meet operators' and consumers' expectations regarding the quality of organic products and the compliance with the principles and rules laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 391 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Concerning soil management and fertilisation, conditions should be laid down for the use of cultivation practices allowed in organic plant production and for the use of fertilisers and conditioners. Member States should, in this respect, encourage producers in organic farming areas to form groups in order to reduce the risk of contamination by substances used in conventional farming.
Amendment 393 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Since groundwater is the main vector for the transport of residues generated by conventional farming practices, Member States should encourage organic farming practices in upstream areas.
Amendment 395 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) As livestock production naturally involves the management of agricultural land, where the manure is used to nourish crop production, landless livestock production should be prohibited. The choice of breeds should take account of their capacity to adapt to local conditions, their vitality and their resistance to disease, and a wide biological diversity should be encouraged, with priority being awarded to protecting and promoting local breeds.
Amendment 418 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Processed food should be labelled as organic only where all or almost all the ingredients of agricultural origin are organic. However, special labelling provisions should be laid down for processed foods which include agricultural ingredients that cannot be obtained organically, as is the case for products of hunting and fishing. Moreover, for the purposes of consumer information and transparency in the market, and to encourage the use of organic ingredients, it should also be made possible to refer to organic production in the ingredients list under certain conditions, and to the origin of organic products.
Amendment 447 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The labelling of agricultural products and foodstuffs should be subject to the general rules laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council32, and, in particular, strict compliance with the common labelling standard and the provisions aimed at preventing labelling that may confuse or mislead consumers. In addition, specific provisions relating to the labelling of organic products should be laid down in this Regulation. They should protect both the interests of operators in having their products correctly identified on the market and enjoying conditions of fair competition, and those of consumers in enabling them to make informed choices. __________________ 32 Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).
Amendment 448 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) In order to create clarity for consumers throughout the Union market, the use of the organic production logo of the European Union should be made obligatory for all organic pre-packed food produced within the Union. It should otherwise be possible toThe possibility should also be assessed of mandatory use of that logo on a voluntary basis in the case of non pre-packed organic products produced within the Union or any organic products imported from third countries. The model of the organic production logo of the European Union should be set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 456 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) Organic production is only credible if accompanied by effective verification and controls at all stages of production, processing and distribution. Organic production should be subject to official controls or other official activities carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) No (XXX/XXXX) of the European Parliament and of the Council33 to verify compliance with the rules on organic production and labelling of organic products. Nevertheless, the official checks to verify the authenticity of organic production and compliance with the rules should not serve needlessly to increase bureaucracy and administrative burdens, either for the control bodies or for organic producers. __________________ 33 Regulation (EU) No XX/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material, plant protection products and amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, 1829/2003, 1831/2003, 1/2005, 396/2005, 834/2007, 1099/2009, 1069/2009, 1107/2009, Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, [….]/2013 [Office of Publications, please insert number of Regulation laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material], and Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC, 2008/120/EC and 2009/128/EC (Official controls Regulation) (OJ L …).
Amendment 462 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Small farmers in the Union face, individually, relatively high inspection costs and administrative burden linked to organic certification. A system of group certification should be allowed with a view to reducing the inspection and certification costs and the associated administrative burden, strengthening local networks, contributing to better market outlets and ensuring a level playing field with operators in third countries. For that reason, the concept of ‘group of operators’ should be introduced and defined and extended to include cross-border groups.
Amendment 497 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation shall apply to agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘the Treaty’) and to some other products listed in Annex I to this Regulation, insofar as those agricultural products and those other products are intended to be produced, prepared, labelled, distributed, placed on the market, imported or exported as organic.
Amendment 501 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation shall apply to any operator involved in activities, at any stage of production, preparation, labelling and distribution, relating to the products referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 515 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) ‘organic product’ means any product in whose composition ingredients are used which originate from organic farming and meet the conditions set out in Article 21(3)(iii) of this Regulation.
Amendment 525 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘group of operators' means a group in which each operator is a farmer who has a small holding of up to 5 hectares of utilised agricultural area, having an implemented control system and who may, in addition to producing food or feed, be engaged in processing of food or feed;
Amendment 582 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) maintenance of plant health by preventive measures, in particular the choice of appropriate species, varieties or heterogeneous materialpopulations resistant to pests and diseases, appropriate crop rotations, mechanical and physical methods and protection of the natural enemies of pests;
Amendment 616 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the entire agricultural holding or aquaculture operationholding shall be managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production;.
Amendment 663 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall adopt by means of implementing acts, guidelines regarding the procedures to be followed and documentation to be submitted for the retroactive recognition of conversion period.
Amendment 732 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
In order to allow organic production to continue or recommence in the event of catastrophic circumstances and subject toin accordance with the principles laid down in Chapter II, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 providestablishing ofor the criteria to qualify such situations as catastrophic and laying downshall be provided for in this Regulation, through specific rules on how to deal with them, on monitoring and on reporting requirements.
Amendment 777 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Products in which the presence of products or substances that have not been authorised in accordance with Article 19 is detected beyond the levels established taking account in particular of Directive 2006/125/EC, shall not be marketed as organic. Whenever a competent authority or, where appropriate, a control authority or control body receives reliable information or detects the presence of products or substances for which no authorisation has been given under Article 19 for the purposes listed in Article 19, it shall begin an investigation immediately to determine the origin and the cause of the contamination in order to verify conformity with Article 7(1)(b). On the basis of the results of this investigation, the competent authority or, where appropriate, the control authority or control body shall ensure that the products involved are not marketed as organic, if their presence is due to deliberate use by the operator or an avoidable contamination in the production process. A contamination shall be considered as avoidable when the operator: - has failed to install or maintain appropriate, proportionate measures to identify and avoid the risk of biological products becoming contaminated by unauthorised products or substances; - has not regularly reviewed and adjusted such appropriate measures, while the risk for contamination has clearly been perceptible; - has failed to take appropriate measures following requests from the competent authorities or, where appropriate, the control authority or body to take measures to avoid contamination; - has not complied with the relevant provisions of this Regulation and has failed to take necessary steps in the production process to avoid contamination. Based on the results of the investigation referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority or, where appropriate, the control authority or body shall identify the potential shortcomings or non- conformities responsible for the presence of unauthorised products or substances. The operator concerned shall take the necessary corrective measures to avoid future contamination.
Amendment 783 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The control authority or control body shall keep records of the investigations carried out. By 30 June of each year at the latest, Member States shall transmit to the Commission the relevant information relating to the previous year concerning the nature of contamination detected, and in particular the cause, the source, the level of contamination and the volume and nature of products contaminated. By 31 December 2020 at the latest, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the presence of products or substances not authorised in accordance with Article 19 which had been detected in organic products. The report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal establishing: - thresholds for unauthorised products or substances to be applied to organic products beyond which such products may not be marketed as organic products; - compensation systems for operators for losses in connection with the adventitious contamination of their products and where these operators have taken appropriate measures to avoid the risk of contamination. The Member States may draw in particular on instruments of the common agricultural policy to cover such losses, and a specific fund should be allocated to this end.
Amendment 840 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. National and private logos may be used in the labelling, presentation and advertising of products which comply with this Regulation, provided that the conditions laid down in Article 21(3) are respected.
Amendment 901 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission includes information on the rules for organic farming in third countries and the barriers to exporting organic products to these third countries on the EU Market Access Database website.
Amendment 914 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) In order to create a level playing field and to guarantee fair competition for products processed both by European operators (particularly in extremely remote areas) and operators in third countries, the Commission shall ensure that production conditions for organic products processed by European operators shall be identical to production conditions applicable to organic products coming from third countries. For this reason, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36, in particular with reference to the production rules set out in Chapter III of the Regulation and its Annex II.
Amendment 915 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure tThe traceability of the imported products intended to be placed on the market within the Union as organic, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 concerning documents, issued in electronic form wherever possible, that are necessary for the purposes of import and their conformity to this Regulation must be assured. Through this implementing act the Commission establishes specific rules for the content of the certificates referred to in paragraph 1 and the procedure to be followed for their establishment and control, in particular concerning the role of the competent authorities, control authorities and control bodies, and the possibility of taking regional differences into account in balancing ecological, climate and local conditions, as well as practical conditions regarding specific production matters. These implementing acts are adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37 (2).
Amendment 160 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Member States have thus consistently endeavoured, as part of their agricultural policy and regional and national strategies and programmes, to promote, sometimes through public investment, the production of livestock of particular genetic characteristic that meets defined performance standards. Disparities between those standards have the potential to create technical barriers to trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their imports into the Union.
Amendment 164 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In addition, experience has shown that in order to facilitate the application of the rules provided for in those Directives a number of the provisions require more precise wording and consistent terminology that is standard across all Member States. In the interests of clarity and consistency of Union legislation, it is also appropriate to provide for more definitions.
Amendment 167 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This Regulation should establish the rules on trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their imports into the Union to promote viable breeding programmes for the improvement of breeds, and particularly local breeds, and to preserve the genetic biodiversity of domestic animals.
Amendment 169 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure a harmonised approach to trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their imports into the Union, with an eye to the degree to which livestock breeders form associations, the capital levels of those associations and the effectiveness of breeding programmes, and to the official controls necessary to be performed on breeding programmes carried out by breed societies and breeding operations, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States at national level and can therefore, by reason of its effect, complexity, trans- border and international character, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as referred to in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. Since the scope of this Regulation is limited to what is necessary in order to achieve its objectives, it also respects the principle of proportionality as referred to in Article 5(4) of that Treaty.
Amendment 170 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Breed societies and breeding operations recognised in one Member State should have the possibility to implement their approved breeding programme in one or more other Member States in order to ensure the best possible utilisation of breeding animals of high genetic value as an important production factor within the Union. To this end certification arrangements should be introduced for those societies to guarantee the quality of their breeding programmes, while a simple notification procedure should ensure that the competent authority in the other Member State is aware of the intended activity.
Amendment 176 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 177 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) Some Member States should have the possibility of waiving application of the provisions of this Regulation for a period of at least three years in the case of certain local breeds that are clearly identified at a national level, with this being the timescale needed for breeders distributed over large areas in mountain or foothill areas to form breeders’ associations, for the official control to be conducted and for registration in the breeding book.
Amendment 181 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 182 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) The import of breeding animals and their germinal products is essential for the European agriculture. Imports of breeding animals and their germinal products should therefore be carried out under conditions closely in line with those rules applicable to trade between Member States and should comply with all the standards relating to the quality of imported material. However, breeding animals and their germinal products should only be entitled for entry in the main section of a breeding book or breed register in the Union, if the level of official controls carried out in the exporting third country ensures the same certainty of pedigree details and the results of performance testing and genetic evaluation as in the Union. In addition, breeding bodies in third countries should accept as a matter of reciprocity breeding animals and their germinal products from the respective breed society or breeding operation recognised in the Union.
Amendment 184 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) With a view to establishing the lists of third countries from where imports into the Union of breeding animals and their semen, oocytes and embryos should be allowed, and to drawing up the conditions for such imports, it is necessary to obtaining information relating toon their traceability in the form of zootechnical certificates attesting to their origin and on the functioning of bilateral agreements and, where any serious infringement of the conditions for such imports laid down in this Regulation so warrants, the Commission should be empowered to carry out controls in third countries on behalf of the Union, as appropriate.
Amendment 192 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) "breeding animal" means a purebred breeding animal, local breed or a hybrid breeding pig;
Amendment 194 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) "zootechnics" means activities whose purpose is the rearing, breeding, understanding, nutrition, species enhancement and keeping of domestic animals.
Amendment 196 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "breed society" means any breeding organisation or, breeders' association or state- run public body which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(2) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes;
Amendment 197 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) "breeding body" means any breeding organisation, breeders' association, private undertaking, stock-rearing organisation, state-run public body or official service in a third country which, in respect of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine species or of hybrid breeding pigs, has been accepted by an official service in a third country for the purpose of imports into the Union of breeding animals for breeding;
Amendment 203 #
2014/0032(COD)
(ga) ensuring the quality of breeding programmes;
Amendment 204 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "recognition" means the formal and official written declaration by the competent authority that,, made following an evaluation, that a breed society or breeding operation complies with the requirements of Article 4(2);
Amendment 209 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) “breeding book” means any herd-book, flock-book, stud-book, file or data medium which is maintained by a breed society or public body in the Member State, in which purebred breeding animals are entered or registered for entry with mention of details of their ascendants and where applicable their merits, to be subject of a breeding programme;
Amendment 247 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 278 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of paragraph 1 and 2, the germinal products of the purebred breeding animals referred to in those paragraphs shall be collected, treated and stored by a semen collection or storage centre or by an embryo collection and production team officially approved for intra-Union trade in these commodities in accordance with Union animal health and zootechnical legislation.
Amendment 301 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) zootechnical certificates are issued by semen collection centres and embryo collection or production teams approved for trade in those germinal products in accordance with Union animal health and zootechnical legislation;,
Amendment 302 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) meets the criteria for listing breeding bodies provided for in Article 37 and all European quality standards;
Amendment 306 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Amendment 307 #
2014/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take. These penalties shall be the same throughout the European Union and all measures necessary shall be taken to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 78 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Educational measures that support the distribution are necessary in order to make the scheme effective in reaching its short- and long-term objectives of increasing the consumption of selected agricultural products and shaping healthier diets. Considering their importance, these measures should support both the fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk distribution. They should be eligible for the Union aid. As supporting measures they represent a critical tool to reconnect children with agriculture and its different products and to meet the objectives that the scheme is pursuing, Member States should be allowed to include a wider variety of agricultural products into their thematic measures, such as dairy products, other than milk, and products from processed fresh fruit, without added sugar, salt, fat or sweeteners. However, so as to promote healthy eating habits, the national health authorities should be involved in this process and approve the list of these products, as well as the two groups of products eligible for the distribution, and decide on their nutritional aspects.
Amendment 99 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the efficient and targeted use of Union funds, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures fixing the indicative allocations of the Union aid to each Member State and the methods for reallocating aid between Member States on the basis of aid requests received. The indicative allocations should be fixed separately for the fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk in line with the voluntary approach to distribution. The allocation key for fruit and vegetables including bananas should reflect the current allocations by Member States, based on the objective criteria of the number of children in the age group of sixfour- to ten-year olds as a proportion of the population, taking into the account also the development status of regions concerned. In order to allow Member States to maintain the scale of their current programmes and with a view of encouraging others to take up the distribution of milk, it is appropriate to use the combination of two keys for the allocation of the funds for milk, namely the historical use of funds by Member States under the School Milk Scheme and the objective criteria of the number of children in the age group of sixfour- to ten-year olds as a proportion of the population used for the fruit and vegetables including bananas. In order to find the right proportion for these two keys, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of adopting additional rules concerning the balance between the two criteria. Furthermore, considering the recurrent changes in the demographic or development situation of regions in Member States, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of assessing every three years whether the Member States’ allocations, based on those criteria, are still up to date.
Amendment 115 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the interest of sound administration and budget management, Member States wishing to participate in the distribution of fruit and vegetables, including bananas and/or milk should apply every year for the Union aid. With a view of simplifying the procedures and management, this application should be done on the basis of separate aid requests. Member States should enjoy greater flexibility regarding the transfer of indicative allocations between sectors for fruit, vegetables, including bananas, milk and milk products. Following the requests of the Member States, the Commission should decide on the definitive allocations for fruit and vegetables, including bananas and milk, within the appropriations available in the budget and after taking into account limited transfers between their allocations, which encourage prioritising of distribution based on nutritional needs. The power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the measures setting the conditions and the limits concerning these transfers.
Amendment 222 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point a
a) for fruit and vegetables and bananas: EUR 1530 million per school year;
Amendment 225 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – point b
b) for milk and dairy products: EUR 8100 million per school year.
Amendment 245 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
i) the number of sixfour- to ten-year old children as a proportion of the population,
Amendment 290 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
4. Without exceeding the global ceiling of EUR 230 million resulting from the amounts referred to under points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, Member States may transfer up to 1520 % of their indicative allocations for fruit and vegetables including bananas or for milk to the other sector under the conditions to be specified by the Commission by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 227.
Amendment 66 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
The aim of this Directive establishes the limits for the Member States'is to limit atmospheric emissions of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants, ozone precursors, primary particulate matter and precursors of secondary particulate matter and other air pollutants and requires that national air pollution control programmes be drawn up, adopted and implemented and pollutant emissions and their impacts be monitored and reportedeby reduce the potential risks to human health and the environment from such emissions.
Amendment 68 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2
Article 2
This Directive shall apply to emissions of the pollutants referred to in Annex Irticle 4(1) from all sources occurring in the territory of the Member States, their exclusive economic zones and where applicable pollution control zones.
Amendment 79 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), and particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.
Amendment 90 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shallmay take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOX, NMVOC, NH3, and PM2,5 and CH4. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction [commitments] for 2030.
Amendment 95 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 106 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to comply with the intermediate emission levels determined for 2025 in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2, and the national emission reduction commitments set out in Annex II applicable from 2030 onwards for NOX, SO2 and PM2,5, Member States may offset NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 emission reductions achieved by international maritime traffic against NOX, SO2 and PM2,5 emissions released by other sources in the same year, provided that they meet the following conditions:
Amendment 108 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 113 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Members States that intend to apply paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall inform the Commission by 30 September of the year preceeding the reporting year concerned. That information shall include the pollutants and sectors concerned and, where available, the magnitude of the impacts upon national emission inventories.
Amendment 115 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Where the Commission has raised no objections within nine months from the date of receipt of the relevant report referred to in Article 7, paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, the Member State concerned shall consider the use of the flexibility applied to be accepted and valid for that year. Where the Commission considers the use of a flexibility not to be in accordance with the applicable requirements and criteria, it shall adopt a Decision and inform the Member State that it cannot be accepted and the reasons for its decision.
Amendment 117 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission mayshall adopt implementing acts specifying the detailed rules for the use of the flexibilities as referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14.
Amendment 126 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The national air pollution control programme shall be updated every twofour years.
Amendment 127 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the emission reduction policies and measures contained in the national air pollution control programme shall be updated within 124 months in either of the following cases:
Amendment 133 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission mayshall establish guidance on the elaboration and implementation of national air pollution control programmes.
Amendment 136 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission mayshall also specify the format and the necessary information concerning Member States' national air pollution control programmes in the form of implementing acts. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14.
Amendment 140 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Amendment 144 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall establish the emission inventories, including if appropriate adjusted emission inventories, emission projections and the informative inventory report in accordance with Annex IV.
Amendment 150 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall provide their national air pollution control programme to the Commission [within three monthwo years of the date referred to in Article 17, date to be inserted by OPOCE] and updates every twofour years thereafter.
Amendment 154 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 166 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive [eighteen24 months after the entry into force - date to be inserted by OPOCE] at the latest.